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EleeKG
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bostony. vancouvery. poet laureate of Vancouver, Canada as of Jan ‘25 for 3yrs. eleekg.com It’s pronounced ELLY!
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IF YOU ARE USING UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS' TAX RECORDS TO FIND AND KIDNAP THEM, THEN IT WAS NEVER ABOUT THEM PAYING TAXES. IF YOU ARE SHOWING UP AT THEIR PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT, THEN IT WAS NEVER ABOUT THEM NOT WORKING. IF YOU ARE SHOWING UP AT COURTHOUSES, THEN IT WAS NEVER ABOUT GETTING THEM TO "DO IT THE RIGHT WAY". IF YOU ARE KIDNAPPING WOMEN AND CHILDREN, THEN IT WAS NEVER ABOUT CRIMINALS. IF YOU'RE REFUSING TO GIVE THEM DUE PROCESS, THEN IT WAS NEVER ABOUT THE CONSTITUTION. IF YOU'RE SPENDING BILLIONS TO DO THIS, THEN IT WAS NEVER ABOUT THE ECONOMY. AND IF YOU'RE DOING ALL THIS IN THE NAME OF A 34 TIME CONVICTED FELON, THEN IT WAS NEVER ABOUT FOLLOWING THE LAW.
November 19, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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vmiprogram.bsky.social
The Vancouver Manuscript Intensive’s Connected Studio, a series of six community writing sessions, is open to all writers in 2026!

Learn more and register at tinyurl.com/vmiconnected....

To stay updated on upcoming events, be sure to also subscribe to the VMI newsletter!
[Image description: Promotional graphic for the Vancouver Manuscript Intensive Connected Studio 2026. Four photos appear with names and titles: Rachel Letofsky, Senior Literary Agent; Catriona Strang, Editor; Petra Chambers, Yosef Wosk VMI Fellow; and Dr. Bronwen Tate, UBC Creative Writing. Text below explains that the Connected Studio offers six one-hour community writing sessions in 2026 led by Elee Kraljii Gardiner, providing space for writers to connect, exchange ideas, and gain insight into the creative process. Sessions run Saturdays, 10–11 AM. PT, on January 17, March 21, June 20, September 19, October 17, and November 21, with more information at https://tinyurl.com/VMIConnectedStudio.]
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
eleekg.bsky.social
If you are a writer looking for some community,connected instruction and info join @vmiprogram.bsky.social 's CONNECTED STUDIO! 6 meetings on Zoom in 2026 will help keep your writing life on track. We're delighted to have these experts on board!
www.vancouvermanuscriptintensive.com/workshop/con...
[Image description: Promotional graphic for the Vancouver Manuscript Intensive Connected Studio 2026. Four photos appear with names and titles: Rachel Letofsky, Senior Literary Agent; Catriona Strang, Editor; Petra Chambers, Yosef Wosk VMI Fellow; and Dr. Bronwen Tate, UBC Creative Writing. Text below explains that the Connected Studio offers six one-hour community writing sessions in 2026 led by Elee Kraljii Gardiner, providing space for writers to connect, exchange ideas, and gain insight into the creative process. Sessions run Saturdays, 10–11 AM. PT, on January 17, March 21, June 20, September 19, October 17, and November 21, with more information at https://tinyurl.com/VMIConnectedStudio.]
November 18, 2025 at 2:06 AM
eleekg.bsky.social
Paging Gritty STAT
November 18, 2025 at 1:42 AM
eleekg.bsky.social
VANCOUVER: I'm leading a workshop on making TEXT SCORES! Let's figure out how to turn words into sounds using Oliveiros, Ono, and others as guides. We'll perform them at the end! upstartandcrow.com/event/soundi...
Smiling silver haired white woman in a grey dress sits cross armed at a desk next to a vase with a yellow flower in it. In her hair like two antenna are two similar flowers. Logo of bookstore "U&C" in corner of photo.
November 18, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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November 15, 2025 at 5:04 AM
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Dear @theglobeandmail.com Please bring back poetry reviews that reflect the complexity and deep engagement of our thriving CanPo world! We need discussion, critique, and space not mini synopses, and coverage of primarily non Canadian writers.
October 29, 2025 at 9:00 PM
eleekg.bsky.social
WHOLE CLOTH READING:Carrie Ayagaduk Ojanen reads Roughly for the North from start to finish!
Nov 5, 5-7pm,Green College UBC & livestreamed!
Carrie is an Inupiat writer from the Ugiuvamiut tribe whose poems of the Bering Strait are beautiful. Join us! wholecloth.substack.com/p/carrie-aya...
Carrie Ayagaduk Ojanen Reads ROUGHLY FOR THE NORTH, November 5, 2025
an evening of poetry and companionship at Green College in Vancouver and via Livestream
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October 29, 2025 at 5:13 PM
eleekg.bsky.social
Know a writer of exceptional promise with a manuscript in progress, who has faced significant barriers to fulfilling that promise? Yosef Wosk VMI Fellowship applications are open until November 10, 2025!

Apply at www.vancouvermanuscriptintensive.com @vmiprogram.bsky.social
navy poster with yellow text: The Yosef Wosk VMI Fellowship is for a writer of exceptional promise with a manuscript in progress, who has faced significant barriers to fulfilling that promise. This competitive Fellowship includes a full scholarship to the Six-Month Intensive 2026 program to work with one of our award-winning authors. Deadline November 10, 2025
October 24, 2025 at 7:41 PM
eleekg.bsky.social
Oct 25, 1:30pm @writersfest.bc.ca I chat with Dennis Lee about Wrestling with Cadence. He's the author of 40 books, including Alligator Pie, the beloved children's classic-but did you know he also cowrote the story to the movie Labyrinth (starring David Bowie)? writersfest.bc.ca/festival-aut...
Dennis Lee | Vancouver Writers Fest
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October 24, 2025 at 5:08 PM
eleekg.bsky.social
I can’t believe the NBA has stronger guidelines concerning integrity than the US Govt. They hold their players to a stricter standard than the govt considers for the president.
October 23, 2025 at 7:07 PM
eleekg.bsky.social
We loved hearing you read all of With My Back to the World from start to finish! The lines, like Agnes Martin's, are clear and packed with intensity-it was wonderful to see the images while relaxing into your sustained read. @bronwentate.bsky.social and I were happy to host you!
victoriachang.bsky.social Victoria Chang @victoriachang.bsky.social · Oct 16
Thanks to University of British Columbia and Green College, and The Whole Cloth Reading Series for welcoming me so warmly. Pictured here: Bronwen Tate, Elee Kraljii Gardiner, Alix Ohlin, Neil Aitken.
Three people standing Two people Three people
October 17, 2025 at 4:09 PM
eleekg.bsky.social
Thrilled to have Victoria Chang reading her entire book for our reading series, the Whole Cloth! She'll share visuals of Agnes Martin's paintings as she reads. Join us in person or via livestream. If you come we have cookies and copies for the community! wholecloth.substack.com/p/today-vict...
Today! Victoria Chang at Green College, UBC (and via Livestream)
4:30 pm tea and cookies, 5 pm reading
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October 15, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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W. S. Merwin
Invocation The day hanging by its feet with a hole In its voice And the light running into the sand Here I am once again with my dry mouth At the fountain of thistles Preparing to sing.
October 1, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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readlocalbc.bsky.social
Join us THIS SATURDAY from 2-3:30 PM at @wordvancouver.bsky.social for readings from this year's Poets! Hosted by Vancouver's poet laureate @eleekg.bsky.social and followed by discussion and Q&A.

#ReadLocalBC #WordVancouver #PoetryInTransit
September 18, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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Come ON, @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social. Are you going to cover workers' right at all in the #AirCanadaStrike, esp rights of underpaid women workers? Or are you just going to bang on about stranded passengers day after day after day? Why not ask callers what they think of unfair labour practices?
August 19, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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mcopelov.bsky.social
We had actual an actual assassination of a Democratic legislator in Minnesota two months ago & it’s completely disappeared from the National Conversation™️. This happens <all> the time over & over again 👇
August 17, 2025 at 4:30 AM
eleekg.bsky.social
behold the poetry of this testimony!
johnxuandou.bsky.social Dirk Diggler @johnxuandou.bsky.social · Aug 13
This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.
August 14, 2025 at 4:57 AM
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ottawapublichealth.ca
We are reminding residents to protect themselves from mosquito bites. Routine mosquito trapping and testing for West Nile Virus have confirmed a positive mosquito pool in Ottawa.

Please read the PSA here: ottawa.ca/en/city-hall...
First mosquitoes test positive for West Nile virus this season | City of Ottawa
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August 12, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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🚨 If you were on the BC Ferries 10:15am sailing August 9 Duke Point to Tsawwassen please check your vehicles, trailers or boats for Luigi, a black and white tuxedo #cat wearing a blue harness.

Luigi slipped out of a small window opening of his owner's vehicle and disappeared on the lower car deck.
Screenshot from the BC Ferries Facebook with two photos of a black and white cat in a car with a dog. Caption: “Help bring Luigi home. If you see him or know where he may be, call 250-720-9999 immediately. Please share to help reunite Luigi with his family.”
August 12, 2025 at 4:50 AM
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Ohio managed to get thousands of people to hold hands and link arms in a human chain that stretched 8 miles to stand against ICE.

8 miles of humans linked together.
August 10, 2025 at 8:46 PM
eleekg.bsky.social
Very happy to point people towards interesting poetry!
governmentofbc.bsky.social Government of British Columbia @governmentofbc.bsky.social · Aug 9
Elee Kraljii Gardiner is the author of three books, including the poetry books Trauma Head and Sometimes, Forest. She recommends Hajer Mirwali's poetry collection Revolutions.

With: @eleekg.bsky.social @anvilpress.bsky.social @talonbooks.bsky.social #Booksky

More below 👇
August 9, 2025 at 5:35 AM
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Pacific Northwest aflame
bcwildfirewkly.bsky.social BC Wildfire Weekly - Wildfires + More @bcwildfirewkly.bsky.social · Aug 4
#CameronLake #WesleyRidgeWildfire #Wildfires
bcwildfirewkly.bsky.social BC Wildfire Weekly - Wildfires + More @bcwildfirewkly.bsky.social · Aug 4
“Firefighters continue to battle the Wesley Ridge wildfire near Cameron Lake, with 142 BC Wildfire Service personnel hard at work, supported by local fire departments.” www.vancouverislandfreedaily.com/news/vancouv... - Vancouver Island Free Daily

#BCWildfire cc: #Nanaimo #Parksville #QualicumBeach
August 4, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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A while ago, we started a #FixItFriday tradition. We keep a running list - large & small, digital & analog, anything broken or annoying - and work on it together.

Today's 30-second fix: to remove AI "preview" from search results, here's the setting for Chrome users: www.reddit.com/r/techsuppor...
Screenshot from Reddit. User is zensnapple, posting 6 months ago. Thread says "How to turn off Google AI Overview in Chrome SOLVED Open Chrome and put chrome://settings/searchEngines in the search box. A tab will open which brings you to Search Engine > Manage Search Engines and Site Search. Click on the Add button by the Site Search update. A box will open. Fill in the form with the following: Name: AI Free Web Shortcut: @web URL: {google:baseURL}search?q=%s&udm=14 You’ll now see AI Free Web in the list of search engines. Click on the three stacked dots on the right side of AI Free Web on the list. Select Make Default. From now on, google functions pretty much like it did back when it was good. Good luck out there."
July 25, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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I'm the featured poet this Wednesday for the Poetry in the Park series at Emery Barnes Park 2-4 pm. I'll be reading poems from my new book Night Moves @anvilpress.bsky.social. After the reading I'll be giving a writing prompt so bring notebooks and pens!
#poetry
July 21, 2025 at 8:53 PM