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Erika Stevens
@estevens.bsky.social
Literary agent with Salky Literary Management. Formerly editorial director of Coffee House Press.
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I'm going to sound like the biggest hater & loser in the world and I know we must do our political performance but the "look at my war ravaged Portland" photos especially from politicians are getting a little 😬 when we have crisis levels of people without housing including unknown numbers of kids
September 29, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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This is my local indie! They supported Company multiple times (events for my hardcover and paperback books, plus an Indie Next rec) and are just all around wonderful.

If you’re buying a book, always order through an indie! If you don’t have your own, go through @loyaltybooks.bsky.social:
September 17, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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NYC PEOPLE: You can catch me, @theferocity.bsky.social, @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social, @mirajacob.bsky.social, @chasestrangio.bsky.social and Hala Alyan in Brooklyn on Wednesday talking about The People’s Project!

Friends, this book is SO GOOD!!
Saeed Jones and Maggie Smith with Hala Alyan, Aubrey Hirsch, Mira Jacob, and Chase Strangio at SJNY
Brooklyn independent bookstore
greenlightbookstore.com
September 7, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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A woman (60s?) says: "Ted* showed me a new poem and it was awful so I rewrote it. Now he's not talking to me. Can you believe it?!"
Her friend says softly: "Liz."
She huffs: "He shouldn't have shown it to me! It's not my fault!"
"Liz."
"I owe him an apology don't I?"
Her friend nods emphatically (2)
September 5, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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OK this sucks and @erininthemorning.com does good work but please read her prose, not just her map. At least some pink/ orange states still provide gender affirming care for youth: they're pink because some providers no longer offer it. At least one state AG (Nessel, MI) has sued to restore it.
This shit sucks man. Medically proven and effective treatment that would save trans youth a lifetime of pain and discomfort in their own bodies thrown in the trash because our country enables the most evil people imaginable.
August 31, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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NEW: Tenure-track position in History at UC Berkeley in the GLOBAL HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGY.

We are casting a wide net here: *all* periods, places, and fields are under consideration.

I'm on the search committee, so do let me know if you have questions.
Assistant Professor – Global History of Technology - Department of History
University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!
aprecruit.berkeley.edu
August 28, 2025 at 8:57 PM
My heart just walked into third grade. May all children—may all people—be safe, protected, and loved.
August 26, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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Grist is looking for an Upper Great Lakes reporter to cover climate impacts, environmental health, and solutions to the climate crisis, primarily for a local and regional audience. #journalismjobs

Apply here: job-boards.greenhouse.io/grist/jobs/4...
Regional Reporter, Interlochen
Grand Traverse Bay, Michigan
job-boards.greenhouse.io
August 18, 2025 at 7:27 PM
This project means a lot to me! So ready to see it in the world. Thanks, @theferocity.bsky.social and @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social!
I’m excited to announce that I’m hitting the road with @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social next month to celebrate our new book THE PEOPLE’S PROJECT! Come on out and join us! Pre-order your copy here: bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
August 15, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Just a lil reminder that art is art and publishing is publishing.
August 13, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Celebrating the arrival of The People’s Project galleys 📘🥂

We are so incredibly proud of this anthology and can’t wait to share it with you this September.

Maggie & Saeed
@theferocity.bsky.social

www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Pe...
June 28, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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I don't want to know sales figures while promoting a new book. I'll be giving the same 110 percent regardless and the benefits of the PR you do aren't just reflected in sales. There are strategic goals for your career that may be almost as important. Nor can your efforts be easily quantified anyway.
June 15, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Very much like the demonstrations in Portland during the first term.
The Los Angeles Police Department has stated that demonstrations in the city have remained peaceful. Let that sink in.
June 8, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Can someone please tell Joni Ernst she doesn’t need to go to such lengths to realize the whole “more corn than people” thing.

Via @darthbluesky.bsky.social and @theferocity.bsky.social
Holy Fuck!!!! When Senator Joni Ernst of Iowa was confronted at a town hall by terrified constituents worried that Trump’s healthcare cuts will lead to death, she said “Well, we are all gonna die.”

I hope Iowans vote her callous, cruel ass out of the Senate!!!!
May 31, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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TLDR i have been on HRT for basically ever. it should be covered for anyone who wants or needs it. CW boring medical information about me followed by a call to action to contact your senators in support of trans healthcare senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm
May 23, 2025 at 1:14 AM
So excited for this one!
I’ve got news! My third poetry collection, DEAR MOTHERSHIP, is forthcoming from Ecco in 2026. I wrote this book through grief, lapses in faith, career highs, bouts of disillusionment with the world, & a hard-fought rediscovery of joy. I’m so excited to share it with you!
May 15, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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The caprices of the ultra-elite are a fickle foundation for good work, with funds often yanked on short or no notice as the attention of the billionaires bounces elsewhere or cowardice rears its curly head.
May 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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We are committed to telling the full story of what’s happening at VA.

The cuts *and* the consequences.

If you’re a vet, we want to hear from you: www.propublica.org/getinvolved/...

And if you work at the VA, here is my Signal info to get in touch securely.
May 11, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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ANNOUNCING: Seven Stories Press x Two Dollar Radio ✨

👀 @sevenstories.bsky.social

Read all about it in Publishers Weekly:

🔗 www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
April 16, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Boycotting the grocery store until they start buying an equivalent volume of groceries from me
April 7, 2025 at 3:41 PM
All parents of small children at bedtime
March 30, 2025 at 4:57 AM
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📣 Announcement!

@zandoprojects.bsky.social has acquired Tin House, including its 200+ title backlist, frontlist + Tin House Magazine backlist.

The Tin House Workshop and podcast, Between the Covers, will remain separate from Tin House’s book publishing program.

More: zandoprojects.com/tin-house/
March 10, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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BREAKING: In response to our lawsuit, the National Endowment for the Arts will no longer force grant applicants to certify that they won't promote "gender ideology."

This is a big step toward defeating the NEA's unconstitutional censorship.
March 7, 2025 at 11:46 PM