New ekphrastic work up today at the fabulous journal The Prose Poem. Many thanks to the wonderful editors! Yes, the artwork is mine too. #TheProsePoem#Poetry #Writing #WritingCommunity theprosepoem.com/here-is-wher...

These poems are stunning, achingly, sad, and brimming with urgency. Who else has read this and would love to discuss? #Poetry #WritingCommunity #MosabAbuToha#Writers #ReadersOfPoetry

open.substack.com/pub/unsolici... Wise words on the logistics of publishing and the very real writer fatigue that we all experience but rarely articulate. #Writing #WritingCommunity #Poets #UnsolicitedPress.

open.substack.com/pub/onlypoem... #poetry#WritingCommunity#Writers #FelicitySheehy#OnlyPoems In a chaotic world, I appreciate the stillness of these lines.

open.substack.com/pub/srstewar... This is brilliant. #WritingCommunity #Poetry #PoetryCommunity#UnsolicitedPress #women and writing

How’s your writing going this week? #writing #Writers #writing community #Poets #Creativity

Reading the amazing Larry Levis and his poem “Train.” Look at that gorgeous gorgeous third stanza #Poetry! #WritingCommunity #Writers #Readers.

How many books will you read during National Reading Month??

Love the visual representation of this poem. #Poetry #Writers #RaymondAntrobus #WritingCommunity.

Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Brendan Loper. #NewYorkerCartoons

Loving ‘the strange wondrous works of Eleanor Eleanor’ by Kathryn Cowles, the winner of the Fence modern poet series award. This is an unforgettable collection that I can’t seem to stop talking about! #Fence #KathrynCowles#Literary #WritingCommunity #Poetry #UnsolicitedPress #Writers#SmallPress

So many books, so little time! What’s on your reading pile??? respond in the comments!#WritingCommunity #Writers #Books #Poetry #Fiction #Readers #UnsolicitedPress #Fence#Memoir

How do you cultivate creativity? One thing I commit to is lots of reading, a book a week if possible. What do you do? Please share in the comments! These are two great books I’ve read since the start of the year. #poetry#writing #writers#LaurenRussell#MeriwetherClarke#UnsolicitedPress#literary

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Fantastic to see that all six shortlisted books for the Booker Prize are published by independent publishers! 🙌 www.thebookseller.com/news/indie-p...

Map of protests in the US 🇺🇸

Outstanding debut novel by Raki Kopernik! Well done! #unsolicitedpress#Authors #Writers #Fiction #WritingCommunity #RakiKopernik

Thank you Senator Cory Booker. This guy truly cares about the people he represents.

🎨✍🏾🖤 Today’s edition of 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗯𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆: “I may be afraid, my voice may shake, but I’m going to speak up more.” - Cory Booker 𝙎𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙠 𝙪𝙥 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚. 𝘾𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚. 𝙎𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙩𝙝 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚. 𝙍𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙨𝙩 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚. #resist #amwriting #writingcommunity

“[D]iversity can and should be about more than just plopping different faces into stories that are 100 percent Western in spirit.” In this week’s #CraftCapsule, author @henrylienauthor.bsky.social recommends writers embrace diverse storytelling styles and structures. at.pw.org/CCLien3

Delighted to be in this beautiful poetry anthology from Tupelo press — The Last Milkweed. Beautiful poetry, poetry in this collection, highlighted by photographs by Jeffrey Levine. #Poetry #Writers #WritingCommunity #Poets #TupeloPress #Literature #Writing.

Delighted to be in this beautiful poetry anthology from Tupelo press — The Last Milkweed. Beautiful poetry, poetry in this collection, highlighted by photographs by Jeffrey Levine. #Poetry #Writers #WritingCommunity #Poets #TupeloPress #Literature #Writing.

2025 Year of Womxn Ebook Subscription — Unsolicited Press www.unsolicitedpress.com/ebooks/p/202... #ebooks

Be brave Creatives! Keep doing what you do ... (thanks, @sketchesbyBoze, Owl! at the Library, and Madeleine, of course!) 🥰 #writingcommunity #booksky #writesky #kidlit

I'm fucked. And so are many, many others. This is why, even if the universities are not all shut down, I will become homeless.

Pause for a moment of calm brought to you by the ocean. #DailyDoseOfNature

Donald Trump’s embrace of America’s adversary and rejection of its ally has been so swift and complete that even top Kremlin officials are astonished.

🚨CDC cuts expected to devastate Epidemic Intelligence Service, a ‘crown jewel’ of public health EIS officers investigate disease outbreaks and health threats in the U.S. and abroad. www.statnews.com/2025/02/14/t...

Grieving. #poetry#resistance#writing community#MaryOliver

Brilliant and chilling.

Join us in congratulating the 18 semifinals for our chapbook contest. Their manuscripts stood out to our readers and editors! Congratulations poets! @csandell.bsky.social @beecordera.bsky.social @brendapoet.bsky.social @colourfulpoet.bsky.social

Delighted with my first box of books from Unsolicited Press Year of the Womxn subscription. Check out these great titles from Liz Kellebrew, Kerry Donoghue,and Rosalia Scalia.!

A day to settle in, read a book, drink a latte, and then take a nap. Alfie went straight to the nap. What books are you reading?