I'm the poetry editor of this terrific journal by and for teachers, and I'd love to read your poems.

What a dream to get to feature a new @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social banger on @hexliterary.bsky.social this week! We had the pleasure of snagging one of Mizuki's for our @havehashad.com call and so stoked we have one on hex now. Don't miss this one, aftergooners!

We are thrilled to announce our very first Best of the Net nominees! @prayfortheapex.bsky.social @josephlezza.com @erinmurphy.bsky.social @jasonbcrawford.bsky.social Mike Nees Ellene Glenn Moore @mattkish.bsky.social @amymiller.bsky.social

Instagram reminded me of this poem on motherhood that I published a few years ago in the Threepenny Review 💕

Poetry is a matter of life, not just a matter of language. —Lucille Clifton

Congrats on ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY!! Poetry editor @ritamookerjee.bsky.social has a poem in the September/October edition of the @ampoetryreview.bsky.social🥳

Thinking of everyone who is resisting ICE on the streets tonight.

Announcement time! October 14th, 7:00 Eastern: Hear poems from @clbpoetry.bsky.social, @mitchnobis.bsky.social, and @djvorreyer.bsky.social! Hosted by the amazing @readinstead.bsky.social! Hit the eventbrite link to register. NAWP! www.eventbrite.com/e/a-nawp-rea...

Sunday! Free in DC. Foggy Bottom West End Main Street (FBWE) and Litbox are excited to present the first-ever Foggy Bottom Book Crawl, a free, walkable literary event set across venues in the historic Foggy Bottom neighborhood of Washington D.C. It will occur Sunday, Sept. 21 from 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

Recorded my edition of the Fall for the Book podcast today, look at this fantastic program! I’m out in December but September is out now so give Natalia Theodoridou a listen, and read Sour Cherry!

Cool book news!! Contributor @dorothykchan.bsky.social’s book Return of the Chinese Femme is a finalist for a 2025 Lammy Award in Bisexual Poetry 🙌 Results will be announced at a virtual event October 4th!

We must not hold our tongues.

Planning an upcoming poetry week with my students. Always, always Rita Mookerjee.

Happy National Translation Month! SWWIM Every Day is seeking translations! Please see our Submittable for guidelines. #SWWIMEveryDay #SWWIMWithUs #Poetry #Poem #ItsLit #WomenWriters #WomenPoets #Ciswomen #TransWomen #Nonbinary #Intersex #GenderExpansive #Inclusive #Translations #WorldPoetry

"Calvin take me away" is my iPhone's preferred autocorrect for "Calgon, take me away!"

A Robert Johnson song that always gives me goosebumps no matter how many times I listen to it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXyi...

Tonight from 8pm - 1am central, I’m hosting ‘The Best of 1994’ via my Twitch channel at twitch.tv/djjakerudh I invite you to join hundreds of us live as we celebrate amazing college rock, shoegaze, dream pop, trip hop, electronic, indie and more via music videos!

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

Looking for more poetry to kick off your weekend? Contributor @jillkitchen.bsky.social published a poem in @havehashad.com! buff.ly/7BmlD5O

Trying to find beauty.

On this day in 1984, Talking Heads released the live album “Stop Making Sense” - soundtrack to the film of the same name.

Thank you @splitlipthemag.bsky.social for always supporting & uplifting your contributors! ❤️

"you have become the one you wear red lipstick for buy the black lace edged underwear for" Contributor @jillkitchen.bsky.social's 2022 poem "serenade" was just republished by SWWIM! We know you'll love it: buff.ly/gdb4hFG

“Ever wake up in love and not abandoned like that bike in the woods” / I have author copies of my new chapbook! As the shipping department of @riverriverbooks.bsky.social, I’d rather not ship more books 😭 BUT—I’d love to give you one/swap/etc at an event.

SWWIM x Matwaala A reminder to join us tonight, September 11 at 7pm (EST) for a reading & conversation with Nina Sudhakar & Carolene Kurien at The Betsy Hotel’s B Bar. This event will be live-streamed on SWWIM’s Instagram & Facebook pages. @ninasudhakar.bsky.social @carolenekurien.bsky.social

Honored to read with these two powerful poets!

Your poetry prompt of the evening: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Also, the question of how to contact NAWP came up, so a quick reminder that we have a website! Contact page, socials, and an email address are all posted at notatawp.com. NAWP!

Join us this Thursday!

TONIGHT!

New author photo?

I love how Nina Simone opens this blues song with the direct address, "Mr. Backlash, Mr. Backlash..." hell, come to think of it, I love how the intimate term of address often drives a blues song and its bends. www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1e2...

Happy Monday, fam! Check out our interview with poet @sfeycreates.bsky.social for a glimpse into his process, including tarot cards, Tove Ditlevsen, and divine inspiration. buff.ly/I36aILR

We're finishing ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY with a double accomplishment 🎉 Contributors @taylorbyas.bsky.social and @jasonbcrawford.bsky.social will be discussing friendship and poetry with @notebookscltv.bsky.social Sept. 16th! 🙌 Get your free tickets to this virtual event here: buff.ly/tAs68NP

Is there such a thing as non-misting reading glasses? Because I would really like to be able to read in the bath.

We LOVE poetry on ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY 🥰 Poetry Editor @ritamookerjee.bsky.social has a Kardashian one in @flightlit.bsky.social. Will they reach enlightenment? Find out: buff.ly/NsKlGL3

DC sunsets of late.

"inappropriate happiness" is listed a potential side effect for a patch i have to use for debilitating back pain.

I just started reading this collection by @taylorbyas.bsky.social today and it's stunning! Order one today if you haven't already.

Happy this poem is in the world AND my chapbook Hawk & Moon arrives today 🙏☺️🍃

Have you registered yet???

we're live baby! send em if you got em 🙏

Happy Weekend! Join us in celebrating this week's SWWIM #Shoutouts! #SWWIMEveryDay #SWWIMWithUs #Poetry #ItsLit #WomenWriters #WomenPoets #WomenPublishingWomen #WomenSupportingWomen #Ciswomen #TransWomen #Nonbinary #Intersex #GenderExpansive #Inclusive #Community #WeeklySpotlight

Writer friends, what are your favorite riveting audio books of late? I have some credits I need to use.

A self-portrait in things

Did I post 'announce' this already today? I don't remember. Anyway. I opened up submissions for Short Story, Long today. Open all September. SSL publishes one "longer" story (2k-8k), every other week. $100 + paired w/ original art commissioned for your story. Publish all and only bangers.

Please come see @majda.bsky.social @alinaetc.bsky.social Julia Kolchinsky read their new books for @notatawp.bsky.social on Tuesday, September 9th at 7pm. Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/nawp-a-rea...

my issue of Threepenny is here! here’s my poem “Present Tense,” I would love for you to give it a read! “I know this so loudly I don’t hear, at first, my father’s silence.”

So grateful to the kind & wonderful editors at @swwim.bsky.social for re-sharing my poem “serenade” from their archives. What a lovely way to celebrate staff by re-running staff poems in honor of SWWIM’s 10th anniversary! I am so excited to be a part of the team!