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Black Earth Institute @blackearthinst.bsky.social · 3d

The editorial team of @aboutplacejournal.bsky.social is proud to include a dedicated section 'Young Authors & Artists' in our latest edition.

➡️ 🌐 "With flair and honesty, these artists and writers articulate what it means to move, gather, speak, and exist in a world they are reshaping."
#LitMag

About Place Journal @aboutplacejournal.bsky.social · 3d

The artwork for the section 'Succession: Young Authors & Artists' was done by Iranian photographer, storyteller, and poet Zohreh Zadbood.

➡️ The piece is titled 'Color in Wind,' in our latest edition. aboutplacejournal.org/issues/on-fr...

🔗 Discover more of her creative work at zohrehzadbood.com

Bird kite in flight. 'Color in Wind' by Zohreh Zadbood.

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Patricia Spears Jones @pksj51.bsky.social · 7d

apnews.com/article/birt... appeals court rules Trump administration can't end birthright citizenship

Federal appeals court rules Trump administration can't end birthright citizenship

A federal appeals court in Boston has ruled the Trump administration cannot withhold citizenship from children born to people in the country illegally or temporarily.

apnews.com

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Black Earth Institute @blackearthinst.bsky.social · 8d

Explore the latest issue of our literary journal ⬇️ ⬇️

"Freedom, as the pieces in this issue show, is an ongoing struggle. It is also a daily practice that requires individual courage and collective care, resistance to oppression, fierce protection of joy in small moments..."

- Editorial Team

About Place Journal @aboutplacejournal.bsky.social · 9d

The fall issue of About Place Journal, On Freedom is out today!! The poetry, prose, visual art speak to so many of the freedoms we see, feel and include in our hopes.

➡️ Issue Eds: DJ Lee & Michael McDermott with Assistant Eds: Rachel Sanchez & Jacob Klaung
aboutplacejournal.org/issues/on-fr...

On Freedom – About Place Journal

“On Freedom” features poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, visual art, video, and hybrid works that question what freedom means in our turbulent world. The pieces in this issue explore freedom's dual...

aboutplacejournal.org

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Gerald L. Coleman @geraldcoleman.bsky.social · 8d

I just dropped a new poem over on patreon! As I said a while back, I’ll no longer be sharing my work on social media platforms. They are all subject to being scraped by companies working on AI.
You can join for the cost of a cup of coffee!

#poetry

www.patreon.com/c/geraldlcol...

Gerald L. Coleman | Patreon

creating Poems, Short Stories, and Scifi & Fantasy Novels

www.patreon.com

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Laura-Gray Street @elegystreet.bsky.social · 7d

Today at Malaprops, Asheville, NC. If you're in the area, hope to see you there!

Flyer for fantastic reading happening today (Sun. 10/5) at Malaprops Bookstore in Asheville, NC. Readers: Nicole Farmer, Mildred K. Barya, Laura-Gray Street, and Narya Rose Deckard. If you're in the area, hope to see you there!

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Black Earth Institute @blackearthinst.bsky.social · 8d

Explore the latest issue of our literary journal ⬇️ ⬇️

"Freedom, as the pieces in this issue show, is an ongoing struggle. It is also a daily practice that requires individual courage and collective care, resistance to oppression, fierce protection of joy in small moments..."

- Editorial Team

About Place Journal @aboutplacejournal.bsky.social · 9d

The fall issue of About Place Journal, On Freedom is out today!! The poetry, prose, visual art speak to so many of the freedoms we see, feel and include in our hopes.

➡️ Issue Eds: DJ Lee & Michael McDermott with Assistant Eds: Rachel Sanchez & Jacob Klaung
aboutplacejournal.org/issues/on-fr...

On Freedom – About Place Journal

“On Freedom” features poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, visual art, video, and hybrid works that question what freedom means in our turbulent world. The pieces in this issue explore freedom's dual...

aboutplacejournal.org

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Black Earth Institute @blackearthinst.bsky.social · 21d

Many #BlackEarthInstitute Fellows involved with this 2nd anthology 📖 'Attached to the Living World.' Register for the event, or participate online, Oct 26, 2025, 4:30 PM MDT. Ann Fisher-Wirth, @elegystreet.bsky.social, Lauren Camp, Pam Uschuk & others www.collectedworksbookstore.com/events-1/att...

Attached to the Living World - A New Ecopoetry Anthology | CW Bookstore

The Ecopoetry Anthology is the authoritative book of contemporary American poetry about nature and the environment. Poets Elizabeth Jacobson, Sawnie Morris, Lauren Camp, Anne H. McDonell, and Pam Usch...

www.collectedworksbookstore.com

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Shannon Kelly Donahue @shannonkellydonahue.com · 12d

These readings were exceptional.

Black Earth Institute @blackearthinst.bsky.social · 12d

ICYMI ➡️ Watch 'Live from Storyknife - September 2025'

@storyknife.bsky.social is a writers retreat, located in Homer, Alaska that hosts residencies to give women writers the time and space to explore their craft without distraction.
vimeo.com/1120278678

Live from Storyknife - September 2025

‘Pemi Aguda is from Lagos, Nigeria. Her debut collection of stories, Ghostroots, was a finalist for the National Book Award and PEN/Faulkner Award…

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Poetess Priestess — Annie Finch @anniefinch.com · 11d

well, the patriarchy is finally shredding the democracy they copied from the matriarchal Haudenosaunee people— leaving out the most important part which was the circle of elder women overseeing everything.

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Gerald L. Coleman @geraldcoleman.bsky.social · 11d

October is BLACK SPECULATIVE FICTION MONTH!
FROM EARTH AND SKY is a collection of Speculative Fiction stories from Slipstream to Urban Fantasy to Cyberfunk to classic Scifi and back again.

Available wherever you buy your books. But I’d suggest Bookshop:
bookshop.org/a/1013/97810...
#BookSky #Scifi

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Black Earth Institute @blackearthinst.bsky.social · 12d

ICYMI ➡️ Watch 'Live from Storyknife - September 2025'

@storyknife.bsky.social is a writers retreat, located in Homer, Alaska that hosts residencies to give women writers the time and space to explore their craft without distraction.
vimeo.com/1120278678

Live from Storyknife - September 2025

‘Pemi Aguda is from Lagos, Nigeria. Her debut collection of stories, Ghostroots, was a finalist for the National Book Award and PEN/Faulkner Award…

vimeo.com

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Gerald L. Coleman @geraldcoleman.bsky.social · 13d

Next up on my schedule! #MultiverseCon

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Erin Coughlin Hollowell @beingpoetry.bsky.social · 12d

“Even if our efforts of attention seem for years to be producing no result, one day a light that is in exact proportion to them will flood the soul.”
― Simone Weil

Don't quit. Stay curious.

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Black Earth Institute @blackearthinst.bsky.social · 15d

The day answers everything
after a pause. Autumn slouches and reminds me
of nothing. Just the air and not
our regular invasions.
No one is responsible for light.

From 'Between this scar and that task' by #BlackEarthInstitute Emeritus Fellow Lauren Camp.

www.thimblelitmag.com/2025/07/14/b...

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Gerald L. Coleman @geraldcoleman.bsky.social · 15d

The first reader review of INCENDIARY is in …

#poetry #BookSky

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Laura-Gray Street @elegystreet.bsky.social · 17d

A bonanza of monarch cats, chrysalises, & butterflies this fall (a 5-day butterfly eclosing streak this past week). Solace in a chaotic world 🧡 #monarchs #butterflies #pollinators

A 14-photo collage of the yard's bonanza of monarch cats, chrysalises, and butterflies this fall--solace in a chaotic world!

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Black Earth Institute @blackearthinst.bsky.social · 18d

📖 Explore excerpts from 'Over the Edge of the World, A Fairytale Novel, a new book by #BlackEarthInstitute Emeritus Fellow Elizabeth Cunningham.

➡️ Cunningham has authored ten novels, including the award-winning series, The Maeve Chronicles.

feminismandreligion.com/2025/09/24/e...

Elemental Grannies: Snippets from Over the Edge of the World, A Fairytale Novel by Elizabeth Cunningham

Introduction: An old woman, Rose begins spinning the tale the children never tire of hearing. Grannies Sweep, Spark, Dirt, and Brine, were old, so old, they forgot who they were and how they came t…

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Erin Coughlin Hollowell @beingpoetry.bsky.social · 19d

22/100

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Marjory Wentworth @marjory.bsky.social · 18d

So grateful for the work that our daughter-in-law Alice McGown is doing at Leave It In The Ground Foundation. Even though she was hospitalized for an E. coli infection this weekend, she is in NYC for this! The World Comes to New York for a Very Different Climate Week www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/c...

The World Comes to New York for a Very Different Climate Week

www.nytimes.com

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Black Earth Institute @blackearthinst.bsky.social · 21d

Many #BlackEarthInstitute Fellows involved with this 2nd anthology 📖 'Attached to the Living World.' Register for the event, or participate online, Oct 26, 2025, 4:30 PM MDT. Ann Fisher-Wirth, @elegystreet.bsky.social, Lauren Camp, Pam Uschuk & others www.collectedworksbookstore.com/events-1/att...

Attached to the Living World - A New Ecopoetry Anthology | CW Bookstore

The Ecopoetry Anthology is the authoritative book of contemporary American poetry about nature and the environment. Poets Elizabeth Jacobson, Sawnie Morris, Lauren Camp, Anne H. McDonell, and Pam Usch...

www.collectedworksbookstore.com

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Erin Coughlin Hollowell @beingpoetry.bsky.social · 24d

17/100

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Gerald L. Coleman @geraldcoleman.bsky.social · 24d

My thanks to everyone who came out for the launch party tonight! A special thanks to Sean Hillman for handling the zoom and to those who’ve been so supportive of so much of my work. That was a blast!

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Laura-Gray Street @elegystreet.bsky.social · 24d

Among the many sadnesses in the world right now, this is one that hits particularly close to home. Trinity UP has been fantastic to work with through the processes of co-editing, with Ann Fisher-Wirth, The Ecopoetry Anthology and then Attached to the Living World: A New Ecopoetry Anthology. 1/2

Trinity University closes the book on its esteemed publishing house

The highly regarded academic press affiliated with the private liberal arts college in San Antonio is closing, Trinity University confirmed Wednesday.

www.expressnews.com

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About Place Journal @aboutplacejournal.bsky.social · 21d

How do our movements create resonance(s) between us? asks issue editor Dr. Mita Mahato.

➡️Resonance. I am thinking about insects. Their buzzing, winging, rubbing, clicking, scurrying fill my ears. At its most fundamental, “resonance” means sound again.

aboutplacejournal.org/issues/caref...

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Gerald L. Coleman @geraldcoleman.bsky.social · Sep 10

Next up on my schedule: The Official Book Launch Party for Incendiary. Next Thursday at 7:30 PM EST VIA ZOOM.
My thanks to everyone who purchased a virtual ticket. I look forward to hanging and reading from INCENDIARY!
#BookSky

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