@susanbearman.bsky.social
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This is important. The head of CBP says here that his agency did NOT provide the assessment that led DHS to label Alex Pretti a terrorist looking to inflict mass casualties.
That appears to contradict Stephen Miller's claim that the initial assessment was based on CBP reports:
That appears to contradict Stephen Miller's claim that the initial assessment was based on CBP reports:
February 12, 2026 at 5:37 PM
This is important. The head of CBP says here that his agency did NOT provide the assessment that led DHS to label Alex Pretti a terrorist looking to inflict mass casualties.
That appears to contradict Stephen Miller's claim that the initial assessment was based on CBP reports:
That appears to contradict Stephen Miller's claim that the initial assessment was based on CBP reports:
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The Time Is Now to spark your writing! This week we recommend a classic book on the history of memoir writing by Ben Yagoda, and #PWWritingPrompts on beloveds, breakups, and biographical myths. Read more: at.pw.org/TTIN
February 13, 2026 at 11:30 PM
The Time Is Now to spark your writing! This week we recommend a classic book on the history of memoir writing by Ben Yagoda, and #PWWritingPrompts on beloveds, breakups, and biographical myths. Read more: at.pw.org/TTIN
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My new flash piece is up at Variant Lit! I wrote about an unnamed extra in the “I am your father” scene from Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back. I loved writing this during my MVCWI Fellowship last year. I stayed in my room for a week writing, drink too much coffee. variantlit.com/back-in-the-...
Back in the Tall Grass
Visit the post for more.
variantlit.com
February 13, 2026 at 11:36 AM
My new flash piece is up at Variant Lit! I wrote about an unnamed extra in the “I am your father” scene from Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back. I loved writing this during my MVCWI Fellowship last year. I stayed in my room for a week writing, drink too much coffee. variantlit.com/back-in-the-...
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Ahhh I can’t believe I get to host my own HAD sub call!!! I hope you all send something my way!!!
still slowly getting through this call's 364 submissions, but... surprise! doing another call on Sunday!
Theme: Time Travel
Feb 15, 2 pm CST, capped at 150 submissions
Guest ed.: @ezhang77.bsky.social
Max 200 words
Send up to 2 (as long as total word count is less than 200)
The shorter the better
Theme: Time Travel
Feb 15, 2 pm CST, capped at 150 submissions
Guest ed.: @ezhang77.bsky.social
Max 200 words
Send up to 2 (as long as total word count is less than 200)
The shorter the better
February 13, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Ahhh I can’t believe I get to host my own HAD sub call!!! I hope you all send something my way!!!
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White House officials have grown frustrated with DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, and one source says her position may no longer be secure, Nick Miroff, Yvonne Wingett Sanchez, and Michael Scherer report.
Kristi Noem’s Audience of One
The DHS secretary is suddenly talking about more than just mass deportations.
bit.ly
February 14, 2026 at 12:39 AM
White House officials have grown frustrated with DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, and one source says her position may no longer be secure, Nick Miroff, Yvonne Wingett Sanchez, and Michael Scherer report.
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Do you know that you can become a Stanchion Book Club member on a monthly basis & still get all the perks? Brand new well-edited & beautifully designed books delivered every month, exclusive goodies quarterly + invites to Zoom book club author chats. $12 a month & you sustain this press. 🖤🤍
February 14, 2026 at 12:04 AM
Do you know that you can become a Stanchion Book Club member on a monthly basis & still get all the perks? Brand new well-edited & beautifully designed books delivered every month, exclusive goodies quarterly + invites to Zoom book club author chats. $12 a month & you sustain this press. 🖤🤍
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very very excited (& nervous! stage jitters!) to share news of a project that my person & I have been working on for so long now
we're starting a tiny artist residency here in Baltimore; say hello to The Doll House!
www.thedollhouse.studio
we're starting a tiny artist residency here in Baltimore; say hello to The Doll House!
www.thedollhouse.studio
The Doll House
www.thedollhouse.studio
February 13, 2026 at 5:11 PM
very very excited (& nervous! stage jitters!) to share news of a project that my person & I have been working on for so long now
we're starting a tiny artist residency here in Baltimore; say hello to The Doll House!
www.thedollhouse.studio
we're starting a tiny artist residency here in Baltimore; say hello to The Doll House!
www.thedollhouse.studio
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Big News! Submissions are now open for our next micro anthology, "Tales that Survived the Fire." Learn more at the link below, and we can't wait to see your pieces.
February 12, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Big News! Submissions are now open for our next micro anthology, "Tales that Survived the Fire." Learn more at the link below, and we can't wait to see your pieces.
I work hard to keep politics off this feed, but this is directly related to our #WritingCommunity. There are so many ways to help. www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Industry Insiders Raising Funds for Minnesotans in Need
Amid ICE’s violent crackdown, two publishing professionals have launched an online auction to benefit nonprofits providing aid to Minnesotans and immigrants. Around 500 items and services have been do...
www.publishersweekly.com
January 27, 2026 at 6:36 PM
I work hard to keep politics off this feed, but this is directly related to our #WritingCommunity. There are so many ways to help. www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Great interview with author Jeannie Vanasco by writer Leslie Lindsay on About Write from Off Campus Writers' Workshop. Vanasco discusses her new memoir, her process, and her unusual approach to representing her mother's silent treatment on the page. ocww.info/About-Write?...
January 14, 2026 at 12:26 AM
Great interview with author Jeannie Vanasco by writer Leslie Lindsay on About Write from Off Campus Writers' Workshop. Vanasco discusses her new memoir, her process, and her unusual approach to representing her mother's silent treatment on the page. ocww.info/About-Write?...
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Rolling deadline: $1,000 John Updike Review Emerging Writers Prize
No fee. Writers up to 40 years old may submit essays that deepen our understanding of the work of John Updike. Submit to: Prof. James Schiff, Editor, The John Updike Review, james.schiff@uc.edu.
https://updikereview.com/submissions/
No fee. Writers up to 40 years old may submit essays that deepen our understanding of the work of John Updike. Submit to: Prof. James Schiff, Editor, The John Updike Review, james.schiff@uc.edu.
https://updikereview.com/submissions/
November 20, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Rolling deadline: $1,000 John Updike Review Emerging Writers Prize
No fee. Writers up to 40 years old may submit essays that deepen our understanding of the work of John Updike. Submit to: Prof. James Schiff, Editor, The John Updike Review, james.schiff@uc.edu.
https://updikereview.com/submissions/
No fee. Writers up to 40 years old may submit essays that deepen our understanding of the work of John Updike. Submit to: Prof. James Schiff, Editor, The John Updike Review, james.schiff@uc.edu.
https://updikereview.com/submissions/
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It’s time for The Great Tote Vote! Head to the link and let us know which tote design you prefer: bookshopdotorg.typeform.com/to/J5qqWpDp
tote vote
we tote-ally want to hear from you.
bookshopdotorg.typeform.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:55 PM
It’s time for The Great Tote Vote! Head to the link and let us know which tote design you prefer: bookshopdotorg.typeform.com/to/J5qqWpDp
Happy birthday and happy World Prematurity Day to my favorite 24-weekers. It's been quite a ride.
#prematurity #WorldPrematurityDay #preemies
mikeandollie.wordpress.com/2025/11/17/3...
#prematurity #WorldPrematurityDay #preemies
mikeandollie.wordpress.com/2025/11/17/3...
34 in ’25
On this November 17, smack in the middle of Prematurity Awareness Month, as we celebrate World Prematurity Day right along with Isaac and Molly’s birthday, I worry for new parents of preemies…
mikeandollie.wordpress.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Happy birthday and happy World Prematurity Day to my favorite 24-weekers. It's been quite a ride.
#prematurity #WorldPrematurityDay #preemies
mikeandollie.wordpress.com/2025/11/17/3...
#prematurity #WorldPrematurityDay #preemies
mikeandollie.wordpress.com/2025/11/17/3...
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October is for stories that unsettle.
That’s the point. The best literature shakes something loose.
If a book makes you uncomfortable, it’s probably worth reading.
Find the ones that still speak:
That’s the point. The best literature shakes something loose.
If a book makes you uncomfortable, it’s probably worth reading.
Find the ones that still speak:
Authors
www.narrativemagazine.com
October 30, 2025 at 6:38 PM
October is for stories that unsettle.
That’s the point. The best literature shakes something loose.
If a book makes you uncomfortable, it’s probably worth reading.
Find the ones that still speak:
That’s the point. The best literature shakes something loose.
If a book makes you uncomfortable, it’s probably worth reading.
Find the ones that still speak:
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I maintain that every one of these people should be forced to live on SNAP for a month.
Rep. Clay Higgins of Louisiana blames SNAP recipients for not stockpiling a month's worth of food.
He ends his tweet with "stop smoking crack."
He ends his tweet with "stop smoking crack."
October 30, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I maintain that every one of these people should be forced to live on SNAP for a month.
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#callforsubmissions: L'Esprit seeks stories, CNF, essays, translation, reviews.
Consciousness-forward, language-driven, risk-adept.
Send us writing beyond convention.
G’Lines and open calls:
Consciousness-forward, language-driven, risk-adept.
Send us writing beyond convention.
G’Lines and open calls:
Submission Guidelines
L’Esprit Literary Review publishes work written in the fearless, risk-adept, and revolutionary spirit of High Modernism. We accept short fiction, creative non-fiction, novel extracts, literar…
lespritliteraryreview.org
October 30, 2025 at 10:06 PM
#callforsubmissions: L'Esprit seeks stories, CNF, essays, translation, reviews.
Consciousness-forward, language-driven, risk-adept.
Send us writing beyond convention.
G’Lines and open calls:
Consciousness-forward, language-driven, risk-adept.
Send us writing beyond convention.
G’Lines and open calls:
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Rn at Off Campus Writers' Workshop, paraphrasing Eric Rampson: The story you're writing doesn't serve the plot; the plot serves they story you're trying to tell. #amwriting #WritingCommunity #improv #OCWW
October 23, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Rn at Off Campus Writers' Workshop, paraphrasing Eric Rampson: The story you're writing doesn't serve the plot; the plot serves they story you're trying to tell. #amwriting #WritingCommunity #improv #OCWW
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"That’s essentially the heart of the project: What would it look like to treat friendships as love stories?"
This time last year, @lizziemlawson.bsky.social interviewed @lillydancyger.bsky.social on her essay collection FIRST LOVE. Find it in the archives! 💕 buff.ly/5dzItrM
This time last year, @lizziemlawson.bsky.social interviewed @lillydancyger.bsky.social on her essay collection FIRST LOVE. Find it in the archives! 💕 buff.ly/5dzItrM
October 22, 2025 at 11:15 PM
"That’s essentially the heart of the project: What would it look like to treat friendships as love stories?"
This time last year, @lizziemlawson.bsky.social interviewed @lillydancyger.bsky.social on her essay collection FIRST LOVE. Find it in the archives! 💕 buff.ly/5dzItrM
This time last year, @lizziemlawson.bsky.social interviewed @lillydancyger.bsky.social on her essay collection FIRST LOVE. Find it in the archives! 💕 buff.ly/5dzItrM
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I think that covers all our bases. Probably.
Submit here: www.chillsubs.com/lists/girlho...
#writing #writingcommunity
Submit here: www.chillsubs.com/lists/girlho...
#writing #writingcommunity
October 22, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I think that covers all our bases. Probably.
Submit here: www.chillsubs.com/lists/girlho...
#writing #writingcommunity
Submit here: www.chillsubs.com/lists/girlho...
#writing #writingcommunity
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📅 Ever wonder when authors actually get paid? Here’s the timeline of how book publishing royalties work. For more on the topic, don’t miss our recent Money Matters Q&A with Erin Lowry from the Broke Millennial blog 🤑 authorsguild.org/resource/boo...
October 22, 2025 at 8:40 PM
📅 Ever wonder when authors actually get paid? Here’s the timeline of how book publishing royalties work. For more on the topic, don’t miss our recent Money Matters Q&A with Erin Lowry from the Broke Millennial blog 🤑 authorsguild.org/resource/boo...
Check out our craft column, where Laurel Ross explores nature writing—how it can enhance storyline, characters, and descriptions, as well as connect your readers to the world around us. Off Campus Writers' Workshop. #amwriting #WritingCommunity #naturewriting #OCWW
ocww.info/About-Write?...
ocww.info/About-Write?...
Off Campus Writers' Workshop - About Write
ocww.info
October 22, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Check out our craft column, where Laurel Ross explores nature writing—how it can enhance storyline, characters, and descriptions, as well as connect your readers to the world around us. Off Campus Writers' Workshop. #amwriting #WritingCommunity #naturewriting #OCWW
ocww.info/About-Write?...
ocww.info/About-Write?...
"We all have our own bits of everyday magic." @mxfaylitahicks.bsky.social on Spirit-Led Writing: Ritual, Ritualization & the Creative Process rn @ Off Campus Writers' Workshop. #WritingCommunity #amwriting ocww.info
Off Campus Writers' Workshop
ocww.info
October 16, 2025 at 3:53 PM
"We all have our own bits of everyday magic." @mxfaylitahicks.bsky.social on Spirit-Led Writing: Ritual, Ritualization & the Creative Process rn @ Off Campus Writers' Workshop. #WritingCommunity #amwriting ocww.info
"Payoff is part of the fun of reading. What are you trying to do with your work? What do you want people to get from it?" Rn at #OCWW (Off Campus Writer's Workshop), Lindsay Hunter of "I'm a writer, but" podcast discusses reader payoff. #amwriting #WritingCommunity ocww.info
Off Campus Writers' Workshop
ocww.info
October 9, 2025 at 4:25 PM
"Payoff is part of the fun of reading. What are you trying to do with your work? What do you want people to get from it?" Rn at #OCWW (Off Campus Writer's Workshop), Lindsay Hunter of "I'm a writer, but" podcast discusses reader payoff. #amwriting #WritingCommunity ocww.info