Mark your calendars 🗓️ This Saturday (11am-1pm, 11/1) our Prog. Dir. @marybid.bsky.social will be at The Learned Owl Bookshop in Hudson OH for a book signing of her new novella-in-flash, "The Girl with the Black Lipstick" 🖤💛 Come say hi 👋 & pick up a signed copy ✍️ learnedowl.com/event/2025-1...

the night of a thousand jean jackets whispers through the early morning streets of brooklyn, and everywhere in their 2nd hand dens, hibernating hipsters begin to stir in search of a mate.

New prose poem from @marybid.bsky.social out now at @thimblelitmag.bsky.social ❤️‍🩹 Read here: www.thimblelitmag.com/2025/07/21/e...

Thank you for sharing, @simeonberry.bsky.social 🤩🎉

Mark your calendars 🕸️ Featuring @marybid.bsky.social

Thanks much for sharing, and gratitude to @whaleroadreview.bsky.social ✨

Since I live in a place without colorful leaves or colder weather to make it feel like fall, our fall issues are my favorite harbingers of the season. This Fall 2025 issue is full of earnest language and surprising humor, and these pieces are packed with autumn. www.whaleroadreview.com/issue-40

Issue 40 also features work by @marybid.bsky.social @briansimoneau.bsky.social @maudmci.bsky.social @calliebdean.bsky.social @marjorietesser.bsky.social @emmabolden.bsky.social @esylviapoet.bsky.social @clairemtaylor.bsky.social @brettwarren23.bsky.social and more!

Tonight w/ @marybid.bsky.social!!!

ah yes the two types of poets

GRUMPYE TEENAGE SHAKESPEARE: "Thys ys just a stage, son." "ALL THE WORLDE YS A STAGE, DAD!!!! UGH!'

Mark your calendars...faculty members Catherine Wing (Kent) & @marybid.bsky.social (UA) are reading at Mac's Backs! Catherine will read from her classic collection, "Gin & Bleach," while Mary will read from her new novella-in-flash, "The Girl with the Black Lipstick." See you there!

“Every Midwest city is a battle cry in need of a battle. Every dead kid is a lighthouse without a harbor or water…” New from Eric Morris! https://www.havehashad.com/2o4sx

Thank you so much, @blacklawrence.bsky.social 🎩

www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTG3... Here's a video of the title poem of my new book A Brief History of the Midwest projected onto massive grain silos! Thanks to @justbuffalolit.bsky.social @noahfalck.bsky.social

This issue of @pitheadchapel.bsky.social that @kimmagowan.bsky.social, @karenkay.bsky.social, @brttnyblm.bsky.social, etc., have put out is really great! Work by @marybid.bsky.social, @lesliepwriter.bsky.social, and a lot of other talented writers. pitheadchapel.com/2025/08/01/v...

Thank you for the shout out! ✨

The sea, also, is ineffectual.

Today from #MicroMonday please enjoy two superb stories: Boots by Beatriu Delaveda and Everyone Who Looked in This Mirror Before First Period on a Day in Late April by Martha Keller #microfiction #writingcommunity. Just follow the link to access fictivedream.com/2025/08/04/m...

A new Rita story in Ghost Parachute! Thanks, Brett!

Thanks so much for sharing, @bernadettegeyer.bsky.social 🤩

New prose poem — ‘Everyone Bowed Their Head And Prayed For God’s Blessing’ — from our inimitable Program Director @marybid.bsky.social in the latest issue of @pitheadchapel.bsky.social 🙏⭐️ pitheadchapel.com/everyone-bow...

@marybid.bsky.social ‘s new novella-in-flash, ‘The Girl with the Black Lipstick,’ recently featured on @clmporg.bsky.social ‘s July roundup: www.clmp.org/news/books-l...

@marybid.bsky.social isn't just our poetry series editor extraordinaire, she's also a talented poet and #fiction writer! Join us in congratulating her on the publication of The Girl With the Black Lipstick! blacklawrencepress.com/books/the-gi... #flashfiction #ordernow #90sVibesOnly #newrelease

Read the latest from Program Director @marybid.bsky.social — new prose poetry at Unbroken Journal 📝💜 www.theunjournals.com/unbroken46bd...

The Girl with the Black Lipstick hath dropped! Full details about my new novella-in-flash at the link below. Bountiful gratitude to @blacklawrence.bsky.social for their support! blacklawrencepress.com/books/the-gi...

Reviving my website, my blog, my affection for pigeons (you need to read the book to understand). marybiddinger.com/2025/07/16/g...

Some personal news… @roxanegay.bsky.social and @debbiemillman.bsky.social are relaunching @therumpus.net!!! And I’m excited to be joining their team as poetry editor! 🤓 WEEEEE!!! You can submit your poetry for consideration here: therumpus.submittable.com/submit

>>> New AC email edition >>> featuring collaged film, collaged bathrooms, brief nostalgia, primordial teenage ooze, cacophonies of sound >>> plus updates on @marybid.bsky.social, @sjxsjc.bsky.social, Danielle Chelosky, & Wave Delch/David Gregory Welch

Thank you, @neomfa.bsky.social 🤩

Thank you, @simeonberry.bsky.social!

I love @poetrycurrency.bsky.social so it is a real thrill to be the feature on there as we speak...

Very excited to have my prose poem "Everyone Has a Complicated Relationship with Art" included in this new issue of Unbroken, with such excellent company.

My Laurel Review interview is here! With big thanks to Luke Rolfes for asking great questions about I HAVE NOT CONSIDERED CONSEQUENCES and other things writing ✍🏼 #flashfiction #shortstories #autumnhousepress #booksky laurelreview.org/sherrie-flic... @autumnhousepress.bsky.social

"There’s two of everything, isn’t there? There’s two things you can’t ever forgive me for, and one is that I wasn’t there at the start of things." NEW TODAY AT AC // 2 prose works by Minseo Kang www.alwayscrashing.com/current/2025...

Read an excerpt (@clereviewbooks.bsky.social) from faculty member Hilary Plum's new novel "State Champ," which came out May 13th from @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social www.clereviewofbooks.com/writing/stat...

Congrats to Hilary Plum​ on the release of "State Champ​." This new novel "cuts through the political rhetoric to explore the relationship between bodily autonomy & real freedom." Described as “ferocious, hilarious, slippery, & wise," ​it's on sale now @ bloomsbury.com!

Thank you so much, @neomfa.bsky.social 🎉

You have 30 days left to submit your #poetry manuscript to the annual Akron Poetry Prize! The winner receives $1500 and publication of their manuscript. This year's judge is the brilliant Eduardo C. Corral! Submissions close June 15, 2025. theuniversityofakronpress.submittable.com/submit

“People talk about how high school was the highlight of their existence. For me, it was like being held captive in an enormous sock drawer, with only a pack of matches for entertainment.” — @marybid.bsky.social, “The Craft” @blacklawrence.bsky.social www.wearegrimoire.com/poetryarchiv...

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Grateful to have a snarky little story up at @villaineralit.bsky.social. Thanks for taking a look! villaineralit.com/2025/05/02/e...

Join us THIS Saturday inside The Well CDC, in partnership with Elizabeth's Bookshop & Writing Centre, for "The Business of Self-Care for Writers: A Workshop on Goals and Artistic Growth" led by @marybid.bsky.social! FOUR spots remain, so learn more & register now: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-busine...

Happy publication day to these two stunning poetry collections! Use code POETRYLIVES to take 30% off jacket price now until the end of April! blogs.uakron.edu/uapress/prod... #poetry #poetrycommunity #publicationday #newrelease #writerscommunity #divorce #separation #grief

Exciting news!

We are so thrilled to share the news about @kathyfagan.bsky.social returning to teach for TFP! mailchi.mp/328725bb9c2c...

The 2025 Association of Writers and Writing Programs annual conference and #bookfair is right around the corner! If you're in Los Angeles, come say hi and check out our new and forthcoming poetry collections. #poetry #poetrycommunity #sale #booksbooksbooks #conference #awp2025

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