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“There are only two or three human stories, and they go on repeating themselves as fiercely as if they had never happened before.” Willa Cather, O Pioneers

nytimes.comWhat Happened to the Neanderthals? (Gift Article)Scientists now know that they shared many of the sophisticated abilities of Homo sapiens. So why are we the only humans left standing?

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I’m fascinated by the question of whether and how Neanderthals communicated with Sapiens. Did they ever share a common language?

#Vote

The Cook Political Report@cookpolitical.com

Today, we moved another 19 House races in Democrats’ direction. Following this latest round of ratings changes, Democrats now are favored outright in the 218 seats they need to win control of the House.

#vote #nokings

Washington voters!

G. Willow Wilson@gwillow.me

Fellow WA voters, let's bury this. I can't imagine any parent wants to subject their child to this vile "examination."

Congratulations to Pip Adams, and to all whose works were nominated. #booksky 📚💙📚

Ursula K. Le Guin@ursulakleguin.com

Congratulations to Pip Adam, recipient of the 2026 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction for Audition!

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A spring semester teaching position in Creative Writing now open at Bowling Green State University. #writingsky #booksky Please share.

theguardian.comAmericans, this is your chance to slap down the tech broligarchsThe midterms will be a referendum on the GOP’s alignment with tech overlords over the public they’re meant to serve

Read and vote!

@charlotteclymer.bsky.social

The last full measure of devotion…

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Kristi Noem: "That man has given up more for this country than anybody in history, has taken more persecution, his family has suffered, yet they keep stepping up and serving and doing the right thing"

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Charlotte Clymer

Friends, I'm turning 40 tomorrow. I can't celebrate now because I'm too damn busy with the election. I'll celebrate afterward. So, to help me celebrate now, please--oh, please--check your voter registration. It takes a few moments. It's easy. Do it for me: midterms.voteamerica.org/vote/verify/...

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Sherrod Brown

@sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social

When Jon Husted voted against the release of the Epstein files, he chose to protect predators and enablers instead of fighting for survivors like Annie Farmer, Sharlene Rochard, and Wendy Pesante. I’m honored to be joined by these women in our fight to hold pedophiles and their enablers accountable.

store.deepvellum.orgFilth EatersBy Ito Romo A high-strung and inventive literary horror that will delight fans of Stephen Graham Jones and Mariana Enriquez, Ito Romo’s debut novel traces the thousand-year lineage of a new kind of va...

Discounts from @deepvellum.bsky.social 💙📚💙

Ito Romo@itoromo.bsky.social

Happy Halloween Season from our friends at Deep Vellum Books, welcoming October with 30% discount on FILTH EATERS hardcover. Use code SPOOKYSEASON at checkout. @deepvellum.bsky.social @deepvellumbooks.bsky.social #booksky

Discounts at Deep Vellum Books. #booksky 💙📚💙

Ito Romo@itoromo.bsky.social

Book awards in Poetry, Short Fiction, Novel, and Nonfiction. From @awpwriter.org. Check it out! #booksky #writersky 💙📚💙

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Thanks to @mdbell79.bsky.social for judging and congratulations to all those on the long list and shortlist. #booksky 💙📚💙📕💙

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I ran my first 10k in Washington State. #writersrunning #runningwriters

I finished second in my age group. Of course, there were only three in my age group total.

Sad and angry that this is still relevant.

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Toasting a gold medal at the Faulkner Society awards in New Orleans. #booksky #writersky 💙📚💙

nonfictionow2027.comHome | NonfictioNOWGathering writes from all around the world, the NonfictioNOW 2027 conference invites peers and audiences to engage and converse on the intricate challenges of writing non-fiction.

Proposals due soon for the annual Nonfiction Now conference. It always takes place in cool places. Dublin next year. 💙📚💙 #writersky #booksky

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Edmund Schweppe

@edschweppe.bsky.social

19 Sept

I'm gonna be in the booth where it happens Booth where it happens Booth where it happens

Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR)@hcrichardson.bsky.social

I'm in love.

youtube.com2026: Time for the MidtermsYouTube video by Hamilton

clmp.orgFirecracker Awards - Community of Literary Magazines and PressesCelebrating the Best of Independently Published Literature The CLMP Firecracker Awards for Independently Published Literature are given annually to celebrate the books and magazines that make a signif...

17 Sept

If you published with an indie this year, this one is for you. I plan to submit when my next book comes out with @regalhouse.bsky.social #indiepress #writersky #booksky 💙📚💙 www.clmp.org/programs-opp...

bookshop.orgEvery 2026 National Book Award LonglistIt’s a Longlistorama!: The National Book Award longlists are here Check out these remarkable picks for adults and young readers of all kinds. Over the course of this week, the National Book Foundation...

17 Sept

Congrats to all the authors on the longlists. #booksky #writersky 💙📚💙

smokelong.comMeet Our Submissions Editors - Ani King - SmokeLong QuarterlyOver the next few months, we’ll be introducing our submissions editors so that you, dear writers and readers, might have a clearer idea of who we are, who reads your work first at SmokeLong, and what ...

16 Sept

#writersky. I’ve never managed to publish in @smokelong.bsky.social Maybe someday

SmokeLong Quarterly@smokelong.bsky.social

Over the next few months, we'll be introducing our submissions editors to help writers submitting their work to SmokeLong know the team a bit better. First up is @aniking.bsky.social ! www.smokelong.com/meet-our-sub...

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Sabrina Hicks

@sabrinahicks.bsky.social

14 Sept

Writers on retreat! With @kelliborges2.bsky.social and @windylynnharris.bsky.social and found books by a lot of flash writers here!

theguardian.comThe best recent science fiction, fantasy and horror – review roundupMassif by Garth Nix; Revolution in the Heart: Stories Inspired By Ursula K Le Guin edited by Jonathan Strahan; An Immaculate Deception by Isabela Livino; Serenity Falls by CJ Tudor

12 Sept

I’m here for a Le Guin tribute. #booksky 💙📚💙

Greg Greene@igreggreene.bsky.social

@theguardian.com recommends the new Ursula K. Le Guin tribute anthology, REVOLUTION IN THE HEART, dropping 9/22 and I'm shouting it from the mountains because it has a new story by @kellylink.bsky.social! ⭐ Hey, I see @aijiang.bsky.social has a story in here too! www.theguardian.com/books/2026/s...

11 Sept

Running into my next decade. #runningsky #septuagenarian 💙🏃💙

faulknersociety.org2025-2026 Faulkner - Wisdom Competition Results - Faulkner SocietyThe Pirate’s Alley Faulkner Society Announces Winners, Runners-up, and Others Who Have Placed in the 2025-2026 in the Faulkner –…

9 Sept

Good writing news. I won the Faulkner Society prize for book-in-progress for a section of my big novel "Boom." Heading for New Orleans later this month. #booksky #writingsky 💙📚💙

6 Sept

Next time I’m in SoCal!

Jaws Slayer 🎃@jesawyer.bsky.social

fyi

3 Sept

More good writing news coming soon. Hint: I’m heading for New Orleans in a few weeks.

Regal House Publishing@regalhouse.bsky.social

Delighted by this fabulous review for Lee Upton's THE WITHERS from Kirkus Reviews! Congrats, @leeupton.bsky.social ! www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

clmp.orgA Reading List for Women in Translation Month 2026 - Community of Literary Magazines and PressesFor Women in Translation Month, observed annually during the month of August, we asked the many independent literary presses and magazines that make up our membership to share with us some of the…

Women in translation. #booksky 💙📚💙

Community of Literary Magazines & Presses (CLMP)@clmporg.bsky.social

Featuring @dorothyproject.bsky.social, @schaffnerpress.bsky.social, @deepvellum.bsky.social, @regalhouse.bsky.social, @arrowsmithpress.bsky.social, @tupelopress.bsky.social, @unsolicitedpress.bsky.social, and more indie presses: www.clmp.org/news/a-readi...

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Regal House Publishing

@regalhouse.bsky.social

We're celebrating the release today of Molly Sturdevant's THE SLEEPERS, "A compelling, evocative, and ambitious paean to the human spirit and togetherness." Happy #bookbirthday, Molly! regal-house-publishing.mybigcommerce.com/the-sleepers/

nytimes.comWendell Berry, Writer Who Extolled America’s Agrarian Past, Dies at 92A Kentucky farmer, he railed against agribusiness and championed small family farms and the environment, winning widespread acclaim.

Saddened to hear of Wendell Berry passing away. I’ve returned to his book “What Are People For” many times. #booksky 📚💙📚

31 Aug

I hiked the fabulous Striped Peak Loop yesterday.

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30 Aug

Texas voters… check your registration!

Blue Heron Farm@blueheronfarm.bsky.social

This is where Texans can check their status. Please text this link to your family and friends who vote the good way, and ask them to double check theirs. goelect.txelections.civixapps.com/ivis-mvp-ui/...

nytimes.comBook Review: ‘The Disappearers,’ by Marlon James (Gift Article)Marlon James’s story of gay experience and murderous homophobia in Jamaica is a maximalist’s banquet — and the Booker Prize winner’s finest book yet.

30 Aug

I'm looking forward to reading Marlon James's new novel. #booksky 💙📚💙

27 Aug

Setting up my writing space. #booksky #writingsky #typewriter 💙📚💙

smallwondersmag.comSubmission Guidelines - Small WondersSmall Wonders is looking for original flash fiction (1,000 words or fewer), reprint flash fiction, original poems, and reprint art.

27 Aug

Dolly Parton's devotion to literacy programs is especially admirable. Her father was illiterate, so this cause was close to her heart.

Library of Congress@librarycongress.bsky.social

The Library is devastated to learn of the passing of Dolly Parton, a music legend and titan of children's literacy. Her Imagination Library program has earned multiple Library Literacy Awards and, in 2018, she visited us to donate its 100 millionth book to our collection and host a story time. 🦋❤️

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Small Wonders

@smallwondersmag.com

26 Aug

Guess who's opening to Original Flash Fiction on September 1st?! This magazine! We'll be open for the month of September, and once the portals to slushlandia have opened, you'll be able to submit here: smallwondersmag.com/submissions/

20 Aug

Good advice. #writersky #booksky

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19 Aug

The Book Prize from @fictioncollective2.bsky.social is open. My own work is more on the conventional side, so I won't be entering, but I'm happy to spread the word. #booksky #writersky 💙📚💙

Fiction Collective Two@fictioncollective2.bsky.social

NOW is the time! Send us your manuscripts of prose that don't fit elsewhere.... in addition to publication, the Sukenick Contest awards $3,000 and the Doctorow Prize Awards $15,00 (those with 3+ books published in any genre are eligible). fc2.org/prizes

19 Aug

Hearing good news from writer pals about the @awpwriter.org conference in Chicago. Sorry I’ll miss it this year.

19 Aug

Kinda planning on going when I have a new book in print ... which won't be for a couple of years. 😐