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Brian Trapp

@btrapperkeeper

Author of Range of Motion (@acre_books, 2025); Repped by @CompassTalentNY

 Eugene, OR
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Joined May 2019
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July is #DisabilityPrideMonth—browse our list for indie literature to read in celebration! We're featuring @Milkweed_Books, @BainbridgePress, @RedHenPress, @catalyst_press, @halfmysticpress, and more indie publishers: clmp.org/news/a-reading-list…
A Reading List for Disability Pride Month 2026 - Community of Literary Magazines and Presses

A Reading List for Disability Pride Month 2026 - Community of Literary Magazines and Presses

We asked the many independent literary presses and magazines that make up our membership to share with us some of the literature they recommend reading in honor of Disability Pride Month, observed...

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I am so grateful to be in this beautiful issue! Thank you @nw_review for your generous acceptance! @stevie_tremaine 💚 and @btrapperkeeper 💚 nwreview.org/articles/only-t…

Only That - Northwest Review

Because I only care about one thing: to break away.To break away from time, away from the body,from the discipline of routine, away from allthe important

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Novel: “For one week, he and Sal could feel it. They could feel what it was like to be true twins...They had been in a world without buildings Sal couldn’t get into, without schools he couldn’t attend, without events he wasn’t invited to, without conversations he couldn’t join."
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One of my favorite comedians blurbed my book. @Zachanner - actor and writer for ABC's Speechless - gave my novel the kindest endorsement. Please watch the hilarious Speechless episode where he gets tased by Minnie Driver. This man deserves his own TV show. @acre_books
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Range of Motion is officially out today. It took 10+ years. No matter how difficult the writing was, deep down I knew a character like my twin brother needed to exist. Don’t give up, kids.@acre_books #briantrapp #acrebooks #smallpressbooks #rangeofmotion #newfiction #caregiving
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Ninth Letter@ninthletterMay 10
Tonight is the final call for submissions for the 2026 Lit Awards!
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Deadline Extended: May 9. Missed the submission deadline for our contest? Here's another week to get your submission to us! Full guidelines and details > link in bio.
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"I raised you to believe you deserved to win, but you didn’t always listen when I taught you how." This week's miCRo, "Ace of Hearts" by Julia Hou, stages the multiplicity of grief as a final, intimate game between father and daughter. Link in thread.
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In this intensive, we'll move back-and-forth between conversation and generative exercises. The goal is for you to leave the seminar with new writing you’re excited about and strategies to help you keep writing! Materials included! Sign-up: mccormackwritingcenter.org/p…
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"March is Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month and Developmental Disability Awareness Month, but as the twin brother of Danny, who had severe cerebral palsy and intellectual disabilities, I never need the reminder." via @WBUR wbur.org/cognoscenti/2026/03…
My twin brother was disabled, but I don't consider myself a 'glass child'

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."

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"I worry that by only having the glass child metaphor to describe experiences like mine, we give in to the ableist assumption that our disabled siblings are catastrophes, instead of people who ultimately enrich our lives." wbur.org/cognoscenti/2026/03…
My twin brother was disabled, but I don't consider myself a 'glass child'

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."

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To all literary nonfiction writers: submissions to issue 23.2 are open, and LNF Editor Kristen Iversen is searching for pieces that center around the theme of "Reckoning." Send us your best work on the topic via our new Submittable portal. Link to submit in first comment.
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Ready to finish your project-in-progress? ⁠ Apply by March 23rd for the McCormack Writing Center (formerly known as Tin House Workshop)'s First Book Residency, which includes a stipend, private accommodation, and more! ⁠ Apply today: mccormackwritingcenter.org/r…
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We're hiring summer interns!! ☀️ We're seeking interns to assist in our copydesk, marketing + membership, and editorial departments—apply by April 10! Learn more here: airtable.com/app5UeNk1TbjY8i…
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Submit to Susurrus by March 15! The magazine seeks poetry, flash, fiction, creative nonfiction, and photography “from artists across the American South.” clmp.org/members/open-submis…
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Join us March 19th for our annual Spring Sessions with Danielle Cadena Deulen & Teddy Wayne. Free & open to the public! Refreshments & books sales will be available at 6 PM; the readings will begin at 6:30 PM #writingcommunity #auburnalabama #poetryreading #fiction #nonfiction
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Looking forward to being in conversation about writing and illness with Porochista Khakpour and Rebekah Taussig for "Writing the Body" — thanks to @BLReview for hosting us. RSVP here for a free ticket/recording: tickettailor.com/events/bell…
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RSVP – Writing the Body – Zoom

Writing the Body – Zoom, Thu Mar 26, 2026 - Writing the Body — part of BLR’s Conversations on Creative Writing in Healthcare series — brings together four best-selling authors whose work confronts...

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In this seminar and generative workshop, students will learn foundational elements of structure and style in a personal essay, and practice writing tools that can shape our ideas into coherent narratives! Scholarship available! Sign-up here: mccormackwritingcenter.org/p…
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Write in beautiful PDX this summer! Applications are now open for our 2026 Summer Residencies, including Without Borders, open to writers born outside of the United States. Each of our residencies includes a stipend + much more! Apply here: mccormackwritingcenter.org/r…
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Still 5 days left to apply to the 2026 LARB Publishing Workshop. Join @LAReviewofBooks and publishers from around the US for our intensive online workshop to start your publishing career. lareviewofbooks.org/learn
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So many wonderful contributor books launching this week and last! Congratulations to Anna Lena Phillips Bell, Matthew Pitt, @MayaJZeller, and Lesley Jenike on their newly released titles.
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