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@gr8earlofhell.bsky.social

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poet laureate of the void • many books in many places • proud dad of @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social • mica/ubalt alum • they 📍unceded piscataway + susquehannock land (baltimore) visit me online @ natraum.com/links

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mosh pit daria @gr8earlofhell.bsky.social · Jan 24

as mainstream social media seemingly disintegrates more by the day, friendly reminder that following my substack is by far the best way to stay updated on my practice

natraum.substack.com

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D.W. Baker @lowermelody.bsky.social · 14h

huge thanks to @genrepunkmag.bsky.social for nominating this poem, "air," co-authored with @gr8earlofhell.bsky.social as part of a series, for the Pushcart prize. 🌬

genrepunkmag.wordpress.com/2025/08/20/a...

air

after midnight now & i am instituting the freight train over lombard street shut the fuck up challenge & it's
not an attack on trains but actually in defense of a silent night, soundtracked only by tires across slick
pavement & an errant thrush. it's been months since i heard a whistle sound through the stark chill
of midnight air & i swear this tree had leaves the last time i looked but here we are now, in the
waxing-days of january staring at pockets of orangegrey between shadows of branches. i will always
bemoan july's humid advances but never stop to consider the right now of it all—the way chills lurch
up unsuspecting spine, regardless of the weight of my jacket. the black-iced patches of uneven brick
sidewalk. the way a sound, any sound, cuts the sky in the first hours of a new year, ecstatic at all the
streets it may roam unencumbered.

i keep a stock of blades
to cut the sky beneath
my tongue / shaped like
every sound that was
rejected by my kin

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mosh pit daria @gr8earlofhell.bsky.social · 14h

my poem co-authored with @lowermelody.bsky.social was nominated for the Pushcart Prize by @genrepunkmag.bsky.social

genrepunkmag.wordpress.com/2025/08/20/a...

air – nat raum & D.W. Baker

airDownload nat raum is a disabled artist, writer, and genderless disaster based on unceded Piscataway and Susquehannock land in Baltimore. They’re the editor-in-chief of fifth wheel press. Their w…

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mosh pit daria @gr8earlofhell.bsky.social · 15h

hi does anyone in baltimore have a simple lighting setup i could use to photograph 2 books for my portfolio? the catch: i need to do so this weekend

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kith books @kithbooks.bsky.social · 23h

"There is a grittiness in the words raum presents—an earthiness that lingers in the mind"
- Saturn Browne, author of BLOODPATHS

salt box
nat raum
@gr8earlofhell.bsky.social

print: kithbooks.com/shop/p/saltbox
eBook: kithbooks.com/digital/p/saltbox

salt box
nat raum

cover:
a yellow salt box of heavy welded steel sits on grey concrete against a pale blue wall

text:
There is a grittiness in the words raum presents—an earthiness that lingers in the mind
Saturn Browne, author of BLOODPATHS

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fifth wheel press @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social · 19h

awp-goers, if you love queer literature, you best hold thursday night, because @gr8earlofhell.bsky.social is planning something delicious

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mosh pit daria @gr8earlofhell.bsky.social · 1d

Evil's Soft First Touches

mosh pit daria @gr8earlofhell.bsky.social · 1d

hi folks, i'm here to plug my workshops again. even if you have no experience doing any of these things, they will be very fun and you should sign up for one or maybe all of them.

mosh pit daria @gr8earlofhell.bsky.social · 4d

icymi, i lost my job and am running some workshops to make money to uh, live?

tickets for the first run of THE RANDOMIZER are up now at natraum.com/links. the rest are coming soon!

2025 workshops

It's Lit: Literary Magazine Submissions. October 29 @ 7PM EST.

THE RANDOMIZER #1. November 6 @ 7pm EST.

No Choice But to Stan: Writing Pop Culture in Poetry. November 15 @ 12pm EST

Writing to Grieve: Poetry as Processing. November 22 @ 12pm EST

THE RANDOMIZER #2. TBD late November.

About your instructor

nat raum is a queer, disabled, and recently unemployed artist and writer based on unceded Piscataway and Susquehannock land in Baltimore. They hold an MFA in Creative Writing with a focus in Poetry, and have served as an adjunct faculty member at the Maryland Institute College of Art and The University of Baltimore. They’re the author of 22 books of poetry, all of which were proudly published independently.

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mosh pit daria @gr8earlofhell.bsky.social · 1d

i can't be the only person who spent time in station north from 2015–2019 who viscerally associates "running up that hill" with the club charles

mosh pit daria @gr8earlofhell.bsky.social · 2d

took a nice little salt bath tonight and then promptly sobbed all that salt back out 🥲

mosh pit daria @gr8earlofhell.bsky.social · 2d

made some extremely adorable, extremely tiny books tonight at a workshop and i am THRILLED ok

two mini hardcover quarter cloth books, tied together on a crafting table

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mosh pit daria @gr8earlofhell.bsky.social · 3d

i have been caught up in life and didn't realize that my first week and change of selections for @sundresspub.bsky.social's The Wardrobe have gone live! thanks to Merrick Sloane for the chance to make these picks—there's some really outstanding poetry coming your way soon.

sundressblog.com

The Sundress Blog

(a publishing collective supplement)

sundressblog.com

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mosh pit daria @gr8earlofhell.bsky.social · 3d

loved getting a chance to read this collection!

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mosh pit daria @gr8earlofhell.bsky.social · 4d

icymi, i lost my job and am running some workshops to make money to uh, live?

tickets for the first run of THE RANDOMIZER are up now at natraum.com/links. the rest are coming soon!

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mosh pit daria @gr8earlofhell.bsky.social · 4d

thank you so much! i'm excited for them

mosh pit daria @gr8earlofhell.bsky.social · 4d

icymi, i lost my job and am running some workshops to make money to uh, live?

tickets for the first run of THE RANDOMIZER are up now at natraum.com/links. the rest are coming soon!

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Verse of April @verseofapril.bsky.social · 8d

"The beauty of friendship (and the similarly-weighted tragedy of its dissolution) as a young adult is something I am intimately familiar with, and [Patterson's] poem captured it so beautifully," writes nat raum. Read (and listen) to their full entry on our site: www.verseofapril.com/nat-raum

Excerpt from nat raum's homage poem to Bleah Patterson

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the engine(idling lit @the-engine-idling.bsky.social · 8d

LOVE IT! 🖤

mosh pit daria @gr8earlofhell.bsky.social · 9d

me reading "okay" (originally pubbed in @the-engine-idling.bsky.social)

youtu.be/ryWxJoe0wAs?...

"okay" live at Ottobar

YouTube video by nat raum

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mosh pit daria @gr8earlofhell.bsky.social · 9d

me reading "okay" (originally pubbed in @the-engine-idling.bsky.social)

youtu.be/ryWxJoe0wAs?...

"okay" live at Ottobar

YouTube video by nat raum

youtu.be

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Silly Goose Press @sillygoosepress.bsky.social · 16d

SGP is thrilled to share our BoN nomnomnoms for 2026! This is our 1st year in the comp circuit, & though we have complex feelings about comps, we know how special these accolades are to our literary friends. We love to love and champion these flockers & ALL of our contributors!

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mosh pit daria @gr8earlofhell.bsky.social · 22d

hi squad, i am hoping to supplement my unexpectedly reduced income with some gig work, including the first of a few workshops!

tix: forms.gle/AHW4sQLEJh5v...

stretchy geralt monotone background. text overlay: no choice but to stan. a generative pop-culture focused virtual poetry workshop. hosted by nat raum. october 1 at 7pm est. $10-30 sliding scale. proceeds help nat with living expenses while out of work. for tickets: natraum.com/links.

stretchy geralt monotone background. text overlay: about your instructor. nat raum (they/them) exists where Iris von Everec’s soul meets Triss Merigold’s body. They hold an MFA in Creative Writing with a focus in Poetry, and have served as an adjunct faculty member at the Maryland Institute College of Art and The University of Baltimore. They’re the author of 22 books of poetry, all proudly published independently.

stretchy geralt monotone background. text overlay: i can't make it! can i get the prompts? yes!!!! fill out the form and select "i'm just here for the prompts." suggested donation: $2-5.

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fifth wheel press @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social · 23d

also: FAST RESPONSE EVENT INCOMING!!!!

send a submission on Friday (9/19) from 12AM to 11:59PM EST and get a response on Saturday (9/20)!

fifth wheel press @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social · 23d

hi! friendly reminder that we are open for 'effervescent' subs through the end of the month!

fifthwheelpress.com/anthsubs

anthology submissions — fifth wheel press

fifthwheelpress.com

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mosh pit daria @gr8earlofhell.bsky.social · Sep 7

got bored; typeset all my witcher poems and essays

gr8earlofhell.itch.io/the-path

good luck on the path by nat raum

42-page poetry and essay collection

gr8earlofhell.itch.io

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kith books @kithbooks.bsky.social · Sep 5

with gasoline
nat raum

@gr8earlofhell.bsky.social
print: kithbooks.com/shop/p/withgasoline
eBook: kithbooks.com/digital/p/withgasoline

with gasoline
nat raum

cover:
a pink Molotov cocktail on a blue background with the title overlayed in a white Gothic font

text:
“If apathy and despair are getting the better of you in these times, with gasoline is the fuel you need to rebuild your phoenix”

- Sarah Klein,
author of Mast Cell Mathematics: A Chronic Illness Calculus

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chirping bird @chrpngbrd.bsky.social · Sep 5

Every year Towson residents and business owners get concerned realizing they are in a college town where college town things happen.

www.wbaltv.com/article/tows...

Towson residents complain of large, rowdy crowds on 'Thirsty Thursday'

Several Towson bars are drawing huge crowds by offering cheap drinks on what has been deemed, "Thirsty Thursdays."

www.wbaltv.com

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HAD @havehashad.com · Sep 3

you gotta read—& gotta SEE—AMAZING new nat raum today!

I.i am
A. writing
1. an ars poetica
i. in which i bury you,
ii. in which i close the widest point of the wound myself,
2. a farewell.

https://www.havehashad.com/t727h

poem in which you become the “you” by nat raum

i am writing an ars poetica in which i bury you, in which i close the widest point of the wound myself, a farewell. still crying in my car sometimes. for your specter.

www.havehashad.com

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