A poem from my forthcoming chapbook, Pelican's Daughter (Concrete Wolf Press) is up on the Psaltery & Lyre site today. Many thanks, @psalteryandlyre.bsky.social and @millietullis.bsky.social!

We just saw this, and it’s a good idea for businesses to post. Private businesses are allowed to set dress and conduct rules. Requiring no full face coverings has long been standard for safety and loss prevention reasons, and it is within a business’s rights to refuse entry or service.

Friends, "These Saints are Stones," my first full-length, comes out in two months, and you can now preorder! AND, please let me know if you're willing to write a book review, interview, podcast chat, or anything else to help get the word out! 🧡

We are dealing with an institution modeled on slave catching and the great news is that we also have resistance models This is a great book about the Underground Railroad in an urban environment, New York City: wwnorton.com/books/gatewa...

this was also consensus opinion for center-right types after george floyd’s murder five years ago. the state media apparatus will be working overtime the next few weeks to reprogram them

Posting for a fellow ME/CFS friend in need: Arianne True is so sick, my dudes chuffed.org/project/aria...

Lit matters: Many literary nonprofits lost grants this year because they would not defund programs that were deemed “DEI”; donations from individuals went down, book sales are down. Even $10 helps a small press like @triohousepress.org or a large org like AWP. Please give to the orgs you love. 💛💜

My weekend read: this lovely new book of poems by @burgi.bsky.social, just right for a winter's rainy day.

Poets aren’t bad at self-promotion because we’re inherently humble, but because the habits that sustain poetry have very little to do with the habits required to promote it. Promotion can feel like an assault on the inner world by the outer one.

NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month. This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory! Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...

Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars. She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:

My debut collection WHITE DOOR is out!!! 💃✨💃 Thank you Carbonation Press & @gregbem.bsky.social! Link to order and more info in 🧵 DM for signed copies/to review 🙏💙 Watch this space for events/news 😊

Everything we care about, from the cost of groceries to the character of our republic, will be affected by decisions that are happening at the ballot box today. So if you care, make sure you vote!

WGA Statement on ABC’s Decision to Pull Jimmy Kimmel Live!

The battle against authoritarianism is fought in the streets, but also in the mind.

Chronicles (launching September 1st) Getting back in the newsletter game: I'd love to see you there.

Chronicles (launching September 1st) Getting back in the newsletter game: I'd love to see you there.

Lemon Grove Writers has collected all of our Writing Sprint prompts into a PDF and all sales made in August will be sent to the Palestinian Children’s Relief Fund. lemongrovewriters.com/products/pro...

He has kept among us in times of peace Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures. He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power. He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution & unacknowledged by our laws.

@marthasilano.bsky.social's "When I'm On the Bed": "called death, I hope / to be thinking about / the texture of the bucatini / at Campiello, how they seated us / in the bar by the pizza cooks..." poets.org/poem/when-im... (posthumous volume, TERMINAL SURREAL, forthcoming Sept.) #poetry🎉

I asked how can you ever be sure that what you write is really any good at all and he said you can't   you can't you can never be sure you die without knowing whether anything you wrote was any good if you have to be sure don't write —W.S. Merwin, from “Berryman”

Thinkinge of askinge Chat GPT a questioun about your plannes, thoughtes, ideas? Trye a tarot deck ynstead. Cheaper, bettir for the environment, bettir resultes, not evil.

Susan is such a kind poet- this lifted my spirits so much. What are you reading today? I suggest Dressing the Bear, a profound collection: triohousepress.myshopify.com/products/pre...

With all the hard and heavy and heart-breaking news, I’m taking a sliver of a moment to celebrate. My third full-length collection, Our Lady of Thread, will be coming to a bookstore near you in 2027.

The people of G*z* are living an unspeakable nightmare inflicted upon them with absolute impunity & on our watch by the I*r***i occupation. The least we can do is to not give in to resignation. Find some resources here or compile your own. burgizenhaeusern.com/links-for-ga...

Please give if you can!

Looking forward to this!

One of my favorite poets!

Children, they are moving amongst children.

These people think they’re at the end of a story — that they ARE the end of a story — and they are wrong. More than that: the story is changing around us all the time, in the ways that people who think they will always have the power to write it cannot even begin to anticipate.

Mark this for the history books: “We’re talking about the president exercising his authority, and the president is of course limited to his authority. That’s the difference between a constitutional government and King George,” said Judge Charles Breyer.

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Back by popular demand! "The Revision Strategy I Wish Someone Had Taught Me: Approaching Changes with Confidence, Clarity, and Wisdom" with Megan Merchant. This course is open to 20 students and will begin in August. blacklawrencepress.com/books/revisi...

This is the spirit of Los Angeles. This is California. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. #FreeDavidEndRaids

If you are in the National Guard or Active Duty military and you are being ordered to violate the constitutional rights of US citizens call the GI Rights Hotline, 877-447-4487 Please share 🙏🏼

Now available: Tana Oshima’s (in collaboration with the inmates) WEATHER REPORT: from the juvenile detention center. All proceeds will go to Planned Parenthood.

Public employees have long relied on High Country News for trusted reporting on the West. Now, as agency staff face layoffs, budget cuts & political pressure, we’re offering free digital access to support the people who serve the public. buff.ly/4BrOyRV #KnowTheWest

‘They say, We leave you our deaths. Give them their meaning.’ —Archibald MacLeish Remembering the fallen this Memorial Day, we can consider our own duty to strive so that our lives and our country are worthy of the price they paid.

ENDS TODAY! National Poetry Month 25% off sale closes down tonight--grab your favorites now! buff.ly/YkqXL0i

The powerful immediacy and wonder of a child's voice and Pantea Amin Tofangchi's capacity to summon it. Her collection GLAZED WITH WAR (@masonjarpress.bsky.social, 2023) remembers the Iran/Iraq war. The astounding ordinariness of war. #poetry #bookSky 📚💙 #writingCommunity

Lisbeth White will be at the Writing&& Retreat coming up this May in BC through Artists&&. Lisbeth will “lead a generative workshop on ritual, reverence, and spell-casting. Together, we’ll find playful and heartfelt ways to connect with our writing and the world around us.” @earthmaven.bsky.social

April is National Poetry Month! From full-length collections to broadsides and eBooks, our poetry titles are 25% off! bullcitypress.com/on-sale/

Honoring Trans Visibility and Two Spirit folx by checking out this publication: beestungmag.com/issues/

“I insist on being shocked. I am never going to become immune. I think that’s a kind of failure to see so much of it that you die inside. I want to be surprised and shocked every time.” ― Toni Morrison

Next 🍋 Writing Sprint: Saturday, April 12th 11 AM CT / 12 PM ET / 9 AM PT Free • On Zoom • Open to all genres Join us for two quiet, focused hours of writing. Bring your project or start something new. Prompts provided (but totally optional). RSVP: lemongrovewriters.com/sprint

I used to think I wrote because there was something I wanted to say. Then I thought, “I will continue to write because I have not yet said what I wanted to say”; but I know now I continue to write because I have not heard what I have been listening to. -- Mary Ruefle

Things It Is Possible To Do: 1. Love people/community & critique their choices. 2. Critique people/community without character assassinations. 3. Accept critiques of choices/actions as an invitation to grow. 4. Create boundaries with people/community without causing harm. 5. Change your mind/stance

Well, this sure is making my day! Thanks to @acrebooks.bsky.social (publisher of TERMINAL SURREAL, 09-02-2025), & @suzannematson.bsky.social for making this special feature happen! www.postroadmag.com/2025/03/02/s...

This is how it’s done.

“Our predecessors deposed a brain-addled king; they crushed the violent insurrectionists of a slaveholding confederacy; they kicked the Nazis’ asses throughout Europe.” “No entitled reality-TV has-been backed by an addle-brained billionaire who cheats at video games is going to roll over us now.”