Hahaha thanks, Ian!

A list of video games that inspired The Earth Room, including: Stardew Valley, Kentucky Route Zero, What Remains of Edith Finch, Night in the Woods, Oxenfree, and A Highland Song

A list of songs that I listed to while writing The Earth Room.

I love music and I love video games, sooo I made a music and video game playlist to go along with my book. Check it out if you want some recs with EARTH ROOM-y vibes. @blacklawrence.bsky.social
www.danadiehl.com/book-playlists

Friendly reminder: if you’re not doing anything April 25, I’d love to have you in my “Write Your Arizona Story” held at the Virginia G Piper Center for Creative Writing at ASU!

All genres welcome!

Register here: piper.asu.edu/classes

Happening today!

😊❤️ Awww! Well I'm rooting for you to get it!

For Significant Objects 2026, I wrote a short essay about extinction and my dog's death and this Tasmanian Tiger impression I found at the Goodwill on 22nd. It is "published" on eBay and proceeds go to @hermitagecatshelter . Starting bid is only $4! #significantobjects
www.ebay.com/itm/26762748...

Arizona authors unite!

Come out all the days, obviously, but make sure you’re at the Northern Arizona Book Festival on Saturday, Aprill 11th at 3:30 pm for the “Arizona Authors” reading featuring me, Ted McLoof, Matthew Schmidt, Dana Diehl, and Julie Hammonds!

Long live Arizona writing!

New Significant Object 2026 Story: Tasmanian Tiger Paw Print by @danadiehl.bsky.social: www.ebay.com/itm/26762748...

You have 7 days to read, share, and bid on this cool object and story!

Interesting point, yes, oh I didn't know about that, okay--

"But we all know that authors are using AI now, to various extents, and will use it more and more as the technology improves and as author AI skills improve."

RECORD SCRATCH

This is...simply untrue??? I'm both shocked & super insulted

I have a little thing up with Monkeybicycle (thank you @jamestatehill.bsky.social !) reimagining The Earth Room as a theme song, a friend, a witch.
monkeybicycle.net/if-my-book-t...

the cover of my short story collection (lol in this economy) BLACK ARTS. The cover art is Stacey Gillian Abe's The Sitting. It features a Black woman with blue skin (she works with the idea of indigo as a spiritual and protective force) covering her body with a teal silk sheet and she reclines on a white surface. A gold string is looped around her arm and hand.

listen up readers, my first short story collection is coming out and look at this cover (and lol I like the spine so much I had to include it)

Yessss! Can't wait for this 🔥

The Earth Room The Earth Room transports us from the forests of Appala…

My book is two months old today! If you haven't already, buy your copy and @blacklawrence.bsky.social and consider giving it a rating on Goodreads ❤️
www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...

The Rumpus - El Alboroto El Alboroto es una nueva sección en español que forma parte de The Rumpus. La revista busca publicar voces innovadoras y textos que quizás no encajan en publicaciones más tradicionales. Nos interesa e...

One of our new initiatives at The Rumpus is a Spanish language section, El Alboroto, where we publish original Spanish prose and poetry. If you write in Spanish or know people who do, please send them here to read our guidelines and submit their work. therumpus.submittable.com/submit/35215...

A new village of earth houses is fresh out of the kiln. Buy a copy of my book directly from me, and I'll also send you a little house.

Save the village before it succumbs to the local menace, monster dog!

Buy my book, and you're basically a town hero!

The Oscars are an important holiday in our household. @youngestofone.bsky.social created a cocktail station ft a drink for every Best Picture nominee.

I work in a primary school, and I went from picking up an illness from the kids at LEAST once every couple of months to almost never. Very worth it.

Me: *publishes a book* sure would be nice to get some attention for it

The scam bots: 🤖🤖🤖🤖

Me: not like that! Not like that!

photo of “awp26 bookfair banner” at baltimore convention center

photo of george mason’s booth at the awp bookfair

photo of poster board with handwritten comments about “what you love about poetry daily”

image of 8 books - first kicking then not by hannah grieco, audition by katie kitamura, governing bodies by sangamithra iyer, my heresies by alina stefanescu, the snow collectors by tina may hall, the baby on the fire escape by julie phillips, esquire ball by lisa slage robinson, and the earth room by dana diehl

i didn’t get a lot of photos, but i heard good stories, hugged a lot of people i adore, and brought home some gorgeous books. til next year, friends. ♥️ #awp26

I had the nicest time at AWP Baltimore, saw so many people I love all in one place, and now I'm back home with my dog and a bunch of new books to read.

Persistent attenuation of lymphocyte subsets after mass SARS-CoV-2 infection Growing evidence suggests that lymphocyte subsets are declined in COVID-19 patients, but it is unclear if these alterations persist after widespread e…

Study: "SARS-CoV-2 causes lasting immune dysregulation for over 20 months"

"This large multicenter study shows SARS-CoV-2 exposure leads to long-term changes in lymphocyte subsets—including CD4+ T cells, CD8+ T cells, NK cells, and total T cells—persisting for up to 20 months."

I'll be at the AWP book fair tomorrow with @blacklawrence.bsky.social (650) from noon - 1. Come say hi!

It's never too late to pitch a review of Every Galaxy a Circle to your favorite place. Or to pitch an interview with me to your favorite place. Just saying.

❤️🌵

Donate to We Lost Everything to a Fire. Help My Family Rebuild., organized by Chloe Clark On January 24th, our childhood home burned down. Our parents lost 50… Chloe Clark needs your support for We Lost Everything to a Fire. Help My Family Rebuild.

On January 24th, my parents home burned down. They and my disabled brother escaped with only minor burns but they lost everything they've ever had.

I'm running a GoFundMe to help them recover and rebuild. I would be deeply grateful for any donations but also for any shares!

5 Calls Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.

If you want to do something right now, 5calls makes it really easy to get in touch with your representatives - even providing a template script if you need one.
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Limen, Revachol | Cartridge Lit Your absence is a precinct. I question it daily. It offers no statements, Only glass, fogged. A radiator hums low socialism.

A very cool, new, Disco Elysium inspired piece up with @cartridgelit.bsky.social

"I kneel / To retrieve a lost earring, / Find memories / Shaped like an interrogation bruise."

cartridgelit.com/2026/01/14/l...

Who wore it better? Find out tonight at the Double Negative Evening of Ekphrasis featuring new books by Mike Powell and @danadiehl.bsky.social. 6:30pm at Wave Archive!

Thanks for sharing, Dan!!

Happy belated pub day to @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social ! I can't wait to dive into this! 🥳☄️