Brian Gresko
@briangresko.bsky.social
writer, illustrator, educator; co-founder Writing Co-Lab; co-host Pete’s Reading Series; words all over the place; weird & genderqueer & poly
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Brian Gresko
@briangresko.bsky.social
· Jun 5
Grateful to literary mensch Courtney Maum for these warm words about YOU MUST GO ON. Supplies are limited & this is a totally DIY book—to get a copy & support me & my work, slide into my DM’s or follow the link
www.briangresko.com/you-must-go-on
www.briangresko.com/you-must-go-on
Only 3 days left in this fundraiser, and $1,400 to go!! I think we can do it. But only with your help!! Please contribute if you can 🙏🏼❤️
Writing Co-Lab’s 100 Days of Creative Resistance provided a free email a day of inspiration from an incredible group of authors. We’re hoping to bring back a version of this series in a more sustainable fashion. Please help us reach our goal!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/130...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/130...
January 7, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Only 3 days left in this fundraiser, and $1,400 to go!! I think we can do it. But only with your help!! Please contribute if you can 🙏🏼❤️
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Great advice for authors on booking events from @petesreading.bsky.social cohost @briangresko.bsky.social—I wholeheatedly agree!
January 6, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Great advice for authors on booking events from @petesreading.bsky.social cohost @briangresko.bsky.social—I wholeheatedly agree!
past couple years I’ve penned letters to my students about writing & living a creative life drawn from my two decades of art making, literary journalism, criticism, curation, and publishing experiences both good and bad. I started a substack to share similar!
open.substack.com/pub/briangre...
open.substack.com/pub/briangre...
Juvenile Origin Story
On Writing for Yourself vs Writing for an Audience
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January 5, 2026 at 8:35 PM
past couple years I’ve penned letters to my students about writing & living a creative life drawn from my two decades of art making, literary journalism, criticism, curation, and publishing experiences both good and bad. I started a substack to share similar!
open.substack.com/pub/briangre...
open.substack.com/pub/briangre...
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We're resurrecting the Reading Series Census, and our first *updated* answers are now live thanks to @briangresko.bsky.social at Pete's Reading Series.
englishkillsreview.com/petes-readin...
englishkillsreview.com/petes-readin...
Pete's Reading SeriesReading Series Census - English Kills Review
Everything you want to know about Pete's Reading Series.
englishkillsreview.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:06 PM
We're resurrecting the Reading Series Census, and our first *updated* answers are now live thanks to @briangresko.bsky.social at Pete's Reading Series.
englishkillsreview.com/petes-readin...
englishkillsreview.com/petes-readin...
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Writing Co-Lab’s 100 Days of Creative Resistance provided a free email a day of inspiration from an incredible group of authors. We’re hoping to bring back a version of this series in a more sustainable fashion. Please help us reach our goal!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/130...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/130...
December 11, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Writing Co-Lab’s 100 Days of Creative Resistance provided a free email a day of inspiration from an incredible group of authors. We’re hoping to bring back a version of this series in a more sustainable fashion. Please help us reach our goal!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/130...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/130...
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Our 2026 winter/spring classes are here! We’ll be adding a few more in the next week or so, but already it is a creative feast. Check ‘em out and come co-lab with us!
www.writingco-lab.com/classes
www.writingco-lab.com/classes
December 8, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Our 2026 winter/spring classes are here! We’ll be adding a few more in the next week or so, but already it is a creative feast. Check ‘em out and come co-lab with us!
www.writingco-lab.com/classes
www.writingco-lab.com/classes
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306 Days of Creative #Resistance and counting…
Last night’s 100 Days of Creative Resistance event was incredible, with readings & convo from Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, @ingridrojasc.bsky.social, @melissafebos.bsky.social, Robert Jones Jr., @pronounced-ing.bsky.social Denne Michele Norris. Watch it now on YouTube!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSZ9...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSZ9...
100 Days of Creative Resistance Live, part of Fall of Freedom
YouTube video by Writing Co-Lab
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November 22, 2025 at 6:12 PM
306 Days of Creative #Resistance and counting…
So much wisdom, hope, rage, and love. Need a reminder of why we fight and write? Here it is
Last night’s 100 Days of Creative Resistance event was incredible, with readings & convo from Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, @ingridrojasc.bsky.social, @melissafebos.bsky.social, Robert Jones Jr., @pronounced-ing.bsky.social Denne Michele Norris. Watch it now on YouTube!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSZ9...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSZ9...
100 Days of Creative Resistance Live, part of Fall of Freedom
YouTube video by Writing Co-Lab
www.youtube.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:15 PM
So much wisdom, hope, rage, and love. Need a reminder of why we fight and write? Here it is
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Fri 11/21: join Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, @nicolechung.bsky.social, @ingridrojasc.bsky.social, @melissafebos.bsky.social, Robert Jones Jr., Denne Michele Norris, host @briangresko.bsky.social & me for 100 Days of Creative Resistance. We'll talk about staying creative in this terrible time. Free!
100 Days of Creative Resistance Live
With Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Nicole Chung, Ingrid Rojas Contreras, Melissa Febos, Robert Jones Jr., Celeste Ng, & Denne Michele Norris
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November 14, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Fri 11/21: join Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, @nicolechung.bsky.social, @ingridrojasc.bsky.social, @melissafebos.bsky.social, Robert Jones Jr., Denne Michele Norris, host @briangresko.bsky.social & me for 100 Days of Creative Resistance. We'll talk about staying creative in this terrible time. Free!
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“I love the sounds down there. The variations inside that accent are really beautiful. And the things that people say? The figurative language? It’s so rich.” @donikakelly.bsky.social discusses the influence of Southern speech on her third and latest poetry collection. Read on: at.pw.org/DonikaKelly
November 12, 2025 at 1:15 PM
“I love the sounds down there. The variations inside that accent are really beautiful. And the things that people say? The figurative language? It’s so rich.” @donikakelly.bsky.social discusses the influence of Southern speech on her third and latest poetry collection. Read on: at.pw.org/DonikaKelly
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We are proud to take part in the Fall of Freedom with a special FREE online event Friday, November 21 8pm EST featuring Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Nicole Chung, Ingrid Rojas Contreras, Melissa Febos, Robert Jones Jr., Celeste Ng, and Denne Michele Norris. Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/100-days-o...
October 26, 2025 at 3:40 PM
We are proud to take part in the Fall of Freedom with a special FREE online event Friday, November 21 8pm EST featuring Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Nicole Chung, Ingrid Rojas Contreras, Melissa Febos, Robert Jones Jr., Celeste Ng, and Denne Michele Norris. Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/100-days-o...
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Next Thurs 10/16! Delighted to welcome 🔥 @karissachen.bsky.social , @katiekitamura.bsky.social , @thedennemichele.bsky.social , & @emergencychampagne.bsky.social 🔥 to the Pete's stage. W/ hosts @temim.bsky.social and @briangresko.bsky.social & books from @greenlightbklyn.bsky.social ! See you there!
October 9, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Next Thurs 10/16! Delighted to welcome 🔥 @karissachen.bsky.social , @katiekitamura.bsky.social , @thedennemichele.bsky.social , & @emergencychampagne.bsky.social 🔥 to the Pete's stage. W/ hosts @temim.bsky.social and @briangresko.bsky.social & books from @greenlightbklyn.bsky.social ! See you there!
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New sessions of Ungodly Hour Writing Clubs start Monday! East Coast with @saralippmann.bsky.social ! West Coast with @briangresko.bsky.social ! Pick your poison! Or double down! Clubs are free, with donations supporting our scholarship fund www.writingco-lab.com/classes
October 9, 2025 at 3:20 PM
New sessions of Ungodly Hour Writing Clubs start Monday! East Coast with @saralippmann.bsky.social ! West Coast with @briangresko.bsky.social ! Pick your poison! Or double down! Clubs are free, with donations supporting our scholarship fund www.writingco-lab.com/classes
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Hi! My @writingco-lab.bsky.social class is this Saturday! There are still spaces available. www.writingco-lab.com/classes/what...
September 30, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Hi! My @writingco-lab.bsky.social class is this Saturday! There are still spaces available. www.writingco-lab.com/classes/what...
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Yet another example of why ICE must be abolished. Why would any sensible country keep around a security force like this? It doesn't even matter what your views are on immigration, this entire agency and all of its staff needs to go.
July 19, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Yet another example of why ICE must be abolished. Why would any sensible country keep around a security force like this? It doesn't even matter what your views are on immigration, this entire agency and all of its staff needs to go.
Any writers who use Patreon out there? I’m curious to know if you like it and how you use it. Thanks!
July 3, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Any writers who use Patreon out there? I’m curious to know if you like it and how you use it. Thanks!
aesterion is a new journal out of LA & I’m thrilled to have an essay in the inaugural issue about gender, sports, & the time my dad woke me up to meet The Phillies, who he claimed were having dinner next door, only it wasn’t actually the Phillies at all…
www.aesterion.com/summer-2025
www.aesterion.com/summer-2025
General 2 — aesterion
www.aesterion.com
July 1, 2025 at 1:39 PM
aesterion is a new journal out of LA & I’m thrilled to have an essay in the inaugural issue about gender, sports, & the time my dad woke me up to meet The Phillies, who he claimed were having dinner next door, only it wasn’t actually the Phillies at all…
www.aesterion.com/summer-2025
www.aesterion.com/summer-2025
Had the pleasure of being on Elizabeth Austin’s series Instrument, Surface, Setting, Story, talking about my life long love of ballpoint pens
substack.com/@writingeliz...
substack.com/@writingeliz...
Elizabeth Austin on Substack
Big, big thanks to @Brian Gresko for sharing insight into all things creative spaces and tools! I loved reading their responses, and I know you will too.
Also, no small thing: their book You Must Go...
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June 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Had the pleasure of being on Elizabeth Austin’s series Instrument, Surface, Setting, Story, talking about my life long love of ballpoint pens
substack.com/@writingeliz...
substack.com/@writingeliz...
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In an industry dominated by the "Big Five" publishing houses with huge appetites for commercial appeal and profits, indie publishers are putting out some of the most literary, inventive, and adventurous work there is.
June 13, 2025 at 5:03 PM
In an industry dominated by the "Big Five" publishing houses with huge appetites for commercial appeal and profits, indie publishers are putting out some of the most literary, inventive, and adventurous work there is.
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New York, please don't hire a serial sexual abuser.
I'm proud I don't have Andrew Cuomo's record of corruption, scandal and disgrace.
And the name is M-A-M-D-A-N-I.
And the name is M-A-M-D-A-N-I.
June 13, 2025 at 9:18 AM
New York, please don't hire a serial sexual abuser.
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It is actually nuts that even when the NYC political establishment was presented with a broad field of talented candidates w/ many ideas, in a time of generational change & anti-corruption, they STILL chose to line up behind scandal-ridden Andrew Cuomo.
It’s cowardice.
It’s cowardice.
June 13, 2025 at 12:24 AM
It is actually nuts that even when the NYC political establishment was presented with a broad field of talented candidates w/ many ideas, in a time of generational change & anti-corruption, they STILL chose to line up behind scandal-ridden Andrew Cuomo.
It’s cowardice.
It’s cowardice.
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We’re having a sale! Use code CAMP15 to save 15% on our 3-week-long summer camp! Keep the writing momentum going with illuminating panels, generative workshops, accountability write-ins, & community events! Everything live & recorded so you’ll never miss out! www.writingco-lab.com/summercamp
June 8, 2025 at 2:38 PM
We’re having a sale! Use code CAMP15 to save 15% on our 3-week-long summer camp! Keep the writing momentum going with illuminating panels, generative workshops, accountability write-ins, & community events! Everything live & recorded so you’ll never miss out! www.writingco-lab.com/summercamp
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Loved seeing WCL co-founder @briangresko.bsky.social in the Sunday Salon zine discussing his perfect writing retreat, which is going to be happening this August, in Greece! There’s only one spot left.
Learn more & apply:
www.writingco-lab.com/retreats
Learn more & apply:
www.writingco-lab.com/retreats
June 9, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Loved seeing WCL co-founder @briangresko.bsky.social in the Sunday Salon zine discussing his perfect writing retreat, which is going to be happening this August, in Greece! There’s only one spot left.
Learn more & apply:
www.writingco-lab.com/retreats
Learn more & apply:
www.writingco-lab.com/retreats
Grateful to Nita Noveno at the Sunday Salon Zine for interviewing me about YOU MUST GO ON, and how to remain writing and creative in these challenging times
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June 9, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Grateful to Nita Noveno at the Sunday Salon Zine for interviewing me about YOU MUST GO ON, and how to remain writing and creative in these challenging times
sundaysalon.com/2025/06/inte...
sundaysalon.com/2025/06/inte...
So much of my creative and professional life is spent working solitary, meeting up with colleagues to talk shop, commiserate, and encourage one another is essential. You can learn more when I talk about the importance of finding your people at Chloe Caldwell’s Fuck the Big Five class for OA!
As a remote team, we love IRL meet-ups!! Writing Courses Manager Logan Davis recently met up w guest author for Fuck the Big Five, @briangresko.bsky.social for a dive bar beer (check out his new book, out now!) and w OA contributor @dianamheald.bsky.social for a reading at @pioneerwork.bsky.social 🍻
June 5, 2025 at 6:35 PM
So much of my creative and professional life is spent working solitary, meeting up with colleagues to talk shop, commiserate, and encourage one another is essential. You can learn more when I talk about the importance of finding your people at Chloe Caldwell’s Fuck the Big Five class for OA!