Friends, please join me two weeks from today for the July installment of A Very Gay Literary Happy Hour, featuring the magical Caridad Moro-Gronlier, @dustinbrookshire.bsky.social & @ritamookerjee.bsky.social & hosted by yours truly for @jacklegpress.bsky.social! 🥂

We had so much fun last night at the launch of A Very Gay Literary Happy Hour! Thank you @jacklegpress.bsky.social for the platform, to featured readers Achy Obejas, @clayrebenz.bsky.social & @dankraines.bsky.social & to my special open mic readers. I love you all. 🔗to recording 👇

<i>Talking About Godard</i> is a love letter to tangled friendships chicagoreader.com/performing-a...

Missed the action last night? It's not too late…

📣 I’m pleased to announce that A Very Gay Literary Happy Hour will now be a monthly series with 3 featured readers & an open mic! Join us for the Zoom launch on 6/4, 7-8 pm EST, featuring Achy Obejas, Dan Kraines & @clayrebenz.bsky.social, hosted by yours truly with @jacklegpress.bsky.social! 🌈

COME AGAIN NO MORE: In this witty, off-beat, and entertaining ride of a novel, a laid-off reporter considers what his next act in life might look like. Check out the Small Press Picks review at smallpresspicks.com/come-again-n.... @jacklegpress.bsky.social #bookreview #novels

I'm so excited to share that my short story collection, Is the Sky Falling or Are We Rising Towards the Lord?, will be published by @jacklegpress.bsky.social in February of 2028. JackLeg has published some of my favorite books of recent times, books by writers I admire so much.

"I do most of my writing in coffee shops, so my playlists are often selected by baristas." Zach Powers shared a playlist for his novel The Migraine Diaries at Largehearted Boy largeheartedboy.com/2026/04/16/z...

I joined @jacklegpress.bsky.social to bring books like Clark's out--essential, unique voices that push the limits of what the literary and the speculative could do. Just super proud of Clark & if you have not bought a copy of EVERY GALAXY A CIRCLE now's your chance. bookshop.org/p/books/ever...

Thank you to Mayor Daniella Levine Cava for the honor of a lifetime, to Caridad Moro-Gronlier and Richard Blanco for paving the way for me, and to everyone who supports poets and poetry. I love you all. ❤️❤️❤️ (Link to announcement in comments below.)

#ClipOfTheDay: In this ABC News segment, Joshua Bennett talks about how his parents inspired him to write his new book, The People Can Fly: American Promise, Black Prodigies, and the Greatest Miracle of All Time (Little, Brown). at.pw.org/ABCBennett

Read @kategaskin.bsky.social and @gendeguzman.bsky.social convo today up @adroitjournal.bsky.social. Genevieve's new book is KARAOKE AT THE END OF THE WORLD (@jacklegpress.bsky.social) and Kate's is A RED KNOCK-KNOCKING LIKE A HEART (@lsupress.bsky.social). theadroitjournal.org/2026/03/30/a...

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All my burning hearts to @jacklegpress.bsky.social and fellow readers @mbrrray.bsky.social @shelleywong.bsky.social @tracibrimhall.bsky.social for yesterday's online gathering for KARAOKE AT THE END OF THE WORLD. ❤️‍🔥

It was an honor to read for the Maureen Seaton Poetry Prize alongside @dustinbrookshire.bsky.social & Judy Ireland. A special shoutout to Michael Mackin O’Mara, @soflopojo.bsky.social, @limpwrist.bsky.social & Judge Denise Duhamel. Congratulations to the finalists! 👇

It's Genevieve’s pub day!

Happy pub day to KARAOKE AT THE END OF THE WORLD by @gendeguzman.bsky.social! Find this brand-new poetry collection and more on our AWP Member Bookshelf.

Thank you @lithub.com.web.brid.gy for featuring this great debut poet! @gendeguzman.bsky.social lithub.com/crying-in-th...

It's Genevieve’s pub day!

Portland, come to an Ides of March literary pop-up this Sunday, 3/15, 10am-2pm in SE Portland. There will be books and writers of those books chatting about bookish things. And, if you're lucky, readings! Inside the Eastmoreland Grocery, 3616 SE Knapp. Food & coffee offered by Holding Hearts Bloc.

After Wednesday night’s fun w/ @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social + @masonjarpress.bsky.social we hope you'll join us in Baltimore for this Fab night @ Vinyl + Pages! 🏳️‍🌈

Everyone loves a circus, especially at AWP Baltimore. Come see dope weird stuff! Collecting donations for TransMaryland. @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social @jacklegpress.bsky.social @aniking.bsky.social @ezewriter.bsky.social #poetryreading #litreading #AWP #weirdwriters #performanceart #burlesque #drag

Join JackLeg writers @christophernelson.bsky.social @gendeguzman.bsky.social @ritamookerjee.bsky.social + friends from @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social @masonjarpress.bsky.social & do some good to help Trans Maryland!! Tip donations at the door. #AWP #poetry #dragshow #burlesque #LGBTQPlus

Kick off AWP in Baltimore with drag, burlesque, and literary performances! Hosted by @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social @masonjarpress.bsky.social and @jacklegpress.bsky.social Tips accepted at door for Trans Maryland. #awp #poetry #dragshow #burlesque @ezewriter.bsky.social @aniking.bsky.social

This week we're celebrating the publication of UNDERSEA by the late Maureen Seaton, a CR contributor, with @jacklegpress.bsky.social

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The latest issue of @adroitjournal.bsky.social is live & it features a poem by the late & great Maureen Seaton from Undersea—relaunching on 2/8 via @jacklegpress.bsky.social. Dive in now! 💙

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Happy #pubday to @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social whose IN EVERY GALAXY A CIRCLE ( @jacklegpress.bsky.social)—an intriguing journey through the cosmos of human experience—comes out today! bookshop.org/p/books/ever...

Friends, join me in Baltimore for A Very Gay Literary (Happy) Hour on March 6, 5-7 pm, at Vinyl + Pages! This year, I’m partnering with @jacklegpress.bsky.social & Anhinga Press to make the magic happen.

Have you queried us yet? We ❤️ finding that next best thing. Is it you? jacklegpress.submittable.com/submit

Out today!! “Come Again No More is simply the best work of Southern literature I’ve ever read, a story so lyrical and lovingly drawn – and spit-take funny – that the ghost of William Faulkner might just throw rocks at his best work. I read the book in a day, and I never do that.” —Bryan Denson

🚨 📙 My forthcoming book has a cover! I hear dynamite gets lit once you start reading. 🧨 The one-and-only @taylorbyas.bsky.social was my editor and @simonemuenchie.bsky.social brought me into the @jacklegpress.bsky.social fold. ✨ Goes boom on 3.16.2026. More info coming soon!

Don't miss... our last two WWPH LITERARY SALONS...of this year!! (FREE! did you see?!) Limited seats for each event... sign up here at www.washingtonwriters.org #writers #writingcommunity #washingtondc #blackwriters

Happy pub day to Lex Orgera! -Agatha- This is not just a book about the body but a profound exploration of what it means to inhabit one.

More great news! Congratulations to Karen Rigby (JackLeg Press) and all the incredible finalists! What a joy to celebrate this vibrant literary community — we ❤️ being part of it!

We are so proud to see these great JackLeg titles featured here!! Thank you @bookshop.org 🔥💪❤️ bookshop.org/lists/short-...

Congratulations to David Welch and the editors @jacklegpress.bsky.social! 🥳

This is from the poem “Agatha at Dawn” in AGATHA. The poem begins, “& then we’re trying / on the molecules / of sainthood, delivering / ourselves to the gods / of caffeine.” AGATHA is officially out in the world Oct 13 from @jacklegpress.bsky.social

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…& check out @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social’s books in our @bookshop.org : bookshop.org/beta-search?.... BIO: Chloe N. Clark is the author of COLLECTIVE GRAVITIES, PATTERNS OF ORBIT & more. Her short story collection EVERY GALAXY A CIRCLE is forthcoming from @jacklegpress.bsky.social. #ExpoContributor

One of our awesome editors, @re-ari.bsky.social featured in @literaryheist.bsky.social 🔥💪 www.literaryheist.com/articles/im-...

Live today! Happy pub day to Allison Cundiff! On sale everywhere. “Beautifully done, rings true psychologically, as good-humored as it is deep and real.” —Neal & Betsy Delmonico, publishers, Golden Antelope Press & Blazing Sapphire Press

Great review from our Mamaging Director! brooklynrail.org/2025/06/book...

NEW TITLE in our library! HEY PICKPOCKET by Allison Cundiff www.amazon.com/Hey-Pickpock... @jacklegpress.bsky.social