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

i don’t listen to tall skinny women anymore it’s nothing personal i just can’t trust the perspectives of the one body type clothes are actually made for

Only one place to get NEOMFA Alumni Collective swag! NEOMFA Alumni Reading Thu June 11, 6pm, at Visible Voice Books. Hosted by Lindsey Maple w/Carrie George, Isaiah Hunt, Jessica Jewell, Benjamin Anthony Rhodes, & Alexandra Salata. Free / no tix required. neomfa.org/neomfa-alumn...

Go through your days assuming everyone you meet is insane. I promise you you'll never be disappointed.

New work from our Program Director @marybid.bsky.social up now at @rawheadjournal.bsky.social 🌙⛪️⭐️ rawheadjournal.org/mary-bidding...

Delighted to be part of this! 🤩

Northeast Ohio, we would love to see you in April for the Word Count Literary Festival! www.wra.net/academics/wo...

Weekends are a good time to submit poems to awesome postcard-based magazines that are actively reading for their 4th issue!

Two new prose poems by our Program Director @marybid.bsky.social in the latest issue of @mooncityreview.bsky.social 🌙💫

“Of the seven present that night—fashioning aimless / mixed drinks with cherry brandy and Sprite, attempting blackjack // with little understanding of rules—only five made it to thirty.” —Mary Biddinger (@marybid.bsky.social),”Dishes of the Afterlife” @blacklawrence.bsky.social

#AWP attendees, be sure to catch our Program Director @marybid.bsky.social reading at the @blacklawrence.bsky.social off-site 🎙️🔥

Going to #AWP? Add this to your off-site schedule! Featuring our Program Director @marybid.bsky.social & alum Carrie George 🎙️🔥

We read this piece by @marybid.bsky.social tonight in Creative Nonfiction & I'm so in love with it "Once my godmother swooned over a bead on the sidewalk. It turned out to be an odd nub of frozen blood, somehow more resplendent than a gem." pitheadchapel.com/everyone-bow...

Thank you! 🙏

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Congrats to our Program Director @marybid.bsky.social on her 2025 Best Microfiction nomination from @whaleroadreview.bsky.social 💫

Program Director @marybid.bsky.social's new novella - The Girl with the Black Lipstick - featured in @clmporg.bsky.social's 2025 Fiction Round-Up📚💫 Check out the full list: www.clmp.org/news/fiction...

“the ice / rink where music remains in 1982, nacho / machine on the brink of a calamitous fire / but somehow still producing its cheeses / which I will never be able to eat, thanks / to my ancestors who survived on boiled / stones” — @marybid.bsky.social psalteryandlyre.org/2019/12/30/g...

Program Director @marybid.bsky.social ‘s prose poetry can be found in the latest print issue of @thimblelitmag.bsky.social 💫 thimblelitmag.square.site/product/8-2-...

The Department of English at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro invites applications for an assistant professor position in creative writing (poetry), to begin August 1, 2026. For more information and to apply, visit buff.ly/YXi1Y4L, click on “Faculty,” and select position #1460

Thank you so much, @pitheadchapel.bsky.social 🤩

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