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Dusti RW Levy. Disabled GenX PanQueer Southern poet, academic, essayist, dramaturg, playwright, & dramatist telling stories about love, longing, grief, & ghosts. CATF. delicate emissions/Thirteen Bridges/McNeese Review. McNeese MFA 28. 🌎: Calcasieu Parish.

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your friend dusti @dusti.bsky.social · 4h

89 degrees today. Cool cool cool.

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Ilana Masad @ilanaslightly.bsky.social · 5h

So grateful to @gabriellekorn.bsky.social and @autostraddle.bsky.social for this <3

"Masad blends meticulously well-researched history with lyrical invention, weaving a braided narrative that asks with urgency and tenderness: are any of us ever truly alone?"

www.autostraddle.com/queer-histor...

Queer History Meets UFO Lore in Ilana Masad's Stunning New Novel 'Beings'

"I think having crushes can be really nice. It can remind you that you have a body that can reach out, that you have a nervous system capable of excitement as well as anxiety or stress or anger or enn...

www.autostraddle.com

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your friend dusti @dusti.bsky.social · 14h

I aim to get some linen sheets this winter and start softening them up for the southwestern Louisiana summers. And O couldn’t get by without my linens trousers.

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your friend dusti @dusti.bsky.social · 15h

I’m trying to revise a poem with workshop notes and suggestions and like where it’s going, but am trying to figure out the lesson the speaker is learning, because I think it’s different from the original lesson.

your friend dusti @dusti.bsky.social · 1d

good night 🌝

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Rick Hollon @mimulus.bsky.social · 2d

My poem “Shapeshifters Local” has been published in the Autumn 2025 issue of @kaleidotrope.bsky.social, alongside what looks to be an amazing TOC. Read my poem here: kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2025/...

“Shapeshifters’ Local” by Rick Hollon

kaleidotrope.net

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your friend dusti @dusti.bsky.social · 1d

Bon Ami and a big brush or scrubber on a long handle. And I’ve never found CLR especially helpful for cleaning outside of lime & rust removal. Scrubbing Bubbles spray or Bon Ami powder get me through most bathtub dirt (including the buildup from minor smoke and fire foam damage).

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your friend dusti @dusti.bsky.social · 1d

💙

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your friend dusti @dusti.bsky.social · 2d

as we say in Nebraska, smells like money

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your friend dusti @dusti.bsky.social · 2d

You know you go to an ag school when they just casually spread loads of manure around campus to fertilize.

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Michael Kleber-Diggs @mkdordiggsy.bsky.social · 2d

Our daughter, Elinor, is raising money for an artist’s residency. Money raised will cover: pay for two dancers, travel expenses, and meals and miscellaneous expenses. Please support with a gift or a share if you are so inclined. TY

www.gofundme.com/f/support-el...

Donate to Support Elinor's Residency at Kaatsbaan Cultural Park, organized by Elinor Kleber Diggs

Hello friends, family, and friends of friends! My name is… Elinor Kleber Diggs needs your support for Support Elinor's Residency at Kaatsbaan Cultural Park

www.gofundme.com

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your friend dusti @dusti.bsky.social · 2d

Here’s your reminder that not all banned books are good or well-written, and that a book doesn’t have to be good or well-written to bring you joy and pleasure, and that nobody should be banning books from libraries or publishing houses.

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your friend dusti @dusti.bsky.social · 2d

If you’re looking for an arts organization to support, please consider mine: Contemporary American Theater Festival, the last remaining festival dedicated to the development & full staging of new American plays. www.americantheatre.org/2025/07/29/a...

A New-Play Fest Stands Alone

The Contemporary American Theater Festival is now the only U.S. gathering of its kind that fully stages all its offerings—and that matters more now.

www.americantheatre.org

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your friend dusti @dusti.bsky.social · 2d

An opportunity to help an autistic couple stay housed. gofund.me/56944532c

Donate to Autistic Couple Needs Help Staying Afloat (And Housed), organized by Amanda Fonte

Autistic Couple Needs Help Staying Afloat (And Housed) While Waiti… Amanda Fonte needs your support for Autistic Couple Needs Help Staying Afloat (And Housed)

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your friend dusti @dusti.bsky.social · 2d

One of my faves! I watched it uncomfortably with my dad when I was 11, learned the c word there (it was the 80s).

your friend dusti @dusti.bsky.social · 3d

just waiting for December when @tiredhottakes.bsky.social changes screen names.

a meme that says using let it snow wrapping paper wasn’t perhaps the best idea. we have a rectanguLr box with a white bow and light blue wrapping paper that says “tits”

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your friend dusti @dusti.bsky.social · 4d

the drive in my a/c-less car across southern Louisiana and Mississippi was surprisingly pleasant — a big change from my move out there in August, when I was practically passing out from heat.

your friend dusti @dusti.bsky.social · 4d

I arrived back in Alabama last night and will remain until the morning. It’s a bear of a drive but damn do I miss seasons.

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your friend dusti @dusti.bsky.social · 4d

sign me up

your friend dusti @dusti.bsky.social · 5d

Congrats — it’s possibly big feelings all around, but divorce preserves sanity and saves lives.

your friend dusti @dusti.bsky.social · 5d

I lived in Maple Leaf, Seattle, and worked in Snohomish County— enjoyed Snohomish immensely.

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your friend dusti @dusti.bsky.social · 5d

I feel like the big takeaway from WAYWARD is that the weaponizing of therapy language is dangerous. Also respect children and their needs and the fact that they won’t always be who you think they should be.

your friend dusti @dusti.bsky.social · 5d

to top it off, the keep-falling-asleep thing started happening again, too! Feels suspiciously like a Monday!

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your friend dusti @dusti.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you. It started out really nice and now I’m just…ugh. (did have some Nutter Butters though)

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your friend dusti @dusti.bsky.social · 5d

was gonna go see the final dress of THE ODD COUPLE at a local theatre tonight but am exhausted after getting a $244 parking ticket (for misunderstanding my university’s policy on issued parking tags vs state placards) and taking returns to the FedEx store. I think I’ll stay home & enjoy the rain.

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