Stephen Patrick Bell
@StephenOrBell
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Chicago | Writer | 2022 Lambda Literary Fellow | Summer 2023 Tin House Fellow | I still feel for citrus.
Joined November 2013
Mother, recataloguing her collection of orange textiles: Whatever autistic traits you may have come from your father.
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RT @HypatiaHeuresis: Routledge books are notorious for their weird covers, but this one just defeats them all in the awkwardness contest. B….
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RT @PeriplusCollect: Psst: The application for the 2025 Periplus Fellowship — offering mentorship and community to writers of color — is no….
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RT @amy_stuber_: Tuesday night! August 27 - 7 PM EST. Come celebrate @RPMirabella's paperback release! RSVP: (I'll….
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RT @ElieNYC: Conservatives have now completed their generational goals of overturning Abortion, Affirmative Action, and Chevron. If y'all….
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RT @missladysalad: As queer people, we never forget the first time we felt “seen.” I was 19 in a deep v, nervous inside one of my first big….
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RT @foglifterpress: Foglifter Leadership Change Announcement!. Help us send much gratitude & love to @JustSayMJ for all their amazing work….
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RT @larsonrichard: "What does that do to a person’s mind? And what if he was gay and horny?" are the questions that should have been part o….
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such fun talking to Patrick Nathan about the excruciating delight of his new novel out from @CounterpointLLC head over to @foglifterpress to see his butt and read our discussion about horny queers in Hollywood, slutty author photos, and art at the end of the world.
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RT @KateDwyer: for @esquire, I wrote 3,000 words on why it feels harder these days to make a debut novel truly "break out." . feat. Jack Ke….
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For first-time writers, it’s harder than ever to break out. That poses an existential crisis for publishing—and disturbing limits on your access to exciting new voices.
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so stoked I got to talk with two of my absolute favorites, Jamaica Kincaid and Kara Walker, on their new book from @fsgbooks , An Encyclopedia of Gardening for Colored Children @harpersbazaarus.
Jamaica Kincaid knew only one artist could capture the mischievous spirit of her new children’s book. So she cold-emailed Kara Walker | @harpersbazaarus
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RT @eli_enis: The stark contrast between UCLA — where cops let psychotic fascists assault defenseless kids — and Columbia — where cops them….
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RT @CAMONGHNE: As of this morning 29 writers & translators nominated for PEN Awards have withdrawn - including 9 of 10 fellow Jein/Stein no….
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For PEN America, the window to salvage this year’s literary awards and World Voices Festival—as well as perhaps the wider reputation of the organization—is rapidly closing. With the PEN Ameri…
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