August Owens Grimm
@aowensgrimm.bsky.social
They/them. Speculative/Haunted Memoir Writer. Fat and Queer. Recent pubs in It Came From the Closet and NAFFA. 2025 Lambda Fellow.
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Here’s your morning mood, courtesy of Casey Weldon.
November 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Here’s your morning mood, courtesy of Casey Weldon.
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Oh hey lots of holiday bargains are lighting up my email and social media.
Just a reminder to shop small this weekend. Visit your indie bookstore.
The billionaires have enough.
Just a reminder to shop small this weekend. Visit your indie bookstore.
The billionaires have enough.
November 27, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Oh hey lots of holiday bargains are lighting up my email and social media.
Just a reminder to shop small this weekend. Visit your indie bookstore.
The billionaires have enough.
Just a reminder to shop small this weekend. Visit your indie bookstore.
The billionaires have enough.
Corpses, Fools, and Monsters is an incredible book! Highly recommend getting yourself a copy!
Hi @willowcatelyn.bsky.social and I published this last year but with our TCM appearances last month we are once again asking to buy our book!
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November 28, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Corpses, Fools, and Monsters is an incredible book! Highly recommend getting yourself a copy!
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Thankful I learned Cyberstalking in Illinois is a Class 4 felony, up to 3 years in prison w/ a $25K fine, if a person says things online w/ intent to cause a person who lives in IL emotional distress. The perpetrator can live anywhere.
It can be classified a hate crime if the victim is diverse.
It can be classified a hate crime if the victim is diverse.
November 27, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Thankful I learned Cyberstalking in Illinois is a Class 4 felony, up to 3 years in prison w/ a $25K fine, if a person says things online w/ intent to cause a person who lives in IL emotional distress. The perpetrator can live anywhere.
It can be classified a hate crime if the victim is diverse.
It can be classified a hate crime if the victim is diverse.
Can’t wait to see this on Monday!
Next Monday at 7pm, @thefilmsociety hosts Masaki Kobayashi's supernatural anthology KWAIDAN.
Based on a 1904 collection of Japanese folktales & at the time the most expensive Japanese film ever made, KWAIDAN will be presented in 35MM.
Get Tickets Now: musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-ev...
Based on a 1904 collection of Japanese folktales & at the time the most expensive Japanese film ever made, KWAIDAN will be presented in 35MM.
Get Tickets Now: musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-ev...
a close up of a person 's face with asian writing on it
ALT: a close up of a person 's face with asian writing on it
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November 27, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Can’t wait to see this on Monday!
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Caden is going to be on TCM in about 10 minutes. Let's go Caden! He's showing DOG DAY AFTERNOON first.
I wrote about DOG DAY AFTERNOON and its complicated legacy among trans viewers for my reader's choice series. My co-writer Caden Mark Gardner will be discussing many of these same topics tonight on TCM before this film is shown. Please tune in!
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November 25, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Caden is going to be on TCM in about 10 minutes. Let's go Caden! He's showing DOG DAY AFTERNOON first.
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Tomorrow night! You could watch this. Yes, I’m talking to you!
On November 17 and 24, @willowcatelyn.bsky.social and I will be on TCM talking about films featured in our book. More details to come.
November 23, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Tomorrow night! You could watch this. Yes, I’m talking to you!
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Create narratives and possibilities that are not neurotypical with us! In this craft intensive, we'll read disabled writers, complete in-class writing exercises, do a whole lot of discussion–learning from and alongside one another, plus so much more!
Sign-up: tinhouse.com/product/fall...
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November 21, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Create narratives and possibilities that are not neurotypical with us! In this craft intensive, we'll read disabled writers, complete in-class writing exercises, do a whole lot of discussion–learning from and alongside one another, plus so much more!
Sign-up: tinhouse.com/product/fall...
Sign-up: tinhouse.com/product/fall...
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We've never been so proud to be misaligned! Your support keeps us doing the thing this administration sees as a threat and a disruption.
We could do this forever. Stay the course with us by making a tax deductible donation at the link in our bio! 🔥
We could do this forever. Stay the course with us by making a tax deductible donation at the link in our bio! 🔥
November 17, 2025 at 5:25 PM
We've never been so proud to be misaligned! Your support keeps us doing the thing this administration sees as a threat and a disruption.
We could do this forever. Stay the course with us by making a tax deductible donation at the link in our bio! 🔥
We could do this forever. Stay the course with us by making a tax deductible donation at the link in our bio! 🔥
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Fun fact: I keep a list of recommended reading on my author site!
Some favorite full-length memoirs:
📖 In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado
📖 You Could Make This Place Beautiful by Maggie Smith
📖 Sick by Porochista Khakpour
📖 Night Parade by Jami Nakamura Lin
📖 Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
Some favorite full-length memoirs:
📖 In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado
📖 You Could Make This Place Beautiful by Maggie Smith
📖 Sick by Porochista Khakpour
📖 Night Parade by Jami Nakamura Lin
📖 Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
November 17, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Fun fact: I keep a list of recommended reading on my author site!
Some favorite full-length memoirs:
📖 In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado
📖 You Could Make This Place Beautiful by Maggie Smith
📖 Sick by Porochista Khakpour
📖 Night Parade by Jami Nakamura Lin
📖 Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
Some favorite full-length memoirs:
📖 In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado
📖 You Could Make This Place Beautiful by Maggie Smith
📖 Sick by Porochista Khakpour
📖 Night Parade by Jami Nakamura Lin
📖 Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
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Everything in episode 4 of Welcome to Derry was great, but especially the final bit about the Children of Maturin and the cage they built for It (aka the Galloo).
Glad that the show is giving agency and protagonism to the Indigenous people.
Glad that the show is giving agency and protagonism to the Indigenous people.
November 17, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Everything in episode 4 of Welcome to Derry was great, but especially the final bit about the Children of Maturin and the cage they built for It (aka the Galloo).
Glad that the show is giving agency and protagonism to the Indigenous people.
Glad that the show is giving agency and protagonism to the Indigenous people.
today’s therapy session required the presence of my weighted sloth pillow. i wasn’t going to post this out of a sense of shame that i even need a weighted sloth pillow but that’s exactly the kind of thinking/bias that i’m trying to undo in therapy & my writing
November 14, 2025 at 9:14 PM
today’s therapy session required the presence of my weighted sloth pillow. i wasn’t going to post this out of a sense of shame that i even need a weighted sloth pillow but that’s exactly the kind of thinking/bias that i’m trying to undo in therapy & my writing
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Coming in March from @wwnorton.com...
November 13, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Coming in March from @wwnorton.com...
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My takeaway from every new Epstein revelation is that some powerful people victimized many powerless young women, many more knew, some actively enabled it--and we're still being told that MeToo and accountability for sexual violence have gone too far
November 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
My takeaway from every new Epstein revelation is that some powerful people victimized many powerless young women, many more knew, some actively enabled it--and we're still being told that MeToo and accountability for sexual violence have gone too far
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DONALD TRUMP: [asleep, drooling on long red tie]
SENATE DEMOCRATS: fine, we give in
SENATE DEMOCRATS: fine, we give in
November 10, 2025 at 2:37 AM
DONALD TRUMP: [asleep, drooling on long red tie]
SENATE DEMOCRATS: fine, we give in
SENATE DEMOCRATS: fine, we give in
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It's a fuck you to everyone who showed up for No Kings. It's a fuck you to every Democrat that voted on Tuesday.
Fuck @schumer.senate.gov and any Dem senator who caves to the madman in the WH and his band of creeps. Just burning with rage right now.
Fuck @schumer.senate.gov and any Dem senator who caves to the madman in the WH and his band of creeps. Just burning with rage right now.
I'm hearing the same thing. Dems are nearing a surrender. I'm shocked. Largest protest in history + best election night in years + polling showing we're kicking their ass in public opinion. And now Dems may cave.
It ain't over til it's over, so please do call if you've got a Dem senator.
It ain't over til it's over, so please do call if you've got a Dem senator.
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 10:35 PM
It's a fuck you to everyone who showed up for No Kings. It's a fuck you to every Democrat that voted on Tuesday.
Fuck @schumer.senate.gov and any Dem senator who caves to the madman in the WH and his band of creeps. Just burning with rage right now.
Fuck @schumer.senate.gov and any Dem senator who caves to the madman in the WH and his band of creeps. Just burning with rage right now.
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“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
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November 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
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Sometimes I wonder if our many years of jokes about writers hating writing and doing anything but writing, etc, have convinced people that the writing part is the hurdle and the goal is just to have a thing in hand. But I am here to tell you: the writing is the best part. The act is the thing.
November 9, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Sometimes I wonder if our many years of jokes about writers hating writing and doing anything but writing, etc, have convinced people that the writing part is the hurdle and the goal is just to have a thing in hand. But I am here to tell you: the writing is the best part. The act is the thing.
Same!
Elizabeth Olsen believes she will die old and alone in a foggy English coastal town. Here are her options
Elizabeth Olsen believes she will die old and alone in a foggy English coastal town. Here are her options
While promoting new film Eternity, the actor outlined a specific end-of-life scenario that should be cold, wet and include one cheese shop
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November 7, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Same!
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i can’t believe a good thing happened we should do this more often
November 5, 2025 at 2:26 AM
i can’t believe a good thing happened we should do this more often
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the issue of fairglow, works inspired by Jane Schoenbrun's films "I Saw The TV Glow" and "We're All Going To The World's Fair", is out now!! check it out~
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October 29, 2025 at 12:04 AM
the issue of fairglow, works inspired by Jane Schoenbrun's films "I Saw The TV Glow" and "We're All Going To The World's Fair", is out now!! check it out~
fairglowmagazine.weebly.com/fairglow-iss...
fairglowmagazine.weebly.com/fairglow-iss...
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Did your chapbook submission turn into a pumpkin at midnight? We’ve got you! 🎃🫶 Take the week and send your manuscript by 11:59pm on Sunday, Nov. 9th. We can’t wait to read it!
November 2, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Did your chapbook submission turn into a pumpkin at midnight? We’ve got you! 🎃🫶 Take the week and send your manuscript by 11:59pm on Sunday, Nov. 9th. We can’t wait to read it!
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TCM published an article about @cadenmgardner.bsky.social and I's upcoming program on their website.
www.tcm.com/articles/Pro...
www.tcm.com/articles/Pro...
Trans Images on Film
November 17 & 24 | 11 FilmsWith the recent publication of “Corpses, Fools and Monsters: The History and Future of Transness in Cinema,” Turner Classic Movies sheds light on the various perspe...
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November 2, 2025 at 7:46 PM
TCM published an article about @cadenmgardner.bsky.social and I's upcoming program on their website.
www.tcm.com/articles/Pro...
www.tcm.com/articles/Pro...
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Reminder to everybody; if you think you saw someone stealing food, no you didn’t.
October 26, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Reminder to everybody; if you think you saw someone stealing food, no you didn’t.
I’m at a medical convention for work and they have puppies! @awpwriter.org can we have puppies!
October 26, 2025 at 10:13 PM
I’m at a medical convention for work and they have puppies! @awpwriter.org can we have puppies!