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Dana Diehl @danadiehl.bsky.social · 8d

Thank you!!!

Dana Diehl @danadiehl.bsky.social · 8d

I'm very excited to have some of my pottery featured with Lover's Eye Press, in a special folio celebrating David Lynch.
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A dark brown ceramic vase stamped with the words "I had a dream"

A dark brown ceramic vase stamped with the words, "The world was dark."

A curvy ceramic vase with a narrow top, stamped with the words, "The robins represented love"

A dark brown ceramic vase stamped with the words, "There is trouble til the robins come."

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Dana Diehl @danadiehl.bsky.social · 14d

E-galleys are ready to go! Let me know if you or anyone you know would be interested in doing a review or interview. 🤩

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Dana Diehl @danadiehl.bsky.social · 24d

Support a truly magical residency. I am auctioning off a couple copies of The Classroom and one of my little David Lynch cups. I wrote one of the first stories in my new collection at SAFTA. It is a special place for me and so many others. @sundresspub.bsky.social
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SAFTA/Sundress fundraising auction

As many of you know, Sundress’ residency program nurtures and empowers writers underrepresented in literary publishing. “Amazing,” “life-changing,” and “productive” are some of the words used to descr...

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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 28d

Three teens were critically wounded Wednesday in a shooting at a high school in the foothills of suburban Denver, including the suspected shooter, authorities said.

3 teens critically wounded in shooting at suburban Denver high school, including suspected shooter

Authorities say three teens were critically wounded in a shooting at a suburban Denver high school, including the suspected shooter.

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Erin Vachon (they/them) 🍉 @erinvachon.bsky.social · Aug 20

Furious to live at a time when scientific progress gives us incredible vaccines and boosters, while arrogant fools refuse to administer them.

Julia Dahl @juliadahl.bsky.social · Aug 20

It’s official: CVS will not give a Covid booster to anyone under 65 without proof of a immunocompromise. My whole family just got denied. Fuck those who voted for this.

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Dana Diehl @danadiehl.bsky.social · Aug 15

*FROM the queen 🫠

Dana Diehl @danadiehl.bsky.social · Aug 15

Endlessly grateful to get this blurb the queen of magical stories, @ambersparks.bsky.social

You can pre-order here 🥰https://blacklawrencepress.com/books/the-earth-room/

Book blurb for The Earth Room by Dana Diehl:

These surreal tales bubble with ghost babies and shed skins and long legends, with people who aren’t quite people and those who are much more than people, hungry for meanings and connection and sometimes something more sinister. I loved the space I got to live in for a while reading this book.

—Amber Sparks, author of And I Do Not Forgive You

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Dana Diehl @danadiehl.bsky.social · Aug 10

Yes!! Wild Dark Shore and The Antidote are two new faves. I'll have to check out the rest.

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Dana Diehl @danadiehl.bsky.social · Aug 10

A few new pottery bits.

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Dana Diehl @danadiehl.bsky.social · Jul 26

For anyone interested in teaching my book in Spring/Fall 2026, you can now find a free teaching guide on my @blacklawrence.bsky.social book page. It includes discussion prompts, paired essays, and fun creative prompts. ✏️

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Dana Diehl @danadiehl.bsky.social · Jul 17

Check out this very fun story by @exclamate.bsky.social

Elizabeth Deanna Morris Lakes @exclamate.bsky.social · Jul 17

Ya girl has a SHORT STORY out today in @sillygoosepress.bsky.social.

Yes, And — SillyGoosePress

The first time we kissed, there was a single gasp before the room roared itself into applause.  The scene had been building to said kiss all night. When someone yelled “lip gloss” as a...

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Dan Crawley @danbillyc.bsky.social · Jul 12

"So one thing I love about collaborating with Michelle is I get to step into and stomp around her writer-brain, full of things I would never, on my own, choose to write about."

Big love for this interview w/ @kimmagowan.bsky.social & Michelle Ross! Awesome questions @danadiehl.bsky.social 💙💙💙

Kim Magowan @kimmagowan.bsky.social · Jul 12

@danadiehl.bsky.social interviewed Michelle Ross and me about our collaborative story collection, Don't Take This the Wrong Way. It's now up at The Masters Review. Many thanks Dana for your awesome questions!

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A Conversation with Michelle Ross and Kim Magowan, Authors of Don’t Take This the Wrong Way - The Masters Review

I have been a fan of Michelle Ross’s and Kim Magowan’s work for years, so when I saw that they had started writing collaboratively, I couldn’t have been more excited. Together, their writing takes on ...

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Kim Magowan @kimmagowan.bsky.social · Jul 12

@danadiehl.bsky.social interviewed Michelle Ross and me about our collaborative story collection, Don't Take This the Wrong Way. It's now up at The Masters Review. Many thanks Dana for your awesome questions!

mastersreview.com/a-conversati...

A Conversation with Michelle Ross and Kim Magowan, Authors of Don’t Take This the Wrong Way - The Masters Review

I have been a fan of Michelle Ross’s and Kim Magowan’s work for years, so when I saw that they had started writing collaboratively, I couldn’t have been more excited. Together, their writing takes on ...

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Dana Diehl @danadiehl.bsky.social · Jul 11

Last night I finished Lost Records: Bloom and Rage. Such a beautiful, effective game about four friends in the 90s who find an abandoned cabin in the woods, and then things get witchy and surreal (very My Thing). Highly recommend for folks who like a game that tells a story.

A still from the video game, Bloom and Rage. Four teenage girls sitting on a wooden overlook in the woods

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Dana Diehl @danadiehl.bsky.social · Jul 11

I am doing fiction consultations through @blacklawrence.bsky.social. I'd love to help you with your project! 📚 You can find more info here: blacklawrencepress.com/manuscriptco...

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Black Lawrence Press @blacklawrence.bsky.social · Jul 2

In addition to our Summer Poetry Sale, we're happy to share this offer with you! This offer is good on ALL books from the BLP site, including forthcoming titles, e-books, and sale titles. All promotional items will be automatically added to your order—no coupon needed.

Happy reading, friends!

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Dana Diehl @danadiehl.bsky.social · Jul 9

Thanks, Joel! ☺️

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Dana Diehl @danadiehl.bsky.social · Jul 8

Thank you for sharing! 😊

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Dana Diehl @danadiehl.bsky.social · Jul 8

I'm excited to share the cover of my forthcoming book! Thanks to @blacklawrence.bsky.social and the Zoe Norvell for the cover design and Brooke Sauer for the cover art.
You can pre-order now! blacklawrencepress.com/books/the-ea...

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Dana Diehl @danadiehl.bsky.social · Jun 28

Ok here we go.

Top 10 movies: Spirited Away
Swiss Army Man
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Lord of the Rings The Fellowship of the Ring
Florida Project
Moonrise Kingdom
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Little Women
The Green Knight

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Dana Diehl @danadiehl.bsky.social · Jun 23

"I stare out the window
at the disintegrating desert,
not knowing
why I don’t laugh
at my cousin’s jokes,
why I can’t smile
for the camera [...]"
Great new poems up at @cartridgelit.bsky.social

Cartridge Lit @cartridgelit.bsky.social · Jun 23

NEW #poetry on Cartridge Lit today! Check out Rayne Alarcio's #poems inspired by #FFXIV: "My pronouns are He/ro/Man/iac," "The Gold Saucer gives me desert depression flashbacks," and "Instead, life."

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Three FFXIV Poems | Cartridge Lit

My cousin calls The Gold Saucer the in-game casino, and I think back to the backseat, en route to Vegas, sandwiched between her and her brother, my shoulders aching.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · Jun 21

The U.S. Senate is currently considering a budget reconciliation bill that quietly includes language that could devastate our public lands. It would:
- Make over 250 million acres of public land eligible for sale
- Mandate the sale of at least 2 million acres of Forest Service and BLM land

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Celeste Pewter @celestepewter.bsky.social · Jun 22

1. Call your reps about Trump's violation of the War Powers Act

2. Demand Congress haul Hegseth etc. in for hearings/briefings on justification

3. Demand to know why the Gang of Eight was not kept in the loop.

Do it NOW.

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · Jun 21

Listen. The only way you can become a good writer is by being a shitty writer and doing it anyways. You can’t magically become a good writer by having a machine do some of the work for you. That just makes you a fraud.

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