I’m reading a letter Audre Lorde wrote to Pat Parker in February 1988 when they both were in different types of treatment for breast cancer. At one point, Lorde writes in all-caps: “ANY DECISION WE MAKE ABOUT OUR OWN BODIES AFTER CONSIDERING THE FACTS IS THE RIGHT DECISION!”

It is summer and I am in the middle of my life. Linda Gregg

Incredible news on TDOV. The 9th Circuit has denied the government’s request to enforce its transgender military ban. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Today's Feature: In this week's installment of What Sparks Poetry: Building Community, Katey Funderburgh and Nicholas Ritter write about Poetry Daily's education initiative, "Poetry Alive!" Read here: poems.com/features/wha...

Today's Featured Poem: "When the Sky Is No Longer" by Lena Khalaf Tuffaha (@lenakt.bsky.social), from Something About Living, published by University of Akron Press (@uakronpress.bsky.social). Read here: poems.com/poem/when-th...

Flow wins Best Animated Feature Film at the #Oscars This is the first Latvian film to win an Oscar.

Whale Effigy Chumash (California, West Coast) c. 1200-1600

so excited for this anthology 👀👀✨✨

BREAKING: We’re suing the Trump administration for refusing to issue passports with accurate sex designations for transgender, nonbinary, and intersex people. This action violates the Constitution.

Breaking news: State attorneys general from California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Nevada, Vermont, and Wisconsin advise Trump's EO banning trans care is unlawful, hospitals should provide care. Big counter salvo!

California DOE fires back against Trump's executive order: "It does nothing" "It is against federal law for the White House to dictate what educators can and cannot teach" Will not comply.

me with the friend who watches the movies i recommend them

Thankful for the nameless bureaucrats who are working hard to do the right thing.

A little motivation for your Sunday from David Lynch 🤍

Today’s Featured Poem: “Pleasure” by Rick Barot, from Moving the Bones, published by Milkweed Editions.

Our newest issue is hot off the presses! Featuring gorgeous work by Swetha Amit, Allison Field Bell, Torey Akers, Gabrielle Lucille Fuentes & more! You can read CCR through Project MUSE or by buying a copy through our Submittable. muse.jhu.edu/journal/592 creamcityreview.submittable.com/submit

there are probably coyotes on the moon

“This isn’t an Ice Age—it’s January and someone is calling you—” Excerpt from Eli Rahm’s “The Last T-Rex” which appeared in our Fall 2024 collection of Online Exclusives. Listen to Rahm read the full poem at the link below: https://buff.ly/4g7AnaO #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity

Stunning stunning stunning poem by @tagreathouse.bsky.social at @poetrydaily.bsky.social today.

Gorgeous voice in our piece up for this week: "AFAB" by @dinodysphoria.bsky.social Read it on our website: dishsoap-quarterly.com/12-3-24/AFAB/

Very happy to announce the results of the 2024 Vinyl 45 Chapbook Prize! Congratulations to the winner Caroline Harper New for If I Call this Cave a Garden and congratulations to all finalists and semifinalists. We are also offering publication to Rebecca Hawkes for the magnificent chap FULL BUSH.

inside you are two holiday wolves ….