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River Selby @riverselby.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

My forthcoming (and debut) memoir was included in the @nytimes.com 21 Nonfiction Books Coming This Summer! See that person on the cover? They never would have imagined this– not even in their wildest dreams. @groveatlantic.bsky.social @cbuccibookman.bsky.social

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21 Nonfiction Books Coming This Summer

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River Selby @riverselby.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

My debut memoir with @groveatlantic.bsky.social comes out August 12th and here are the galleys! Six years of hard work. The cover is a picture of me from my first year on the hotshot crew. Twenty-one yr old me never would have believed this could ever happen, but here I am.

A person holding a book called Hotshot, with a picture of the author on the cover, standing in front of a wildfire.

A book, Hotshot, opened to the second page. There is a picture of the author in wildland fire gear on the left and the title page on the right, which reads Hotshot: A Life on Fire.

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River Selby @riverselby.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Going through the last of my book proofs. Went to see latest updated numbers on women in wildland fire. There's no info. It's been scrubbed by our current administration.

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River Selby @riverselby.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

I have not been here at all but I will be here! It's a breath of fresh air.

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River Selby @riverselby.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

My life and writing transformed when I took the initiative to change how I did social media and screens. Now I'm leading a multi-month intensive to help others bring awareness to their SM and screen use. Join me!

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Sentient Scrolling: Uncoiling Internet & Phone Addiction

A three month intensive

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River Selby @riverselby.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

It's 2025 so I can officially say MY FIRST BOOK IS COMING OUT THIS YEAR! I spent SIX years writing this book about the seven years I spent fighting wildland fires and the history of fire suppression in the United States. You can pre-order it here at the @groveatlantic.bsky.social website:

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Hotshot | Grove Atlantic

The fierce debut memoir of a female firefighter, Hotshot navigates the personal and environmental dangers of wildland firefighting

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River Selby @riverselby.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

What have you watched lately that blew you away on any level? Any films or shows, new or old.

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River Selby @riverselby.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Nothing has taught me more about how white supremacy and classism and discrimination works in liberal circles than being in a PhD program. It's so subtle, but some of these ppl may as well be MAGA even tho they went hard for Kamala.

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River Selby @riverselby.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

In my newsletter today I wrote about why I don't celebrate Thanksgiving and offer a reading list composed of incredible Indigenous authors and their books- I'll be creating a couple more reading lists over the next couple weeks.

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What is Thanksgiving?

A reflection on what Thanksgiving truly represents, and a reading list

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River Selby @riverselby.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Lincoln created Thanksgiving in 1863- one year after he ordered a mass hanging of Dakota tribal members. The holiday was meant to improve relations between northern and southern states as well as w/ Native Americans. It is a patently American holiday- one that refuses to acknowledge the violence

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River Selby @riverselby.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

I know from experience that there are many good men in the world. But my lorb, I want to know why there are so many terrible men. I mean, I think I know why, but if you're a man I'd love to hear your thoughts.

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River Selby @riverselby.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

If you're alone today- know that you're not alone in that experience. It's okay to be sad or angry or content or even happy to have some time to yourself. If you're grieving...know that many of us have spent the holidays in despair. It does get better. I love you.

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River Selby @riverselby.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

I'm spending Thanksgiving (a holiday created to erase the violent truth of U.S. colonization) alone, researching book stuff. I'm not upset about it- after 13 years without parents, I've learned to embrace solitary holidays.

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River Selby @riverselby.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Are you a writer with a book coming out in 2025? I'd love to make a starter pack for us. If you want to join pls reply to this or message me. And if you'd like more ppl to see this please share it! Let's support each other!

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River Selby @riverselby.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

I made a TikTok about the true history of Thanksgiving and genocidal actions of colonizers and they deemed it ineligible for the FYP. This is why social media is a farce. Ppl can post transphobic and racist content but I can't post actual U.S. history without being censored.

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River Selby @riverselby.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

I'm a big fan of Dreyer's English. An accessible instructional book for writers of all levels. Also, it's fun to read.

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River Selby @riverselby.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Still recovering from an oral surgery but I took another walk in one of my favorite places and found a nature collage.

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River Selby @riverselby.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

I had time for a walk today and this is what I found.

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Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Percival Everett’s James wins the National Book Award for Fiction!

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 21/11/2024

Whenever we make ourselves smaller for them, they just shrink our box again.

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River Selby @riverselby.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Taught my last class for a little over a week and have some precious time to...read for prelims. And rest. For the first time in many YEARS. Very happy about this.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

our ancestors accomplished more, with less, against worse. stay locked in.

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River Selby @riverselby.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

I wrote a book about growing up in an abusive home & becoming a wildland firefighter. It's also about the history of 🔥 in the U.S., & the importance of Indigenous land stewardship and ITEK. It's now available for pre-order, which is absolutely wild to me. August 2025, via @groveatlantic.bsky.social

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Jessica Poli @jessicapoli.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

TRUST ME when I say you are going to want to read this! River is such a beautiful writer, a beautiful human, and a dear friend. The pieces I’ve read from this book as they worked on it are stunning. I can’t wait to hold this in my hands and read the whole wonderful thing. (Also, that cover 🔥🔥🔥)

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River Selby @riverselby.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

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River Selby @riverselby.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

My level of anxiety directly correlates with my use of exclamation points!!!!!!!!

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Rebecca Gummere @rgummere.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Hey, y'all, my dear friend @lahenion.bsky.social just hopped on here and she has a new book out that is so GORGEOUS. Give her a follow and definitely check out NIGHT MAGIC by Leigh Ann Henion. www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/leigh...

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Night Magic

From a New York Times bestselling nature writer comes a celebration of what goes on outside in the dark, from blooming moon gardens to nocturnal salamanders,...

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River Selby @riverselby.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

I announced my new book today and it didn't get one heart, or any acknowledgement. Not that I'm entitled to that. But I would love it if new and teeny accounts could somehow be more visible. Not sure how it works here. An algorithm? No? Then what is it. Pls enlighten me!

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River Selby @riverselby.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

This incredibly nuanced post exemplifies allyship. Thank you @georgetakei.bsky.social for speaking up. As a nonbinary person in Florida I feel a distinct change- a boldness to be violent and hateful. Someone yelled at me from their truck today and I went into a total panic attack. We need you.

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River Selby @riverselby.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

My memoir (and first book), HOTSHOT, is coming out in August 2025! It's now available for pre-order!! And here's the cover!!! Find out more here:

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HOTSHOT Book Cover Reveal!

My book is coming out in August 2025!!!! It has a cover!

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River Selby @riverselby.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

15 yrs ago I submitted a short story w a letter saying I had a couple community college classes & didn't know what I was doing. An editor accepted it & spent a year helping me revise it. Then he encouraged me to get my BA. I just finished copyedits on my 1st book & he's in the acknowledgements. 🐣

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River Selby @riverselby.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

I will no longer listen to anyone who grew up with a household income over $40k a year. I am *incredibly* tired of folks who grew up getting more than their basic needs met telling lower middle class and poor people how they should feel. It's gaslighting. Listen to poor people. I'm serious.

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River Selby @riverselby.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Hm...would I rather be in an echo chamber with people who accept me or in a silo trapped amongst bigots who tell me I'm inhuman simply because I'm nonbinary? I'll take the echo chamber, thanks!

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River Selby @riverselby.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Thirteen yrs ago I applied to college. I was 32 yrs. old., working as a nanny & farm hand. Neither of my parents graduated high school & I spent my 20s working blue collar jobs. Now I'm pursuing a PhD & have a forthcoming book. Don't take anything for granted- especially your limitations.

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River Selby @riverselby.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Can we all collectively agree to make this a space where we speak intentionally, bc what we say has a tangible affect on the collective? I think it would be nice. Twitter was lovely but sometimes lacked nuance. Plus those constant random rants. Idk. Just a thought.

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River Selby @riverselby.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

I left Twitter right after it switched to X and it is *truly* delightful to see folks I've been missing for over a year. Idk why I didn't come here right away but I'm glad I'm here now.

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River Selby @riverselby.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

St. Mark's Wildlife Refuge, Florida.

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River Selby @riverselby.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

I turned my copyedits in today which means that all I have left is proofreading which means that by the end of December my book will be on its way to being published and totally out of my hands. Feeling kinda like I posted something too vulnerable on social media x5000.

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Bluemoose Books @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Please, if you are able, support Independent bookshops. They are the literary & social hubs of our high streets and communities. Without their continued support, we simply wouldn't be around to publish . Thank you.

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River Selby @riverselby.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

It would benefit everyone to revisit Crenshaw's Intersectional theory and possibly...maybe...perhaps... apply the framework to their ideas about privilege and oppression. Some of the takes I've seen on social media are absolutely devoid of nuance.

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River Selby @riverselby.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

I wrote about hope, the present moment, and my experiences with bad people. Sometimes writing is a space in which I can truly capture my best self, and my most enlightened view of the world, like a snapshot before I swing in another direction.

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Love in the Face of Hatred

On the sea change and moving backwards in time

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River Selby @riverselby.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

A little bit about me: I am a former wildland firefighter and nanny turned writer, w/ an MFA from Syracuse, currently pursuing my PhD. Book forthcoming in 2025 via Grove Atlantic. I'm autistic & nonbinary & white & disabled. I study history, ecology, diaspora, film, theory, & literature. ❣️

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