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Darby Price

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• Poet/Writer of All the Lands We Inherit https://blacklawrencepress.com/books/all-the-lands-we-inherit/ • Continuing Lecturer at UC Irvine • Born on the bayou 🐊 Living in the (coastal) desert 🌴 • Also at darbyprice.com 📚

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Darby Price @darbyprice.bsky.social · May 22

They’re here and they’re stunning! Thank you so much to all who have supported so far, from preordering* to requesting copies at your local library and/or bookstore. Cannot wait to share this with the world. (Sound on to hear why I’m glad I didn’t catch the actual unboxing on video 😅)📚💙 #booksky

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Darby Price @darbyprice.bsky.social · Aug 9

I always end up there in August somehow. Eating through Coolinary makes up for it just a little bit, but it’s awful

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Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · Jul 24

Amy Sherald says the Smithsonian suggested removing a painting of a transgender woman as the Statue of Liberty from her upcoming show at the National Portrait Gallery “to avoid provoking President Trump.” Sherald: “I cannot in good conscience comply with a culture of censorship”

Amy Sherald Cancels Her Smithsonian Show, Citing Censorship

www.nytimes.com

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Darby Price @darbyprice.bsky.social · Jul 23

Rent the Runway is a good option if you know you won’t need those clothes for longer than the conference. Depends on your budget but they make it really easy to cancel or pause a membership, if you’re not sure about the one-time rentals.

Darby Price @darbyprice.bsky.social · Jul 18

Definitely trending in the right direction!

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Open Culture @openculture.bsky.social · Jul 17

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Puts 490,000 High-Res Images Online & Makes Them Free to Use

Update: The Metropolitan Museum of Art has put online 492,000 high-resolution images of artistic works. Even better, the museum has placed the vast majority of these images into the public domain, mea...

www.openculture.com

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Darby Price @darbyprice.bsky.social · Jul 18

At the very least, may there be some tea or chocolate or a snuggly cat in it for you 💛

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Sorrowscopes @sorrowscopes.bsky.social · Jul 13

Aries: The only thing holding you back from your dreams is you, and the threat of imprisonment.

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Darby Price @darbyprice.bsky.social · Jul 13

Cheers to Uncle Jack! He sounds like he lived & loved well. No wonder he’s missed 💛

Darby Price @darbyprice.bsky.social · Jul 13

Amazing to read at the iconic @bblitarts.bsky.social last night! What a joy, especially listening to the work of @josehernandezdz.bsky.social. Go buy Portrait of the Artist as a Brown Man & The Parachutist! And support Beyond Baroque, who makes community happen, w/ or w/o the NEA 💙📚

Darby wears black sweater and jeans and black rimmed eyeglasses. She smiles broadly and holds her hands up to frame a sign that reads, “Wanda Coleman Theater”.

Darby stands at a podium and reads from her book.

Jose Hernandez Diaz sits in a chair and reads from The Parachutist.

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Darby Price @darbyprice.bsky.social · Jul 12

L.A. Bluesky, if you’re free tonight, cmon out to @bblitarts.bsky.social & help me celebrate not one but TWO new books from @josehernandezdz.bsky.social ! I’ll be reading but mostly just enjoying these brilliant writers & their words. 7pm, tickets here—

www.eventbrite.com/e/la-book-la...

L.A. Book Launch: The Parachutist & Portrait of the Artist as a Brown Man

Join us as we celebrate Jose Hernandez Diaz on publishing two new poetry collections this year!

www.eventbrite.com

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · Jul 8

exactly

Post: being recommended to stop using em dashes because ChatGPT uses them a lot.

Image of two guys, one saying: no way. Should I change? He’s the one who sucks.

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Darby Price @darbyprice.bsky.social · Jul 8

Exactly. And I don’t want to help pay for their overheating data centers either. Feels like I should be able to opt out of this!

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Darby Price @darbyprice.bsky.social · Jul 8

Hey that’s so cool, more money for a terrible set of features I have absolutely no intention of ever using! Thanks, Wix & Google 😒

Screenshot from an email that reads:

Google recently added its best AI features to all of its Google Workspace plans. This means that you’ll now have access to an AI assistant that can help you get ideas and writing help for your marketing assets, help drive results with SEO keyword research, and save time on repetitive tasks.
This also means that the price of your Google Workspace Starter plan for your business email subscription for @darbyprice.com, for the site Darby Price dot com, will increase from 72.00USD to 84.00 USD (tax included) per year in total for 1 users starting on Aug 7, 2025.

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Ben Miller @benwritesthings.bsky.social · Jul 6

do NOT apply for the scab jobs at columbia

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Darby Price @darbyprice.bsky.social · Jul 6

They’re the same thing lol. I just don’t blame them for not recognizing it—the world has changed a LOT since we were kids, & they were raised on social media in a way we can’t really imagine. Probably better to just help them unionize & let them call it whatever they want 😅

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Darby Price @darbyprice.bsky.social · Jul 6

Some are dunking on this but Gen Z grew up firehosed by hustle culture content on social media. Wages are stagnant while costs rise so they work multiple jobs. I submit that it’s good they’re realizing that constant labor is no way to live

While retirement typically occurs, after completing a career and saving and investing for it, a new trend is emerging among Gen Z career professionals called "micro-retirement." Micro-retirements involve taking a one to two-week break from work every 12 to 18 months.

Gen Z is using micro-retirement to avoid burnout, find greater fulfillment in their work, and enhance their overall well-being. However, it's not just Gen-Z: according to a survey from Side Hustles, 10% of workers are considering taking a micro-retirement and 75% thought employers should offer micro-retirement policies such as unpaid sabbaticals.

The sentence “Micro-retirements involve taking a one to two-week break from work every 12 to 18 months.” is highlighted for emphasis.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · Jul 5

GoFundMe has set up a page for the Texan flood victims. Each campaign has been verified by the company's Trust & Safety experts, which means you know your money is going directly to families. Please consider donating if you can. Their stories are heartbreaking.

www.gofundme.com/c/act/flood-...

Donate to US Flood Relief Fundraisers

Help those affected by flooding across the US. Donate to verified fundraisers to offer flood relief to individuals & their families.

www.gofundme.com

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High Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · Jul 4

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A headline from the New Yorker: Has AI made learning to write pointless?

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Darby Price @darbyprice.bsky.social · Jul 3

Today is awful but yesterday I launched a book & I’m donating over $100 to an immigrants rights organization thanks to the support of the people who came out & bought copies. It was an amazing, love-filled evening. So there’s *some* light I’m holding on to.

Darby wears black pants, black top, pink sweater and floral sneakers. She stands on a stage and reads from her book, All the Lands We Inherit.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · Jul 3

THIS IS A LIFE AND DEATH SITUATION FOR POSSIBLY MILLIONS

PLEASE CALL bsky.app/profile/chan...

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · Jul 3

IF YOU ARE IN ONE OF THESE DISTRICTS PLEASE MAKE A CALL RIGHT NOW

DOES NOT MATTER IF YOUR VOICE SHAKES

CALL AND SAY YOU OPPOSE BBB

Scripts here: 5calls.org

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Darby Price @darbyprice.bsky.social · Jul 1

My book launch is tomorrow! If you’re free & want to join virtually, follow me on IG at @ darbykilleen—I’ll be (awkwardly) livestreaming it there! 6pm PST. 20% of all proceeds will go to support @oralelb.bsky.social — if you buy the book online, email a receipt to allthelandsweinherit at gmail 💙📚

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eileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · Jun 28

S̶o̶n̶n̶e̶t̶
The Last Poem

Nothing,
nothing,
nothing,
nothing,
nothing

—
Donald Hall,
The Book of Nothing (2017)
“This notebook was found among his papers after his death in June.”
Haunted by Donald Hall’s page of nothings.
#everynightapoem

A page of a journal
Sonnet crossed out, then “The Last Poem”
Rest of page with the word Nothing repeated

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Jen @ladyjenpool.bsky.social · Jun 22

Computers used to scream every time they connected to the Internet. They knew. They tried to warn us. We did not listen.

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Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · Jun 27

Congratulations to this year’s CLMP Firecracker Award winners! @clmporg.bsky.social

Here are the winners of the CLMP’s 2025 Firecracker Awards.

The Community of Literary Magazines & Presses (CLMP) has announced the winners for its eleventh annual Firecracker Awards, which celebrate “the best independently published books of fiction, cr…

buff.ly

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · Jun 27

I really do think this might be the worst Supreme Court of all time, which is saying something for an institution that coexisted with slavery

These motherfuckers are even worse imo bc they are *also* out here using antebellum reasoning and pursuing antebellum goals but well post bellum!

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