Andrea Hairston
@andreahairston.bsky.social
novelist, drama queen, biker babe, speculating and agitating http://andreahairston.com/
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We're thrilled to present the shortlist for the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction:
Good News! Hooray to all the authors. I am thrilled to be in such good company!
I'll be teaching at @lambdaliterary.org 2026 virtual retreat! Applications open on Nov 21, 2025 and close at 11:59 PM ET on Jan 8, 2026. Accepted fellows will no longer have to fundraise for their own tuition–Lambda Literary will provide financial support to those who need it. Spread the word!
November 18, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I'll be teaching at @lambdaliterary.org 2026 virtual retreat! Applications open on Nov 21, 2025 and close at 11:59 PM ET on Jan 8, 2026. Accepted fellows will no longer have to fundraise for their own tuition–Lambda Literary will provide financial support to those who need it. Spread the word!
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Black Speculative Fiction Month. Day 2. Archangels of Funk by Andrea Hairston @andreahairston.bsky.social
#Blackbooksky #booksky #bookrecs
#Blackbooksky #booksky #bookrecs
October 2, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Black Speculative Fiction Month. Day 2. Archangels of Funk by Andrea Hairston @andreahairston.bsky.social
#Blackbooksky #booksky #bookrecs
#Blackbooksky #booksky #bookrecs
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Archangels of Funk is a vibrant tapestry of imagination and culture! Andrea Hairston weaves a world that dances between reality and dreams, uplifting the spirit. It reminds me how powerful stories can be. #booksky #Blackbooksky
Black Speculative Fiction Month. Day 2. Archangels of Funk by Andrea Hairston @andreahairston.bsky.social
#Blackbooksky #booksky #bookrecs
#Blackbooksky #booksky #bookrecs
October 2, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Archangels of Funk is a vibrant tapestry of imagination and culture! Andrea Hairston weaves a world that dances between reality and dreams, uplifting the spirit. It reminds me how powerful stories can be. #booksky #Blackbooksky
I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS Northampton” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
NO KINGS Northampton · No Kings
**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.**
Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a slogan—it’s the foundation our nation was built upon. Bo...
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October 4, 2025 at 8:37 PM
I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS Northampton” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
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Loyalty is an incredible bookstore with an incredible team. I've done in-person events there, we did the Comfort Reads panels there with @marthawells.com @kjcharleswriter.com @tkingfisher.com, it's a wonderful place. please support if you can. www.crowdcast.io/c/comfortrea...
September 16, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Loyalty is an incredible bookstore with an incredible team. I've done in-person events there, we did the Comfort Reads panels there with @marthawells.com @kjcharleswriter.com @tkingfisher.com, it's a wonderful place. please support if you can. www.crowdcast.io/c/comfortrea...
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This is happening in a few days and it's gonna RAWK
Next Friday: Writers With Drinks returns to San Francisco! It's your chance to hear some incredible queer and trans writers.
Caro de Robertis
Michal "MJ" Jones
Frida Sierra
Annalee Newitz
Charlie Jane Anders
Renée Swindle
7 PM at Strut, 470 Castro. FREE, donation requested. Masks required 😷😻
Caro de Robertis
Michal "MJ" Jones
Frida Sierra
Annalee Newitz
Charlie Jane Anders
Renée Swindle
7 PM at Strut, 470 Castro. FREE, donation requested. Masks required 😷😻
September 16, 2025 at 10:52 PM
This is happening in a few days and it's gonna RAWK
Heather on the list, on the case, doing good in the world!
September 12, 2025
Since a gunman murdered right-wing activist Charlie Kirk at an outdoor event at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, both social media circles and the political sphere have been alight with accusatio...
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September 13, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Heather on the list, on the case, doing good in the world!
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Mr. President, your party controls the House, the Senate and the White House.
Do not shut down the government.
Do not shut down the government.
September 13, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Mr. President, your party controls the House, the Senate and the White House.
Do not shut down the government.
Do not shut down the government.
Good one!
No need to normalize violence!
No need to normalize violence!
wrote on charlie kirk for the newsletter this weekend
Opinion | Charlie Kirk Didn’t Shy Away From Who He Was. We Shouldn’t Either.
www.nytimes.com
September 13, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Good one!
No need to normalize violence!
No need to normalize violence!
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The headline should be about Discord’s chat spaces enabling vibrant democratic discourse & undermining the military curfew to enable free speech & participation. Empowerment through egalitarian access.
look at the dismissive tone in this article (gift link). Is it because it's Nepal and not, say Taiwan? Because the protestors have been branded young? or just a determination to keep following the disingenuous line that the protests were about social media bans and now there's ✨irony✨?
Nepal’s Social Media Ban Backfires as Politics Moves to a Chat Room
www.nytimes.com
September 12, 2025 at 8:28 AM
The headline should be about Discord’s chat spaces enabling vibrant democratic discourse & undermining the military curfew to enable free speech & participation. Empowerment through egalitarian access.
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NEW: "I think this is a very frustrating part of alien invasion stories for many readers: the invasion begins, and people don’t believe it" Seth Dickinson, author of Exordia, on five unusual alien invasion books:
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The Best Alien Invasion Books
Alien invasions are one of the most enduringly popular themes in sci fi. Author Seth Dickinson introduces five mind-bending novels that give a fresh take on the idea of the alien: invasions that are…
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September 12, 2025 at 6:30 PM
NEW: "I think this is a very frustrating part of alien invasion stories for many readers: the invasion begins, and people don’t believe it" Seth Dickinson, author of Exordia, on five unusual alien invasion books:
fivebooks.com/best-books/a...
fivebooks.com/best-books/a...
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Andrea Hairston is a playwright and the author of multiple books, including Redwood and Wildfire, Lonely Stardust, and Masters of Poison. Today, she visits The OTHERWORLDS to discuss her debut novel, Mindscape.
🧵 @andreahairston.bsky.social
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Andrea Hairston - Mindscape
Andrea Hairston is a playwright and the author of multiple books, including Redwood and Wildfire, Lonely Stardust, and Masters of Poison. Today, she visits The OTHERWORLDS to discuss her debut novel,
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September 10, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Andrea Hairston is a playwright and the author of multiple books, including Redwood and Wildfire, Lonely Stardust, and Masters of Poison. Today, she visits The OTHERWORLDS to discuss her debut novel, Mindscape.
🧵 @andreahairston.bsky.social
soundcloud.com/authorsonthe...
🧵 @andreahairston.bsky.social
soundcloud.com/authorsonthe...
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Demands from @unitehere.org Local 23 members are simple: A fair wage, fair contract, and respect!
This is the first strike of Texas hotel workers in modern history.
This is the first strike of Texas hotel workers in modern history.
September 7, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Demands from @unitehere.org Local 23 members are simple: A fair wage, fair contract, and respect!
This is the first strike of Texas hotel workers in modern history.
This is the first strike of Texas hotel workers in modern history.
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More reasons to be anti-AI
September 7, 2025 at 5:29 AM
More reasons to be anti-AI
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Obv looks fantastic, but can we have a shout out for Andrew Scott, who has absolutely cornered the market on malevolent glares. Prime example at 1.22.
The morning’s bright the sky is blue and we have a teaser trailer! WAKE UP DEAD MAN the new Benoit Blanc mystery, in theaters Thanksgiving and on Netflix 12/12
September 8, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Obv looks fantastic, but can we have a shout out for Andrew Scott, who has absolutely cornered the market on malevolent glares. Prime example at 1.22.
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Went out this morning and got our Covid and flu vaccines. They did ask me if I had any immunocompromised conditions and I said cancer and that was all they needed. They said they’d had tons of people getting the vaccine all weekend since they got the new one in.
September 8, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Went out this morning and got our Covid and flu vaccines. They did ask me if I had any immunocompromised conditions and I said cancer and that was all they needed. They said they’d had tons of people getting the vaccine all weekend since they got the new one in.
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And what an incredible journey it has been. 🖖
On this day in 1966, Star Trek first beamed into living rooms across America. None of us could have imagined then the journey it would set us on. And not just the cast and crew, but the millions of fans who would find hope, inspiration, and community in its vision of the future.
September 8, 2025 at 7:18 PM
And what an incredible journey it has been. 🖖
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you can tell that RFK and anti-vax are a project of the elites because, despite generous anti-reality softball coverage, their views are still toxically unpopular.
Polling showing that a majority of Trump’s voters support vaccines was shared with several Republicans lawmakers’ staffers in a closed-door meeting head of RFK Jr.’s Senate hearing, according to two people familiar with the meeting.
Ahead of Kennedy hearing, GOP saw poll showing Trump voters support vaccines
The poll, conducted by veteran Republican pollsters, found that a majority of Trump voters believe vaccines save lives and support immunizations against measles and hepatitis B.
nbcnews.to
September 5, 2025 at 6:02 AM
you can tell that RFK and anti-vax are a project of the elites because, despite generous anti-reality softball coverage, their views are still toxically unpopular.
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you could not pay me money to read any amount of words on “blueskyism”
if you are tempted to write a screed about social media website you don’t read then go outside
if you are tempted to write a screed about social media website you don’t read then go outside
September 5, 2025 at 2:59 PM
you could not pay me money to read any amount of words on “blueskyism”
if you are tempted to write a screed about social media website you don’t read then go outside
if you are tempted to write a screed about social media website you don’t read then go outside
I did this video in my hotel room at Worldcon!
Andrea Hairston (@andreahairston.bsky.social) introduces and reads from her novel Archangels of Funk, which is shortlisted for the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction.
For more about this year's shortlist: www.ursulakleguin.com/prize25
For more about this year's shortlist: www.ursulakleguin.com/prize25
September 4, 2025 at 11:32 PM
I did this video in my hotel room at Worldcon!
Pounding and Pounding! Finally a draft of THE REDEMPTION CENTER IS CLOSED ON SUNDAYS that I like! So BOOK HAUL! Charlie Jane Anders LESSONS IN MAGIC AND DISASTER was sold out, on order! SUNWARD out on Sept 16! I read SUNWARD flying coast to coast, a blast! All these books are delicious!
September 4, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Pounding and Pounding! Finally a draft of THE REDEMPTION CENTER IS CLOSED ON SUNDAYS that I like! So BOOK HAUL! Charlie Jane Anders LESSONS IN MAGIC AND DISASTER was sold out, on order! SUNWARD out on Sept 16! I read SUNWARD flying coast to coast, a blast! All these books are delicious!
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We love Renay's Mixtape and are honored that she chose one of @pematson.bsky.social 's reviews to link to this week, as well as our interview with @andreahairston.bsky.social
August 20, 2025 at 9:53 AM
We love Renay's Mixtape and are honored that she chose one of @pematson.bsky.social 's reviews to link to this week, as well as our interview with @andreahairston.bsky.social
I had a wonderful time at Worldcon in Seattle in August! Definite spiritual uplift! Imagination to power change. Here I am with Martha Wells, who released QUEEN DEMON and MURDERBOT DAIRIES--RAPPORT this year. Be Challenged, Be inspired! @marthawells.com
September 2, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I had a wonderful time at Worldcon in Seattle in August! Definite spiritual uplift! Imagination to power change. Here I am with Martha Wells, who released QUEEN DEMON and MURDERBOT DAIRIES--RAPPORT this year. Be Challenged, Be inspired! @marthawells.com
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And today is the day, y'all!
Tonight at 7 PM Central, @andreahairston.bsky.social will sit down with us for a live interview for our ridiculous #podcast! We are super stoked to talk about Mindscape!
Join us. Ask your own questions if you've got'em!
twitch.tv/alphabetst...
Tonight at 7 PM Central, @andreahairston.bsky.social will sit down with us for a live interview for our ridiculous #podcast! We are super stoked to talk about Mindscape!
Join us. Ask your own questions if you've got'em!
twitch.tv/alphabetst...
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August 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
And today is the day, y'all!
Tonight at 7 PM Central, @andreahairston.bsky.social will sit down with us for a live interview for our ridiculous #podcast! We are super stoked to talk about Mindscape!
Join us. Ask your own questions if you've got'em!
twitch.tv/alphabetst...
Tonight at 7 PM Central, @andreahairston.bsky.social will sit down with us for a live interview for our ridiculous #podcast! We are super stoked to talk about Mindscape!
Join us. Ask your own questions if you've got'em!
twitch.tv/alphabetst...
Looking forward to this! We will talk up a storm!
Friday night, we'll return to the Internet airwaves for another rendition of our live #podcast!
When? 7 PM Central.
What? An interview w/ the incredible @andreahairston.bsky.social on Mindscape (re-released w/ Tor)!
Where? TWITCH: twitch.tv/alphabetst...
Bring friends. Ask ?s!
When? 7 PM Central.
What? An interview w/ the incredible @andreahairston.bsky.social on Mindscape (re-released w/ Tor)!
Where? TWITCH: twitch.tv/alphabetst...
Bring friends. Ask ?s!
August 7, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Looking forward to this! We will talk up a storm!