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Bristol Vaudrin (she/her)

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#writer #reader #buffalowingeater From #Alaska, now in #PDX AFTERWARD (flawed person, messy life, dark humor GO) from Tortoise Books 2025 2027: Man moves to beauty and danger of off-grid Alaska #literaryfiction #litfic #booksky bristolvaudrin.com

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SFWP @sfwp.bsky.social · 1d

There's still time to register for @thewriterscenter.bsky.social's free event this Friday at 7pm EDT where @samuelashworth.bsky.social, Afabwaje Kurian, & Madison Smartt Bell will be reading in tribute to Pulitzer Prize & National Book Award-winning novelist Percival Everett! buff.ly/TRQgBnS

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Bristol Vaudrin (she/her) @bristolvaudrin.bsky.social · 1d

😮 I can think of a few other things.

House Speaker Mike Johnson calls Portland naked bike ride ‘most threatening thing I’ve seen yet’

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Bristol Vaudrin (she/her) @bristolvaudrin.bsky.social · 1d

Haa. Fair.

Bristol Vaudrin (she/her) @bristolvaudrin.bsky.social · 1d

TOTALLY get that. You are free to go.

Bristol Vaudrin (she/her) @bristolvaudrin.bsky.social · 2d

Permission to judge freely?

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Bristol Vaudrin (she/her) @bristolvaudrin.bsky.social · 2d

That's nothing, my last book was entirely rage-written against one lying putz author who passed it off as facts and should not meet me in an alley. 🥊

Bristol Vaudrin (she/her) @bristolvaudrin.bsky.social · 2d

Humping your leg right now like my friend's little Frenchie.

Ew, I know, but there it is.

Bristol Vaudrin (she/her) @bristolvaudrin.bsky.social · 2d

Portlanders "put the city’s quirky & irreverent reputation on display...in an 'emergency' edition of the annual World Naked Bike Ride...Crowds have [been] donning inflatable frog, unicorn, axolotl & banana costumes as they face off w/federal law enforcement who often deploy tear gas & pepper balls."

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Bristol Vaudrin (she/her) @bristolvaudrin.bsky.social · 2d

The "crazy," "out of control" "bad people" causing "anarchy" today outside the ICE building. I tell you it's "like living in hell." Especially with that scary guy in the chicken suit. #resist #pdx

Photo of Portland demonstrations at ICE building on Oct 14 2025

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Steve Darrell @stevejdrl.bsky.social · 7d

The Booker Prizes account has posted 6 short films with actors reading from the books on the shortlist. This is my favourite of the films.

The Booker Prizes @thebookerprizes.com · 8d

Watch Gabrielle Creevy read from Flashlight, the #BookerPrize2025 shortlisted novel by Susan Choi.

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Gabrielle Creevy reads from Flashlight by Susan Choi | The Booker Prize

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 8d

Kristi Noem confronts enemy combatants in the Portland war zone today.

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On Creative Writing @oncreativewriting.bsky.social · 23d

The Writer's Spark Coaching Competition is open. Creative Writers! Want to win some powerful coaching and more? The prize is coaching from Fiona Fenwick, one-year free of Brain.fm , editing with @sheelaghcaygill.bsky.social , and an interview on our site!
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