William Alexander
@willalex.bsky.social
National Book Award-winning author of unrealisms—mostly for young readers. SUNWARD, my first novel for grownups, is out now from Saga Press. He/him.
www.willalex.net
www.willalex.net
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General strike today across the US in solidarity with Minnesota! This is your chance to demonstrate real collective power! Do not miss it!!
You Are On Strike
Don't go to work today
stone-soup.ghost.io
January 23, 2026 at 3:20 PM
General strike today across the US in solidarity with Minnesota! This is your chance to demonstrate real collective power! Do not miss it!!
Sending love to Minneapolis.
a black and white cartoon with a speech bubble that says " strike i tell you strike "
Alt: A black and white cartoon in which a rabble-rousing fowl stands on a crate of eggs and calls for a strike. The gathered crowd of angry birds roars out "WE STRIKE" in response. These are almost certainly chickens refusing to produce more eggs, but I like to think of them as loons (the state bird of Minnesota).
media.tenor.com
January 23, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Sending love to Minneapolis.
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So unbelievably proud of Minnesota for making it so loud and so clear that good people won’t be cowed, won’t stand for ICE terrorizing communities and neighbors - just so many good people, goddamn, there you are, I see you all
These headlines are in prominent, if not top slots on the largest outlets. By this alone, it has already been an incredible success.
January 23, 2026 at 5:59 PM
So unbelievably proud of Minnesota for making it so loud and so clear that good people won’t be cowed, won’t stand for ICE terrorizing communities and neighbors - just so many good people, goddamn, there you are, I see you all
As usual, @naomikritzer.bsky.social is here to offer practical suggestions in the face of overwhelming horrors:
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January 22, 2026 at 8:28 PM
As usual, @naomikritzer.bsky.social is here to offer practical suggestions in the face of overwhelming horrors:
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This is a really good thread. If her name sounds familiar but you can't place her, Margaret Killjoy is the podcaster who does "Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff" (the counterpart to "Behind the Bastards," which is also a good podcast and which she appears on pretty regularly.)
I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.
January 22, 2026 at 4:34 AM
This is a really good thread. If her name sounds familiar but you can't place her, Margaret Killjoy is the podcaster who does "Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff" (the counterpart to "Behind the Bastards," which is also a good podcast and which she appears on pretty regularly.)
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![My friends check in from time to time.
Text: I got rubber-bulleted by ICE just on my way back from work. Ouch.
Text: Hey I'm gonna observe tomorrow at the protest. I'll text every hour, and if you don't hear from me, please call [number] and give them my identifying information. I'd probably be at the Whipple. Okay?
Text: They knocked on my door, but I'm okay.
I demanded a signed judicial warrant, and they couldn’t provide one, so they left.
I’m worried all the time.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cb6uhto6bwvcx4anaq55konv/bafkreiejn4yr42v63dgduydsv6fnjqqci2yfdwj6sishctyicaqfyrcouy@jpeg)
January 19, 2026 at 3:03 AM
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January 16, 2026 at 1:27 PM
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every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
January 16, 2026 at 9:24 PM
every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
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Including a recommendation of (probably) my favorite book of the year, SUNWARD by @willalex.bsky.social
We're catching up on the end of last year with the inimitable @bluejo.bsky.social, whose penultimate reading list for 2025 includes some classic heists and thievery, romance, magic, poetry and poets, and more!
Jo Walton’s Reading List: November 2025 - Reactor
Heists! A gentleman-thief! Plus some very good romance (with and without magic)…
reactormag.com
January 14, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Including a recommendation of (probably) my favorite book of the year, SUNWARD by @willalex.bsky.social
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Personal Me: Not in the Twin Cities, but want to help support everyone on the ground? Here’s a good list.
For ease of navigation and sharing, I have turned my little list into a website: standwithminnesota.org
January 14, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Personal Me: Not in the Twin Cities, but want to help support everyone on the ground? Here’s a good list.
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The Philip K. Dick Award recognizes exemplary science fiction published in paperback in the United States. Here are the 2026 nominees!
Here Are the Nominees for the 2026 Philip K. Dick Award - Reactor
Congratulations to the authors!
reactormag.com
January 14, 2026 at 4:59 PM
The Philip K. Dick Award recognizes exemplary science fiction published in paperback in the United States. Here are the 2026 nominees!
I HAVE NEWS
2026 Philip K. Dick Award Nominees locusmag.com/2026/01...
January 14, 2026 at 4:04 PM
I HAVE NEWS
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"On Wednesday, January 7th, we stopped to support our neighbors. We had whistles. They had guns." 💔
On Wednesday, Renee Macklin Good was fatally shot by a federal ICE agent. Becca Good, her wife, shared the following statement with MPR News.
Renee Macklin Good’s wife says she ‘nurtured kindness’
On Wednesday, Renee Macklin Good was fatally shot by a federal ICE agent. Becca Good, her wife, shared the following statement with MPR News.
www.mprnews.org
January 9, 2026 at 4:34 PM
"On Wednesday, January 7th, we stopped to support our neighbors. We had whistles. They had guns." 💔
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In less than a year, Authors Against Book Bans has made an impact on the fight for the freedom to read by helping to transform individual passion, talent, hard work, and money into collective action. On top of some big election wins, here are some highlights from the year!
January 5, 2026 at 2:38 PM
In less than a year, Authors Against Book Bans has made an impact on the fight for the freedom to read by helping to transform individual passion, talent, hard work, and money into collective action. On top of some big election wins, here are some highlights from the year!
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Love this from Guillermo del Toro
January 5, 2026 at 2:16 AM
Love this from Guillermo del Toro
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all this is both foolish and unnecessary
January 4, 2026 at 9:47 PM
all this is both foolish and unnecessary
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it is incredible that the entire high level legal apparatus of the United States is "anything that helps people is impossible, anything that kills people is permitted"
January 3, 2026 at 2:24 PM
it is incredible that the entire high level legal apparatus of the United States is "anything that helps people is impossible, anything that kills people is permitted"
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“To be free, after all, is not to be undisciplined.”
—“Why Are Americans Afraid of Dragons?”
This edition of The Language of the Night was published in 2024 by Scribner.
—“Why Are Americans Afraid of Dragons?”
This edition of The Language of the Night was published in 2024 by Scribner.
January 2, 2026 at 5:20 PM
“To be free, after all, is not to be undisciplined.”
—“Why Are Americans Afraid of Dragons?”
This edition of The Language of the Night was published in 2024 by Scribner.
—“Why Are Americans Afraid of Dragons?”
This edition of The Language of the Night was published in 2024 by Scribner.
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I) Be stubborn. Be pigheaded. It's your art. Also read a lot. I mean, a LOT.
Now, go write.
Now, go write.
January 1, 2026 at 2:13 PM
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Here's my last SFF book review column of 2025. This time around, I focus on three science fiction books that blew me away:
Sunward by @willalex.bsky.social
Slow Gods by Claire North
There is No Antimemetics Division by qntm
DARN GOOD READS FOR UR EYEBALLS
www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/1...
Sunward by @willalex.bsky.social
Slow Gods by Claire North
There is No Antimemetics Division by qntm
DARN GOOD READS FOR UR EYEBALLS
www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/1...
Review | 3 utterly brilliant science fiction novels
New books by William Alexander, Claire North and qntm examine new technologies and unexplored worlds with verve.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 1, 2026 at 1:15 AM
Here's my last SFF book review column of 2025. This time around, I focus on three science fiction books that blew me away:
Sunward by @willalex.bsky.social
Slow Gods by Claire North
There is No Antimemetics Division by qntm
DARN GOOD READS FOR UR EYEBALLS
www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/1...
Sunward by @willalex.bsky.social
Slow Gods by Claire North
There is No Antimemetics Division by qntm
DARN GOOD READS FOR UR EYEBALLS
www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/1...
In which the great Uma Krishnaswami shares the stage of her blog with me:
Guest post from William Alexander on his sci-fi novel, Sunward.
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Guest Post: William Alexander on Sunward — Uma Krishnaswami
When I taught at VCFA, I had the pleasure of serving on faculty with plenty of smart, informed, talented writers. Among them was William Alexander . Will is the author of Goblin Secrets (a Natio...
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December 30, 2025 at 5:08 PM
In which the great Uma Krishnaswami shares the stage of her blog with me:
“And then I laughed.”
Absolute winner of today’s One-Line Paragraph Award.
Absolute winner of today’s One-Line Paragraph Award.
Today's Love Letter is a reflection on the incredible, healing, life-affirming power of pain -- and how good it is to get the chance to hurt.
When It Hurts
A Love Letters Feature by Sarah Gailey - December 2025
stone-soup.ghost.io
December 17, 2025 at 10:41 PM
“And then I laughed.”
Absolute winner of today’s One-Line Paragraph Award.
Absolute winner of today’s One-Line Paragraph Award.
“GLORY TO COOPERATION AND KINDNESS!”
- @dimension20.bsky.social
- @dimension20.bsky.social
December 17, 2025 at 9:58 PM
“GLORY TO COOPERATION AND KINDNESS!”
- @dimension20.bsky.social
- @dimension20.bsky.social
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Hype each other up as often as possible.
If you like someone’s work, as a fan or a peer, tell them. (This is how so many of best relationships began!)
It will always catch them at a good moment. Because rejections are hard. Making art is hard.
Tell people when you like things. It matters.
If you like someone’s work, as a fan or a peer, tell them. (This is how so many of best relationships began!)
It will always catch them at a good moment. Because rejections are hard. Making art is hard.
Tell people when you like things. It matters.
December 10, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Hype each other up as often as possible.
If you like someone’s work, as a fan or a peer, tell them. (This is how so many of best relationships began!)
It will always catch them at a good moment. Because rejections are hard. Making art is hard.
Tell people when you like things. It matters.
If you like someone’s work, as a fan or a peer, tell them. (This is how so many of best relationships began!)
It will always catch them at a good moment. Because rejections are hard. Making art is hard.
Tell people when you like things. It matters.