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Michelle Donahue
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Writer, professor, associate editor of Ecotone

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I need some volunteer readers for @fracturedlit.bsky.social ! We prefer that readers have had some experience publishing flash, so keep that in mind!
January 8, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Check out this charming story from our new issue (out so soon!).
December 17, 2024 at 3:50 AM
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Starter pack for #literaryfiction writers to find each other! Comment/repost and I'll add you go.bsky.app/ARue8c8

#literaryfiction #WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors 💙📚
November 18, 2024 at 7:36 AM
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We are hiring for two Assistant/Associate Professor positions! Details and requirements are posted at jobs.uncw.edu/hr/postings/... (Fiction) and jobs.uncw.edu/hr/postings/... (Poetry).
Please share with qualified and interested folks, or any appropriate group.
November 18, 2024 at 4:37 PM
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Write that book. Send that story. Query that agent. Ask for that blurb. Maybe it doesn’t work out, but there’s a chance it will, and that chance—however small you think it is—is all you need.
November 19, 2024 at 10:03 PM
Thrilled to have reviewed this mischievous anthology from Dzanc in the Georgia Review. Check it out:
on Peach Pit: Sixteen Stories of Unsavory Women, edited by Molly Llewellyn and Kristel Buckley - The...
The subtitle of Peach Pit makes it clear what this fiction anthology promises: an array of portrayals of “unsavory” women who misbehave, who refuse to fit into the neat tropes media has so long re...
thegeorgiareview.com
December 19, 2023 at 2:07 PM
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Note: If you're still looking for holiday gifts for loved ones, buy books. You can also buy books for people you hate. The authors will not mind.
December 19, 2023 at 3:03 AM
It was a delight to write a review about this gorgeous, experimental book by Melanie Rae Thon. Thanks to @sugarhousereview.bsky.social!!
Sugar House Review(s)
As If Fire Could Hide Us by Melanie Rae Thon (Fiction Collective 2, 2023)   Reviewed by Michelle Donahue Imagine, for a moment, a consciousn...
sugarhousereviews.blogspot.com
December 18, 2023 at 1:19 PM
I haven't read any of these yet, but I know exactly what I'll be reading come the new year!
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of 2023
From witch stories to near-future noir, here are the year’s 10 best speculative books.
www.nytimes.com
December 17, 2023 at 3:43 PM
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As climate change intensifies, a quarter of the world’s freshwater fish are at risk of extinction, according to a new assessment which found that the biggest threat to the species was pollution.
A Quarter of Freshwater Fish Are at Risk of Extinction, a New Assessment Finds
A global update from the leading authority on the status of species shows that climate change is compounding other threats to plants and animals.
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2023 at 3:35 PM
Picked some home grown cherry tomatoes today and took a walk in sandals. Gotta love living by the coast in the south. 😻
November 18, 2023 at 1:29 AM
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Current world leaders: So it’s forty feet of ecosystems-destroying, cities-sinking, billions-displacing sea level rise—what’s the big deal?
2 degrees, 40 feet: Scientists who study Earth’s ice say we could be committed to disastrous sea l...
A new report details that ice sheets are melting quicker than expected and that the world will need to ramp up its climate efforts to avert disastrous sea level rise.
www.nbcnews.com
November 18, 2023 at 1:09 AM
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Sundress Publications is open for submissions for grant applications from writers of Palestinian descent. The grant will award $500, a slot in Sundress's reading series, a one-week residency and more. sundressblog.com/2023/11/14/s...
November 16, 2023 at 6:36 PM
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The GOP has introduced a bill to EXPEL Palestinians from the United States. I cannot read such things without remembering what happened to my own family after Pearl Harbor. After we and 120,000 other Japanese Americans were incarcerated in prison camps for years, without charge or trial... /1
November 5, 2023 at 12:01 AM
A good reminder! I got mine last week.
Reminder that the new COVID shot isn’t just a booster, it’s a new vaccine more effective against more variants. Important to get it and remind friends & family.
Few Americans have opted to be immunized against the coronavirus so far this fall: Just over 7 percent of adults and 2 percent of children had received a Covid-19 vaccine as of Oct. 14

www.nytimes.com/2023/10/27/h...
October 28, 2023 at 1:53 PM
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Please spread the good news that THIS opportunity at my stellar university press is still alive and kicking. UGA Press continues to make a difference in the world with our publishing program, and we seek someone to take us to the next level. Ask me anything.
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Editor-in-Chief – AUPresses Jobs
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October 25, 2023 at 4:45 PM
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North Carolina Republicans today pushed through a new congressional map, a heavy gerrymander that is likely to hand their party three to four more seats in next year's elections.
North Carolina’s new GOP gerrymander could flip four House seats
Republicans are likely to pick up at least three seats, bolstering their thin House majority.
www.politico.com
October 25, 2023 at 9:44 PM
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North Carolina’s descent in one-party rule today deserves as much attention as Mike Johnson’s past. We’re talking about a state of 11 million suddenly having an election-proof GOP government.
October 26, 2023 at 2:55 AM
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Halloween is nearly here, so here's a rerun of my Oct. '21 newsletter on ghost stories with prompts and terrific recommended reading! Enjoy! 🧡🍁👻 artofflashfiction.substack.com/p/harnessing...
Harnessing Love & Fear: Ghost Stories
writing what haunts you...
artofflashfiction.substack.com
October 23, 2023 at 4:47 PM
Writing has been hard lately. For instance, every time I type my main character's name I type Alive instead of Alice. Tbh, I'm tickled by the idea of naming a character Alive. Good idea or great idea?
October 21, 2023 at 3:48 PM