Margo Steines
@margosteines.bsky.social
writer + creative coach
BRUTALITIES: a love story @w.w.norton
essays @nytimes @brevitylitmag @thesunmagazine @offassignment @slate @airmail @romper @guardian_us @lareviewofbooks
BAE notable
alum @uarizonamfa
everything: https://linktr.ee/margosteines
BRUTALITIES: a love story @w.w.norton
essays @nytimes @brevitylitmag @thesunmagazine @offassignment @slate @airmail @romper @guardian_us @lareviewofbooks
BAE notable
alum @uarizonamfa
everything: https://linktr.ee/margosteines
Hi writers!
I’m doing a version of Black Friday (except sustainable, and without exploiting any workers) this year!
No discount code needed! Just add the WYS course to your cart at margosteines.com and select purchase on Friday, November 28th :)
I’m doing a version of Black Friday (except sustainable, and without exploiting any workers) this year!
No discount code needed! Just add the WYS course to your cart at margosteines.com and select purchase on Friday, November 28th :)
November 21, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Hi writers!
I’m doing a version of Black Friday (except sustainable, and without exploiting any workers) this year!
No discount code needed! Just add the WYS course to your cart at margosteines.com and select purchase on Friday, November 28th :)
I’m doing a version of Black Friday (except sustainable, and without exploiting any workers) this year!
No discount code needed! Just add the WYS course to your cart at margosteines.com and select purchase on Friday, November 28th :)
for any “poetry curious” writers who want to incorporate more poetry into their writing (✋🏻) ⬇️
my friend, Logan Phillips (aka dirtyverbs) and I are doing a Q&A over on IG live Monday (10/6) at 4pm pacific to chat about our upcoming seminar, Poetry For Every Writer.
We’d love to see you there <3
my friend, Logan Phillips (aka dirtyverbs) and I are doing a Q&A over on IG live Monday (10/6) at 4pm pacific to chat about our upcoming seminar, Poetry For Every Writer.
We’d love to see you there <3
October 4, 2025 at 6:11 PM
for any “poetry curious” writers who want to incorporate more poetry into their writing (✋🏻) ⬇️
my friend, Logan Phillips (aka dirtyverbs) and I are doing a Q&A over on IG live Monday (10/6) at 4pm pacific to chat about our upcoming seminar, Poetry For Every Writer.
We’d love to see you there <3
my friend, Logan Phillips (aka dirtyverbs) and I are doing a Q&A over on IG live Monday (10/6) at 4pm pacific to chat about our upcoming seminar, Poetry For Every Writer.
We’d love to see you there <3
Reposted by Margo Steines
Per Leslie Jamison, reading @margosteines.bsky.social's writing is "journeying to the center of the earth, except the earth is a human body." Learn from Margo, @christinajcooke.bsky.social @porochista.bsky.social @sarahmanguso.bsky.social & Krys Malcom Belc in "Writing the Body." buff.ly/JOxfnwQ
July 23, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Per Leslie Jamison, reading @margosteines.bsky.social's writing is "journeying to the center of the earth, except the earth is a human body." Learn from Margo, @christinajcooke.bsky.social @porochista.bsky.social @sarahmanguso.bsky.social & Krys Malcom Belc in "Writing the Body." buff.ly/JOxfnwQ
There is still time to join me for one of my Essay Master Classes this summer!
www.margosteines.com/classes
www.margosteines.com/classes
July 25, 2025 at 5:43 PM
There is still time to join me for one of my Essay Master Classes this summer!
www.margosteines.com/classes
www.margosteines.com/classes
For any writers looking to deepen their approach to the essay 📝 ~
I still have space for you in my next batch of Essay Master Class I & II this summer ☀️
www.margosteines.com/classes
I still have space for you in my next batch of Essay Master Class I & II this summer ☀️
www.margosteines.com/classes
July 17, 2025 at 7:28 PM
For any writers looking to deepen their approach to the essay 📝 ~
I still have space for you in my next batch of Essay Master Class I & II this summer ☀️
www.margosteines.com/classes
I still have space for you in my next batch of Essay Master Class I & II this summer ☀️
www.margosteines.com/classes
Write in community this summer with me <3
margosteines.com/classes
#writing #writers #writingcommunity #authors #cnf #books #community #creatives #creativewriting #essay
margosteines.com/classes
#writing #writers #writingcommunity #authors #cnf #books #community #creatives #creativewriting #essay
June 27, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Write in community this summer with me <3
margosteines.com/classes
#writing #writers #writingcommunity #authors #cnf #books #community #creatives #creativewriting #essay
margosteines.com/classes
#writing #writers #writingcommunity #authors #cnf #books #community #creatives #creativewriting #essay
I am so pumped to work with the incredible cohort I am building. I'm reading applications through July--this is your moment <3 xoM
***New 12-Month Book-Generative Course Offering:
The Group Incubator
Beginning August 11th!***
Calling all writers who have a book idea, but need some warm support (and accountability) to make it happen—
www.margosteines.com/classes/p/we...
Contact: margosteines@gmail.com
The Group Incubator
Beginning August 11th!***
Calling all writers who have a book idea, but need some warm support (and accountability) to make it happen—
www.margosteines.com/classes/p/we...
Contact: margosteines@gmail.com
June 17, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I am so pumped to work with the incredible cohort I am building. I'm reading applications through July--this is your moment <3 xoM
come write about that which is everything <3
In "Writing the Body," you'll connect the self to the corporeal, guide your body writing practice, and engage with world-class instructors @margosteines.bsky.social, @christinajcooke.bsky.social, @porochista.bsky.social, @sarahmanguso.bsky.social, & Krys Malcom Belc.
Register: buff.ly/bTljiyP
Register: buff.ly/bTljiyP
June 17, 2025 at 4:35 PM
come write about that which is everything <3
does anyone else have the categories of "thoughts i can have on a couch" and "thoughts i need to sit in a hard chair for" or is this yet another disorder i thought was a personality quirk
June 17, 2025 at 4:35 PM
does anyone else have the categories of "thoughts i can have on a couch" and "thoughts i need to sit in a hard chair for" or is this yet another disorder i thought was a personality quirk
***New 12-Month Book-Generative Course Offering:
The Group Incubator
Beginning August 11th!***
Calling all writers who have a book idea, but need some warm support (and accountability) to make it happen—
www.margosteines.com/classes/p/we...
Contact: margosteines@gmail.com
The Group Incubator
Beginning August 11th!***
Calling all writers who have a book idea, but need some warm support (and accountability) to make it happen—
www.margosteines.com/classes/p/we...
Contact: margosteines@gmail.com
June 12, 2025 at 7:35 PM
***New 12-Month Book-Generative Course Offering:
The Group Incubator
Beginning August 11th!***
Calling all writers who have a book idea, but need some warm support (and accountability) to make it happen—
www.margosteines.com/classes/p/we...
Contact: margosteines@gmail.com
The Group Incubator
Beginning August 11th!***
Calling all writers who have a book idea, but need some warm support (and accountability) to make it happen—
www.margosteines.com/classes/p/we...
Contact: margosteines@gmail.com
Hi writers! I’ve got one seat left in June’s essay master class, where we will spend a month vibing together, nerding out on the essay, and supporting you in the incubation of a new work of nonfiction. Find details and enrollment at margosteines.com/classes xo, M
May 22, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Hi writers! I’ve got one seat left in June’s essay master class, where we will spend a month vibing together, nerding out on the essay, and supporting you in the incubation of a new work of nonfiction. Find details and enrollment at margosteines.com/classes xo, M
Reposted by Margo Steines
years ago, after one too many people described sex workers to me as a “vulnerable population,” I tried to never refer to anyone in my work as “vulnerable” if I could instead say who and what had *made them* vulnerable
May 12, 2025 at 12:28 PM
years ago, after one too many people described sex workers to me as a “vulnerable population,” I tried to never refer to anyone in my work as “vulnerable” if I could instead say who and what had *made them* vulnerable
For @slate.com , I wrote about something literally and figuratively near my heart. slate.com/life/2025/04... (I didn't write the title)
Everyone Shakes Their Heads at What I’ve Done With My Child. Get Over It.
I have a lot of thoughts about the "ick" reaction this brings on.
slate.com
April 29, 2025 at 5:58 AM
For @slate.com , I wrote about something literally and figuratively near my heart. slate.com/life/2025/04... (I didn't write the title)
Reposted by Margo Steines
@bmure.bsky.social book 17/83 is this heavily bookmarked copy of @margosteines.bsky.social's memoir Brutalities. It features throughout Disordered Readers Anonymous zine, first appearing chap 1 - which you can get to your inbox here exzineeditor.beehiiv.com/subscribe 💙📚 #zines #booksky #books
April 15, 2025 at 5:43 AM
@bmure.bsky.social book 17/83 is this heavily bookmarked copy of @margosteines.bsky.social's memoir Brutalities. It features throughout Disordered Readers Anonymous zine, first appearing chap 1 - which you can get to your inbox here exzineeditor.beehiiv.com/subscribe 💙📚 #zines #booksky #books
Reposted by Margo Steines
OA fave @margosteines.bsky.social is bringing back her popular Writing the Body course w 4 new guests @sarahmanguso.bsky.social , Krys Malcolm Belc, @porochista.bsky.social , & @christinajcooke.bsky.social to help deepen your engagement w body writing of all forms. Sign up: buff.ly/x7277kr
March 13, 2025 at 2:40 PM
OA fave @margosteines.bsky.social is bringing back her popular Writing the Body course w 4 new guests @sarahmanguso.bsky.social , Krys Malcolm Belc, @porochista.bsky.social , & @christinajcooke.bsky.social to help deepen your engagement w body writing of all forms. Sign up: buff.ly/x7277kr
Reposted by Margo Steines
Got a draft, but need the courage and discipline to sit down and REVISE?
Join @margosteines.bsky.social for a Nonfiction Re-Vision intensive: one week of classes and 1:1 meetings focused on revising a piece of your writing and getting it ready for publication: buff.ly/4gYZQU2.
Join @margosteines.bsky.social for a Nonfiction Re-Vision intensive: one week of classes and 1:1 meetings focused on revising a piece of your writing and getting it ready for publication: buff.ly/4gYZQU2.
February 28, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Got a draft, but need the courage and discipline to sit down and REVISE?
Join @margosteines.bsky.social for a Nonfiction Re-Vision intensive: one week of classes and 1:1 meetings focused on revising a piece of your writing and getting it ready for publication: buff.ly/4gYZQU2.
Join @margosteines.bsky.social for a Nonfiction Re-Vision intensive: one week of classes and 1:1 meetings focused on revising a piece of your writing and getting it ready for publication: buff.ly/4gYZQU2.
just wrote the phrase "traditional reality" so i think that's enough copywriting for today
February 21, 2025 at 3:43 AM
just wrote the phrase "traditional reality" so i think that's enough copywriting for today
ok someone on goodreads called me a pick me and i am SO offended at the ACCURACY
February 18, 2025 at 1:50 AM
ok someone on goodreads called me a pick me and i am SO offended at the ACCURACY
When I started teaching creative writing, this was the first course I built: a simple, step by step container to guide you from idea to pages drafted essay.
Enrollment + details: www.margosteines.com/classes/p/wr...
I’m so excited to see you there!
xo,
M
Enrollment + details: www.margosteines.com/classes/p/wr...
I’m so excited to see you there!
xo,
M
February 13, 2025 at 5:41 PM
When I started teaching creative writing, this was the first course I built: a simple, step by step container to guide you from idea to pages drafted essay.
Enrollment + details: www.margosteines.com/classes/p/wr...
I’m so excited to see you there!
xo,
M
Enrollment + details: www.margosteines.com/classes/p/wr...
I’m so excited to see you there!
xo,
M
ok so twitter is literally unusable, facebook is my aunties on my dads side, instagram is a digital marketing petri dish, this place doesn't have enough going on to properly contextualize my random stupid thoughts, i work from home, and I have high kvetching needs. WHERE MIGHT ONE TURN
February 12, 2025 at 5:00 AM
ok so twitter is literally unusable, facebook is my aunties on my dads side, instagram is a digital marketing petri dish, this place doesn't have enough going on to properly contextualize my random stupid thoughts, i work from home, and I have high kvetching needs. WHERE MIGHT ONE TURN
Reposted by Margo Steines
"Government and employer come first, and we can have what’s left, as a treat...Speaking as a fox: fuck that."
Read @margosteines.bsky.social incredible review of Jennifer Case's We Are Animals in our Jan/Feb issue.
literarymama.com/articles/dep...
Read @margosteines.bsky.social incredible review of Jennifer Case's We Are Animals in our Jan/Feb issue.
literarymama.com/articles/dep...
For When Your Hoof Is Caught in the Quicksand of Late Capitalism: A Review of We Are Animals
There are moments, reading Jennifer Case’s collection of essays, We Are Animals, when I can feel something twisting in my belly, a sharp discomfort in my deepest recesses. Case writes about the interi...
literarymama.com
February 8, 2025 at 4:18 PM
"Government and employer come first, and we can have what’s left, as a treat...Speaking as a fox: fuck that."
Read @margosteines.bsky.social incredible review of Jennifer Case's We Are Animals in our Jan/Feb issue.
literarymama.com/articles/dep...
Read @margosteines.bsky.social incredible review of Jennifer Case's We Are Animals in our Jan/Feb issue.
literarymama.com/articles/dep...
Stoked to review Jennifer Case’s book of essays: literarymama.com/articles/dep...
For When Your Hoof Is Caught in the Quicksand of Late Capitalism: A Review of We Are Animals
There are moments, reading Jennifer Case’s collection of essays, We Are Animals, when I can feel something twisting in my belly, a sharp discomfort in my deepest recesses. Case writes about the interi...
literarymama.com
January 22, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Stoked to review Jennifer Case’s book of essays: literarymama.com/articles/dep...
Hi writers!
New year, new you, new essay! Join me for a 2025 class. Details and enrollment at margosteines.com/classes
xo,
M
New year, new you, new essay! Join me for a 2025 class. Details and enrollment at margosteines.com/classes
xo,
M
January 3, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Hi writers!
New year, new you, new essay! Join me for a 2025 class. Details and enrollment at margosteines.com/classes
xo,
M
New year, new you, new essay! Join me for a 2025 class. Details and enrollment at margosteines.com/classes
xo,
M