Lawrence Coates📚🐦📚💙📚🖋️📚
@lwcoates.bsky.social
Writer, teacher, walker of many trails. Novels published with @unvpress.bsky.social. Novella published with @miamioh-press.bsky.social. #authorsguild #AWP26 https://lawrencecoates.com/
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“This whole book is but a draught—nay, but the draught of a draught. Oh, Time, Strength, Cash, Patience.”
Herman Melville
Herman Melville
Who changed this language and why? And why did Trump’s DHS pretend it didn’t happen?
November 22, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I’m still angry and disbelieving that this policy was in place even for a day. #coastguard #coastguardveteran
In reversal, Coast Guard again classifies swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The U.S. Coast Guard issued a new, more stringent policy on hate symbols including the swastika Thursday night, prohibiting “divisive or hate symbols or flags.”
www.detroitnews.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I’m still angry and disbelieving that this policy was in place even for a day. #coastguard #coastguardveteran
As a Coast Guard veteran, I find this hard to fathom.
November 20, 2025 at 10:54 PM
As a Coast Guard veteran, I find this hard to fathom.
Prosperity is right around the corner.
JD Vance: "As much progress as we've made, it's gonna take a little bit of time for every American to feel that economic boom which we really do believe is coming. We believe that we're on the frontend of it, but we also recognize we've got a lot of work to do to undo the damage that Joe Biden did"
November 20, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Prosperity is right around the corner.
Okay, on to the most fun part of the course I'm teaching. A great way to cap off the semester! #booksky #loveteaching
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen: 9780143105428 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
An iconic novel dressed in a fierce design by acclaimed fashion illustrator Ruben Toledo. This couture-inspired collection also features Jane Eyre, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Dracula, The Scarlet Let...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Okay, on to the most fun part of the course I'm teaching. A great way to cap off the semester! #booksky #loveteaching
Not official yet, but there will be a tenured or tenure track teaching position in Fiction at Bowling Green State advertised soon. Please share. #writingcommunity #booksky
November 20, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Not official yet, but there will be a tenured or tenure track teaching position in Fiction at Bowling Green State advertised soon. Please share. #writingcommunity #booksky
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Friends! I am teaching a workshop in December that I am so excited about! I’ve been writing and writing about domestic fabulism forever, but I’ve never actually fashioned a workshop around it before. I think this is going to be so much fun - I hope you’ll join!
No Place Like Home: Writing Domestic Fabulism with Amber Sparks
Learn to write domestic fabulism with author Amber Sparks. Transform ordinary home and family stories with fantastical elements in this online seminar.
writingworkshops.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Friends! I am teaching a workshop in December that I am so excited about! I’ve been writing and writing about domestic fabulism forever, but I’ve never actually fashioned a workshop around it before. I think this is going to be so much fun - I hope you’ll join!
Congratulations to the winners of the National Book Award, and to all those shortlisted. #booksky
Winners of the 2025 National Book Awards Announced
Winners of the National Book Awards in the categories of Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translated Literature, and Young People’s Literature announced at the 76th National Book Awards Ceremony
www.nationalbook.org
November 20, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Congratulations to the winners of the National Book Award, and to all those shortlisted. #booksky
I think of my time at UC Santa Cruz, and how the university made education open and available. It seems like a vanished golden age.
Students from nine UC campuses plan to rally this week against a regents vote on tuition hikes, arguing possible increases make education more inaccessible. UC officials say changes will shield against inflation & make costs more predictable over time:
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Students oppose UC tuition hikes. Leaders say campuses need money in the Trump era
The University of California board of regents will vote on whether to increase overall tuition and renew program that keeps tuition costs the each for each new enrolling class. Student leaders strongl...
www.latimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I think of my time at UC Santa Cruz, and how the university made education open and available. It seems like a vanished golden age.
Does anyone really say “surroundings” and not “sides” or “side dishes?” I’ve never heard of that.
November 17, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Does anyone really say “surroundings” and not “sides” or “side dishes?” I’ve never heard of that.
I was disappointed in Guillermo del Toro's "Frankenstein." The dialogue toward the end was obvious and banal, the father-son redemption unearned, the optimistic dawn at the end inexplicable. #frankenstein
November 15, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I was disappointed in Guillermo del Toro's "Frankenstein." The dialogue toward the end was obvious and banal, the father-son redemption unearned, the optimistic dawn at the end inexplicable. #frankenstein
Congrats to @annpacker.bsky.social . Her new novel, Some Bright Nowhere, was chosen for Oprah's Book Club.
#booksky I haven't read it yet, but I loved her previous book, The Children's Crusade.
#booksky I haven't read it yet, but I loved her previous book, The Children's Crusade.
Oprah Winfrey picks Ann Packer's 'Some Bright Nowhere' for book club
Ann Packer's novel “Some Bright Nowhere” is Oprah Winfrey's latest book club pick. Published on Tuesday, the book tells the story of a long-married couple facing questions when the wife becomes termin...
apnews.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Congrats to @annpacker.bsky.social . Her new novel, Some Bright Nowhere, was chosen for Oprah's Book Club.
#booksky I haven't read it yet, but I loved her previous book, The Children's Crusade.
#booksky I haven't read it yet, but I loved her previous book, The Children's Crusade.
Congratulations to David Szalay, and to all the writers on the shortlist. #booksky
David Szalay Wins 2025 Booker Prize for ‘Flesh’
The Hungarian-British novelist has won this year’s Booker Prize for his sixth work of fiction, which follows a Hungarian man who attempts to build a new life in the wake of his traumatic adolescence.
www.publishersweekly.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Congratulations to David Szalay, and to all the writers on the shortlist. #booksky
Happy Veterans Day to all, and especially to my fellow Coast Guard veterans. #semperparatus
November 11, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Happy Veterans Day to all, and especially to my fellow Coast Guard veterans. #semperparatus
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Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- harris@slate.com or dm me.
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
November 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- harris@slate.com or dm me.
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
A testimony from Chicago.
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 10, 2025 at 1:58 PM
A testimony from Chicago.
It's FlashGiving! Follow @smokelong.bsky.social if you don't already, then like and share this post to get your name in the hat to win $200 holiday money. Deadline is midnight ET, November 26th! Winner chosen randomly on Nov 27th. Please tag @smokelong.bsky.social so that we know you've posted!
November 10, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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This is an all hands on deck moment to save health care.
If you got a notice this month that your health insurance premium is going up by $500 or maybe even $1,000, send me your story: www.warren.senate.gov/health-care-...
If you got a notice this month that your health insurance premium is going up by $500 or maybe even $1,000, send me your story: www.warren.senate.gov/health-care-...
Is Your Health Care Premium Going Up? Share Your Story | U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts
The Official U.S. Senate website of Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts
www.warren.senate.gov
November 8, 2025 at 3:51 PM
This is an all hands on deck moment to save health care.
If you got a notice this month that your health insurance premium is going up by $500 or maybe even $1,000, send me your story: www.warren.senate.gov/health-care-...
If you got a notice this month that your health insurance premium is going up by $500 or maybe even $1,000, send me your story: www.warren.senate.gov/health-care-...
I'm teaching Tom Jones now, and just delighted that the students are all atwitter about finding out who Tom's real father is. They could look it up on Wikipedia, but they are reading the book instead to discover it as Fielding intended. #booksky
Tom Jones by Henry Fielding: 9780679405696 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
One of the first and most influential of English novels—originally published in 1749—is blessed with a lively and endearing hero at the center of one of the most ingeniously constructed comic...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I'm teaching Tom Jones now, and just delighted that the students are all atwitter about finding out who Tom's real father is. They could look it up on Wikipedia, but they are reading the book instead to discover it as Fielding intended. #booksky
THESE WORN BODIES (@mooncitypress.bsky.social) officially hit the streets 1 year ago TODAY and when I say it’s been a JOURNEY I’m talking about one of the most wonderful experiences within the writing community I’ve had.
November 1, 2025 at 6:36 PM
November, the month for "Bats." This story won the Barthelme Prize from Gulf Coast. The judge that year was Robert Coover. Enjoy!
#booksky #writingcommunity 💙📚💙🖋️💙
#booksky #writingcommunity 💙📚💙🖋️💙
2013 Barthelme Prize Winner: Bats - Gulf Coast Literary Journal
In November, all the women in Northwest Ohio have bats in their purses. They hang upside down within the purses, no matter the size, silent, peaceful, their tiny claws clinging to the cell phone &hel...
gulfcoastmag.org
November 1, 2025 at 2:17 PM
November, the month for "Bats." This story won the Barthelme Prize from Gulf Coast. The judge that year was Robert Coover. Enjoy!
#booksky #writingcommunity 💙📚💙🖋️💙
#booksky #writingcommunity 💙📚💙🖋️💙
Happy Halloween. “Death is the sanction of everything the storyteller can tell. He has borrowed his authority from death.” Walter Benjamin. #booksky #writingcommunity 💙💙📚💙
October 31, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Happy Halloween. “Death is the sanction of everything the storyteller can tell. He has borrowed his authority from death.” Walter Benjamin. #booksky #writingcommunity 💙💙📚💙