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Brian Gresko

@briangresko

writer, illustrator, educator; co-founder Writing Co-Lab; co-host Pete’s Reading Series; words all over the place; weird & genderqueer & poly

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Creative Resistance returns with this wonderful piece on “the shame of writing through catastrophe” by Emma Copley Eisenberg

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15.02.2026 17:16 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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One week from tonight! Come bask in the literary brilliance of Aria Aber, @emotrophywife.bsky.social , Rebecca Novack, and Issa Quincy. With your trusty hosts @temim.bsky.social and @briangresko.bsky.social & books provided by @greenlightbklyn.bsky.social !

12.02.2026 14:45 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1

🙏🏼💖💖 thank you!! This made my day

14.02.2026 20:49 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Internet Friends Day. Just wrapped up the last of @writingco-lab.bsky.social's Ungodly Hour writing sessions. I wasn't the best participant, but I did get up and in my chair at 5 AM most days. Thank you, @briangresko.bsky.social. Next session starts in March!

13.02.2026 15:16 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
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10% of classes purchased through Monday will go to a member of the co-lab community on the ground in Minneapolis, providing groceries & rent support to families who are essentially on house arrest because of ICE. Please spread word & help support artists & grassroots resistance
www.writingco-lab.com

30.01.2026 18:00 👍 4 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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The writing retreat I co-run with @writingco-lab.bsky.socia in Crete, Greece, returns this September! As European retreats go, ours is affordable (under $2k) & focused on generative writing & community. Find out more at the link below or DM me for details

www.writingco-lab.com/greece-retreat

22.01.2026 21:37 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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I Was Almost Scammed! An artist con that almost got me, in four acts

Professionally, I began 2026 by almost falling for an online scammer. Artist beware! I lay out the whole sordid affair, emails and all, so you can learn to spot the grift

open.substack.com/pub/briangre...

22.01.2026 12:37 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Looking Back at 100 Days of Creative Resistance And why I want to bring it back

Thinking about #MLK
and 1 year since January 20, 2025
and @briangresko.bsky.social 's 100 Days of #CreativeResistance
and the 265 days after that
and the 1095 days ahead.

briangresko.substack.com/p/looking-ba...

21.01.2026 00:30 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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One week from tonight, join us on Thursday, January 15th 7:30pm as we welcome Jaquira Diaz, @deenaelg.bsky.social , Melissa Lozada-Oliva, and @jenpercy.bsky.social to the Pete's stage! 🔥 With your hosts @temim.bsky.social & @briangresko.bsky.social and books from @greenlightbklyn.bsky.social !

08.01.2026 17:56 👍 5 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0

Only 3 days left in this fundraiser, and $1,400 to go!! I think we can do it. But only with your help!! Please contribute if you can 🙏🏼❤️

07.01.2026 16:16 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Great advice for authors on booking events from @petesreading.bsky.social cohost @briangresko.bsky.social—I wholeheatedly agree!

06.01.2026 19:15 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Juvenile Origin Story On Writing for Yourself vs Writing for an Audience

past couple years I’ve penned letters to my students about writing & living a creative life drawn from my two decades of art making, literary journalism, criticism, curation, and publishing experiences both good and bad. I started a substack to share similar!

open.substack.com/pub/briangre...

05.01.2026 20:35 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Grateful this exists!! Thank you!!

19.12.2025 22:03 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Pete's Reading SeriesReading Series Census - English Kills Review Everything you want to know about Pete's Reading Series.

We're resurrecting the Reading Series Census, and our first *updated* answers are now live thanks to @briangresko.bsky.social at Pete's Reading Series.

englishkillsreview.com/petes-readin...

19.12.2025 21:06 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0
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Writing Co-Lab’s 100 Days of Creative Resistance provided a free email a day of inspiration from an incredible group of authors. We’re hoping to bring back a version of this series in a more sustainable fashion. Please help us reach our goal!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/130...

11.12.2025 15:40 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1
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Our 2026 winter/spring classes are here! We’ll be adding a few more in the next week or so, but already it is a creative feast. Check ‘em out and come co-lab with us!

www.writingco-lab.com/classes

08.12.2025 18:40 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

306 Days of Creative #Resistance and counting…

22.11.2025 18:12 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

So much wisdom, hope, rage, and love. Need a reminder of why we fight and write? Here it is

22.11.2025 15:15 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Yes, @carrieetter.bsky.social it will be recorded and up on YouTube the next day!

17.11.2025 11:57 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
100 Days of Creative Resistance Live With Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Nicole Chung, Ingrid Rojas Contreras, Melissa Febos, Robert Jones Jr., Celeste Ng, & Denne Michele Norris

Fri 11/21: join Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, @nicolechung.bsky.social, @ingridrojasc.bsky.social, @melissafebos.bsky.social, Robert Jones Jr., Denne Michele Norris, host @briangresko.bsky.social & me for 100 Days of Creative Resistance. We'll talk about staying creative in this terrible time. Free!

14.11.2025 17:14 👍 47 🔁 19 💬 1 📌 2
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“I love the sounds down there. The variations inside that accent are really beautiful. And the things that people say? The figurative language? It’s so rich.” @donikakelly.bsky.social discusses the influence of Southern speech on her third and latest poetry collection. Read on: at.pw.org/DonikaKelly

12.11.2025 13:15 👍 9 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
DAYS OF CREATIVE RESISTANCE
FRIDAY
NOVEMBER 21 8PM
FREE ON ZOOM & YOUTUBE, FEATURING...
NANA KWAME ADJEI-BRENYAH
NICOLE CHUNG
INGRID ROJAS CONTRERAS
MELISSA FEBOS
ROBERT JONES JR.
CELESTE NG
DENNE MICHELE NORRIS
HOSTED BY BRIAN GRESKO
WRITING COLAB
ONLINE WORKSHOPS
& CRAFT CLASSES
FALL OF FREEDOM

DAYS OF CREATIVE RESISTANCE FRIDAY NOVEMBER 21 8PM FREE ON ZOOM & YOUTUBE, FEATURING... NANA KWAME ADJEI-BRENYAH NICOLE CHUNG INGRID ROJAS CONTRERAS MELISSA FEBOS ROBERT JONES JR. CELESTE NG DENNE MICHELE NORRIS HOSTED BY BRIAN GRESKO WRITING COLAB ONLINE WORKSHOPS & CRAFT CLASSES FALL OF FREEDOM

We are proud to take part in the Fall of Freedom with a special FREE online event Friday, November 21 8pm EST featuring Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Nicole Chung, Ingrid Rojas Contreras, Melissa Febos, Robert Jones Jr., Celeste Ng, and Denne Michele Norris. Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/100-days-o...

26.10.2025 15:40 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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Next Thurs 10/16! Delighted to welcome 🔥 @karissachen.bsky.social , @katiekitamura.bsky.social , @thedennemichele.bsky.social , & @emergencychampagne.bsky.social 🔥 to the Pete's stage. W/ hosts @temim.bsky.social and @briangresko.bsky.social & books from @greenlightbklyn.bsky.social ! See you there!

09.10.2025 15:15 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Ungodly Hour
Writing Club
ONLINE WORKSHOPS
& CRAFT CLASSES
WRITING
COLAB
East Coast Edition
silent write-in with Sara Lippmann, all donations go to our scholarship fund
Free, or
Suggested Donation
Oct 13 to 24th
5:30-7am Eastern

Ungodly Hour Writing Club ONLINE WORKSHOPS & CRAFT CLASSES WRITING COLAB East Coast Edition silent write-in with Sara Lippmann, all donations go to our scholarship fund Free, or Suggested Donation Oct 13 to 24th 5:30-7am Eastern

Ungodly Hour
Writing Club
ONLINE WORKSHOPS
& CRAFT CLASSES
WRITING
COLAB
West Coast Edition
silent write-in with Brian Gresko, all donations go to our scholarship fund
Free, or
Suggested Donation
Oct 13 to Nov 7th
5-7am PT / 8-10am ET

Ungodly Hour Writing Club ONLINE WORKSHOPS & CRAFT CLASSES WRITING COLAB West Coast Edition silent write-in with Brian Gresko, all donations go to our scholarship fund Free, or Suggested Donation Oct 13 to Nov 7th 5-7am PT / 8-10am ET

New sessions of Ungodly Hour Writing Clubs start Monday! East Coast with @saralippmann.bsky.social ! West Coast with @briangresko.bsky.social ! Pick your poison! Or double down! Clubs are free, with donations supporting our scholarship fund www.writingco-lab.com/classes

09.10.2025 15:20 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Hi! My @writingco-lab.bsky.social class is this Saturday! There are still spaces available. www.writingco-lab.com/classes/what...

30.09.2025 14:58 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1

Yet another example of why ICE must be abolished. Why would any sensible country keep around a security force like this? It doesn't even matter what your views are on immigration, this entire agency and all of its staff needs to go.

19.07.2025 15:52 👍 2242 🔁 685 💬 60 📌 26

Any writers who use Patreon out there? I’m curious to know if you like it and how you use it. Thanks!

03.07.2025 14:49 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
General 2 — aesterion

aesterion is a new journal out of LA & I’m thrilled to have an essay in the inaugural issue about gender, sports, & the time my dad woke me up to meet The Phillies, who he claimed were having dinner next door, only it wasn’t actually the Phillies at all…

www.aesterion.com/summer-2025

01.07.2025 13:39 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Elizabeth Austin on Substack Big, big thanks to @Brian Gresko for sharing insight into all things creative spaces and tools! I loved reading their responses, and I know you will too. Also, no small thing: their book You Must Go...

Had the pleasure of being on Elizabeth Austin’s series Instrument, Surface, Setting, Story, talking about my life long love of ballpoint pens
substack.com/@writingeliz...

24.06.2025 18:21 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

In an industry dominated by the "Big Five" publishing houses with huge appetites for commercial appeal and profits, indie publishers are putting out some of the most literary, inventive, and adventurous work there is.

13.06.2025 17:03 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0