Brian Trapp
@btrapperkeeper.bsky.social
Range of Motion (@acrebooks.bsky.social, 2025); Steinbeck Fellow 2021-22; Work in Kenyon Review, Southern Review, Longreads, and Brevity. https://linktr.ee/btrapperkeeper
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Brian Trapp
@btrapperkeeper.bsky.social
· Sep 27
One of my favorite comedians blurbed my book. Zach Anner, actor and writer for ABC's Speechless, gave my novel the kindest endorsement I could ask for. Please watch the hilarious Speechless episode where he gets tased by Minnie Driver. This man deserves his own TV show. @acrebooks.bsky.social
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“Today’s poem is a celebration of creatures we tend to overlook or even disdain. It invites us to reconsider our perspective,” shares @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social in today’s encore episode.
Read “I Find Myself Defending Pigeons” by Keith S. Wilson: bit.ly/4AhN3XG
📖: @coppercanyonpress.bsky.social
Read “I Find Myself Defending Pigeons” by Keith S. Wilson: bit.ly/4AhN3XG
📖: @coppercanyonpress.bsky.social
September 18, 2026 at 4:10 PM
“Today’s poem is a celebration of creatures we tend to overlook or even disdain. It invites us to reconsider our perspective,” shares @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social in today’s encore episode.
Read “I Find Myself Defending Pigeons” by Keith S. Wilson: bit.ly/4AhN3XG
📖: @coppercanyonpress.bsky.social
Read “I Find Myself Defending Pigeons” by Keith S. Wilson: bit.ly/4AhN3XG
📖: @coppercanyonpress.bsky.social
Because my novel engages with my obvious lived experience, I often get asked why I wrote a novel rather than a memoir. I have a basic answer defending the novel form but people should also just read @annakornbluh.bsky.social new book Immediacy or the Style of Too Late Capitalism.
September 15, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Because my novel engages with my obvious lived experience, I often get asked why I wrote a novel rather than a memoir. I have a basic answer defending the novel form but people should also just read @annakornbluh.bsky.social new book Immediacy or the Style of Too Late Capitalism.
Chicago! I'll be at the Printer's Row Festival at noon on Sunday as part of the Exhibit B reading with @litmagreject.bsky.social and other fantastic fiction writers. Come on down!
September 11, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Chicago! I'll be at the Printer's Row Festival at noon on Sunday as part of the Exhibit B reading with @litmagreject.bsky.social and other fantastic fiction writers. Come on down!
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Calling #Chicago! The 2026 Printers Row #Lit Fest is set for Saturday, September 12 & Sunday, September 13, 10AM – 6PM. This FREE event features several Acre authors including @thejs3.bsky.social and @btrapperkeeper.bsky.social. Link for details! 📚🎉🖊️ printersrowlitfest.org
Printers Row Lit Fest
The 41st Annual Printers Row Lit Fest, the largest free outdoor literary event in the Midwest, returns to Printers Row on September 12-13, 2026.
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August 27, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Calling #Chicago! The 2026 Printers Row #Lit Fest is set for Saturday, September 12 & Sunday, September 13, 10AM – 6PM. This FREE event features several Acre authors including @thejs3.bsky.social and @btrapperkeeper.bsky.social. Link for details! 📚🎉🖊️ printersrowlitfest.org
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The Northwest Review is alive and now on Bluesky. We are reviving this historically great magazine in 2026. We are now open for submissions. Send us your best fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction. northwestreview.submittable.com/submit
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Thank you for your interest in the Northwest Review. We look forward to reading your work.Founded at the University of Oregon in 1957, the Northwest Review publishes fiction, poetry, creative nonficti...
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December 15, 2025 at 3:21 PM
The Northwest Review is alive and now on Bluesky. We are reviving this historically great magazine in 2026. We are now open for submissions. Send us your best fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction. northwestreview.submittable.com/submit
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Excited for the return of @northwestreview.bsky.social, a magazine with several Acre authors on the masthead! 🎉🎉🎉
This month, the Northwest Review published the first issue of its relaunch! Read our member spotlight to learn more about the magazine’s new direction and the “eclectic group of writers who take formal risks and often write with heart and humor” in this issue. www.clmp.org/news/member-...
Member Spotlight: Northwest Review - Community of Literary Magazines and Presses
We spoke with Brian Trapp, editor in chief and fiction editor of the Northwest Review, in our latest member spotlight. What is the history behind the Northwest Review? When was it founded and what…
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June 16, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Excited for the return of @northwestreview.bsky.social, a magazine with several Acre authors on the masthead! 🎉🎉🎉
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Check out our editor-in-chief Brian Trapp with an essay out on NPR
"If we extend the satellite metaphor...it shows how our lives bend to the increased gravity of our #disabled siblings in profound ways. The satellite makes no claims to a syndrome, as if trying to compete with a sibling’s diagnoses." Acre's @btrapperkeeper.bsky.social for NPR. tinyurl.com/3avkm68u
My twin brother was disabled, but I don't consider myself a 'glass child'
"Sometimes I had to be my brother’s arms, legs, eyes and voice," writes Brian Trapp. "It often didn’t feel like a burden, more like an alternative way of moving through the world."
www.wbur.org
March 26, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Check out our editor-in-chief Brian Trapp with an essay out on NPR
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Thanks for the spotlight, CLMP!
This month, the Northwest Review published the first issue of its relaunch! Read our member spotlight to learn more about the magazine’s new direction and the “eclectic group of writers who take formal risks and often write with heart and humor” in this issue. www.clmp.org/news/member-...
Member Spotlight: Northwest Review - Community of Literary Magazines and Presses
We spoke with Brian Trapp, editor in chief and fiction editor of the Northwest Review, in our latest member spotlight. What is the history behind the Northwest Review? When was it founded and what…
www.clmp.org
June 16, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Thanks for the spotlight, CLMP!
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This month, the Northwest Review published the first issue of its relaunch! Read our member spotlight to learn more about the magazine’s new direction and the “eclectic group of writers who take formal risks and often write with heart and humor” in this issue. www.clmp.org/news/member-...
Member Spotlight: Northwest Review - Community of Literary Magazines and Presses
We spoke with Brian Trapp, editor in chief and fiction editor of the Northwest Review, in our latest member spotlight. What is the history behind the Northwest Review? When was it founded and what…
www.clmp.org
June 15, 2026 at 3:00 PM
This month, the Northwest Review published the first issue of its relaunch! Read our member spotlight to learn more about the magazine’s new direction and the “eclectic group of writers who take formal risks and often write with heart and humor” in this issue. www.clmp.org/news/member-...
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It's (almost) officially summer! Time to send in your best work for a chance at $1,000 in poetry or prose!
Submit by August 31. All submissions are considered for publication.
Full guidelines available at nwreview.org
Submit by August 31. All submissions are considered for publication.
Full guidelines available at nwreview.org
June 15, 2026 at 3:30 PM
It's (almost) officially summer! Time to send in your best work for a chance at $1,000 in poetry or prose!
Submit by August 31. All submissions are considered for publication.
Full guidelines available at nwreview.org
Submit by August 31. All submissions are considered for publication.
Full guidelines available at nwreview.org
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Northwest Review is back! This was one of my extremely talented @uoregon.bsky.social Editing and Publishing student's final project. Somebody hire this guy... @uosojc.bsky.social
The Northwest Review relaunch issue is out June 1. Check out our new website and explore our archives!
Video by Brendan Kesterson.
nwreview.org
Video by Brendan Kesterson.
nwreview.org
May 26, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Northwest Review is back! This was one of my extremely talented @uoregon.bsky.social Editing and Publishing student's final project. Somebody hire this guy... @uosojc.bsky.social
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So excited that this magazine is back in the world. Read it!
Our relaunch issue is OUT NOW! Please go check out all the excellent writing within!
Special thanks to everyone who contributed their work, our editors for making this all happen, and to you, reader, for supporting our community of writers.
nwreview.org
Special thanks to everyone who contributed their work, our editors for making this all happen, and to you, reader, for supporting our community of writers.
nwreview.org
June 1, 2026 at 10:13 PM
So excited that this magazine is back in the world. Read it!
Reposted by Brian Trapp
Our relaunch issue is OUT NOW! Please go check out all the excellent writing within!
Special thanks to everyone who contributed their work, our editors for making this all happen, and to you, reader, for supporting our community of writers.
nwreview.org
Special thanks to everyone who contributed their work, our editors for making this all happen, and to you, reader, for supporting our community of writers.
nwreview.org
June 1, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Our relaunch issue is OUT NOW! Please go check out all the excellent writing within!
Special thanks to everyone who contributed their work, our editors for making this all happen, and to you, reader, for supporting our community of writers.
nwreview.org
Special thanks to everyone who contributed their work, our editors for making this all happen, and to you, reader, for supporting our community of writers.
nwreview.org
So excited that this magazine is back in the world. Read it!
Our relaunch issue is OUT NOW! Please go check out all the excellent writing within!
Special thanks to everyone who contributed their work, our editors for making this all happen, and to you, reader, for supporting our community of writers.
nwreview.org
Special thanks to everyone who contributed their work, our editors for making this all happen, and to you, reader, for supporting our community of writers.
nwreview.org
June 1, 2026 at 10:13 PM
So excited that this magazine is back in the world. Read it!
Reposted by Brian Trapp
The Northwest Review relaunch issue is out June 1. Check out our new website and explore our archives!
Video by Brendan Kesterson.
nwreview.org
Video by Brendan Kesterson.
nwreview.org
May 26, 2026 at 5:31 PM
The Northwest Review relaunch issue is out June 1. Check out our new website and explore our archives!
Video by Brendan Kesterson.
nwreview.org
Video by Brendan Kesterson.
nwreview.org
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Check out our recent interviews and reviews before our relaunch issue goes live on Monday!
nwreview.org
nwreview.org
May 28, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Check out our recent interviews and reviews before our relaunch issue goes live on Monday!
nwreview.org
nwreview.org
Northwest Review is back! This was one of my extremely talented @uoregon.bsky.social Editing and Publishing student's final project. Somebody hire this guy... @uosojc.bsky.social
The Northwest Review relaunch issue is out June 1. Check out our new website and explore our archives!
Video by Brendan Kesterson.
nwreview.org
Video by Brendan Kesterson.
nwreview.org
May 26, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Northwest Review is back! This was one of my extremely talented @uoregon.bsky.social Editing and Publishing student's final project. Somebody hire this guy... @uosojc.bsky.social
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The return of Northwest Review, coming June 1!
Issue art by the incredible Samantha Yun Wall. Featuring work from Nathan Harris, Sophia Terazawa, Rodrigo Toscano, Jess Cornelius, Kristi D. Osorio, Ira Sukrungruang, & many others.
Our website has also been revamped at nwreview.org.
Issue art by the incredible Samantha Yun Wall. Featuring work from Nathan Harris, Sophia Terazawa, Rodrigo Toscano, Jess Cornelius, Kristi D. Osorio, Ira Sukrungruang, & many others.
Our website has also been revamped at nwreview.org.
Welcome to the Northwest Review - Northwest Review
New issue coming soon!
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May 22, 2026 at 7:30 PM
The return of Northwest Review, coming June 1!
Issue art by the incredible Samantha Yun Wall. Featuring work from Nathan Harris, Sophia Terazawa, Rodrigo Toscano, Jess Cornelius, Kristi D. Osorio, Ira Sukrungruang, & many others.
Our website has also been revamped at nwreview.org.
Issue art by the incredible Samantha Yun Wall. Featuring work from Nathan Harris, Sophia Terazawa, Rodrigo Toscano, Jess Cornelius, Kristi D. Osorio, Ira Sukrungruang, & many others.
Our website has also been revamped at nwreview.org.
Portland! This Saturday 5/23 Melissa Hart and I will be speaking at two Multnomah County Library branches about being a sibling of someone with physical and intellectual disabilities. Join us in talking about the joys, challenges, and human experiences of being a sibling or family member.
May 23, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Portland! This Saturday 5/23 Melissa Hart and I will be speaking at two Multnomah County Library branches about being a sibling of someone with physical and intellectual disabilities. Join us in talking about the joys, challenges, and human experiences of being a sibling or family member.
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Logo reveal! Relaunch issue coming soon....
May 19, 2026 at 5:01 AM
Logo reveal! Relaunch issue coming soon....
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"It’s not mine anymore. It belongs to the reader."
lvy Long interviews @btrapperkeeper.bsky.social about his debut novel Range of Motion (@acrebooks.bsky.social).
➡️ buff.ly/Cpv5T0O
lvy Long interviews @btrapperkeeper.bsky.social about his debut novel Range of Motion (@acrebooks.bsky.social).
➡️ buff.ly/Cpv5T0O
May 8, 2026 at 8:00 PM
"It’s not mine anymore. It belongs to the reader."
lvy Long interviews @btrapperkeeper.bsky.social about his debut novel Range of Motion (@acrebooks.bsky.social).
➡️ buff.ly/Cpv5T0O
lvy Long interviews @btrapperkeeper.bsky.social about his debut novel Range of Motion (@acrebooks.bsky.social).
➡️ buff.ly/Cpv5T0O
Thanks to the Rumpus for featuring an interview with me and my former @uoregon.bsky.social student Ivy Long.
"It’s not mine anymore. It belongs to the reader."
lvy Long interviews @btrapperkeeper.bsky.social about his debut novel Range of Motion (@acrebooks.bsky.social).
➡️ buff.ly/Cpv5T0O
lvy Long interviews @btrapperkeeper.bsky.social about his debut novel Range of Motion (@acrebooks.bsky.social).
➡️ buff.ly/Cpv5T0O
May 8, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Thanks to the Rumpus for featuring an interview with me and my former @uoregon.bsky.social student Ivy Long.
Today is the 15th anniversary of my twin brother's passing. By a weird coincidence, today is also the day that @npr.org and @hereandnow.bsky.social featured my audio essay about Danny. It was a wonderful way to honor him. Please give it a listen. @acrebooks.bsky.social
www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...
www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...
Sibling of kid with disabilities never felt like a 'glass child'
Brian Trapp grew up with a twin brother who had severe cerebral palsy and intellectual disabilities. But he never felt like a "glass child."
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May 5, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Today is the 15th anniversary of my twin brother's passing. By a weird coincidence, today is also the day that @npr.org and @hereandnow.bsky.social featured my audio essay about Danny. It was a wonderful way to honor him. Please give it a listen. @acrebooks.bsky.social
www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...
www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...
From May 1-3, I'm honored to be a visiting writer at Pacific University's The Body Chronicles online workshop "The Craft of Caregiving." I'll be joined by Georgina Marie Guardado, Melissa McKinstry, NL Shompole, and Laura Mauldin. Caregiver writers can register:
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April 25, 2026 at 4:42 AM
From May 1-3, I'm honored to be a visiting writer at Pacific University's The Body Chronicles online workshop "The Craft of Caregiving." I'll be joined by Georgina Marie Guardado, Melissa McKinstry, NL Shompole, and Laura Mauldin. Caregiver writers can register:
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Thanks to @wbur.org for adapting my essay into an audio piece. You can hear me and Danny at age 5, 8, and 25, including us joking about who is the evil twin. But it also wonderful to hear my mom talking to Dan again. Please check it out and share.
www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/...
www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/...
My twin brother was disabled, but I don't consider myself a 'glass child'
"Sometimes I had to be my brother’s arms, legs, eyes and voice," writes Brian Trapp. "It often didn’t feel like a burden, more like an alternative way of moving through the world."
www.wbur.org
April 17, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Thanks to @wbur.org for adapting my essay into an audio piece. You can hear me and Danny at age 5, 8, and 25, including us joking about who is the evil twin. But it also wonderful to hear my mom talking to Dan again. Please check it out and share.
www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/...
www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/...