Me and all my homies drink Writers’ Tears iykyk

my kingdom for a booktokker/bookstagrammer who reads + reviews (+ enjoys) #poetry

Happy book birthday to my secondborn, Be Water. May you be the Sherlock of this book family. #poems #poetrysky #booksky #indieauthors #queerpoetry

Putting my past life as an advertising copywriter to good use. Shoutout to McCann, whose CD once told me one of my headlines was “too gay” (derogatory). Also, www.anvilpress.com/books/be-water #poetrysky #booksky #writingcommunity #indieauthors #queerpoetry

She’s here and she’s cute. The best type of #unboxing c/o @anvilpress.bsky.social, with cameos from my babies 🐶 and 🐈‍⬛ For poems about the water, rural queerness, and more, preorder from your local bookstore (or DM me). #poetrysky #booksky #writingcommunity #writersofbluesky #indieauthors

looking for recommendations for currently active poetry chapbook presses that do a good job with publishing translated poetry and/or multilingual writing by BIPOC writers and translators.

Grateful for these generous words by @lydiakwa.bsky.social, whose work is an inspiration and whose conversation has been a balm for me. Check out her novels and poetry! Preorder Be Water here: www.anvilpress.com/books/be-water #poetrysky #booksky #writingcommunity #writersofbluesky #indieauthors

Planning a book launch where masks are encouraged / provided — is it a bad idea to also offer refreshments, since that means people will be removing / putting masks back more often throughout the night? Not sure what to do 🤔 #writercommunity #booksky #authors #writesky #writers

I dog-ear my books and I will say it with my chest

sheesh

Kind things said about Be Water, out with @anvilpress.bsky.social on June 30, by @manahil.bsky.social. It’s a true privilege to be so seen by a poet I admire very much. Thank you ❤️ #poetrysky #booksky #writingcommunity #poetsofbluesky

Holy fuck the new Safer Ontario ads are actually mindblowingly awful bald-faced propaganda “more money for cops more jails get rid of unhoused people (HOW EXACTLY?)” 🤡 I thought it was gonna be satire but y’all really did that

A repeated reminder that translators are creators just like authors. They own the copyright of their translations. They deserve to be paid and credited for their work.

Thank you Chimedum Ohaegbu and ROOM Magazine for including this gay little poem in the Science issue. I do indeed go by just Grace in my writing but I guess my brain made an oopsie in the submission. 💀 #poemoftheday #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #poetrysky #gaypoetry

one thing that drove me away from church things (other than the gay) was how much "Christians" (specifically at the Chinatown church I had the misfortune of growing up in) HATED safe injection sites/free naloxone (waste of tax dollars) when they literally save lives. ISN'T THIS WHAT YOUR GOD WANTED

Ok don’t make it toooo easy for me to win these books 🤠

tally.so/r/LZOPB1 I’m hosting a small poetry raffle for Hamza! Ending beginning of August :) Only £5 per ticket. Details in link.

Hey remember when Baroness Von Sketch spoofed The Lottery, that show was fun. I miss it

Crips for eSims for Gaza raised more than $3.4M CAD. We’re finally out of the red and just need to pay back US-based volunteers in USD, since most donations are in the CAD pile. <3 #ConnectingGaza bit.ly/eSimsRUs

Do I have a future in making ads for books? BE HONEST #poetry #poetrysky #queerpoetry #writingcommunity #indieauthors

roommagazine.com/product/scie... issue out now

Applications are now open for Arc’s 19th virtual Poet-in-Residence program. This national mentorship residency connects an influential Canadian poet with writers across the country through one-on-one virtual mentorships. Deadline to apply is June 15! More info can be found here: buff.ly/bqoKyKW

I love open mics. Especially when poets share WIP work!! I love getting that view into how different poets think / work #poetry #poetrysky

today's the dayyyyyy! I'll be reading poems from Be Water for the first time come hang out #poetry #poetrysky #booksky #indieauthor #writingcommunity #bookcommunity #writers #AHM

Come read with me 🤓

"[Drake] never met an uncomfortable silence he couldn’t smother, and across his three new studio albums, he girds his loins for the longest filibuster of his existence." – a poet at Pitchfork pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...

Big stick on Muna’s new album is the mother of all bangers good lord

Recording a reading of a poem for an anthology coming soon 👀 #poetry #poetrysky #booksky #writingcommunity

I am SAT

Oy, what are you doing May 28? Come enjoy some poetry with me (or hit the open mic!) poets.ca/ahm-2026/ #poetrysky #booksky

[at a coffee shop] Me: ooo I like this song S: I know it! It’s by the Weepies. It’s a Great Depression song. Me: it’s about the Great Depression? S: no. About being depressed

❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

honestly at this point Mel Robbins and anybody else who's been a keynote speaker at a Bigtech conference deserves a side-eye

Look I hate cleaning and chores in general but this steam cleaner is changing my lifee

It’s my birthday and I am once again doing my matching campaign of $340! Somebody already matched $340 for Crips for eSims but you can still donate $3.4, $34, $340, or more! :) Email screenshots to cripsforesimsforgaza[at]gmail[dot]com. chuffed.org/project/crip...

Like clockwork when we eat dinner

don’t forget to leave out milk and cookies for Saint Jerome the patron saint of books on this Indie Bookstore Day Eve

Not me watching #ThePitt finale and my (midwife) partner suddenly shouting “You can’t get a fetal heart rate the monitor isn’t even on the right spot on her belly!!!” in my ear

a dream pub 💙

Happy #NationalPoetryMonth Day 15 from @isabellawangbc.bsky.social ‘s Pebble Swing

Ontario's drinking water is protected by little-known groups, closely tied to conservation authorities. As the Ford government consolidates the watershed agencies, a leaked document and 12 sources show their role is now unclear. thenarwhal.ca/ontario-sour...

Dreaming of a day with less than four meetings and an appointment (I have one upcoming, but with a substantial meeting and two appointments on it...)

Two of my faves talking to each other. I still remember the day I read The Woo-Woo for the first time. I was a few chapters in and waving the book around at my partner yelling something like "omg omg omg"

The Ontario government wants to rewrite the law that compelled it to disclose documents revealing the Greenbelt land scandal, the Skills Development Fund controversy and others.

100% of the joy of watching The Traitors is in yelling at the dumb shit the Faithfuls say at the round table

Public Service Announcement: When the price of gasoline jumps this week, remember it was refined from oil (mostly Canadian) produced weeks ago, only 2% of which comes from the Middle East. It's a policy choice, not 'market forces', that explains why you'll pay more (and oil profits will soar). /2

Ontario ombudsman Paul Dube was in Neskantaga First Nation last summer, finding "unsafe and unacceptable" conditions, including a boil-water advisory that has stretched over 11,000 days, a condemned health centre, a cramped school, and a litany of systemic challenges. ricochet.media/indigenous/b...

Weird how all these places with oil keep getting invaded by the United States.

I love Amber Dawn's brain (and writing)!

Victoria Chang never misses. An entire collection that’s in conversation with Agnes Martin and her work. Just 🤯 #poetry @victoriachang.bsky.social