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Indie authors • small presses • hidden gems and amplifying overlooked voices.
📚 Daily discovery • Independent author & small-press curator
Submissions & features⇩
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Reading from my latest poem, Blackbird.
I hope you enjoy it.
#poetry #poetryreading #spokenword #indiepoet #writersofbluesky #poetsofbluesky #Booksky
I hope you enjoy it.
#poetry #poetryreading #spokenword #indiepoet #writersofbluesky #poetsofbluesky #Booksky
December 12, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Reading from my latest poem, Blackbird.
I hope you enjoy it.
#poetry #poetryreading #spokenword #indiepoet #writersofbluesky #poetsofbluesky #Booksky
I hope you enjoy it.
#poetry #poetryreading #spokenword #indiepoet #writersofbluesky #poetsofbluesky #Booksky
Poets—how do you write your poetry?
🖊️ Pen on paper
📱 On your phone
💻 On your computer
🖨️ On a typewriter
🔀 Other (tell us)
Reply with your choice—or mix them.
I’m curious how the words find you.
Hashtags:
#Booksky #PoetryCommunity #PoetsOfBluesky #AmWriting #WritingProcess
🖊️ Pen on paper
📱 On your phone
💻 On your computer
🖨️ On a typewriter
🔀 Other (tell us)
Reply with your choice—or mix them.
I’m curious how the words find you.
Hashtags:
#Booksky #PoetryCommunity #PoetsOfBluesky #AmWriting #WritingProcess
December 12, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Poets—how do you write your poetry?
🖊️ Pen on paper
📱 On your phone
💻 On your computer
🖨️ On a typewriter
🔀 Other (tell us)
Reply with your choice—or mix them.
I’m curious how the words find you.
Hashtags:
#Booksky #PoetryCommunity #PoetsOfBluesky #AmWriting #WritingProcess
🖊️ Pen on paper
📱 On your phone
💻 On your computer
🖨️ On a typewriter
🔀 Other (tell us)
Reply with your choice—or mix them.
I’m curious how the words find you.
Hashtags:
#Booksky #PoetryCommunity #PoetsOfBluesky #AmWriting #WritingProcess
If you don’t know Breece D’J Pancake, you should.
One short story collection.
A handful of published works.
And prose so raw it feels unearthed rather than written.
Appalachia, poverty, silence, and people who don’t get rescued.
This is American literature.
#Booksky #HiddenWriters #LiteraryDiscovery
One short story collection.
A handful of published works.
And prose so raw it feels unearthed rather than written.
Appalachia, poverty, silence, and people who don’t get rescued.
This is American literature.
#Booksky #HiddenWriters #LiteraryDiscovery
December 12, 2025 at 8:35 AM
If you don’t know Breece D’J Pancake, you should.
One short story collection.
A handful of published works.
And prose so raw it feels unearthed rather than written.
Appalachia, poverty, silence, and people who don’t get rescued.
This is American literature.
#Booksky #HiddenWriters #LiteraryDiscovery
One short story collection.
A handful of published works.
And prose so raw it feels unearthed rather than written.
Appalachia, poverty, silence, and people who don’t get rescued.
This is American literature.
#Booksky #HiddenWriters #LiteraryDiscovery
Blackbird
A poem about clipped wings, stolen voices, and the quiet rise of retribution.
The kind of truth we’re not supposed to say out loud.
#BlackVoices #RacialJustice #SystemicOppression #ResistancePoetry #PoetsOfBluesky #WritersOfBluesky #SocialCommentary #Booksky
A poem about clipped wings, stolen voices, and the quiet rise of retribution.
The kind of truth we’re not supposed to say out loud.
#BlackVoices #RacialJustice #SystemicOppression #ResistancePoetry #PoetsOfBluesky #WritersOfBluesky #SocialCommentary #Booksky
December 11, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Blackbird
A poem about clipped wings, stolen voices, and the quiet rise of retribution.
The kind of truth we’re not supposed to say out loud.
#BlackVoices #RacialJustice #SystemicOppression #ResistancePoetry #PoetsOfBluesky #WritersOfBluesky #SocialCommentary #Booksky
A poem about clipped wings, stolen voices, and the quiet rise of retribution.
The kind of truth we’re not supposed to say out loud.
#BlackVoices #RacialJustice #SystemicOppression #ResistancePoetry #PoetsOfBluesky #WritersOfBluesky #SocialCommentary #Booksky
This is why I’m here on Bluesky, as a poet, an author, and someone who believes in lifting up voices that deserve to be heard.
#WritingCommunity #IndieAuthors #PoetryCommunity #AmWriting #SmallPress #QueerWriters #BIPOCAuthors #AuthorSupport #BookDiscovery #WritersOfBluesky #Booksky
#WritingCommunity #IndieAuthors #PoetryCommunity #AmWriting #SmallPress #QueerWriters #BIPOCAuthors #AuthorSupport #BookDiscovery #WritersOfBluesky #Booksky
December 11, 2025 at 3:17 PM
This is why I’m here on Bluesky, as a poet, an author, and someone who believes in lifting up voices that deserve to be heard.
#WritingCommunity #IndieAuthors #PoetryCommunity #AmWriting #SmallPress #QueerWriters #BIPOCAuthors #AuthorSupport #BookDiscovery #WritersOfBluesky #Booksky
#WritingCommunity #IndieAuthors #PoetryCommunity #AmWriting #SmallPress #QueerWriters #BIPOCAuthors #AuthorSupport #BookDiscovery #WritersOfBluesky #Booksky
The hardest part is how relevant the song remains almost 40 years later. When a protest song ages into a documentary, the failure isn’t the art, it’s society.
Chapman’s work endures because she writes testimony, not metaphor.
#TracyChapman #SocialJustice #MusicAndPoetry #CulturalCritique #Booksky
Chapman’s work endures because she writes testimony, not metaphor.
#TracyChapman #SocialJustice #MusicAndPoetry #CulturalCritique #Booksky
December 11, 2025 at 2:56 PM
The hardest part is how relevant the song remains almost 40 years later. When a protest song ages into a documentary, the failure isn’t the art, it’s society.
Chapman’s work endures because she writes testimony, not metaphor.
#TracyChapman #SocialJustice #MusicAndPoetry #CulturalCritique #Booksky
Chapman’s work endures because she writes testimony, not metaphor.
#TracyChapman #SocialJustice #MusicAndPoetry #CulturalCritique #Booksky
Tracy Chapman has always been more than a musician, she’s a poet who chose a guitar. Talkin’ ’Bout a Revolution reads like protest poetry: spare lines, sharp repetition, nothing to soften the truth. Her restraint is the craft.
#TracyChapman #ProtestPoetry #MusicHistory #LiteraryAnalysis #Booksky
#TracyChapman #ProtestPoetry #MusicHistory #LiteraryAnalysis #Booksky
December 11, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Tracy Chapman has always been more than a musician, she’s a poet who chose a guitar. Talkin’ ’Bout a Revolution reads like protest poetry: spare lines, sharp repetition, nothing to soften the truth. Her restraint is the craft.
#TracyChapman #ProtestPoetry #MusicHistory #LiteraryAnalysis #Booksky
#TracyChapman #ProtestPoetry #MusicHistory #LiteraryAnalysis #Booksky
Baldwin later admitted he carried that book inside him so long that “it had to come out all at once.”
Sometimes the story isn’t written, it breaks free.
#WriterFacts #AmericanLiterature #Booksky
Sometimes the story isn’t written, it breaks free.
#WriterFacts #AmericanLiterature #Booksky
December 11, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Baldwin later admitted he carried that book inside him so long that “it had to come out all at once.”
Sometimes the story isn’t written, it breaks free.
#WriterFacts #AmericanLiterature #Booksky
Sometimes the story isn’t written, it breaks free.
#WriterFacts #AmericanLiterature #Booksky
James Baldwin wrote the first draft of Go Tell It on the Mountain in three fevered days at age 24.
He said it felt less like writing a novel and more like “an eruption.”
#LiteraryHistory #JamesBaldwin #Booksky
He said it felt less like writing a novel and more like “an eruption.”
#LiteraryHistory #JamesBaldwin #Booksky
December 11, 2025 at 8:27 AM
James Baldwin wrote the first draft of Go Tell It on the Mountain in three fevered days at age 24.
He said it felt less like writing a novel and more like “an eruption.”
#LiteraryHistory #JamesBaldwin #Booksky
He said it felt less like writing a novel and more like “an eruption.”
#LiteraryHistory #JamesBaldwin #Booksky
This is one of my favorite pieces.
THE POOL PLAYERS.
SEVEN AT THE GOLDEN SHOVEL.
We real cool. We
Left school. We
Lurk late. We
Strike straight. We
Sing sin. We
Thin gin. We
Jazz June. We
Die soon.
—Gwendolyn Brooks
#GwendolynBrooks #BlackPoetry #PoetryOfBluesky #BIPOCVoices #Booksky
THE POOL PLAYERS.
SEVEN AT THE GOLDEN SHOVEL.
We real cool. We
Left school. We
Lurk late. We
Strike straight. We
Sing sin. We
Thin gin. We
Jazz June. We
Die soon.
—Gwendolyn Brooks
#GwendolynBrooks #BlackPoetry #PoetryOfBluesky #BIPOCVoices #Booksky
December 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
This is one of my favorite pieces.
THE POOL PLAYERS.
SEVEN AT THE GOLDEN SHOVEL.
We real cool. We
Left school. We
Lurk late. We
Strike straight. We
Sing sin. We
Thin gin. We
Jazz June. We
Die soon.
—Gwendolyn Brooks
#GwendolynBrooks #BlackPoetry #PoetryOfBluesky #BIPOCVoices #Booksky
THE POOL PLAYERS.
SEVEN AT THE GOLDEN SHOVEL.
We real cool. We
Left school. We
Lurk late. We
Strike straight. We
Sing sin. We
Thin gin. We
Jazz June. We
Die soon.
—Gwendolyn Brooks
#GwendolynBrooks #BlackPoetry #PoetryOfBluesky #BIPOCVoices #Booksky
If you’re serious about discovering new voices, you can’t keep reading only what the industry already made safe for you.
Risk lives in the margins, and that’s where many BIPOC authors are still writing.
#BIPOCAuthors #ReadingOutsideTheLines #Booksky #BIPOC
Risk lives in the margins, and that’s where many BIPOC authors are still writing.
#BIPOCAuthors #ReadingOutsideTheLines #Booksky #BIPOC
December 10, 2025 at 5:23 PM
If you’re serious about discovering new voices, you can’t keep reading only what the industry already made safe for you.
Risk lives in the margins, and that’s where many BIPOC authors are still writing.
#BIPOCAuthors #ReadingOutsideTheLines #Booksky #BIPOC
Risk lives in the margins, and that’s where many BIPOC authors are still writing.
#BIPOCAuthors #ReadingOutsideTheLines #Booksky #BIPOC
Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck is a reminder that sometimes the best way to understand a country is to leave your expectations behind and just listen.
Roads, strangers, doubt, and wonder all tangled together in one quiet American journey.
#Booksky #JohnSteinbeck #TravelWriting #ReadingLife
Roads, strangers, doubt, and wonder all tangled together in one quiet American journey.
#Booksky #JohnSteinbeck #TravelWriting #ReadingLife
December 10, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck is a reminder that sometimes the best way to understand a country is to leave your expectations behind and just listen.
Roads, strangers, doubt, and wonder all tangled together in one quiet American journey.
#Booksky #JohnSteinbeck #TravelWriting #ReadingLife
Roads, strangers, doubt, and wonder all tangled together in one quiet American journey.
#Booksky #JohnSteinbeck #TravelWriting #ReadingLife
Sometimes your muse shows up with four legs and a mouthful of hay.
#Booksky #HorseLife #ReadersOfBluesky #CreativeInspiration
#Booksky #HorseLife #ReadersOfBluesky #CreativeInspiration
December 10, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Sometimes your muse shows up with four legs and a mouthful of hay.
#Booksky #HorseLife #ReadersOfBluesky #CreativeInspiration
#Booksky #HorseLife #ReadersOfBluesky #CreativeInspiration
Indie Spotlight: @bookshelfie.bsky.social
The Self-Pub Hub supporting indie authors with reviews and real visibility.
If you’re navigating self-publishing, this is a great platform to know.
#IndiePublishing #BookDiscovery #Booksky
The Self-Pub Hub supporting indie authors with reviews and real visibility.
If you’re navigating self-publishing, this is a great platform to know.
#IndiePublishing #BookDiscovery #Booksky
December 10, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Indie Spotlight: @bookshelfie.bsky.social
The Self-Pub Hub supporting indie authors with reviews and real visibility.
If you’re navigating self-publishing, this is a great platform to know.
#IndiePublishing #BookDiscovery #Booksky
The Self-Pub Hub supporting indie authors with reviews and real visibility.
If you’re navigating self-publishing, this is a great platform to know.
#IndiePublishing #BookDiscovery #Booksky
Good morning, writers and readers.
New day. New pages. New chances to discover something that changes you.
#GoodMorning #WritingLife #ReadingLife #Booksky
New day. New pages. New chances to discover something that changes you.
#GoodMorning #WritingLife #ReadingLife #Booksky
December 10, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Good morning, writers and readers.
New day. New pages. New chances to discover something that changes you.
#GoodMorning #WritingLife #ReadingLife #Booksky
New day. New pages. New chances to discover something that changes you.
#GoodMorning #WritingLife #ReadingLife #Booksky
Punch Me Up to the Gods by Brian Broome pushed me hard outside my comfort zone.
Raw, queer, and unapologetically dark, this is the kind of memoir that doesn’t ask permission to be honest.
#IndieMemoir #QueerLit #Blacksky #BookDiscovery #Booksky
Raw, queer, and unapologetically dark, this is the kind of memoir that doesn’t ask permission to be honest.
#IndieMemoir #QueerLit #Blacksky #BookDiscovery #Booksky
December 9, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Punch Me Up to the Gods by Brian Broome pushed me hard outside my comfort zone.
Raw, queer, and unapologetically dark, this is the kind of memoir that doesn’t ask permission to be honest.
#IndieMemoir #QueerLit #Blacksky #BookDiscovery #Booksky
Raw, queer, and unapologetically dark, this is the kind of memoir that doesn’t ask permission to be honest.
#IndieMemoir #QueerLit #Blacksky #BookDiscovery #Booksky
Good morning.
This is where some of my best poetry and writing ideas have been born, coffee in hand, quiet all around, just me and the slow rhythm of the morning.
#poetsofbluesky #poetry #cornerwriter #poets
This is where some of my best poetry and writing ideas have been born, coffee in hand, quiet all around, just me and the slow rhythm of the morning.
#poetsofbluesky #poetry #cornerwriter #poets
December 9, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Good morning.
This is where some of my best poetry and writing ideas have been born, coffee in hand, quiet all around, just me and the slow rhythm of the morning.
#poetsofbluesky #poetry #cornerwriter #poets
This is where some of my best poetry and writing ideas have been born, coffee in hand, quiet all around, just me and the slow rhythm of the morning.
#poetsofbluesky #poetry #cornerwriter #poets
One of the best parts of indie publishing is watching writers find their first real audience.
Tag an indie author here whose work deserves more credit.
@jjclapton.bsky.social
#WritingCommunity #IndieBooks #AuthorSupport #Booksky
Tag an indie author here whose work deserves more credit.
@jjclapton.bsky.social
#WritingCommunity #IndieBooks #AuthorSupport #Booksky
December 9, 2025 at 10:17 AM
One of the best parts of indie publishing is watching writers find their first real audience.
Tag an indie author here whose work deserves more credit.
@jjclapton.bsky.social
#WritingCommunity #IndieBooks #AuthorSupport #Booksky
Tag an indie author here whose work deserves more credit.
@jjclapton.bsky.social
#WritingCommunity #IndieBooks #AuthorSupport #Booksky
Just a reminder: I don’t charge for interviews or author spotlights.
This account exists for one purpose, to lift up writers and strengthen the community.
If your work is honest and deserves readers, I’m listening.
#Booksky #Authors #Writingcommunity
This account exists for one purpose, to lift up writers and strengthen the community.
If your work is honest and deserves readers, I’m listening.
#Booksky #Authors #Writingcommunity
December 9, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Just a reminder: I don’t charge for interviews or author spotlights.
This account exists for one purpose, to lift up writers and strengthen the community.
If your work is honest and deserves readers, I’m listening.
#Booksky #Authors #Writingcommunity
This account exists for one purpose, to lift up writers and strengthen the community.
If your work is honest and deserves readers, I’m listening.
#Booksky #Authors #Writingcommunity
December 8, 2025 at 9:43 AM
War took everything from him, except his thoughts.
Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo.
Read it if you’re brave.
#BookSpotlight #DarkFiction #Booksky #War
Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo.
Read it if you’re brave.
#BookSpotlight #DarkFiction #Booksky #War
December 8, 2025 at 9:25 AM
War took everything from him, except his thoughts.
Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo.
Read it if you’re brave.
#BookSpotlight #DarkFiction #Booksky #War
Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo.
Read it if you’re brave.
#BookSpotlight #DarkFiction #Booksky #War
“We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect.” — Anaïs Nin
#AuthorQuote #WritingLife #Literature #Booksky
#AuthorQuote #WritingLife #Literature #Booksky
December 8, 2025 at 8:46 AM
“We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect.” — Anaïs Nin
#AuthorQuote #WritingLife #Literature #Booksky
#AuthorQuote #WritingLife #Literature #Booksky
December 8, 2025 at 1:02 AM
