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Amanda Růžičková

@marvelish.me
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She/Her. Poet in Prague. Making my way back to my Stockbridge-Munsee roots. Living with stage IV lung cancer & too many unread books. Poetry, reviews, etc. @ marvelish.me; reviews @ lesbrary.com; published in Gashmius Magazine and Elephants & Tea

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Amanda Růžičková @marvelish.me · 28/07/2026
I'm also adding that no matter where you live, odds are good that more blood is needed.
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Amanda Růžičková @marvelish.me · 11/05/2026
Name a song with girl in the title but replace girl with squirrel: Fat Bottomed Squirrels
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Amanda Růžičková @marvelish.me · 22/12/2025
If anyone is a fan of horror by BIPOC authors, pre-orders started today for a new book by Tatiana Schlote-Bonne, via Boozhoo Books boozhoo.binderybooks.com/item/1ILBaRy... I enjoyed her first two novels. My review of her first book can be found at marvelish.me/such-lovely-...
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Bindery Books | What Feeds Below
publishing stories that haunt and heal.
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Amanda Růžičková @marvelish.me · 14/12/2025
My thoughts and feelings right now as they pertain to the Bondi Beach shooting come in poetry form. marvelish.me/the-word-for...
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The Word for Light
Tonight, when I strike a match in my kitchen and say, lehadlik ner shel Chanukkah— the word for light catches in my throat like a bone. Blessed are You— You who are praised in every kaddish, great an...
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Amanda Růžičková @marvelish.me · 10/12/2025
Kat is one of my dearest cancer buddies, a lovely and lively person as well as a talented artist. She's the one who did my profile picture! If you can spare even a few dollars to help her, I would be grateful.
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Amanda Růžičková @marvelish.me · 08/12/2025
This is neat! tribalbusinessnews.com/sections/art...
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Minnesota Wild produces first NHL broadcast entirely in Ojibwe language
The Minnesota Wild made hockey history with the first NHL game broadcast entirely in Ojibwe, partnering with the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe and language revitalization organizations.
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Emilius Duckberry @emiliusdraws.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
#3157 A helpful tutorial
A digital drawing of one of those drawing tutorials that says 'don't do this, do this.' 
The drawing is of an almost naked middle-aged man doing a flying kick. The 'Don't do this' one has a bunch of areas circled and a cross under it. The 'Do this' one is exactly the same but without the circles and a tick instead of a cross.
The text reads 'Needlessly adding red circles will ruin your art' and a smaller bit of text at the bottom reads 'Bonus tip! Add a tick under all your art so people think you did it right.'
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Amanda Růžičková @marvelish.me · 17/11/2025
Hej, to je fakt super! Předám to dál.
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Elsie @elsiefenris.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
Read this ASAP. Seriously, this series rules. As a casual magical girl enjoyer, this series strikes a perfect balance of character work, tone, style, and vibes that tells a beautiful story about figuring yourself out, and then fighting for that life against the forces of evil.
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Amanda Růžičková @marvelish.me · 16/11/2025
Looking for artists! Are you or someone you know great at logo design? I'm interested in possibly getting one made for things like bookstagram, my website, etc. I'm also absolutely expecting to pay for it. I'd rather pay someone in my social circles than a total stranger.
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Amanda Růžičková @marvelish.me · 13/11/2025
This is still the only book I've written a fan poem for. It's about toilets but also not really, and you can read it here: marvelish.me/manifesto-in... I need book 2, @aaronsofaer.bsky.social
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Manifesto in Porcelain
Author’s note: this is written about, and contains very minor spoilers about, Quill & Still by Aaron Sofaer ... A plaque might as well glint sly advice: “Relieve and believe,” implied by every fixtur...
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The Transfeminine Review @thetransfemininereview.com · 13/11/2025
My favorite irony this year is how Talia declared this in the spring and then proceeded to write one of the most popular works of fiction of 2025 😂
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Trump’s problem is that so many Americans — including his MAGA base — believed that he’d expose a powerful global elite. But every day it's becoming more and more clear that Trump may actually be part of that global elite. Expect him to lash out as the walls close in.
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Amanda Růžičková @marvelish.me · 13/11/2025
Oof.
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Amanda Růžičková @marvelish.me · 12/11/2025
Another of my reviews is on the internet, this time a Korean Sapphic vampire murder mystery: The Midnight Shift by Cheon Seon-Ran This one really resonated with me, for Reasons. #booksky lesbrary.com/the-midnight...
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Vampires, Murder Mysteries, and Loneliness: The Midnight Shift by Seon-Ran Cheon, Translated by Gene Png
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Amanda Růžičková @marvelish.me · 12/11/2025
My newest review is up, this time for The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by @sgj.bsky.social. I say "review" but it ended up being more than that, because this book had a pretty profound impact on me. marvelish.me/the-buffalo-...
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The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones
First, the reviewer's bare minimum: The Buffalo Hunter Hunter is one of the best books I've read this year. It's Stephen Graham Jones at his most ambitious—a 448-page historical horror novel that uses...
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Mrs. Detective Pikajew, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 07/11/2025
I can’t believe Zohran is transing the trains already www.mta.info/article/f-m-...
F and M trains will swap routes between Manhattan and Queens starting in
December 2025
We're making this change to improve reliability. Here's what you need to know about how your trip may change.
New York City Transit
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Amanda Růžičková @marvelish.me · 10/11/2025
The good news: praguemorning.cz/czech-republ... The bad news: I'm sure you can imagine the comments.
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Czech Republic Bans Physical Punishment of Children in 2026
Czech Republic will ban all physical punishment of children from January 2026, highlighting ongoing challenges in schools and orphanages.
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Fromthemixedupdesk @fromthemixedupdesk.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
I’ve got nearly 100 books for sale on Pango and if they don’t sell this week they are going to a little free library! I’ll include a book bingo card with every order until I run out: pangobooks.com/bookstore/ja...
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Sadly Rutschman @flannelgoddess.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
BALTIMORE! A friend of mine who is an art conservator just got grant funding for a project on how to preserve queer stories and objects if anyone is interested please pass this flyer along
A poster that reads

QUEER STORIES PRESERVATION
*
WORKSHOP
a FREE community event
Our memories live in the objects we love and the stories they tell. Join us as we learn how to care for them.
How can I repair my grandmother's quilt?
How should I store my journals, photos, & artwork?
What does
"archival" even mean?

Saturday,
JAN 17, 2026, 2-4 PM
Tola's Room | 4212 Sheldon Ave
For questions, please email preservequeerstories@gmail.com
Created by & for the Baltimore LGBTQ community.
All ages welcome.
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The Transfeminine Review @thetransfemininereview.com · 07/11/2025
After hundreds of hours of reading and research, my 2025 Starter Guide to transfeminine literature is finally live! No matter your experience level, there's a book for you! 🏳️‍⚧️📚 #transbooks The list covers a vast range of genres. There are 78 handcrafted recs on this list, and I've read all but two.
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Start Here (2025 Edition)
Are you questioning your gender and searching for fiction that’ll help you figure out what a transition might look like? Are you a trans woman or a femmeby who’s never seen herself on the tradition…
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Usili (Talia) 🏳️‍⚧️ @usili.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
I feel many of you are going to have interesting responses to this picture of Zohran Mamdani and his wife from Election Night.
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Cyndie is not an #ECHO💙🔵dot 🔵 state @cyndieg.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
apnews.com/article/nati... remains and stories of Native American students are being reclaimed from a Pennsylvania cemetery
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The remains and stories of Native American students are being reclaimed from a Pennsylvania cemetery
The latest round of exhumations of Native American students from a cemetery at the former Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania resulted in the remains of 17 students being repatriated to ...
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Amanda Růžičková @marvelish.me · 06/11/2025
A poetry Discord I'm on had discussion about how unreliable AI detection sites are. Curious, I put the most recent piece I wrote into GPTZero to see what it thought. This is its reasoning for why one particular sentence was probably AI. At least it thinks "Horror." is probably human.
Text from GPTZero that says "Why we think it's AI: Formulaic Flow. The use of 'and' connects two independent clauses, creating a cohesive flow of information." This is followed by a query: "Useful?" with a thumbs up and thumbs down button.
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nicole✨ @renaryuugu.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
thats nuts
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Amanda Růžičková @marvelish.me · 05/11/2025
It's great to see this happening in my home town! I have fond memories of the Madison Children's Museum growing up in Madison.
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Amanda Růžičková @marvelish.me · 05/11/2025
I'm a US expat, queer, married to a Czech PoC. Going home feels perilous right now. I also have stage IV lung cancer—maybe a year left, maybe twenty. That means I don't know if I'll ever safely see my people again. Last night gave me the first breath of hope about it I've had in months.
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Addy Bross 🌈 they/xe @aebrossbooks.com · 01/11/2025
New month, new book bundle! 📢 📚 From Nov. 1 to Nov. 15, you can snatch up the Trans People Take on the World book bundle. 32 books for a minimum of $35.00 (or a little extra, if you'd like to help out) you can support seeing the trans rep in books you want to see! itch.io/b/3352/trans...
Trans People Take on the World
itchio book bundle
32 books for $35.00
November 1 through November 15

Secondhand Origin Stories by Lee Brontide
Non-Player Character by Veo Corva
Baker Thief by Claudie Arseneault
What Lies Within by Issy Waldrom
Synthetic Sea by Franklyn Newt
My Personal Trainer Cracked My Egg by Fern V. Bedek
The Erstwhile Tyler Kyle by Steve Westenra
All Roads Lead to This by Kay Claire
Name Her Holy by Aubrey Ennis
The Uncontinented Stars by Haden Cross
Blood on the Snow by Finn McLellan
A Memory of Blood and Magic by K. N. Brindle
Structural Integrity by Tabitha O'Connell
The Thread That Binds by Cedar McCloud
The Elysium Proposal by A.E. Bross
Between You, Me, and the Moonlit Sea by Linn Silver
FIRST ROSE by Jake Vanguard
Manipulator's War by Elise Carlson
Like Salt and Whisky by Merlina-Garance 
Illusory by Mx Misfits
Enemies to Enemies by Ash Kreider
Garden of Rotten Roses by Nic Hidalgo
Echo Sight by Cian Verati
The Poison Fruits by EM HAEGER
Dragon's Soul by J.F.R. Coates
A Demon to Save Me by H.S. Kallinger
Powder and Feathers by Johannes T. Evans
The Strangers' Sanctuary by S.E. Robertson
Our Simulated Selves by Nikki Null
Songs of Broken Bells by Lilly Lockwood
A Life in Too Many Margins by S. E. Thomson
1000 Lotuses Part 2 - Seamstress (with Part 1) by LotusCarp
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Archai @archai.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
This needs more attention: Zohran SPLIT the straights with Cuomo. ALL of his margin was from LGBTQ+ voters. Every Dem who ever said “we should abandon the transes” needs this shoved down their fucking throat with a ramrod.
Photo of NBC’s exit poll data (from my work laptop, lol) showing Mamdani splitting the straight vote equally with Cuomo, but taking the LGBTQ+ vote by more than 5:1. Even though the LGBTQ+ slice is only 14% of the population, they were a LANDSLIDE in his favor.
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Abra / Jessica Conwell, Carmella Creeper's Gender Doula🏳️‍⚧️ 🇲🇽🌼 @pairofclaws.bsky.social · 22/02/2024
On that note: Trans authors (I mean authors who are trans, NOT cis people who write about trans people), drop your book links here and I'll try to repost as many as I can throughout the day. Cis people: Repost trans authors' book links. Cis people who want to complain about being excluded: gtfo
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🌒💀 evelynn 💀🌘 @ladyartaud.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
the mtg/linguistics/trans nerds have translated "death before detransition" into phyrexian.
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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 03/11/2025
thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting. now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
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As Condé Nast Folds Teen Vogue Into Vogue’s Website, NewsGuild Condemns the Plan
The union, which reps staffers, says the move was "clearly designed" to blunt the journalism of the brand, which has leaned in to progressive politics.
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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
This magazine just fired all of their politics staffers
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Amanda Růžičková @marvelish.me · 03/11/2025
I'm reminded again that Teen Vogue does better jorunalism than so many other publications, and that I really should subscribe to help support that...
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The Octopus Gallery @octopusgallery.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
DON'T FORGET!
Photo of a tv screen showing the text "Turn your cocks BACK one hour tonight" from WNEM TV.
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Fromthemixedupdesk @fromthemixedupdesk.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
Today I am asking you to support indie Indigenous publishing. Becoming a $5 or $12 subscriber to my Bindery directly supports my imprint and can increase the number of books I am able to publish each year. If you don’t have it, please subscribe for free. boozhoo.binderybooks.com
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Amanda Růžičková @marvelish.me · 02/11/2025
I've been reading more horror this year, and here's one book that I really enjoyed! My latest review is up for Such Lovely Skin by @thebuffwriter.bsky.social marvelish.me/such-lovely-... #booksky #horror #fiction
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Such Lovely Skin by Tatiana Schlote-Bonne
It takes every lie, every slick manipulation, and turns them to tools—dismantling her life with a butcher's systematic attention to the joints. It's *The Ring* with receipts, and the bottom line is br...
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Amanda Růžičková @marvelish.me · 01/11/2025
The new book "Kta'nã: Mohican Heartbeat" is out now from the Mohican Writers Circle. Important work I should've shouted about sooner, but honeymooning, moving, life… better late than never, right? Links for purchasing can be found at www.mohicanwriters.org #nativesky
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Mohican Writers Circle
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Amanda Růžičková @marvelish.me · 26/10/2025
I can't believe an apparent professional writer admitted to this...
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Amanda Růžičková @marvelish.me · 17/10/2025
My first cancerversary was last month, and this is how I spent it. I'm still here, still grateful to be.
A picture of the original poster in front of a glacier, next to a sign that says "La Jonction alt. 2589m"
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Amanda Růžičková @marvelish.me · 13/10/2025
Because of Indian Boarding Schools and the traumas they cuased, I grew up with essential zero connection to any of my indigenous roots. My mom didn't even find out that her dad had been sent to one until after she was an adult and he had passed away, when her mom told her.
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Jay @duniagamemaster.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
It's Minnesota State Fair time! It's time for Minnesotan folk art! Here, for example, is Saturn Devouring His Corn, in the seed art category!
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Amanda Růžičková @marvelish.me · 17/07/2025
I'm building a catalogue of Sapphic fiction by indigenous authors. I have a good chunk of traditionally published work, but I'm woefully lacking in indie books. I love supporting indie authors!📚💙 How am I defining Sapphic? As inclusively as possible… (1/2)
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Flossindune @flossindune.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
www.cozyupwithfantasy.com Cozy story book blast! Today only, 50+ cozy stories, including my own Courier Quest, are 99 cents! If you're looking for your next comfort read or looking to increase your TBR pile, how's a great time. www.amazon.com/dp/B0CVHB14FX
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Amanda Růžičková @marvelish.me · 15/07/2025
My new book review is posted for A Sharper, More Lasting Pain by @authoralexharvey.bsky.social.💙📚 This one hit for me in a personal way, and you should go read it, but you should also go find out more at lesbrary.com/a-sharper-mo... #BookReview #BookSky #Sapphic #Non-Binary
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Chronic Illness in Dark Academia Fantasy: A Sharper, More Lasting Pain by Alex Harvey-Rivas Review 
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Amanda Růžičková @marvelish.me · 12/07/2025
I wrote a new poem. If you like poetry, then I invite you to read it. You can read it if you don't like poetry too, of course. marvelish.me/honing-the-s...
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Honing the Small Hours
We swap hyperlink chatter for chain-mail clatter, thumb-sparks peppering cheap denim with ember freckles. No mission statement—only steel on strop or stone, queer clang leaking from the shoebox flat l...
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pork, cheese, broccoli rabe @garlicbuffalo.gobirds.biz · 21/06/2025
amtrak’s marketing team gets it
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Kara Buchanan 🏳️‍⚧️ @magicariot.com · 11/07/2025
If we wanna get #transbooks trending then allow me to link to mine 🥹 magicariot.com Trans books good. Trans books better than most anything else.
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Magica Riot - The Official Site
A novel about Portland's hard-rocking queer magical girls, Magica Riot.
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Amanda Růžičková @marvelish.me · 10/07/2025
This is an excellent thread, well worth reading.
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L. D. Lewis, Sea Witch Apologist 🧜🏾‍♀️ @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app · 10/07/2025
*whispers* "DEI" should never be a programming category, it should be the core of all programming okay bye
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