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Laurie Biggs Marshall

@lauriemmarshall.bsky.social
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I write and make art and fight fascism in Arkansas. MFA candidate - class of 2027 “It’s never too late to be what you might have been.” - George Eliot

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Laurie Biggs Marshall @lauriemmarshall.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Just waiting by my inbox for @awpwriter.org panel announcements to happen… #sometimeinaugust
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/06/2026
Frankel to Rubio: "It is crazy that you want to let people in from South Africa because they can assimilate, while you're throwing out hundreds of thousands of people who have already assimilated and that are important parts of our economy and family life."
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
If releasing your tax returns and the Epstein files would end your presidency, then your presidency must end. It's that simple.
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Erasing history www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
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Justice Department deletes press releases on charges against Jan. 6 rioters
The Justice Department confirmed that it had deleted the press releases as part of “stripping DOJ’s website of partisan propaganda.”
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Todd Dillard @toddedillard.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
the thing about writing is that it is *so easy* unless you are good at it
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Laurie Biggs Marshall @lauriemmarshall.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Friends! I’ll be in the Hackney/Shoreditch areas of London in a month. What should I do? Who can I have lunch with?
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NPR @npr.org · 15/05/2026
Joe Macken's fascination with buildings and landscapes started as a child after visiting the Panorama of the City of New York, the massive model that debuted at the 1965 New York World's Fair.
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Meet the New York truck driver who spent 22 years building a model of the city he loves
Joe Macken's fascination with buildings and landscapes started as a child after visiting the Panorama of the City of New York, the massive model that debuted at the 1964-1965 New York World's Fair.
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G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 15/05/2026
Good news, everyone www.cnn.com/2026/05/14/h...
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Engaging with arts and culture can slow biological aging as much as exercise, study suggests | CNN
When it comes to slowing down our biological aging, engaging with arts and culture is as beneficial as physical activity, a new study suggests.
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Laurie Biggs Marshall @lauriemmarshall.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
I watched the show when I was in 6th grade, earning extra credit at school for doing so. I’m pretty sure it was a pivotal experience in my young life in Little Rock, and I’m sure those pivots are exactly what the folks in Knox Co are hoping to prevent.
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Nick Anderson - political cartoonist @andertoon.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Raising the Flag Follow my work and writing on Substack: nickanderson.substack.com
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Laurie Biggs Marshall @lauriemmarshall.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Had coffee with my thesis advisor yesterday. This fall I begin the crazy downhill slide into the station to finish my MFA and I’m feeling SOOOOOO much better about where I am in my plan than I did a year ago. 🎉🎉🎉
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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Virginia Woolf, more than a hundred years ago:
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Steve Woodsmall, PhD @drstevew.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
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Laurie Biggs Marshall @lauriemmarshall.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Brave warriors just blow flu viruses up with grenades, I guess.
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National Flash Fiction Day @natflashfictionday.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
FlashFlood is open! We’d love to receive your subs 😊 Flashes up to 300 words, pre 2023 prev published considered, reserved spots for debut writers. You have until 23:59 on 25 April: flashfloodjournal.blogspot.com/p/submission...
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a cartoon of winnie the pooh sitting on a tree branch
ALT: a cartoon of winnie the pooh sitting on a tree branch
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Laurie Biggs Marshall @lauriemmarshall.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
And my ex insisted my idea to open one wouldn’t work. 😑
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Laurie Biggs Marshall @lauriemmarshall.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Wow, what a voice!
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Laurie Biggs Marshall @lauriemmarshall.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Do I have any friends or friends with friends who live in central London and would be willing to let me crash with them in June? Somewhere walkable to the Old Street Station would be ideal! 🤞🏻
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The Village with All of the Flash Writers @heyflashvillage.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Are you in need of a village? We are The Village with All of The Flash Writers. And here's the invitation link: smokelong-quarterly.mn.co/plans/191340...
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The Village
The village with all of the flash writers
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NPR @npr.org · 08/02/2026
Washington Post chief executive and publisher Will Lewis has resigned just days after the newspaper announced massive layoffs. n.pr/4qjynkB
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'Washington Post' CEO resigns after going AWOL during massive job cuts
Washington Post chief executive and publisher Will Lewis has resigned just days after the newspaper announced massive layoffs.
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Laurie Biggs Marshall @lauriemmarshall.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Who do I know who’s going to AWP next month and needs a roommate?
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Laurie Biggs Marshall @lauriemmarshall.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Uh… yeah. As dictated in the constitution and as fought for by the south as part of the STATE’S RIGHTS we were told the civil war was about. These fascists… 🙄
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Laurie Biggs Marshall @lauriemmarshall.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Just learned the one and only @sgj.bsky.social will be visiting my MFA program this spring - much excitement occurring in the student chat atm. 👀
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Chelsea Stickle @chelseastickle.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
"Of course, articulating those thoughts would not be prudent or polite and everyone knows I am the embodiment of both of those traits, so desirable in a woman..." @lauriemmarshall.bsky.social in Ghost Parachute ghostparachute.com/issue/januar...
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I’ll Tell You What I Want. What I Really, Really Want. — Ghost Parachute
I’m just sitting here, dumbstruck, maybe for the first time in my life unable to articulate the thoughts that are buzzing through my head one after another in quick succession like how did I ever thin...
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Laurie Biggs Marshall @lauriemmarshall.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
@mpalaia.bsky.social just read your Lit Hub piece about MFA programs for a class I’m taking in my MfA (as I’m a newly-minted 60-yr old). Wanted to say HELL YES, and thanks. 😊
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Laurie Biggs Marshall @lauriemmarshall.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
I’m excited to share I’ll have a piece in Ghost Parachute next month! Such a great journal, and I’m thrilled to be amongst some flash superstars!
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Laurie Biggs Marshall @lauriemmarshall.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Writer/academic friends - aside from AWP, what conferences are you attending to network, learn, be inspired?
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Laurie Biggs Marshall @lauriemmarshall.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Hey friends! I'm sharing a flash fiction piece every day this month to celebrate my birthday, and I would love some suggestions! Tell me what you're reading, writing, loving, surprised by, new discoveries... all the things! You can follow along here: therepurposedlife.substack.com THANKS!!
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The Repurposed Life | Substack
Repurposing isn't just about turning an old sweater into a decorative cushion, we can repurpose our very own selves into something new at any age. It's kind of exciting, pretty scary, and completely d...
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Laurie Biggs Marshall @lauriemmarshall.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Setting intentions.
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Asterales: A Journal of Arts & Letters @asteralesjournal.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
What's on the inside? It could be fire. Check out this amazing collage work from @lauriemmarshall.bsky.social in Issue 4! asteralesjournal.com/1-3-johnson-...
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Here he goes.
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Laurie Biggs Marshall @lauriemmarshall.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
@andrewbertaina.bsky.social Hey, Andrew! Would you have .pdf or do you have any arcs of Ethan Hawke and Me? A friend of mine who is putting together a student-run lit mag would like to review it. (@dogyardmag.com) No pressure or anything - if you’re interested let me know! :)
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Laurie Biggs Marshall @lauriemmarshall.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Made an appointment to say goodbye to my old man cat today. He’s had one thing after another over the last year including recurrent infections in his mouth, can’t make it to the litter box, hobbled by arthritis… but he sleeps well and loves us. Struggling to decide if this is the right thing. 😢
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Laurie Biggs Marshall @lauriemmarshall.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
The problem with enjoying a lazy, go-nowhere, sleep late summer is that when the semester kicks off again I’m whining to myself about having to put on clothes and make a lunch every day. Every day!?! 😩😋
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NPR @npr.org · 12/08/2025
Russia lost a war in Crimea in the 1850s. To pay off war debts, Russia sold Alaska to the U.S. Now presidents Trump and Putin will meet Friday in Alaska to discuss another war involving Crimea.
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Alaska was once a full-fledged Russian colony. Now it's hosting a U.S.-Russia summit
Russia lost a war in Crimea in the 1850s. To pay off war debts, Russia sold Alaska to the U.S. Now presidents Trump and Putin will meet Friday in Alaska to discuss another war involving Crimea.
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Laurie Biggs Marshall @lauriemmarshall.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Do better, @bsky.app @support.bsky.team
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Asterales: A Journal of Arts & Letters @asteralesjournal.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Issue Three is live! Poems from @readinstead.bsky.social @johnpauldavis.org, @mfitejohnson.bsky.social, @fklein907.bsky.social, Gail Martin, Kerry Trautman, Meghan Sterling and art from @carolee.bsky.social, Rachel Turney, @lauriemmarshall.bsky.social & Sandra Wilcoxon!
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Laurie Biggs Marshall @lauriemmarshall.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
So happy to have my art used to illustrate such a lovely piece of poetry. Take a look! 👀
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Laurie Biggs Marshall @lauriemmarshall.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
@johnaugust.bsky.social When you & Craig read 3-pg challenges you often give a note to strike character info that can’t be directed. Would it be appropriate to include character sketches? Where would they go? Plays often include them, but not sure about screenplays.
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Laurie Biggs Marshall @lauriemmarshall.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
Fellow olds: get yourself some younger friends. Mine are into all the things I love, like gardening, birdwatching, collecting vinyl and shopping at thrift stores, but they also introduce me to queer poets and musicians, and we can discuss where to get tattoos. It’s a massive win-win-win.
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Laurie Biggs Marshall @lauriemmarshall.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
😂😂😂
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HAD @havehashad.com · 17/07/2025
not gonna use this to point out that we were Ralph's first publication. not at all. that'd be tacky. just saying congrats. that's all. congrats!!
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Meg Reid 🦦 @megireid.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
The destruction of public radio is truly an existential threat to books and book culture. I can't say it enough.
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Laurie Biggs Marshall @lauriemmarshall.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Port, poet… whatever. 😋
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Laurie Biggs Marshall @lauriemmarshall.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Port friends: what lit journals are accepting *translated* poetry? #poetry #poets #litmags
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Laurie Biggs Marshall @lauriemmarshall.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Thanks to @djvorreyer.bsky.social being persistent, I found out I had a piece of collage art accepted by @asteralesjournal.bsky.social after the email went to my junk mail. Haha, whoops! Anyway, yay for my first acceptance of anything at all since 2023! #gradschoollife #howdoyouworkthisthing 🎉
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WIRED @wired.com · 10/06/2025
So-called “less-lethal” weapons like those that have been used against demonstrators in Los Angeles can cause severe, lasting harm like nerve or brain damage or blindness. They can also kill. www.wired.com/story/what-t...
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What Tear Gas and Rubber Bullets Do to the Human Body
So-called “less-lethal” weapons like those that have been used against demonstrators in Los Angeles can cause severe, lasting harm like nerve or brain damage or blindness. They can also kill.
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Dave Housley @housleydave.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Yo writer types @barrelhouse.bsky.social is currently still open for everything -- fiction, nonfiction, poetry -- for our 26th print issue! No submission fees, we pay $50. Send us some good weird sad funny surprising stuff. www.barrelhousemag.com/submission-i...
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Kathryn Aldridge-Morris @kazbarwrites.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Tonight at 7pm - the online launch of Cold Toast 🍞🥂 We'd love to see you! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cold-toast...
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Cold Toast Online Launch with Kathryn Aldridge-Morris
An evening of readings and discussion with Kathryn Aldridge-Morris to celebrate the launch of her flash fiction collection, Cold Toast.
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HAD @havehashad.com · 10/06/2025
In just under one hour, this link will be live. (How soon thereafter will it be dead? We'll see!) havehashad.submittable.com/submit/32953...
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