Jody Hobbs Hesler
@jodyhobbshesler.bsky.social
Writer & Writing Teacher
Without You Here, Winner Independent Press Award for Literary Fiction, 2025
What Makes You Think You're Supposed to Feel Better, story collection
https://linktr.ee/jodyhobbshesler
www.jodyhobbshesler.com
She/her
Without You Here, Winner Independent Press Award for Literary Fiction, 2025
What Makes You Think You're Supposed to Feel Better, story collection
https://linktr.ee/jodyhobbshesler
www.jodyhobbshesler.com
She/her
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Novel, Without You Here (Sept. 24), about a niece growing up in the shadow of her beloved aunt's loss to suicide, and story collection, What Makes You Think You're Supposed to Feel Better (Oct. 23), with 17 stories of disconnection and longing set in Central Virginia. (Bonus glimpse of Vonnegut.)
This was a great night!
Here are some photos from last weekend's author events, featuring 1-2) @lmarburghahaha.bsky.social in conversation with @jodyhobbshesler.bsky.social for Fancy Meeting You, cosponsored by WriterHouse, and 3-4) Susannah Nevison and Christopher Kondrich's poetry reading!
September 25, 2026 at 5:38 PM
This was a great night!
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This Friday (9/18) at 7 PM in the shop, join us for an evening with @lmarburghahaha.bsky.social, who will read from her debut novel, Fancy Meeting You. A conversation with @jodyhobbshesler.bsky.social will follow. Thank you to this event's cosponsor, WriterHouse!
September 16, 2026 at 4:50 PM
This Friday (9/18) at 7 PM in the shop, join us for an evening with @lmarburghahaha.bsky.social, who will read from her debut novel, Fancy Meeting You. A conversation with @jodyhobbshesler.bsky.social will follow. Thank you to this event's cosponsor, WriterHouse!
Just a pretty view on a summer day. A little peace amidst the current reign of chaos.
August 12, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Just a pretty view on a summer day. A little peace amidst the current reign of chaos.
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BREAKING: A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration's bid to seize the medical records of trans youth who have accessed gender-affirming care in New York City.
We'll continue the fight to defend trans youth's right to privacy and end this harassment for good.
We'll continue the fight to defend trans youth's right to privacy and end this harassment for good.
June 24, 2026 at 4:01 PM
BREAKING: A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration's bid to seize the medical records of trans youth who have accessed gender-affirming care in New York City.
We'll continue the fight to defend trans youth's right to privacy and end this harassment for good.
We'll continue the fight to defend trans youth's right to privacy and end this harassment for good.
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Ms. Rachel: As the American Academy of Pediatrics says, there is no safe amount of time for a child to be in detention. The Dilley immigration detention center must be shut down. We need to end the cruel policies of family detention and family separation.
June 15, 2026 at 12:33 AM
Ms. Rachel: As the American Academy of Pediatrics says, there is no safe amount of time for a child to be in detention. The Dilley immigration detention center must be shut down. We need to end the cruel policies of family detention and family separation.
Honored and delighted to have one of my stories included, alongside such esteemed company, in Blair's revival of NEW STORIES FROM THE SOUTH. blairpub.com/shop/p/new-s...
A revivial of the iconic anthology of best Southern short stories featuring emerging voices. — Blair Publisher
Appalachian writer Silas House, New York Times bestselling author of seven novels, and the poetry collection All These Ghosts (Blair, 2025) will write the foreword for the Best of 2026
Volume.
The a...
blairpub.com
May 21, 2026 at 12:20 PM
Honored and delighted to have one of my stories included, alongside such esteemed company, in Blair's revival of NEW STORIES FROM THE SOUTH. blairpub.com/shop/p/new-s...
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Check out @kesemmel.bsky.social's interview with @wendyjfox.bsky.social about her latest novel, THE LAST SUPPER, over on @fullstopmag.bsky.social! buff.ly/aRmov3j
Get THE LAST SUPPER and THE BOOK OF LOSMAN right here: buff.ly/G9jfYjG
@susanschulman.bsky.social
Get THE LAST SUPPER and THE BOOK OF LOSMAN right here: buff.ly/G9jfYjG
@susanschulman.bsky.social
Wendy J. Fox
I was trying to capture something I feel very acutely in modern life, which is: if we don’t work intentionally at keeping connections and keeping people close, there is a drift.
buff.ly
May 16, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Check out @kesemmel.bsky.social's interview with @wendyjfox.bsky.social about her latest novel, THE LAST SUPPER, over on @fullstopmag.bsky.social! buff.ly/aRmov3j
Get THE LAST SUPPER and THE BOOK OF LOSMAN right here: buff.ly/G9jfYjG
@susanschulman.bsky.social
Get THE LAST SUPPER and THE BOOK OF LOSMAN right here: buff.ly/G9jfYjG
@susanschulman.bsky.social
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it’s a great day for transphobes to eat shit
Federal Judge Vacates Kennedy Declaration, Permanently Blocks Trump's Trans Youth Care Hospital Threats • The judgment overturns the Kennedy Declaration which has been used to force 40 hospitals to drop trans youth care.
Federal Judge Vacates Kennedy Declaration, Permanently Blocks Trump's Trans Youth Care Hospital Threats
The judgment overturns the Kennedy Declaration which has been used to force 40 hospitals to drop trans youth care.
www.erininthemorning.com
April 21, 2026 at 12:08 AM
it’s a great day for transphobes to eat shit
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This Is Just To Say
I have turned off
the AI features
that were in
the update
and which
you were probably
hoping
to monetize
Fuck you
they were stupid
so unnecessary
and so annoying
I have turned off
the AI features
that were in
the update
and which
you were probably
hoping
to monetize
Fuck you
they were stupid
so unnecessary
and so annoying
April 20, 2026 at 8:35 PM
This Is Just To Say
I have turned off
the AI features
that were in
the update
and which
you were probably
hoping
to monetize
Fuck you
they were stupid
so unnecessary
and so annoying
I have turned off
the AI features
that were in
the update
and which
you were probably
hoping
to monetize
Fuck you
they were stupid
so unnecessary
and so annoying
So many sources of sorrow and worry right now. Leaning into beauty as much as possible...
April 20, 2026 at 4:48 PM
So many sources of sorrow and worry right now. Leaning into beauty as much as possible...
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"She never made it outside in time to see how dregs of trash managed to fly from the truck and land on her specific lawn every week."
A delightful dose of magical realism in new #fiction from @jodyhobbshesler.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/jody...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
A delightful dose of magical realism in new #fiction from @jodyhobbshesler.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/jody...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 6:35 PM
"She never made it outside in time to see how dregs of trash managed to fly from the truck and land on her specific lawn every week."
A delightful dose of magical realism in new #fiction from @jodyhobbshesler.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/jody...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
A delightful dose of magical realism in new #fiction from @jodyhobbshesler.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/fiction/jody...
Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
NO
Federal agents violently detained a food delivery driver as he emerged from a D.C. coffee shop Saturday morning.
The incident captured on video showed the officers throwing him to the ground and beating him before sweeping him away in an unmarked vehicle. wapo.st/45Egtkc
The incident captured on video showed the officers throwing him to the ground and beating him before sweeping him away in an unmarked vehicle. wapo.st/45Egtkc
August 18, 2025 at 2:53 AM
NO
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Our ability to weep for others who are not us is an essential part of being human.
August 10, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Our ability to weep for others who are not us is an essential part of being human.
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Your monthly reminder:
Keep writing. When no one cares, persist. When things appear to be crumbling, keep at it. When it's difficult, push through. When you feel alone, listen to the stories in your blood. Just write.
Keep writing. When no one cares, persist. When things appear to be crumbling, keep at it. When it's difficult, push through. When you feel alone, listen to the stories in your blood. Just write.
August 4, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Your monthly reminder:
Keep writing. When no one cares, persist. When things appear to be crumbling, keep at it. When it's difficult, push through. When you feel alone, listen to the stories in your blood. Just write.
Keep writing. When no one cares, persist. When things appear to be crumbling, keep at it. When it's difficult, push through. When you feel alone, listen to the stories in your blood. Just write.
Nicely said, @gabino.bsky.social!
Struggling to finish the novel, so I’m reading this again every morning: A Guide to Writing Your Next Novel in 10 Easy Steps
open.substack.com/pub/gabinoig...
open.substack.com/pub/gabinoig...
A Guide to Writing Your Next Novel in 10 Easy Steps
And some other things...
open.substack.com
July 28, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Nicely said, @gabino.bsky.social!
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Sharing this GIFT LINK so people can’t say they didn’t know what’s been happening in our name.
wapo.st/3GZuXCW
wapo.st/3GZuXCW
U.S. deportees, freed from Salvadoran prison, describe ‘horror movie’
Three Venezuelans, released last week from the Terrorism Confinement Center, said they were repeatedly beaten and denied access to lawyers.
wapo.st
July 23, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Sharing this GIFT LINK so people can’t say they didn’t know what’s been happening in our name.
wapo.st/3GZuXCW
wapo.st/3GZuXCW
Resurrection lily, reprise, with crepe myrtle confetti
July 21, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Resurrection lily, reprise, with crepe myrtle confetti
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🌍 is whack. Grateful for small #joys. New #shortstories up at Swing Literary Journal and in The Overturning, a new post-Roe-v-Wade-overturning anthology from the great folks at @hypertextmagazine.bsky.social. Keep #reading. Keep #writing. Keep your good hearts.
July 14, 2025 at 3:07 PM
🌍 is whack. Grateful for small #joys. New #shortstories up at Swing Literary Journal and in The Overturning, a new post-Roe-v-Wade-overturning anthology from the great folks at @hypertextmagazine.bsky.social. Keep #reading. Keep #writing. Keep your good hearts.
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Your monthly reminder:
Keep writing. When no one cares, persist. When things appear to be crumbling, keep at it. When it's difficult, push through. When you feel alone, listen to the stories in your blood. Just write.
Keep writing. When no one cares, persist. When things appear to be crumbling, keep at it. When it's difficult, push through. When you feel alone, listen to the stories in your blood. Just write.
July 9, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Your monthly reminder:
Keep writing. When no one cares, persist. When things appear to be crumbling, keep at it. When it's difficult, push through. When you feel alone, listen to the stories in your blood. Just write.
Keep writing. When no one cares, persist. When things appear to be crumbling, keep at it. When it's difficult, push through. When you feel alone, listen to the stories in your blood. Just write.
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it's prime day and bookshop has free shipping. yes please, but go further. it's a great day to think about ethical, sustainable, access to culture. under capitalism, we are where we spend and we die without art. buy from brick and mortar or online indie (every and) today.
kithbooks.com/shop
kithbooks.com/shop
July 8, 2025 at 8:40 PM
it's prime day and bookshop has free shipping. yes please, but go further. it's a great day to think about ethical, sustainable, access to culture. under capitalism, we are where we spend and we die without art. buy from brick and mortar or online indie (every and) today.
kithbooks.com/shop
kithbooks.com/shop
June 8, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Cool building. Ypsilanti. #writeratlarge
June 3, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Cool building. Ypsilanti. #writeratlarge
Cool building. Ypsilanti. #writeratlarge
June 3, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Cool building. Ypsilanti. #writeratlarge