Cass Lewis
@writercasslewis.bsky.social
Award-winning #writer. Creative #writing instructor. Lover of empathy and critical thinking skills. Author of GRIEF CAMP (SFWP '27). CassandraLewis.com.
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I am so very excited to announce that I have signed a book contract with SFWP! My debut novel, GRIEF CAMP, will be published in fall 2027!
Thank you, @sfwp.bsky.social, Andrew Gifford, Deesha Philyaw, and @adamalsirgany.bsky.social.
#writingcontest #writingcommunity #writing #writinglife
Thank you, @sfwp.bsky.social, Andrew Gifford, Deesha Philyaw, and @adamalsirgany.bsky.social.
#writingcontest #writingcommunity #writing #writinglife
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How to criticize with kindness – philosopher Daniel Dennett on the 4 steps to arguing intelligently www.themarginalian.org/2014/03/28/d...
How to Criticize with Kindness: Philosopher Daniel Dennett on the Four Steps to Arguing Intelligently
“Just how charitable are you supposed to be when criticizing the views of an opponent?”
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December 28, 2025 at 3:24 AM
How to criticize with kindness – philosopher Daniel Dennett on the 4 steps to arguing intelligently www.themarginalian.org/2014/03/28/d...
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PEN America: Cancellation of 60 Minutes segment—reportedly because the Trump administration refused to be interviewed—represents an abandonment of "central principles of press freedom and independent news gathering."
Full statement: pen.org/press-releas... #60Minutes #Journalism #FreePress
Full statement: pen.org/press-releas... #60Minutes #Journalism #FreePress
After ‘60 Minutes’ Pulls Investigation on Deportations, PEN America Warns that Journalism Can’t Depend on Government Approval
The decision by Bari Weiss, the new CBS News editor in chief, to pull a “60 Minutes” segment on the deportation of Venezuelan migrants—reportedly because the Trump administration refused to be intervi...
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December 22, 2025 at 8:36 PM
PEN America: Cancellation of 60 Minutes segment—reportedly because the Trump administration refused to be interviewed—represents an abandonment of "central principles of press freedom and independent news gathering."
Full statement: pen.org/press-releas... #60Minutes #Journalism #FreePress
Full statement: pen.org/press-releas... #60Minutes #Journalism #FreePress
I am so grateful to be included on the Short List! Thank you, @sfwp.bsky.social! Congrats to all the finalists!
December 20, 2025 at 8:39 PM
I am so grateful to be included on the Short List! Thank you, @sfwp.bsky.social! Congrats to all the finalists!
I am so very excited to announce that I have signed a book contract with SFWP! My debut novel, GRIEF CAMP, will be published in fall 2027!
Thank you, @sfwp.bsky.social, Andrew Gifford, Deesha Philyaw, and @adamalsirgany.bsky.social.
#writingcontest #writingcommunity #writing #writinglife
Thank you, @sfwp.bsky.social, Andrew Gifford, Deesha Philyaw, and @adamalsirgany.bsky.social.
#writingcontest #writingcommunity #writing #writinglife
December 20, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I am so very excited to announce that I have signed a book contract with SFWP! My debut novel, GRIEF CAMP, will be published in fall 2027!
Thank you, @sfwp.bsky.social, Andrew Gifford, Deesha Philyaw, and @adamalsirgany.bsky.social.
#writingcontest #writingcommunity #writing #writinglife
Thank you, @sfwp.bsky.social, Andrew Gifford, Deesha Philyaw, and @adamalsirgany.bsky.social.
#writingcontest #writingcommunity #writing #writinglife
I am so very excited that my fiction manuscript is included on the Santa Fe Writers Project Literary Awards Short List! Congratulations to the other finalists. Thank you, @sfwp.bsky.social, and Deesha Philyaw, for this honor.
December 20, 2025 at 3:10 PM
I am so very excited that my fiction manuscript is included on the Santa Fe Writers Project Literary Awards Short List! Congratulations to the other finalists. Thank you, @sfwp.bsky.social, and Deesha Philyaw, for this honor.
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Make sure to have you notifications for SFWP turned on as we'll be announcing the 2025 Literary Awards Program Short List this Saturday!
Check out the Long List right here if you haven't already. buff.ly/uftpTi6
Check out the Long List right here if you haven't already. buff.ly/uftpTi6
December 18, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Make sure to have you notifications for SFWP turned on as we'll be announcing the 2025 Literary Awards Program Short List this Saturday!
Check out the Long List right here if you haven't already. buff.ly/uftpTi6
Check out the Long List right here if you haven't already. buff.ly/uftpTi6
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The critically acclaimed novelist Dinaw Mengestu has been elected to the presidency of PEN America, the 103-year-old writers organization whose mission is to celebrate literature and defend freedom of expression.
More: pen.org/press-releas...
More: pen.org/press-releas...
December 18, 2025 at 3:03 AM
The critically acclaimed novelist Dinaw Mengestu has been elected to the presidency of PEN America, the 103-year-old writers organization whose mission is to celebrate literature and defend freedom of expression.
More: pen.org/press-releas...
More: pen.org/press-releas...
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John Green, Jodi Picoult Top PEN America's Banned Books List www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
John Green, Jodi Picoult Top PEN’s Banned Books List
A new report from PEN America, which rounds up the 52 most frequently banned books since 2021, shows schools across the country targeting titles related to race, LGBTQ+ identities, and sexual abuse, a...
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December 17, 2025 at 4:03 PM
John Green, Jodi Picoult Top PEN America's Banned Books List www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
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Your tax-deductible donation could give writers and artists an opportunity to produce work at the SAFTA residency! Support a group of writers, a genre of writers, or more! Details at: sundresspublications.wordpress.com/2017/10/05/s...
Sundress offers new fellowship donation opportunity - The Sundress Blog
Sundress Academy for the Arts (SAFTA) is excited to offer a new opportunity for donors and artists to collaborate through our new Fund-a-Fellow program. SAFTA, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, is an...
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December 8, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Your tax-deductible donation could give writers and artists an opportunity to produce work at the SAFTA residency! Support a group of writers, a genre of writers, or more! Details at: sundresspublications.wordpress.com/2017/10/05/s...
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Really grateful to the Irish Centre for Poetry Studies, who've shared this poem today on their FB page...
This is a poem of loss, taken from Whatever You Do, Just Don't (HappenStance Press, 2023)...
December 12, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Really grateful to the Irish Centre for Poetry Studies, who've shared this poem today on their FB page...
Thank you so very much, @sfwp.bsky.social, for this tremendous honor!
Congrats to the Finalists of the 2025 Literary Awards Program pt 1: Allison Landa, Mary Pacifico Curtis, @writercasslewis.bsky.social, @sudhab.bsky.social, Katja Bartholmess, Paul Haney, Kristen-Paige Madonia, Miriam Glassman, Oghenechovwe Ekpeki, Thomas Calder, & Alison Gadsby! buff.ly/W9BV5sP
December 11, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Thank you so very much, @sfwp.bsky.social, for this tremendous honor!
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Literary journals, small presses, zines, these are the gifts we need all year.
I need to go through and update this, but if you’re looking for great gift ideas and the like I bet there are some great options in here
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December 6, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Literary journals, small presses, zines, these are the gifts we need all year.
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We're thrilled to share that the Long List for the 2025 Literary Awards Program is now live! buff.ly/W9BV5sP
December 5, 2025 at 3:40 PM
We're thrilled to share that the Long List for the 2025 Literary Awards Program is now live! buff.ly/W9BV5sP
I am honored that my fiction manuscript is included on the Santa Fe Writers Project Long List alongside so many writers I admire. Congratulations to all!
Thank you, @sfwp.bsky.social and Deesha Philyaw!
To see the full list, please visit: www.sfwp.com/2025-awards-...
Thank you, @sfwp.bsky.social and Deesha Philyaw!
To see the full list, please visit: www.sfwp.com/2025-awards-...
2025 Awards Program Results — Santa Fe Writers Project
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December 5, 2025 at 2:47 PM
I am honored that my fiction manuscript is included on the Santa Fe Writers Project Long List alongside so many writers I admire. Congratulations to all!
Thank you, @sfwp.bsky.social and Deesha Philyaw!
To see the full list, please visit: www.sfwp.com/2025-awards-...
Thank you, @sfwp.bsky.social and Deesha Philyaw!
To see the full list, please visit: www.sfwp.com/2025-awards-...
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Get those Personal Narrative submissions in! We're likely to hit our submission cap this weekend, so be sure you send your essay in soon!
Submit - Electric Literature
Submissions Electric Literature accepts submissions of short stories, personal narratives, cultural criticism, poetry, flash prose, and graphic narratives through Submittable during designated…
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December 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Get those Personal Narrative submissions in! We're likely to hit our submission cap this weekend, so be sure you send your essay in soon!
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The monarchs, music, and the meaning of life – the most beautiful deathbed love letter ever written www.themarginalian.org/2017/01/13/r...
The Monarchs, Music, and the Meaning of Life: The Most Touching Deathbed Love Letter Ever Written
From butterflies to Beethoven, an ode to the heart’s uncontainable dimensions.
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December 3, 2025 at 10:16 PM
The monarchs, music, and the meaning of life – the most beautiful deathbed love letter ever written www.themarginalian.org/2017/01/13/r...
I'm honored to be one of the 431 writers published by Electric Literature in 2025.
Our list of the 431 writers Electric Literature has published so far in 2025. Every single one, from illustrious new voices like Tochi Eze or Kayla Min Andrews, to regular contributors like Greg Mania or Bareerah Ghani.
Every Writer We've Published in 2025 - Electric Literature
Stand strong with our writers by supporting us today
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December 3, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I'm honored to be one of the 431 writers published by Electric Literature in 2025.
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“Soon it won’t just be birthday greetings and opening gambits on Hinge that people outsource to AI.” @arealmattgreene.bsky.social explains why LLMs are built for a post-meaning world.
On the Rise of ChatGPT and the Industrialization of the Post-Meaning World
When you teach children to analyze, or appreciate, poetry, you get used to a certain complaint, that you’re making it up, that the writer did not give that much thought to choosing a colon over a c…
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December 2, 2025 at 5:30 PM
“Soon it won’t just be birthday greetings and opening gambits on Hinge that people outsource to AI.” @arealmattgreene.bsky.social explains why LLMs are built for a post-meaning world.
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"Talent is insignificant. I know a lot of talented ruins. Beyond talent lie all the usual words: discipline, love, luck, but most of all, endurance."
Remembering Baldwin, who left us on this day in 1987, with his abiding wisdom on creative work:
Remembering Baldwin, who left us on this day in 1987, with his abiding wisdom on creative work:
James Baldwin’s Advice on Writing
“Talent is insignificant. I know a lot of talented ruins. Beyond talent lie all the usual words: discipline, love, luck, but most of all, endurance.”
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December 2, 2025 at 3:24 AM
"Talent is insignificant. I know a lot of talented ruins. Beyond talent lie all the usual words: discipline, love, luck, but most of all, endurance."
Remembering Baldwin, who left us on this day in 1987, with his abiding wisdom on creative work:
Remembering Baldwin, who left us on this day in 1987, with his abiding wisdom on creative work:
I'm excited to offer three creative writing classes this winter at the Delaware Art Museum. Registration is now open. Visit DelArt.org for details. I look forward to #writing with you in the new year.
#creativewriting #writingclasses #delaware #writingcommunity
#creativewriting #writingclasses #delaware #writingcommunity
December 1, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I'm excited to offer three creative writing classes this winter at the Delaware Art Museum. Registration is now open. Visit DelArt.org for details. I look forward to #writing with you in the new year.
#creativewriting #writingclasses #delaware #writingcommunity
#creativewriting #writingclasses #delaware #writingcommunity
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Books can make some of the best stocking stuffers! Browse our entire catalogue and tackle some of your Christmas shopping right here on #SmallBusinessSaturday: buff.ly/kFODyJw
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November 29, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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These corporations pollute our environment, allow ICE to terrorize our communities, and chase tax breaks while people go hungry. This Thanksgiving weekend, skip shopping at Target, Home Depot, and Amazon 🚫🚫🚫 #WeAintBuyingIt
November 22, 2025 at 2:01 PM
These corporations pollute our environment, allow ICE to terrorize our communities, and chase tax breaks while people go hungry. This Thanksgiving weekend, skip shopping at Target, Home Depot, and Amazon 🚫🚫🚫 #WeAintBuyingIt
"Don't ever let the bastards get you down or intimidate you," wrote investigative journalist Charles Lewis in his final email to The Center for Public Integrity staff in December 2004.
My father's words were relevant then and now.
#journalism #journalist #MacFellow #publicintegrity #ICIJ
My father's words were relevant then and now.
#journalism #journalist #MacFellow #publicintegrity #ICIJ
November 21, 2025 at 5:31 PM
"Don't ever let the bastards get you down or intimidate you," wrote investigative journalist Charles Lewis in his final email to The Center for Public Integrity staff in December 2004.
My father's words were relevant then and now.
#journalism #journalist #MacFellow #publicintegrity #ICIJ
My father's words were relevant then and now.
#journalism #journalist #MacFellow #publicintegrity #ICIJ
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SPJ strongly condemns President Donald Trump’s latest attacks on journalists, including his disparaging treatment of Mary Bruce during Monday’s Oval Office press availability, and his recent “Quiet, piggy” insult aimed at Catherine Lucey.
🔗Read the full statement: www.spj.org/spj-statemen...
🔗Read the full statement: www.spj.org/spj-statemen...
November 19, 2025 at 6:33 PM
SPJ strongly condemns President Donald Trump’s latest attacks on journalists, including his disparaging treatment of Mary Bruce during Monday’s Oval Office press availability, and his recent “Quiet, piggy” insult aimed at Catherine Lucey.
🔗Read the full statement: www.spj.org/spj-statemen...
🔗Read the full statement: www.spj.org/spj-statemen...
Any ideas about cell phones that don't force you to use AI? I have to replace my Apple phone and willing to switch companies if that is the only way to avoid AI. Ideas? Recommendations?
November 13, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Any ideas about cell phones that don't force you to use AI? I have to replace my Apple phone and willing to switch companies if that is the only way to avoid AI. Ideas? Recommendations?