Brian Trapp

Brian Trapp

@btrapperkeeper.bsky.social

Range of Motion (@acrebooks.bsky.social, 2025); Steinbeck Fellow 2021-22; Work in Kenyon Review, Southern Review, Longreads, and Brevity. https://linktr.ee/btrapperkeeper

240 Followers 402 Following 44 Posts Joined Nov 2024
1 day ago
Brian Trapp: "Range of Motion", with Tomas Moniz ***SEARCH HERE FOR NEW BOOKS. FOR INFORMATION ABOUT USED BOOKS, PLEASE CALL OR EMAIL US.***

pegasusbookstore.com/trapp-moniz

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On Tuesday March 17th I'll be in conversation with the great Tomas Moniz at Pegasus Bookstore in Berkley, CA. Event starts at 6:30. Please share with anyone who lives in the Bay Area!

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1 day ago

Thanks for reading!

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3 days ago
Acre Books editors at the AWP conference. Green tarp background. Acre poets and prose writers on stage for an event at the AWP conference.

Thank you, #AWP26 community! Our editors and authors hope to see you next time! πŸ“šπŸŽ‰πŸ“šπŸŽ‰πŸ“šπŸŽ‰

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Acre authors in action at #AWP26! Science, accessibility, poetry, medicine, community building. Our writers have you covered! Check out these events featuring #CdEskilson (SCREAM / QUEEN), #MCynthiaCheung (COMMON DISASTER), and @btrapperkeeper.bsky.social (RANGE OF MOTION). πŸ“šπŸŽ‰

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#AWP26! Don't miss your chance to meet many of our Acre authors, who will be signing books throughout the conference. Booth 1191. πŸ–ŠοΈπŸŽ‰πŸ“š

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3 weeks ago

This is a great book about caregiving, especially its sibling chapter.

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1 month ago

We spy a number of Acre authors on this list! πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰

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1 month ago
Brian Trapp with Gabriel Urza We are thrilled to welcome author Brian Trapp with his new book Range of Motion. He will be joined in conversation with Gabriel Urza, author of The Silver State.

Mark your calendars, #Portland! Acre author @btrapperkeeper.bsky.social (RANGE OF MOTION) will be joined in conversation with Gabriel Urza (THE SILVER STATE). January 29, Broadway #Books from 6 to 7 pm. Link for details! πŸ–ŠοΈπŸ“šπŸŽ‰ #booksky
broadwaybooks.net/event/2026-0...

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We're looking forward to reviewing your submissions for the first issue of our relaunch! Open until February 15 and then we close for a while. We'll have a new website and logo coming up soonβ€”be on the lookout!

northwestreview.submittable.com

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1 month ago

Thank you!

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1 month ago

Thanks, @longreads.com! There are actually some very similar scenes in both! @acrebooks.bsky.social

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1 month ago

Thanks!

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1 month ago
Text overlayed on a photo of camp bunk beds. Contributor Book Feature: RANGE OF MOTION by Brian Trapp. Brief excerpt from book reads: So far, Camp Cheerful seemed to be mostly about singing. You sang for your breakfast. You sang for your lunch. When you tried to fall asleep, good luck. Someone was singing. The morning they drove across the bridge and into camp, the very first activity was to gather around the flagpole and sing about baby sharks and a-bear-way-up-there and the spelling out of b-a-n-a-n-a. The camp had a distinct feel of a cult, with lyrics designed to break the will. Author photo of author Brian Trapp.

Ninth Letter is pleased to present an excerpt from RANGE OF MOTION (@acrebooks.bsky.social) by former 9L contributor Brian Trapp (@btrapperkeeper@bsky.social)! Plus, 9L staffer Nathan Metz chats with the author for an exclusive interview. Check it out on our website. Link in bio.

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1 month ago

Thanks to @ninthletter.bsky.social for featuring an excerpt of the novel along with an interview and lovely introduction by Nathan Metz. I published the first gasp of Range of Motion in Ninth Letter way back in 2013.

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2 months ago

Submit to the Northwest Review! I'm happy to be EIC and fiction editor, working with CNF editor @michaelcopperman.bsky.social and poetry editor Jan Verberkmoes. We are bringing this historic magazine back from the dead. Expect our first issue to drop in March/April!

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5 months ago
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One of my favorite comedians blurbed my book. Zach Anner, actor and writer for ABC's Speechless, gave my novel the kindest endorsement I could ask for. Please watch the hilarious Speechless episode where he gets tased by Minnie Driver. This man deserves his own TV show. @acrebooks.bsky.social

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2 months ago

Submit to the Northwest Review! I'm happy to be EIC and fiction editor, working with CNF editor @michaelcopperman.bsky.social and poetry editor Jan Verberkmoes. We are bringing this historic magazine back from the dead. Expect our first issue to drop in March/April!

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3 months ago
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50 Cleveland Book Releases We Loved in 2025 Find new releases in fiction, nonfiction, art, poetry and more from authors affiliated with Northeast Ohio's literary scene.

Congrats to Acre author @btrapperkeeper.bsky.social! We're excited to see RANGE OF MOTION featured on this best of 2025 list! #novel #amreading #booksky πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰
clevelandmagazine.com/articles/50-...

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3 months ago
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The last of the Maryland book tour photos. I saw some old friends and made a few new ones and did that absurd tourist thing where you put your finger on the Washington monument. I will miss the people and their traffic.

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3 months ago

Including RANGE OF MOTION (@btrapperkeeper.bsky.social) and DEFIANT ACTS (@thejs3.bsky.social)! πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰ #fiction #booksky

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4 months ago
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Growing Up Alongside a Sibling With Disabilities A new novel explores what happens when one twin is born with significant challenges.

"I hope people with chronic conditions can see themselves and their family members in these characters and see the humor and the resilience in them as well." New interview with Acre author @btrapperkeeper.bsky.social! #bluesky #novel πŸ“šπŸŽ‰
www.healthcentral.com/chronic-heal...

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4 months ago
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Millay House Rockland Writing and caregiving often exist in tensionβ€”and in conversationβ€”with one another. Whether planned or unexpected, short-term or lifelong, caregiving shapes how writers live, work, and create. For wri...

millayhouserockland.org/events/2025/...

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4 months ago
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Join us today for this free online panel: Writing While Caregiving, 6:30-8p Eastern, sponsored by the @millayhouse . The panel will be moderated by @jeneva22.bsky.social -- Hope to see you there for readings and rich conversation on time, sense of self, advocacy, and ethics. Link in comments.

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4 months ago

It's a great book, Brad! I've been recommending it to the dads.

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4 months ago

I loved your book, @aaronjohncurtis.bsky.social! Give me a shout if you ever come to Oregon.

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4 months ago

Thank you, @electricliterature.com for letting me shout out my favorite comic novels about disability, including work by Stanley Elkin, Saou Ichikawa, Cy Weise, Madeleine Ryan,
@aaronjohncurtis.bsky.social and
@tricialockwood.bsky.social.

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4 months ago
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Finishing Sentences: An Interview with Brian Trapp about Humor, Disability, and Twinship in his debut novel Range of Motion - The Cincinnati Review CR contributor Anya Groner interviews former editor Brian Trapp about his new novel, RANGE OF MOTION.

www.cincinnatireview.com/interviews/f...

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4 months ago

Thanks to @cincinnatireview.bsky.social for featuring an interview with me. Check it out. Link in comments.

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4 months ago
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Book Trailer of the Day: Range of Motion Range of Motion by Brian Trapp (Acre Books).

Delighted to see RANGE OF MOTION featured at @shelf-awareness.com! Link to watch the #book trailer for @btrapperkeeper.bsky.social's debut #novel! πŸŽ‰πŸ“šπŸŽ₯
www.shelf-awareness.com/theshelf/202...

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