I am no longer merely IN pain, I have become pain incarnate. Tremble before your new god, mortals. (I need ibuprofen again)

This is going well, I’m happy to report. 8/60 poems penned/edited.

I’m not at AWP but Sick Sad Queer is!

I ate too much brownie and now my tummy hurts.

Oh it’s World Book Day? I have a book. You can buy my book and read my book and even review my book. 📚 www.querenciapress.com/hippie-speed...

What should I name him? I’ve just been calling him Buddy.

@malarkeybooks.bsky.social is here at AWP and ready to change your life forever

If you bought a copy, please consider leaving a review. If haven’t bought a copy, there are some great purchasing options, including ebooks, at the link above.

In addition to a TON of books, we’ve got some free stuff for you to grab as well. Come by the @malarkeybooks.bsky.social table at AWP!! #506

A 3.4 on Goodreads apparently. They didn’t hate it!!! Or maybe some of them did and some of them didn’t. I’m too mentally unstable to read the reviews. www.querenciapress.com/hippie-speed...

Are you sad you're missing AWP? Join our open mic Thursday @ 8:00 pm Eastern! Wish you could hit the book fair? The hotel bar? Just pile up your 79 unread books you already own by your computer, grab a drink, and get NAWPy!

Hey everyone, I know a lot of you are doin' AWP-y shit, but I'd like to direct you to the link here where you can pre-order my debut full length manuscript!!!! 😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮 No cover yet, but you'll see that soon ;-) matchfactoryeditions.com/books/Its-Ea...

A 3.4 on Goodreads apparently. They didn’t hate it!!! Or maybe some of them did and some of them didn’t. I’m too mentally unstable to read the reviews. www.querenciapress.com/hippie-speed...

Is this second false spring? Actual spring? Is it just warm all the time with occasional snowstorms now?

I’m gonna miss you all while you’re having fun at AWP. Be safe, everyone!!

Bummed not to be headed to AWP in Baltimore this week but gonna read this little guy from @havehashad.com tonight at wild & wonderful words here in wintry Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada www.havehashad.com/hadposts/bud...

On the one hand, I got rejected, on the other I have a banging new piece for my untitled radical joy project.

It finally happened. I got one of those phishing emails about “book clubs” wanting to feature my book. I’ve finally arrived.

Happy pub day @joshuatrentbrown.com! All preorders and book club copies are in the mail or in mailboxes and we still have copies available!

It would seem that this thing I love doesn’t love me back

Something I had high hopes for was a “no,” gonna eat ice cream about it.

The old chronically ill question: do you show up looking haggard (so they know how bad it is) or polished (so they don’t think you’re a drug seeker)?

“Hooky”

“Hooky”

Phyllis is suspicious of you if you don’t like Lura Thok

New sub call is up on @clmporg.bsky.social, @chillsubs.bsky.social , and on our website! Theme: Righteous Rage Dates: March 1-31 www.clmp.org/members/open...

Find me here for NAWP

Taking a trip youtube.com/watch?v=qABd...

I'm not trying to exaggerate but I think this is one of the best poems I've ever read

Friendly reminder I got laid off recently & want the bookstore to be my main job alongside Amanda. Spent the last week brainstorming how to make it happen. Some cool things you could do to help: -Buy books at @eveninghouse.bsky.social, in-person or online -buy Boxcutters or Feast -hype either 🍻🙏🫡

Treat yourself. Read some poetry by a queer stoner.

Hey. Tell people when they do good job. When you like the stuff they make. When you like the characters they’ve created. The stories they’ve told. Nobody hears it as often as you think bc everyone thinks everyone hears it all the time. Trust. They don’t. Tell. Them.

here’s the first of my three new poems in @bulbregion.bsky.social, it’s about trying to have a good day, which I suggest you try

Might fuck around and compose a full length collection of poems on radical joy. 👀

Where should I send these? Who doesn't charge for MS subs?

The "OKAY" antifascist stickers are ready! I have two sizes, and they are made with a premium vinyl, water and sun-resistant, microwave and dishwasher-safe. I ship free in the US! hillcrestcardcompany.etsy.com/listing/4462...

Issue 8 THEME: RIGHTEOUS RAGE Open March 1-30 Get ready. Details: epistemiclit.com/submissions/

6, snuggling before bed: psst Me: what 6: there’s a tooth under my pillow Me: oh, you lost a tooth? 6: no Me: … 6: it’s not mine

Barrelhouse is open for FREE submissions to their theme "Aftermath": #WritingCommunity #LitMags #WritersSupportingWriters barrelhouse.submittable.com/submit/34929...

ICYMI yesterday 🤓

We’re open (a little late) for subs 🌟

Join me for this #WritingWorkshop. Move beyond mere #memoir. Use speculative elements as powerful tools to illuminate, exaggerate, and interrogate the deepest truths of your authentic story. reachyourapex.com/product/memo... #WritingCommunity #Writing #Writers #CNF #SpeculativeFiction

Who likes speculative autofiction? Is it you? New flash by me! lyfaulk.com/2026/02/23/i...

Who likes speculative autofiction? Is it you? New flash by me! lyfaulk.com/2026/02/23/i...

Currently in that in-between space where almost all our money exists in the form of a table at awp and a big mess of books that need to get sold at that table, a space in which everyone who orders a book from our website is some kind of glorious hero-saint.

D’ya think a story about Jesus possessing a possum would be offensive?

Hey! Don't miss out on the FOMO and poems. Sign up to read here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Registered to attend (readers & nonreaders) here: www.eventbrite.com/e/nawp-open-...

I just wrote a Good Draft ™️

Books are set to arrive on @joshuatrentbrown.com’s doorstep next week. Just created shipping labels. The time is almost here. Big thanks to everyone who has preordered The Walls Are Closing In On Us. Big big thanks to everyone who is about to! malarkeybooks.com/store/thewal...

today's Ashley Kirkland short captures the magic & wonder of place so perfectly. I love it so much. "Because I know which bridge to jump from, which rock ledges, too. I've climbed the slick, mud path that curves around and up to the top..." https://www.havehashad.com/rpfhw