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Katy Ryan

@katyohearnryan.bsky.social

English Professor Founder, Appalachian Prison Books Project Coeditor, This Book Is Free and Yours to Keep: Notes from the Appalachian Prison Books Project

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Katy Ryan @katyohearnryan.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Laura, this is so gutting and needed. I recognize every line. Thank you for writing and sharing this.

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Ursula @ladyofsardines.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

“How many of these gentle people have I helped to kill just by paying my taxes?" June Jordan, 1984

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Katy Ryan @katyohearnryan.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

good grief! what an incredibly kind thing to say. means the world coming from you, Ryan

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Katy Ryan @katyohearnryan.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

I struggled through a personal essay, and The Rumpus miraculously accepted it. It’s about teaching and learning, beginning again - and my greatest mentors therumpus.net/2026/02/05/m...

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My Personal Essay - The Rumpus

There is an undercurrent to learning, a movement below the surface activity that pulls in the opposite direction. Sometimes a rip develops, a powerful

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Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @joshuaeakle.com · 18/01/2026

The first thing Virginia Spanberger did after being sworn in as Governor of Virginia was repeal Youngkin’s executive order requiring state and local law enforcement to cooperate with ICE. This is the kind of leadership Democratic governors nationwide should be emulating.

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Katy Ryan @katyohearnryan.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

a new favorite 🖤

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Katy Ryan @katyohearnryan.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

It was a joy to accept the Weatherford Award for Nonfiction at the Appalachian Studies Association conference for This Book Is Free and Yours to Keep. This award means so much to us. @wvupress.bsky.social @appalachianpbp.bsky.social

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