I have a new poem in issue 17 of @alocasiamag.bsky.social about lilacs blooming twice a year for survival 🌿💜🌱 many thanks to @sarahclark.bsky.social alocasia.org

So glad that one of my first interviews was with @nicolewlee.bsky.social , a poet I deeply admire and whose work has shaped my own. Her questions offered me so much insight into my own writing process. fourwayreview.com/february-int...

This Verse Curious episode has made explaining my book to family 100% easier. I've shared it with all my parents. So grateful to Benjamin Landry for offering my work so much context.

From Hamdan Ballal, co-director of last year’s Oscar-winning documentary “No Other Land.” This is happening now.

ProPublica received eight handwritten letters from children who have been held at the detention center that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was recently released from. We'll let their words speak for themselves.

There is no easier or more important political position to take than to do everything possible to stop this. It will change our society forever, and Democrats are going along with it.

Can't express enough appreciation for A.D. Lauren-Abunassar's insightful essay up today at @splitlipthemag.bsky.social. It's a relief to know that the anxiety and care and even anger that went into "Maybe the Body" reaches the reader on the other end. splitlipthemag.com/reviews/0226...

Love makes the world go 'round and so does art 💕 Enjoy our FEBRUARY ISSUE, made with love 💕 buff.ly/eKv5fuz The biggest thank you to our contributors WORDS: Brett Hymel Jr., Rowan Tate, Maria Lata, @tarabetts.bsky.social ART: VANDI PLUS: A.D. Lauren-Abunassar reviews @asaldrake.bsky.social

i appreciate this but i think we have conclusively demonstrated that it can continue to not be over until at least ~150 years after MN flag acquisition

Please join me in writing for her release. We know that ICE has stopped medical treatment for detainees. www.cbsnews.com/atlanta/news...

A rainbow, a family portrait, a heart. These are the drawings found in handwritten letters from children detained at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in South Texas. Read them today on @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/ice-...

I uncovered my plants after a week of temps in the 20s. Somehow, it's the pineapples that survived Florida snow flurries?

our government used a Blackhawk helicopter in a major American city, detained children and zip-tied U.S. citizens all to target... squatters and the alleged Tren de Aragua presence? "It was a brutal lie against the American public." www.propublica.org/article/chic...

My book is available for pre-order! ohiostatepress.org/books/titles... Here is one of my blurbs: “The Afterlife of Sweetness is exactly what a first book should be: It is a next step, for the poet and also for poetry.” —Shane McCrae #poetry #poetryreleases #debutauthor #debutpoet

"Peñaloza’s latest collection emphasizes how new forms don’t supplant or forget existing ones, but offer variation — a kind of play — which is the point of the poem, to make and to make again." @asaldrake.bsky.social reviews ALL THE WORDS I CAN REMEMBER ARE POEMS by Michelle Peñaloza.

ATTN: Today's arrests of Georgia Fort and Don Lemon are an escalation by this administration to criminalize press freedom under the guise of law enforcement. The First Amendment is not optional, and journalism is NOT a crime. We demand their immediate release! newsguild.org/journalist-o...

Don was taken into custody by federal agents last night in Los Angeles.

Don Lemon is not the only reporter who was arrested by federal agents overnight — local independent journalist Georgia Fort just went live on FB to say federal agents were also at her door to take her into custody over her protest coverage in Minneapolis.

Excited to share the 1st episode of my new partnership with @milkweededitions.bsky.social, with the remarkable Sangu Iyer, about her memoir Governing Bodies: A Memoir, A Confluence, A Watershed Audio👂🌱: milkweed.org/between-the-... @literaryanimal.bsky.social @whitingfoundation.bsky.social

Over and over, we see this tactic employed by the powerful: they are never to be held accountable, to sacrifice anything, it’s up to individuals to do more, while the status quo remains unchanged and the system unchallenged, except to accrue more power and money. sakr.substack.com/p/the-stalki...

Submit by May 1st to receive a prize of $2,000 and publication by Noemi Press for one book-length poetry collection. The editors will judge. Visit our Submittable page for full guidelines: noemipress.submittable.com/submit We'll be waiting 👁👄👁

Reminder: ICE’s budget has not been renewed — the House voted, but not the Senate — It will take 10 Democratic votes to stop it Pressure your senators

Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him. White. Hot. Rage.

WOW on Pretti's denial of medical treatment "I informed the ICE agents that I am a physician, and I asked to assess the victim. At first, the ICE agents wouldn't let me through. ... But none of the ICE agents who were near the victim were performing CPR, ... None of the agents were helping him."

Oracular Maladies by Sophia Terazawa is now available for preorder on the Noemi website! A book of curses, Oracular Maladies summons an ecstatic performance of divas arriving in glamorous form. The backdrop: Vietnamese tonality, displacement, and reclamation.

Deporting children with cancer. Using a 5-year-old as bait. Shooting moms. ICE is beyond reform. And today the House is voting to bankroll more terror. Hell no.

It's my birthday today. No celebration. Instead, I'm getting on a plane at 7pm tonight to be with my mom for her breast cancer surgery tomorrow. My birthday wish is that you buy my book so that I can earn out, and hopefully keep writing. Thank you. bookshop.org/p/books/magi...

my second book, raw & zero, is out May 5 from Nightboat Books • i’m so proud of it, & can’t wait to share w y’all! • Preorder >>> nightboat.org/book/raw-zero/

Since I wrote this last week, two more people have died in ICE custody: Heber Sanchaz Domínguez and Victor Manuel Diaz. That’s at least 6 people dead in ICE camps so far in 2026, and it’s only mid-January.

Anna Brauch said an ICE agent grabbed her by handcuffs, and used all his strength to yank her repeatedly around the car. She told him: “You're breaking my hands, you’re breaking my hands.” He told her: “I don’t fucking care. Shut the fuck up. Shut the fuck up.” (6) www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

🚨WHOA. The El Paso Medical Examiner says it will rule the death of a 55-year-old Cuban man at ICE's "Camp East Montana" tent camp as a homicide. He was allegedly choked to death by a guard during a "struggle" after he refused to enter a housing unit without his medications.

I’m seeing posts from people (outside of MN) about how US citizens should carry their passports. And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.” Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.

We hope you had a great day, FAM. Don't forget to enjoy our new JANUARY ISSUE with a loved one, and we'll see you tomorrow 🌙 buff.ly/xnuvf6J

Poem for your Tuesday We Teach Each Other How to Stay ~T. De Los Reyes —All good things in the life I know involve me stumbling into my own astonishment. I take a half-step in the dark and you are beside me / and each version of you I would take gladly: when I'm awake, or in my dreams —

I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen *Everyone has stories like this*

Border Patrol has shot two people in Oregon close to Portland. The shooting occurred near East Burnside and 141st Avenue. The two who were shot allegedly drove to this location for further help and are now en route or at hospital. Their condition is unknown.

Anyone who has read Copaganda knows that we are in the crucial early moments of virality after an extra-judicial police murder. It's extremely important for ICE that the media plays along with the idea that what happened is contested and there are multiple perspectives.

what you clearly see, CLEARLY, is a driver who is spooked by the agents grabbing her door, takes steps to drive away, and is immediately shot as moves her vehicle *away* from the agents.

“.. In the last four months alone, immigration officers have fired on at least nine people in five states and Washington, D.C. All of the individuals targeted in those shootings were, like the woman killed on Wednesday, fired on while in their vehicles.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/u...

You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today. This could be you.

An ICE agent shot a woman to death in her car as she attempted to drive away. He was not in danger. She was not trying to hit him. You can watch her killing in multiple videos and judge for yourself. Meanwhile, at least 30 Asian immigrants died in ICE custody. www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...

a video taken by the eyewitness, Emily Heller, shows agents denying a self-identified physician access to the victim and telling bystanders to “just relax.” “How can I relax? You just killed my fucking neighbor,” Heller responded. “How the fuck do you show up to work every day?”

"Renee was one of the kindest people I’ve ever known,” her mother said. “She was extremely compassionate. She’s taken care of people all her life. She was loving, forgiving and affectionate. She was an amazing human being.” www.startribune.com/she-was-an-a...

Oh hey, that’s my book! Thanks for checking it out, stephanie 🌴 💜

Despite the Trump administration’s efforts to memory-hole Jan. 6, thousands of videos from the riot live on ProPublica’s website and other places. Additionally, much of the deleted DOJ database can be found on the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine. (Published Jan. 2025)

The New York Times has just confirmed that 40 civilians died in President Trump's invasion. This is the aftermath in one area

Almost like the point is ethnic cleansing. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Israel accused Doctors Without Borders, one of the largest health organizations operating in Gaza, of failing to clarify the roles of some staff that Israel accused of cooperation with militants. n.pr/4sisQNv

I just spent five hours taking apart, regreasing and reassembling my KitchenAid in order to change out one part. The online videos cannot emphasize enough how exactly these gears must come together. The machine is finally repaired. May I never need to remove the hull plating again.😭

🚨 So this happened: my very first time in @newyorker.com (!!) A new poem from my forthcoming book of poems about the night— NIGHT OWL (Ecco, 3/26). 🛼✨