@demisty
Mom of twins, wife of dude, writer of stuff, prof. of uni, PhD. Lives at demistybellinger.com. All Daughters Are Awesome Everywhere out now (U-Nebraska Press: Zero Street Fiction: https://tinyurl.com/prdacfrt). JVNLA (https://www.jvnla.com) represents me.
As y'all head off to #awp26, I am calculating our author royalties. I cannot stress this enough - buy small press books directly from publishers. It's the way everyone makes the most money and art can continue to happen!
I'm so wiped out, and it's only day 1.5. #AWP26
Okay, y'all. Here goes. The first AWP event of the year. My anxiety is way tf up and I'm trying to figure out how to be even more incognito.
I'm supposed to bring two or three people with me. I don't have two or three people. I think I'll peek in then skedaddle.
We'll see.
As long as you can cultivate a tasty tea garden, I'm in.
It does! So happy she submitted that story. Really, the writers made me want to read for a magazine again!
Gasp! I want to be an ordained witch! So neat!
#AWP26 is here. Join the @awpwriter.org's Adjunct Writers Caucus
Thu Mar 5 | 12:10–1:25pm | Room 307
Scribner editor Emily Polson + union organizer Farallon Broughton on the real challenges facing contingent faculty in the literary world. 📚✊
MORE INFO: shorturl.at/0oqAq
The Massachusetts Department of Correction has been fighting me for months, trying to withhold data about its collaboration with ICE.
Yesterday, I won that fight, and obtained records showing that the state has transferred more than 2,000 people into ICE custody since 2009.
A quick thread:
Holy cow, I had no idea.
As we reported in @boltsmag.org last month, Massachusetts is the *only* state with a Democratic governor + legislature that maintains a state-level 287(g) agreement with ICE. As part of this agreement, Massachusetts often funnels people exiting prison into deportation.
boltsmag.org/massachusett...
Why are we captivated by the spaces where authors write? Katie da Cunha Lewin set out to explore "The Hidden Worlds That Shape the Books We Love."
Toad is smart. I'm envious of this wisdom.
Be careful what you ask for!
You make me happy that I'm not dating!
Love, love, love this story!
Love, love, love this story!
On my way to AWP! If you see me, say hi, or smile, or wave, or introduce yourself, or start a rap battle (I'll lose), or high five me and quickly miss my hand as I try to give you skin back, and only our pinkies connect. Or scream my name so everyone thinks I'm a famous writer. #AWP2026
Do it.
It's too much.
That cover is a thing of beauty!
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Billionaires getting together to decide what is good for mankind is a joke
1. Got his start at Apollo, then "Sesame Street," then Bowie (he helped arrange the vocals for "Young American" and other songs!), and then singing jingles. Jingles!
2. Roberta Flack wanted him to go on his own instead of remaining her backup singer.
3. His collaborators were his best friends!
1/ Just watched the Luther Vandross movie on HBO. What an amazing talent and one of my favorite singers ever. All at once a lucky and loving life, but also a hurtful one. Imagine living your whole life without romantic love because of the fear of reproach?
Key points:
It bothers me that these are the people who are running our country.
Tapping the sign in solidarity
Every now and again I feel obliged to repost David E. Alter Jr's brilliant 1982 pic Bilbo's Great Adventure. Like a cross between a Victorian neo-medieval tapestry and an 8-bit platform game it condenses the whole story of The Hobbit into one image. My fave #Tolkien detail...that awesome little Bard
Mayor Brandon Johnson announced “Abolish ICE” as the winner of a citywide snow plow name contest. He had earlier given it a “full and complete” endorsement.
ICYMI, @wendyjfox.bsky.social recently had the chance to interview @laurastanfill.bsky.social, founder of @forestavenuepress.bsky.social, on CRAFT! buff.ly/U8YgmPV
Imagine a Door by Laura Stanfill: buff.ly/JA8nco3
Preorder The Last Supper by Wendy J. Fox: buff.ly/aAJuDIF
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