www.motherjones.com/politics/202... Live long and prosper!

First snow, best snow!

NO BUY this BLACK FRIDAY November 28, 2025 
No more feeding the corporate machine that pays executives millions while workers struggle to pay rent.

No more rewarding companies that fund political power to protect their wealth at our expense. Instead, let’s opt out! 💸

Hope to see ya there!

Here's how to find your electeds' contact info...https://www.usa.gov/elected-officials

Don't forget--Solstice is open for submissions! We read fiction, graphic lit, poetry, poetry in translation, and nonfiction. Submit today! #callforsubmissions #literaryfiction #creativenonfiction #poetry #callforwriting #amwriting #litjournal #readingperiod

Here’s a bit of good to start the day. www.dcreport.org/2025/11/09/f...

Would love a link to YOUR favorite poem in the comments!

Small Business Saturday is almost here on Saturday, November 29th, from 10am to 4pm. This is one of our favorite days of the year. Thank you for showing up for your indie shops and keeping Kenosha awesome. #booksky💙📚 #indiebookstore

On my calendar

Time to start planning now...

I'm canceling my Spotify subscription until the ICE ads are removed. Streaming hate is a choice and I refuse to fund it. #CancelSpotify app.sosha.ai/s/VSB3bex9

A new issue of A Low-Stakes Guide to Wonder is out: Bolder, Braver, Freer. From High Noon to Jimi Hendrix to Zora Neale Hurston, this one’s about boundaries, defiance, and the voices that refuse to shrink. 💥 open.substack.com/pub/luellasc...

Many thanks to Writers for Democratic Action for giving me a “pulpit” to share info about buying books without feeding billionaires. substack.com/@writersford...

Last chance!

Some great stuff for writerly folks. Enjoy. open.substack.com/pub/kimsuhr/...

Mon 7/28 – Fri 8/15 Jim Fleming will read for a half hour from Michael Perry's “Truck” each weekday on Wisconsin Public Radio. When: WPR Music at 7pm (CT) WPR News at 9:30pm (CT) Your local station can be found here: tinyurl.com/3t6rvsej If you miss it, you can listen here: tinyurl.com/4m3afdx7

Talking about concrete next actions right now…

Such great energy and leadership in #nokings ! Thank you!

If you happen to be in the Eau Claire area on May 15, I’m doing a live event with my friend Frank Bures to promote his new book, Pushing the River. Event details here: volumeone.org/events/2025/.... If you can’t make it, the book is available at Bookshop.org and Amazon.

Nothing wrong with hope! open.substack.com/pub/jesscrav...

It’s Independent Bookstore Day! I’m going to hit Lion’s Tooth in Milwaukee, WI. What shop will you visit? www.lionstoothmke.com

So far, so good! I hope there are seedlings of hope in your world, too!

Here’s a wonderful opportunity for poetic physicians. www.upstate.edu/bioethics/wr...

Join us for the Banned Book Club on April 13th at as we dive into "Looking for Alaska" by John Green. 🛶✨ Get your copy now with 10% off at BHB, or check it out on Libro.fm, Bookshop.org, or at your local library! Let’s celebrate the freedom to read together! blue-house-books.com/events/23115...

It's National Poetry Month! We're fortunate to be able to work with many fabulous poets each year through the Wisconsin Poetry Series! We're running a 30% discount on in-stock poetry books all month--including Hedgie Choi's new book SALVAGE. Use code NPM25UWISC at uwpress.wisc.edu/Series/W/Wis...

Wish me luck with my little victory garden…😊

The back room at The Sugar Maple is all ready for our Showcase readers and their adoring fans. Join us! Reading starts at 3:30.

Wish I’d have had a camp like this when I was coming up!

Zoom in and see the mint green…what is it? lichen? limestone? Whatever it is, I’ve never seen it before. Lucky me!

I wonder how many years this tree stood before it decided to take a bow and start its second life as a home for crawly creatures…

I am really looking forward to chatting with author, Tamara Dean about her book SHELTER AND STORM (which I absolutely adored) at BOOKS & CO in Oconomowoc (which I also absolutely adore). Please join us if you can on Thurs May 15 @ 6:30 pm: www.eventbrite.com/e/books-comp...

This is a marvelous contest!

Friends headed to AWP! I am not going to be there this year but please do check out this amazing reading by the Wisconsin Poetry Series winners! Emily Bludworth de Barrios, Caroline M. Mar and Translation Prize winner Peter Covino!

"Bukoski's stories finely capture the unobserved weight of identity and things left behind.” Many thanks to Booklist for this fabulous review of Anthony Bukoski's forthcoming story collection, The Thief of Words! Learn more about The Thief of Words: uwpress.wisc.edu/Books/T/The-...

Wisconsin friends, or people who want to make the trek—I’ll be in conversation with @emmadonoghue.bsky.social on March 31 at CelticMKE in Wauwatosa! Event is at 6:30pm; tickets cost $35 and include admission and a hardcover copy of Emma’s book The Paris Express. www.artscenemke.com/03/31/2025/e...

Read past issues of Heron Tree & send them your best found poetry created from source materials published in 1929 or earlier. No fee. Deadline: May 15. https://www.newpages.com/guide-submission-opportunities/heron-tree-call-for-submissions-2025/ #poets #foundpoetry #callforsubmissions

Digging this book (and I’m not even a dog person. Sshhhh, don’t tell anyone.)

Intrepid!

StoryBall 2025 is less than SIX WEEKS away -- May 8 at the Ravenswood Event Center. Here are a bunch of photos of us partying our faces off at StoryBall 2024 -- but in a dignified, writerly way. 😂🥳 Tickets are going quickly -- grab yours now! buff.ly/qFzUbmM