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Amber Dawn is bent @amberdawnwrites.bsky.social · Apr 30

Just messaged you!

Amber Dawn is bent @amberdawnwrites.bsky.social · Apr 30

Wait, will you be there?

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Anna Swanson @annajswan.bsky.social · Apr 28

So excited about this launch on Wed hosted by @anotherstoryto.bsky.social. The books all look amazing, but I was lucky enough to have the chance to read Buzzkill Clamshell by @amberdawnwrites.bsky.social pre-pub & I can tell you it's truly spectacular. Tickets: www.eventbrite.ca/e/arsenal-pu...

Arsenal Pulp Spring Poetry Launch: jaye simpson, Kyo Lee, and Amber Dawn

Join us for a triple poetry launch from Arsenal Pulp Press: jaye simpson, Kyo Lee, and Amber Dawn! Hosted by Kai Cheng Thom.

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Amber Dawn is bent @amberdawnwrites.bsky.social · Apr 30

I didn’t know it was a life goal to be featured in an interview titled “Orgasm, Pain, and The Void” until now!

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Orgasm, Pain, and The Void: An Interview with Amber Dawn

Buzzkill Clamshell, a book that "flaunts the chronically pained body as a source of lewd feminine power," is Amber Dawn's eighth book with Arsenal Pulp Press.

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Amber Dawn is bent @amberdawnwrites.bsky.social · Apr 26

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Events for April 2025 – BGSQD

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Amber Dawn is bent @amberdawnwrites.bsky.social · Apr 26

See you tomorrow, NYC. I be reading with @aaantons.bsky.social @emializh.bsky.social and Dia Felix. Swoon!

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isabella mori @moritherapy.bsky.social · Apr 24

Canada’s most unique poetry prize: 4 prize winners & 4 honorable mentions will be published in a chapbook. 2 readings in the fall. Please repost!
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g @thrillandgrace.bsky.social · Apr 18

Happy #NationalPoetryMonth day 18

c/o X. Rae Alessandro from the Hustling Verse anthology, curated by @amberdawnwrites.bsky.social and Justin Ducharme

Text of poem “Noon prayers on rug-burned knees” by X. Rae Alessandro from the collection, Hustling Verse.

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arsenalpulp.bsky.social @arsenalpulp.bsky.social · Apr 9

👉 View event details: arsenalpulp.com/News/2025/Th...

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The Fates Spring Poetry Tour

Arsenal Pulp Press is a book publisher in Vancouver, Canada with over 300 titles currently in print, which include literary fiction and nonfiction; cultural and gender studies; LGBT and multicultural ...

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Amber Dawn is bent @amberdawnwrites.bsky.social · Apr 5

""Pain can limit us. A bed can be a constraint. But in [Buzzkill Clamshell], Amber Dawn’s third solo collection of poetry and eighth book with Arsenal Pulp Press, constraint elevates and intensifies." This review means everything; thanks @margolapierre.bsky.social

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Teeth, Guts, and Growths: A Review of Buzzkill Clamshell by Amber Dawn

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rob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · Apr 3

happy poetry month! i got interviewed by Chris Banks for The Woodlot @thewoodlot.bsky.social ! thanks much! / @ucalgarypress.bsky.social @ualbertapress.bsky.social ;
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“12 Questions Of My Own” For Canadian poet rob mclennan

12 or 20 Questions? Two can play at that game! But seriously, rob mclennan is a prolific Canadian writer and tireless community organizer who has been interviewing other writers for decades with hi…

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Amber Dawn is bent @amberdawnwrites.bsky.social · Apr 3

One week from today: @jayesimpson.bsky.social and I launch our poetry collections.

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Margo LaPierre @margolapierre.bsky.social · Apr 1

This poetry collection is spec-tac-ular & is going to spark all the best conversations #BuzzkillClamshell

Amber Dawn is bent @amberdawnwrites.bsky.social · Mar 26

So, @margolapierre.bsky.social asks the greatest questions. This interview with @arcpoetry.bsky.social online newsletter is the most fun I've had talking about my work in my 25 years of publishing.

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Amber Dawn is bent @amberdawnwrites.bsky.social · Apr 1

Canada’s literary institutions are banding together about counter-tariffs on U.S. imports that could include books.

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Canadian book industry calls on government to keep it out of trade war

Canada’s literary institutions are banding together on the eve of an expected announcement about counter-tariffs on U.S. imports that could include books.

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Ryka Aoki @rykaaoki.bsky.social · Mar 27

Wow...I've not written poetry in a while. But I have a reading tomorrow, and nothing I've written is saying what I want to say. SO I'm writing something brand new! :) If you're in LA ,come join me, @charliejane.bsky.social, @amberdawnwrites.bsky.social and a whole lineup of incredible writers!

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Amber Dawn is bent @amberdawnwrites.bsky.social · Mar 26

So, @margolapierre.bsky.social asks the greatest questions. This interview with @arcpoetry.bsky.social online newsletter is the most fun I've had talking about my work in my 25 years of publishing.

mailchi.mp/fa5f77dae6f1...

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Amanda Lamarche @amiwarmer.bsky.social · Mar 23

A wee bit late on getting my mail, but so happy to have this gorgeous poetry collection by my deeply talented friend @amberdawnwrites.bsky.social in hand. Congratulations, you beautiful soul. I’m taking it to bed right meow ✨ #poetry #canadianpoetry #arsenalpulppress

Displayed on a windowsill, the cover of Amber Dawn’s newest collection of poetry, Buzzkill Clamshell.

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Amber Dawn is bent @amberdawnwrites.bsky.social · Mar 15

Thank you @49thshelf.bsky.social for including BUZZKILL CLAMSHELL in your Most Anticipated Spring Poetry Collections. Also, I want every collection listed, right now!
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Most Anticipated: Our 2025 Spring Poetry Preview · Blog Post · 49th Shelf

Poetry to look forward to in the first half of 2025.

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Amber Dawn is bent @amberdawnwrites.bsky.social · Mar 14

#awp offsite
@clementgoldberg.bsky.social @rykaaoki.bsky.social @charliejane.bsky.social @adelebarclay.bsky.social @alexmlwrites.bsky.social

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arsenalpulp.bsky.social @arsenalpulp.bsky.social · Mar 12

🐚🫧 New! #BuzzkillClamshell, the latest poetry collection by Amber Dawn (@amberdawnwrites.bsky.social), flaunts the chronically pained body as a source of lewd feminine power.

👉 Out now in Canada (USA April 1, 2025). Read more: arsenalpulp.com/Books/B/Buzz...

The cover of the book "Buzzkill Clamshell" by Amber Dawn, with stacked text above reading, "Happy book birthday!", along with the book title and author's name. Below, footer text lists the publisher, Arsenal Pulp Press, and their website, arsenal pulp dot com.

At the top of the book cover is the book title, “Buzzkill Clamshell,” and the author’s name, “Amber Dawn.” At the bottom is a large pink clamshell opened to reveal three pearls in its centre. On the left are two plants, one with wavy multi-branched stems ending in round buds, and the other with three stems ending in yellow bell-shaped flowers that dip over the book title. In the bottom left corner, beneath the plants, is the word “Poems.” The cover is illustrated in a hand-painted semi-realistic style by Rebecca Chaperon.

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âpihtawikosisân @apihtawikosisan.bsky.social · Mar 11

Na na na na na, goodbye.

The HBC paved the way for Canadian colonialism, "acquiring" hundreds of thousands of acres of land (how? No one knows!) then selling it as Rupertsland to "Canada." Then came the violent and genocidal push west.

NPR @npr.org · Mar 10

The department store chain, founded in 1670, can't pay its debts and says the pandemic, inflation and now trade tensions have hurt its financial future.

Canada's Hudson's Bay has survived 355 years. Now the store is in crisis

The department store chain, founded in 1670, can't pay its debts and says the pandemic, inflation and now trade tensions have hurt its financial future.

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rob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · Mar 7

Terese Mason Pierre, Myth / @teresempierre.bsky.social ;
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Terese Mason Pierre, Myth

Transfer Much occurs in the glow behind my eyes. With every blink, memory expires, guides me to a new construction. In an ideal wo...

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Jane Shi | 皮爬高 echolalia echolalia is out now @pipagaopoetry.bsky.social · Mar 4

Hi everyone,

We aren’t receiving funds quickly enough for our current spending. Remember: if we do not raise enough, we will have to potentially cut thousands of people off from the Internet, during Ramadan. Let’s not let this happen.

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#ConnectingGaza

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Amber Dawn is bent @amberdawnwrites.bsky.social · Mar 7

Thank you, brilliant friend. I’m sure I can get myself around the PNW too.

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