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Adam al-Sirgany

@adamalsirgany.bsky.social

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-Den Mother to lunatics. -Literary cat. -Overall Enthusiast. -Arab-Am blood, Driftless tendencies. -ED @ 1WC -Developmental Editor @ SFWP -Author of MORE HELL @whiskeytit.com Manager: Hera the Dog Agent: Ellie, cat More @ adamalsirgany.com

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Charles Jensen @charlesjensen.bsky.social · 1d

I got to this poem late this week, but I am obsessed with Zeina Hashem Beck's mirror sonnet!

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Standup Sonnet

Imported, my given name barely sounds

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Adam al-Sirgany @adamalsirgany.bsky.social · 1d

Art is in the otherwise unexplored: read what you aren’t supposed to.

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15 Small Press Books You Don’t Want to Miss This Fall - Electric Literature

These books ask what it means to belong, to stay or leave, or to exist in-between

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Adam al-Sirgany @adamalsirgany.bsky.social · 1d

Happy Banned Books Week!

Also, not for nothing, this is my yearly soapbox to any and all that most books aren’t banned by the Florida Moral Panic Club but tacitly by publishers, editors, writers, and readers who presume the weird and untested is unmarketable, unremarkable, unimportant, unreadable.

15 Small Press Books You Don’t Want to Miss This Fall - Electric Literature

These books ask what it means to belong, to stay or leave, or to exist in-between

electricliterature.com

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Adam al-Sirgany @adamalsirgany.bsky.social · 1d

Had an amazing time reading at @republicofletters.bsky.social and discussing publishing with Christina Kubasta of Shake Rag Alley. Rad to see all the cool artistic endeavors blossoming in the Driftless, including these I picked up on the journey.

Adam al-Sirgany @adamalsirgany.bsky.social · 4d

Get your aspect to Mineral Point. Delving into circles of MORE HELL at Republic of Letters then chatting publishing with our friends from Shake Rag Alley! 5PM!

@republicofletters.bsky.social

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Adam al-Sirgany @adamalsirgany.bsky.social · 6d

Professor Hoyt, there’s no need to raise your voice. We’re simply having a dialogue about dialects in this discussion.

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Adam al-Sirgany @adamalsirgany.bsky.social · 7d

Standing O 👏🐻👏

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Fat Bear Week has crowned a new champion. And of course his name is Chunk.

He’s massive, he’s resilient, he’s Mr. 2025 Fat Bear Week.

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Adam al-Sirgany @adamalsirgany.bsky.social · 7d

As someone said to me at a recent reading, “If there really is an eternity, there must always be MORE HELL…”

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Adam al-Sirgany @adamalsirgany.bsky.social · 8d

Super, super stoked to be back in Mineral Point to read from MORE HELL and chat about what small/indie presses are all about!

Thanks to @republicofletters.bsky.social and Shake Rag Alley!

Come hang!

@whiskeytit.com

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Adam al-Sirgany @adamalsirgany.bsky.social · 11d

Rolling into MILTON!!! with a bushels of MORE HELL, SFWP, and Whiskey Tits! Come get weird with us!

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Adam al-Sirgany @adamalsirgany.bsky.social · 11d

For those still counting, it took exactly two bananas to establish MORE HELL plays in Peoria 🍌🍌

Adam al-Sirgany @adamalsirgany.bsky.social · 12d

Sunday - Goodrich Square Books & Brew Fair in MILTON!, WI where I’ll be hanging with the amazing @mazebooks.bsky.social, @inkcapbooks.bsky.social, @inkwellbooks.bsky.social , and Elmside Goods; repping @sfwp.bsky.social and @whiskeytit.com, and getting to know some local authors! 10AM-4PM

Adam al-Sirgany @adamalsirgany.bsky.social · 12d

Saturday - Readers & Writers Rendezvous at the Peoria Civic Center, 10AM-5PM

Adam al-Sirgany @adamalsirgany.bsky.social · 12d

After a brief hiatus to breathe and focus on editing some crazy-good books by Jerry Wayne Longmire and @stepheneoannou.bsky.social, I’m returning to the road to raise MORE HELL.

Come get weird with me this weekend:

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Adam al-Sirgany @adamalsirgany.bsky.social · 12d

Everyone who’s bought, reviewed, and otherwise shown some love for my weird little stories about small town strangeness.

Adam al-Sirgany @adamalsirgany.bsky.social · 12d

Jerry Wayne Longmire for spending so much time on the book during The Reckon Yard Podcast Ep. 62 “Less Hell”

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Adam al-Sirgany @adamalsirgany.bsky.social · 12d

Kara and Brooke at @atlascollectiveqc.bsky.social for adequately over-caffeinating me and making the Quad Cities cool.

The spectacularly talented Ava Miller & Esther Windt for sharing the stage.

Sarah Elgatian and Ryan Collins of the Midwest Writing Center for organizing an incredible event.

Adam al-Sirgany @adamalsirgany.bsky.social · 12d

Sydne of the exquisite @inkcapbooks.bsky.social in Stoughton, WI for hosting an intimate reading.

Adam al-Sirgany @adamalsirgany.bsky.social · 12d

In the mad abundance of my recent good fortunes—and those of my book, MORE HELL (@whiskeytit.com)—I’ve hardly had time to stop and thank some of the people who’ve made so many wonderful things happen. So a photo dump with some unendingly grateful shoutouts to

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Samuel Ashworth @samuelashworth.bsky.social · 17d

This is tomorrow in Philadelphia and the more of you show up the more of a public spectacle Hannah and I will make of ourselves

SFWP @sfwp.bsky.social · 17d

This Tuesday at 7pm EDT, @samuelashworth.bsky.social and @writesloud.bsky.social will be participating in the literary throw down of the year at The Head & The Hand!

Learn more and how to register right here: buff.ly/oqdsqDX

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SFWP @sfwp.bsky.social · 17d

We are almost sold out at the Brooklyn Book Festival! Get to the table now folks! #bkbf

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Adam al-Sirgany @adamalsirgany.bsky.social · 18d

Raising MORE HELL in the Quad Cities tonight thanks to @atlascollectiveqc.bsky.social, The Midwest Writing Center, and exceptional local writers Ava Miller and Esther Windt.

Come hang with us!
Come speak with us!
Come get weird, because we can!

@whiskeytit.com

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Adam al-Sirgany @adamalsirgany.bsky.social · 20d

Anyone tries cancelling Fat Bear Week… We got beef.

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Fat Bear Week is here early, and the bears are fat and playful

The famous bears of Alaska's Katmai National Park are enjoying an abundance of salmon, and even some playtime, as they pack on pounds to prepare for the winter.

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Adam al-Sirgany @adamalsirgany.bsky.social · 20d

Come hang and dig books!

The pull tabs will be at the bar when we’re done...

@inkcapbooks.bsky.social @whiskeytit.com

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