Keegan Lawler
@keeganlawler.bsky.social
I like books. Writing in/forthcoming from MQR: Mixtape, the Los Angeles Review, Fourteen Hills, the Offing, Tahoma Literary Review, among others. He/him
https://keeganlawler.com
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Keegan Lawler
@keeganlawler.bsky.social
· May 15
My Own Private Idaho by Keegan Lawler — Red Bird Chapbooks
Set among the pines and firs of "flyover country," Keegan Lawler's My Own Private Idaho explores the emotions and experiences of growing up queer in small-town Idaho. In four memoir-essays, Lawl...
www.redbirdchapbooks.com
Today's the day, my chapbook is now out! So thankful to the folks at Red Bird Chapbooks for putting all their time and energy into this. 100 beautiful hand-bound copies each with a hand-drawn cardinal inside.
You can buy a copy here: www.redbirdchapbooks.com/catalog/p/my...
You can buy a copy here: www.redbirdchapbooks.com/catalog/p/my...
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ICE agents are intentionally breaking the law, shooting protestors who are citizens and lying in court.
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.
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October 7, 2025 at 1:48 AM
ICE agents are intentionally breaking the law, shooting protestors who are citizens and lying in court.
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We are now also the most official looking Taco Bell account on here and I would just like to let everyone know that eating Taco Bell makes you trans
October 3, 2025 at 12:28 AM
We are now also the most official looking Taco Bell account on here and I would just like to let everyone know that eating Taco Bell makes you trans
Congrats to Starr! This sounds like such an amazing book, I can’t wait to read it soon!
Autumn House is excited to announce the winner of our 2025 Nonfiction Prize: I Am Mostly Bad Blood by Starr Davis, selected by May-lee Chai!
We're honored to share this book with the world in October 2026.
#nonfiction #bookprize #publishing #memoir
We're honored to share this book with the world in October 2026.
#nonfiction #bookprize #publishing #memoir
July 31, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Congrats to Starr! This sounds like such an amazing book, I can’t wait to read it soon!
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Congrats to the runner-up and the finalists!
Runner-up:
She Was Wild Grass by Katie Bennett
Finalists:
Disfigure Studies by Asha Dore @ashadore.bsky.social
What Kind of Hawk by Sarah Giragosian
Dispatches from the Ridge by L.I. Henley*
Fairyboy by Keegan Lawler @keeganlawler.bsky.social
Runner-up:
She Was Wild Grass by Katie Bennett
Finalists:
Disfigure Studies by Asha Dore @ashadore.bsky.social
What Kind of Hawk by Sarah Giragosian
Dispatches from the Ridge by L.I. Henley*
Fairyboy by Keegan Lawler @keeganlawler.bsky.social
July 31, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Congrats to the runner-up and the finalists!
Runner-up:
She Was Wild Grass by Katie Bennett
Finalists:
Disfigure Studies by Asha Dore @ashadore.bsky.social
What Kind of Hawk by Sarah Giragosian
Dispatches from the Ridge by L.I. Henley*
Fairyboy by Keegan Lawler @keeganlawler.bsky.social
Runner-up:
She Was Wild Grass by Katie Bennett
Finalists:
Disfigure Studies by Asha Dore @ashadore.bsky.social
What Kind of Hawk by Sarah Giragosian
Dispatches from the Ridge by L.I. Henley*
Fairyboy by Keegan Lawler @keeganlawler.bsky.social
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The era of institutionalization was rife with horror, and deinstitutionalization + the rise of community care has allowed millions to live more independently with dignity over decades
I hate these eugenicist fascists with every drop of blood in me
I hate these eugenicist fascists with every drop of blood in me
July 25, 2025 at 1:38 AM
The era of institutionalization was rife with horror, and deinstitutionalization + the rise of community care has allowed millions to live more independently with dignity over decades
I hate these eugenicist fascists with every drop of blood in me
I hate these eugenicist fascists with every drop of blood in me
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you know you don’t have to call HR 1 the “big beautiful bill” right? you know that by doing so you’re carrying water for fascists, right, even though you’re trying to be ironic or w/e you’re doing the fascists a real solid? Just checking.
July 3, 2025 at 8:46 PM
you know you don’t have to call HR 1 the “big beautiful bill” right? you know that by doing so you’re carrying water for fascists, right, even though you’re trying to be ironic or w/e you’re doing the fascists a real solid? Just checking.
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ICE is a criminal organization willfully carrying out illegal orders and the people of California are right to resist this. respect to the fighters and power to the people
June 8, 2025 at 2:34 AM
ICE is a criminal organization willfully carrying out illegal orders and the people of California are right to resist this. respect to the fighters and power to the people
Today's the day, my chapbook is now out! So thankful to the folks at Red Bird Chapbooks for putting all their time and energy into this. 100 beautiful hand-bound copies each with a hand-drawn cardinal inside.
You can buy a copy here: www.redbirdchapbooks.com/catalog/p/my...
You can buy a copy here: www.redbirdchapbooks.com/catalog/p/my...
My Own Private Idaho by Keegan Lawler — Red Bird Chapbooks
Set among the pines and firs of "flyover country," Keegan Lawler's My Own Private Idaho explores the emotions and experiences of growing up queer in small-town Idaho. In four memoir-essays, Lawl...
www.redbirdchapbooks.com
May 15, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Today's the day, my chapbook is now out! So thankful to the folks at Red Bird Chapbooks for putting all their time and energy into this. 100 beautiful hand-bound copies each with a hand-drawn cardinal inside.
You can buy a copy here: www.redbirdchapbooks.com/catalog/p/my...
You can buy a copy here: www.redbirdchapbooks.com/catalog/p/my...
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a couple of years ago through Sami Zayn I learned about the work of the Zakat Foundation which is how I donate. They do good work and I urge you to look into them. www.zakat.org/gaza-emergency
May 13, 2025 at 11:01 PM
a couple of years ago through Sami Zayn I learned about the work of the Zakat Foundation which is how I donate. They do good work and I urge you to look into them. www.zakat.org/gaza-emergency
Hard cover proofs arrived!
March 16, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Hard cover proofs arrived!
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“For those of us who live at the shoreline / standing upon the constant edges of decision / crucial and alone / for those of us who cannot indulge / the passing dreams of choice / who love in doorways coming and going / in the hours between dawns…” — Audre Lorde
A Litany for Survival
For those of us who live at the shoreline standing upon the constant edges of decision crucial and alone for those of us who cannot indulge the passing dreams of choice who love in doorways coming and...
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March 5, 2025 at 2:41 AM
“For those of us who live at the shoreline / standing upon the constant edges of decision / crucial and alone / for those of us who cannot indulge / the passing dreams of choice / who love in doorways coming and going / in the hours between dawns…” — Audre Lorde
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Today, I found out that the Department of Defense banned the Well-Read Black Girl anthology by Glory Edim. I was one of its contributors.
I'm really hurt right now. So if you have it in you, please buy books by Black women from independent bookstores.
I'm really hurt right now. So if you have it in you, please buy books by Black women from independent bookstores.
February 19, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Today, I found out that the Department of Defense banned the Well-Read Black Girl anthology by Glory Edim. I was one of its contributors.
I'm really hurt right now. So if you have it in you, please buy books by Black women from independent bookstores.
I'm really hurt right now. So if you have it in you, please buy books by Black women from independent bookstores.
Grateful to the editors at @bendinggenres.bsky.social for selecting my short story, “Fidalgo Bay Inn,” for inclusion in Issue #43. This story is partially about my town and its weird little idiosyncrasies, but mostly it’s about how we survive winter.
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Fidalgo Bay Inn
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February 12, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Grateful to the editors at @bendinggenres.bsky.social for selecting my short story, “Fidalgo Bay Inn,” for inclusion in Issue #43. This story is partially about my town and its weird little idiosyncrasies, but mostly it’s about how we survive winter.
bendinggenres.com/fidalgo-bay-...
bendinggenres.com/fidalgo-bay-...
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Read #ExpoContributor @keeganlawler.bsky.social’s story in @necessaryfiction.com!
Then read his #nonfiction in our “Lines” issue: expositionreview.com/issues/vol-v....
Then read his #nonfiction in our “Lines” issue: expositionreview.com/issues/vol-v....
February 5, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Read #ExpoContributor @keeganlawler.bsky.social’s story in @necessaryfiction.com!
Then read his #nonfiction in our “Lines” issue: expositionreview.com/issues/vol-v....
Then read his #nonfiction in our “Lines” issue: expositionreview.com/issues/vol-v....
Happy pub day to the story inspired by seeing Dorothy Allison’s collection “Trash” next to Bryan Washington’s “Lot” and going “huh, that’s a good short story title.” Special thanks to Steve @necessaryfiction.com for editorial guidance!
This week's story is "Trashlot" by @keeganlawler.bsky.social necessaryfiction.com/stories/tras...
February 6, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Happy pub day to the story inspired by seeing Dorothy Allison’s collection “Trash” next to Bryan Washington’s “Lot” and going “huh, that’s a good short story title.” Special thanks to Steve @necessaryfiction.com for editorial guidance!
Some of my favorite books I read this year:
Blackouts- Justin Torres
Family Meal- Bryan Washington
Deaf Republic- Ilya Kaminsky
Delinquents and Other Escape Attempts- Nick Rees Gardner
Critical Hits- Ed. J. Robert Lennon and Carmen Maria Machado
Mouth- Paloma Ghosh
Blackouts- Justin Torres
Family Meal- Bryan Washington
Deaf Republic- Ilya Kaminsky
Delinquents and Other Escape Attempts- Nick Rees Gardner
Critical Hits- Ed. J. Robert Lennon and Carmen Maria Machado
Mouth- Paloma Ghosh
January 1, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Some of my favorite books I read this year:
Blackouts- Justin Torres
Family Meal- Bryan Washington
Deaf Republic- Ilya Kaminsky
Delinquents and Other Escape Attempts- Nick Rees Gardner
Critical Hits- Ed. J. Robert Lennon and Carmen Maria Machado
Mouth- Paloma Ghosh
Blackouts- Justin Torres
Family Meal- Bryan Washington
Deaf Republic- Ilya Kaminsky
Delinquents and Other Escape Attempts- Nick Rees Gardner
Critical Hits- Ed. J. Robert Lennon and Carmen Maria Machado
Mouth- Paloma Ghosh
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feeling brave? masochistic? anhedonia not hitting hard like it used to — you need to feel harmed, targeted, mocked by fate? friend, search “Christian version of Hallelujah” on YouTube and kiss your good vibes goodbye
December 26, 2024 at 3:21 AM
feeling brave? masochistic? anhedonia not hitting hard like it used to — you need to feel harmed, targeted, mocked by fate? friend, search “Christian version of Hallelujah” on YouTube and kiss your good vibes goodbye
Re-reading a book is such a treat. The moments that stick out on a second or third reading are never the same ones as on the first.
December 22, 2024 at 5:45 AM
Re-reading a book is such a treat. The moments that stick out on a second or third reading are never the same ones as on the first.
Three poems into reading “American Sonnets for my Past and Future Assassin” and I can already tell this is the kind of book I need to live in for a bit.
December 6, 2024 at 5:31 AM
Three poems into reading “American Sonnets for my Past and Future Assassin” and I can already tell this is the kind of book I need to live in for a bit.
Ok so I knew the book “Critical Hits: Writers Playing Video Games” would be good, but Keith S. Wilson’s essay on FF6 and mules and a dozen other things, “Mule Milk,” has me rethinking EVERYTHING about my gaming history
November 26, 2024 at 5:29 AM
Ok so I knew the book “Critical Hits: Writers Playing Video Games” would be good, but Keith S. Wilson’s essay on FF6 and mules and a dozen other things, “Mule Milk,” has me rethinking EVERYTHING about my gaming history
Wow, such an honor to see this piece, which borrows its name from a @themountaingoats.bsky.social song, gain some love from folks. Thanks for including my work!
6 incredible nonfiction pieces:
3 by @marilynduarte.bsky.social in Scissors & Spackle & @mrbullbull.bsky.social
Erin Wood in @thesunmagazine.bsky.social
@keeganlawler.bsky.social in @anmlymag.bsky.social
@allisonfieldbell.bsky.social in CRAFT
Links here:
www.turnandwork.com/short-reads-...
3 by @marilynduarte.bsky.social in Scissors & Spackle & @mrbullbull.bsky.social
Erin Wood in @thesunmagazine.bsky.social
@keeganlawler.bsky.social in @anmlymag.bsky.social
@allisonfieldbell.bsky.social in CRAFT
Links here:
www.turnandwork.com/short-reads-...
Short reads: November 18, 2024 - turn and work
Short writing Six creative nonfiction pieces. Three related ones by Marilyn Duarte, plus Keegan Lawler, Erin Wood and Allison Field Bell.
www.turnandwork.com
November 18, 2024 at 10:40 PM
Wow, such an honor to see this piece, which borrows its name from a @themountaingoats.bsky.social song, gain some love from folks. Thanks for including my work!
I’m just a boy, starting another social media account, trying to find other writers/book enjoyers to talk about how I don’t feel like Puloma Ghosh’s book “Mouth” is getting all the praise it deserves.
Y’all I had to make sure my toddler wasn’t a wolf child after finishing “Leaving Things” 😭
Y’all I had to make sure my toddler wasn’t a wolf child after finishing “Leaving Things” 😭
November 18, 2024 at 10:40 PM
I’m just a boy, starting another social media account, trying to find other writers/book enjoyers to talk about how I don’t feel like Puloma Ghosh’s book “Mouth” is getting all the praise it deserves.
Y’all I had to make sure my toddler wasn’t a wolf child after finishing “Leaving Things” 😭
Y’all I had to make sure my toddler wasn’t a wolf child after finishing “Leaving Things” 😭
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It was when I put up the slide of this at the meeting that the suits begin passing notes to one another
November 12, 2024 at 12:42 PM
It was when I put up the slide of this at the meeting that the suits begin passing notes to one another