Kendal Ross, contemporary fiber artist from the US (via Instagram) #Womensart

Jasmin Attia, author of "The Oud Player of Cairo," will be reading at the Barnes & Noble at University of Rochester on October 2nd.

Our September roundup features @contramundumpress.bsky.social, @poetose.bsky.social, @graywolfpress.bsky.social, @sfwp.bsky.social, @upittpress.bsky.social, @twolinespress.com, @schaffnerpress.bsky.social, @regalhouse.bsky.social, @antiphonyjournal.bsky.social, and more: www.clmp.org/news/books-l...

Books Launching in September 2026 - Community of Literary Magazines and Presses

Support independent literary publishers by picking a read from the list below, which features new books released by CLMP members in September 2026.   Freely Frayed by Don Mee Choi Wave Books |…

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More news in our end-of-summer newsletter: mailchi.mp/4c402d26e948... Here's to a terrific season of cool temps, falling leaves, and plenty of apple and pumkin pie for dessert!

We are thrilled to announce the acquisition of rights for Elie Piha's debut novel MULE from Ian Bonaparte of the Janklow/Nesbit Literary Agency. A thriller about an ex-serviceman who joins his best friend’s marijuana business, MULE is slated for 2027 and is already generating high praise (sorry).

Surprise! The summer's almost over! This little guy was certainly taken aback at the news the other day when discovered foraging on our windowsill. And with the end of summer comes the start of our favorite season, as we ramp up for some fantastic new titles to share with you.

Sundress Publications is open for submissions for our 2026 Poetry Broadside Contest until November 30! Learn more here: https://www.sundresspublications.com/news/2026/09/sundress-publications-open-for-2026-poetry-broadside-contest/

Submissions for our annual issue close tomorrow! Our first-ever novella window closes tomorrow! Submissions for our weird flash fiction special issue edited by @andrewkozma.net close Oct 31! Guidelines here: reckoning.press/submit/ reckoning.press/submit/novel... reckoning.press/reckoning-fl...

Submit | Reckoning

[Leer en Español] We're currently reading for Reckoning 11, which will close to submissions August 31st, 2026. There are never any fees to submit. We pay SFWA-qualifying "professional" rates upon acce...

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Featuring @dorothyproject.bsky.social, @schaffnerpress.bsky.social, @deepvellum.bsky.social, @regalhouse.bsky.social, @arrowsmithpress.bsky.social, @tupelopress.bsky.social, @unsolicitedpress.bsky.social, and more indie presses: www.clmp.org/news/a-readi...

A Reading List for Women in Translation Month 2026 - Community of Literary Magazines and Presses

For Women in Translation Month, observed annually during the month of August, we asked the many independent literary presses and magazines that make up our membership to share with us some of the…

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The Smart Search List of the Day is: General Literary Novels feat. @biblioasis.bsky.social @schaffnerpress.bsky.social @evewhiteagency.bsky.social @kategarrick.bsky.social et al. https://duotrope.com...

Smart Search List of the Day

The Smart Search List of the Day is: General Literary Novels feat. @biblioasis.bsky.social @schaffnerpress.bsky.social @evewhiteagency.bsky.social @kategarrick.bsky.social et al. https://duotrope.com/search/smart/fiction/general-literary-novels-c1qv09z8

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In Hostages: A Counter-History of Colonial Plunder, Paris-based Finnish journalist Taina Tervonen returns to Senegal, where she was raised, to tell a story about people and cultural artifacts that were forcibly taken and trace their silent histories to the present day. @schaffnerpress.bsky.social

And for the latest @thecontinent.org, on Taina Tervonen's immensely absorbing and heartbreaking Hostages: A Counter-Narrative of Colonial Plunder, out in English translation by Sara Hanaburgh from @schaffnerpress.bsky.social. Download the issue here: www.thecontinent.org/_files/ugd/2...

Possible women in translation month options for me for August. A month where you can join in and read one, a few or lots of books by women in translation. Join in or get some reading ideas via #witmonth

The Bullet Inside Me (November, @schaffnerpress.bsky.social). Absolutely searing fiction out of Buenos Aires, set during the World Cup of 1978, and translated by Andrea G. Labinger.

Monifa Love is the winner of the 2026 Nicholas Schaffner Award for Music in Literature! As a result, we will publish her poetry collection "After the Rain" in 2027.

Clara Schumann’s Diaries: I was a little surprised with some of this information! Author Boman Desai in this clip from the podcast. Boman's wonderful novel "Brahms Comes to Dinner" is published by @schaffnerpress.bsky.social

Southern Humanities Review (Fiction Poetry Nonfiction; pays) opened to fee-based submissions https://duotrope.com... #amwriting

Re-opening: Southern Humanities Review

Southern Humanities Review (Fiction Poetry Nonfiction; pays) opened to fee-based submissions https://duotrope.com/magazine/southern-humanities-review-667 #amwriting

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"Brahms Comes to Dinner" a wonderful novel about Clara Schumann and Brahms. Hear how this work came out of Boman Desai’s larger novel “Trio” and he shared stories about several of his other acclaimed novels: www.leahroseman.com/episodes/bom... @schaffnerpress.bsky.social @laurencerand.com

Studio execs are going to want to adapt more poems for the big screen now

"I am irritated by my own writing. I am like a violinist whose ear is true, but whose fingers refuse to reproduce precisely the sound he hears within." Gustave Flaubert

Calling all translators! You have until this Sunday, August 2 to submit to our Calico Series call for translations of poetry and flash fiction about S-E-X! See the full submission guidelines here: www.twolinespress.com/submissions#...

Leonora Carrington in her Greenwich Village apartment, New York.

I'd just like to resurface the "don't tell the poets" meme. let's get back to that, shall we? I enjoyed it.

Twitter Doesn't Want to Let the Poets Find Out About Science - Electric Literature

There's a new social media refrain any time there's a discovery about the moon, or trees, or a strange animal: "Don't tell the poets"

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Excited to see our very own "Translating Disability" collection on here! Check it out to find works touching on disability, translated from French, Korean, and Russian (plus original writing in English). wordswithoutborders.org/read/collect...

Translating Disability Archives - Words Without Borders

A collection of fiction and essays about disability by disabled writers and translated by disabled translators.

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July is #DisabilityPrideMonth—browse our list for indie literature to read in celebration! Featuring @milkweededitions.bsky.social, @yesyesbooks.bsky.social, @uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social, @coppercanyonpress.bsky.social, @splitlippress.com & more indie publishers: www.clmp.org/news/a-readi...

newly posted: Gregory Crosby @monostich.bsky.social : Stephen Dobyns 1941-2026 / @uchicagopress.bsky.social @ampoetryreview.bsky.social ; periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2026/07/greg...

Gregory Crosby : Stephen Dobyns 1941-2026

The poet and novelist Stephen Dobyns died on June 14, at the age of eighty-five; I’d always admired the way he conducted his care...

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NOW OPEN!!✨✨ It's the most wonderful time of year! The Sarabande Open has begun. Send your manuscripts directly to our editors this July! We’re reading poetry, fiction, nonfiction, hybrid work, and proposals for literature in translation. Link in bio to learn more!

Here is a nice thing I found down a research rabbithole: sheet music transcriptions of animal sounds. The musician wren is particularly good, as you might expect boingboing.net/2021/01/06/c...

Composer transcribes animal sounds to sheet music

Alexander Liebermann, an accomplished composer living in Berlin, has been challenging himself to transcribe the sounds of penguins, whales, and other animals as an exercise for ear training.  Give his...

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What AI Earbuds Can’t Replace: The Value of Learning Another Language www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/ar... #languagelearning #langsky

What AI Earbuds Can’t Replace: The Value of Learning Another Language

Your host in Osaka, Japan, slips on a pair of headphones and suddenly hears your words transformed into flawless Kansai Japanese. Even better, their reply in their native tongue comes through perfectl...

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“Diana deserves a book to herself, maybe a dozen books, but let me dedicate at least a couple of paragraphs to this lovely woman.” Boman Desai, @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social: chireviewofbooks.com/2026/06/23/i... (cc: @damianbarr.bsky.social, the first person to press one of her books into my hands)

If Not For Diana - Chicago Review of Books

In the 1990s, a corner grocery store on Sheridan and Belmont in Chicago served me as a post office. Returning once from an early morning visit, I saw a young woman exit her highrise on Sheridan, dash ...

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SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going— SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti— SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE

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'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.' Photograph by Daniel Ibanez