Abigail Oswald
detective investigating life | Lost/Found editor at Split/Lip Press | abigailwashere.com/links
- Reposted by Abigail OswaldAnnie Rauwerda has built a career exploring Wikipedia’s weirdest corners 🌐 The creator of Depths of Wikipedia says, she’s had a “simultaneous love affair with the Internet Archive and Wikipedia” ❤️ More 👉 blog.archive.org/2026/02/05/d... @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social #WaybackMachine #Wikipedia
- Reposted by Abigail OswaldWith the WP book section closing and other publishing news, I think literary people really need to adopt a punk rock mindset. It's DIY or die these days.
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- Reposted by Abigail OswaldThe Washington Post, which is owned by Jeff Bezos, announced that they're shutting down their books section. We'd say "ironic," but... Keep supporting indie bookstores and public libraries over the mega retailer, aka the institutions that actually care about storytelling 💓
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- Reposted by Abigail OswaldOn 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!
- wrote about my return to film photography (and offered some related movie recs) in this month's Microfascination 📸 abigailoswald.substack.com/p/through-th...
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- Reposted by Abigail OswaldYES WE ARE DOING THIS AGAIN, but this time, it's for our brand new Multigenre + Chapbook team: our MG/C editor, @erinvachon.bsky.social, is looking for readers to join their 2026 MG/C reading team! Readers are COMPENSATED! More details forthcoming on the app, which will be available on Fri Jan 30!
- my latest zine guides you through an adventure at your local library! pick a path—choice or chance—and see what books you end up with 📚 abigailoswald.itch.io/begin-at-the...
- Reposted by Abigail OswaldHi friends, just checking in from Minneapolis. Can we put out a couple asks for your support? 💕 Turns out, it's really hard to run a lit mag in your free time when the federal government has besieged your beloved city.
- during the worst year of my life I developed an obsession with Mothman that culminated in the writing of this @brightwalldarkroom.com piece. 24 years since its release, THE MOTHMAN PROPHECIES remains worth a watch for anyone trying to figure out how to make peace with the unknown
- David Lynch would've been 80 today; I've spent a lot of this last year thinking about his work. I have a tendency to try to "solve" things, but Lynch taught me how to sit with mysteries + accept that not everything has an answer ❤️ so grateful for his art abigailoswald.substack.com/p/mysteries-...
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- Reposted by Abigail OswaldNow reading your zine submissions! We’ll feature selected zines in our digital Spring ‘26 Edit AND our zine-vending Zine Machine, which will be stationed at @setandsettingshop. ✨We are a paying market! ✨ Graphic flair by @friendly.dirt.pile 💬
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- some notes from me here about following a particular actor through the stories they choose to tell in their lifetime, and lots of wonderful insight from the group on watching movies in 2025!
- four years ago today, Catapult published a story of mine called "City Wolf." it's a story about loneliness and possibility and sisterhood (and werewolves, obviously), and I am so very happy it's in the world 💜 magazine.catapult.co/fiction/stor...
- Reposted by Abigail OswaldINCOMING!!! Extremely rare opportunity that hasn't come up in YEARS: on Jan 8, we'll be opening for applications to join the Split/Lip Press editorial team as our Novel/Novella Book Editor! Our beloved Kate Finegan is stepping down this year from her position (which she initiated for us in 2020!).
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- finding @brightwalldarkroom.com years ago changed my life! as a reader, I found the kind of film writing I'd always been looking for. as a viewer, I've had countless opportunities to see the movies I love in a new way. and as a writer, I found my voice—something that matters more now than ever.
- had a blast exploring Nolan's INSOMNIA by taking a closer look at the women who shape its story for @brightwalldarkroom.com! www.brightwalldarkroom.com/2025/12/26/i...
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- Rob Reiner was still alive when I mailed this zine to a friend last wk 💔 today she sent me photos of it filled w/ memories of his work + it made me cry! I was so focused on the idea of thanking living creators that I'd never thought about using it to process grief—here it is again; I hope it helps ❤️
- An Exercise in Creative Gratitude is an invitation to thank a creator who changed your life—the prompts walk you through a personal meditation on a fave piece of art/media (dedicated to Keri Smith of Wreck This Journal fame!) abigailoswald.itch.io/an-exercise-...
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- my writing life completely changed when I prioritized finding joy in the process and let go of everything else—I can't wait to see where next year's creative experiments lead me, and I'm looking forward to discovering more of that joy ☺️
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- Reposted by Abigail Oswald“As prices for streaming subscriptions continue to soar and finding movies to watch, new and old, is becoming harder as the number of streaming services continues to grow, people are turning to the unexpected last stronghold of physical media: the public library.”
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- Reposted by Abigail OswaldAll the Dorothies are on sale during @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social's sitewide sale for the next (checks watch) 36 hours! 📚🎁 Go: www.nyrb.com/collections/...
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- what do detective stories mean, and why do we need them? just got word that my conversation w/ Sara Gran about her wonderful new book was one of 2025's most popular interviews over at Write or Die—not too late to give it a read if you missed it the first time! ☺️ writeordiemag.com/author-inter...
- the seventh Fast & Furious movie (which I cannot WAIT to write about someday!!)
- my annual zine roundup is out today! check out some of my favorites from the year 💕 abigailoswald.substack.com/p/a-few-more...
- RIP Tom Stoppard 😭 Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead forever changed the way that I thought about minor characters—wrote about the experience a few years ago abigailoswald.substack.com/p/a-study-in...
- Reposted by Abigail OswaldRemember when Amazon held a sale during Independent Bookstore Day in an effort to undercut indie bookstores? We didn’t forget. Support local bookstores during Small Business Saturday and beyond.
- I'm so excited to share my zines online for the first time! ☺️ four new zines to inspire creativity and everyday adventures, all available for immediate download on Itch at a name-your-price option: abigailoswald.itch.io more details about each one in the thread!
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- well, that's it—this is the best Thanksgiving ever! can't begin to figure out how to individually thank everyone who participated in this kind, thoughtful @splitlippress.com newsletter, so for now I'll just yell into the digital ether: THANKS Y'ALL (1/3) splitlippress.substack.com/p/what-were-...
- Reposted by Abigail Oswald+++ article about the necessity of small presses, now more than ever!
- wrote an article for @thebookseller.com outlining to the industry why small presses are the lifeforce & future of book production. Pls share esp w people who may not know what small press publishers do! www.thebookseller.com/comment/dont...
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- wrote about the mysterious book I stumbled across at a convention that ended up sending me on a very creatively rejuvenating adventure 😊 abigailoswald.substack.com/p/my-thousan...
- the Cameron Crowe memoir is HERE, y’all! and he included all kinds of fun stuff like letters, photos, this Bowie drawing… truly one of my most anticipated reads of the year, can’t wait to dive in!
- Reposted by Abigail OswaldToday, a coalition of seven charitable foundations announced the launch of the Literary Arts Fund, a historic philanthropic investment of at least $50 million to strengthen the nonprofit literary arts field in the U.S.
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