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Richard Mirabella 🐝 @rpmirabella.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

I'm running a two-session online course through Kinderhook Books in Kinderhook, NY. Have you "always wanted to write a novel" but don't know where to start? Hey, I can help you with that! I sort of know how to probably help you possibly do that thing!!

Invite for a two session craft talk about starting your novel. How to Being: Finding your novel writing process with Richard Mirabella. Jan 6 and 13 7PM-9PM.

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Alina Stefanescu @alinaetc.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Dear humans, Just wanted to share something I've been quiet about, in the year of my loud self-doubt, with gratitude to @sarabandebooks.bsky.social and to many others whom I look forward to thanking in the coming months, MY HERESIES, forthcoming in April 2025.🖤 www.sarabandebooks.org/all-titles/p...

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My Heresies, Alina Stefanescu — SARABANDE BOOKS

Pre-order only. Available April 2025. Behold My Heresies : the latest and highly anticipated poetry collection from Alina Stefanescu. Riven by the tension between hagiographies, utopias, b...

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Jehad Abusalim @jehadabusalim.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Download your free copy of the anthology "Light in Gaza: Writings Born of Fire," which I had the honor of co-editing in 2022. Light in Gaza explores the critical role of Gaza in Palestinian identity, history, and the struggle for liberation. www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1861-l...

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Light in Gaza

Light in Gaza gathers a collective Palestinian vision of what a future Gaza could be.

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Nate Xie @nathanrxie.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

hmmm… not really feeling it

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Glenn Orgias @glennorgias.bsky.social · 21/11/2023

Lol, this is kind of a tragic story from @jjlofflin.bsky.social , but I couldn't help but laugh. www.cultmag.net/blog-1/its-n...

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It’s Not a Ron Jeremy Thing — Cult. Magazine

by Joshua Jones Lofflin

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james o @jamesolearypoet.bsky.social · 12/11/2023

about six months ago on the old bad place, @toddedillard.bsky.social shared a meme that included a phrase somewhere along the lines of "like a bad review for God," and it immediately inspired me to write a poem. Here it is today in the Indianapolis Review; my thanks to the editors <3

Yelp! Review for God

Despite omnipotence, largely unhelpful.
Created the Tazmanian Devil
only to not allow people to pet it,
which goes against good customer service.
Entirely absent managerial style
allows both workers and customers
to run rampant in the store with no rules.
Though I admit the lack of rules quite fun
as it allowed me to steal
large quantities of strawberry-kiwi kombucha.
I asked to see a manager and an old man
told me to confess everything I’d done wrong.
What the hell, dude? And what’s with the wine
on Sunday morning anyway? I was 14.
I can only hope this other “Hell” location
I’ve heard so much about has better wifi.
Apparently I’ve been pre-banned from
the “Heaven” one for kissing boys
in the vegetable aisle here, though why
did this God fellow care about me then?
Unprofessional. Gross. Still,
4 out of 5 stars for inventing saliva between us.

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Joshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · 07/11/2023

My flash “Seventeen” is live now in The Baltimore Review. Many thanks to @bdiehl.bsky.social for giving it a home. And a big shout out to @smokelong.bsky.social for their excellent SmokeLong Summer workshop whence this piece first emerged. baltimorereview.org

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The Baltimore Review

A journal of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction

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Glenn Orgias @glennorgias.bsky.social · 15/10/2023

Excited to have a love story out today in Chestnut Review. chestnutreview.com/cr_v5_n2/what-ar…

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Jeanne Thornton @jeannethornton.bsky.social · 17/10/2023

Hi, I've once again updated my very extremely professional website. Specifically I have added a mailing list form! I'm doing more teaching + manuscript diagnosis work in 2024, and maybe you would be curious about these things?? If so, please sign up! :D fictioncircus.com/Jeanne/

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David Yourdon @davidyourdon.bsky.social · 15/10/2023

My story "The Kid from Out West" is in the new issue of Peatsmoke: www.peatsmokejournal.com/fall-2023-fl... Have a read, & read the other amazing authors too! Thanks to Wendy Wallace for believing in it, and thanks to my workshop buddies in @smokelong.bsky.social Fitness for the great feedback

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Josephine beckbook.com Riesman @josie.zone · 12/10/2023

A barn-burner from the editor of Jewish Currents: “I wanted desperately to keep these images separate—to hold close the liberatory metaphor and banish the violent reality. By the time I began to accept that these were pictures of the same event, I was distraught”

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“We Cannot Cross Until We Carry Each Other”

The editor-in-chief of Jewish Currents on recommitting to our movements in this moment.

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Majda Gama @majda.bsky.social · 11/10/2023

Mimesis by Fady Joudah

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Chelsea Stickle @chelseastickle.bsky.social · 02/10/2023

Completely over the moon to have a micro in Passages North today! I wrote it in @Smokelong.bsky.social Summer, and it made the shortlist for the summer workshop contest. Thank you to Jennifer Howard for a lovely introduction that made me feel so seen. #flash 🦞🦞🦞 www.passagesnorth.com/passagesnort...

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The Final Girl Wolfs Down Red Lobster by Chelsea Stickle — Passages North

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Lauren Groff @legroff.bsky.social · 01/10/2023

Heyyy. Contributors’ copies of BASS 2023 have arrived. I’m so happy to find myself in such excellent company. Thank you, Min Jin Lee and Heidi Pitlor for the honor.

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Mimi Manyin @mimimanyin.bsky.social · 27/09/2023

If you’re looking for something to read as the air turns chilly and the night gets longer, check out my short story, "Whisper in the Wind", in Ploughshares (Vol. 49 No. 1, Spring 2023)! ❤️‍🩹🕊 #love #grief #connection #hope #magic #ghost #literary #fiction www.pshares.org/issues/sprin...

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jonah wu | 夷陵老祖 🌙 @rabblerouses.bsky.social · 27/09/2023

i want to quit my job. more than that, i want to be free of capitalism 🥲

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R. O. Kwon 권오경 @rokwon.bsky.social · 19/09/2023

pre-orders are up for my new novel & here’s the cover, EXHIBIT will be out in May ‘24!!! EXHIBIT has been an 8-year obsession & it’s full of desire & ambition & revenge & queer exuberance & I’m so glad to get to share it with y’all 🖤💌 www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/635517/exhibit-by-r-o-kwon/

Cover of a novel, EXHIBIT, by R.O. Kwon, coming May 2024. Image of the torso & thigh of a woman whose elbow is jutting out, with what looks like long black hair but resolves into a strip of black paint

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Chloe Chun Seim @chloechun.bsky.social · 18/09/2023

My debut, CHURN, a novel-in-stories illustrated by myself, is coming Nov. 15 from Texas Review Press! If you are interested in possibly reviewing or interviewing me, you can request an ARC here: www.tamupress.com/for-media/ This little book means the world to me. Thank you! ❤️❤️❤️

On the left, a book cover for CHURN, with the text, "Chloe Chun Seim," "A Novel in Stories," and "The George Garrett Fiction Prize Winner." On the right, a grayscale drawing in marker of a large spider and its web hanging over a small tent.

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Glenn Orgias @glennorgias.bsky.social · 18/09/2023

Cool otherworldly cover real from SmokeLong. Excited to be on this list of contributors.

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SmokeLong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social · 17/09/2023

It’s cover reveal time! The 12 wonderful stories of Issue 81 will be before your very eyes tomorrow, Monday 18th. What a treat we have in store for you.

Cover with horse face with skull overlay on Barbie pink background. Text says “ SmokeLong Issue 81 September 2023, Stories by Olivia Schwartzman
Ola W. Halim
Amy Stuber
Ella Hormel
Alida Dean
Vibha Balaji
jj peña
Glenn Orgias
Timothy Boudreau
Frances Orrok
Lindsey Pharr
Christopher Santantasio Featuring the prize winners from a SmokeLong Summer 23”

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Gwen E. Kirby @gwenekirby.bsky.social · 13/09/2023

So thrilled to have a new story at X-R-A-Y Magazine today!!!!! 😍🍒🫐🥝🥑🥥🍉 xraylitmag.com/jackfruit-by...

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aureleo sans 🇨🇴 @aureleo.bsky.social · 11/09/2023

this is your annual reminder that more first responders & cleanup workers, who were denied PPE, have died of 9/11-related illnesses than those who died during 9/11. this is your annual reminder that 7 million people have died from COVID. we need to honor those lives too.

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Shannon Sanders @shanders.bsky.social · 05/09/2023

Delighted by this starred review from Booklist. I really love seeing different stories resonate with readers. Think this is the first time I’ve seen “Bird of Paradise” (not yet published) singled out 🥰

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Company, by By Shannon Sanders. | Booklist Online

Booklist Online Book Review: Company. <ParaStyle:ByStar>By Shannon Sanders.Oct. 2023. 208p. Graywolf, $27 (9781644452516). REVIEW. First published September 1, 2023 (Booklist). Adult Books - Fict...

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N.S. Ahmed @nsahmed99.bsky.social · 03/09/2023

Genuinely one of the most life-changing literary opportunities that I am deeply proud to be a part of. From the mentorship to dear friends to the non-stop growth, I ~HIGHLY~ recommend you ~APPLY~ to it!!! Happy to offer insights to any prospective applicants! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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PERIPLUS: An FAQ

PERIPLUS: AN FAQ Updated September 2023 Apply here, by 10/27, for the 2024 Periplus Fellowship! Hi! Thanks for your interest in PERIPLUS, a mentorship collective serving U.S. writers who are Black, ...

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R. O. Kwon 권오경 @rokwon.bsky.social · 02/09/2023

the application for the 2024 Periplus Fellowship—offering mentorship and community to writers of color—is now open ❤️‍🔥 you can learn more & apply by 10/27, pls help spread the word docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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PERIPLUS: An FAQ

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Daniel Allen Cox @danielallencox.bsky.social · 26/08/2023

Marquette, Michigan's daily newspaper runs reviews of new arrivals at the local public library, and this one is sending me 😳 My book is really getting out there.

The collection of essays in author Daniel Cox’s I Felt the End Before it Came are at once fanciful and pragmatic, heartfelt and heartbreaking. In a style reminiscent of David Sedaris, Cox winds his narratives through personal history with intent, if not always ease. The lead essay, The Letter, introduces the culture of the Jehovah’s Witnesses for any unfamiliar and Cox’s relationship with the order and the people in his life he had to leave behind.

These notes carry through the rest of the collection, as Cox describes experiencing Y2K with the backdrop of the Witness’ apocalyptic mindset, the challenge of continuing the relationship with his mother, and his struggle with alcoholism. I Felt the End Before it Came is a raw, personal experience, recommended for readers of Sedaris and fans of Paris is Burning.

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Melissa Llanes Brownlee @lumchanmfa.bsky.social · 25/08/2023

Teaching a workshop through the Crow Collective! @sagetyrtle.bsky.social #flash #writerworkshop www.melissallanesbrownlee.com/talk-story/2...

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Nate Xie @nathanrxie.bsky.social · 24/08/2023

One of the books I’m most excited about in 2024!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Dhyanna Raffi-David @dhyanna.bsky.social · 16/08/2023

My sudden fiction “Circling the Void” just came out in this beautiful 13th Issue of Jelly Bucket for Reading! You can purchase issues and support Jelly Bucket here: www.jellybucket.org/gallery-page-te…

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Nic Anstett @nicanstett.bsky.social · 16/08/2023

My head is still spinning over this one! "The Exorsister," my story about a plague of demonic possessions and messy queer sisterhood, is the feature for the August issue of “One Story!” You know you want to buy a copy of this greenpea-soup-colored beauty!

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