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Grace Loh Prasad @gracelp.bsky.social · 7d

SAVE THE DATE: It’s October in the Bay Area and that means it’s @litquake.org season!!! My amazing AAPI writers collective 17 Syllables is back this year to do a reading and collaborative poem on Between Borders & Belonging—come join us at Red Poppy Art House on Sat, Oct. 25, 5-6pm. See you there!

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The Writers Grotto @thewritersgrotto.bsky.social · 6d

Congratulations to Grotto member @vanessahua.bsky.social!

Tin House @tinhouse.bsky.social · 7d

🎉Thrilled to publish debut nonfiction UPROOTED: A CHINESE AMERICAN STORY OF SURVIVAL AND RESISTANCE by @vanessahua.bsky.social — Spring 2027!

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The Writers Grotto @thewritersgrotto.bsky.social · 6d

Take some time for your writing this fall with our Write-In series.

www.writersgrotto.org/classes-and-...

#writing #writingcommunity #writein

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The Writers Grotto @thewritersgrotto.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks, I Hate It: The Art of Writing a Bad Review is a crash course in how to write a well-justified bad review of a movie, television show, or book you hated for all right reasons.

Wednesday, Oct. 15, 6 PM - 8 PM PDT. Via Zoom.

www.writersgrotto.org/classes-and-...

#writing #writingcommunity

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Brett Pribble @brettpribble.bsky.social · 6d

Read "The Flight" written by @swethaamit.bsky.social and illustrated by Brett J Barr.

"What was once soft human flesh was now covered in brown and white feathers."

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The Flight — Ghost Parachute

The change began subtly. At first, I noticed a strange stiffness in my joints, like the heavy, creaking doors of an old house. The mirror reflected my once-flowing cascade of dark curls, merging into ...

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The Writers Grotto @thewritersgrotto.bsky.social · 7d

Big thanks to Brandy Collins, Nate Olivarez-Giles, Lauren Markham, and Janine Kovak for an outstanding discussion at last night’s Grotto Nights at the SF Public Library! Stay tuned for more installments, moderated by Janine!
#WritersGrotto #GrottoNights #SanFranciscoPublicLibrary #FutureOfJournalism

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Swetha Amit @swethaamit.bsky.social · 7d

Humbling to have a story out in the ninth anniversary issue of Ghost Parachute along with big authors and writers I admire. Thank you so much @brettpribble.bsky.social 🙏 link to my story titled The Flight ghostparachute.com/issue/octobe...

The Flight — Ghost Parachute

The change began subtly. At first, I noticed a strange stiffness in my joints, like the heavy, creaking doors of an old house. The mirror reflected my once-flowing cascade of dark curls, merging into ...

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Swetha Amit @swethaamit.bsky.social · 7d

Congratulations

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Swetha Amit @swethaamit.bsky.social · 9d

Thank you for this nomination @soflopojo.bsky.social and editors! You can read my story shooting star here www.southfloridapoetryjournal.

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The Writers Grotto @thewritersgrotto.bsky.social · 25d

September's Grotto Night at the San Francisco Main Library on September 30, 6:00 pm:

Unchecked: The Future of Journalism in a Factless World.

Join Brandy Collins, Lauren Markham, Nate Olivarez-Giles, moderated by Janine Kovac.

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The Writers Grotto @thewritersgrotto.bsky.social · 23d

September's Reading & Meeting features Yeva Johnson, Brandy Collins, Audrey Ferber and Nate Olivarez-Giles reading from their works in progress. Emcee Christl Rikka-Perkins will lead a Q&A about their work and writing process.

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ninaschuyler.bsky.social @ninaschuyler.bsky.social · 24d

I'm thrilled that my novel/short story collection, In This Ravishing World, has won the 2025 PEN Oakland – Josephine Miles Literary Award! Immensely grateful!

It's a finalist for the Northern California Book Award and won the W.S. Porter Prize and the Prism Prize for Climate Literature!

cover of my book In This Ravishing World

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Swetha Amit @swethaamit.bsky.social · 29d

A new flash inspired from pickleball titled The curse up in @maudlinhouse.bsky.social maudlinhouse.net/the-curse/

The Curse

I'm playing a doubles pickleball match in the women's finals of an interclub tournament when my paddle breaks. The handle separates, and the paddle thuds against the concrete court. Sweat drips down m...

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Swetha Amit @swethaamit.bsky.social · Sep 2

My interview with Maw Shein win on @jmwwjournal.bsky.social jmwwblog.wordpress.com/2025/09/01/t...

Thinking Outside the Box: A Conversation with Maw Shein Win by Swetha Amit

My previous poetry collection … was more conceptual, focusing on poems as containers and containers as poems. I think of Percussing the Thinking Jar as having more of a sprawling, all-over fe…

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Swetha Amit @swethaamit.bsky.social · Aug 30

Congratulations! Great pieces!

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Swetha Amit @swethaamit.bsky.social · Aug 30

Moved me to tears! Such a beautiful write up

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Swetha Amit @swethaamit.bsky.social · Aug 30

Thank you so much 🙏

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Swetha Amit @swethaamit.bsky.social · Aug 29

Thank you 🙏

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Swetha Amit @swethaamit.bsky.social · Aug 29

Glad to be in
The retro summer isdue of Boudin Mcneese review www.mcneese.edu/thereview/th...

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Swetha Amit @swethaamit.bsky.social · Aug 26

A new Fladh up @mrbullbull.bsky.social mrbullbull.com/newbull/flas...

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Swetha Amit @swethaamit.bsky.social · Aug 26

Thank you 🙏

Swetha Amit @swethaamit.bsky.social · Aug 19

A new short story up in August issue of The write launch thewritelaunch.com/2025/08/lost...

Lost in the Silent World | Short Story by Swetha Amit in the August 11, 2025 issue of The Write Launch

Kabir stood on Agatti Island, staring at the ocean. The water was a perfect blend of blue and green. Turquoise blue. No, turquoise green. Kabir couldn't decide which one. He glanced at the green stone...

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Swetha Amit @swethaamit.bsky.social · Aug 13

My interview with Ben Davies up in Masters review mastersreview.com/a-conversati...

A Conversation with Ben Davies, Author of And So I Took Their Eye - The Masters Review

Ben C. Davies’s debut collection, And So I Took Their Eye, is a gripping collection of interlinked stories that explore the complex relationship between revenge and justice and how it plays across dif...

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Swetha Amit @swethaamit.bsky.social · Aug 3

Thank you for giving this piece a home! So humbling to be a part of this fantastic issue 🙏

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Brett Pribble @brettpribble.bsky.social · Aug 2

Read "The Teacup" written by @swethaamit.bsky.social and illustrated by @amymarques.bsky.social.

"The dusty cup sat on the kitchen shelf, covered with cobwebs, in my childhood home in Santa Cruz, which was up for sale."

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The Teacup — Ghost Parachute

The dusty cup sat on the kitchen shelf, covered with cobwebs, in my childhood home in Santa Cruz, which was up for sale. I blew off the dust and picked it up, surprised to find it after several years ...

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