Gabriela Denise Frank
@civitaveritas.bsky.social
Author of HOW TO NOT BECOME THE BREAKING (Gateway Literary Press, 2025). Literary artist, editor, educator, alchemist, plant lady, holobiont, earthling. linktr.ee/gabrieladenisefrank
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last week @ minor lits ...
— new fiction from Perry Ruhland
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— @civitaveritas.bsky.social crosses the international date line
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— new fiction from Perry Ruhland
minorliteratures.com/2025/11/18/t...
— @civitaveritas.bsky.social crosses the international date line
minorliteratures.com/2025/11/20/0...
00:00:00 on the International Date Line — Gabriela Denise Frank
I want to be ruined by the thing I already knew in the new desiring.—Alina Ștefănescu How many times have I pursued Love across this membrane of Death?Flight En-Zed-Three departs El-Ay-Ex at Eight-…
minorliteratures.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:50 AM
last week @ minor lits ...
— new fiction from Perry Ruhland
minorliteratures.com/2025/11/18/t...
— @civitaveritas.bsky.social crosses the international date line
minorliteratures.com/2025/11/20/0...
— new fiction from Perry Ruhland
minorliteratures.com/2025/11/18/t...
— @civitaveritas.bsky.social crosses the international date line
minorliteratures.com/2025/11/20/0...
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“We have flown inside-out of Time itself, Time being key to prophesies.”
00:00:00 on the International Date Line — Gabriela Denise Frank
00:00:00 on the International Date Line — Gabriela Denise Frank
00:00:00 on the International Date Line — Gabriela Denise Frank
I want to be ruined by the thing I already knew in the new desiring.—Alina Ștefănescu How many times have I pursued Love across this membrane of Death?Flight En-Zed-Three departs El-Ay-Ex at Eight-…
minorliteratures.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:09 PM
“We have flown inside-out of Time itself, Time being key to prophesies.”
00:00:00 on the International Date Line — Gabriela Denise Frank
00:00:00 on the International Date Line — Gabriela Denise Frank
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People across WA state can visit Washington Health Plan Finder and see exactly how much their health care premiums will cost next year.
If your increase is making coverage unaffordable, Democrats need you to speak out. We can't let Republicans ignore this crisis.
www.wahealthplanfinder.org
If your increase is making coverage unaffordable, Democrats need you to speak out. We can't let Republicans ignore this crisis.
www.wahealthplanfinder.org
October 25, 2025 at 4:39 PM
People across WA state can visit Washington Health Plan Finder and see exactly how much their health care premiums will cost next year.
If your increase is making coverage unaffordable, Democrats need you to speak out. We can't let Republicans ignore this crisis.
www.wahealthplanfinder.org
If your increase is making coverage unaffordable, Democrats need you to speak out. We can't let Republicans ignore this crisis.
www.wahealthplanfinder.org
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It's never too late to learn something new.
It's never too late to discover the secret language of trees.
It's never too late to wrap yourself in moss & malice and become the forest horror that timid folk whisper about in the dark.
It's never too late to discover the secret language of trees.
It's never too late to wrap yourself in moss & malice and become the forest horror that timid folk whisper about in the dark.
October 1, 2025 at 7:03 PM
It's never too late to learn something new.
It's never too late to discover the secret language of trees.
It's never too late to wrap yourself in moss & malice and become the forest horror that timid folk whisper about in the dark.
It's never too late to discover the secret language of trees.
It's never too late to wrap yourself in moss & malice and become the forest horror that timid folk whisper about in the dark.
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“By 2035, data centers globally are projected to use about as much electricity as India…according to the International Energy Agency. A single data center can also use more than 500,000 gallons of water a day, nearly as much as an Olympic-size swimming pool.”
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www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/t...
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www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/t...
From Mexico to Ireland, Fury Mounts Over a Global A.I. Frenzy
www.nytimes.com
October 20, 2025 at 10:57 AM
“By 2035, data centers globally are projected to use about as much electricity as India…according to the International Energy Agency. A single data center can also use more than 500,000 gallons of water a day, nearly as much as an Olympic-size swimming pool.”
🎁:
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/t...
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www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/t...
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Just got ANOTHER complaint from an author with Lori Perkins's Riverdale Avenue Books about royalties not paid for over a year. I wrote about this problem in 2021 and it appears to still be ongoing--just amazing how pubs like this stay in business. writerbeware.blog/2021/03/02/p...
Publisher Cautions: Riverdale Avenue Books, Breaking Rules Publishing, Adelaide Books - Writer Beware
Riverdale Avenue Books was founded in 2012 by literary agent Lori Perkins of the L. Perkins Agency. Riverdale, which describes itself as a “hybrid” publisher even though, as far as I know, it does not...
writerbeware.blog
October 16, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Just got ANOTHER complaint from an author with Lori Perkins's Riverdale Avenue Books about royalties not paid for over a year. I wrote about this problem in 2021 and it appears to still be ongoing--just amazing how pubs like this stay in business. writerbeware.blog/2021/03/02/p...
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Hello #BookSky Are you still figuring out what you're doing for #BannedBooksWeek We'll help! Here's a framework for you:
1 Event or
1 Organization or
1 Person
Here's what we mean...
1 Event or
1 Organization or
1 Person
Here's what we mean...
October 7, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Hello #BookSky Are you still figuring out what you're doing for #BannedBooksWeek We'll help! Here's a framework for you:
1 Event or
1 Organization or
1 Person
Here's what we mean...
1 Event or
1 Organization or
1 Person
Here's what we mean...
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Casual reminder that we're open for chapbook submissions all month long. Send in your loves and rages, your scars and scares, your humors and porpoises. Your weird visions of the future. We're here for it all, fam!
www.glass-poetry.com/submissions....
www.glass-poetry.com/submissions....
Submissions Guidelines | Glass Poetry Press
www.glass-poetry.com
October 3, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Casual reminder that we're open for chapbook submissions all month long. Send in your loves and rages, your scars and scares, your humors and porpoises. Your weird visions of the future. We're here for it all, fam!
www.glass-poetry.com/submissions....
www.glass-poetry.com/submissions....
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"And I, I am a wax child, secreted from the scaly glands of the honeybee's abdomen, of rose hip, propolis, pollen, dread, quince, longing, yeast dough, age, and ever young, with infinity's secret in my folds."
Don't miss today's conversation with @olgaravn.bsky.social. Witches, folk magic, alchemy, the fear of women gathering, animating the archive through ritual & the imagination, & much more
Audio📻: tinhouse.com/podcast/olga...
@ndbooks.bsky.social @bookhugpress.bsky.social @vikingbooksuk.bsky.social
Audio📻: tinhouse.com/podcast/olga...
@ndbooks.bsky.social @bookhugpress.bsky.social @vikingbooksuk.bsky.social
Olga Ravn : The Wax Child - Tin House
Set during the 17th century witch trials in Denmark, and relayed to us through the voice of a magically animated wax child of one of the accused, Olga Ravn’s new book, which creates something uncannil...
tinhouse.com
September 29, 2025 at 9:54 PM
"And I, I am a wax child, secreted from the scaly glands of the honeybee's abdomen, of rose hip, propolis, pollen, dread, quince, longing, yeast dough, age, and ever young, with infinity's secret in my folds."
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@victoriastrauss.com #writingcommunity
This is a warning about an AI scam site SIGILMARK.
The FB page & website was set up in Aug 25
These are supposed to be 'real' authors who use Sigilmark. AI gen book ARCs are being sent out via Booksirens relating to the fake profiles.
This is a warning about an AI scam site SIGILMARK.
The FB page & website was set up in Aug 25
These are supposed to be 'real' authors who use Sigilmark. AI gen book ARCs are being sent out via Booksirens relating to the fake profiles.
September 25, 2025 at 11:34 PM
@victoriastrauss.com #writingcommunity
This is a warning about an AI scam site SIGILMARK.
The FB page & website was set up in Aug 25
These are supposed to be 'real' authors who use Sigilmark. AI gen book ARCs are being sent out via Booksirens relating to the fake profiles.
This is a warning about an AI scam site SIGILMARK.
The FB page & website was set up in Aug 25
These are supposed to be 'real' authors who use Sigilmark. AI gen book ARCs are being sent out via Booksirens relating to the fake profiles.
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Looking to apply, but not sure what to expect? We're going Live with some of our Artists in Residence over the next few weeks to talk about their experiences with Jack Straw and how the residencies have helped them create and share their art.
#JackStrawArtists #ArtistsInResidence
#JackStrawArtists #ArtistsInResidence
September 25, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Looking to apply, but not sure what to expect? We're going Live with some of our Artists in Residence over the next few weeks to talk about their experiences with Jack Straw and how the residencies have helped them create and share their art.
#JackStrawArtists #ArtistsInResidence
#JackStrawArtists #ArtistsInResidence
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The Needling Online Real Fake Newsroom Workshop begins Wednesday night. Join us! tinyurl.com/bddb6dmt
September 23, 2025 at 6:22 PM
The Needling Online Real Fake Newsroom Workshop begins Wednesday night. Join us! tinyurl.com/bddb6dmt
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WHAT. We still have a few tickets available for our October 14th 20th anniversary show!! Get 'em 🌈🦄💖
Salon of Shame #116 Tickets | Theatre Off Jackson | Seattle, WA | Tue, Oct 14 at 8pm | Stranger Tickets
We invite you to join us as we drink and exploit our younger selves for your entertainment! The idea is simple: folks read on stage from their worst adolescent writing, including middle school diaries...
www.strangertickets.com
September 23, 2025 at 5:43 PM
WHAT. We still have a few tickets available for our October 14th 20th anniversary show!! Get 'em 🌈🦄💖
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Every week, there's a lot going on behind the real fake news scenes inspiring The Needling's earnestly inauthentic reporting. There's also interesting reactions to our real fake news - some amazing and some that are ... whew! Listen and get the inside scoop here: tinyurl.com/3xs8zryd
September 21, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Every week, there's a lot going on behind the real fake news scenes inspiring The Needling's earnestly inauthentic reporting. There's also interesting reactions to our real fake news - some amazing and some that are ... whew! Listen and get the inside scoop here: tinyurl.com/3xs8zryd
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Sound Transit has ordered 1 Line Shuttle buses to replace 1 Line service from U District Station to Stadium Station. Updates will be provided once 1 Line Shuttle buses are available.
September 20, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Sound Transit has ordered 1 Line Shuttle buses to replace 1 Line service from U District Station to Stadium Station. Updates will be provided once 1 Line Shuttle buses are available.
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Just a little over a week before my Gotto Lecture at Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church in NYC, at 2pm on Sunday, Sept 28. If you're in the NYC area, you can register at fapc.org/gotto - or you can also join online. Looking forward to this!
September 20, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Just a little over a week before my Gotto Lecture at Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church in NYC, at 2pm on Sunday, Sept 28. If you're in the NYC area, you can register at fapc.org/gotto - or you can also join online. Looking forward to this!
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Listen to the latest episode of our Artist of the Week #podcast, featuring #JackStrawArtist @civitaveritas.bsky.social, at buff.ly/gwcJmER or subscribe via Apple Podcasts.
#JackStrawArtists
#JackStrawArtists
September 17, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Listen to the latest episode of our Artist of the Week #podcast, featuring #JackStrawArtist @civitaveritas.bsky.social, at buff.ly/gwcJmER or subscribe via Apple Podcasts.
#JackStrawArtists
#JackStrawArtists
Crab Creek Review is open for free submissions! Send us well-crafted prose that exhibits emotional depth, a clear voice, and nuanced reflection that goes beyond a retold memory. Hybrid, lyric, experimental, narrative, & non-traditional forms welcome. Closes 10/15!
crabcreekreview.org/contest--sub...
crabcreekreview.org/contest--sub...
Contest & Submissions
The reading period is open from September 15 through October 15, or when our 300 Submittable Cap is hit. The editors seek original, unpublished poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction via...
crabcreekreview.org
September 18, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Crab Creek Review is open for free submissions! Send us well-crafted prose that exhibits emotional depth, a clear voice, and nuanced reflection that goes beyond a retold memory. Hybrid, lyric, experimental, narrative, & non-traditional forms welcome. Closes 10/15!
crabcreekreview.org/contest--sub...
crabcreekreview.org/contest--sub...
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NPR plans to make trims totaling more than $5 million over the course of the coming fiscal year to bring its annual budget into balance. Meanwhile, local stations are asking for more help.
NPR to trim $5 million this year as public radio stations struggle to pay bills
NPR plans to make trims totaling more than $5 million over the course of the coming fiscal year to bring its annual budget into balance. Meanwhile, local stations are asking for more help.
n.pr
September 17, 2025 at 12:51 PM
NPR plans to make trims totaling more than $5 million over the course of the coming fiscal year to bring its annual budget into balance. Meanwhile, local stations are asking for more help.
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Periodic reminder that we at @mcsweeneys.net ’s have no writing staff (save for the great @shadesofgreaves.bsky.social), and rely on unsolicited submissions for our humor & satire. We respond to each every submission within 7.39 days (but usually much sooner).
www.mcsweeneys.net/pages/guidel...
www.mcsweeneys.net/pages/guidel...
Guidelines for McSweeney’s Internet Tendency Submissions - McSweeney’s Internet Tendency
www.mcsweeneys.net
September 8, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Periodic reminder that we at @mcsweeneys.net ’s have no writing staff (save for the great @shadesofgreaves.bsky.social), and rely on unsolicited submissions for our humor & satire. We respond to each every submission within 7.39 days (but usually much sooner).
www.mcsweeneys.net/pages/guidel...
www.mcsweeneys.net/pages/guidel...
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Okay, a few folks have pointed me to the original now. Absolute gaslighting nonsense. Don't use LLMs for search. Don't have "conversations" with LLMs. Do engage with other people. Got an information need that isn't easily Google-able? Visit your local library!
September 7, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Okay, a few folks have pointed me to the original now. Absolute gaslighting nonsense. Don't use LLMs for search. Don't have "conversations" with LLMs. Do engage with other people. Got an information need that isn't easily Google-able? Visit your local library!
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What do you do when CDC no longer gives vaccine advice based on science? YOU BYPASS THEM!
West Coast Health Alliance (CA, OR, WA, HI) recs based on facts buff.ly/I4oWZfX
New Mexico COVID vax for all buff.ly/84mZXoN
Massachusetts insurance must cover COVID vax buff.ly/zAfAZsd
#medsky #pedsky 🛟😷🧪
West Coast Health Alliance (CA, OR, WA, HI) recs based on facts buff.ly/I4oWZfX
New Mexico COVID vax for all buff.ly/84mZXoN
Massachusetts insurance must cover COVID vax buff.ly/zAfAZsd
#medsky #pedsky 🛟😷🧪
September 5, 2025 at 12:16 AM
What do you do when CDC no longer gives vaccine advice based on science? YOU BYPASS THEM!
West Coast Health Alliance (CA, OR, WA, HI) recs based on facts buff.ly/I4oWZfX
New Mexico COVID vax for all buff.ly/84mZXoN
Massachusetts insurance must cover COVID vax buff.ly/zAfAZsd
#medsky #pedsky 🛟😷🧪
West Coast Health Alliance (CA, OR, WA, HI) recs based on facts buff.ly/I4oWZfX
New Mexico COVID vax for all buff.ly/84mZXoN
Massachusetts insurance must cover COVID vax buff.ly/zAfAZsd
#medsky #pedsky 🛟😷🧪
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Ashanty is my student, and this is her first-ever professional assignment! She’s a ridiculously smart thinker and writer — read her on AI in school instead of all the adults pontificating. 🤗
Excited to present this great essay by Ashanty Rosario, a talented young journalist who attends Newtown High School in Queens, about how she's experienced the arrival of AI in the classroom.
"These programs have destroyed much of what tied us together as students."
"These programs have destroyed much of what tied us together as students."
I’m a High Schooler. AI Is Demolishing My Education.
The end of critical thinking in the classroom
www.theatlantic.com
September 3, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Ashanty is my student, and this is her first-ever professional assignment! She’s a ridiculously smart thinker and writer — read her on AI in school instead of all the adults pontificating. 🤗
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We'll be doing one last BOOST on Monday (if @suburbanprairie.bsky.social gets her ass back on a phone during the holiday weekend), but in case we forget: NOVEL/NOVELLA SUBMISSIONS CLOSE AT 11:59PM CT on Monday September 1! Yes that is "Labor Day." So LABOR THIS WEEKEND and SEND US YOUR BOOK!
August 29, 2025 at 1:16 PM
We'll be doing one last BOOST on Monday (if @suburbanprairie.bsky.social gets her ass back on a phone during the holiday weekend), but in case we forget: NOVEL/NOVELLA SUBMISSIONS CLOSE AT 11:59PM CT on Monday September 1! Yes that is "Labor Day." So LABOR THIS WEEKEND and SEND US YOUR BOOK!