Attention friends, writers, SFF lovers: "As The Earth Dreams" is launching November 13 at Harlem Restaurant in Toronto!

I have two poems in the ANIMALIA folio edited by @sannawani.bsky.social at @ex-puritan.bsky.social 🐦 ex-puritan.ca/the-birds-ar...

"Poets love birds." So says @sannawani.bsky.social's editor's note ("Marginalia: Cento as Editor’s Note") for our 2025 special issue, Animalia. Did the poets (and the fiction writers and essayists) prove her right? Find out now— the issue is live: ex-puritan.ca/animalia

Today’s poem is selected by Sanna Wani (@sannawani.bsky.social) as part of the 20th anniversary of Read A Little Poetry. “This Isn't The Life” appeared in The Seventh Town of Ghosts by Faith Arkorful, published by McClelland & Stewart, 2024. Shared here with deep gratitude.

The Ex-Puritan is proud to introduce our new Poetry Editor, Sanna Wani (@sannawani.bsky.social)! Sanna Wani is a Kashmiri writer, editor and translator based in Toronto. She is the author of My Grief, the Sun (House of Anansi, 2022), winner of the 2023 Trillium Award for Poetry.

Poet Talk about Trees featuring @farahghafoor.bsky.social! Tune in for talk about trees, snails, time and more. Available where you listen to podcasts: poettalk.buzzsprout.com/2362005/epis...

"Did she strive toward success, the way any artist does, only to accidentally strive too far, primed by her personal privilege and positionality?" asks @sannawani.bsky.social in this thought-provoking piece about Chappell Roan, fame, race, and gender. this.org/2024/12/10/s...

DIGITAL REVIEW COPIES FOR THE HUNGERING YEARS ARE NOW AVAILABLE ‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️ INTERVIEWERS/REVIEWERS/BOOKFLUENCERS/BOOKSELLERS/ETC. PLEASE READ MY POETRY BOOK

You gave me your heart Laura Gilpin

"The protagonists shift but maintain an integrity of voice: elegant, incisive, dry, witty." – @sannawani.bsky.social reviews @shashibhat.bsky.social's Death by a Thousand Cuts: ex-puritan.ca/futility-and...

The Ex-Puritan SPECIAL ISSUE Submission Call: Animalia, guest edited by Sanna Wani (@sannawani.bsky.social)! ex-puritan.ca/news/call-fo...

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This is the first Pride Month 🏳️‍🌈 we're celebrating on Bluesky, so we *have* to share this excellent story from our Winter 2024 issue here. @sannawani.bsky.social discusses white privilege, the pressure of fame, and Chappell Roan—and we're still so obsessed with this article! this.org/2024/12/10/s...

this is what they (the normans) took from you

I am loving Remedios Varo paintings lately (as always) — on the left, Born Again / on the right, Star Maker

my cats. my mom. rachel tanner atchley (@rickit.bsky.social)

PLEASE SHARE! I am raising funds for a dear friend and member of the literary as well as arts communities. $5 and $10 goes a long way! Reshares even further! We are just $800 from our goal and my hope is bluesky can take us the rest of the way. 💛💛💛 chuffed.org/project/1299...

People who talk during movies named #1 worst audience members by people who record concerts on their phones

Latest Poet Talk episode out now! Featuring the one and only, Diana Khoi Nguyen. We talk about swimming, speaking, silence, sinking...and lots more. Listen now: poettalk.buzzsprout.com/2362005/epis...

"There are so many ways we can give ourselves to time. There is only so much of us passing through." #TodaysPoem #poetry from spring by @sannawani.bsky.social from My Grief, the Sun (2022 @houseofanansi.bsky.social) tinyurl.com/4ajjhuu2

we're almost at capacity! rvsp soon via sptl.eventbrite.com #torontolitup ft @sannawani.bsky.social Furqan Mohamed at Queen Books 🌞 grateful to @festofauthors @torontoartscouncil

Happy #NationalPoetryMonth day 13 c/o @sannawani.bsky.social

I did a makeup #booklook for my debut poetry collection, "Myth"! Part of the reason I chose this cover was because of all the colours! 🥰

thank you @sannawani for this splendid blurb! Her beautiful collection My Grief, the Sun won the 2023 Trillium Book Award for Poetry.

rereading my untouched poetry manuscript after 11 months like damn...this is kind of good...

The very slow steps toward you are not what my feet do. A poem for today by @sannawani.bsky.social from her collection My Grief, the Sun (House of Anansi Press, 2022). 🥰🥰🥰 To love. Be well, you all! #poetry #valentine

Seeing an ipad baby - no, this is not good Seeing a cat watching the television - incredible, you are like a little man

Three poems up in Seventh Wave’s Community Anthology today~ Here’s 1/3. theseventhwave.org/publication/...

"personal" "essay" "collection" more like stop I need protection! (from myself ❤️)

What is it about a second poetry collection that makes one want to take 10 years to write and/or publish it…asking for a friend

colour and texture! #pottery

Normalize giving your own book a 3.5 star rating

I’m just like him fr

Molly Brodak

Going to Brooklyn for a weekend IS a new personality trait

a poem effortlessly suspended mid-air BILLOWING

it’s good to be so clear for once Eileen Myles

Can someone explain why my dog is sleeping like she pays the bills

This spring, on April 1st, @houseofanansi.bsky.social will publish my debut poetry collection, Myth! It's a little tropical, a little lyrical, a little speculative, something for everyone! 🌴🧜🏾‍♀️👽🌙 Preorders are open! Please share if you can! houseofanansi.com/products/myt...

Check out the great podcast "Poet Talk"! Their latest episode includes an ad for Arc's Poem of the Year Contest, which has an Early Bird Deadline (submit three poems for the price of two) that ends tomorrow. More details on the contest here: arcpoetry.ca/contest/poem...

In the last episode of 2024, Jody and I do a close reading of “God is an American” by Terrance Hayes. Also featuring the wisdom of Audre Lorde, @heatherchristle.bsky.social, Lena Khalaf Tuffaha, and many others. Tune in: linktr.ee/poettalk @arcpoetry.bsky.social

thank u everyone for playing my game. unfortuantely as soon as I posted it i logged off and forgot this app existed for 10 days

Let’s play a game! What are you reading right now and why? I’ll start—I’m rereading the Percy Jackson series by @rickriordan.bsky.social because I want to re-experience a childhood fav. I tag @victoriambabazi.bsky.social @manahil.bsky.social and @patrycjasara.bsky.social. ❤️

Honestly I recommend the spiritual cleanse of not submitting any writing for an entire year. Forget your Submittable password. Grow out your hair. Make a cake from scratch. Escape naked into the forest. Be free.

Sorry I’m not interested in “building” “an audience” I have to go outside and look at the sky

The thing about not using Tw*tter for months/years is now I have nothing to say. I walk my dog and mind my business

Hello BlueSky. This is my dog