Thank you @carcanet.bsky.social for this lovely UK version of my new book — I missed my own pub day, which was yesterday! Happy pub day, little book!

Mine might be “bangers & mash”

POETS, ESSAYISTS, READERS: I’m teaching a class on the “lyric essay” (for lack of a better term rn)—what essays do you recommend, even if they’re not classified as such, that we read together? Any suggestions (&links!) would be appreciated! #poetry#poetrycommunity#writingcommunity#lyricessay

NEW RULE: if you are going to *thank ChatGPT* in the acknowledgements of your book, then you have to put the acknowledgments at the beginning rather than the end.

Good. At last. Major Publishers Sue Florida Over Banned School Library Books www.nytimes.com/2024/08/29/u...

Major Publishers Sue Florida Over Banned School Library Books

A state law limits sexual content in school libraries. But several publishing companies say it has led to a “regime of strict censorship” in school districts.

Philly-area writers! We're 6 weeks away from bringing our conference back to Temple U. Join us on 10/5 for a full day of fun, engaging, practical advice from authors and editors. $85 gets you registration, lit mag subscription, free book, and meeting w/ an editor www.barrelhousemag.com/conference

The Barrelhouse Conference: Conversations and Connections, Practical Advice on Writing — Barrelhouse

Conversations and Connections is a one-day conference organized by Barrelhouse in person at Temple University in Philadelphia, PA on October 5, 2024.

Not knowing what to order in a donut shop is like not knowing what you like about anything. The donut shop is a temple of pure desire. I know exactly what I want. Or I know how to know.

Danez Smith's new poetry collection Bluff asks some real tough questions about what poetry is capable of, while at the same time, being filled with brilliant poems. You should check it out: www.portersquarebooks.com/book/9781644...

Bluff: Poems (Paperback) | Porter Square Books

Written after two years of artistic silence, during which the world came to a halt due to the COVID-19 pandemic and Minneapolis became the epicenter of protest following the murder of George Floyd, Bl...

So excited & grateful to share this! I have so many poets, friends, and family to thank for their generosity & support. I’ll get to them in the acknowledgments. 😀

Thanks so much! Here’s the English translation: rustandmoth.com/work/holding...

Holding Snow | Rust & Moth

We’re outside at dark and witness snow brightening under a cone of parking lot light. My daughter claims all of the flakes look like stars falling. Here they are on the ground, on our boots, in our ha...