This is about agency, about the fact that for a year, I haven’t been allowed to work waiting for green card. This is the one and only step I can take.

Free writing workshop with the amazing @finnwritesstuff.bsky.social If I wasn't camping that day, I would have registered in a heart beat! #writingcommunity flashfictionmagazine.com/ask/?utm_sou...

Help me write about Iran: I'm working on a microfic collection (examples in comments) & found the perfect writing residency for it. I thought it was free but it costs $75 per night for 5-nights. So I decided to start a fundraiser! #writingcommunity #flashfictionwriters #flashfictionauthors

writing residencies that cost $75 per night, I don’t get it! How is it a residency? I can book an airbnb for cheaper without having to spend the time putting my application together. am I missing something?? Is it because writers will be there? Well, I have writer friends I can book the bnb with!

What's the difference between personal statement and cover letter (for a writing residency)? #Writingcommunity

One of my best wordle openers is lemon!

My last concert w Saint Louis Women’s Chorale, I got the chance to sing “Never Enough“ as a solo and see everyone shine. youtu.be/vnRmtz4n3LM?...

Working on my first installation (so excited!) #art

I cannot believe the U.S. didn’t give a visa to my mother (years ago) to attend my wedding, to the person who even during war says she doesn’t want to be a refugee, that she doesn’t want to abandon her home.

looking at old collages. seeing potential and growth, finding inspiration. One of the best feelings ever

I know the world is burning but many suffer quietly through this process, trapped. I attended a wedding recently and I couldn't help but grieve the gilded cage.

The U.S. green-card(through marriage)process is a feminist issue, when one person in a marriage is financially dependent on another, fully, not even permitted to have a bank account, forcing one to postpone any career opportunities, training or improvement for 1-2 years. It's a recipe for abuse.

Keep gaslighting myself, thinking I am fine, then I look at my writing and all is grief.

All life is about communication, is the tip I would have given my younger self.

Grateful to contribute this essay on first lines in fiction to Sydney Review of Books 👉 sydneyreviewofbooks.com/essays/how-t...

Having the best time collaborating on a songcycle with these wonderful artists!

Song-cycles are so fun!! You can weave in theater, poetry, nonfiction, everything! It's a beautiful intersection of everything I love. Starting to feel like I might write a lot more in this form than I had expected. #amwriting

Last year, I was part of FUSE:Collaborations in Song and the result of our group's collaboration was the song cycle below, titled S(or)i. I am thrilled to announce that I am once again accepted to this wonderful program to work on a new song cycle! #writingcommunity youtu.be/X0l_3Lsz4ns?...

I'm looking for readers for both @fracturedlit.bsky.social & @unchartedmag.bsky.social It's a laidback way to get involved with a literary magazine, and it will help level up your writing! We ask for 2-4 hours of volunteer reading each week, but I'm flexible with vacations and other commitments.

In a very new experience (for me!) I participated in a panel discussion for Best Small Fictions with some really cool writers like Scott Garson and Meg Pokrass. About endings and short fiction. Watch or don't!! www.youtube.com/live/OTB7dxC...

ok, poets and artists, we need a partner for issue 9's collaboration in the CET time zone, or willing to work across zones. any takers? forms.gle/XzFWseUWTeuX...

#saintlouis #writingcommunity Join us for the reading, share your work at the open mic!

Countdown to Persian New Year (Nowrouz) in 11 days…

had the pleasure to be part of this wonderfu concert last month with texts from children, describing imaginary creatures and the peaceful “Only in Sleep”. #opera #music #choir youtu.be/yRPcsU9bYTA?...

#writingcommunity #Iran #writers #poets

5 small ways you can support the Iranians in your circle: 1. Send a text. Acknowledge their pain. Don’t apologize for it. make space for it. Let them know you’re thinking of them(if you’re willing to make space for them, otherwise it’s a hollow gesture) You don’t have to send a perfect message

#authorsofbluesky #authors #poets #iran

Please consider making donations to this cause;share w friends or at community events. Mohsen was a member of Justice for PS752 whose members continue to seek justice for the lives lost in the shooting. Roja Azadian, Mohsen’s wife & my friend, was one of the passengers. fundrazr.com/c2h269?ref=s...

#awp2026 #awp26 share one thing you learn at the conference with the hashtag #aawp26 for accessibility to all who couldn’t be there with you.

Which organizations would you invite to a poetry night? (Help!) #writingcommunity

#writingcommunity please share so we can all start a thread and a new tradition.

#awp2026 #awp26 share one thing you learn at the conference with the hashtag #aawp26 for accessibility to all who couldn’t be there with you.

because I keep forgetting to mention it: LITERALLY ANYONE can nominate books for this prize! yes! that means you! you have until march 31st!

I'm half-way through my first book, a micro-fiction collection! #amwriting

Does the 60,000 words is the one to follow for microfiction collections too? #writingcommunity

How many micro-fiction stories (less than 500 words) do you need for a collection/book? #writingcommunity #flashfictionauthors

Is it just me whose tolerance in reading about trauma decreased? #writingcommunity

Is there a hashtag for saint louis writers here I am missing? #writingcommunity

We're doing it again: March 28th, At The Chapel in Saint Louis. Connection's Reading Series and Open Mic. Join us, writers! #writingcommunity #saintlouiswriters (Feel free to comment or dm for more info)

Where do y'all buy formal evening dresses in the U.S.? Ever since I've moved here, other than thrift shops, I haven't been able to find a store with good quality fabrics, regardless of the price. Even +$50 outfits left me disappointed. This is and isn't writing related but... #writingcommunity help!

I adore Sage Tyrtle and love being in her newsletter!

If you want to connect at AWP Baltimore over romance craft or AI refusal, my panel is Thursday morning (A Psalm for the Wild Teacher). You can also catch me at the Slippery Elm table at the bookfair, where I'll have copies of the resistance zine LOOMING. #AWP2026 #amquerying #CraftBeforeBots #NoAI

#writingcommunity help me promote hashtag community AWP, as a space to share one thing you learn at the conference, with those who couldn't be there, in the name of community and accessibility. #CAWP

Hey! Don't miss out on the FOMO and poems. Sign up to read here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Registered to attend (readers & nonreaders) here: www.eventbrite.com/e/nawp-open-...

#AWP26 Post one thing you learn at the AWP conference for accessibility and for those who couldn't be there, using #AAWP2026

Reading Long Distance by Ayşegül Savaş and am loving it. All about intricacy of communication, relationships and friendships.