Eric Smith
@ericsmithrocks.bsky.social
🏠 Founder & Agent at Neighborhood Literary.
📚 Award-winning Author.
👴🏽 Perpetually Tired Dad.
Latest book: With or Without You (a Junior Library Guild selection!), out now!
🚪 https://www.neighborhoodliterary.com
📚 Award-winning Author.
👴🏽 Perpetually Tired Dad.
Latest book: With or Without You (a Junior Library Guild selection!), out now!
🚪 https://www.neighborhoodliterary.com
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Eric Smith
@ericsmithrocks.bsky.social
· Mar 18
Come on in. — Neighborhood Literary
Well, here we are. The news is out, the agency is open. Welcome. There’s a lot to potentially say in an introduction post. But I’ll try to keep it short and sweet. I’ve always been driven to make...
www.neighborhoodliterary.com
So excited to finally talk about Neighborhood Literary, an agency with an extra focus on taking care of our local writer communities.
🏠 The door is open.
🫖 The kettle is on.
✨ Come on in.
Good neighbors make good books. www.neighborhoodliterary.com/blog/come-on...
🏠 The door is open.
🫖 The kettle is on.
✨ Come on in.
Good neighbors make good books. www.neighborhoodliterary.com/blog/come-on...
Hi from Boston!
Chasing some joy, meeting with writers, seeing some bookish pals (@pronounced-ing.bsky.social @abwycisk.bsky.social @romapancake.bsky.social are here!) and lunching with clients (@marykgames.com @elizabethcobbe.bsky.social @katefussner.bsky.social omg!).
Needed this. Come say hi. ❤️
Chasing some joy, meeting with writers, seeing some bookish pals (@pronounced-ing.bsky.social @abwycisk.bsky.social @romapancake.bsky.social are here!) and lunching with clients (@marykgames.com @elizabethcobbe.bsky.social @katefussner.bsky.social omg!).
Needed this. Come say hi. ❤️
January 17, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Hi from Boston!
Chasing some joy, meeting with writers, seeing some bookish pals (@pronounced-ing.bsky.social @abwycisk.bsky.social @romapancake.bsky.social are here!) and lunching with clients (@marykgames.com @elizabethcobbe.bsky.social @katefussner.bsky.social omg!).
Needed this. Come say hi. ❤️
Chasing some joy, meeting with writers, seeing some bookish pals (@pronounced-ing.bsky.social @abwycisk.bsky.social @romapancake.bsky.social are here!) and lunching with clients (@marykgames.com @elizabethcobbe.bsky.social @katefussner.bsky.social omg!).
Needed this. Come say hi. ❤️
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today would be a great day to abolish ice
January 16, 2026 at 4:03 PM
today would be a great day to abolish ice
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philly in addition to juntos, there’s this no ICE general meeting at friends center next week
January 15, 2026 at 1:17 AM
philly in addition to juntos, there’s this no ICE general meeting at friends center next week
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every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
January 16, 2026 at 9:24 PM
every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
If you don’t know what to say while living through the horrors, it’s okay. Boost the voices of your colleagues and peers that do.
You can use your platform, even if words are failing you.
You can use your platform, even if words are failing you.
January 16, 2026 at 11:58 PM
If you don’t know what to say while living through the horrors, it’s okay. Boost the voices of your colleagues and peers that do.
You can use your platform, even if words are failing you.
You can use your platform, even if words are failing you.
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Racket wants to hear from you, Minnesota. We want to hear how the ICE occupation has changed your life, and we want the world outside of Minnesota to know as well.
January 16, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Racket wants to hear from you, Minnesota. We want to hear how the ICE occupation has changed your life, and we want the world outside of Minnesota to know as well.
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ICE/CBP is following school busses now.
My husband (a school bus driver) was just in an urgent all-hands meeting about it this afternoon.
My husband (a school bus driver) was just in an urgent all-hands meeting about it this afternoon.
January 16, 2026 at 10:52 PM
ICE/CBP is following school busses now.
My husband (a school bus driver) was just in an urgent all-hands meeting about it this afternoon.
My husband (a school bus driver) was just in an urgent all-hands meeting about it this afternoon.
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What we are seeing in Minnesota is what authoritarianism looks like in real time. Racism, dehumanization, and state-sanctioned violence are tearing at the foundation of this country.
January 16, 2026 at 8:07 PM
What we are seeing in Minnesota is what authoritarianism looks like in real time. Racism, dehumanization, and state-sanctioned violence are tearing at the foundation of this country.
Happy to see this news finally out. Verse novels, I will always love them. ❤️
January 16, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Happy to see this news finally out. Verse novels, I will always love them. ❤️
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For people elsewhere who have asked how to support Minnesota while we’re overrun with nazi thugs, here’s an excellent list of places that could use financial help. Lots of choices. Thank you so much!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Stand With Minnesota: Resource Hub
Causes to Donate to in Minnesota to Help Our Communities Defend Themselves from ICE This list is now available/shareable at standwithminnesota.org *Note: I am from Minnesota, and these come from peo...
docs.google.com
January 15, 2026 at 2:48 AM
For people elsewhere who have asked how to support Minnesota while we’re overrun with nazi thugs, here’s an excellent list of places that could use financial help. Lots of choices. Thank you so much!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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"It’s not hard to imagine that Renee Good would have also found writing and artistic community in the city, had she lived."
I wrote about why it matters that Good was a poet, and the connection of poetry to resistance. nonprofitquarterly.org/why-it-matte...
I wrote about why it matters that Good was a poet, and the connection of poetry to resistance. nonprofitquarterly.org/why-it-matte...
Why It Matters that Renee Nicole Macklin Good Was a Poet | Nonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice.
After her death at the hands of ICE, Renee Good’s legacy as a poet is much more than her one published poem.
nonprofitquarterly.org
January 15, 2026 at 2:15 PM
"It’s not hard to imagine that Renee Good would have also found writing and artistic community in the city, had she lived."
I wrote about why it matters that Good was a poet, and the connection of poetry to resistance. nonprofitquarterly.org/why-it-matte...
I wrote about why it matters that Good was a poet, and the connection of poetry to resistance. nonprofitquarterly.org/why-it-matte...
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Needed to see this right when I saw it. ❤️❤️❤️ @mostlybree.kitrocha.com always
I'm gonna say this with all the kindness in my heart: you aren't going to survive if you don't let your life have room for other things.
This is not a short term fight where we can just go 24/7 and then it will be over. We've got YEARS ahead of us. Take a break. Hydrate. Go bake something. Breathe.
This is not a short term fight where we can just go 24/7 and then it will be over. We've got YEARS ahead of us. Take a break. Hydrate. Go bake something. Breathe.
January 14, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Needed to see this right when I saw it. ❤️❤️❤️ @mostlybree.kitrocha.com always
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This 👇 will take you 5 minutes. You can literally just read a 1st person version of this below. I did something similar and cited that my friend told me about the absolute hell they are in and what that community deserves. Call volume matters. Use @resist.bot to write all your reps at once.
If you hear that a think tank is telling your members of Congress not to say "abolish ICE," here's what you do: contact your members of Congress and tell them that you, a constituent, absolutely do want them to abolish ICE and you wanna hear them say it. Then get your friends to do it too.
January 15, 2026 at 7:45 AM
This 👇 will take you 5 minutes. You can literally just read a 1st person version of this below. I did something similar and cited that my friend told me about the absolute hell they are in and what that community deserves. Call volume matters. Use @resist.bot to write all your reps at once.
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Something very cool tonight, I heard a sample of the Star Wars Outlaws: Low Red Moon audiobook narrated by Eric Johnson (Jaylen) and Jay Rincon (ND-5). It seriously feels like an extension of the game. No spoilers, but the production team hit a home run. It's everything you'll want.
January 14, 2026 at 3:37 AM
Something very cool tonight, I heard a sample of the Star Wars Outlaws: Low Red Moon audiobook narrated by Eric Johnson (Jaylen) and Jay Rincon (ND-5). It seriously feels like an extension of the game. No spoilers, but the production team hit a home run. It's everything you'll want.
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Every day, you can take one tangible action by donating a small amount or just boosting one of the items in here.
Also, it's not on the list but Immigrant Defense Network is based out of Minnesota and doing good work: immigrantdefensenetwork.org
Also, it's not on the list but Immigrant Defense Network is based out of Minnesota and doing good work: immigrantdefensenetwork.org
I was desperate for some organization, so I put together a list of places you can donate or buy things for to support folks in Minnesota.
If you have places for me to add, please DM me.
If you have places for me to add, please DM me.
Places to Donate to in Minnesota
Buy/Donate Materials: Help buy dashcams for legal observers Bethel Church Food Pantry TC Food Justice: Donate food Mutual Aid Funds: Lyndale School Mutual Aid Fund Rent Relief Fund for Southside Fami...
docs.google.com
January 13, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Every day, you can take one tangible action by donating a small amount or just boosting one of the items in here.
Also, it's not on the list but Immigrant Defense Network is based out of Minnesota and doing good work: immigrantdefensenetwork.org
Also, it's not on the list but Immigrant Defense Network is based out of Minnesota and doing good work: immigrantdefensenetwork.org
Proud of my colleagues and peers in the industry for speaking up about this with @thehill.com. Keep fighting for these stories. Don’t give up. thehill.com/homenews/lgb...
January 12, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Proud of my colleagues and peers in the industry for speaking up about this with @thehill.com. Keep fighting for these stories. Don’t give up. thehill.com/homenews/lgb...
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New Episode
hearts heavy today and we talk about that, but then we get into a fun genre conversation about Karen Russell
soundcloud.com/printrunpodc...
hearts heavy today and we talk about that, but then we get into a fun genre conversation about Karen Russell
soundcloud.com/printrunpodc...
Episode 183—The Only Genre Is My Feelings
After checking for a few minutes about the ICE occupation of the Twin Cities, we answer a reader question about genre as relates to Karen Russell’s THE ANTIDOTE, a novel that has both historical AND f
soundcloud.com
January 9, 2026 at 7:13 PM
New Episode
hearts heavy today and we talk about that, but then we get into a fun genre conversation about Karen Russell
soundcloud.com/printrunpodc...
hearts heavy today and we talk about that, but then we get into a fun genre conversation about Karen Russell
soundcloud.com/printrunpodc...
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From a good friend in Minneapolis: "Target is allowing ICE to stage in their parking lots, use their restrooms, and abduct people from inside their stores - so if you weren’t boycotting already, now is the time." They were staging in Chicago as well.
January 12, 2026 at 3:42 PM
From a good friend in Minneapolis: "Target is allowing ICE to stage in their parking lots, use their restrooms, and abduct people from inside their stores - so if you weren’t boycotting already, now is the time." They were staging in Chicago as well.
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there's a new video of the scene circulating, so, a reminder:
man the video is circulating so
settings > content & media > uncheck auto-play video & gifs
settings > content & media > uncheck auto-play video & gifs
January 9, 2026 at 7:25 PM
there's a new video of the scene circulating, so, a reminder:
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In America you drop your kid off at school, get your brains blown out on the ride home, then the Vice President drops everything for a week to call you a terrorist, to slander your family, to protect the circumstances that led to your death so they can do it again. It is government by Alex Jones.
January 9, 2026 at 7:24 PM
In America you drop your kid off at school, get your brains blown out on the ride home, then the Vice President drops everything for a week to call you a terrorist, to slander your family, to protect the circumstances that led to your death so they can do it again. It is government by Alex Jones.
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as someone who often stews in their anger and grief, i just want to remind you that if you’re in the same boat, reach out to your loved ones. talk to them. force yourself to, if you can.
in moments of tragedy, we have to remind ourselves that good people are still out there, doing good things.
in moments of tragedy, we have to remind ourselves that good people are still out there, doing good things.
January 8, 2026 at 5:37 PM
as someone who often stews in their anger and grief, i just want to remind you that if you’re in the same boat, reach out to your loved ones. talk to them. force yourself to, if you can.
in moments of tragedy, we have to remind ourselves that good people are still out there, doing good things.
in moments of tragedy, we have to remind ourselves that good people are still out there, doing good things.
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Celebrating the little things: THE PHOTONIC EFFECT is @libraryjournal.bsky.social's SFF Pick of the Month with a starred review! And it's on a Goodreads print ARC giveaway - enter here! www.goodreads.com/giveaway/ent...
January 8, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Celebrating the little things: THE PHOTONIC EFFECT is @libraryjournal.bsky.social's SFF Pick of the Month with a starred review! And it's on a Goodreads print ARC giveaway - enter here! www.goodreads.com/giveaway/ent...
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Hang in there, y’all.
January 8, 2026 at 4:51 AM
Hang in there, y’all.
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a major american city is being forced to close schools because armed government agents are raiding and pepper spraying and terrorizing children and teachers for social media content
Minneapolis public schools canceled classes officials after Roosevelt High School said armed Border Patrol officers came on school property during dismissal Wednesday and began tackling people, handcuffed two staff members and released chemical weapons on bystanders
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Minneapolis schools cancel classes after Border Patrol clash disrupts dismissal at Roosevelt
Minneapolis schools closed for the week citing safety concerns after an encounter involving armed Border Patrol agents near Roosevelt High School.
www.mprnews.org
January 8, 2026 at 1:53 PM
a major american city is being forced to close schools because armed government agents are raiding and pepper spraying and terrorizing children and teachers for social media content