The Sackett Street Writers’ Workshop
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15,000 creative writers since 2002. NYC and Online classes. Write with us.
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Hey! We just got here. What did we miss?
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Hard copy finally arrived! Thank you Ploughshares, Rebecca Makkai, and all of the first readers of this short story! So grateful to have “Frog Heart” in this summer issue of Ploughshares!
July 23, 2024 at 10:38 PM
Hard copy finally arrived! Thank you Ploughshares, Rebecca Makkai, and all of the first readers of this short story! So grateful to have “Frog Heart” in this summer issue of Ploughshares!
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One of these days I’ll finally dedicate a book “to all the editors who ever worked with me” because my writing (and books) simply would not be without them
Editors have a really hard job, and the good ones can make something unreadable readable, and the great ones can make something unreadable into something good. But they're basically invisible, until someone tries to write without one.
November 17, 2025 at 9:23 PM
One of these days I’ll finally dedicate a book “to all the editors who ever worked with me” because my writing (and books) simply would not be without them
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“Another Country”-James Baldwin
November 16, 2025 at 2:15 PM
“Another Country”-James Baldwin
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"It’s my turn to bring a snack for my son’s preschool class. My snack will be simultaneously nutritious, allergen-free, and appealing to three-year-olds—like dinosaur-shaped muffins that taste like rainbows but are made of steamed arugula."
A Parent’s Typical Day, as Envisioned by My Child’s Preschool
I get up at 4:30 a.m. for some pre-dawn food prep. Today, it’s my turn to bring a snack and read a story for my son Ash’s preschool class. The scho...
buff.ly
November 17, 2025 at 2:29 AM
"It’s my turn to bring a snack for my son’s preschool class. My snack will be simultaneously nutritious, allergen-free, and appealing to three-year-olds—like dinosaur-shaped muffins that taste like rainbows but are made of steamed arugula."
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Time to bring back this Patricia Lockwood banger.
November 16, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Time to bring back this Patricia Lockwood banger.
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Nothing is more p̶u̶n̶k̶ socialist than the public library.
November 16, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Nothing is more p̶u̶n̶k̶ socialist than the public library.
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Alice Wong, a writer and activist who was born with muscular dystrophy and who fought relentlessly for equal rights and access for people with disabilities, died on Friday. She was 51. nyti.ms/4r9WqEr
November 15, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Alice Wong, a writer and activist who was born with muscular dystrophy and who fought relentlessly for equal rights and access for people with disabilities, died on Friday. She was 51. nyti.ms/4r9WqEr
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Libraries purchase books. When you see a book at the library, it isn’t “free”
the library bought it.
which in turn means that the community bought it.
In other words, library books are not lost sales for authors and publishers; they’re positive sales. Active sales. Those are bought.
the library bought it.
which in turn means that the community bought it.
In other words, library books are not lost sales for authors and publishers; they’re positive sales. Active sales. Those are bought.
November 15, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Libraries purchase books. When you see a book at the library, it isn’t “free”
the library bought it.
which in turn means that the community bought it.
In other words, library books are not lost sales for authors and publishers; they’re positive sales. Active sales. Those are bought.
the library bought it.
which in turn means that the community bought it.
In other words, library books are not lost sales for authors and publishers; they’re positive sales. Active sales. Those are bought.
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Post a book you love from the 80s. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #bookchallenge #readingchallenge #readingcommunity #booktok #bookish #books
#BookSky #bookchallenge #readingchallenge #readingcommunity #booktok #bookish #books
November 16, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Post a book you love from the 80s. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #bookchallenge #readingchallenge #readingcommunity #booktok #bookish #books
#BookSky #bookchallenge #readingchallenge #readingcommunity #booktok #bookish #books
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Exactly one woman has won the Booker in the past six years www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 16, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Exactly one woman has won the Booker in the past six years www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
November 17, 2025 at 1:12 AM
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
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Erik Hall
"Get Where You're Going," 2015
Oil on canvas
40 x 40 in
"Get Where You're Going," 2015
Oil on canvas
40 x 40 in
November 17, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Erik Hall
"Get Where You're Going," 2015
Oil on canvas
40 x 40 in
"Get Where You're Going," 2015
Oil on canvas
40 x 40 in
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Sssssooooo... yeah. (Wow!) 😳🤗
✨ Please join SFWA in celebrating the announcement of our latest Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award: N. K. Jemisin. ✨
Learn more here about @nkjemisin.bsky.social, the Grand Master Award, and how the work goes on after the accolades for all we've already done:
www.sfwa.org/2025/11/16/p...
Learn more here about @nkjemisin.bsky.social, the Grand Master Award, and how the work goes on after the accolades for all we've already done:
www.sfwa.org/2025/11/16/p...
November 16, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Sssssooooo... yeah. (Wow!) 😳🤗
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thought I lost my book but it was. in my hand
November 16, 2025 at 1:30 AM
thought I lost my book but it was. in my hand
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Once again I am sorry that I logged on to social media
November 17, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Once again I am sorry that I logged on to social media
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For the Disability community, losing Alice Wong is like losing Ursula Le Guin or Octavia Butler. She was a powerhouse, a pioneer, and a mentor to many. She taught me so much. And always reminded me what we were fighting towards, as well as against. I miss her clarity, bravery, and joy.
Alice Wong
Alice Wong had an outsized impact on Disability justice. As a community organiser, activist, mentor, and co-conspirator, as writer, editor, and friend, she is irreplaceable.
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November 16, 2025 at 7:59 PM
For the Disability community, losing Alice Wong is like losing Ursula Le Guin or Octavia Butler. She was a powerhouse, a pioneer, and a mentor to many. She taught me so much. And always reminded me what we were fighting towards, as well as against. I miss her clarity, bravery, and joy.
Hey! We just got here. What did we miss?
November 17, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Hey! We just got here. What did we miss?
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Our fundraising auction ft. poem feedback, consultations & more from poets Hanif Abdurraqib, Hala Alyan, @gabriellebates.bsky.social, @cathylinhche.bsky.social, @chenchenwrites.bsky.social, Ross Gay, @joseolivarez.bsky.social, @taraskurtu.bsky.social & more is live! givebutter.com/c/bkp2025/au...
November 11, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Our fundraising auction ft. poem feedback, consultations & more from poets Hanif Abdurraqib, Hala Alyan, @gabriellebates.bsky.social, @cathylinhche.bsky.social, @chenchenwrites.bsky.social, Ross Gay, @joseolivarez.bsky.social, @taraskurtu.bsky.social & more is live! givebutter.com/c/bkp2025/au...
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Join us on Monday, December 1, at 7 PM for the 2025 Yawp Poem of the Year Contest, featuring readings by the winners of Yawp Poem of the Month over the past year contending for our Yawp Poem of the Year Award—decided by audience vote! buytickets.at/brooklynpoet...
November 13, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Join us on Monday, December 1, at 7 PM for the 2025 Yawp Poem of the Year Contest, featuring readings by the winners of Yawp Poem of the Month over the past year contending for our Yawp Poem of the Year Award—decided by audience vote! buytickets.at/brooklynpoet...
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you heard it here first: SLOPPY contains a very very good essay on growing up online probably a little too early in the aughts
bookshop.org/p/books/slop...
bookshop.org/p/books/slop...
November 13, 2025 at 2:26 PM
you heard it here first: SLOPPY contains a very very good essay on growing up online probably a little too early in the aughts
bookshop.org/p/books/slop...
bookshop.org/p/books/slop...
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Advance copies of Your Behavior Will Be Monitored have arrived. Time for an unboxing!
#specfic #specfiction #repost #bookbonanza25 #unboxing #prbox #booktok #debutauthor #ai #techfic #doallthesehashtagsevenmatter
#specfic #specfiction #repost #bookbonanza25 #unboxing #prbox #booktok #debutauthor #ai #techfic #doallthesehashtagsevenmatter
October 1, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Advance copies of Your Behavior Will Be Monitored have arrived. Time for an unboxing!
#specfic #specfiction #repost #bookbonanza25 #unboxing #prbox #booktok #debutauthor #ai #techfic #doallthesehashtagsevenmatter
#specfic #specfiction #repost #bookbonanza25 #unboxing #prbox #booktok #debutauthor #ai #techfic #doallthesehashtagsevenmatter
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What I read recently:
66) Your Behavior Will Be Monitored by Justin Feinstein - unusual semi-epistolary narrative style, science fiction, sentient AI
66) Your Behavior Will Be Monitored by Justin Feinstein - unusual semi-epistolary narrative style, science fiction, sentient AI
November 5, 2025 at 8:53 PM
What I read recently:
66) Your Behavior Will Be Monitored by Justin Feinstein - unusual semi-epistolary narrative style, science fiction, sentient AI
66) Your Behavior Will Be Monitored by Justin Feinstein - unusual semi-epistolary narrative style, science fiction, sentient AI
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One of the most articles of reviews at @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social, my review of The Irish Goodbye.
chireviewofbooks.com/2025/10/03/f...
chireviewofbooks.com/2025/10/03/f...
Family Secrets in “The Irish Goodbye” - Chicago Review of Books
Our review of Heather Aimee O'Neill's debut novel, "The Irish Goodbye"
chireviewofbooks.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:16 PM
One of the most articles of reviews at @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social, my review of The Irish Goodbye.
chireviewofbooks.com/2025/10/03/f...
chireviewofbooks.com/2025/10/03/f...
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So excited to be teaching a course this winter, online, on hybrid storytelling at Poetry School London. The course is part memoir, part fable, and part poetry. See below.
Our Spring Term is now live & we’ve got a whole host of brilliant tutors & poetry courses lined up, so be sure to book promptly to avoid disappointment. Our handy Quick Course Guide is linked in bio, where you’ll find everything you’ll need to know…
poetryschool.com/new-courses/... 🪻🌜
poetryschool.com/new-courses/... 🪻🌜
Spring 2026 – Quick Course Guide • Poetry School
Check out our Quick Course Guide for the Spring 2026 term which will help you pick a course to take at the Poetry School.
poetryschool.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:12 PM
So excited to be teaching a course this winter, online, on hybrid storytelling at Poetry School London. The course is part memoir, part fable, and part poetry. See below.
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Announcing our Nov/Dec issue! 🎉 Inside you’ll find a profile of poet Donika Kelly, author of The Natural Order of Things; our tenth annual 5 Over 50 debut author feature; a craft essay in appreciation of the longer short story; and the case for collective resistance to AI. More: at.pw.org/NovDec2025
October 15, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Announcing our Nov/Dec issue! 🎉 Inside you’ll find a profile of poet Donika Kelly, author of The Natural Order of Things; our tenth annual 5 Over 50 debut author feature; a craft essay in appreciation of the longer short story; and the case for collective resistance to AI. More: at.pw.org/NovDec2025