Rilla Askew
@rilla-askew.bsky.social
Writer, fiction & nonfiction. Recent titles: THE HUNGRY AND THE HAUNTED: Stories (Belle Point 2024) PRIZE FOR THE FIRE (OU Press 2022)
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Friday night in Norman OK
December 2, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Friday night in Norman OK
October 18, 2025 at 9:34 PM
University of Oklahoma seeks a creative writer for Burr Endowed Chair. Genre open. MFA or PhD, 2 books with nationally recognized press, significant teaching experience required. Tenured full-time position with 2:1 teaching load. Review of applications begins 10.15.25. apply.interfolio.com/174031
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October 6, 2025 at 2:43 PM
University of Oklahoma seeks a creative writer for Burr Endowed Chair. Genre open. MFA or PhD, 2 books with nationally recognized press, significant teaching experience required. Tenured full-time position with 2:1 teaching load. Review of applications begins 10.15.25. apply.interfolio.com/174031
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Here is the fossil as a perfume. Here is a bone
picked clean and whittled into a tiny tall ship.
Here are magicians teaching secrets
to contortionists. Here is colored glass on fire.
~from "Ex Libris"
by Megan Harlan
AGNI Online
picked clean and whittled into a tiny tall ship.
Here are magicians teaching secrets
to contortionists. Here is colored glass on fire.
~from "Ex Libris"
by Megan Harlan
AGNI Online
Ex Libris
Here is the fossil as a perfume. Here is a bone picked clean and whittled into a tiny tall ship. Here are magicians teaching secrets to contortionists. Here is colored glass on fire. Here is love…
buff.ly
October 5, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Here is the fossil as a perfume. Here is a bone
picked clean and whittled into a tiny tall ship.
Here are magicians teaching secrets
to contortionists. Here is colored glass on fire.
~from "Ex Libris"
by Megan Harlan
AGNI Online
picked clean and whittled into a tiny tall ship.
Here are magicians teaching secrets
to contortionists. Here is colored glass on fire.
~from "Ex Libris"
by Megan Harlan
AGNI Online
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In June, you made No Kings Day one of the biggest protests in US history.
October 18 is going to be even bigger. Join us: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
October 18 is going to be even bigger. Join us: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
September 6, 2025 at 1:26 PM
In June, you made No Kings Day one of the biggest protests in US history.
October 18 is going to be even bigger. Join us: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
October 18 is going to be even bigger. Join us: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
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Big thanks to all of you who mobilized on Labor Day to demand a country that puts workers first.
September 2, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Big thanks to all of you who mobilized on Labor Day to demand a country that puts workers first.
Trump Orders Have Stripped Nearly Half a Million Federal Workers of Union Rights www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/u...
Trump Orders Have Stripped Nearly Half a Million Federal Workers of Union Rights
www.nytimes.com
September 2, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Trump Orders Have Stripped Nearly Half a Million Federal Workers of Union Rights www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/u...
Labor Day Oklahoma City
September 2, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Labor Day Oklahoma City
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In honor of #LaborDay in the US and #artsactivism around the world, Abbetuck shares with you this image of musician Woody Guthrie and his iconic "This Machine Kills Fascists" guitar.
This Library of Congress photo captures an enduring symbol of musical resistance and labor solidarity.
This Library of Congress photo captures an enduring symbol of musical resistance and labor solidarity.
September 1, 2025 at 2:50 PM
In honor of #LaborDay in the US and #artsactivism around the world, Abbetuck shares with you this image of musician Woody Guthrie and his iconic "This Machine Kills Fascists" guitar.
This Library of Congress photo captures an enduring symbol of musical resistance and labor solidarity.
This Library of Congress photo captures an enduring symbol of musical resistance and labor solidarity.
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I have an op-ed at @inquirer.com today.
All of us who care about democracy need to decide how we'll respond as we see our institutions, our work, and our communities being attacked.
Many of us in academia are standing up for our values and our students.
www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...
All of us who care about democracy need to decide how we'll respond as we see our institutions, our work, and our communities being attacked.
Many of us in academia are standing up for our values and our students.
www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...
Amid Trump’s attacks on higher ed, professors need to keep standing up for our democracy | Opinion
Across the nation, there has been a groundswell of academics who have decided to speak out for their institutions — and we all must keep doing so.
www.inquirer.com
August 30, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I have an op-ed at @inquirer.com today.
All of us who care about democracy need to decide how we'll respond as we see our institutions, our work, and our communities being attacked.
Many of us in academia are standing up for our values and our students.
www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...
All of us who care about democracy need to decide how we'll respond as we see our institutions, our work, and our communities being attacked.
Many of us in academia are standing up for our values and our students.
www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...
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We’re looking forward to gathering again on Labor Day. While billionaires convert the government into their private slush fund, we’re coming together to demand a country that puts workers first. Thousands of communities are taking a stand — find an event near you. #WorkersOverBillionaires
#WorkersOverBillionaires Labor Day · Mobilize
On September 1st we will continue the movement we launched together on May 1st, standing in solidarity with all our communities under attack and fighting for real wins for all our people.
www.mobilize.us
August 24, 2025 at 12:41 PM
We’re looking forward to gathering again on Labor Day. While billionaires convert the government into their private slush fund, we’re coming together to demand a country that puts workers first. Thousands of communities are taking a stand — find an event near you. #WorkersOverBillionaires
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OK is one of the hungriest states, but declined $$ for a summer food program for kids. Cherokee & Chickasaw Nations accepted the $$, & ran to their own programs. A new study found the tribes reduced food insecurity for OK kids & families. www.kosu.org/local-news/2...
Tribally-administered Summer EBT improved food security, study finds
Summer EBT, called the SUN Bucks program, administered through tribal nations improved food security among participants, according to a new report.
www.kosu.org
August 21, 2025 at 5:04 PM
OK is one of the hungriest states, but declined $$ for a summer food program for kids. Cherokee & Chickasaw Nations accepted the $$, & ran to their own programs. A new study found the tribes reduced food insecurity for OK kids & families. www.kosu.org/local-news/2...
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Americans should seize the opportunity on Labor Day to join union members and leaders (who have been front and center in fighting authoritarianism) to protest peacefully.There are few more effective ways to show the bully-in-chief who still holds power contrarian.substack.com/p/trumps-cri...
Trump’s "Crime" Canard
The battle in D.C. is every American’s fight
contrarian.substack.com
August 20, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Americans should seize the opportunity on Labor Day to join union members and leaders (who have been front and center in fighting authoritarianism) to protest peacefully.There are few more effective ways to show the bully-in-chief who still holds power contrarian.substack.com/p/trumps-cri...
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A federal court ruled that ANTHROPIC illegally copied MILLIONS of books to train its AI.
All authors and publishers whose books were downloaded by Anthropic from pirate websites are subject to receiving compensation. This could involve your work.
For more info: authorsguild.org/news/anthrop...
All authors and publishers whose books were downloaded by Anthropic from pirate websites are subject to receiving compensation. This could involve your work.
For more info: authorsguild.org/news/anthrop...
August 19, 2025 at 9:58 PM
A federal court ruled that ANTHROPIC illegally copied MILLIONS of books to train its AI.
All authors and publishers whose books were downloaded by Anthropic from pirate websites are subject to receiving compensation. This could involve your work.
For more info: authorsguild.org/news/anthrop...
All authors and publishers whose books were downloaded by Anthropic from pirate websites are subject to receiving compensation. This could involve your work.
For more info: authorsguild.org/news/anthrop...
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Today’s the day! The Writer’s Desk: Pedagogy in Practice premieres TONIGHT at 6:00 p.m. ET. Watch “Teaching at the Crossroads of Trauma and Place” with @rilla-askew.bsky.social, James Brubaker, Brandon Hobson, and Constance E. Squires on YouTube.
The Writer’s Desk: Pedagogy in Practice—Teaching at the Crossroads of Trauma & Place
We’re thrilled to premiere “The Writer’s Desk: Pedagogy in Practice—Teaching at the Crossroads of Trauma and Place,” featuring authors and professors Rilla Askew, Brandon Hobson, and Constance E.…
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August 19, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Today’s the day! The Writer’s Desk: Pedagogy in Practice premieres TONIGHT at 6:00 p.m. ET. Watch “Teaching at the Crossroads of Trauma and Place” with @rilla-askew.bsky.social, James Brubaker, Brandon Hobson, and Constance E. Squires on YouTube.
Premier Tuesday 6 PM ET - tune in to YouTube for this free event.
www.awpwriter.org/AWP/Magazine...
www.awpwriter.org/AWP/Magazine...
The Writer’s Desk: Pedagogy in Practice—Teaching at the Crossroads of Trauma and Place
We’re thrilled to premiere “The Writer’s Desk: Pedagogy in Practice—Teaching at the Crossroads of Trauma and Place,” featuring authors and professors Rilla Askew, Brandon Hobson, and Constance E. Squi...
www.awpwriter.org
August 19, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Premier Tuesday 6 PM ET - tune in to YouTube for this free event.
www.awpwriter.org/AWP/Magazine...
www.awpwriter.org/AWP/Magazine...
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The occupation of our capital city is not “a distraction.” It’s part of the dictator’s playbook.
The attempt to rig the rules of the next election is not “a distraction.” It’s a direct threat to the will of the voters.
Fighting for our democracy is not a distraction.
The attempt to rig the rules of the next election is not “a distraction.” It’s a direct threat to the will of the voters.
Fighting for our democracy is not a distraction.
August 19, 2025 at 12:50 PM
The occupation of our capital city is not “a distraction.” It’s part of the dictator’s playbook.
The attempt to rig the rules of the next election is not “a distraction.” It’s a direct threat to the will of the voters.
Fighting for our democracy is not a distraction.
The attempt to rig the rules of the next election is not “a distraction.” It’s a direct threat to the will of the voters.
Fighting for our democracy is not a distraction.
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Slow down ICE by helping local businesses put up signs to clearly mark “Staff Only” areas that can’t be entered without a warrant. Protect your community while showing solidarity with immigrant workers and customers: act.indivisible.org/...
August 18, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Slow down ICE by helping local businesses put up signs to clearly mark “Staff Only” areas that can’t be entered without a warrant. Protect your community while showing solidarity with immigrant workers and customers: act.indivisible.org/...
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DC won’t back down to a wannabe dictator.
August 18, 2025 at 7:00 PM
DC won’t back down to a wannabe dictator.
@cassiepremosteele.bsky.social Arrived! We love it. Paul got such a kick out of it—had no idea it was coming. Thank you!
August 16, 2025 at 10:53 PM
@cassiepremosteele.bsky.social Arrived! We love it. Paul got such a kick out of it—had no idea it was coming. Thank you!
Shawnee, Oklahoma
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Shawnee, Oklahoma
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if the body were beautiful in death
we’d lay us out upon pavilions
we’d braid us ashes into our hair
~from "Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center"
by sam sax
AGNI Online
we’d lay us out upon pavilions
we’d braid us ashes into our hair
~from "Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center"
by sam sax
AGNI Online
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
the sick are taken for walks around the hospital fourteen laps is a mile we make it six the ones in yellow socks are dying the ones in gray are dying slower last week he was attached to so many tubes…
buff.ly
August 12, 2025 at 6:30 PM
if the body were beautiful in death
we’d lay us out upon pavilions
we’d braid us ashes into our hair
~from "Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center"
by sam sax
AGNI Online
we’d lay us out upon pavilions
we’d braid us ashes into our hair
~from "Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center"
by sam sax
AGNI Online
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wrote about Trump's attack on DC. It's not a "distraction"; it's part of a fascist program focused on targeting the marginalized for massive displays of force and cleansing violence. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/trumps-inv...
Trump’s Invasion of DC Is Not A Distraction
Fascists build power by targeting the powerless.
www.everythingishorrible.net
August 12, 2025 at 2:57 PM
wrote about Trump's attack on DC. It's not a "distraction"; it's part of a fascist program focused on targeting the marginalized for massive displays of force and cleansing violence. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/trumps-inv...