Like tarot cards, witchy things, feminist rage (think Taylor's "Who's Afraid of Little Old Me?" & Fleetwood's "Silver Springs."),& mythology? You can preorder (worldwide) my poetry collection coming out in July @clashbooks.bsky.social. Links below, plus Inkwood: www.inkwoodnj.com/item/Ta5ktKU....

So, yes, Small Wonders has just published a brand new poem by me, "Straw Gold." Free to read here: smallwondersmag.com/piece/straw-...

Locus Awards voting is OPEN! Anyone can vote, and you can write in any eligible titles, editors, publishers, artists, magazines, and more! Even the Hugos usually see only two or three thousand votes, far fewer in some categories - your votes matter!🗳️ poll.voting.locusmag.com

hey yo, speculative poets and speculative poetry enjoyers, interstellar are actively looking for pitches about specpo, and if they like your pitch they'll pay you $30 to write the essay

It’s my book birthday! #Booksky www.starsandsabers.com/books/shoesh...

hello friends, i have new poem out today in @havenspec.bsky.social ~ havenspec.com/poetry/last-...

(also, gender-neutral bathrooms and free verse)

"Menstrual blood was messy, it was imprecise, it was difficult to collect, OB-GYNs told the pair. Why bother when the disease could be diagnosed with surgery?" Lol what the actual fuck-- why collect this thing that happens all the time when we could just cut people open instead?

Pet Peeve: Can we stop talking about reading things "too young"? I don't believe such a thing exists and haven't been given good reasons to. When I hear this kind of thing all it tells me is that some work had a formative impression on you and you like who you are now & the experience it gave you

So excited and grateful to see both A PHILOSOPHY OF THIEVES (Erewhon) and A CATALOG OF STORMS (Fairwood Press) on the Locus Magazine Recommended Reading List, along with so many, many outstanding works! Thank you @locusmag.bsky.social ! locusmag.com/2026/02/2025...

A reminder in time for the Hugo nomination deadline! I know 2025 was a BANGER year for novellas but I'm incredibly proud of this one, and would love to see it on the ballot 🔥👻

In case folks are still reading for Auroras, Rhyslings, Nebulas, or Hugos... a reminder that I have some eligible poetry!

Fellow SFWA members, I hope you won't be leaving the poetry section blank in your Nebula nominations. It's the first year of the award, and important to show that it gets the love it deserves. If you don't know where to find great SFF poetry, just ask me or another SFWA poet, and we can direct you

Rhysling Award nominations close on February 15th (with Nebula and Hugo noms closing soon after)! Here's a thread of all my poetry from 2025. 1) "The Mourning Robot" (in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social) - if you've ever wanted someone to cry for you after you died

The deadline to nominate poems for the new Nebula Poetry category is March 1. I would love it if SFWA had a deluge of nominations to prove speculative poetry matters. Only members can nominate. www.sfwa.org/2025-nebula-...

everyone should indeed get basic income but a specific reason artists should get basic income instead of relying on grants is we get better art when people can pursue their specific things vs when they have to outline projects that will seduce grant committees

My next-next-next book is about the Winnipeg General Strike in 1919 so I've been reading about it, and to a lesser degree other general strikes, and some things struck me in the research. I'm not a historian or any kind of expert, but here are a few of the things that struck me. +

If you’re reading non-fiction for awards consideration (or just want to read a really great book on Eastern storytelling) I highly recommend @henrylienauthor.bsky.social’s SPRING, SUMMER, ASTEROID, BIRD. Should be required reading for both writers and editors. 📚

Adding the latest notebook to the shelf. Every year my document management gets a little better but that also means I had 4-5 documents open at all times while processing this little guy 😅

Update: my poetry collection comes out THIS year! In July. There are preorder links below. Don’t forget Inkwood too (they’re not on here): www.inkwoodnj.com/item/Ta5ktKU...

2025 speculative poetry recommendation list! If you need a quiet moment with some stunning words, take a deep breath with one of these poems by @ashvalewrites.bsky.social @nicowritesbooks.bsky.social @lynnesargent.bsky.social @joemario.bsky.social @angelaliu.bsky.social medium.com/@katefrancia...

We need a team up.

This. It's OK if your writing doesn't save lives. It's OK if your writing only saves you.

You ask me impossible things, darling, but still, I try— these soft stars are yours, unnamed, a heartbeat all their own, and they are beautiful, but unmoored, adrift and still shining, bright and defiant, but— tell me, do you understand? #TinyPoem

I have updated the POETRY HUGO website with new interviews with Marie Brennan, winner of the first poetry Hugo! We are looking for additional coverage on this historic moment, journalists! www.poetryhugo.com

Idk who needs to hear it, but Gail Carson Levine is on Instagram now and she's the sweetest little old grandma talking about her books and hot damn does nothing hit as hard for me as a MG (and in particular my MG books from when I was MG).

Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness.

Indigenous adults are 33% of the population in custody in the six provinces reporting data (PEI, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Saskatchewan, Alberta and BC). A third of the population! Even higher overrepresentation for Indigenous women. And Black adults are 3x overrepresented. Here's the full report:

Do not want the trash machine. Honestly, considering just going back to encyclopedias this point over Google.

Hamilton friends, Sharp Words is coming up at the end of the month and we're hoping you can come out and visit us. We'll be at the Bridgeworks, 200 Caroline Street North, from 11 to 5 on Saturday, January 31st, with some great small press friends! We'd love to see you there!

Technology is "new, and avant-garde. It evokes the idea of science fiction and utopia. [...] It is a vanguard, a place for pioneering (and all the colonialism that comes with that). But technically speaking, that’s not what technology is."

I often say my philosophical work focuses on "technology and vulnerability" because that's the broadest swath of the things I care about the most, but I've come to realize more and more just how narrowly we are considering "technology" in a moral sense. Here's a blog post unpacking that a bit more.

Note to self: come up with a better metaphor/descriptor of the body-as-soil/food than terroir. You have begun to overuse it :(

Y'all. You sent me and @utopiascifi.bsky.social WAY TOO MANY amazing Weird poems. My choices! They have become so hard! 😭

My friend Ursula blogs about how to write Math and Science Poetry: www.sfwa.org/2026/01/13/s...

We want you 🫵 to vote in The Hugo Awards and it's really not as complicated as it looks:

LOKI x IN THE DREAM HOUSE Reeling from a bad relationship, Rorey tries some new-age weirdness only to learn a.) they're really time traveling, b.) which is illegal, because c.) they resemble a temporal dictator. Can they (& 2 other selves) save the timeline & heal all at once? #BluePit📖 #A #SF #W

I often say my philosophical work focuses on "technology and vulnerability" because that's the broadest swath of the things I care about the most, but I've come to realize more and more just how narrowly we are considering "technology" in a moral sense. Here's a blog post unpacking that a bit more.

A wonderful review of Whitney French's Syncopation

Remember, since awards season means Rhyslings as well as the Poetry Nebulas and Hugos too: if you loved a speculative poem in the last year, shout it out loud! Remind people that a wealth of specpo is available online to read for free! Your appreciation helps others' discovery more than you know.

I keep forgetting to say this but I have 2 books coming out this year through @starsandsabers.bsky.social. So if you have a blog or podcast or something and would like to chat with me about 1 or both, feel free to reach out to me or my publisher. Book info: www.starsandsabers.com/authors/p-a-...

There's really nothing like the uncanny experience of writing a fucked up auto-cannabalism (possibly redundant descriptor there) story in public. The only kind of horror I can do is body horror but boy is it a comfortable niche.

I want to do a thread on "Small Press Red Flags" brought to you by years in the trenches combined with some issues I’m seeing pop up again in writer circles. Note: an isolated incident might not be a red flag, but cumulative flags are always worth examination. First off: Let’s talk about money.

I just finished The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. I know the cultural impact this book has and I wanted to experience it myself. It was a fun, short read; sort of sci-fi Monty Python. I like how well the humour holds up even though it was published in 1979. ⭐⭐⭐⭐ #booksky

I need a mood booster, let's talk about capybaras. Here's a capy demonstrating one of MANY ways they can move through the water: running along the bottom. They're 'semi-aquatic' mammals, just like hippos, seals & beavers. They LOVE water. (📷: Fernando Maidana)

Happy science fiction day! To celebrate, today's #12DaysOfPoetry post is my favorite SF poem of 2025 - "them // us", published by @utopiascifi.bsky.social. 🚀 They drop from the sky at moonrise when silver beams twist around their silver capsule.💫

With Rhysling nominations open today from @sfpoetry.bsky.social, it's time for a awards-eligible poetry thread! 🧵 These poems are all eligible for the Rhysling (short form), Nebula, and Hugo, among others. 1/

LOOK THERE ARE EVEN HASHTAGS. Truly, I am delighted! Also, can confirm. There were definitely irl lols. I haven't even read this one! (Though its now on my tbr. I knew when he started reading last year that the day would come. But he did not believe me! And I did not think it would be so soon!)

MY VERY SMART, VERY SEXY, SUPER TALENTED PARTNER IS BECOMING A BOOK REVIEWER. and it's not even my fault! I blame Libby.