ANMLY is now open for new work! We're especially seeking more from writers outside of the US, more nonfiction, & more translation! > anmly.submittable.com *Fee waivers available* Check out our latest issue to see what we're into! > anmly.org/ap40

“There are those who make the history and those who record it. There are those who live through it and those who live with it.” —Omotara James

all I do is teach and eat hot chip

You do not need to be interesting enough, cool enough, or useful enough to be good enough to live.

UPCOMING WORKSHOP 💕 we forgot to post here 🥲 What does anti-colonial education mean in a "landless" modality that relies on global and local infrastructures of extraction, exploitation and death? griffin epstein takes us thru this and other Qs in "Pedagogy in Pandemic Times," Aug. 18.

“and to you, there is a country in your heart where story lives and poem comes from. no one can occupy it.” —Suheir Hammad

“There are people who converse with me as I cook, as the enslaved once cooked, testifying to people and places that only come alive again when they are remembered. In memory there is resurrection, and thus the end goal of my cooking is just that: resurrection.” —Michael W. Twitty, The Cooking Gene

I seem to have written a thread about writing and business that is kind of a pep talk for writers early in their careers. ⬇️

Doubleback Review publishes previously published work from defunct journals—and they’re reading now for their October issue! doublebackreview.com

Poets!!! From Open Books: Join the Sealey Challenge Poetry Pledge Fundraiser. All funds collected will be sent to support The Sameer Project's live-saving work in Gaza. Details & sign-up form available here ✨ mailchi.mp/openpoetrybo...

Oh this is excellent. Giving and receiving feedback is a skill many of us were not taught. Love this essay & the concrete framework provided.

Our most beloved comrades at Open Books have been running an urgent fundraiser for Sameer. They are getting close to their $10k goal thanks to a few new matching campaigns. Please contritibe and share, offer a match (named or anon- dm us) open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com/products/w4g...

it's the end of non-binary awareness week today, and beestung is stalled at $385/$1840 for our campaign to keep paying and publishing writers under the non-binary, genderqueer, and two-spirit umbrellas. and amount helps, and would be greatly appreciated! www.gofundme.com/f/beestung-y...

One thing that has not changed about the airport is people are really serious about standing in line to board.

PORTLAND! I’m performing poems tomorrow night (7/18) for the first time in a long time and would love to see you there! Please share this with anyone you know who’ll be in town. 💛 Free, masks required + provided Bishop & Wilde bookstore (1st floor of Tin House) 7pm-8:30pm

I went to a crochet community workshop yesterday and I learned that I do not, under any circumstances, enjoy crocheting

My books are open for consulting projects, speaking engagements, workshops, etc. I have had the honor to speak + host workshops 60+ times nationally and internationally. I consult on health comms, disability justice, repro justice, + more. kalyncoghill.com

I am just a millennial staring at her overheated iPhone in the cupholder, wishing they still put CD players in cars

Deadline coming up soon! Call for Work: Autistic Protest Poetry This call for work seeks poetry by autistic writers that is socially-engaged, politically-charged, and geared toward raising our voices together against oppression and erasure. Deadline: July 1st More details at link 💜

ONE WEEK LEFT to sign up for Poets Camp! A virtual 2-week daily writing workshop where you’ll get prompts, curated poems to read & discuss, dedicated time to write & share, & the chance to make new writer friends in a supportive, justice-oriented community. More info: www.arianabrown.com/poets-camp

"And maybe that brings us to the myth of chronology: linear time equals progression. No. There is no linear progression, and we’re reproducing subjection again and again." Jon Jon Moore Palacios interviews Quenton Baker

“Chevron is turning oil and gas into tools of domination — and in Palestine, it’s doing so right now.” Join the @palclimate.bsky.social and #BoycottChevron.

“People who give excuses for executions fear the rifle more than they fear the reason.” - Mohammed El-Kurd

It’s worth reminding ourselves that a lot of the AI hype about how “everyone is using it now” is just manufacturing consent. A lot of people aren’t using AI. A lot of people started using it because they feel cultural pressure, but they would happily walk away from it.

“I’d fall in love with you if you deserved it.” - Edwin Bodney

The algorithm is not your audience. Make something a person would cry over.

I have written 13 poems in the last 13 days, astonishing no one more than myself. Who knew I had so much to say?!

" They see a book on a shelf and assume the author is doing just fine, secure, paid, successful. They don’t see the unpaid hours, the exhaustion, the reality that most authors earn less than minimum wage for years of work."

I’m talking a/b my @sundresspub.bsky.social craft book NERVE and ways disabled, chronically ill, and neurodivergent writers can unlearn workshop ableism to develop their writing practices with @thewriterscenter.bsky.social on Tuesday, May 13 at 7 pm EDT. This virtual craft talk is free!

I have written 4 poems in the last 4 days. Who am I? This has never happened.

“Let there be no shame in being incomplete.” - Barbara Jane Reyes

breaking news: other people are still the best & worst part of being alive

I’m not arguing with anyone who has Susan B Anthony as their feminist icon.

In case anyone missed it: three new mini-zines/resorces: • Ideas for promoting our projects, events, etc. beyond social media • Writing prompts for addressing this moment • Action ideas for people new to organizing Full text + printable PDFs to print/fold/share all at: guante.info/zines

We made this bundle of five art prints based on lines from my writing; aside from being postcard-sized prints, they're also literally postcards; send them to your family, friends, enemies, etc. Available for order via @buttonpoetry.bsky.social: buttonpoetry.com/product/kyle...

Everything is not resistance. Joy & rest are important but they are not resistance. If take our cue from Black Studies (as we should), we can see that resistance is always collective & contains a political goal that challenges the subordination of marginalized people in a way that threatens power.

One of my white high school students just asked me in a panic, “What is the appropriate response when someone tells me Happy Black History Month?” The way I bout died laughing…

"Why must Palestinians prove their humanity? And what are the implications of such an infuriatingly impossible task?" A virtual book talk with Mohammed El-Kurd and Robin D.G. Kelley on Feb 11 @ 7:30pm ET www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...

We are a group of autonomous writers, artists, educators and translators coming together to offer online courses and workshops to raise money for people in Gaza 🥀🥀🥀

we'd like to get to 5K followers here so that more people can hear about the work we are doing. can folx help us by circulating our pinned post and sharing if you've taken a workshop or have purchased a book from our online curated bookstore (run by @openpoetrybooks.bsky.social)??

pls take a 10s emotional break and look at my cat

I can’t believe it’s snowing in Houston this morning.

Today is the 5 year anniversary of my first published book!

better, i think, when i work on a poem, to believe i have something to learn rather than something to say

The best lesson I learned from cats is how to live a life without shame.

Dedicating more time to your creative writing this year? That’s dope. My personal favorite approach is reworking old poems into something new. And I got some tips for you on how to do that 🧵

How to critically read a text. This is what the author wrote, here’s one way to interpret what they’re saying and here’s why I think it’s interesting or significant. It’s an invaluable skill. And increasingly rare across different mediums.

THREAD OF JANUARY WORKSHOPS 🧵 For folks new to our page, we organize classes, workshops, reading groups and more to help raise money for Palestinians. You register by donating to a fundraiser. All workshops can be viewed here: workshops4gaza.com/workshops