Ithaca Irrealist Liberation Front
@irrealist.bsky.social
At war with reality. Ithaca Irrealist Reading Series and other revolutionary activities. https://irrealist.org
TODAY, all loyal partisans of the IILF are called to assemble at Liquid State for our latest reading.
Ithaca Irrealist Liberation Front@irrealist.bsky.social · 6mo agoThe Ithaca Irrealist Liberation Front reemerges from a period underground to resume its revolutionary literary activities with a reading at Liquid State Brewing on March 20th, featuring @vajra.me and @debbieurbanski.bsky.social! Join us!
For the Ithaca-proximate, this is now TOMORROW (and the day after)
Vajra Chandrasekera@vajra.me · 6mo agoI’m doing two in-person events in Ithaca, NY in March: I'll be at Cornell talking about speculative fiction on Mar 19 and I'm joining Debbie Urbanski to read for the Ithaca Irrealist Readings (@irrealist.bsky.social) on Mar 20. Come say hi if you are Ithaca-adjacent! vajra.me/2026/02/13/s...
If you’re near Ithaca, definitely worth a trip! @vajra.me is wonderful and his books are just remarkable.
Ithaca Irrealist Liberation Front@irrealist.bsky.social · 6mo agoThe Ithaca Irrealist Liberation Front reemerges from a period underground to resume its revolutionary literary activities with a reading at Liquid State Brewing on March 20th, featuring @vajra.me and @debbieurbanski.bsky.social! Join us!
IN ONE WEEK: join us at Liquid State Brewing in Ithaca for a reading and discussion featuring @vajra.me and @debbieurbanski.bsky.social!
Ithaca Irrealist Liberation Front@irrealist.bsky.social · 6mo agoThe Ithaca Irrealist Liberation Front reemerges from a period underground to resume its revolutionary literary activities with a reading at Liquid State Brewing on March 20th, featuring @vajra.me and @debbieurbanski.bsky.social! Join us!
I’m doing two in-person events in Ithaca, NY in March: I'll be at Cornell talking about speculative fiction on Mar 19 and I'm joining Debbie Urbanski to read for the Ithaca Irrealist Readings (@irrealist.bsky.social) on Mar 20. Come say hi if you are Ithaca-adjacent! vajra.me/2026/02/13/s...
Spring in Ithaca
Come see me at Cornell and/or the Ithaca Irrealist Readings in March!
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The Ithaca Irrealist Liberation Front reemerges from a period underground to resume its revolutionary literary activities with a reading at Liquid State Brewing on March 20th, featuring @vajra.me and @debbieurbanski.bsky.social! Join us!
Just a reminder that I'll be at Lock City Books in Lockport today (10/4) from 11 - 2. If you're in the area, please stop by and say hello!
Reread as text Don Pizarro's @donfoolery.com stories that he read in person at Ithaca Irrealist Readings. @irrealist.bsky.social Really enjoyed the escalation and competition in “Show and Tell”—as well as the Filipino cultural backdrop that comes to life: anting anting, religion and family.
You can’t tell, but as this photo was taken I was repeating the Ithaca Irrealist Liberation Front manifesto in my head
Ithaca Irrealist Liberation Front@irrealist.bsky.social · 11mo agoFists up for the IILF! Big thanks to @donfoolery.com, @parkeriswriting.bsky.social, and everyone who came out for our September reading!
Isang bagsak! Thanks for having me @irrealist.bsky.social. It was a blast reading with @parkeriswriting.bsky.social! (There... if I wasn't on a watchlist before being Brown while working for an Ivy and living in a Sanctuary City, I sure am now!)
Ithaca Irrealist Liberation Front@irrealist.bsky.social · 11mo agoFists up for the IILF! Big thanks to @donfoolery.com, @parkeriswriting.bsky.social, and everyone who came out for our September reading!
This was a great event! I really enjoyed the readings. Dark moments, bright moments, powerful stories! Filipino cultural heritage, Catholicism, D&D, mirrors, strange eeriness... an arresting array of narratives! @willmcmahon36.bsky.social @donfoolery.com @parkeriswriting.bsky.social
Ithaca Irrealist Liberation Front@irrealist.bsky.social · 11mo agoFists up for the IILF! Big thanks to @donfoolery.com, @parkeriswriting.bsky.social, and everyone who came out for our September reading!
Fists up for the IILF! Big thanks to @donfoolery.com, @parkeriswriting.bsky.social, and everyone who came out for our September reading!
Ithaca Irrealist Liberation Front@irrealist.bsky.social · 11mo agoIrrealists: Our next reading will be on Monday, September 22nd from 7-9pm at Liquid State, featuring @donfoolery.com and @parkeriswriting.bsky.social! Join us for good fiction, good beer, and good company.
Enjoyed “Our Continuity, Each of Us Raindrops” by @parkeriswriting.bsky.social Upstate NY, the waters, cataloging of species & cyborg. Gorgeous language & an interesting take on rainmaker! Loved the etymology & provenance of cultural institutions like sports. grist.org/climate-fict... @grist.org
Our Continuity, Each of Us Raindrops
Climate fiction: Two brothers embark on a perilous journey to document endangered species, and instead find a different way to change the world.
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Irrealists: join us TONIGHT at Liquid State Brewing in downtown Ithaca for readings by @donfoolery.com and @parkeriswriting.bsky.social! Onward!
Ithaca Irrealist Liberation Front@irrealist.bsky.social · 11mo agoIrrealists: Our next reading will be on Monday, September 22nd from 7-9pm at Liquid State, featuring @donfoolery.com and @parkeriswriting.bsky.social! Join us for good fiction, good beer, and good company.
Granted, "the 22nd night of September" doesn't have the same ring to it as the Earth, Wind & Fire line, but I'm sure @parkeriswriting.bsky.social and I will make it one to remember! If you're around the 607, come by Liquid State at 7 pm!
Ithaca Irrealist Liberation Front@irrealist.bsky.social · 11mo agoIrrealists: Our next reading will be on Monday, September 22nd from 7-9pm at Liquid State, featuring @donfoolery.com and @parkeriswriting.bsky.social! Join us for good fiction, good beer, and good company.
August Reader Spotlight: Edmundo Paz-Soldán read his moving short story “Artificial” from the anthology LATINX RISING (Ohio State University Press, 2020).
August Reader Spotlight: @lilianacolanzi.bsky.social captivated the audience with two stories from her collection YOU GLOW IN THE DARK (tr. Chris Andrews for New Directions, 2024), “The Cave” and “The Greenest Eyes.”
Irrealists: Our next reading will be on Monday, September 22nd from 7-9pm at Liquid State, featuring @donfoolery.com and @parkeriswriting.bsky.social! Join us for good fiction, good beer, and good company.
Rochester area writing buddies, come listen to me yap! Non Rochester area writing buddies, now might be a great time for a road trip
Ithaca Irrealist Liberation Front@irrealist.bsky.social · 11mo agoIrrealists: Our next reading will be on Monday, September 22nd from 7-9pm at Liquid State, featuring @donfoolery.com and @parkeriswriting.bsky.social! Join us for good fiction, good beer, and good company.
Chances are, I wrote what I'll be reading while drinking. If you want to come hear some on Sept. 22nd, you'll have the option of drinking, too!
Ithaca Irrealist Liberation Front@irrealist.bsky.social · 11mo agoIrrealists: Our next reading will be on Monday, September 22nd from 7-9pm at Liquid State, featuring @donfoolery.com and @parkeriswriting.bsky.social! Join us for good fiction, good beer, and good company.
Irrealists: Our next reading will be on Monday, September 22nd from 7-9pm at Liquid State, featuring @donfoolery.com and @parkeriswriting.bsky.social! Join us for good fiction, good beer, and good company.
August reader spotlight: @spires.bsky.social (and her young assistant) gave the crowd an excerpt of her upcoming novella ELLIPSES, forthcoming from Infinivox, about a field biologist discovering life on an alien planet.
The Ithaca Irrealist Liberation Front has already stated our revolutionary position on the literary/genre discourse of the day.
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D.A. Xiaolin Spires@spires.bsky.social · 12mo agoSuch a great time reading! Great atmosphere, lovely fiction and fun people. Thank you @irrealist.bsky.social for organizing, as well as fellow writers @lilianacolanzi.bsky.social and Edmundo Paz-Soldán! Thank you Liquid State Brewery for hosting. Looking forward to more readers at the brewery!
Such a great time reading! Great atmosphere, lovely fiction and fun people. Thank you @irrealist.bsky.social for organizing, as well as fellow writers @lilianacolanzi.bsky.social and Edmundo Paz-Soldán! Thank you Liquid State Brewery for hosting. Looking forward to more readers at the brewery!
Ithaca Irrealist Liberation Front@irrealist.bsky.social · 12mo agoWe had a great reading this week, featuring @spires.bsky.social, @lilianacolanzi.bsky.social, and Edmundo Paz-Soldán! Look forward to reader spotlights in the coming days. The IILF marches on!
We had a great reading this week, featuring @spires.bsky.social, @lilianacolanzi.bsky.social, and Edmundo Paz-Soldán! Look forward to reader spotlights in the coming days. The IILF marches on!
Ithaca Irrealist Liberation Front@irrealist.bsky.social · last yr.¡Adelante! IILF partisans rally for the next Ithaca Irrealist Reading at Liquid State Brewing on Monday, August 18th from 7–9PM. Featuring Liliana Colanzi, Edmundo Paz-Soldán, and @spires.bsky.social! Join us for good fiction, good beer, and good company.
TONIGHT! Join us for an Ithaca Irrealist Reading featuring @spires.bsky.social @lilianacolanzi.bsky.social and Edmundo Paz-Soldán!
Ithaca Irrealist Liberation Front@irrealist.bsky.social · last yr.¡Adelante! IILF partisans rally for the next Ithaca Irrealist Reading at Liquid State Brewing on Monday, August 18th from 7–9PM. Featuring Liliana Colanzi, Edmundo Paz-Soldán, and @spires.bsky.social! Join us for good fiction, good beer, and good company.
This speculative reading is happening TOMORROW, Monday, August 18, 7-9pm at Liquid State Brewery in Ithaca, NY! I'll be reading from my SF novella Ellipses, forthcoming from @infinivoxsf.bsky.social--alongside @lilianacolanzi.bsky.social and Edmundo Paz-Soldán! Please come by & enjoy the readings!
Ithaca Irrealist Liberation Front@irrealist.bsky.social · last yr.¡Adelante! IILF partisans rally for the next Ithaca Irrealist Reading at Liquid State Brewing on Monday, August 18th from 7–9PM. Featuring Liliana Colanzi, Edmundo Paz-Soldán, and @spires.bsky.social! Join us for good fiction, good beer, and good company.
The Kickstarter for my sci-fi novella, ELLIPSES, is live! Launched by my publisher @infinivoxsf.bsky.social. Check it out! www.kickstarter.com/projects/all...
Ellipses-An Original Science Fiction Novella
This is the inaugural volume in a new original hard science fiction novella series called Supernovellas.
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Allan Kaster@infinivoxsf.bsky.social · last yr."Ellipses" by @spires.bsky.social coming Spring 2026 from Infinivox. www.infinivoxsf.com/ellipses Kickstarter is live! www.kickstarter.com/projects/all... Treat yourself!
