I don't think artists can actually stop the onslaught of AI bc tech companies have invested too much money in it to walk away from it now (I'm sure there'll be a tech burst in the coming years bc of it though), but I do think one way we can defend against AI is to be uniquely weird in our art

Certainly. It's called The Magic Words. I hope it helps: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/744300...

I will never, ever get over this.

Wow. Just wow.

I was super lucky to be able to place two poems with @ex-puritan.bsky.social this year too! Here's one based on an exchange with my daughter.

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From my wee corner of the world, I’m lucky to have had work published by @havehashad.com, @okaydonkey.bsky.social, @bendinggenres.bsky.social, @publishedbyjake.bsky.social and @maudlinhouse.bsky.social among others. Here's 1 of mine from @puneetdutt.bsky.social’s amazing schism issue of Ex Puritan

"It’s not what has wings, / but what makes it through / the narrow slits of tunnels" A poem by @puneetdutt.bsky.social in the Fall 2024 issue bit.ly/AmsterdamReview #poetry #poetrycommunity

We are so excited to announce that the shortlist for our 2024 Fiction Contest is now on our website! Thank you to our judge Zilla Jones and all who entered and congratulations to the fifteen finalists! thefiddlehead.ca/content/2024...

"Is it—are they— / ever aware of failing, / of being awkward, inept?" Four poems by 𝗥𝗮𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝘂𝘁 in the 𝗔𝗺𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗮𝗺 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 Spring 2023 issue bit.ly/armantrout #poetry #poetrycommunity

When my dad worked in a laundromat, he found all sorts of coins people used to stick in the machines: wheat pennies, Eisenhower dollars, Indian head cents. The l’mat was tough; his health suffered after years of 15-hour days. But he collected them for me—he found beauty in them and wanted me to, too

Guest editor @puneetdutt.bsky.social 's remarkable "Schism" issue of Ex-Puritan: "pieces that speak to one another, fragments of a conversation that is far from finished." It's an honour to be included. 🙏 Puneet! ex-puritan.ca/editors-letter #poetry #poetrycommunity #newwriting #literarymagazine

Thank you to @puneetdutt.bsky.social for including this prose poem in the new issue of The Ex-Puritan -- ex-puritan.ca/adventure-ar...

Here's a direct link to Schism special edition of @ex-puritan.bsky.social , edited by the amazing @puneetdutt.bsky.social , incl this 5 poem sequence Episodic Tremor & Slip ex-puritan.ca/episodic-tre... Huge thanks to Puneet - it's an honour to be published alongside so many great writers.

What an honour and delight to be included in the Schism special edition of @ex-puritan.bsky.social , alongside so many amazing writers. Huge thanks to guest editor @puneetdutt.bsky.social , whose interest and support has been off the charts.

Honoured to be in @ex-puritan.bsky.social 's special issue, Schism, curated by the amazing @puneetdutt.bsky.social along with so many of my favourite writers. Gah! This poem: How to Love a Monster. Its a darkness of a poem.

Many thanks to @ex-puritan.bsky.social & guest editor @puneetdutt.bsky.social for giving this poem a home.

Thank you, @snullr.bsky.social and @puneetdutt.bsky.social at the #ex-puritan for this brilliant poem . ex-puritan.ca/four-teaspoo...

What a wonder @puneetdutt.bsky.social has achieved with the Schism issue of the Ex-Puritan. Gratitude, gratitude, gratitude. ex-puritan.ca/editors-letter

Thank you, @puneetdutt.bsky.social at the Ex-Puritan. #poetry #ex-puritan ex-puritan.ca/in-the-morni...

I have my first fiction publication in the @ex-puritan.bsky.social today, guest-edited by @puneetdutt.bsky.social. If you're interested in roommates and using duct tape to repair everything, this might be the story for you! ex-puritan.ca/duct-tape

Grateful to @puneetdutt.bsky.social and @ex-puritan.bsky.social for making room for my poem among so many fine writers in the Schism issue.

It's a delight to be in this issue alongside pals @manahil.bsky.social, Ellen Chang-Richardson, Claire Farley, Frances Boyle, @snullr.bsky.social and so many folks I admire, with huge gratitude to @puneetdutt.bsky.social for championing this story along, and to The Ex-Puritan for making space.

Being published alongside so many of the names in this issue is crazy business for me. I'm so excited to be in it and so grateful to have had @puneetdutt.bsky.social believe in this little story. If you have 5 mins on this Monday, give "The Quiet Room" a read. ex-puritan.ca

Thank you @nicolavulpe.bsky.social for your fine translations introducing me to the poems of Jila Mossaed. Gratitude to @puneetdutt.bsky.social for curating this excellent issue of the Ex-Puritan. ex-puritan.ca/in-the-morni...

So pleased to have my poem "Almost" up with The Ex-Puritan today for their "Schism" issue! Thank you @puneetdutt.bsky.social! I'm honored to be in such fantastic company as well. PS. This is fictional, so no one hate on my husband. Ha! Check out the issue: ex-puritan.ca/news/the-sch...

Thanks to @puneetdutt.bsky.social for including me in a special issue of The Ex-Puritan. Honestly, I have a lot of chill and it's no big deal being issue mates with poets like @josehernandezdz.bsky.social, @janezwart.bsky.social and @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social ex-puritan.ca/my-meds-alarm

So grateful to @puneetdutt.bsky.social for including my essay “Lemons” in this special issue of @ex-puritan.bsky.social ! And to be in such amazing company here! 😍💙 ex-puritan.ca/lemons

Here is a little Thanksgiving/New-Year/secret-third-thing poem for your holidays. It's called "Nostalgia." Thank you, @puneetdutt.bsky.social, for making a spot for it over at @ex-puritan.bsky.social, and for putting it in such beautiful, formidable company.

Excited to have a new prose poem "The Mirror World" published in the just-launched "The Ex-Puritan" out of Canada. My thx to poet and editor @puneetdutt.bsky.social and the entire team! More here: ex-puritan.ca/the-mirror-w...

My poem ‘Ways to not forget’ is out in this beautiful issue of the @ex-puritan.bsky.social edited by @puneetdutt.bsky.social. And I’m in brilliant company— @manahil.bsky.social, @toddedillard.bsky.social, @conyerclayton.bsky.social, @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social &c. 🥹🔥 ex-puritan.ca/news/the-sch...

Have you heard? We've got a brand new prize on the horizon: aprweb.org/news/2024/10...

Maggie Smith said, “This place could be beautiful, right? You could make this place beautiful.” And Elon said, “Yeah… I won’t.” So here we are. Let’s see what we can do!

New issue is up! Come see aprweb.org

My latest for HuffPost. If you’ve ever been a woman perceived by men, this one’s for you. And if you’re a man, sshhhh. www.huffpost.com/entry/barten...