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Bryan Bliss

@bryanbliss.bsky.social

Writer of fine books including We’ll Fly Away (National Book Award), Episcopal Priest and School Chaplain. Hunting. Fishing. Snowboarding. Mountain Biking.

527 Followers  |  295 Following  |  155 Posts  |  Joined: 14.11.2024
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Your God is Too Small A Dispatch from Minneapolis

My new thing has been writing about being outside and God. Here's a recent post. If you like it throw me a subscribe!

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10.02.2026 02:54 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I've been praying for you and your recovery!

10.02.2026 02:51 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Also - hope you all are doing okay

10.02.2026 01:46 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Well that's a bummer

10.02.2026 01:46 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Dang BlueSky I keep forgetting you

10.02.2026 01:34 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

What a great review!

10.02.2026 01:33 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Thank you!

10.02.2026 01:33 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

sorry I missed this!

06.10.2025 11:13 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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I very rarely require or need outside affirmation on things I write. But today I received some positive feedback at the exact right time. (Not from swole Jesus. )

08.08.2025 01:42 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Minnesota’s flags will fly at half staff in honor and remembrance of Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman.

She woke up every morning determined to make Minnesota a better place, and she will be greatly missed.

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a close up of a man 's face in front of a painting ALT: a close up of a man 's face in front of a painting

I am writing a literary novel about what happens when the sacred becomes a commodity. It's weird. Like really weird. But this is the first time I've felt urgency in my writing since my mom died. GIF is an unrequested clue to the story.

11.06.2025 00:54 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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I'll take it!

28.04.2025 23:51 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Minnesota Book Awards.

22.04.2025 22:51 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Dude looks like a haunted painting of a recently deceased Victorian child

15.04.2025 20:15 — 👍 32    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 0

Update: Nietzsche was well received by some, aggressively denied by a few, and revelatory for a few more—as it should be.

09.04.2025 14:57 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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I’m about to ask 20 ready-to-graduate seniors to read Nietzsche at 8:30 am.

09.04.2025 12:47 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Holy crap

07.04.2025 15:03 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

…a lot

30.03.2025 06:10 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

This. And I’ve been asking myself this question a lot, as somebody who can weather most things due to a lot of financial and other privilege.

28.03.2025 22:16 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Oh wow

28.03.2025 16:14 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Publishing’s failures of great books is legion. I’m glad it exists.

28.03.2025 16:11 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I just re-read Psalms of My People and it crushed me again. In the best possible way.

28.03.2025 01:38 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

If you aren’t familiar with Lenny’s work—get on it. A voice that consistently inspires and challenges me.

28.03.2025 01:35 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Kelly! Hello.

28.03.2025 00:29 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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My latest novel — DISPATCHES FROM PARTS UNKNOWN — is a finalist for the Minnesota Book Award.

28.03.2025 00:26 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Meet the Finalists: YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE | 2025 Minnesota Book Awards
YouTube video by The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library Meet the Finalists: YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE | 2025 Minnesota Book Awards

Congratulations to @jmillwrites.bsky.social @antontreuer.bsky.social @bryanbliss.bsky.social and Kirstin Cronn-Mills on being finalists in the YA category of this year’s MN Book Awards! 🙌🏽✨

It was fun interviewing them for the Friend’s Meet the Finalists feature. Good luck to all. ✌🏽

28.03.2025 00:09 — 👍 11    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0

We’ll see if it sticks! I enjoyed it though, and generally like fishing.

27.03.2025 21:36 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Give me time. I’ll get there too

27.03.2025 20:44 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0