Laurie Biggs Marshall
@lauriemmarshall.bsky.social
I write and make art and fight fascism in Arkansas. MFA candidate - class of 2027
“It’s never too late to be what you might have been.” - George Eliot
“It’s never too late to be what you might have been.” - George Eliot
Writer/academic friends - aside from AWP, what conferences are you attending to network, learn, be inspired?
October 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Writer/academic friends - aside from AWP, what conferences are you attending to network, learn, be inspired?
Hey friends! I'm sharing a flash fiction piece every day this month to celebrate my birthday, and I would love some suggestions! Tell me what you're reading, writing, loving, surprised by, new discoveries... all the things! You can follow along here: therepurposedlife.substack.com
THANKS!!
THANKS!!
The Repurposed Life | Substack
Repurposing isn't just about turning an old sweater into a decorative cushion, we can repurpose our very own selves into something new at any age. It's kind of exciting, pretty scary, and completely d...
therepurposedlife.substack.com
October 3, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Hey friends! I'm sharing a flash fiction piece every day this month to celebrate my birthday, and I would love some suggestions! Tell me what you're reading, writing, loving, surprised by, new discoveries... all the things! You can follow along here: therepurposedlife.substack.com
THANKS!!
THANKS!!
Setting intentions.
September 3, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Setting intentions.
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What's on the inside? It could be fire. Check out this amazing collage work from @lauriemmarshall.bsky.social in Issue 4!
asteralesjournal.com/1-3-johnson-...
asteralesjournal.com/1-3-johnson-...
August 28, 2025 at 7:28 PM
What's on the inside? It could be fire. Check out this amazing collage work from @lauriemmarshall.bsky.social in Issue 4!
asteralesjournal.com/1-3-johnson-...
asteralesjournal.com/1-3-johnson-...
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Here he goes.
August 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Here he goes.
@andrewbertaina.bsky.social
Hey, Andrew! Would you have .pdf or do you have any arcs of Ethan Hawke and Me? A friend of mine who is putting together a student-run lit mag would like to review it. (@dogyardmag.com) No pressure or anything - if you’re interested let me know! :)
Hey, Andrew! Would you have .pdf or do you have any arcs of Ethan Hawke and Me? A friend of mine who is putting together a student-run lit mag would like to review it. (@dogyardmag.com) No pressure or anything - if you’re interested let me know! :)
August 28, 2025 at 7:05 PM
@andrewbertaina.bsky.social
Hey, Andrew! Would you have .pdf or do you have any arcs of Ethan Hawke and Me? A friend of mine who is putting together a student-run lit mag would like to review it. (@dogyardmag.com) No pressure or anything - if you’re interested let me know! :)
Hey, Andrew! Would you have .pdf or do you have any arcs of Ethan Hawke and Me? A friend of mine who is putting together a student-run lit mag would like to review it. (@dogyardmag.com) No pressure or anything - if you’re interested let me know! :)
Made an appointment to say goodbye to my old man cat today. He’s had one thing after another over the last year including recurrent infections in his mouth, can’t make it to the litter box, hobbled by arthritis… but he sleeps well and loves us. Struggling to decide if this is the right thing. 😢
August 15, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Made an appointment to say goodbye to my old man cat today. He’s had one thing after another over the last year including recurrent infections in his mouth, can’t make it to the litter box, hobbled by arthritis… but he sleeps well and loves us. Struggling to decide if this is the right thing. 😢
The problem with enjoying a lazy, go-nowhere, sleep late summer is that when the semester kicks off again I’m whining to myself about having to put on clothes and make a lunch every day. Every day!?! 😩😋
August 12, 2025 at 2:12 PM
The problem with enjoying a lazy, go-nowhere, sleep late summer is that when the semester kicks off again I’m whining to myself about having to put on clothes and make a lunch every day. Every day!?! 😩😋
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Russia lost a war in Crimea in the 1850s. To pay off war debts, Russia sold Alaska to the U.S. Now presidents Trump and Putin will meet Friday in Alaska to discuss another war involving Crimea.
Alaska was once a full-fledged Russian colony. Now it's hosting a U.S.-Russia summit
Russia lost a war in Crimea in the 1850s. To pay off war debts, Russia sold Alaska to the U.S. Now presidents Trump and Putin will meet Friday in Alaska to discuss another war involving Crimea.
n.pr
August 12, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Russia lost a war in Crimea in the 1850s. To pay off war debts, Russia sold Alaska to the U.S. Now presidents Trump and Putin will meet Friday in Alaska to discuss another war involving Crimea.
Do better, @bsky.app @support.bsky.team
If any of my Twitter friends wonder why I pretty much only post here and don't interact, here's an explanation.
Bluesky is “screen reader accessible” the way a staircase with curb cuts on each step is a “wheelchair ramp.”
No keyboard nav. No useful landmarks. No focus memory. I lose my place every time I interact with a post.
Compliance ≠ usability.
Day 23 asking @support.bsky.team to fix this #A11yFail
No keyboard nav. No useful landmarks. No focus memory. I lose my place every time I interact with a post.
Compliance ≠ usability.
Day 23 asking @support.bsky.team to fix this #A11yFail
July 31, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Do better, @bsky.app @support.bsky.team
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Issue Three is live! Poems from @readinstead.bsky.social
@johnpauldavis.org, @mfitejohnson.bsky.social, @fklein907.bsky.social, Gail Martin, Kerry Trautman, Meghan Sterling and art from @carolee.bsky.social, Rachel Turney,
@lauriemmarshall.bsky.social & Sandra Wilcoxon!
@johnpauldavis.org, @mfitejohnson.bsky.social, @fklein907.bsky.social, Gail Martin, Kerry Trautman, Meghan Sterling and art from @carolee.bsky.social, Rachel Turney,
@lauriemmarshall.bsky.social & Sandra Wilcoxon!
July 20, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Issue Three is live! Poems from @readinstead.bsky.social
@johnpauldavis.org, @mfitejohnson.bsky.social, @fklein907.bsky.social, Gail Martin, Kerry Trautman, Meghan Sterling and art from @carolee.bsky.social, Rachel Turney,
@lauriemmarshall.bsky.social & Sandra Wilcoxon!
@johnpauldavis.org, @mfitejohnson.bsky.social, @fklein907.bsky.social, Gail Martin, Kerry Trautman, Meghan Sterling and art from @carolee.bsky.social, Rachel Turney,
@lauriemmarshall.bsky.social & Sandra Wilcoxon!
So happy to have my art used to illustrate such a lovely piece of poetry. Take a look! 👀
So grateful to @asteralesjournal.bsky.social--for publishing a poem of mine and pairing it with beautiful visual art by @lauriemmarshall.bsky.social, for sending a handmade thank-you card with a collage depicting a line from my poem, and for making the people they publish feel special ❤️
July 29, 2025 at 3:47 PM
So happy to have my art used to illustrate such a lovely piece of poetry. Take a look! 👀
@johnaugust.bsky.social
When you & Craig read 3-pg challenges you often give a note to strike character info that can’t be directed. Would it be appropriate to include character sketches? Where would they go? Plays often include them, but not sure about screenplays.
When you & Craig read 3-pg challenges you often give a note to strike character info that can’t be directed. Would it be appropriate to include character sketches? Where would they go? Plays often include them, but not sure about screenplays.
July 29, 2025 at 3:45 PM
@johnaugust.bsky.social
When you & Craig read 3-pg challenges you often give a note to strike character info that can’t be directed. Would it be appropriate to include character sketches? Where would they go? Plays often include them, but not sure about screenplays.
When you & Craig read 3-pg challenges you often give a note to strike character info that can’t be directed. Would it be appropriate to include character sketches? Where would they go? Plays often include them, but not sure about screenplays.
Fellow olds: get yourself some younger friends. Mine are into all the things I love, like gardening, birdwatching, collecting vinyl and shopping at thrift stores, but they also introduce me to queer poets and musicians, and we can discuss where to get tattoos. It’s a massive win-win-win.
July 19, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Fellow olds: get yourself some younger friends. Mine are into all the things I love, like gardening, birdwatching, collecting vinyl and shopping at thrift stores, but they also introduce me to queer poets and musicians, and we can discuss where to get tattoos. It’s a massive win-win-win.
😂😂😂
Medical experts say the worst thing about chronic venous insufficiency is when you're in the Epstein files.
July 17, 2025 at 8:48 PM
😂😂😂
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not gonna use this to point out that we were Ralph's first publication. not at all. that'd be tacky. just saying congrats. that's all. congrats!!
Having work situated alongside the work of Billy Collins, @josehernandezdz.bsky.social & @mosababutoha.bsky.social feels surreal!!
Check out the cover for the new Best American poetry anthology!!
So grateful to be part of this.
Check out the cover for the new Best American poetry anthology!!
So grateful to be part of this.
July 17, 2025 at 8:39 PM
not gonna use this to point out that we were Ralph's first publication. not at all. that'd be tacky. just saying congrats. that's all. congrats!!
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The destruction of public radio is truly an existential threat to books and book culture. I can't say it enough.
July 17, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The destruction of public radio is truly an existential threat to books and book culture. I can't say it enough.
Port, poet… whatever. 😋
July 17, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Port, poet… whatever. 😋
July 17, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Thanks to @djvorreyer.bsky.social being persistent, I found out I had a piece of collage art accepted by @asteralesjournal.bsky.social after the email went to my junk mail. Haha, whoops! Anyway, yay for my first acceptance of anything at all since 2023! #gradschoollife #howdoyouworkthisthing 🎉
June 26, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Thanks to @djvorreyer.bsky.social being persistent, I found out I had a piece of collage art accepted by @asteralesjournal.bsky.social after the email went to my junk mail. Haha, whoops! Anyway, yay for my first acceptance of anything at all since 2023! #gradschoollife #howdoyouworkthisthing 🎉
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So-called “less-lethal” weapons like those that have been used against demonstrators in Los Angeles can cause severe, lasting harm like nerve or brain damage or blindness. They can also kill. www.wired.com/story/what-t...
What Tear Gas and Rubber Bullets Do to the Human Body
So-called “less-lethal” weapons like those that have been used against demonstrators in Los Angeles can cause severe, lasting harm like nerve or brain damage or blindness. They can also kill.
www.wired.com
June 10, 2025 at 10:36 AM
So-called “less-lethal” weapons like those that have been used against demonstrators in Los Angeles can cause severe, lasting harm like nerve or brain damage or blindness. They can also kill. www.wired.com/story/what-t...
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Yo writer types @barrelhouse.bsky.social is currently still open for everything -- fiction, nonfiction, poetry -- for our 26th print issue! No submission fees, we pay $50. Send us some good weird sad funny surprising stuff. www.barrelhousemag.com/submission-i...
Send us yr poems! (And fiction and nonfiction)
Yo poets @barrelhouse.bsky.social just extended our deadline. Send us some weird funny sad surprising poems! www.barrelhousemag.com/submission-i...
June 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Yo writer types @barrelhouse.bsky.social is currently still open for everything -- fiction, nonfiction, poetry -- for our 26th print issue! No submission fees, we pay $50. Send us some good weird sad funny surprising stuff. www.barrelhousemag.com/submission-i...
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Tonight at 7pm - the online launch of Cold Toast 🍞🥂 We'd love to see you!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cold-toast...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cold-toast...
Cold Toast Online Launch with Kathryn Aldridge-Morris
An evening of readings and discussion with Kathryn Aldridge-Morris to celebrate the launch of her flash fiction collection, Cold Toast.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
June 10, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Tonight at 7pm - the online launch of Cold Toast 🍞🥂 We'd love to see you!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cold-toast...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cold-toast...
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In just under one hour, this link will be live.
(How soon thereafter will it be dead? We'll see!)
havehashad.submittable.com/submit/32953...
(How soon thereafter will it be dead? We'll see!)
havehashad.submittable.com/submit/32953...
next submission call in ~48 hours!
Tuesday, June 10, 10 am ET!
looking for SQUARE blocks of text.
what that means, vaguely: ~280-290 words, no linebreaks, no paragraph breaks.
what that means, specifically: 20 lines of text w/ HAD formatting:
havehashad.com/pages/wysiwyg
Tuesday, June 10, 10 am ET!
looking for SQUARE blocks of text.
what that means, vaguely: ~280-290 words, no linebreaks, no paragraph breaks.
what that means, specifically: 20 lines of text w/ HAD formatting:
havehashad.com/pages/wysiwyg
June 10, 2025 at 1:06 PM
In just under one hour, this link will be live.
(How soon thereafter will it be dead? We'll see!)
havehashad.submittable.com/submit/32953...
(How soon thereafter will it be dead? We'll see!)
havehashad.submittable.com/submit/32953...
Still looking!
I’m looking for fiction and poetry collections that incorporate imagery as a storytelling component.
Not graphic novels, not just illustrations, but imagery that helps provide context and shape and move a story along.
Is anything like this out there? Please drop links in the comments!
Not graphic novels, not just illustrations, but imagery that helps provide context and shape and move a story along.
Is anything like this out there? Please drop links in the comments!
June 5, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Still looking!