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John Allen Taylor @johnallentaylor.bsky.social · Sep 9

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Sara Eliza Johnson @saraelizaj.bsky.social · Sep 8

Your book matches my rug, @johnallentaylor.bsky.social. It’s a beautiful book, inside and out. 🖤

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John Allen Taylor @johnallentaylor.bsky.social · Sep 9

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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · Feb 26

One of the most common arguments you hear from fans of generative ‘AI’ is that it’s not plagiarizing people’s work, it’s just learning like a human learns. So I’m going to break down why that’s just not true, and why it can never be true, with the existing systems. 1/

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John Allen Taylor @johnallentaylor.bsky.social · Aug 10

What a gorgeous cover. I can’t wait!

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Daniel José Older @djolder.bsky.social · May 26

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John Allen Taylor @johnallentaylor.bsky.social · May 2

This is tonight! Come see us!

John Allen Taylor @johnallentaylor.bsky.social · Apr 17

If you're in Michigan in May, come see me! I'm reading with @britrogers.bsky.social & @sabadilla15.bsky.social in Ypsilanti to celebrate my new collection of poetry, To Let the Sun. Published by @uarkpress.bsky.social and selected by the amazing Patricia Smith 🧡

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John Allen Taylor - author of To Let the Sun - a book release celebration with Saba Keramati and Brittany Rogers. Friday May 2, 2025. 7pm. Ladies Literary Club. 218 N Washington St. Ypsilanti, MI

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Brittany Rogers @britrogers.bsky.social · May 2

Tonight!!

John Allen Taylor @johnallentaylor.bsky.social · Apr 17

If you're in Michigan in May, come see me! I'm reading with @britrogers.bsky.social & @sabadilla15.bsky.social in Ypsilanti to celebrate my new collection of poetry, To Let the Sun. Published by @uarkpress.bsky.social and selected by the amazing Patricia Smith 🧡

www.eventbrite.com/e/john-allen...

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John Allen Taylor @johnallentaylor.bsky.social · Apr 24

And look at these. My houseplants are in agreement 💚🪻🌷🌸

African Violet plant with blush pinkish white flower.

White and pink orchid unstaked in a cedar vanda box.

African Violet with cluster of white flowers.

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John Allen Taylor @johnallentaylor.bsky.social · Apr 24

Look at this.

Tiny darling mini variegated African Violet plant with itty bitty purple flowers with yellow stamens.

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John Allen Taylor @johnallentaylor.bsky.social · Apr 24

Students using ChatGPT to generate college application essays to be read by college admission AI programs… really useful.

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John Allen Taylor @johnallentaylor.bsky.social · Apr 17

If you're in Michigan in May, come see me! I'm reading with @britrogers.bsky.social & @sabadilla15.bsky.social in Ypsilanti to celebrate my new collection of poetry, To Let the Sun. Published by @uarkpress.bsky.social and selected by the amazing Patricia Smith 🧡

www.eventbrite.com/e/john-allen...

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Megan Savage @meganloverdesavage.bsky.social · Apr 16

The Carolyn Moore Writing Residency at Portland Community College is open for applications for our 2025-2026 year. We will be open through May 15. Application link in replies.

@cmwritershouse.bsky.social

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Ben Goldfarb @bengoldfarb.bsky.social · Mar 21

I'm not hostile to the Abundance Agenda per se but I *am* irked by the sense that its adherents disdain the conservation movement as a bunch of retrograde obstructionists who only exist to weaponize NEPA & block govt from building Stuff Humans Need. Like does Ezra Klein even know what a bird is.

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Dr. Teo Shannon @teoshannon.bsky.social · Apr 12

So excited to dig into this!!! Thanks @johnallentaylor.bsky.social ❤️

A photo of John Allen Taylor’s new collection of poetry “To Let The Sun” with my cat behind it.

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John Allen Taylor @johnallentaylor.bsky.social · Apr 12

❤️thanks friend

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John Allen Taylor @johnallentaylor.bsky.social · Apr 5

We can fight for a better world. White liberals screaming for the preservation of an immigrant underclass so we have access to cheap produce and clothing is as evil as anything else.

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John Allen Taylor @johnallentaylor.bsky.social · Apr 3

Rhubarb says it’s spring.

Rhubarb leafing out. Looks like a green brain over dried leaves.

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John Allen Taylor @johnallentaylor.bsky.social · Apr 3

This residency was life changing. I got to go during fall, and I picked apples and pears and quince everyday. It was amazing.

Megan Savage @meganloverdesavage.bsky.social · Apr 2

Heads up, writers.

PCC’s Carolyn Moore Writers House 2025-2026 residency applications will open on April 15 @cmwritershouse.bsky.social

Carolyn Moore Writing Residency

Opening Soon: Applications for 2025-2026

April 15-May 15

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John Allen Taylor @johnallentaylor.bsky.social · Mar 27

Book cover with three subs and to small figures silhouetted on a low hill. Title reads To Let the Sun by John Allen Taylor.

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John Allen Taylor @johnallentaylor.bsky.social · Mar 27

If you’re at AWP, I’m signing at the University of Arkansas Press table at 2:00! Table 1136.

Come see me :)

Book Signings. Thursday March 27. 2:00PM. John Allen Taylor. To Let the Sun. Booth 1136

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John Allen Taylor @johnallentaylor.bsky.social · Mar 23

The worst part of hosting the neighborhood social at the local brewery is showing up 30 minutes early to roost over two ten tops as the bar gets busier ☠️

John Allen Taylor @johnallentaylor.bsky.social · Mar 15

Coward

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Ben Goldfarb @bengoldfarb.bsky.social · Mar 12

Thrilled to receive our copy of @johnallentaylor.bsky.social’s new collection TO LET THE SUN. John is one of our bravest, most compassionate poets; his chapbook UNMONSTROUS was a masterpiece and this book is undoubtedly another. See the post below to order TLTS yourself from U of Arkansas Press!

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John Allen Taylor @johnallentaylor.bsky.social · Mar 14

Thank you dear friend 💚

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Amy Stuber @amystuber.com · Mar 10

Without being accused of a crime, Columbia grad student and green card holder Mahmoud Khalil was arrested, and now his whereabouts are unknown to his wife and attorneys.

Call your congresspeople tomorrow.

Collapsing free speech protections should scare the shit out of all of us.

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