Editorial Director at The Ohio State University Press & Mad Creek Books. Literary trade, race & ethnic and Latinx studies. Opinions my own. She/her.https://bsky.app/profile/kristener.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/kristener.bsky.social/post/3mgd6kt6eus2cHere at #AWP26 booth 973 representing our amazing Mad Creek Books’ authors. Come and browse these beautiful books, and I’d also love to hear about your manuscript if you think it might be a good fit for us!05 Mar 2026 16:07 +0000at://did:plc:eo5pp73jbivku52oftyiroam/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgd6kt6eus2chttps://bsky.app/profile/kristener.bsky.social/post/3mely2bqfis2aA few weeks left to submit your story collection to the Grace Paley Prize for Short Fiction (which comes with $5,500 and publication from us, Mad Creek Books): https://awpwriter.org/AWP/Contests/AWP-Award-Series/Overview.aspx. Submit your manuscript by the end of the month! @ohiostatepress.bsky.social https://awpwriter.org/AWP/Contests/AWP-Award-Series/Overview.aspxThe11 Feb 2026 17:14 +0000at://did:plc:eo5pp73jbivku52oftyiroam/app.bsky.feed.post/3mely2bqfis2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/kristener.bsky.social/post/3lwr3o2p5fs2zSo many amazing books in our fall season; I love seeing them officially out in the world! [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Aug 2025 14:09 +0000at://did:plc:eo5pp73jbivku52oftyiroam/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwr3o2p5fs2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/kristener.bsky.social/post/3lwr3hzwd2s2zIn case my recommendation wasn’t enough, the Northern California Book Award committee agrees you should read Grace’s book! @ohiostatepress.bsky.social @joy-castro.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Aug 2025 14:06 +0000at://did:plc:eo5pp73jbivku52oftyiroam/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwr3hzwd2s2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/kristener.bsky.social/post/3llhn35zidc2gCome by #AWP2025 booth 456 and have Agatha Brewer sign a copy of her beautiful book “The Hunger Book: A Memoir of Communist Poland” @rafertess.bsky.social28 Mar 2025 20:17 +0000at://did:plc:eo5pp73jbivku52oftyiroam/app.bsky.feed.post/3llhn35zidc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/kristener.bsky.social/post/3llfcttqqsc2iWish I was there already, but excited to see everyone tomorrow! [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Mar 2025 22:09 +0000at://did:plc:eo5pp73jbivku52oftyiroam/app.bsky.feed.post/3llfcttqqsc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/kristener.bsky.social/post/3ll7pclknwc2vCan’t wait to see everyone there! [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Mar 2025 16:36 +0000at://did:plc:eo5pp73jbivku52oftyiroam/app.bsky.feed.post/3ll7pclknwc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/kristener.bsky.social/post/3ll5eoqsgos2jExcited to celebrate THROUGH FENCES being named an honor-winner in the Jean Flynn Award for Best Young Adult Book from the Texas Institute of Letters: https://ohiostatepress.org/books/titles/9780814258958.html And thrilled to see a deserving book—on such an important subject—being recognized! @rafertess.bsky.social24 Mar 2025 18:20 +0000at://did:plc:eo5pp73jbivku52oftyiroam/app.bsky.feed.post/3ll5eoqsgos2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/kristener.bsky.social/post/3kr4zmhccek2lStill a few days left to submit your book of essays to our Gournay Prize and be published alongside amazing books like our 2021 winner Christine Imperial’s “Mistaken for an Empire”: https://ohiostatepress.org/books/series/gournay.html @ohiostatepress.bsky.social27 Apr 2024 18:07 +0000at://did:plc:eo5pp73jbivku52oftyiroam/app.bsky.feed.post/3kr4zmhccek2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/kristener.bsky.social/post/3kqya3hzylk2cCongratulations, Tom Gannon, on winning the 2024 Stubbendieck Great Plains Distinguished Book Prize for his witty, wrenching, decolonial memoir ‘Birding While Indian’. @ohiostatepress.bsky.social25 Apr 2024 20:19 +0000at://did:plc:eo5pp73jbivku52oftyiroam/app.bsky.feed.post/3kqya3hzylk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/kristener.bsky.social/post/3kqv4tw7o722yJust one week left to submit your first book of essays to our Gournay Prize competition, for a chance to be published alongside our amazing previous years' winners, like @agatabrewer.bsky.social's THE HUNGER BOOK! https://ohiostatepress.org/books/series/gournay.html @ohiostatepress.bsky.social24 Apr 2024 14:44 +0000at://did:plc:eo5pp73jbivku52oftyiroam/app.bsky.feed.post/3kqv4tw7o722yhttps://bsky.app/profile/kristener.bsky.social/post/3kqv3h726p22yA great roundup of spring book releases, including our own @gracelp.bsky.social's THE TRANSLATOR's DAUGHTER, about "immigration and the making and unmaking of a family." @ohiostatepress.bsky.social https://www.mochimag.com/arts-culture/2024-book-releases-spring/24 Apr 2024 14:19 +0000at://did:plc:eo5pp73jbivku52oftyiroam/app.bsky.feed.post/3kqv3h726p22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/kristener.bsky.social/post/3koucvemdij24Congratulations to Tom Gannon on his memoir, BIRDING WHILE INDIAN being selected as one of three finalists for the Stubbendieck Great Plains Distinguished Book Prize! https://www.unl.edu/plains/bookprize/bookprize.shtml @ohiostatepress.bsky.social29 Mar 2024 20:09 +0000at://did:plc:eo5pp73jbivku52oftyiroam/app.bsky.feed.post/3koucvemdij24https://bsky.app/profile/kristener.bsky.social/post/3kn6wfg6zdc2rBeing included in Foreword's Book of the Day roundup seems like a great way to celebrate the official pub week of THE TRANSLATOR'S DAUGHTER. Congratulations, @gracelp.bsky.social ! https://www.forewordreviews.com/articles/article/book-of-the-day-roundup-march-4-8-2024/?utm_source=ftw&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ftw-2024-03-07 @ohiostatepress.bsky.social08 Mar 2024 14:34 +0000at://did:plc:eo5pp73jbivku52oftyiroam/app.bsky.feed.post/3kn6wfg6zdc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/kristener.bsky.social/post/3kjt6peibbr2yCongratulations to Mad Creek Books/OSUP author Susan Kiyo Ito on her memoir I WOULD MEET YOU ANYWHERE being named a National Book Critics Award finalist! I don't have the words to express how excited I am for you, @thesusanito.bsky.social! https://www.bookcritics.org/2024/01/25/national-book-critics-circle-announces-finalists-for-publishing-year-2023/ @rafertess.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Jan 2024 18:15 +0000at://did:plc:eo5pp73jbivku52oftyiroam/app.bsky.feed.post/3kjt6peibbr2y