lfchristianson (is seeking representation)
@lfchristianson.bsky.social
author & editor. querying first novel. recent pubs in LA Review and Short Story, Long. fiction staff at Split Lip Mag, teaching at Loft Literary. probably bad at this.
https://www.lfchristianson.com/
https://www.lfchristianson.com/
Got a little piece in The Maine Review today. If you're a sucker for sibling dynamics, tricky moms, and bugs, this one's for you: www.mainereview.com/the-buzzing-...
The Buzzing Means That Mom’s Back - The Maine Review
May. Cicadas emerge from the earth, glistening and horny and pissed as all hell. Everyone loves to hate on cicadas, but Cenna’s dislike is more specific. Cicadas mean summer. She doesn’t trust summer....
www.mainereview.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Got a little piece in The Maine Review today. If you're a sucker for sibling dynamics, tricky moms, and bugs, this one's for you: www.mainereview.com/the-buzzing-...
Gorgeous new issue of Split Lip live today!
Kick back, fix yourself a warm drink, and enjoy our SEPTEMBER ISSUE. 🍁
WORDS by Max Wheeler, JR Fenn, Kimaya Diggs, & Michal ‘MJ’ Jones
ART by Valerie Marshall
AND Benjamin Selesnick reviews Katie Lynn Johnston
PLUS Matthew Groff reviews Gabe Montesanti
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WORDS by Max Wheeler, JR Fenn, Kimaya Diggs, & Michal ‘MJ’ Jones
ART by Valerie Marshall
AND Benjamin Selesnick reviews Katie Lynn Johnston
PLUS Matthew Groff reviews Gabe Montesanti
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September 15, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Gorgeous new issue of Split Lip live today!
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Here it is! Our ✨amazing✨ MAY ISSUE!
As always, much love & gratitude to our contributors 🥰
WORDS: John Jodzio, @joshdenslow.bsky.social , @cindyhouse.bsky.social & theoceanisgay.bsky.social
ART: Natalie Christensen
PLUS: Barrak Alzaid reviews noam keim
Start reading now! buff.ly/h13a7FK
As always, much love & gratitude to our contributors 🥰
WORDS: John Jodzio, @joshdenslow.bsky.social , @cindyhouse.bsky.social & theoceanisgay.bsky.social
ART: Natalie Christensen
PLUS: Barrak Alzaid reviews noam keim
Start reading now! buff.ly/h13a7FK
May 15, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Here it is! Our ✨amazing✨ MAY ISSUE!
As always, much love & gratitude to our contributors 🥰
WORDS: John Jodzio, @joshdenslow.bsky.social , @cindyhouse.bsky.social & theoceanisgay.bsky.social
ART: Natalie Christensen
PLUS: Barrak Alzaid reviews noam keim
Start reading now! buff.ly/h13a7FK
As always, much love & gratitude to our contributors 🥰
WORDS: John Jodzio, @joshdenslow.bsky.social , @cindyhouse.bsky.social & theoceanisgay.bsky.social
ART: Natalie Christensen
PLUS: Barrak Alzaid reviews noam keim
Start reading now! buff.ly/h13a7FK
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I wrote about the NEA cuts and that overwhelming feeling when so many different orgs and people need our money. But there are some answers in here too, courtesy of @michaelholtmann.bsky.social and @markkrotov.bsky.social. lithub.com/on-the-lates...
On the Latest Threat to Literary Culture’s Fragile Ecosystem: Donald Trump
There’s an ongoing crisis in book publishing. I mean, there are many, but corporate consolidation is a threat to anyone who cares about books. When there are fewer publishers, both large and small,…
lithub.com
May 8, 2025 at 12:33 PM
I wrote about the NEA cuts and that overwhelming feeling when so many different orgs and people need our money. But there are some answers in here too, courtesy of @michaelholtmann.bsky.social and @markkrotov.bsky.social. lithub.com/on-the-lates...
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You're probably better at this site than I am! Use your fine skills with the amazing Split Lip team 💕
We're so excited to announce: APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN 🤩
SLM is expanding our Social Media Team!
Our mag is an all-volunteer team with a passion for words, art, and just good vibes ✨ Apply on submittable ASAP--applications are open for 1 week! buff.ly/3RlJZb1
SLM is expanding our Social Media Team!
Our mag is an all-volunteer team with a passion for words, art, and just good vibes ✨ Apply on submittable ASAP--applications are open for 1 week! buff.ly/3RlJZb1
April 22, 2025 at 11:38 PM
You're probably better at this site than I am! Use your fine skills with the amazing Split Lip team 💕
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Continues to feel impossible to write dystopian fiction in 2025.
April 21, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Continues to feel impossible to write dystopian fiction in 2025.
This is the fiction you need today (peep @splitlipthemag.bsky.social's entire April issue for more)
splitlipthemag.com/fiction/0425...
splitlipthemag.com/fiction/0425...
Collaboration — Split Lip Magazine
We decided to decouple. That was what people were calling it when you didn’t scream or cry, or when you only did those things in the shower or your car. It was the winter of ’09, and many of our frien...
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April 16, 2025 at 10:28 PM
This is the fiction you need today (peep @splitlipthemag.bsky.social's entire April issue for more)
splitlipthemag.com/fiction/0425...
splitlipthemag.com/fiction/0425...
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A new month, a new issue of beautiful work we are PROUD to showcase ✨ May we present: our APRIL ISSUE 😍
WORDS: Vincent Perrone, Neeru Nagarajan, katiehrob.bsky.social, & Amy Thatcher
ART: Shannon Louise Barry
PLUS: @dianegotauthor.bsky.social reviews @caseymulliganwalsh.bsky.social buff.ly/a8ZJANg
WORDS: Vincent Perrone, Neeru Nagarajan, katiehrob.bsky.social, & Amy Thatcher
ART: Shannon Louise Barry
PLUS: @dianegotauthor.bsky.social reviews @caseymulliganwalsh.bsky.social buff.ly/a8ZJANg
April 15, 2025 at 2:06 PM
A new month, a new issue of beautiful work we are PROUD to showcase ✨ May we present: our APRIL ISSUE 😍
WORDS: Vincent Perrone, Neeru Nagarajan, katiehrob.bsky.social, & Amy Thatcher
ART: Shannon Louise Barry
PLUS: @dianegotauthor.bsky.social reviews @caseymulliganwalsh.bsky.social buff.ly/a8ZJANg
WORDS: Vincent Perrone, Neeru Nagarajan, katiehrob.bsky.social, & Amy Thatcher
ART: Shannon Louise Barry
PLUS: @dianegotauthor.bsky.social reviews @caseymulliganwalsh.bsky.social buff.ly/a8ZJANg
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buried underneath news of this week's financial fuckery is the ongoing revocation of 300 or more visas from students at 80 universities, mainly for speaking out about Palestine. An ongoing effort to silence speech that opposes Israeli policy and a broader charge to disempower universities.
April 10, 2025 at 2:04 AM
buried underneath news of this week's financial fuckery is the ongoing revocation of 300 or more visas from students at 80 universities, mainly for speaking out about Palestine. An ongoing effort to silence speech that opposes Israeli policy and a broader charge to disempower universities.
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NEW: Family of Mahmoud Khalil just released footage of his arrest
“Stop resisting”
“He’s not resisting”
Agents seen continuing to ignore Mahmoud’s wife as she asks basic questions
“Stop resisting”
“He’s not resisting”
Agents seen continuing to ignore Mahmoud’s wife as she asks basic questions
March 14, 2025 at 8:50 PM
NEW: Family of Mahmoud Khalil just released footage of his arrest
“Stop resisting”
“He’s not resisting”
Agents seen continuing to ignore Mahmoud’s wife as she asks basic questions
“Stop resisting”
“He’s not resisting”
Agents seen continuing to ignore Mahmoud’s wife as she asks basic questions
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🌸 We're welcoming Spring with the blossom of our new MARCH ISSUE 🌸
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Love and gratitude to our AMAZING contributors!
WORDS: Sophie Hoss, Dante Fuoco, Laetitia Keok, @eleanorfuller.bsky.social
ART: Kevin Bodniza
PLUS: Asa Drake reviews Megan Pinto
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Love and gratitude to our AMAZING contributors!
WORDS: Sophie Hoss, Dante Fuoco, Laetitia Keok, @eleanorfuller.bsky.social
ART: Kevin Bodniza
PLUS: Asa Drake reviews Megan Pinto
March 15, 2025 at 1:45 PM
🌸 We're welcoming Spring with the blossom of our new MARCH ISSUE 🌸
buff.ly/F8mYCJ4
Love and gratitude to our AMAZING contributors!
WORDS: Sophie Hoss, Dante Fuoco, Laetitia Keok, @eleanorfuller.bsky.social
ART: Kevin Bodniza
PLUS: Asa Drake reviews Megan Pinto
buff.ly/F8mYCJ4
Love and gratitude to our AMAZING contributors!
WORDS: Sophie Hoss, Dante Fuoco, Laetitia Keok, @eleanorfuller.bsky.social
ART: Kevin Bodniza
PLUS: Asa Drake reviews Megan Pinto
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We don't publish many pieces about sports, but we have a 🏀 basketball 🏀 poem for you this month! And it's a stunner! The rhythm alone will blow your mind. Presenting Andy Chen's YOU WALK UP TO THE PARK AND THERE’S ONE CHINESE GUY: https://buff.ly/3EFWA2w
February 16, 2025 at 4:35 PM
We don't publish many pieces about sports, but we have a 🏀 basketball 🏀 poem for you this month! And it's a stunner! The rhythm alone will blow your mind. Presenting Andy Chen's YOU WALK UP TO THE PARK AND THERE’S ONE CHINESE GUY: https://buff.ly/3EFWA2w
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Love gets us through life 💕 And we're so in love with this new FEBRUARY ISSUE 💕: https://buff.ly/2Z36noR
All the love and thanks to our Contributors!
WORDS: Selen Ozturk, A.A. Tojino, Afri Arebu, Andy Chen
ART: Kathleen Frank
PLUS: Isabella Maria interviews Olivia Gatwood
All the love and thanks to our Contributors!
WORDS: Selen Ozturk, A.A. Tojino, Afri Arebu, Andy Chen
ART: Kathleen Frank
PLUS: Isabella Maria interviews Olivia Gatwood
February 15, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Love gets us through life 💕 And we're so in love with this new FEBRUARY ISSUE 💕: https://buff.ly/2Z36noR
All the love and thanks to our Contributors!
WORDS: Selen Ozturk, A.A. Tojino, Afri Arebu, Andy Chen
ART: Kathleen Frank
PLUS: Isabella Maria interviews Olivia Gatwood
All the love and thanks to our Contributors!
WORDS: Selen Ozturk, A.A. Tojino, Afri Arebu, Andy Chen
ART: Kathleen Frank
PLUS: Isabella Maria interviews Olivia Gatwood
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I was pleased to attend a State Dinner, hosted by Pres. Macron, for participants of the AI Action Summit. It was an honor to be invited to deliver remarks at Elysee Palace on Three Fallacies in how we think about AI, now published @techpolicypress.bsky.social www.techpolicy.press/three-fallac...
Three Fallacies: Alondra Nelson's Remarks at the Elysée Palace on the Occasion of the AI Action Summit | TechPolicy.Press
Dr. Nelson was an invited speaker at a dinner hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron at the Palais de l'Élysée on February 10, 2025.
www.techpolicy.press
February 14, 2025 at 10:43 PM
I was pleased to attend a State Dinner, hosted by Pres. Macron, for participants of the AI Action Summit. It was an honor to be invited to deliver remarks at Elysee Palace on Three Fallacies in how we think about AI, now published @techpolicypress.bsky.social www.techpolicy.press/three-fallac...
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JFC. It’s out in the open now.
Republicans want to cut Medicaid by at least $880 billion.
The ENTIRE budget of Medicaid is $880 billion.
Republicans want to cut Medicaid by at least $880 billion.
The ENTIRE budget of Medicaid is $880 billion.
BREAKING: House Republicans have released their budget resolution. They are aiming to cut Medicaid by at least $880 billion, and cut SNAP by at least 20%.
February 12, 2025 at 6:55 PM
JFC. It’s out in the open now.
Republicans want to cut Medicaid by at least $880 billion.
The ENTIRE budget of Medicaid is $880 billion.
Republicans want to cut Medicaid by at least $880 billion.
The ENTIRE budget of Medicaid is $880 billion.
Attended a reading of Lauren Markham's new one, IMMEMORIAL, last night in Berkeley. Beautiful prose, great conversation, the kind of hope glimmer one needs in 2025.
An excerpt from IMMEMORIAL, on what we do with climate grief and how we imagine the future, up in @highcountrynews.bsky.social
www.hcn.org/articles/the...
www.hcn.org/articles/the...
The possibilities of climate grief - High Country News
A journey through the heart of despair to find what’s on the other side.
www.hcn.org
February 5, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Attended a reading of Lauren Markham's new one, IMMEMORIAL, last night in Berkeley. Beautiful prose, great conversation, the kind of hope glimmer one needs in 2025.
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They're eating the checks!
They're eating the balances!
They're eating the balances!
February 5, 2025 at 6:35 PM
They're eating the checks!
They're eating the balances!
They're eating the balances!
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The cognitive dissonance of getting up every morning and making coffee and walking the dog and going to meetings and answering emails and wondering what to make for dinner while there is a real live actual coup d’etat happening is BONKERS
February 4, 2025 at 6:39 PM
The cognitive dissonance of getting up every morning and making coffee and walking the dog and going to meetings and answering emails and wondering what to make for dinner while there is a real live actual coup d’etat happening is BONKERS
space cowboys, take me away
February 1, 2025 at 12:21 AM
space cowboys, take me away
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*hides liberation plans in a science book*
January 27, 2025 at 2:00 AM
*hides liberation plans in a science book*
All the love to the @splitlipthemag.bsky.social fam. big moves in these updates!
As we’re saying goodbye to 2024, we’re delighted to close out the year with our December compilation of our SLM FAM’s wonderful accomplishments.
https://buff.ly/40HiYAX
https://buff.ly/40HiYAX
January 23, 2025 at 6:46 PM
All the love to the @splitlipthemag.bsky.social fam. big moves in these updates!
2025 has been rough. Reading helps. Check out our beautiful January issue!
Art & words will help us get through 2025. We are honored & grateful to present our beautiful JANUARY ISSUE: https://buff.ly/2Z36noR
WORDS: @zoebflavin.bsky.social @sashabrown.bsky.social @jillkitchen.bsky.social & Ciara Alfaro
ART: Daisuke Takakura
PLUS: Jessika Bouvier interviews Shze-Hui Tjoa
WORDS: @zoebflavin.bsky.social @sashabrown.bsky.social @jillkitchen.bsky.social & Ciara Alfaro
ART: Daisuke Takakura
PLUS: Jessika Bouvier interviews Shze-Hui Tjoa
January 16, 2025 at 3:49 AM
2025 has been rough. Reading helps. Check out our beautiful January issue!
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Last week, the Palisades were destroyed by flames. Ashes are all that remain, along with twisted piles of metal and strange, out-of-place relics of the people who used to live there.
What the Fire Left Behind: Scenes From Los Angeles
The Nation’s Western correspondent, Sasha Abramsky, captures the destruction of the Palisades fire and the relics of the people who used to live in one debris zone.
www.thenation.com
January 13, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Last week, the Palisades were destroyed by flames. Ashes are all that remain, along with twisted piles of metal and strange, out-of-place relics of the people who used to live there.
get in loser, we're
microdosing the apocalypse
January 8, 2025 at 10:03 PM
get in loser, we're