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Hopkins Press @hopkinspress.bsky.social · Aug 12

NEW ISSUE OUT NOW
Callaloo
Volume 43, Number 2, Spring 2025
tinyurl.com/5f5r96es

CONTRIBUTORS
Keenan Norris
Mark Winston Griffith
Brian Muraya
Dashiell Moore
Dereka Thomas
Candace Howze
Hiwot Adilow
O'Neil Arnold
Megan Feifer
E. Gale Greenlee
Alexis Pauline Gumbs
and more!

NEW ISSUE OUT NOW
Callaloo
Volume 43, Number 2, Spring 2025

CONTRIBUTORS

Keenan Norris
Mark Winston Griffith
Brian Muraya
Dashiell Moore
Dereka Thomas
Candace Howze
Hiwot Adilow
O'Neil Arnold
Megan Feifer
E. Gale Greenlee
M. Shadee Malaklou
Alexis Pauline Gumbs
Joy James
Libby Falk Jones
Kiana T. Murphy
Natassja B. Gunasena
Denise Miller
Randy Winston
Danny Bellinger
E. Hughes
Etim Singkem
Alex Tretbar
Kassy Lee
Matthieu Chapman
Topher Allen
Andre Bagoo
Mia S. Willis
Joy Notoma
Clemonce Heard
Tatiana Richards Hanebutte
Tryphena Yeboah
Renoir Gaither
April Gibson
Shanna L. Smith
Tony Medina
Jodi-Ann Burey
Richard Hamilton

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Andre Bagoo (he/him) @abagoo.bsky.social · 11d

I have a short story, ‘The Windrush Generation’, in the latest issue of Callaloo. Special thank you to Luke Hankins & Charles Holm and executive editor Kyla Kupferstein Torres. Find out more at @callaloojournal.bsky.social 🙏🏾

#shortstories #fiction #writingconmunity

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Andre Bagoo (he/him) @abagoo.bsky.social · 23d

And here I am peeping out from the pages of the Autumn 2025 issue of Wasafiri. Thank you Jarula M I Wegner and editor Sanya Goyal. 🙏🏾

#interview #writingcommunity #bookstagram

@wasafirimag.bsky.social

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Wasafiri Magazine @wasafirimag.bsky.social · Sep 10

📣 Orders are now open for our latest issue, Wasafiri 123!

Find interviews with Andre Bagoo, Cato Pedder, and Christina Sharpe, three translated Tamil poets, a poem by Devika Rege, and more fiction, reviews, articles, and poems.

www.wasafiri.org/issues/wasaf...

Wasafiri 123

Inside Wasafiri 123, you'll find interviews with Andre Bagoo and Christina Sharpe, a lead feature poem by Devika Rege, our 2024 Essay Prize winning articles…

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Wasafiri Magazine @wasafirimag.bsky.social · Aug 18

Our Autumn issue – Wasafiri 123 – is available to preorder now!

Includes interviews with @abagoo.bsky.social and Christina Sharpe, our 2024 Essay Prize winners, and a Tibetan writers and artists showcase, alongside our usual mix of fiction, poetry, reviews, and more.

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Andre Bagoo (he/him) @abagoo.bsky.social · Jul 16

I finally got my hands on my contributor’s copy of NATURE MATTERS, edited by Mona Arshi and Karen McCarthy Woolf.

My poem takes us to a small Ti Marie or touch-me-not plant growing at the centre of the Queen’s Park Savannah, just before it shuts to the touch.

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Andre Bagoo (he/him) @abagoo.bsky.social · Jul 9

I have three new poems (‘Epithalamium’ ‘Anti-Epithalamium’ and ‘Prothalamion’) published over at COMP: an interdisciplinary journal. Thank you to the brilliant editor, Jaydn DeWald. Just in time for Pride. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️✨

www.compajournal.com/issue-5-poet...

#poetry #writingcommunity #pride #booksky

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Andre Bagoo (he/him) @abagoo.bsky.social · Jul 2

My work is featured in DIAGRAM 25.2. Thank you editor Ander Monson.

#poetry #bestiaries #writingcommunity

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Faber Books @faberbooks.bsky.social · May 22

'This anthology is a revelation.' Guardian Best Recent Poetry
'A groundbreaking testament to our natural world.' Bernardine Evaristo
'Vigorous and timely.' Sathnam Sanghera

Nature Matters: Vital Poems from the Global Majority publishes today 🌱
faber.co.uk/product/9780571370283-nature-matters/

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Andre Bagoo (he/him) @abagoo.bsky.social · May 23

Pleased to have work in this anthology edited by Karen McCarthy Woolf and Mona Arshi and out now from @faberbooks.bsky.social 🍃✨

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The Society of Authors @societyofauthors.bsky.social · May 21

"Incantatory, spell-binding and resonant, they linger on the mind. We are delighted to share them." Judge Andre Bagoo (@pleasureblog)

Sponsored by @ALCS and @Hawthornden Foundation, the ALCS Tom-Gallon Trust Award is awarded for a short story of up to 5,000 words

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The Society of Authors @societyofauthors.bsky.social · May 21

‘Incantatory, spell-binding and resonant’ –announcing the 2025 Society of Authors’ Awards shortlists
The seven shortlists celebrate prose, poetry & children’s literature, ahead of the ceremony on 18 June
Tom Newland’s Only Here, Only Now receives two nominations – the only title to do so

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Jo Lloyd 🌍🐎 @jolloyds.bsky.social · May 21

And how lovely to see the International Booker Prize go to a book of short stories!

Congratulations to Banu Mushtaq, Deepa Bhasthi, and @andotherstories.bsky.social

And Other Stories @andotherstories.bsky.social · May 20

Congratulations to Deepa Bhasthi and Banu Mushtaq, winners of this year’s International Booker Prize. We’re hugely honoured to publish HEART LAMP. Our deepest thanks to the judges and, indeed, to all of you who have read and loved this extraordinary collection.

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Broken Sleep Books @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social · May 6

Poetry aglow with the strangeness of living.
— Andre Bagoo

Cohesive and constantly dismantling... Ingram reminds us that we are far from alone.
— Troy Cabida

a broadsheet collage of urban historicity, tuned to the scale of a razor.
— Kirsten Norrie

www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page...

Nothing is safe from collection!
I asked, What’s in the cupboard under the stairs?
You mean the spandrel, said Dr Molden,
pulling a jotter from the shelf. He flipped to the index.
Sixteen boxes of archival papers
beginning November ’84 and ending whenever I—.
He dragged his thumbnail across his neck
as if beheading were the only way to stop him.

SALE BY AUCTION
January 9, 1769

Everything must go. The genuine
and entire household furniture,
China, and wearing apparel
of Mrs Stephens* deceased in her late
dwelling house on X.
Sale to begin at eleven in the morning.
(No end-time stated. Incidentally,
the doomsayer who now dwells in the dwelling house
shoots pamphlets through my letterbox.
They ask in Caslon font
WHAT MUST I DO TO BE SAVED?
Simple: be taken in by the doctor
or let the flames tickle you to ash.)

*Under common law, the property – and everything inside it,
including her – belonged to Mr Stephens, who presumably
submitted the ad and pocketed the proceeds.

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Andre Bagoo (he/him) @abagoo.bsky.social · May 20

RIP Alice Notley (1945-2025). Here is a page from The Descent of Alette.

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Andre Bagoo (he/him) @abagoo.bsky.social · May 20

A pleasure being on the judging panel for this prize ✨ @societyofauthors.bsky.social

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Bocas Lit Fest @bocaslitfest.bsky.social · May 13

#bocas2025 Day 3 featured author panels with: @westofwestindian.bsky.social, @abagoo.bsky.social, Yvonne Weekes, Anthony Joseph, and more! Full album at: facebook.com/media/set?va...
#alwayscominghome

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The Society of Authors @societyofauthors.bsky.social · Apr 28

‘Inspiring, intimidating and inviting in equal measure’ – SoA Awards 2025 judges announced. Read the breadth of our prizes & scholarships here -

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Bocas Lit Fest @bocaslitfest.bsky.social · May 1

It’s happening! Day 1 of the 2025 Bocas Lit Fest is here and we’re starting off with a writing workshop and two celebratory events! With 50 events over 4 days and 100+ writers, speakers & performers, what’s on your must-see list?👉 bocaslitfest.com/programme
#bocas2025 #alwayscominghome

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Andre Bagoo (he/him) @abagoo.bsky.social · Apr 29

This week! ✨

Bocas Lit Fest @bocaslitfest.bsky.social · Apr 28

📣The 2025 Bocas Lit Fest opens with a landmark celebration of the life & work of T&T’s literary giant, Earl Lovelace — and, wherever you are, you can be a part of it from the comfort of your home! 🖥 Watch Live, on Thurs 1 May, 6.30 pm, via youtube.com/bocaslitfest!
#bocaslitfest #alwayscominghome

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Andre Bagoo (he/him) @abagoo.bsky.social · Apr 28

To vote is your right. 🗳️

Andre Bagoo (he/him) @abagoo.bsky.social · Apr 27

And just like that, April has come to an end. But I’m looking forward to reading poetry from MIDNIGHT BESTIARIES at the Bocas Lit Fest @bocaslitfest.bsky.social later this week. It’s gonna be wild. 🐕 🐈‍⬛ 🍃✨

www.bocaslitfest.com/events/take-...

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Andre Bagoo (he/him) @abagoo.bsky.social · Apr 23

Thank you for the birthday love ❤️

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Stuart McPherson @stumcpherson.bsky.social · Apr 22

Happy Birthday @abagoo.bsky.social !!

Poem taken from Wild Court.

#poetry #poetsonbluesky

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Andre Bagoo (he/him) @abagoo.bsky.social · Apr 22

Thank you Stuart🙏🏾🎉🤭❤️

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