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L. Michel-Cassidy

@lmichelcassidy.bsky.social

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Writer, poet, artist, houseboat-dweller, open-water swimmer. Collection, When We Were Hardcore, 2025 from Eastover Press. Senior reviews editor at Tupelo Quarterly. More at lmichelcassidy.com

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L. Michel-Cassidy @lmichelcassidy.bsky.social · Jan 19

Superb mail day! My upcoming collection got an editor’s pick and a sweet little lightning bolt. Find her here (and elsewhere): eastoverpress.com/book/when-we...

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L. Michel-Cassidy @lmichelcassidy.bsky.social · 10d

Thanks to the editors of the New Orleans Review for choosing this romp of a poem:

www.neworleansreview.org/feint-burrow/

feint & burrow

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L. Michel-Cassidy @lmichelcassidy.bsky.social · Aug 11

Haven’t seen this in a while—a couple didn’t want me to get into the jacuzzi with them because of my tattoos (neither the tattoos nor I are even vaguely threatening).

L. Michel-Cassidy @lmichelcassidy.bsky.social · Aug 1

Not just publicly funded, it’s run by the city of Chicago

L. Michel-Cassidy @lmichelcassidy.bsky.social · Aug 1

Wondering why Midway Airport, a publicly funded business is sponsoring and loudly and repeatedly advertising their onsite Christian worship services.

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L. Michel-Cassidy @lmichelcassidy.bsky.social · Jun 28

Yeah, it’s been a week. Onwards and upwards, indeed.

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L. Michel-Cassidy @lmichelcassidy.bsky.social · Jun 15

And a massive waste of money.

L. Michel-Cassidy @lmichelcassidy.bsky.social · Jun 5

Greetings from a dive bar in Berlin, where I am getting snippets of news back home. US friends (and strangers) PLEASE update me?!

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Dr. Stephanie @punkrockscience.bsky.social · Jun 5

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: pathogens don’t care who you voted for or what color your passport is. This cruelty hurts us all.

Trump Budget Eliminates Funding for Crucial Global Vaccination Programs

www.nytimes.com

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Helena Fitzgerald @hellafitzgerald.bsky.social · May 7

fun fact three fighter jets is roughly equivalent to the NEA’s 2024 budget

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L. Michel-Cassidy @lmichelcassidy.bsky.social · Apr 29

Please let this be a parody.

L. Michel-Cassidy @lmichelcassidy.bsky.social · Apr 28

Dear Monday,
Slow your roll.

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L. Michel-Cassidy @lmichelcassidy.bsky.social · Apr 27

@natflashfictionday.bsky.social Happy to report my story, “Golden State” has been swooped into the flood. California, baby!

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East Bay Booksellers @ebbooksellers.bsky.social · Apr 25

You can find the @prisonerlitproj.bsky.social's evolving Wish List on our website here. It's a perfect time to contribute.

ebbooksellers.com/gift-registr...

Prisoners Literature Project @prisonerlitproj.bsky.social · Apr 25

Tomorrow is Independent Bookstore Day! We would so appreciate your support via a book purchase for PLP. The dollar amount will be doubled!

Shop one of our wish lists at: www.prisonlit.org/donate/#BuyB...

#PrisonBooksWishlists #IndieBookstoreDay #IncarceratedReaders

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L. Michel-Cassidy @lmichelcassidy.bsky.social · Apr 22

And just like that—It’s a relief to have a dairy allergy

L. Michel-Cassidy @lmichelcassidy.bsky.social · Apr 22

Did not have “thrilled to be allergic to dairy” on my The Current Regime bingo card.

L. Michel-Cassidy @lmichelcassidy.bsky.social · Apr 14

I work with someone who is very free and loose with exclamation points in their emails. It used to bug me, but at this moment, any little positive gesture is welcome!!!

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · Apr 11

Never let the voters forget that this administration petitioned the supreme court for permission NOT to rescue a man they mistakenly sent to a foreign elimination camp.

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L. Michel-Cassidy @lmichelcassidy.bsky.social · Apr 10

What an idiot. The uptick is because all the girls and women who went ignored are now getting proper diagnosis. Also, high numbers of adults who should have been, are finally getting diagnosed. This clown acting like autism is something one catches is ablist and destructive.

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L. Michel-Cassidy @lmichelcassidy.bsky.social · Apr 4

(Ugh. *its.)

L. Michel-Cassidy @lmichelcassidy.bsky.social · Apr 4

If only there was actual news going on right now, say, a person in power tanking their country’s economy while somehow simultaneously decimating it’s citizens’ civil rights.

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Cory Booker @corybooker.com · Apr 2

I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.

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L. Michel-Cassidy @lmichelcassidy.bsky.social · Feb 25

So sorry about your dog…sounds like you did the right thing.

L. Michel-Cassidy @lmichelcassidy.bsky.social · Feb 24

I have long been fascinated with the idea of the Dells, whereas I know what marriage is. Eagerly awaiting your report.

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L. Michel-Cassidy @lmichelcassidy.bsky.social · Feb 22

Who can blame them?

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · Feb 17

Heads up, Floridians!

AKA Mikki 💗💚🦋🐳🧵☕️ @akamikki08.bsky.social · Feb 17

Dear Do Something Crowd:
Here’s something useful you can do. Bonus points if you can actually go to Florida and knock doors. If Dems win these 2 Florida seats plus the #NYCD21 seat, we take back control of the House of Representatives. #FlipTheHouse #TakeBackTheHouse #FLCD1 #CD1 #FLCD6 #CD6 #CD21

Nikki Fried @nikkifried.bsky.social · Feb 17

📢 People have been asking what they can do to help in our special elections for CD 1 and 6, here is our volunteer hub, join us in this fight!

bit.ly/FDPVolunteer...

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