Allison Grace Myers
@allisongracemyers.bsky.social
Writer, Mother, Texan. Published in Image, Witness, Gulf Coast, Electric Literature…
www.allisongracemyers.com
www.allisongracemyers.com
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Faking Membership in the Club of Mothers - Electric Literature
“What a Body Is Good For” by Allison Grace Myers, recommended by Wynter K Miller for Electric Literature
electricliterature.com
Thrilled to have new fiction out today
@electriclit.bsky.social Recommended Reading – “What A Body Is Good For."
(I am still trying to figure this place out.. please read and share?!)
electricliterature.com/what-a-body-...
@electriclit.bsky.social Recommended Reading – “What A Body Is Good For."
(I am still trying to figure this place out.. please read and share?!)
electricliterature.com/what-a-body-...
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Thrilled to share this new online issue of @barrelhouse.bsky.social! I love, love, LOVE these stories!
www.barrelhousemag.com/online-lit/b...
www.barrelhousemag.com/online-lit/b...
Baby, One More Time — Barrelhouse
Parenting-related Short Fiction That Somehow Involves Famous Musician Icons. Edited by Hannah Grieco
www.barrelhousemag.com
January 17, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Thrilled to share this new online issue of @barrelhouse.bsky.social! I love, love, LOVE these stories!
www.barrelhousemag.com/online-lit/b...
www.barrelhousemag.com/online-lit/b...
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In Georgia, a mom facing eviction reached out to DFCS for help. They offered her nothing. Soon the agency took her kids away because of "inadequate housing."
The state then paid *$6,200 a month* to house her kids in foster care.
One of the most important and infuriating stories I read this year:
The state then paid *$6,200 a month* to house her kids in foster care.
One of the most important and infuriating stories I read this year:
When Families Need Housing, Georgia Will Pay for Foster Care Rather Than Provide Assistance
In more than 700 cases over five years, Georgia reported inadequate housing as the sole reason for taking a child into foster care, a WABE and ProPublica analysis found. Advocates say it would be chea...
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December 30, 2024 at 8:02 PM
In Georgia, a mom facing eviction reached out to DFCS for help. They offered her nothing. Soon the agency took her kids away because of "inadequate housing."
The state then paid *$6,200 a month* to house her kids in foster care.
One of the most important and infuriating stories I read this year:
The state then paid *$6,200 a month* to house her kids in foster care.
One of the most important and infuriating stories I read this year:
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So, book news: Roxane Gay picked RESTING BITCH FACE for the Audacious Book Club!!! 😭 The first piece of news I get for my forthcoming book has completely knocked me over, and galleys aren’t even in. I am so grateful, I cannot even begin to tell you guys. I can’t wait to share the book with y’all.
December 18, 2024 at 8:10 PM
So, book news: Roxane Gay picked RESTING BITCH FACE for the Audacious Book Club!!! 😭 The first piece of news I get for my forthcoming book has completely knocked me over, and galleys aren’t even in. I am so grateful, I cannot even begin to tell you guys. I can’t wait to share the book with y’all.
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need to start putting down books i’m not into and leaving the theater when the movie sucks! i never do this! but i am wasting my damn time! my wild and precious liiiiiiife
December 18, 2024 at 12:58 AM
need to start putting down books i’m not into and leaving the theater when the movie sucks! i never do this! but i am wasting my damn time! my wild and precious liiiiiiife
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Attention DMV BIPOC writers! Due 1/31
Our third-annual BIPOC Scholarship will allow you to attend the 2025 Washington Writers Conference — the DC area’s premier publishing-focused event — for free! Five scholarships will be awarded.
www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/page/2025-bi...
Our third-annual BIPOC Scholarship will allow you to attend the 2025 Washington Writers Conference — the DC area’s premier publishing-focused event — for free! Five scholarships will be awarded.
www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/page/2025-bi...
December 17, 2024 at 7:34 PM
Attention DMV BIPOC writers! Due 1/31
Our third-annual BIPOC Scholarship will allow you to attend the 2025 Washington Writers Conference — the DC area’s premier publishing-focused event — for free! Five scholarships will be awarded.
www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/page/2025-bi...
Our third-annual BIPOC Scholarship will allow you to attend the 2025 Washington Writers Conference — the DC area’s premier publishing-focused event — for free! Five scholarships will be awarded.
www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/page/2025-bi...
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In 2025 I plan to start a podcast in which I interview writers who have had a loooong and bumpy road to #publishing.
If you fall into one (or more) of the following categories, reach out! You might be a perfect guest!
#writingcommunity #writerslife
I’d be interested to talk to people who....
If you fall into one (or more) of the following categories, reach out! You might be a perfect guest!
#writingcommunity #writerslife
I’d be interested to talk to people who....
December 17, 2024 at 7:45 PM
In 2025 I plan to start a podcast in which I interview writers who have had a loooong and bumpy road to #publishing.
If you fall into one (or more) of the following categories, reach out! You might be a perfect guest!
#writingcommunity #writerslife
I’d be interested to talk to people who....
If you fall into one (or more) of the following categories, reach out! You might be a perfect guest!
#writingcommunity #writerslife
I’d be interested to talk to people who....
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I know she's supported some literacy initiatives in the past, but the best use of MacKenzie Scott's ex-husband's ill begotten funds would be to put them into nonprofit presses, indie bookshops, and libraries.
December 17, 2024 at 1:08 AM
I know she's supported some literacy initiatives in the past, but the best use of MacKenzie Scott's ex-husband's ill begotten funds would be to put them into nonprofit presses, indie bookshops, and libraries.
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This year, New Delta Review published a story of mine about pregnancy fetishes, queerness, & finding connection in odd places. Since then, they’ve awarded it their annual prose prize, nom’d it for best of net AND a Pushcart. I’m beyond honored 😭 in case you want to read:
ndrmag.org/fiction/2024...
ndrmag.org/fiction/2024...
Excised Parts by Dylan Pierce - New Delta Review
THE FIRST TIME Carolyn stood before a stranger and watched him worship her swollen stomach, kneeling on the carpet and kissing the spot just below her protruding belly button, she felt like a god.She ...
ndrmag.org
December 17, 2024 at 12:43 AM
This year, New Delta Review published a story of mine about pregnancy fetishes, queerness, & finding connection in odd places. Since then, they’ve awarded it their annual prose prize, nom’d it for best of net AND a Pushcart. I’m beyond honored 😭 in case you want to read:
ndrmag.org/fiction/2024...
ndrmag.org/fiction/2024...
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This is tonight and you can still sign up! We have a good group already and I’m looking forward to talking to everyone about their story plans.
I’m leading a virtual pop-up (one night) workshop for The Writers Center! Join us to talk about all aspects of building a story collection. Bring whatever you have, any questions, and willingness to help others.
writer.org/event/40-pop...
writer.org/event/40-pop...
$40 Pop Up: Plotting the Short Story Collection - The Writer's Center
Participants will discuss the practicalities of developing the bones of a short story collection. The group will be invited to share details about their own projects and work together to plot next ste...
writer.org
December 5, 2024 at 12:34 PM
This is tonight and you can still sign up! We have a good group already and I’m looking forward to talking to everyone about their story plans.
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Small win for me today: this anthology for younger readers, featuring my @electriclit.bsky.social essay, arrived in the mail! I’m honestly delighted by the prospect that some of my writing might be inspiring to younger readers.
(Gratitude to @babedylan.bsky.social for making this possible.)
(Gratitude to @babedylan.bsky.social for making this possible.)
December 5, 2024 at 1:18 AM
Small win for me today: this anthology for younger readers, featuring my @electriclit.bsky.social essay, arrived in the mail! I’m honestly delighted by the prospect that some of my writing might be inspiring to younger readers.
(Gratitude to @babedylan.bsky.social for making this possible.)
(Gratitude to @babedylan.bsky.social for making this possible.)
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NEW EPISODE!
"When you look outside of, like, western models, moms are not doing it all on their own: that's not actually the only or best model."
Nancy Reddy, author of The Good Mother Myth, talks with @evalangston.bsky.social & @ajfields.bsky.social.
literarymama.substack.com/p/nancy-redd...
"When you look outside of, like, western models, moms are not doing it all on their own: that's not actually the only or best model."
Nancy Reddy, author of The Good Mother Myth, talks with @evalangston.bsky.social & @ajfields.bsky.social.
literarymama.substack.com/p/nancy-redd...
Nancy Reddy: Myths of Motherhood
Eva Langston and Amanda Fields chat with Nancy Reddy, author of THE GOOD MOTHER MYTH, about how flawed midcentury science has affected our present-day expectations of motherhood.
literarymama.substack.com
December 4, 2024 at 1:16 PM
NEW EPISODE!
"When you look outside of, like, western models, moms are not doing it all on their own: that's not actually the only or best model."
Nancy Reddy, author of The Good Mother Myth, talks with @evalangston.bsky.social & @ajfields.bsky.social.
literarymama.substack.com/p/nancy-redd...
"When you look outside of, like, western models, moms are not doing it all on their own: that's not actually the only or best model."
Nancy Reddy, author of The Good Mother Myth, talks with @evalangston.bsky.social & @ajfields.bsky.social.
literarymama.substack.com/p/nancy-redd...
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Sundress Publications is open for submissions of full-length prose manuscripts in all genres! Submissions free for everyone thorugh 12/14!
www.sundresspublications.com/news/2024/11...
www.sundresspublications.com/news/2024/11...
Sundress Publications Opens for Full-Length Prose Manuscripts - Sundress Publications
Sundress Publications is open for submissions of full-length prose manuscripts in all genres. All authors are welcome to submit manuscripts during our reading period, which runs from December 1, 2024 ...
www.sundresspublications.com
December 4, 2024 at 1:43 AM
Sundress Publications is open for submissions of full-length prose manuscripts in all genres! Submissions free for everyone thorugh 12/14!
www.sundresspublications.com/news/2024/11...
www.sundresspublications.com/news/2024/11...
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Hey y’all! Here’s a big mega list of 160+ Black Owned Bookstores all over the U.S. + a few other countries as well! U can filter it by state. I posted about this on the clock app today, but figured I’d share here too! aalbc.com/bookstores/l... Happy Reading! 📚💙 #Booksky #BlackBookSky #BlackSky
165 Black-Owned Bookstores in the US | Find Independent Bookstores Near You
Explore 165 Black-owned independent bookstores across the U.S. Find your nearest store and support local businesses today!
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November 18, 2024 at 8:20 PM
Hey y’all! Here’s a big mega list of 160+ Black Owned Bookstores all over the U.S. + a few other countries as well! U can filter it by state. I posted about this on the clock app today, but figured I’d share here too! aalbc.com/bookstores/l... Happy Reading! 📚💙 #Booksky #BlackBookSky #BlackSky
Thrilled to have new fiction out today
@electriclit.bsky.social Recommended Reading – “What A Body Is Good For."
(I am still trying to figure this place out.. please read and share?!)
electricliterature.com/what-a-body-...
@electriclit.bsky.social Recommended Reading – “What A Body Is Good For."
(I am still trying to figure this place out.. please read and share?!)
electricliterature.com/what-a-body-...
Faking Membership in the Club of Mothers - Electric Literature
“What a Body Is Good For” by Allison Grace Myers, recommended by Wynter K Miller for Electric Literature
electricliterature.com
November 18, 2024 at 5:18 PM
Thrilled to have new fiction out today
@electriclit.bsky.social Recommended Reading – “What A Body Is Good For."
(I am still trying to figure this place out.. please read and share?!)
electricliterature.com/what-a-body-...
@electriclit.bsky.social Recommended Reading – “What A Body Is Good For."
(I am still trying to figure this place out.. please read and share?!)
electricliterature.com/what-a-body-...
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A story about a woman who swore she would never have kids, pretending to adopt the one she is nannying for, by @allisongracemyers.bsky.social
Faking Membership in the Club of Mothers - Electric Literature
“What a Body Is Good For” by Allison Grace Myers, recommended by Wynter K Miller for Electric Literature
buff.ly
November 18, 2024 at 4:00 PM
A story about a woman who swore she would never have kids, pretending to adopt the one she is nannying for, by @allisongracemyers.bsky.social
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For new authors and readers migrating from the bad place, here’s a starter pack of African Speculative Fiction writers you can read and follow✨
go.bsky.app/TVLxXew
go.bsky.app/TVLxXew
November 10, 2024 at 5:26 PM
For new authors and readers migrating from the bad place, here’s a starter pack of African Speculative Fiction writers you can read and follow✨
go.bsky.app/TVLxXew
go.bsky.app/TVLxXew
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Hey guys - did you know that some of most prevalent themes in gothic fiction and films are fear, loss, trauma, oppression, decay, societal collapse, the death of reason? How about writing some gothic fiction with me in December? No reason just saying writingworkshops.com/collections/...
November 10, 2024 at 4:05 PM
Hey guys - did you know that some of most prevalent themes in gothic fiction and films are fear, loss, trauma, oppression, decay, societal collapse, the death of reason? How about writing some gothic fiction with me in December? No reason just saying writingworkshops.com/collections/...
Yes. Reminds me of this from Jack Gilbert:
“We must risk delight. We can do without pleasure, but not delight… To make injustice the only measure of our attention is to praise the devil.”
“We must risk delight. We can do without pleasure, but not delight… To make injustice the only measure of our attention is to praise the devil.”
I've talked to a few folks this morning who were talking about stopping work on their creative projects. Because it's "not important anymore."
I don't know who needs to hear this, but DON'T DO THAT.
We win by living our lives as loudly and truly as we can. That includes your "silly" art project.
I don't know who needs to hear this, but DON'T DO THAT.
We win by living our lives as loudly and truly as we can. That includes your "silly" art project.
November 10, 2024 at 5:40 PM
Yes. Reminds me of this from Jack Gilbert:
“We must risk delight. We can do without pleasure, but not delight… To make injustice the only measure of our attention is to praise the devil.”
“We must risk delight. We can do without pleasure, but not delight… To make injustice the only measure of our attention is to praise the devil.”
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if you're anywhere near Crozet / Charlottesville and it would be any sort of comfort or distraction to talk about grief, love, writing, and books that have sustained us, I'd love to see you this Saturday, 11/9 at Bluebird & Co. bluebirdandco.eventcalendarapp.com/u/51002/329393
this event is happening post-Nov. 5 & therefore doesn't feel entirely real? but I'd love to see you if you can make it to Bluebird & Co. Annex in Crozet (near Charlottesville) on Sat. Nov. 9! RSVP so we know how much 🍷 we need: bluebirdandco.eventcalendarapp.com/u/51002/329393
November 6, 2024 at 6:07 PM
if you're anywhere near Crozet / Charlottesville and it would be any sort of comfort or distraction to talk about grief, love, writing, and books that have sustained us, I'd love to see you this Saturday, 11/9 at Bluebird & Co. bluebirdandco.eventcalendarapp.com/u/51002/329393
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I will do the same things I have always done. I will tell jokes. I will tell stories. I will out suffer them. I will survive.
I will hold out a candle for others until it burns up my arm, and I will find my people by matching my scars to theirs.
I will hold out a candle for others until it burns up my arm, and I will find my people by matching my scars to theirs.
November 7, 2024 at 5:16 PM
I will do the same things I have always done. I will tell jokes. I will tell stories. I will out suffer them. I will survive.
I will hold out a candle for others until it burns up my arm, and I will find my people by matching my scars to theirs.
I will hold out a candle for others until it burns up my arm, and I will find my people by matching my scars to theirs.
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I love that Poets & Writers includes recordings for “Page One” books—listen to @thesusanito.bsky.social read from her new memoir I WOULD MEET YOU ANYWHERE, part of our growing list of titles that elevate adoptee perspectives. www.pw.org/content/i_wo... @cassmannes.bsky.social
I Would Meet You Anywhere by Susan Kiyo Ito
Susan Kiyo Ito reads from the opening of her memoir, I Would Meet You Anywhere, published by Mad Creek Books in November 2023.
www.pw.org
October 12, 2023 at 3:52 PM
I love that Poets & Writers includes recordings for “Page One” books—listen to @thesusanito.bsky.social read from her new memoir I WOULD MEET YOU ANYWHERE, part of our growing list of titles that elevate adoptee perspectives. www.pw.org/content/i_wo... @cassmannes.bsky.social
Oof my heart. 💔 Was already planning to set aside most of the weekend for sobbing to new Sufjan album, and then…
October 6, 2023 at 5:44 PM
Oof my heart. 💔 Was already planning to set aside most of the weekend for sobbing to new Sufjan album, and then…
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Today: printing poetry broadsides for our first house party, Sept 23!
Tomorrow: new Of Poetry podcast episode with JENNIFER A SUTHERLAND!
ALSO: First poetry review at Moist Poetry Journal (J.D. Ho reviews V.C. McCabe’s OPHELIA, forthcoming Animal Heart Press).
Make art with your friends 💛💛💛
Tomorrow: new Of Poetry podcast episode with JENNIFER A SUTHERLAND!
ALSO: First poetry review at Moist Poetry Journal (J.D. Ho reviews V.C. McCabe’s OPHELIA, forthcoming Animal Heart Press).
Make art with your friends 💛💛💛
September 14, 2023 at 1:59 PM
Today: printing poetry broadsides for our first house party, Sept 23!
Tomorrow: new Of Poetry podcast episode with JENNIFER A SUTHERLAND!
ALSO: First poetry review at Moist Poetry Journal (J.D. Ho reviews V.C. McCabe’s OPHELIA, forthcoming Animal Heart Press).
Make art with your friends 💛💛💛
Tomorrow: new Of Poetry podcast episode with JENNIFER A SUTHERLAND!
ALSO: First poetry review at Moist Poetry Journal (J.D. Ho reviews V.C. McCabe’s OPHELIA, forthcoming Animal Heart Press).
Make art with your friends 💛💛💛