Emma Morris
@curtainlecture.bsky.social
Aspiring Sacred Monster. Astro Literate. Acquisitions Manager @ Newberry Library. She/her. Opinions mine & with apologies to the collective unconscious.
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I can't stress enough that you should take every opportunity that comes your way to support your local public libraries. Many of them are currently struggling and are being DEFUNDED. Local action matters on this front. Don't sit back until those libraries are gone before taking ACTION.
December 2, 2025 at 10:48 PM
I can't stress enough that you should take every opportunity that comes your way to support your local public libraries. Many of them are currently struggling and are being DEFUNDED. Local action matters on this front. Don't sit back until those libraries are gone before taking ACTION.
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FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: Apply now for $50,000 Kresge Artist Fellowships in Live Arts and Film & Music from Kresge Arts in Detroit. You can also apply for $5,000 Gilda Awards for early-career artists in the metro Detroit area. The deadline is Jan. 15, 2026.
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December 1, 2025 at 9:50 PM
FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: Apply now for $50,000 Kresge Artist Fellowships in Live Arts and Film & Music from Kresge Arts in Detroit. You can also apply for $5,000 Gilda Awards for early-career artists in the metro Detroit area. The deadline is Jan. 15, 2026.
kresge.org/news-views/a...
kresge.org/news-views/a...
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Call for Submissions!
We're putting together a one-off (for now) lit zine in 2026: Wild Ramp Review of Books.
Midwest-made book nerdery for the people!
Deadline: Rolling until March 31, 2026
Writers of all ages welcome.
#CallForSubmissions #BookReviewZine #ZineCommunity
We're putting together a one-off (for now) lit zine in 2026: Wild Ramp Review of Books.
Midwest-made book nerdery for the people!
Deadline: Rolling until March 31, 2026
Writers of all ages welcome.
#CallForSubmissions #BookReviewZine #ZineCommunity
December 1, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Call for Submissions!
We're putting together a one-off (for now) lit zine in 2026: Wild Ramp Review of Books.
Midwest-made book nerdery for the people!
Deadline: Rolling until March 31, 2026
Writers of all ages welcome.
#CallForSubmissions #BookReviewZine #ZineCommunity
We're putting together a one-off (for now) lit zine in 2026: Wild Ramp Review of Books.
Midwest-made book nerdery for the people!
Deadline: Rolling until March 31, 2026
Writers of all ages welcome.
#CallForSubmissions #BookReviewZine #ZineCommunity
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@pubforpalestine.bsky.social has made a library of free e-books by Palestinian authors available all this week. Check it out via the link in our bio. In store, we have zines from Publishers for Palestine available on our free resources cart.
November 29, 2025 at 5:30 PM
@pubforpalestine.bsky.social has made a library of free e-books by Palestinian authors available all this week. Check it out via the link in our bio. In store, we have zines from Publishers for Palestine available on our free resources cart.
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Every year around this time, I ask folks to consider doing something in support of Native people. This year, please join me in supporting the Native Organizers Alliance as they build grassroots power, defend Native voting rights, and equip our people for collective struggle through skill-building.
Donate - Native Organizers Alliance
Supporting organizing and advocacy initiatives for Indigenous justice.
nativeorganizing.org
November 26, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Every year around this time, I ask folks to consider doing something in support of Native people. This year, please join me in supporting the Native Organizers Alliance as they build grassroots power, defend Native voting rights, and equip our people for collective struggle through skill-building.
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Against Settler Colonialism: A Reading List
Against Settler Colonialism: A Reading List
From Turtle Island to Palestine, Indigenous people across the world continue to resist settler-colonial domination, extraction, and exploitation of their land and communities.
We center these tradi...
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November 26, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Against Settler Colonialism: A Reading List
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you should be a patron of your public library AND buy as directly from creators as much as you possibly can
higher demand / circulation of titles = higher likelihood of repurchasing for future work
libraries also tend to employ creative people who write, make art, and play music outside of work
higher demand / circulation of titles = higher likelihood of repurchasing for future work
libraries also tend to employ creative people who write, make art, and play music outside of work
November 26, 2025 at 9:42 PM
you should be a patron of your public library AND buy as directly from creators as much as you possibly can
higher demand / circulation of titles = higher likelihood of repurchasing for future work
libraries also tend to employ creative people who write, make art, and play music outside of work
higher demand / circulation of titles = higher likelihood of repurchasing for future work
libraries also tend to employ creative people who write, make art, and play music outside of work
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For Native American Heritage Month, here's Dolores Purdy’s (Caddo Nation of Oklahoma) Speaking to Star Beings. "Our priests would study the night sky and would understand our place in the universe as well as knowing when to plant crops, how to treat others, and other matters of day-to-day living."
November 25, 2025 at 3:05 PM
For Native American Heritage Month, here's Dolores Purdy’s (Caddo Nation of Oklahoma) Speaking to Star Beings. "Our priests would study the night sky and would understand our place in the universe as well as knowing when to plant crops, how to treat others, and other matters of day-to-day living."
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I like cursing and research suggests that people who curse are highly intelligent. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
November 24, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I like cursing and research suggests that people who curse are highly intelligent. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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A poetry reading AND a book fair?? All for a great cause?! 😍📚
@haymarketbooks.org @coffeehousepress.bsky.social @deepvellum.bsky.social @acrebooks.bsky.social @coppercanyonpress.bsky.social @sarabandebooks.bsky.social @blackoceanbooks.bsky.social @rhinopoetry.bsky.social
@haymarketbooks.org @coffeehousepress.bsky.social @deepvellum.bsky.social @acrebooks.bsky.social @coppercanyonpress.bsky.social @sarabandebooks.bsky.social @blackoceanbooks.bsky.social @rhinopoetry.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 4:28 PM
A poetry reading AND a book fair?? All for a great cause?! 😍📚
@haymarketbooks.org @coffeehousepress.bsky.social @deepvellum.bsky.social @acrebooks.bsky.social @coppercanyonpress.bsky.social @sarabandebooks.bsky.social @blackoceanbooks.bsky.social @rhinopoetry.bsky.social
@haymarketbooks.org @coffeehousepress.bsky.social @deepvellum.bsky.social @acrebooks.bsky.social @coppercanyonpress.bsky.social @sarabandebooks.bsky.social @blackoceanbooks.bsky.social @rhinopoetry.bsky.social
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Distro Highlight✨
Signos: A Fiction Anthology of Filipino Supernatural [email protected] . Curated and edited into volume by writers Tilde Acuña, John Bengan, Daryll Delgado, Amado Anthony G. Mendoza III, and Kristine Ong Muslim.
Order yourself a copy from AKpress.org!
Signos: A Fiction Anthology of Filipino Supernatural [email protected] . Curated and edited into volume by writers Tilde Acuña, John Bengan, Daryll Delgado, Amado Anthony G. Mendoza III, and Kristine Ong Muslim.
Order yourself a copy from AKpress.org!
November 24, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Distro Highlight✨
Signos: A Fiction Anthology of Filipino Supernatural [email protected] . Curated and edited into volume by writers Tilde Acuña, John Bengan, Daryll Delgado, Amado Anthony G. Mendoza III, and Kristine Ong Muslim.
Order yourself a copy from AKpress.org!
Signos: A Fiction Anthology of Filipino Supernatural [email protected] . Curated and edited into volume by writers Tilde Acuña, John Bengan, Daryll Delgado, Amado Anthony G. Mendoza III, and Kristine Ong Muslim.
Order yourself a copy from AKpress.org!
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learning there's an angel in the Kabbalah who helps you find the books you need at the library has made my night. from @phantasmaphile.bsky.social's deeply researched Magic Maker, which I am slowly savoring.
November 21, 2025 at 3:41 AM
learning there's an angel in the Kabbalah who helps you find the books you need at the library has made my night. from @phantasmaphile.bsky.social's deeply researched Magic Maker, which I am slowly savoring.
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you can assemble whistles in Chicago *tonight*
I’m tearing up a little. Recognition from someone as amazing as Dan feels good.
Also, BE PART OF THE MOVEMENT! Come to my whistle kit assembly event tonight at Nighthawk (4744 N Kimball), 5:30-8 pm!
Also, BE PART OF THE MOVEMENT! Come to my whistle kit assembly event tonight at Nighthawk (4744 N Kimball), 5:30-8 pm!
Shoutouts within to @marc-fischer.bsky.social who was the first person I saw distroing whistles and inspired me, to @bibliogrrl.bsky.social who has been 3D printing like a madwoman, and @lefttheprairie.bsky.social who has been responsible for literally tens of thousands of whistles getting out.
November 21, 2025 at 9:53 PM
you can assemble whistles in Chicago *tonight*
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This #TransgenderAwarenessWeek, we're launching the Trans News Initiative - a nearly yearlong project dedicated to tracking and analyzing news coverage of trans communities across the United States.
transnewsinitiative.org
transnewsinitiative.org
Trans News Initiative
A database and analysis of news coverage affecting trans communities.
transnewsinitiative.org
November 18, 2025 at 7:27 PM
This #TransgenderAwarenessWeek, we're launching the Trans News Initiative - a nearly yearlong project dedicated to tracking and analyzing news coverage of trans communities across the United States.
transnewsinitiative.org
transnewsinitiative.org
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We are happy to partner with Heaux History to collect donations!
Stop by the Leather Archives & Museum to put your donations in the drop off bin this week!
Cash donations also welcome at $HEAUXHISTORYPROJECT (Cashapp or Venmo)
Stop by the Leather Archives & Museum to put your donations in the drop off bin this week!
Cash donations also welcome at $HEAUXHISTORYPROJECT (Cashapp or Venmo)
November 18, 2025 at 8:55 PM
We are happy to partner with Heaux History to collect donations!
Stop by the Leather Archives & Museum to put your donations in the drop off bin this week!
Cash donations also welcome at $HEAUXHISTORYPROJECT (Cashapp or Venmo)
Stop by the Leather Archives & Museum to put your donations in the drop off bin this week!
Cash donations also welcome at $HEAUXHISTORYPROJECT (Cashapp or Venmo)
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Are you a journalist working on a novel? Apply to the free, fully funded George R.R. Martin Summer Intensive Writing Workshop (travel to the workshop is included).
Details in this thread! I'll be part of the 2026 faculty.
www.medill.northwestern.edu/journalism/p...
Details in this thread! I'll be part of the 2026 faculty.
www.medill.northwestern.edu/journalism/p...
Meet The Faculty - Medill - Northwestern University
www.medill.northwestern.edu
November 18, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Are you a journalist working on a novel? Apply to the free, fully funded George R.R. Martin Summer Intensive Writing Workshop (travel to the workshop is included).
Details in this thread! I'll be part of the 2026 faculty.
www.medill.northwestern.edu/journalism/p...
Details in this thread! I'll be part of the 2026 faculty.
www.medill.northwestern.edu/journalism/p...
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70+ free printable "How to Report ICE" zines with info on the SALUTE protocol and local hotline numbers for all over the country! Including some in Spanish!
There is an info sheet on how to fold and cut the zines and a form to request a zine for your area.
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
There is an info sheet on how to fold and cut the zines and a form to request a zine for your area.
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
November 17, 2025 at 12:14 AM
70+ free printable "How to Report ICE" zines with info on the SALUTE protocol and local hotline numbers for all over the country! Including some in Spanish!
There is an info sheet on how to fold and cut the zines and a form to request a zine for your area.
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
There is an info sheet on how to fold and cut the zines and a form to request a zine for your area.
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
While @stephenking.bsky.social's IT touches on a wide range of small town horrors and other occurrences, one that most resonates with me is the library acquisitions meeting 😂
![Text from Stephen King's IT: "...[I] will be here until I die, taping torn pages in Business Week, sitting down at monthly acquisition meetings with my pipe in one hand and a stack of Library Journals in the other . . . and waking in the middle of the night with my fists jammed against my mouth to keep in the screams."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ndbmhmpae4ekuqmmjbnmytuv/bafkreidr5jvbh2x7sj3naky2fushxtwxxvknigswrqt6izwbov4jxnak2m@jpeg)
November 16, 2025 at 5:06 PM
While @stephenking.bsky.social's IT touches on a wide range of small town horrors and other occurrences, one that most resonates with me is the library acquisitions meeting 😂
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155 - AI Refusal feat. Kay
This week we have @kslater.bsky.social back on to talk about AI and what the refusal of AI means in terms of library practice and theory.
This week we have @kslater.bsky.social back on to talk about AI and what the refusal of AI means in terms of library practice and theory.
155 - AI Refusal feat. Kay | librarypunk
This week we have Kay back on to talk about AI and what the refusal of AI means in terms of library practice and theory.
Bsky: @kslater.bsky.social
Media mentioned
Kay’s article in Library Trends: Ag...
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September 24, 2025 at 4:58 PM
155 - AI Refusal feat. Kay
This week we have @kslater.bsky.social back on to talk about AI and what the refusal of AI means in terms of library practice and theory.
This week we have @kslater.bsky.social back on to talk about AI and what the refusal of AI means in terms of library practice and theory.
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Want to honor Alice Wong and her work? Wear a damn mask!
November 15, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Want to honor Alice Wong and her work? Wear a damn mask!
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Our beloved Alice Wong has joined the ancestors. It was one of the great honors of my life to call Alice my friend, co-author & co-conspirator. She was a true genius, a force of nature the likes of which the world has never seen before. I love you, Alice, and am equal parts grateful and devastated
November 15, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Our beloved Alice Wong has joined the ancestors. It was one of the great honors of my life to call Alice my friend, co-author & co-conspirator. She was a true genius, a force of nature the likes of which the world has never seen before. I love you, Alice, and am equal parts grateful and devastated
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Want to be a #LibraryDefender? Join (or start!) a Friends of the Library group. #FriendsOfTheLibrary groups are a great way to strengthen your local library and fight for #InformationAccess for all! Learn how in our new Friends of the Library 101 Zine! www.librariesforthepeople.org/resources#fo...
Resources — For The People
www.librariesforthepeople.org
November 4, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Want to be a #LibraryDefender? Join (or start!) a Friends of the Library group. #FriendsOfTheLibrary groups are a great way to strengthen your local library and fight for #InformationAccess for all! Learn how in our new Friends of the Library 101 Zine! www.librariesforthepeople.org/resources#fo...