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Liz DeGregorio @lizdegregorio.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Very happy to share my review of Sophie Robinson’s “Prairie Oyster,” which has been called “the wettest book of the year” (by me… read the review to find out why.) “Prairie Oyster” is such a wonderful book - please read it and find your new favorite author! 📚 🦪 🌈 brooklynrail.org/2026/10/book...

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Sophie Robinson’s Prairie Oyster | The Brooklyn Rail

The queer filmmaker, who is the main character in British poet Sophie Robinson’s debut novel Prairie Oyster, has fallen into a casual romance with her idol, an older butch filmmaker named Mitch. Mitch...

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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Fun fact I would die for Ms Rachel

3 comments ms Rachel left on her subway takes IG video:

1. Retire racist nursery rhymes and kids songs
2. Free Palestine
3. Pie for all kittens

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WhiteCatArts @whitecatarts.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The Shabnak: A chimera made of clay and bone, fear and psychosis #pathologic_fest | #Pathologic3 | #shabnak

Illustration of the Shabnak from Pathologic 3. A skull faced woman with horns and tattered garments and matted hair, a golem made from bones and clay.

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Liz DeGregorio @lizdegregorio.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

My review of Isabelle Correa’s wonderful collection “Portrait of a Person Who Pushes Love Away in Fear of Losing It” is now up at Austin Poetry Review. Happy reading 🩷💙💜 #poetry austinpoetryreview.com/book-reviews...

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Portrait of a Person Who Pushes Love Away in Fear of Losing It – Austin Poetry Review

Where Austin’s Poetic Voices Gather, Grow, and Resonate

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Liz DeGregorio @lizdegregorio.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

If you’re looking for sharp yet soft, sexy yet romantic, esoteric yet eerily relatable poems that touch on everything from “Fleabag” to tarot to Sylvia Plath to Bathsheba and Britney Spears… READ THIS BOOK! 💙 Congratulations to Isabelle Correa 💜 #poetry

Isabelle Correa’s Portrait of a Person Who Pushes Love Away in Fear of Losing It

Isabelle Correa’s September as Strip Tease

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Liz DeGregorio @lizdegregorio.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Jennifer Givhan‘s “The Sleeping Sisters” is an epic, poetic story that weaves together family, the supernatural, systemic misogyny, intergenerational trauma and how to keep on living in a world that can be cruel. It’s also a tribute to the women and girls whose lives ended on the West Mesa. 🩷 📚

Jennifer Givhan’s “The Sleeping Sisters” book cover, featuring a woman with blue-black hair whose face is covered by bright pink and blue flowers.

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Liz DeGregorio @lizdegregorio.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I don’t think there’s another author I enjoy as much as Ashley Winstead. Everything is so clever, so sharp, so funny, so sexy and (in her thrillers) so chilling. She’s a great writer who understands and portray relationships between women so truthfully. 💙 📚

Ashley Winstead’s “Hot Girl Murder Club” book cover featuring three woman in dresses holding knives behind their backs.

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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Reminder that Widow’s Bay creator Katie Dippold is behind one of the greatest Halloween tweets of all time:

Katie Dippold • @katiedippold
Following
Tbt to Halloween when I dressed as the babadook but my friend's house had more of a grown ups drinking wine vibe

Image of people at a cocktail party without costumes except for one person who is dressed up as the Babadook

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Liz DeGregorio @lizdegregorio.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Imogen Crimp places the reader so perfectly in the mind of a young opera singer who is struggling to prove herself while also handling a relationship that’s draining her of all her color. Fans of Sally Rooney will enjoy this one. I loved “A Very Nice Girl” so much!

Book cover of Imogen Crimp’s “A Very Nice Girl.” The cover is a deep blue, with a bright pink font. It features a black outline illustration of a woman’s crossed legs.

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Liz DeGregorio @lizdegregorio.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I walked by a guy on the street screaming this song outloud to himself, and I felt both nostalgia and unease. A deep cut! #SavesTheDay #EmoKidNostalgia www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1lw...

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Saves The Day "Deciding"

YouTube video by Equal Vision Records

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Liz DeGregorio @lizdegregorio.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I realized a dream I didn’t know I had: collaborating with the amazing artist Sarah Gilchrist (you can see her beautiful work below), a wonderful friend of mine. I hope you enjoy my poem and her art in the latest issue of @deceleration.news … special thanks to editor @mcortez.net 🌞 🐍

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Liz DeGregorio @lizdegregorio.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

So happy about my Marla Taviano piece! She’s a poet and artist who very thoughtfully (and often hilariously) combines images from Frog and Toad (our queer elders) with quotes from the beautiful show “Heated Rivalry.” These are just so, so delightful. 🌈 🐸 🏒@marlataviano.bsky.social

An illustration from Arnold Lobel’s “Frog and Toad” series, with Toad hiding in bed and Frog hiding in the closet. The quote “Hey, that’s not what this is” from the Season 1 finale of “Heated Rivalry” is imposed over the image. This piece of art by Marla Taviano is leaning across a collection of poetry books.

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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 26/08/2026

I never realised that Dolly Parton couldn’t have children because of endometriosis. And that she was public about that in the 70’s and 80’s, when there was even more stigma and shame around infertility and menstruation than there is today.

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🌈Tyranny🫧Sparkles🏳️‍🌈 @tyranny.sparklenoise.com · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton with Keith Haring in 1985, incredible woman and supporter of LGBTQ people for decades going back to a time when few others dared.

Black and white photo of Dolly Parton with gay artist Keith Haring.

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Liz DeGregorio @lizdegregorio.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Ah yes, the classic question: Does it feel more like A RAT IS GNAWING ON MY OVARY or like SOMEONE IS PRESSING A LIT MATCH TO MY OVARY? 🐀 🔥 🫠 #endometriosis

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Stoned Feminist 👻 Spooky Version @ladylinds.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Therapy is great and everyone should do it

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Liz DeGregorio @lizdegregorio.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Decades-old NYC media deep cut, but I just put together (from reading Cat Marnell) that her former xoJane assistant Julie Schott is the Julie of the Julie morning-after pill?! 🤯

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Liz DeGregorio @lizdegregorio.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

I’ve reached nirvana (eating sopapillas in bed whilst watching true crime).

A plate of sopapillas with honey dripped onto them

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Little Fruits Mag @littlefruitsmagazine.com · 13/08/2026

celebrate the one year anniversary of little fruits magazine with a tasting from our fruit cellar. over the past year we have had the honor of sampling delicious fruits from authors around the world and hope you'll give them a try too. we look forward to the year to come -- cheers!

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Liz DeGregorio @lizdegregorio.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

“If it gets too real, you can always turn it off” ❤️🩸 “Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma” was perfect 🤩🥰🥹

Adult woman smiling and standing next to the character Little Death from “Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma”

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Kate Marvel @drkatemarvel.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

To my knowledge there is only one climate science book that begins with the Trojan War

Wonder
 
it is a serious thing // just to be alive / on this fresh morning / in this broken world.
-Mary Oliver

The sun rises over the doomed city. Outside the walls is ten years of wreckage, the mechanical skeletons of burned chariots and the white bones of men and horses. Cassandra stands on the ramparts, drinks her morning coffee, and tries to forget last night’s visions. When she allows her mind to rest, Cassandra sees things. Over and over, she has seen the fall of Troy. She has seen the murder of her family. She has seen her own capture and enslavement by the victorious Greek general and then her own murder at the hands of his wife. She has—and this is some consolation—seen his as well.

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Liz DeGregorio @lizdegregorio.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Well, that was certainly bisexual.

Movie poster for “Her Private Hell,” featuring Sophie Thatcher and Charles Melton in blocks of blue and pink.

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Liz DeGregorio @lizdegregorio.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Allie Rowbottom’s “Lovers XXX” is full of dreamy L.A. nostalgia and the heartbreaks that create a permanent crack in your life. Rowbottom’s writing is so lyrical and thoughtful. I fell in love with her characters and was so captivated by their stories. This is a book about love — and hope. 💜

Green, white, orange, black and purple book cover featuring adult video VHS tapes lined up, with a gold horizontal stripe across the middle of the book and text Allie Rowbottom’s “Lovers XXX: A Novel.”

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 04/07/2026

Curious as to why Trump has turned America's 250th anniversary into a spectacle-ridden vanity project? Lucky for you, we have an entire magazine issue dissecting why the president wants to control the country’s future by rewriting its past. Check it out: tinyurl.com/amvd6ja4

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HaikuTsunami @haikutsunami.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

sunflower solstice turning slowly to the south once again #DailyHaikuPrompt #Haiku #senryu #tanka

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Liz DeGregorio @lizdegregorio.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Happy Juneteenth! 💜💜💜 [Photo from the Black Lives Matter Instagram account]

A photo of Dr. Opal Lee dressed in purple and gold with her hand on her heart, featuring her quote, “The difference between Juneteenth and the Fourth of July? The fact is none of us are free till we’re all free.”

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jojo Lazar @poetesss.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

@lizdegregorio.bsky.social has written another stunning lyric essay/review for @anmlymag.bsky.social! "...a collection that traverses the rocky terrain of growing up trans and nonbinary, as well as the messy, beautiful flowers that can grow out of that ground." medium.com/anomalyblog/...

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Poetic Conversations: J Brooke’s “I Can Tell You the Version That Will Make You Take My Side”

Poet J Brooke knows they can write the version that will make readers take their side, but they choose the naked truth every time.

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Sal Gentile @salgentile.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

man nyc is such a fun place right now. on my way to a mets game (lol) and everyone’s in knicks gear or brazil gear or mets gear or argentina gear. everyone’s on their way to a watch party or a block party. the whole country could be like this if it wasn’t run by miserable pudding brained freaks

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Liz DeGregorio @lizdegregorio.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

WHAT AN AMAZING NIGHT! 🤩 I had the honor of reading with Dionne Ford and Kim Coleman Foote at The Ghost Presents: Literary Libations at Newark Culture Club 🩷 Darin Patterson, Kem Joy Ukwu and Maisy Card were the amazing hosts 🩵 Follow all these amazing people to learn more and read their work 💜

Woman reading from a sheet of paper in front of a microphone. Yellow neon sign says “Newark Culture Club.”

Six smiling writers stand in two rows on a stage. A yellow neon sign says “Newark Culture Club.”

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Liz DeGregorio @lizdegregorio.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Thrilled to have my first piece in The Brooklyn Rail. I got to write about Kyle McCarthy’s hypnotic modern gothic tale “Immersions,” which is about the relationship between two ballerina sisters who both fall under the sway of a mysterious man. Go read it!🧑🏻‍🩰 📕 brooklynrail.org/2026/06/book...

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Kyle McCarthy’s Immersions | The Brooklyn Rail

Kyle McCarthy’s dreamy novel Immersions reimagines Charles Perrault’s Bluebeard, the French folktale about a wealthy man with an alarming habit of murdering his wives. But Immersions isn’t a simple re...

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Liz DeGregorio @lizdegregorio.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

A very happy publication day to Meryl Branch-McTiernan‘s novel “What You Should Worry About.” Her voice is so fresh, funny and feminist that Layla leaps off the page. The book follows her from a near-orgasmic toeing in a hot tub at Sundance to a spiritual release into the ocean around Fire Island. 🩷

The yellow book cover of Meryl Branch-McTiernan’s novel “What You Should Worry About,” featuring a cup of coffee, marijuana, pens, a pink vibrator, melting vanilla ice cream and a mermaid toy.

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Liz DeGregorio @lizdegregorio.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

“Box Hill where the bikers go…” Adam Mars-Jones’s beautifully written book “Box Hill: A Story of Low Self-Esteem” has it all: - queer coming-of-age - a plot that quickly vacillates between light and dark - an openhearted narrator who notices EVERYTHING - being haunted by the past ❤️🏍️ 🏳️‍🌈💔

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Liz DeGregorio @lizdegregorio.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Annakeara Stinson’s “Nerve Damage” is excellent. If you’ve been in a bad relationship that’s haunted you… if you love portrayals of female friendship… if you like gritty/beautiful depictions of NYC/LA… if you enjoy extremely funny books that are life-affirming against the odds… read it now! 💜

Cover of Annakeara Stinson’s novel “Nerve Damage,” featuring a lime green background and a scrambled image of a young woman’s face and hair.

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Alex Elizabeth Byrne McMillan @undeniablyalex.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

YOU’RE LISTENING TO SISYPHUS FM, THE HOME OF NON-STOP ROCK

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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

You're about to see headlines saying abortion pills can't be shipped. THAT IS NOT TRUE You can still get abortion pills by mail to all fifty states. Some providers will switch to miso-only, some will ship both mife & miso. I got into all of this when the federal court ruling first dropped:

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The Biggest Attack on Abortion Since the End of Roe

A federal court wants to end mifepristone by mail—it's not happening

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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

🖼️ Sin Eater Illustrations

Hare running, blackbird; dragonfly, bees, butterfly/ woman sun faced man hatching from an egg, yellow flowers, bluebells, underground is a snake, beetles, frog, lilies of the valley, white flowers. Illustration.

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Liz DeGregorio @lizdegregorio.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Many thanks to @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social for publishing my slithery poems 🐍 🖤

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Liz DeGregorio @lizdegregorio.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

HAPPY SAPPHIC SUNDAY from your favorite horror half saph! 🌈 After watching and loving “Sentimental Value,” I went back and rewatched Joachim Trier‘a wonderful queer horror film “Thelma.” Definitely worth a watch 🤍 morbidlybeautiful.com/sapphic-sund...

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Sapphic Sunday: Thelma (2017) - Morbidly Beautiful

A delicate balance of tenderness and dread, "Thelma" explores queer desire, religious guilt, and the terrifying power of self-discovery.

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Electric Literature @electricliterature.com · 30/04/2026

Tar pits, scoliosis, and a body never fully one’s own, an essay by Aleina Grace Edwards. buff.ly/QrgdYYt

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Liz DeGregorio @lizdegregorio.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

What an amazing essay by Aleina Grace Edwards. I’ve never seen my own experience reflected back to me so clearly 💙 electricliterature.com/the-decision...

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The Decisions Affecting My Body Were Always Made By Someone Else - Electric Literature

I only wanted to be asked how I felt, how I wanted to approach my treatment

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