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Richard Mirabella 🎃 @rpmirabella.bsky.social · 8d

Hi! My @writingco-lab.bsky.social class is this Saturday! There are still spaces available. www.writingco-lab.com/classes/what...

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · Jul 19

Yet another example of why ICE must be abolished. Why would any sensible country keep around a security force like this? It doesn't even matter what your views are on immigration, this entire agency and all of its staff needs to go.

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Brian Gresko @briangresko.bsky.social · Jul 3

Any writers who use Patreon out there? I’m curious to know if you like it and how you use it. Thanks!

Brian Gresko @briangresko.bsky.social · Jul 1

aesterion is a new journal out of LA & I’m thrilled to have an essay in the inaugural issue about gender, sports, & the time my dad woke me up to meet The Phillies, who he claimed were having dinner next door, only it wasn’t actually the Phillies at all…

www.aesterion.com/summer-2025

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Brian Gresko @briangresko.bsky.social · Jun 24

Had the pleasure of being on Elizabeth Austin’s series Instrument, Surface, Setting, Story, talking about my life long love of ballpoint pens
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Big, big thanks to @Brian Gresko for sharing insight into all things creative spaces and tools! I loved reading their responses, and I know you will too. Also, no small thing: their book You Must Go...

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Off Assignment @offassignment.bsky.social · Jun 13

In an industry dominated by the "Big Five" publishing houses with huge appetites for commercial appeal and profits, indie publishers are putting out some of the most literary, inventive, and adventurous work there is.

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · Jun 13

New York, please don't hire a serial sexual abuser.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · Jun 12

I'm proud I don't have Andrew Cuomo's record of corruption, scandal and disgrace.

And the name is M-A-M-D-A-N-I.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · Jun 13

It is actually nuts that even when the NYC political establishment was presented with a broad field of talented candidates w/ many ideas, in a time of generational change & anti-corruption, they STILL chose to line up behind scandal-ridden Andrew Cuomo.

It’s cowardice.

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writingco-lab.bsky.social @writingco-lab.bsky.social · Jun 8

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writingco-lab.bsky.social @writingco-lab.bsky.social · Jun 9

Loved seeing WCL co-founder @briangresko.bsky.social in the Sunday Salon zine discussing his perfect writing retreat, which is going to be happening this August, in Greece! There’s only one spot left.
Learn more & apply:

www.writingco-lab.com/retreats

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Brian Gresko @briangresko.bsky.social · Jun 9

Grateful to Nita Noveno at the Sunday Salon Zine for interviewing me about YOU MUST GO ON, and how to remain writing and creative in these challenging times

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Pull quote that reads “creativity is an essential part of being human. Capitalism is dehumanizing and so we’ve lost connection with that. If we could take the quest for money and profit out of the question, what might that open up for us? I can’t even begin to imagine.”

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Brian Gresko @briangresko.bsky.social · Jun 5

So much of my creative and professional life is spent working solitary, meeting up with colleagues to talk shop, commiserate, and encourage one another is essential. You can learn more when I talk about the importance of finding your people at Chloe Caldwell’s Fuck the Big Five class for OA!

Off Assignment @offassignment.bsky.social · Jun 5

As a remote team, we love IRL meet-ups!! Writing Courses Manager Logan Davis recently met up w guest author for Fuck the Big Five, @briangresko.bsky.social for a dive bar beer (check out his new book, out now!) and w OA contributor @dianamheald.bsky.social for a reading at @pioneerwork.bsky.social 🍻

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Brian Gresko @briangresko.bsky.social · Jun 5

Grateful to literary mensch Courtney Maum for these warm words about YOU MUST GO ON. Supplies are limited & this is a totally DIY book—to get a copy & support me & my work, slide into my DM’s or follow the link

www.briangresko.com/you-must-go-on

Graphic with a blurb from Courtney Maum about Brian Gresko’s YOU MUST GO ON which reads “for anyone out there who is lacking confidence about their writing and/or is feeling in this current moment that they can’t justify making time or headspace for a pastime that they don’t seem to be “succeeding” at (by whatever rubrics they judge “success”), please let me recommend my friend Brian Gresko’s new guidebook for writers YOU MUST GONON. … basically, if you’re feeling you need a daily cheerleader and a confidante, that will happen with this book.”

Brian Gresko @briangresko.bsky.social · Jun 2

Such a wonderful night. If you’re in BK and haven’t made it out to Ditmas Lit yet what are you waiting for??

Ditmas Lit @ditmaslit.bsky.social · Jun 1

Thank you to our May readers Andrew E. Colarusso, @leilataylor.bsky.social , @shayneterry.bsky.social, & @briangresko.bsky.social! We had a blast!

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Ditmas Lit @ditmaslit.bsky.social · May 26

Read an excerpt of May reader @briangresko.bsky.social’s new book You Must Go On: 30 Inspirations on Writing and Creativity in the @memoirland.bsky.social newsletter open.substack.com/pub/memoirla...

What Does It Mean to Be a Writer?

An excerpt from "You Must Go On: 30 Inspirations on Writing & Creativity"

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writingco-lab.bsky.social @writingco-lab.bsky.social · May 22

Join us for this FREE event on different paths to publishing your work, with WCL co-founders @briangresko.bsky.social @saralippmann.bsky.social & @amyshearn.bsky.social

www.writingco-lab.com/classes/diff...

Different publishing paths graphic with portraits of Brian Gresko, Sara Lippmann, and Amy Shearn and the words “from self to indie to uni to big 5, ask us anything. Free! Wednesday, June 11th, 8pm eastern on zoom”

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Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley @pressley.house.gov · May 22

Republicans snuck an amendment into this bill to ban Affordable Care Act insurance plans from covering abortion care.

This is part of their play for a national abortion ban, in the middle of the night, and ripping healthcare away from millions.

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emily moonlight @threnody.bsky.social · May 22

hi, cis folks!

if you’re calling democratic reps about the maga murder budget, you should *specifically mention* it’s unacceptable to pass a bill blocking funding for lifesaving transition care FOR TRANS PEOPLE OF ALL AGES.

if you want to stand with trans people, this is a big moment. 🧵

reps.fyi

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · May 22

AOC: When you wake up in the morning, you will realize that you voted to defund planned parenthood and take away health care from 13.7 million Americans and when this country wakes up there will be consequences to pay for this

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Ditmas Lit @ditmaslit.bsky.social · May 21

Ditmas Lit is 1 week from today, Wed. 5/28! We can’t wait to welcome @briangresko.bsky.social @shayneterry.bsky.social, Leila Taylor, and Andrew E. Colarusso!

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writingco-lab.bsky.social @writingco-lab.bsky.social · May 21

What makes a poem a poem?

This four session class with Javeria Hasnain, designed for new and beginner poets, will help you better understand what poetry is and how to start playing with forms.

Find out more and enroll today!

www.writingco-lab.com/classes/a-me...

A Method to the Madness: Messing in Forms; a 4 session poetry generator with Javeria Hasnain — Writing Co-Lab

Ever written something on the page and wondered if it's poetry? What makes a poem a poem? This is a beginner-friendly generative writing workshop for someone who has never dabbled in poetry; wants to ...

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Drew Broussard @drewsof.bsky.social · May 20

Want to know what you should read this summer? Ask a bookseller. Ask a writer. Ask a librarian. Ask a living, breathing human being. Hell, ask me! It's been a while since I've done one of these, so let's do it: one like = one summer reading book rec.

Rachael King @rachaelking70.bsky.social · May 20

This was just posted by @tbretc.bsky.social on another platform. The Chicago Sun-Times obviously gets ChatGPT to write a ‘summer reads’ feature almost entirely made up of real authors but completely fake books. What are we coming to?

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Penina Roth @peninaroth.bsky.social · May 20

We had a blast at Franklin Park Reading Series’s Nonfiction Night! Huge thanks to mesmerizing readers @veryhotmomm.bsky.social, @coletteshade.bsky.social, @erikajsimpson.bsky.social, Kari Ferrell, @dianemehta.bsky.social & @briangresko.bsky.social & lots of❤️ to our amazing audience! 🗓️Next event 6/9.

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writingco-lab.bsky.social @writingco-lab.bsky.social · May 15

Our Summer Camp is a 3 week online program of generative classes, panels on writing and building a lifelong relationship with your creative self, accountability write-together groups each weekday, and Saturday open-mic events, designed to inspire and motivate you!

www.writingco-lab.com/summercamp

Graphic announcing Writing Co-Lab Summer Camp, from July 12 to August 2, 2025

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Off Assignment @offassignment.bsky.social · May 14

The Big Five is not the be-all end-all. Join Chloé Caldwell, Mia Arias Tsang, @mbsycamore.bsky.social , @briangresko.bsky.social , & Christoph Paul to demystify the indie publishing industry and equip yourself with practical tools for publishing your work.

Lean more & enroll: buff.ly/00RXc03

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