Susan Rukeyser
@susanrukeyser.bsky.social
Writer/person. 🌈💥 Bad Words: coming soon. The Worst Kind of Girl: out now.
www.susanrukeyser.com
www.susanrukeyser.com
I need you to understand how excited I am for this upcoming book event at Viva Rescue, a queer women run animal sanctuary in Menifee, California. After I introduce my novel, The Worst Kind of Girl, we will have a community open mic, followed by a tour of the sanctuary. 🐐🐴 vivaglobalrescue.org/events
December 6, 2025 at 12:00 AM
I need you to understand how excited I am for this upcoming book event at Viva Rescue, a queer women run animal sanctuary in Menifee, California. After I introduce my novel, The Worst Kind of Girl, we will have a community open mic, followed by a tour of the sanctuary. 🐐🐴 vivaglobalrescue.org/events
Epic rain in southern California this weekend. I’ll see you in Menifee, CA, on Sunday December 14.
November 15, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Epic rain in southern California this weekend. I’ll see you in Menifee, CA, on Sunday December 14.
Will I see you this weekend? 📚🎤
November 3, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Will I see you this weekend? 📚🎤
Saturday! 🌈✨Bookish LGBTQ+ folks and their friends will be here - will you? I’ll be signing and selling books from 10-11 AM (when it’s still nice & cool) with local authors under the big tent. 🎪 Now, more than ever, let’s show up loud and proud. 🖤🤎🩷🤍🩵❤️🧡💛🌴💙💜
October 28, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Saturday! 🌈✨Bookish LGBTQ+ folks and their friends will be here - will you? I’ll be signing and selling books from 10-11 AM (when it’s still nice & cool) with local authors under the big tent. 🎪 Now, more than ever, let’s show up loud and proud. 🖤🤎🩷🤍🩵❤️🧡💛🌴💙💜
The Worst Kind of Girl and I will be out and about in Southern California in the next few weeks. Will we see you?
October 19, 2025 at 6:07 PM
The Worst Kind of Girl and I will be out and about in Southern California in the next few weeks. Will we see you?
Could not be more excited about this! 🌈SAVE THE DATE: Sat 11/15, 3 PM. I’ll introduce new readers to The Worst Kind of Girl, host an open mic & meet the animals! 🐐🐴 If you’re anywhere nearby, don’t miss this. “Viva is a grassroots, LGBTQ+ women run nonprofit trying to change the world for animals.”
September 24, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Could not be more excited about this! 🌈SAVE THE DATE: Sat 11/15, 3 PM. I’ll introduce new readers to The Worst Kind of Girl, host an open mic & meet the animals! 🐐🐴 If you’re anywhere nearby, don’t miss this. “Viva is a grassroots, LGBTQ+ women run nonprofit trying to change the world for animals.”
🎤💥 Don’t miss the Desert Split Open’s celebration of Banned Books Week! This year at the Flamingo Heights Community Center in Yucca Valley, CA. Brief readings by local authors followed by an open mic. Bring a book for the FHCC book exchange! 🖤🤎🩷🤍🩵❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 Details: open.substack.com/pub/susanruk...
September 17, 2025 at 6:56 PM
🎤💥 Don’t miss the Desert Split Open’s celebration of Banned Books Week! This year at the Flamingo Heights Community Center in Yucca Valley, CA. Brief readings by local authors followed by an open mic. Bring a book for the FHCC book exchange! 🖤🤎🩷🤍🩵❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 Details: open.substack.com/pub/susanruk...
Will I see you in LA?
August 31, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Will I see you in LA?
🌈✨NEWS >>> The Worst Kind of Girl was acquired by Red Light Lit and we’re celebrating on Fri 9/5 at The Pop-Hop in Los Angeles - can you join us? Look at this lineup of readers! So thrilled to be among them, and grateful for a second chance at getting this book into the hands of more readers.
August 29, 2025 at 5:47 PM
🌈✨NEWS >>> The Worst Kind of Girl was acquired by Red Light Lit and we’re celebrating on Fri 9/5 at The Pop-Hop in Los Angeles - can you join us? Look at this lineup of readers! So thrilled to be among them, and grateful for a second chance at getting this book into the hands of more readers.
Los Angeles—> The Worst Kind of Girl was acquired by Red Light Lit! I am so thrilled to be with RLL, a woman-run publisher and event series that embraces many of the themes in this book. ❤️🔥 Help us celebrate on Friday, Sept 5, 7 PM, at The Pop-Hop: 5002 York Blvd, LA.
August 27, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Los Angeles—> The Worst Kind of Girl was acquired by Red Light Lit! I am so thrilled to be with RLL, a woman-run publisher and event series that embraces many of the themes in this book. ❤️🔥 Help us celebrate on Friday, Sept 5, 7 PM, at The Pop-Hop: 5002 York Blvd, LA.
New book out soon! BAD WORDS: Feminist, Queer & otherwise Radical, a collection of short (and very short) hybrid prose, inspired by my experience hosting the Desert Split Open Mic in Joshua Tree, CA. Be the first to know when it’s available to order! Subscribe for free: susanrukeyser.substack.com
August 6, 2025 at 6:54 PM
New book out soon! BAD WORDS: Feminist, Queer & otherwise Radical, a collection of short (and very short) hybrid prose, inspired by my experience hosting the Desert Split Open Mic in Joshua Tree, CA. Be the first to know when it’s available to order! Subscribe for free: susanrukeyser.substack.com
Update on the forthcoming release of BAD WORDS from World Split Open Press aka me. 🌈💥
July 22, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Update on the forthcoming release of BAD WORDS from World Split Open Press aka me. 🌈💥
🌈💥 Coming soon —> BAD WORDS, a collection of my short, hybrid work, inspired by the Desert Split Open Mic, which I hosted in Joshua Tree, CA, from 2019-2024. I’m having the best time pulling this together, to be released from my imprint, World Split Open Press. #cnf #fiction #hybrid #lyric #prose
July 19, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Pls enjoy this“patriotic” poem, written 2 years ago to accompany the flag (and free period product dispensary) I made.
July 15, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Pls enjoy this“patriotic” poem, written 2 years ago to accompany the flag (and free period product dispensary) I made.
Zoom reading this Saturday 4/26: Writers Resist Reads. Celebrating their Winter and Spring issues. 5 PM Pacific. Come for the resistance camaraderie! Email WritersResist@gmail.com for Zoom link. I plan to read my fun speculative flash, “You Can Tell by Looking at Her.” 🖤💋
April 25, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Zoom reading this Saturday 4/26: Writers Resist Reads. Celebrating their Winter and Spring issues. 5 PM Pacific. Come for the resistance camaraderie! Email WritersResist@gmail.com for Zoom link. I plan to read my fun speculative flash, “You Can Tell by Looking at Her.” 🖤💋
There’s a lot going on this Friday, but you don’t want to miss this. Come be with women writers who use the disrespect of patriarchy as fuel for their work. 👊🇺🇸🔥
#AWP25 #feministwriters #crone #queerwriter #losangeles #LA
#AWP25 #feministwriters #crone #queerwriter #losangeles #LA
March 26, 2025 at 7:11 PM
There’s a lot going on this Friday, but you don’t want to miss this. Come be with women writers who use the disrespect of patriarchy as fuel for their work. 👊🇺🇸🔥
#AWP25 #feministwriters #crone #queerwriter #losangeles #LA
#AWP25 #feministwriters #crone #queerwriter #losangeles #LA
Will I see you in LA? I’m excited for this offsite reading, and to FINALLY call myself a crone! ❤️🔥 In these times I want to be with writer-women like these, exercising the hell out of our right to free speech. Walkable from the Convention Center. More info: susanrukeyser.substack.com/p/cronedom #AWP
March 21, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Will I see you in LA? I’m excited for this offsite reading, and to FINALLY call myself a crone! ❤️🔥 In these times I want to be with writer-women like these, exercising the hell out of our right to free speech. Walkable from the Convention Center. More info: susanrukeyser.substack.com/p/cronedom #AWP