Shelby Switzer

My top three books for 2025! All odd little story books about intimacy and self. No wonder I'm more into my Baltimore Gothic story collection than my novels in progress right now.

Bluets by Maggie Nelson
The Sea Gives Up the Dead: Stories by Molly Olguín
Bugsy and Other Stories by Rafael Frumkin

fruitcake queer reading series. 12/11 at 7pm at ottobar in baltimore

join me n some lovely queers at ottobar on 12/11

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This statement about the transphobic Supreme Court ruling by the UK's Crab Museum (yes a museum about crabs) is better than 99% of the statements I've seen on the topic

www.crabmuseum.org/visit

🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀

Fellow authors, I love you, and I know it feels like we don’t have a choice, but B&N and Am*zon both scheduled sales this week to preempt Independent Bookstore Day, a hugely vital source of income for indie bookstores. Please don’t promote their sales; please promote your local indie this week.

My lover and I read poetry to each other on roadtrips and Jane Wong's How Not To Be Afraid of Everything is a gorgeous car companion.

I guess there's one perk of #AWP25 being in LA

Prompt idea: Personify the worst thing you can think of and write a scene in which it crawls into bed with you.

Inspired by Raul Palma at #AWP25
(for his character, it's debt)

A photo of Vivian Blaxell and a photo of Rahne Alexander flank the cover art of Vivian's new book, WORTHY OF THE EVENT

Next Thursday I'll be at Red Emma's Bookstore Coffeehouse talking with Vivian Blaxell about her very cool book WORTHY OF THE EVENT, now available from @littlepuss.net

Get your copy today, and then come out to celebrate effervescent trans literature!!!

redemmas.org/events/vivia...

when you say something, the cosmos shifts
season your psyche
audic astrology
poetry is about crossing eras
cede cognitive control: transcending or transgression
bio-geo poetry
we're all script here necromancy board
two-headed time
science is amazing

Still Surreal: Poetics of Revolution #AWP25

3) The ideal is a tool of suppression. Those who don't qualify are discarded - Sylvia Park

4) That's what they're taking from us: being a friend to ourselves - @emilydoyle.bsky.social

5) the idea of relationship horror, where the relationship is the haunted house @kaylakumari.bsky.social

#AWP25

Takeaways from Disaster Gays & Messy Femmes:

1) Have your characters make decisions you're afraid to make - @nicanstett.bsky.social

2) If someone thinks your character is unlikeable, it says more about them than your character - @riggstah.bsky.social

#AWP25

Flyer in a 1980s/futuristic style. In the middle triangle the words "The Future is Transgender, hosted by KISO DTLA" Featuring the nonfiction stylings of Marisa "Mac" Crane, KB Brookins, Rick's Clifton, Nic Anstett, Scott Nelson, Melissa Faliveno, and Krys Malcolm Belc.

Tonight, tonight! Don't sleep on Brevity's offsite reading, ✨ The Future is Transgender ✨ 5-7pm at KISO DTLA (107 4th St) feat. contributors from our special issue. brevitymag.com/category/iss...

and another! #AWP25 reunions

Mitch J's 50ks at #AWP25!
(@kenyonreview.bsky.social '24)

"I like meta. I like writing that shows itself for what it is." -- @anandalima.bsky.social at #AWP

Me too! Totally guilty of using parentheticals, foot notes, and "breaking the fourth wall" in my fiction. We all know that this is, why try to pretend otherwise?

Hello LA but really can't wait for next year #AWP