tonight is a biblically accurate Halloween (cold & rainy & a lot of wind)

I need Hot Ones to do a series with writers.

I think there is no better feeling than the five minutes immediately following a long & painful headache. Just pure unadulterated bliss.

SUPPORT MY FRIEND 🫵🤨

Friends! Family! Kind strangers! I’ll be reading poems & signing books at Rust Belt Books in Buffalo, NY, one week from today! Come celebrate my new poetry collection ‘Burning the Ghost Light’ with me :) *I’ll only be able to accept cash or venmo payments for books & merch at this venue!*

about to rehearse my setlist for Sunday🥲

If you haven’t read Arthur Miller’s The Crucible in a while you probably should because it’s a timely allegory. Goodnight.

In case you missed it, my new book 'Burning the Ghost Light' is available now! I'm also going on tour this Fall! Come see me read poems if you're in/around Albany (NY), Buffalo (NY), Cleveland, (OH), or Ann Arbor (MI). More info can be found in the tour posters below!

Hurray, my upcoming novel is on @bookshop.org! Preorder there and benefit an indie bookseller.🥰 A runaway witch, a fae-cursed actor, and a traveling troupe—The Quicksand Theatre Company is a cozy, queer fantasy full of romance, rebellion, and joy. 🌈📚🪐📚💙 bookshop.org/p/books/quic...

I’m reading & signing books in New York, Ohio, & Michigan this Fall!! I hope you can come!!!

I fear South Park nailed it tonight 😭

feeling very normal 😀 not at all anxious or stressed out about anything 😀

@aribcofer.com & I are thrilled to announce our next retreat, INTERROGATION, is happening this August in Grand Island, New York. FAQ & more are at this link!! www.unearthwritingretreats.com/interrogatio...

I'm so happy & excited to announce that my sophomore poetry collection, Burning The Ghost Light, is officially available to preorder!! I'll link my publisher below, but you can preorder through any indie bookstore or online retailer--wherever you get your books! :) (1/3)

my most delusional opinion is that I could handle the hot ones wings

happy bruno mars staring at pete wentz day to all who celebrate

If you were planning on preordering my book through Barnes & Noble, today is the last day to take advantage of their 25% off sale!! www.barnesandnoble.com/w/burning-th...

can’t stop thinking about this

happy lesbian visibility week!! 🧡🤍🩷

y’all this movie is so good

so so excited to reveal the cover to my upcoming poetry collection!!!! I love it so much!!!!

Kurt Vonnegut man

I want to stay under water just long enough to drown out the noise

KEEP CALLING. PEEL OFF ALL DEM SENATORS YOU CAN. ☎️: (202) 224-3121 Tell them to vote NO on Cloture and NO on CR. Vote is pushed to after 1:15ish for now. Situation is fluid. The only public YES votes are Schumer and Fetterman. They need 7-8 total. KEEP CALLING. Call retiring Senators too!

joke's on you I DID 'go cry about it' and compassion has made me more powerful

We are all trying to get somewhere, doesn’t matter how you get there.

I’d argue that Challengers could not have existed without this coming before it.

I personally consider the boycott a success because it was a baby practice action for people who have never done that before. People got on board! They got to feel what it was like! It was easy! And when they get asked to do something next, they’ll have an experience to build off of.

having to take one tum per each beer I drink is so embarrassing

I sent out a newsletter today about the act of letter-writing, & pen pals. You can read it here🫶 open.substack.com/pub/cgcpoems...

how did saquon barkley say this into a microphone before travis kelce did

apply!!!

@aribcofer.com & I are thrilled to announce our next retreat, INTERROGATION, is happening this August in Grand Island, New York. FAQ & more are at this link!! www.unearthwritingretreats.com/interrogatio...

thank you to Kendrick and the Eagles for making terrible people angry tonight

Deleted a skeet because everyone underneath it was yelling at each other. Anyway, I liked the movie Flow a lot and think it should've been in the Best Picture discussion. Anti-capybara bias from the Academy as usual.

the more writing workshops I put together, the more I realize that there’s truly a Sharon Olds poem for every situation

wish I was 13 & on club penguin rn

repost from nov 2022

If, for various reasons, you find yourself with a tighter budget in the coming months/years (or just want to save/invest as much as possible), remember to take full advantage of your local library — and not just for books.

The first Senators to actually do anything about the Trump admin

Langston Hughes

Let’s give libraries more money

My new book WE COULD BE RATS is out today 💗🙂🐀 www.emilyaustinauthor.com/order-we-cou...

afc championship vibes

The Martyrdom of Saint James, by Francisco de Zurbarán, 1640

This poem of mine came out at the end of 2023 with “midsummer magazine." I've been thinking a lot about my teenage self lately, who she could've been if she wasn't so self-conscious. In some ways, l've spent my whole life trying to be seen (something I explore a lot in my upcoming book, lol).

“Driving out of town, I see him crossing / the Brooks Pharmacy parking lot, and remember // how he would drop to his knees in the kitchen / and press his face to my dress” —Marie Howe, “Separation”