The Black Panthers were accurately describing the US as fascist in the 60s. That's how far behind you are if a dictator moving troops in to occupy cities & arresting his opposition & disappearing people is just clicking as fascism for you.

TONIGHT! Join us for the virtual book launch of @writesloud.bsky.social collection: FIRST KICKING, THEN NOT (@stanchion.bsky.social) Readers include: @coocoo4afropuffs.bsky.social, @toddedillard.bsky.social, @mrswhitehouse74.bsky.social, and me! Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/hannah-gri...

C.T. Salazar @ctsalazar.bsky.social @acrebooks.bsky.social

It seems like “release the list” has become a fantasy for people who feel helpless for different reasons. Even if it were right in front of everyone, it wouldn’t enlighten us about what we already know is horrendous. Furthermore, who’s supposed to enforce the imagined consequences of being on it?

An anthology of contemporary surrealism? Say less! Compiling four years of our Surreal-Absurd Sampler series, we have 80+ poets across 370 pages, full of weird poems & micro essays on the surreal Thrilled to have helped with this tome 📚 More here: www.mercurius.one/books/the-su...

I'm beyond thrilled to finally share some amazing news. My second full-length collection, Alchemy of Nests, will be published by @acrebooks.bsky.social in 2027. Thank you to Lisa Ampleman and Nicola Mason for selecting this manuscript and for already being wonderful editors / collaborators.

Absolutely delighted to share this news! Please welcome @bethgordonpoet.bsky.social to Acre Books! 🎉🎉🎉

Fiston Mwanza Mujila, from his poetry collection The River in the Belly (2021) translated by J. Bret Maney @deepvellum.bsky.social

America is my myth. —Natalie Diaz

Everyone thrives (dies) in the necro-economy

What if we're all lovers. What if we're all little books. Little consequences. Dawn Lundy Martin

Poets! What are your favorite poems about stars? ✨

Poets! What are your favorite poems about stars? ✨

Poets, what’re your favorite contrapuntal poems? 👀

Poets, what’re your favorite contrapuntal poems? 👀

"If 'Tree Fall' is loss — that things change, life ends, meaning is lost — what could represent the opposite qualities of birth, of creation, of fullness. An early poem gave me my answer with 'Birdsong.'" Read more from @ctsalazar.bsky.social's interview with @kdunkelberg.bsky.social!

Many thanks to Southern Review of Books and C. T. Salazar for the fabulous interview that was published today! Thanks for the great questions @ctsalazar.bsky.social #poetrycommunity southernreviewofbooks.com/2025/07/14/t...

I am so excited to announce that the launch reading for A Letter From The Mountain & Other Poems officially has a lineup!! register at the 🔗 in 🧵 to hear Lauren Parker, Jude Marr, Zoe Mitchell, Amanda McLeod, C. T. Salazar, Beth Gordon, & Tom Snarsky on Thursday, 7/17! 🎤💌⛰️💡

🔗: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... cc: @laurenparker.bsky.social @judemarr.bsky.social @amandamwrites.bsky.social @ctsalazar.bsky.social @bethgordonpoet.bsky.social

BREAKING: A federal judge reversed National Institutes of Health's terminations of hundreds of critical research grants that were canceled because of their alleged connection to disfavored topics, including diversity, equity, inclusion, and gender identity. This is a major win for public health.

Today in the retirement community I write poems with weekly we looked at poets who wrote through the AIDS epidemic of the 80s through early 90s. We had a conversation about the politics of care & remembering, resilience, and loss 🙏🏼

Congrats to Acre poet @ctsalazar.bsky.social, who has been named a 2025 State Fellow for Literary Arts (Mississippi)! 🎉🎉🎉 www.southarts.org/news/south-a...

C.T. Salazar @ctsalazar.bsky.social

“I knew debt was a golden guillotine some men watched sway over their children” 🤯⚔️ The inimitable @ctsalazar.bsky.social reading a new poem ‘O Ye Cattle Thieves’ in LA The entire event is available here: youtu.be/T-buPF_9uaA

…to the editorial team at Animal Heart for all their work making this book beautiful, & to @ctsalazar.bsky.social, @susanlleary.bsky.social, + Ariana Reines for the incredibly kind words you see above about the collection :) 🔗 to the Animal Heart preorder page: animalheartpress.net/a-letter-fro...

From South Arts: that they terminated ArtsHERE, one of the most substantial nonmatching grants I've ever seen. Millions of dollars stripped from orgs who were already depending on it. Call your reps & tell them to restore the (broad bipartisan!) commitment to funding the NEA in next year’s budget.

Robert Grenier

When I saw SINNERS yesterday, I saw the Mississippi delta’s community cast to the screen beautifully and with incredible respect. The movie is a reminder that the predominantly Black, Brown, and working class delta has a past, a present, and a future worth fighting for

It feels so special to have 2 poems in Valley Voices’ Mississippi Delta-themed issue ❤️ Having so many delta-based folks in conversation together is a real gift.

It feels so special to have 2 poems in Valley Voices’ Mississippi Delta-themed issue ❤️ Having so many delta-based folks in conversation together is a real gift.

Claude Wilkinson ✨ 30 days of Mississippi poets for national poetry month 30/30. April could be 60 days longer and I still wouldn’t be able to share all the poets I love from my home-state 😭

Thank you Greyhound!

Carolyn Elkins ✨ 30 days of Mississippi poets for national poetry month 29/30

Jack Crocker ✨ 30 days of Mississippi poets for national poetry month 28/30

Olivia Clare Friedman ✨ 30 days of Mississippi poets for National Poetry Month 27/30

Julius Thompson (1946-2007) ✨ 30 days of Mississippi poets for national poetry month 26/30

Melissa Ginsburg ✨ 30 days of Mississippi poets for national poetry month 25/30

This wonderful thread. Thank you @ctsalazar.bsky.social!

Todd Osborne ✨ 30 days of Mississippi poets for national poetry month 24/30

Richard Boada ✨ 30 days of Mississippi poets for national poetry month 23/30

Angela Ball ✨ 30 days of Mississippi poets for national poetry month 22/30

Thomas Kneeland ✨ 30 days of Mississippi poets for national poetry month 21/30

Maggie Graber ✨ 30 days of Mississippi poets 20/30

T. R. Hummer ✨ 30 days of Mississippi poets 19/30

Christie Collins ✨ 30 days of Mississippi poets for national poetry month 17/30

Charlie R. Braxton ✨ 30 days of Mississippi poets for national poetry month 16/30

thank you @frozenseapoetry.bsky.social for having me back in Issue Eight with this poem :)

Bumper sticker idea: “My other car is the door at the end of my suffering.”

Happy #NationalPoetryMonth day 15. c/o @ctsalazar.bsky.social

Nadia Alexis ✨ 30 days of Mississippi poets for national poetry month 15/30