Ryan Dennis
@penofryandennis.bsky.social
Editor of @themilkhouse.bsky.social, author of novel The Beasts They Turned Away and forthcoming memoir from @IslandPress.bsky.social.
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It's publication day! #BarnGothic has been released into the wild.
You know that you can never get someone else's story perfectly right, but I hope it's close enough that my family, my community, and family farmers everywhere can see themselves in it.
bit.ly/4pd1JRM
You know that you can never get someone else's story perfectly right, but I hope it's close enough that my family, my community, and family farmers everywhere can see themselves in it.
bit.ly/4pd1JRM
Thanks to @tschlichenmeyer.bsky.social and the Goshen News for sharing a little about #BarnGothic!
November 20, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Thanks to @tschlichenmeyer.bsky.social and the Goshen News for sharing a little about #BarnGothic!
Thanks to Barn Raiser for sharing a little bit of my memoir #BarnGothic, about the loss of family dairy farms in the US.
What a great publication for those in rural areas...
What a great publication for those in rural areas...
November 15, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Thanks to Barn Raiser for sharing a little bit of my memoir #BarnGothic, about the loss of family dairy farms in the US.
What a great publication for those in rural areas...
What a great publication for those in rural areas...
It's publication day! #BarnGothic has been released into the wild.
You know that you can never get someone else's story perfectly right, but I hope it's close enough that my family, my community, and family farmers everywhere can see themselves in it.
bit.ly/4pd1JRM
You know that you can never get someone else's story perfectly right, but I hope it's close enough that my family, my community, and family farmers everywhere can see themselves in it.
bit.ly/4pd1JRM
November 13, 2025 at 1:39 PM
It's publication day! #BarnGothic has been released into the wild.
You know that you can never get someone else's story perfectly right, but I hope it's close enough that my family, my community, and family farmers everywhere can see themselves in it.
bit.ly/4pd1JRM
You know that you can never get someone else's story perfectly right, but I hope it's close enough that my family, my community, and family farmers everywhere can see themselves in it.
bit.ly/4pd1JRM
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Every so many years I stumble onto a poetry collection that makes me excited about the possibilities of language again.
#ThisMuchVery by @hiramlarew.bsky.social has surprising turns, a unique voice, and is a celebration without a hint of sentimentality.
Highly recommended.
#ThisMuchVery by @hiramlarew.bsky.social has surprising turns, a unique voice, and is a celebration without a hint of sentimentality.
Highly recommended.
October 27, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Every so many years I stumble onto a poetry collection that makes me excited about the possibilities of language again.
#ThisMuchVery by @hiramlarew.bsky.social has surprising turns, a unique voice, and is a celebration without a hint of sentimentality.
Highly recommended.
#ThisMuchVery by @hiramlarew.bsky.social has surprising turns, a unique voice, and is a celebration without a hint of sentimentality.
Highly recommended.
I'm really glad to be a part of this project and bring some excellent #ruralwriting to as many shelves as possible!
Cover Reveal Alert!
The Milk House is delighted to unveil the cover of its latest project – the 2026 Best in Rural Writing Anthology.
Coming this winter!
The Milk House is delighted to unveil the cover of its latest project – the 2026 Best in Rural Writing Anthology.
Coming this winter!
October 22, 2025 at 10:19 AM
I'm really glad to be a part of this project and bring some excellent #ruralwriting to as many shelves as possible!
It's great to see that #BarnGothic, my upcoming memoir about the dairy industry (November 13th), is listed in @foodtank.bsky.social's Fall Recommended Reads!
foodtank.com/news/2025/10...
foodtank.com/news/2025/10...
Your Fall Reading List for a Better Food Future
Covering everything from soil to supper, these 26 inspiring books on food, farming, and climate are must-reads this fall.
foodtank.com
October 10, 2025 at 5:15 PM
It's great to see that #BarnGothic, my upcoming memoir about the dairy industry (November 13th), is listed in @foodtank.bsky.social's Fall Recommended Reads!
foodtank.com/news/2025/10...
foodtank.com/news/2025/10...
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Two months left to enter the 2025 Best in Rural Writing Contest!
In partnership with @dailyyonder.bsky.social and judged by @jamesgwriter.bsky.social, the #writingcontest is accepting fiction and nonfiction under 7,000 words.
Deadline: September 15th
To enter: themilkhouse.org/contest
In partnership with @dailyyonder.bsky.social and judged by @jamesgwriter.bsky.social, the #writingcontest is accepting fiction and nonfiction under 7,000 words.
Deadline: September 15th
To enter: themilkhouse.org/contest
July 17, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Two months left to enter the 2025 Best in Rural Writing Contest!
In partnership with @dailyyonder.bsky.social and judged by @jamesgwriter.bsky.social, the #writingcontest is accepting fiction and nonfiction under 7,000 words.
Deadline: September 15th
To enter: themilkhouse.org/contest
In partnership with @dailyyonder.bsky.social and judged by @jamesgwriter.bsky.social, the #writingcontest is accepting fiction and nonfiction under 7,000 words.
Deadline: September 15th
To enter: themilkhouse.org/contest
Recently we concluded our 10-day creatives retreat in Doolin, Ireland with 28 participants from the US and Canada. We had tracts in writing, art and photography.
And most of all, we had a good time.
DM me if interested in the Irish retreat for Summer 2026.
#writingretreat
And most of all, we had a good time.
DM me if interested in the Irish retreat for Summer 2026.
#writingretreat
June 27, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Recently we concluded our 10-day creatives retreat in Doolin, Ireland with 28 participants from the US and Canada. We had tracts in writing, art and photography.
And most of all, we had a good time.
DM me if interested in the Irish retreat for Summer 2026.
#writingretreat
And most of all, we had a good time.
DM me if interested in the Irish retreat for Summer 2026.
#writingretreat
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The Milk House is excited to announce the 3rd annual #BestinRuralWriting Contest, judged by @jamesgwriter.bsky.social.
Fiction and nonfiction.
Deadline: Sept 15th, 2025.
Prize pool: $700.
Finalists published in the 2026 Best in Rural Writing print anthology.
To enter: themilkhouse.org/contest
Fiction and nonfiction.
Deadline: Sept 15th, 2025.
Prize pool: $700.
Finalists published in the 2026 Best in Rural Writing print anthology.
To enter: themilkhouse.org/contest
June 16, 2025 at 8:51 AM
The Milk House is excited to announce the 3rd annual #BestinRuralWriting Contest, judged by @jamesgwriter.bsky.social.
Fiction and nonfiction.
Deadline: Sept 15th, 2025.
Prize pool: $700.
Finalists published in the 2026 Best in Rural Writing print anthology.
To enter: themilkhouse.org/contest
Fiction and nonfiction.
Deadline: Sept 15th, 2025.
Prize pool: $700.
Finalists published in the 2026 Best in Rural Writing print anthology.
To enter: themilkhouse.org/contest
After five years of sweat, tears and elbow grease, I'm happy to announce that my memoir, #BarnGothic, will be published by @islandpress.bsky.social on November 13th, 2025.
It's a book that I owed my family and other farmers like them.
It's a book that I owed my family and other farmers like them.
May 22, 2025 at 12:28 PM
After five years of sweat, tears and elbow grease, I'm happy to announce that my memoir, #BarnGothic, will be published by @islandpress.bsky.social on November 13th, 2025.
It's a book that I owed my family and other farmers like them.
It's a book that I owed my family and other farmers like them.
Reposted by Ryan Dennis
This week on The Milk House: Billie Pritchett explores the implications of growing among the rural poor.
Read his essay "Dirty Laundry."
www.themilkhouse.org/dirty-laundr...
Read his essay "Dirty Laundry."
www.themilkhouse.org/dirty-laundr...
Dirty Laundry by Billie Pritchett – The Milk House
In his essay "Dirty Laundry," Billie Pritchett explores the implications of growing up in a poor rural household.
www.themilkhouse.org
April 17, 2025 at 10:26 AM
This week on The Milk House: Billie Pritchett explores the implications of growing among the rural poor.
Read his essay "Dirty Laundry."
www.themilkhouse.org/dirty-laundr...
Read his essay "Dirty Laundry."
www.themilkhouse.org/dirty-laundr...
It's this Sunday! Significantly improve your dialogue by learning these simple but essential edits.
Sunday, April 13th, 6pm GMT/ 1pm EST
Sign up here: www.themilkhouse.org/product/bett...
#writingclasses #writingdialogue #onlinewritingclasses
Sunday, April 13th, 6pm GMT/ 1pm EST
Sign up here: www.themilkhouse.org/product/bett...
#writingclasses #writingdialogue #onlinewritingclasses
April 11, 2025 at 12:46 PM
It's this Sunday! Significantly improve your dialogue by learning these simple but essential edits.
Sunday, April 13th, 6pm GMT/ 1pm EST
Sign up here: www.themilkhouse.org/product/bett...
#writingclasses #writingdialogue #onlinewritingclasses
Sunday, April 13th, 6pm GMT/ 1pm EST
Sign up here: www.themilkhouse.org/product/bett...
#writingclasses #writingdialogue #onlinewritingclasses
For adults and youth alike who have faltered on their paths to what they want, there's no better book as a companion than #solobook by @grainneobrien.bsky.social.
I hear there's still signed copies available: www.kennys.ie/shop/solo-gr...
I hear there's still signed copies available: www.kennys.ie/shop/solo-gr...
April 10, 2025 at 12:46 PM
For adults and youth alike who have faltered on their paths to what they want, there's no better book as a companion than #solobook by @grainneobrien.bsky.social.
I hear there's still signed copies available: www.kennys.ie/shop/solo-gr...
I hear there's still signed copies available: www.kennys.ie/shop/solo-gr...
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The Beasts They Turned Away by @penofryandennis.bsky.social
‘A novel like no other…Half mad, wholly inspired and completely brilliant’
Available from your local bookshop, as ePub, audio or direct from us.
www.epoquepress.com/online-store...
#epoquepresstitles #epoquepressauthors
‘A novel like no other…Half mad, wholly inspired and completely brilliant’
Available from your local bookshop, as ePub, audio or direct from us.
www.epoquepress.com/online-store...
#epoquepresstitles #epoquepressauthors
April 3, 2025 at 7:00 AM
The Beasts They Turned Away by @penofryandennis.bsky.social
‘A novel like no other…Half mad, wholly inspired and completely brilliant’
Available from your local bookshop, as ePub, audio or direct from us.
www.epoquepress.com/online-store...
#epoquepresstitles #epoquepressauthors
‘A novel like no other…Half mad, wholly inspired and completely brilliant’
Available from your local bookshop, as ePub, audio or direct from us.
www.epoquepress.com/online-store...
#epoquepresstitles #epoquepressauthors
The postman just made my spring better.
Looking forward to tucking into Saltburn by @drewgum.bsky.social. Based on his other work, it's going to be a book like not other.
haywoodbooks.com/saltburn
Looking forward to tucking into Saltburn by @drewgum.bsky.social. Based on his other work, it's going to be a book like not other.
haywoodbooks.com/saltburn
March 21, 2025 at 9:26 AM
The postman just made my spring better.
Looking forward to tucking into Saltburn by @drewgum.bsky.social. Based on his other work, it's going to be a book like not other.
haywoodbooks.com/saltburn
Looking forward to tucking into Saltburn by @drewgum.bsky.social. Based on his other work, it's going to be a book like not other.
haywoodbooks.com/saltburn
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The first 2-hour #writingseminar from @TheMilkHouse
in 2025 is announced:
The Ol' He Said, She Said: How to Write Stronger Dialogue
April 13th, 2025 6pm GMT/ 1pm EST
$15/€15 (free for WRITER or SUPPORTER subscribers)
More info/Register here: www.themilkhouse.org/product/bett...
in 2025 is announced:
The Ol' He Said, She Said: How to Write Stronger Dialogue
April 13th, 2025 6pm GMT/ 1pm EST
$15/€15 (free for WRITER or SUPPORTER subscribers)
More info/Register here: www.themilkhouse.org/product/bett...
February 26, 2025 at 11:49 AM
The first 2-hour #writingseminar from @TheMilkHouse
in 2025 is announced:
The Ol' He Said, She Said: How to Write Stronger Dialogue
April 13th, 2025 6pm GMT/ 1pm EST
$15/€15 (free for WRITER or SUPPORTER subscribers)
More info/Register here: www.themilkhouse.org/product/bett...
in 2025 is announced:
The Ol' He Said, She Said: How to Write Stronger Dialogue
April 13th, 2025 6pm GMT/ 1pm EST
$15/€15 (free for WRITER or SUPPORTER subscribers)
More info/Register here: www.themilkhouse.org/product/bett...