WE WON!!🙌🏾 THE OCEAN OBSERVATORY INITIATIVE (OOI) INSTRUMENTS ARE STAYING IN THE WATER!!!!! 🌊 🦑🧪 (for now 🙏🏾) oceanfdn.org/the-national...

I hope all the Black folks here and everywhere are gearing up for an absolutely dialed-up Juneteenth this year. All of us who are non-Black, especially those of us who are white, it's a great time to honor and observe by tripling down with learning and action. One book list:

the bio is half the fun, can't urge you strongly enough to click through for that but today, from Mitch Nobis, a kinda quintessential "HAD piece": https://www.havehashad.com/el4pt

We are open for reprints now! Send us your lovely flash stories that would benefit from being out in the world again: smallwondersmag.com/submissions/

NYC, today is the last day to request a mail-in ballot online: you may do so here: RequestBallot.Vote.NYC Knicks in 5.

COVER REVEAL: I'm super excited to share the cover of my story collection After Last Call, coming out next April from @malarkeybooks.bsky.social. And thanks to @mrwojorising.bsky.social for the amazing work he did designing the cover 💙 Pre-order link: malarkeybooks.com/store/afterl...

This is another big week for our public libraries in NYC as the public has a chance to weigh in on funding at the City Council budget hearing on Wednesday 6/10. Everything you need to know to testify is here: bit.ly/June10Testify - the libraries have a shortfall and they need you to advocate.

Here’s the cover for @willmusgrove.bsky.social’s story collection After Last Call. Drops next April, reserve a signed copy now. Thanks to @mrwojorising.bsky.social for another great cover! malarkeybooks.com/store/afterl...

YOU HAVE FIVE DAYS TO SEND ME POEMS (PLEASE) variantlit.com/announcing-t...

Free submissions for reprint flash fiction are open at @smallwondersmag.com - don't miss the submission window: smallwondersmag.com/submissions/ #WritingCommunity #LitMag

“We can try to climb this mountain,” said Frog. “That should tell us if we are brave.” Frog went leaping over rocks, and Toad came puffing up behind him.

Join us next Saturday!

I keep thinking about this line "There are memories that remain across generations like single-use plastic” from @readinstead.bsky.social ’s new poem in @variantlit.bsky.social . And I think that is precisely the point. Read Jared’s thought-provoking piece below:

Happy as a Clam™ by Katlina Sommerberg @ksommerberg.bsky.social "We bring you Biometric Shell™ Technology, a sanctuary of seamless containment." Link ⬇️ strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...

Read this beautiful poem “When Death Comes, Look to The Tower” by @alwayscoffee.bsky.social in @smallwondersmag.com Excerpt: “hold steady, your heart a lighthouse, a reminder that time and again, we save each other”

"even trees hold their memories hushed, ringed in their bodies,...." I love this phenomenal poem by @jenwithwords.bsky.social in @templeinacity.bsky.social 💙💙💙 templeinacity.com/poetry-by-je...

Hey we're opening for subs for all genres for the next print issue June 1. Put it in your calendar. Fiction is capped at 500 subs and tends to fill fast. More details soon

POETRY READING: I will be the featured reader for Coastside Poetry’s monthly series on: June 9, 6-9 pm PDT I’ll be reading a lot of new poems. You can attend the open reading on Zoom, or watch the live stream on YouTube. RSVP host Diane Lee Moomey, whose email address you can find on the website:

If you are in the area this Sunday stop by and hear us read.

Stay alert for HR 7661! This horrible book banning bill has been brewing in the House. Please call your reps to make sure they know about it, and to make sure it doesn't get snuck into any wild-ass omnibus bills. And thank you to @authorsabb.bsky.social for the graphic encapsulating the bill

lots of conversation about book buying on this site today, which is amazing!!!, but also let's do something to stand up against book-banning 1) call your reps and tell them to vote no on federal book banning bills HR 7661 & HR 2616 2) ilovelibraries.org 3) authors join @authorsabb.bsky.social

Like every Mother's Day today I am asking that you consider a donation to @nationalbailout.bsky.social to help free mamas who are separated from their families by the injustices of pretrial detention systems. secure.actblue.com/donate/freeb...

Yay! New micro up at @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social!! www.bloodhoneylit.com/fiction/we-d...

If you know people in NYC, can you please help us to spread the word that Black Zine Fair is on Saturday and that they should register to come? pools.events/event/WFzHwJ... - It's free but donations are always appreciated. We have 4 days to let folks know about it.

Everyone, stop what you’re doing. There is a Black girl named Kameirah who is in Google’s top 5 “Doodle for Google” contest that can win a $55,000 scholarship. I just voted. VOTING CLOSES TOMORROW APRIL 29! doodles.google.com/d4g/

Love this prompt from @erinvachon.bsky.social published by the incredible @moistpoetryjournal.bsky.social !

Happy National Poetry Month! Enjoy my prompt below featured by the incredible @moistpoetryjournal.bsky.social !

Ready... Set... Take Action for Libraries! To celebrate #TakeActionForLibrariesDay, we're making our voices heard in Congress. Join us by telling your House Rep to OPPOSE censorship legislation like HR 7661 & PROTECT the right to read. Take action: www.ala.org/conferencese... #NationalLibraryWeek

By popular demand, Issue 20 THE BEST OF THE 1ST 5 YEARS OF STANCHION MAGAZINE, is back in stock at Stanchion HQ (my guest bedroom). Get your copy and a free matching bookmark for just $10. www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...

I AM ON POETRY DAILY WOOOOOOO poems.com/poem/arts-an...

“Look! Cats in frog hats, cats riding on Roombas. I am texting you cats instead of what I can’t bring myself to tell you” vastliterarypress.org/2026/04/18/2... - Pam Yve Simon, "LOLZ" in Issue 18

🚨LAST CHANCE FOR A FREE BOOK🚨 Choose any PDF at StanchionZine.com/shop (scroll waaaay down to see all the PDFs) and use code FREEPDF to zero out your bill at checkout.

Independent Bookstore Day is THIS Saturday! How will you be celebrating? 📚✨

💫Go, get one! 🥰

Please send a letter to the city council to allocate 0.5% of the city expense budget to our public libraries. This takes 30 seconds. actionnetwork.org/letters/city...

The last couple readings I did were at bookstores that were well prepared, which is very cool but also means I didn't need backup copies to sell & now have extras. Anyone want to buy my book straight from me? If yes, DM for Venmo, where to mail, etc.!

Please read and enjoy the newest issue of @vastchasmmag.bsky.social It’s a powerful and beautiful issue and I am honored that my newest poem “LOLZ” is included. 💕

NYers, you can help us make this happen by letting the @council.nyc.gov know you demand stable and increased funding for our libraries! Take 5mins to send a letter to your CM, and then follow up with a call or voicemail using this easy script: nycplan.org/actions/call...

My new poem "We're Going on a Bear Hunt" is now published at the gorgeous Spring issue of @sixthfinch.bsky.social sixthfinch.com

Hi it is my birthday, please do something to support the freedom to read ❤️ Ilovelibraries.org + Call your reps to oppose the federal book banning bill HR 7661: reps.fyi

Poets, start the soft animal of your engines!

New poetry coming from Pam Yve Simon (@PamYve.bsky.social) in our next issue. It'll make you LOL or cry or both! For now, a trip to outer space seems very topical, so blast off and enjoy another of her poems, “Your Mom, the Space Sailor” in @smallwondersmag.com smallwondersmag.com/piece/your-m...

Humanity did that. Science did that. Publicly-funded research did that. Excellent universities did that. Diversity did that. International cooperation did that. Artemis II is a perfect example of what we can do at our best. Welcome home, Integrity crew!

Hello, I made you a feed of your cats watching the Artemis II splashdown bsky.app/profile/did:...

National Poetry Month: Prompt 10, from Mo Schoenfeld Today is about ritual! 🕯️ @moschoenfeld.bsky.social #poetry #NaPoMo 📚💜

Poetry prompt

New issue coming later this month! But while we're at it, we can't get enough of last issue's contributors, so get ready to revisit them this week!