Matt Weinkam

Executive Director @litcleveland | Founding Editor @threadcountmag | He/him

[Matt Weinkam @MattWeinkam]

We don't have any annual awards for the best writing published by Clevelanders, but if we did, what books, stories, essays, poems, or articles from 2023 would you nominate? Here are mine. #BestClevelandWriting 1/

[Kaitlin Durbin @njKaitlinDurbin]

Trying to understand how this story published with my byline last week while I was on my honeymoon. I did not write or review a word of it and it does not pull info from past reporting. Does https://t.co/HnBcPb1J5r think they just own my name now?
https://t.co/VIknsdUEkm

[Namwali @namwalien]

A snippet from PASSAGES episode 2, with Hanif Abdurraqib @NifMuhammad on language beyond the single message in Morrison's Song of Solomon.

[Namwali @namwalien]

I always tell my students, you can be certain that Toni Morrison herself carefully chose every word she ever wrote. That's what makes close reading her work so enjoyable and so fruitful. Today, we launch PASSAGES, a podcast about reading Morrison together. https://t.co/twlhFyoouN

[Matt Weinkam @MattWeinkam]

@JoshLipnik I saw this too late!

[Matt Weinkam @MattWeinkam]

@JoshLipnik How did I miss this!

[Matt Weinkam @MattWeinkam]

@NickCastele Sentences are not containers of thought, they are instruments for thinking.

[Matt Weinkam @MattWeinkam]

@clevelanddotcom https://t.co/HlgEUMg5Zx

[Matt Weinkam @MattWeinkam]

“The only journalism business strategy that works, and that will ever work in a sustainable way, is if you create something of value that people (human beings, not bots) want to read or watch or listen to, and that they cannot find anywhere else.”

ATTN: @clevelanddotcom

[Cleveland Public Library @Cleveland_PL]

🚨 OH libraries are at risk. The Ohio House budget plan cuts the Public Library Fund—meaning fewer resources for your local library.

☎️ Contact your Rep by April 8: https://t.co/YGrmDsObIm
✂️Say: Don’t cut my library. Restore PLF to 1.75%.
❤️📖 Share how libraries impact you.

[Matt Weinkam @MattWeinkam]

With Ed Choice, "the $ is flowing mostly to parents who are already able to afford tuition... When vouchers do draw students away from public districts, they threaten to exacerbate declining enrollment, forcing underpopulated schools to close."

[ProPublica @propublica]

New: Private letters reveal the strategy behind the decadeslong quest -- successful in 12 states and counting -- by politicians, church officials and activists to make taxpayer-funded school vouchers available not just to the poor but to the wealthy. https://t.co/rJ47bSGoQ9

[Matt Weinkam @MattWeinkam]

@JoshLipnik Judas and the Black Messiah. Set in Chicago and filmed in Ohio.

[McCormack Writing Center @mccormack_wc]

We can't wait to read your debut novels!✨

Our submission period opens tonight Friday 1/10/25 at midnight PT (technically Saturday 1/11/2025 at 12:01 am PT) & stays open until Sunday 1/12/2025 at 11:59 pm PT.

Read full guidelines, FAQ & how to submit:
https://t.co/DEjZclGAdA

[Matt Weinkam @MattWeinkam]

Looking for articles and resources about the challenges, problems, and dangers of AI in education. Any teachers out there run across good sources to add to our list?

[Steven Litt @steven_litt]

Mourning the death of Richey Piiparinen, city-focused public intellectual, based in Cleveland. Richey died Sunday, his family said, after a long fight with glioblastoma. He spoke with me in March about his book, "Octopus Hunting: https://t.co/NmuBwzZzjI.

[The Buckeye Flame @TheBuckeyeFlame]

🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has signed the state's anti-transgender 'bathroom bill' into law – banning transgender students, staff and visitors from using restrooms that align with their genders at both public and private institutions.
https://t.co/r5i0XMrRNQ

[Matt Weinkam @MattWeinkam]

Do you (or someone you know) live in Greater Cleveland and publish a book this year? If so I want to know about it! Compiling a year end list now.

[Center for African American Poetry and Poetics @CAAPPoetics]

🗣️ Mark your calendars! Submissions for the 2025 CAAPP Book Prize open next month (12.15)! The winning manuscript will receive $3,000 and publication with @AutumnHousePrs. This year's final judge is the brilliant @cawkward_rich. For more info visit https://t.co/8v6uhg2j5m

[Matt Weinkam @MattWeinkam]

Happy pub day, @gmehok! Congrats!

[Literary Cleveland @litcleveland]

Congrats to our board member @gmehok on his debut novel GOING DARK out today! Happy publication day!

https://t.co/6Hua9fmkWh

[Literary Cleveland @litcleveland]

🌎 Hi everyone, let’s talk about what’s next for writers in our city.

We know that many are feeling deeply after the election, and now, more than ever, coming together to process, write, and create will be vital as we move into the years ahead.

That is why we’ll be #extending our 4 FREE in-person monthly Library Writing Groups at the Cleveland Public Library into 2025. These Saturday morning groups are open to everyone and focus on helping us create fiction, nonfiction, and poetry together in community ⤵️

🔵 𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐒𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐅𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩
      Every 1st Saturday @ Rice Branch
🔵 𝐍𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩
      Every 2nd Saturday @ Hough Branch
🔵 𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩
      Every 3rd Saturday @ South Branch
🔵 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐒𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐅𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩
      Every 4th Saturday @ Lorain Branch

In addition, we are in the process of developing 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐀𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐲 𝐖𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩𝐬 to create sanctuaries of solidarity and creativity for writers navigating challenging times. These groups will provide dedicated spaces for connection, expression, and support within specific communities, including the 🔴 BIPOC writers, 🔴LGBTQIA+ writers, and 🔴 immigrant writers (details coming soon).

🟠 Lastly, we are continuing Early Ink, our #free virtual morning silent writing group that meets online daily from 6-8am via Zoom to write together in community.

We hope these groups become a place for you to share your story, gain support and inspiration, explore bold ideas, and find strength through the written word.

Learn more about Monthly In-Person Writing Groups or Early Ink online daily.
Links also in bio. 

🔗https://t.co/grRfXlPLCu
🔗https://t.co/dE6DGNQcY1

[Matt Weinkam @MattWeinkam]

@CasanovaReports @LauraMcShaneCLE @signalcleveland Sad to lose you here in Cleveland but excited to see what is next. Stay in touch!!