Been looking for the right opportunity to announce this, and since there will never be one, here is a picture of an albino squirrel who lives in my complex, who I will miss deeply because I will be moving from Asheville, NC to join the English department at North Carolina State University this fall.

Bringing a little bit of the South to Los Angeles. Tryna hug as many of you as physically possible.

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ANMLY is now open for new work in ALL genres! 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/ap39

Fuck it. Trans folks need MATERIAL SUPPORT. @distributeaid.org is launching an HRT Harm Reduction Toolkit that provides 1 year of medical supplies needed to take injection-based HRT. We were planning to go live in January, but I'm not waiting. Fund the kits here: distributeaid.org/hrt-harm-red...

Honored to have a poem featured on The Slowdown podcast today -- www.slowdownshow.org/episode/2024...

Grateful to be a featured reader alongside Suzanne Cleary for a new year's day reading at @converselowresidencymfa Nothing better than starting the year with a community of brilliant writers (and late enough to shake off the post-eve hangover)! 🥳

An incredible night with incredible poets in tribute of the forever incredible Maureen Seaton. Save the date to be in the virtual audience for the launch of this anthology from Small Harbor Publishing, who is streaming the reading publically on FB Live on 12/17/24, 8PM ET.

I'm really grateful to have writer friends like @dustinbrookshire.bsky.social to write alongside

This Sunday! A reading to organize funds for Aline’s green card hearing! Please share and watch this space for how to tune in 💫

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Y'all got "skeet" all over my timeline—it's like Lil Jon and the Eastside Boys in here.

Stoked my collaboration w/ @poemsandcake.bsky.social, “Dustin & Diamond Write A Poem Inspired by ‘Powerful Women’” will appear in Screen Door Review.

beestung will be opening for new work on October 31st, '23! we'll likely only be open for a week or three send your best! send your ratmilk! send your honey! send your you you beautiful you! see our past issues to see what we like & BE NOT AFRAID 🧿👄🧿

Y'all, please vote for my very New Orleans book, "I'm Always So Serious"! If chosen, it will be the book read all across New Orleans ⏬ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

New Job Posting! The English Department at Boston University is hiring a tenure-track professor of Native American and/or Indigenous Literature in English. Any historical period. 2/2 teaching load. Deadline Oct 20. Please share widely. jobs.chronicle.com/job/37520616...

A stunning poem of lesbian love by the legend Willyce Kim. poets.org/poem/places

Interested in an asynchronous online writing class? One that offers prompts, resources, and in-depth feedback? Want it to be about monsters?? Wow! You're my ideal writing student 😍 More info here: https://forms.gle/edEvhsHPVrrvi7Mq5

ANMLY is now open for new work in ALL genres! > http://anmly.submittable.com *Fee waivers available* Deadline: Aug 1, '23 Check out our latest issue to see what we're into with featured folios on Queering the Nigerian Divine & trans joy > http://anmly.org/ap36

I spoke with Terrance Hayes about his personal literary canon, Prince, and the sacred workshop table. Read our conversation here: https://teachersandwritersmagazine.org/a-sacred-unusual-space/

I'm a queer poet with two books (Trouble the Water and Tenderness) and a chapbook (Black Sand). I write about desire, visual art, spirituality, and pop culture. I have new work just out or forthcoming in The New Republic, Fiddlehead, Poetry Northwest, and Poetry Magazine. linktr.ee/DerrickAustin

oh! @theoceanisgay.bsky.social and @sageravenwood.bsky.social both have books coming out soon preorder and/or request from your libraries!

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