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Jane Hicks @thecosmicpossum.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Spent the afternoon sending out poems. I’m very unorganized at this task.

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lukelukeluke @lukelukeluke.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

I just shared a big update on my mushroom foraging guide I’m writing 🙌 There’s a free video on Patreon patreon.com/luke_venechuk Pretty sure I used the phrase “hell yeah” more than any other mushroom guide author ✍️

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D. A. Powell @dapowell.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

I will be selecting the winner of the Ashland Poetry Press' Richard Snyder Prize for a full-length collection. Submissions open today. Final deadline is the first of May. ashlandpoetrypress.com/2026-richard...

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2026 Richard Snyder Prize Opens! - Ashland Poetry Press

Ashland Poetry Press is thrilled to announce that the 2025 judge for our Richard Snyder Memorial Book Prize is D.A. Powell. The Prize opened for submissions on January 1 and will read through the spri...

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maniacally abstrack black @upfromsumdirt.blacksky.app · 17/12/2025

...help me help you. 😌☺️

photo of a text message appearing on an older model flip phone. the message reads: the shoes of the fisherman's wife poems by upfromsumdirt makes a great gift!

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Delilah S. Dawson @delilahsdawson.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

So here comes the encouragement: * you are not alone * this, too, shall pass * keep writing because someone needs your story * keep writing because you love the craft * you have survived 100% of the times that felt impossible * art is rebellion * art feeds your soul * winter is for lying fallow 8/

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Shaindel Beers @shaindelr.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

I say this every ding dang year, but PLEASE if you have friends/family who you don't know what they need for the holidays, ask if they need something for their pets. I'm helping SO many people raise funds for spay/neuter right now. Many people want help, not presents 💗

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Read Appalachia @readappalachia.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

NEW PODCAST EPISODE! In today’s episode @kdwinchester.bsky.social talks to @upfromsumdirt.bsky.social about his new poetry collection THE SHOES OF THE FISHERMAN’S WIFE. Have a listen! www.readappalachia.com/blog/ep-51-u...

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Ep. 51 | Poetry Corner: upfromsumdirt — Read Appalachia

In the latest installment of our minisode series, Poetry Corner,  Kendra Winchester is joined by upfromsumdirt.

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Electric Literature @electricliterature.com · 01/12/2025

Jeremy B. Jones and Denton Loving discuss Jones’s new memoir “Cipher,” the process of journaling, what it’s like to be haunted, and whether the past offers any hope for our current times.

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Decoding an Ancestor’s Scandalous, Encrypted Diaries - Electric Literature

In “Cipher,” Jeremy B. Jones uses the nineteenth-century life of his forefather to better understand the present

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Jane Hicks @thecosmicpossum.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Red Branch Review #4 is gorgeous. I have a poem along with a number of great poets, writers, and artists. Order here: www.redbranchreview.org

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silashouse.bsky.social @silashouse.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

ALL THESE GHOSTS is a finalist for the Southern Book Prize. This award is special because booksellers pick the finalists and readers pick the winner. I’m honored to be a finalist among such an amazing lineup. You can vote for your favorites here. thesouthernbooksellerreview.org/southern-boo...

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Appalachian Voices @appvoices.org · 12/07/2025

Appalachian Voices is seeking a community outreach intern to join our team. This is a part time, paid 12-week position that will support our ongoing work to fight fossil fuel projects. Apply by July 18! #NonProfitJobs appalachian.bamboohr.com/careers/51

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Jane Hicks @thecosmicpossum.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Way down yonder in the Pawpaw Patch. Trees are full.

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Jane Hicks @thecosmicpossum.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Thrilled to be in this issue edited by Jeremy Paden jdpaden@bsky.social

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Jane Hicks @thecosmicpossum.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Sent out ten poems yesterday. Moving forward.

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Jane Hicks @thecosmicpossum.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

I’m proud to be in this wonderful group.

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Sam Rasnake @samrasnake.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

“My writing is a negotiation with trauma and the world that produced it, so I am motivated by unearthing, exploring, and, hopefully, eventually coming to peace with said trauma....I try to imagine new worlds in my writing, spaces that don’t yet exist...” J Jennifer Espinoza #poetry #writer

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Lauren Crawford (she/her) @laurencraw.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

A huge thank you to Sara Henning for her generous words about my debut poetry collection: CATCH & RELEASE! I’m so grateful for the support and can’t wait to share this book with my friends next week! If you’d like to grab a copy for 20% off, you can find it on my author website, linked in my bio.

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Jane Hicks @thecosmicpossum.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

For the new folks here, take a look at my latest poetry book, The Safety of Small Things. It’s about cancer treatment, medical trauma, recovery, and healing. www.kentuckypress.com/978195056437...

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The Safety of Small Things - The University Press of Kentucky

The Safety of Small Things meditates on mortality from a revealing perspective. Images of stark examination rooms, the ravages of chemotherapy, biopsies, and...

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Susan L. Leary @susanlleary.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

SUBMIT SUBMIT SUBMIT ⬇️⬇️⬇️

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 01/03/2025

NEW: Senator Marshall (R-KS) RUNS AWAY, fleeing his own town hall after being asked about DOGE firing Veterans. MAKE HIM GO VIRAL.

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Lauren Crawford (she/her) @laurencraw.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Friends, please join me and fellow poet @taylorfthiel.bsky.social in celebrating our book launches for 'CATCH & RELEASE' & 'BONE VALLEY HYMNAL' 🙂 Taylor and I will read from our new collections and have a friendly chat about love, family, the self, and perseverance. Don't forget to pre-order!

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Marsh Hawk Press @marshhawkpress.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Calling all poets! Enter the Marsh Hawk Press Poetry Prize for a chance to win $2,000 and publication. Submissions open until April 30th! ✍️✨ #PoetryContest #WritingCommunity

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Emily St. James @emilystjams.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

I realize what a long shot this is, but our kid threw their beloved teddy bear out of the shopping cart at the Target at Sunset and Western in Hollywood. Teddy is much missed if you happen to hear of a missing bear!

A small brown teddy bear at the bottom of a blue slide.

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 04/02/2025

NEW: You can help federal workers! We are fundraising for legal expenses. I have applied for non-profit status so your pledge could be tax deductible! Help support and defend our civil servants here, and please share widely 🙏 Patreon.com/fedoath

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Get more from FedOath on Patreon

You can help support and defend federal workers!

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Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics @bermaninstitute.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Event, Jan 31, 2025, 5p | Rx: Conversations about Medicine and Writing, featuring Lenny Grant and Lakshmi Krishnan, and moderated by JHU’s own Jeremy Greene. Open to all. Link for free registration: forms.office.com/pages/respon...

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Proud Appalachian @rwheeler.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Jessica Miles hosts a new podcast about Appalachian women. Take a listen to her introduction to the series and check out her first episode, coming tomorrow. @mountainlaurels.bsky.social

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Welcome to Mountain Laurels

Mountain Laurels: Women of Appalachia · Episode

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

🔥 REP. MITCHELL: “HE SHOULD RESIGN.” @votebo rips @GovBillLee for taking 4 months to get aid to East TN communities hit by the hurricane seemingly to tie it to his voucher scam. (Local mayors have said they felt pressured to support the vouchers to get aid) Full: www.threads.net/@thetnholler...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

HAPPENING NOW: House Republicans are having women removed by troopers who were sitting silently as they push their immigration crackdown They just killed an amendment that would keep churches and schools from being raided. Thread: bsky.app/profile/kgre...

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Appalachian Artists Live @appalachianartists.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Do you love bluegrass music? Well then what are you waiting for come out to Sweetbay Brewing Co. this Saturday Jan 25th at 2pm and catch @bnbom.bsky.social live in person & Alli Epperson at 4pm. Chili Lime Kitchen will be cooking up some great food beginning at 130pm! youtu.be/37YiDQfo2Hw

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Brand New Box Of Matches - These Boots Are Made For Walking (Nancy Sinatra Cover) - Live Video

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Appalachian Artists Live @appalachianartists.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Hosted the very talented Hannah Rae Adams on my radio show Appalachian Artists Live yesterday from the studios WEHC & WISE FM RADIO Emory & Henry University, here is Hannah performing "Blue" youtu.be/WJvHD_u2k5Q

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Hannah Rae Adams - Blue - Live Video

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Kari Gunter-Seymour @karigunterseymour.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

LOOK AT THIS LINE UP OF APPALACHIAN WOMEN ROCK STARS! Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #ohiopoetlaureate Sheila-Na-Gig online

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Andrew K. Clark ✨ @theandrewkclark.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

East Tennessee folks - this Sunday I hope you’ll join Charles Dodd White and me at @unionavebooks in Knoxville. We’ll be discussing my new novel WHERE DARK THINGS GROW, our love of southern gothic, and anything else that comes up. Hope you can make it.

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Emma Kelly @evkelly.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

Love, love, love this interview. It’s interesting to note that (as far as I’m aware) in our neck of SWVA, the biggest damages were around Damascus, which is an agricultural area. We had some historical mining towns that felt the impacts but there wasn’t a clear increase in damage in extracted areas

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Bratty Kat @brattykat.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

It’s amazing the difference in coverage in the floods we experienced in southern Appalachia &the LA fires. Both suffered losing everything &there is a much higher death count from Helene, here Even when they talk about Helene, they only mention Florida. Why? Cuz Appalachia isn’t mostly rich ppl

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Michelle Martin @michellemartin.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Thr Bridge Project will provide cash assistance to pregnant individuals and their babies in an effort to reduce stress, increase stability, and create positive multi-generational impacts. Accepting applications for individuals from #Appalachia www.bridgeproject.org/apply

Infographic showing highlighted Appalachian counties and listing eligibility criteria for acceptance into the Bridge Project.

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Jeremy Paden @jdpaden.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

The good people over at Hindman have put together a smorgasbord of poems and stories and art from lots of great people, including: @mworthington.bsky.social @kymtnwriter.bsky.social @karigunterseymour.bsky.social @thecosmicpossum.bsky.social hindman.org/untelling/is...

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Jane Hicks @thecosmicpossum.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

My book, The Safety of Small Things turns one year old! The University Press of Kentucky

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Luke @161bentzl.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Great article by @silashouse.bsky.social regarding Jean Ritchie: her talent, her contribution to lift up Appalachia, Appalachian music and Folk Music. It also provides good historical backstory in why her omission from #ACompleteUnknown hinders the film. silashouse.substack.com/p/where-cred...

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Where Credit is Due

Jean Ritchie, Bob Dylan, and How Appalachia Gets Left out of the otherwise beautiful film A Complete Unknown

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Jane Hicks @thecosmicpossum.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

Eight years ago today, I had my surgery for TNBC. Chemo and radiation took almost a year. I’m still kicking. @thankscancer.bsky.social

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Proud Appalachian @rwheeler.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

“Helping these families “has been absolutely amazing,” Adams said, adding that they’ve been incredibly grateful, especially since many thought they wouldn’t be able to provide Christmas for their kids.”

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She started a nonprofit during COVID. ‘Helene was another level of heartache.’

Yolanda Adams started Q’Pasa Appalachia to help Latino families in Western NC get through the pandemic. Helene brought a new round of challenges.

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Dr. Kellie D. Brown @kelliedbrown1.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

I used to think that loss was an indefinable void inside us, but now I think it comes in a definite shape. My essay explores the bond I had with my loving grandmother and how 1980s tennis and @martinanav.bsky.social played a role. #writing #writesky bluevilla.org/kellie-brown...

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Kellie Brown - The Shape of Grief - Blue Villa

The Shape of Grief Kellie Brown One of the lessons learned in childhood is the art of asking for what you want, the “how” and the “when” that will increase the likelihood of assent. It’s always a tric...

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