What do you need? You need to know about this amazing @notatawp.bsky.social reading with @victoriawrites.bsky.social @taylorbyas.bsky.social and @toosiewatson.bsky.social next month! Register now: www.eventbrite.com/e/a-nawp-rea...

The preorder link for my debut poetry collection, What We Do with God, releases this Friday 7/18! What We Do with God, forthcoming Sept 9 from @haymarketbooks.org !

& with that, it is done. My debut poetry collection, What We Do with God, is finalized & off to the printer. After 8 yrs of work—from its inception in grad school (2017) to today—I have a book, my first book. What We Do with God, forthcoming Sept 9th 2025 from @haymarketbooks.org

So, Vanessa Angélica Villarreal says I’m a “transformational poet” and that my debut is “a luminous collection” which means the press of my heart will no longer be accepting opinion submissions. Submissions closed, forever. What We Do with God, forthcoming Sept. 9th with @haymarketbooks.org !

What is the best Love you’ve ever had in this world? Be quiet while thinking about that Love. If someone comes along and starts talking, quietly shoo them away, you’re busy, you’re a poet… Be quiet so quiet, let the very sounds of that Love be heard in your bones. —CAConrad, from “(Soma)tic 6”

Vievee Francis’s blurb for my debut poetry collection, What We Do with God, forthcoming Sept 9th from @haymarketbooks.org ♥️ .

WOW. Just received this email from Vievee Francis, who graciously agreed to blurb my debut poetry collection, What We Do with God, forthcoming Sept 9th from @haymarketbooks.org . I just read her blurb and I’m struck with awe and deep gratitude. Posting the blurb in the morning, look out for it!

It's true! My newsletter, What We Do with Newsletters, is live and ready for you to subscribe. substack.com/@whatwedowit...

It’s 7pm Friday, it’s 52 degrees, I was supposed to send out my newsletter today but I’m having technical difficulties. On Monday look out for the link to sign up for my new newsletter, “What We Do with Newsletters”!! Stay tuned!

ANNOUNCING: What We Do with Newsletters ✨ Friends! It’s been a while. But here we are, and I’m excited to announce my upcoming newsletter, What We Do with Newsletters.

Tomorrow I start my trek to Georgia to interview for a job that would literally change everything & give me stability. I’m selling my art & taking on commissions for food/transportation while I’m there. Also open to gifts: Venmo: @ danijoon Cash app: $Daniellajoon Thank you! Please share!

Wishing I was at AWP w/ you all, my friends. I wrote a poem yesterday—I hope that counts. Next year I’ll be at AWP. My book will have come out. The release date is this coming Sept 9. I hope you’ll read it & find goodness or rage or comfort or whatever you need from it. 🧵

MY BOOK HAS A COVER! Cover reveal coming soon soon soon. What We Do with God, forthcoming with @haymarketbooks Sept 9th 2025!

Blurbs locked in! All four of my dream blurbers said “yes” & I’m so grateful. What We Do with God forthcoming with @haymarketbooks.org Sept 9, 2025!

Last night, my partner/my baby/my beloved said something to the effect of, “you mistake suffering for life. Suffering isn’t life, it’s suffering.” Today, I got a hair refresh & spent time outside. Maybe I’ll read later. Maybe I’ll nap. But I’ll remember to make the distinction.

Hello Booksky, I seriously need writing/editing/teaching gigs. I’m short on funds right now, and with bills mounting like bulls on heat, the pressure is somewhat inundating. Please if you have any job for me, or know anyone who does, or come across any job opportunity, please share with me. Thanks.

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Just received the copy edits for my forthcoming, debut poetry collection, What We Do With God, which means I’m one step closer to having my book in the world 😭🤲🏼. What We Do With God, slated to be released w/ @haymarketbooks.org Sept 9, 2025!

This café keeps replaying the classical sample of ASAP Rocky “Praise the Lord” which I think is fitting because I just landed an interview to be Associate Editor of a v cool journal. More soon!

Now taking commissions for book covers. Here are examples of covers I've done, for Dr. Joshua Bennett and Monica Rico. DM me or submit an inquiry on my website toosie.art !

SUBSTACK and NEWSLETTER WRITERS: please check your subscribers for the email addresses [email protected] a [email protected]. These are email addresses that your colleagues can use to report you or track you for DEI activity. (via @jessicavalenti.bsky.social)

I decided to add my photography to my website & I’m really excited to showcase it for you, friends. Go to www.toosie.art / hover over the “visual art” tab / it will give a drop down / select “photography” / & there you have it. If you like what you see, DM me to book a shoot!

Registration is open for my spring Iowa Summer Writing Festival course, "Writing Soundly: Fine-Tuning the Acoustics of your Poetry." 🔉🔊❤️ May 3–31, 2025. The course will include seminar-style discussions and craft-focused workshops. Snag your spot! mcuw-uiowa.catalog.instructure.com/browse/iswf/...

I just got out of my publicity handoff meeting for my debut poetry collection. Each meeting with @haymarketbooks.org makes everything feel more real. The book is officially done & out of my hands. I’m so grateful for my press. What We Do With God, forthcoming 2025!

I don’t know how many people this skeet will reach, but I want to say that I am revamping my Substack and I would love everyone to join the fussportal since I am officially a jobless quarter-lifer who indulges in spare-time flingshots to keep sane. Here’s the link: open.substack.com/pub/sparetim...

New Toosie art just dropped and is up for grabs! Your friend (me, I’m your friend) lost her job and is now going full time job searching and art-making. Share this so I can eat, please and thank you!

A group of haters is called a cohort.

A year or two ago, I had a photoshoot with beloved Luther Hughes at a park near my then Brooklyn apartment. We took my favorite shot I’d ever taken. Today, that photo is published as apart of Luther’s spread in Seattle Magazine for their tribute to Luther for their “Most Influential” honors.

Hi, I did a thingggg 👩🏼‍🦰👩🏼‍🦰👩🏼‍🦰!

You get to rest. You get to need rest. You get to enjoy rest. (Or, to have mixed feelings about rest.) You're not "lazy." You're not "letting anybody down" by resting-- at least, not anybody who matters. And rest isn't "avoidance." It's rebuilding-- literally, physically.

I was unexpectedly laid off from @motherjones.com on Friday the 13th. I’ve been deprived of direct access to my Google Drive, which contains seven years worth of work. I am also ineligible for unemployment. This is a terrible Christmas for me and my family. If you have leads for work, pls lmk.

I was commissioned by Joshua Bennett for a painting to be presented at Harvard (the next day lol). He needed a painting that reflected the scene in The Souls of Black Folk when “kindergarten aged W.E.B. Du Bois ascended beyond the Veil for the first time.” Thus, my painting, “Above the Veil.” (1/2)

We made it to LitHub 😭. For LitHub’s “49 Contemporary Poets on the Best Poems they read in 2024,” @emilyskaja.bsky.social , author of Brute, noted my poem, “God is Dod Spelled Backwards,” as the best they had read this year and I am just delighted and uplifted with gratitude. Thank you, Emily!

Just left a meeting with my editor. The development edits of my book are finished! I’m feeling many feelings, mostly excitement and gratitude. Also, curiosity about what is in store for my book. My first book, What We Do with God, forthcoming with Haymarket Books Sept 2025!

Creative Writing Instructors of Bluesky, I'm going to be teaching a college-level genre intro course next year (all commercial genres, not just SFF). Do you have any advice? Tips and tricks you've learned over the years? I'd love to hear them! ☺️

Let’s see you at 21 21 was an ERA.

A student just emailed me asking for an extension and sent this meme lmao.

I just got this email from a student and I’m MOVED, friends. You hear me! MOVED. I really loved teaching my Wednesday night class at Pratt Institute this semester. My students were brilliant, kind, funny, and just an all around joy to teach. I’ll miss them, dearly.

Since I thought I'd be dead by now everything I do is fucking perfect --Morgan Parker

Galleys of Resting Bitch Face will be in so soon like oh my god

Honestly, I want people to be afraid to say some stupid shit to me.

I had a wonderful birthday. Grateful to my beloveds for making it special.

It’s my birthdayyyyy! 🎉♥️🥳🎂✨💁🏻‍♀️

I really dig that social media is currently full of Nikki Giovanni poems.

Face for the algo, but what you really need to do is see the STUNNING marketing that @framebridge.bsky.social created for my first solo art exhibition, “Of Water and Sky: An Exploration of Existential Whimsy,” coming up this Saturday, Dec 14th from 7pm-9pm. Drop a comment if you wanna come!

To the young who want to die.

Hey #academic bsky! If you or a graduate student you mentor is looking to transition to a career outside #academia, lmk! I am hiring 1-2 colleagues to work with me at a boutique food & Bev focused creative agency. I want smart & capable over industry “experience.” Please share

My husband has been in the hospital for a low white blood cell count, zero neutrophils, and plenty of opportunistic infections with no end in sight. I’m raising money to help pay for my lodging, which I’m doing to be closer to the hospital. NO PRESSURE at all, but if you’d like: gofund.me/23f3543a

Big news, friends. I was shortlisted for the Oxford Poetry Prize, an international poetry prize based in the UK. I’m so grateful. We find out who wins next week. Fingers crossed! Thank you Oxford Poetry and the judge, Rachel Long.