Tara Stillions Whitehead

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Nine books arranged on a white bedspread

AWP haul, featuring @kimmagowan.bsky.social @mrswhitehouse74.bsky.social @theoriginalison.bsky.social @tguzman.bsky.social @cathy-shea.bsky.social Kerry Trautman, Lisa Friedman @stanchion.bsky.social @unsolicitedpress.bsky.social @mooncitypress.bsky.social @sfwp.bsky.social @vinylnpages.bsky.social

A detainee died in US Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody in Indiana on Monday, with the cause of death under investigation, ICE said, marking at least the seventh death in 2026 in federal immigration custody reut.rs/4aY1wgH

Trump's thugs are going hog wild and tossing gas around in one of the busiest commercial districts in Minneapolis, just a mile or so from where I live. Complete insanity.

(vid via Ford Fischer on X)

It’s amazing! I was so excited to see your beautiful face and recs in this issue!

Love this so much! 🔥❤️🔥

I am still getting over this. Have been a P&W reader for over 30 years! Anyway, long live flash fiction!

@smokelong.bsky.social @fracturedlit.bsky.social @flashfrog.bsky.social @brettpribble.bsky.social @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social

Unruly Lit Strategy Session — Unsolicited Press A direct, honest, no-gatekeeping conversation about publishing. Publishing is full of secrecy. You deserve transparency. In this 1-hour consult, you get unfiltered guidance from the Publisher of Uns...

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BITTER OVER SWEET by @lumchanmfa.bsky.social will be available in 2 DAYS! (#Sorry #NotSorry for all the screaming. We're just really, really, REALLY, excited.)

W/ advance praise from @mrswhitehouse74.bsky.social, don't forget to preorder a copy right here: buff.ly/83mvSR7
@susanschulman.bsky.social

MAGA preachers make Charlie Kirk a test of true faith. Here's how that went 300 years ago. (RNS) — When politics and religion mix in religious communities, it is the spiritual health of congregations that suffers.

OPINION: The division here is not over the proper way to get to heaven but evangelical Christians’ loyalty to the MAGA brand of GOP politics.
religionnews.com/2025/10/24/m...

An outdoor chalk sign that says Grieco vs Ashworth, with two arms wrestling. One arm says "short story" and the other says "novel."

Magnet with a cute bird saying "Things just got super weird--it's my time to shine."

Tara, Jamie Beth, and me. Looking cute af.

Me sitting at a table like a real life author, signing books and talking to people.

Had such a great time in Pennsylvania these last few days, hanging at Pocket Books with @mrswhitehouse74.bsky.social and H&H Books with @samuelashworth.bsky.social. Got to hug @jamiebeth.bsky.social and a bunch of @barrelhouse.bsky.social friends. 🥰

Now I have to teach today. Wtf.

Such a great afternoon at @pocketbooksshop.bsky.social with @writesloud.bsky.social and @mrswhitehouse74.bsky.social in conversation about First Kicking, Then Not.

Entirely relatable strangeness, perfect for our present moment.

https://www.pocketbooksshop.com/events/3547920250921

https://www.theheadandthehand.com/events/2025/9/23/hannah-grieco-amp-samuel-ashworth-craft-fight

Pennsylvania friends! I'll see you in Lancaster on Sunday and in Philly on Tuesday! 🥹🥰

@mrswhitehouse74.bsky.social
@samuelashworth.bsky.social

Reminder: this is tomorrow night! Please join me! ❤️

www.eventbrite.com/e/hannah-gri...

My colleague teaches there—and I used to live not to far away!

Trump's D.C. rhetoric echoes history of racist narratives about urban crime Trump's rhetoric echoes that of conservative politicians who've denounced cities with majority non-white populations or progressive leaders as crime-ridden and in need of outside intervention.

Civil rights advocates see the rhetoric as part of a broader political strategy. https://to.pbs.org/4mFfmYu

First Kicking, Then Not (August 2025) YouTube video by Hannah Grieco

ICYMI, which isn't possible because I'm plastered across all your platforms, but my book comes out next week! 😱

www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKpI...

On Promising Young Women (and the Nameless Men Who Get in Their Way) “The woman is a footnote in the man’s history.” –Rebecca Hazelton * There’s this photo of Lana Clarkson that I think about often. She’s outside, backed by a blue sky, the green and brown spotted hi…

My essay is up at @literaryhub.bsky.social about the late, great Lana Clarkson and other promising young women whose lives have been derailed or destroyed by men. It’s also about my childhood sexual abuse and how I have tried, and failed, to reckon with it.
lithub.com/on-promising...

This short story collection is v. good, but better than that: it’s got a vein of weird running through it that I loved following.

Pre-order! www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...

Congrats @writesloud.bsky.social !!

First Kicking, Then Not (August 2025) YouTube video by Hannah Grieco

My goodness, @writesloud.bsky.social's First Kicking, Then Not has a book trailer!!

First watch, then buy your copy of THE hot flash book of the summer.

youtu.be/WKpIuQ9nCcM?...

Goddess @mrswhitehouse74.bsky.social filmed this incredible trailer for me, and my oldest kiddo helped with the sound! 🥹

Reminder! My online book launch is August 19th! ❤️

And joined by a 🔥🔥🔥 lineup: @coocoo4afropuffs.bsky.social @toddedillard.bsky.social @mrswhitehouse74.bsky.social @anniejowrites.bsky.social and @avitusbcarle.bsky.social

RSVP (and get the link):
www.eventbrite.com/e/hannah-gri...

This is going to be 🔥🔥🔥!

Noooooo! Legend. Sad day. He’s hanging out with Mr. Crowley. \m/ \m/

Trump and Republicans in Congress are trying to pull off one of the biggest heists in U.S. history.

The so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” is robbery, plain and simple.

And it’s being committed by the billionaire class and the politicians they put into office.

How is anyone thinking about anything right now? They're openly talking about selling concentration camp prisoners to farmers. This is happening, live, right in front of us. And we're begging one or two politicians for NOT concentration camps? Not enslavement? Not genocide? THAT's where we are?

Last 4 Mythic Picnic finalists! Fiction: Maureen Langloss and Hannah Grieco. Postcard: Natalie Wallington and Thora Dahlke. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 @maureenlangloss.bsky.social @writesloud.bsky.social @narwhallington.bsky.social

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