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Lambda Literary Fellow | Trans + autistic author | Editor FUTURE STATES OF STARS (OwlCrate Press) | Program Manager at We Need Diverse Books | Book reviewer at PEOPLE + Booklist | Faculty at Emerson College https://linktr.ee/finleary

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Do I know anyone who has gotten their MA in Biography and Memoir at CUNY (City University of New York)? A friend of mine is considering applying for the program and I'm looking for current students, recent graduates, or faculty members who'd be willing to talk to her!

Thank you in advance.

30.09.2025 15:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Poster for the LIT CRAWL BOSTON event at Hub Comics:
6.12.25 β€’ FREE

Presented by Boston Book Festival in partnership with CBH

Thursday June 12th 6pm panel:
COMICS FOR TROUBLED TIMES
with Michael
Anthony and
Damian
Alexander Moderator:
Fin Leary

Featuring:

JUST ANOTHER MEAT-EATING DIRTBAG
A MEMOIR BY MICHAEL ANTHONY 
WITH ART BY CHAI SIMONE


OTHER BOYS
by DAMIAN ALEXANDER

Poster for the LIT CRAWL BOSTON event at Hub Comics: 6.12.25 β€’ FREE Presented by Boston Book Festival in partnership with CBH Thursday June 12th 6pm panel: COMICS FOR TROUBLED TIMES with Michael Anthony and Damian Alexander Moderator: Fin Leary Featuring: JUST ANOTHER MEAT-EATING DIRTBAG A MEMOIR BY MICHAEL ANTHONY WITH ART BY CHAI SIMONE OTHER BOYS by DAMIAN ALEXANDER

THIS THURSDAY:

Hub Comics
β€ͺ@hubcomics.bsky.social‬
6.12.25 β€’ FREE

LIT CRAWL BOSTON comes to HUB COMICS!

Thursday June 12th 6pm panel:

COMICS FOR TROUBLED TIMES
with Michael Anthony and Damian Alexander

Moderator:
Fin Leary

@damianimated.bsky.social

@finleary.bsky.social

10.06.2025 17:24 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
Poster for the LIT CRAWL BOSTON event at Hub Comics:
6.12.25 β€’ FREE
Presented by Boston Book Festival in partnership with CBH

Thursday June 12th 6pm panel:
COMICS FOR TROUBLED TIMES
with Michael
Anthony and
Damian
Alexander Moderator:
Fin Leary

Featuring:
JUST ANOTHER MEAT-EATING DIRTBAG
A MEMOIR BY MICHAEL ANTHONY 
WITH ART BY CHAI SIMONE


OTHER BOYS
by DAMIAN ALEXANDER

Poster for the LIT CRAWL BOSTON event at Hub Comics: 6.12.25 β€’ FREE Presented by Boston Book Festival in partnership with CBH Thursday June 12th 6pm panel: COMICS FOR TROUBLED TIMES with Michael Anthony and Damian Alexander Moderator: Fin Leary Featuring: JUST ANOTHER MEAT-EATING DIRTBAG A MEMOIR BY MICHAEL ANTHONY WITH ART BY CHAI SIMONE OTHER BOYS by DAMIAN ALEXANDER

6.12.25 β€’ FREE

LIT CRAWL BOSTON comes to HUB COMICS!

Thursday June 12th 6pm panel:

COMICS FOR TROUBLED TIMES
with Michael Anthony and Damian Alexander

Moderator:
Fin Leary

@damianimated.bsky.social
@finleary.bsky.social

Presented by Boston Book Festival in partnership with CBH

07.06.2025 14:36 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Dear universities, scientists, lawyers, farmers, workers, artists, doctors...

Being silent won't protect you.

04.03.2025 01:05 β€” πŸ‘ 16985    πŸ” 4366    πŸ’¬ 276    πŸ“Œ 176

Please please ALT TEXT YOUR IMAGES.

I'm seeing so many cool things lately that I can't share because they don't have alt text.

If you want your art, your screenshots, your message to get to a wider audience on here, the simple action of writing alt text for it will help.

04.03.2025 13:14 β€” πŸ‘ 664    πŸ” 250    πŸ’¬ 29    πŸ“Œ 19
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Book giveaway for Come As You Are by Dahlia Adler Mar 04-Mar 18, 2025 Enter to win one of 25 free copies available. Giveaway dates from Mar 04-Mar 18, 2025. Hot on the heels of a broken heart, Everett β€œEvie” Riley arrives a...

25 more chances to win an ARC of COME AS YOU ARE from Goodreads if you've got an address in the US or Canada! www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

04.03.2025 15:02 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Why I don't tell people I know I write...

Them: oh, you're a writer? What do you write?

Me: *stares in horror as I remember I write monster romance* ...Nothing really

24.02.2025 17:05 β€” πŸ‘ 323    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 33    πŸ“Œ 3
A navy blue cover reads For the Rest of Us down the middle in a center-justified all-lowercase sans serif font in a subtle pink-purple ombre. Small colorful graphics rest in front of or wrap around letters, such as a dragon, a kinara, a shofar, a Juneteenth flag, and a crescent moon and star. Between the words of the title lie the words 13 Festive Holiday Stories to Celebrate all Seasons, edited by Dahlia Adler.

A navy blue cover reads For the Rest of Us down the middle in a center-justified all-lowercase sans serif font in a subtle pink-purple ombre. Small colorful graphics rest in front of or wrap around letters, such as a dragon, a kinara, a shofar, a Juneteenth flag, and a crescent moon and star. Between the words of the title lie the words 13 Festive Holiday Stories to Celebrate all Seasons, edited by Dahlia Adler.

FOR THE REST OF US has a cover! I love the way this art by Meryl Rowin and design by Jenna Stempell-Lobel showcases the 13+ holidays featured within this YA holiday anthology, which releases September 2, 2025 from Quill Tree Books! www.dahliaadler.com/for-the-rest...

24.02.2025 17:56 β€” πŸ‘ 108    πŸ” 42    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 8

Severance is incredible sci-fi because it’s not afraid to ask the big questions, like: what if every woman in the world desperately wanted to fuck Adam Scott no matter how bad his haircut was

23.02.2025 23:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1877    πŸ” 95    πŸ’¬ 64    πŸ“Œ 20

Some writers I know put together a β€œRejection Club” where once a month we meet on zoom and share our latest rejections and chat about our new submissions. And that’s one of the things I’m most excited about in 2025

15.02.2025 16:26 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump's Latest Anti-Trans Actions and How We Can Fight Back The message should be clear among all people of conscience: We will not cooperate with the fascist, anti-trans agenda.

If you're reeling from Trump's ongoing attacks, please check out my latest piece about what trans people are up against and how we (as in, all of us, including doctors and clinicians) can resist these assaults. Includes commentary from @dreanyc123.bsky.social and @deanspade.bsky.social.

30.01.2025 18:15 β€” πŸ‘ 890    πŸ” 405    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 27

remember stuff like this when they tell you that diversity means a lowering of standards

29.01.2025 16:32 β€” πŸ‘ 64645    πŸ” 15299    πŸ’¬ 968    πŸ“Œ 280
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Disability Zine Microgrants Wild Ramp Publishing offers four $250 grants to disabled zinesters to cover printing costs for zines with a disability justice focus. Our grants support zine production and distribution, focusing on m...

Wild Ramp Publishing @wildramppublishing.bsky.social offers four $250 grants to disabled zinesters to cover printing costs for zines with a disability justice focus.

Application Deadlines April 18, September 12

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

28.01.2025 21:24 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 26    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Don’t use ChatGPT, and especially don’t use it instead of your brain

28.01.2025 21:02 β€” πŸ‘ 267    πŸ” 58    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

For those who might be unaware or just getting a library card: libraries are for more than just books! Many have a Library of Things with a variety of tools & equipment you can check out. Bike pumps, sewing machines, yard games, even power drills, for hobbies & home needs. #booksky

28.01.2025 14:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1024    πŸ” 176    πŸ’¬ 28    πŸ“Œ 11

Buy the books.
Buy the movies.
Buy the games.
Physical media is more important now than ever.

28.01.2025 03:37 β€” πŸ‘ 2265    πŸ” 344    πŸ’¬ 34    πŸ“Œ 11
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Time to post this again

28.01.2025 14:28 β€” πŸ‘ 21565    πŸ” 6136    πŸ’¬ 105    πŸ“Œ 2
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hey friends! it’s sad but true β€” due to MANY reasons, some in part my health, i need to bump back the pub date of β€œCemetery Boys: EspΓ­ritu” to september 2026.

mini 🧡
@fiercereads.bsky.social
(thanks to @wordsiren.bsky.social for the meme!)

27.01.2025 19:46 β€” πŸ‘ 142    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 2

It actually is very important that you do things that you take pleasure in, regularly. That is part of how you survive the things that feel like they are going to destroy you.

23.01.2025 03:50 β€” πŸ‘ 11070    πŸ” 3728    πŸ’¬ 95    πŸ“Œ 109

If you don't want a diverse workforce, you shouldn't be allowed to eat our food. Period. Stick to mayo and wonder bread.

23.01.2025 16:40 β€” πŸ‘ 36    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I understand that ChatGPT is down and fortunately this is not a problem for me as I have spent considerable time developing a local language model that I am able to run autonomously, fueled by Coke Zero and snacks

23.01.2025 16:18 β€” πŸ‘ 16202    πŸ” 1147    πŸ’¬ 298    πŸ“Œ 105

Yes, for this!

22.01.2025 06:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A fellow writer and journalist is seeking to interview LGBTQIA+ couples where at least one person in the couple is disabled and on benefits (such as Medicaid, SSI/SSDI, etc.).

If you’d be willing to chat with her, please DM me and I’ll share her contact information with you.

21.01.2025 19:50 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Writers, illustrators, and publishing professionals impacted by the California firesβ€”this is an opportunity for you to apply for an emergency grant through @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social! Please spread the word far and wide.

14.01.2025 17:25 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Reminder that all those cute fonts, emoji laden β€œchecklists”, memes like the summoning circle, and ASCII art are hell on screenreaders (more specifically, on people who use them). Some of them don’t even let you skip posts that sound like you’re summoning Cthulhu.

18.12.2024 19:53 β€” πŸ‘ 214    πŸ” 64    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 3
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IT’S HAPPENING β€” Cemetery Boys 2: ESPÍRITU will be released 9/16/25! 😱

you can add it to goodreads AND preorder your copy!

massive thanks to L Whitt for designing and THE @mmarsloud.bsky.social for the cover art!

www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...

www.barnesandnoble.com/w/cemetery-b...

18.12.2024 18:21 β€” πŸ‘ 388    πŸ” 123    πŸ’¬ 24    πŸ“Œ 66
A nerd in a teal sweater holding a stack of books about railroads in front of a wall of framed maps.

A nerd in a teal sweater holding a stack of books about railroads in front of a wall of framed maps.

Hi. I'm Andrew. I own New England's oldest map store because last year I moved across the country after an old guy retired and gave it to me Willy Wonka-style. Visit my store in Rhode Island. www.mapcenter.com

17.12.2024 23:18 β€” πŸ‘ 12410    πŸ” 1746    πŸ’¬ 397    πŸ“Œ 212
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2025’s New Horror Books All the new horror books coming in 2025, featuring an array of slashers, ghosts, vampires, cults, monsters both human and otherwise, and all manner of nebulous eldritch terrors.

GOOD MORNING the 2025 horror list is LIVE! repost to destroy a TBR: readjumpscares.com/2025s-new-ho...

10.12.2024 15:01 β€” πŸ‘ 652    πŸ” 261    πŸ’¬ 44    πŸ“Œ 87

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