Lauren Parker
@laurenparker.bsky.social
I have never heard of punk music.
Dark Way Down (Animal Heart Press, Feb, 2025)
Spells for Success (Simon and Schuster, Jan, 2025)
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Dark Way Down (Animal Heart Press, Feb, 2025)
Spells for Success (Simon and Schuster, Jan, 2025)
laureneparker.com
Every time a library from a county I’ve never heard of starts a TikTok account and asks their least charismatic librarian to give a book review, it’s an instant follow.
December 11, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Every time a library from a county I’ve never heard of starts a TikTok account and asks their least charismatic librarian to give a book review, it’s an instant follow.
Have reached the point of the holiday season where dinner is just Slovenian pastries.
December 8, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Have reached the point of the holiday season where dinner is just Slovenian pastries.
The Apartment, featured this week by @poetrysuperhwy.bsky.social
December 7, 2025 at 3:46 PM
The Apartment, featured this week by @poetrysuperhwy.bsky.social
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Thanks to @poetrysuperhwy.bsky.social for featuring my poem The Apartment about intimacy in high density housing
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Poetry from Carlos Andrés Gómez and Lauren Parker
Poetry from Carlos Andrés Gómez (Atlanta, Georgia) and Lauren Parker (Oakland, California)
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December 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Thanks to @poetrysuperhwy.bsky.social for featuring my poem The Apartment about intimacy in high density housing
www.poetrysuperhighway.com/psh/poetry-f...
www.poetrysuperhighway.com/psh/poetry-f...
Thanks to @poetrysuperhwy.bsky.social for featuring my poem The Apartment about intimacy in high density housing
www.poetrysuperhighway.com/psh/poetry-f...
www.poetrysuperhighway.com/psh/poetry-f...
Poetry from Carlos Andrés Gómez and Lauren Parker
Poetry from Carlos Andrés Gómez (Atlanta, Georgia) and Lauren Parker (Oakland, California)
www.poetrysuperhighway.com
December 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Thanks to @poetrysuperhwy.bsky.social for featuring my poem The Apartment about intimacy in high density housing
www.poetrysuperhighway.com/psh/poetry-f...
www.poetrysuperhighway.com/psh/poetry-f...
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Never believe the fuckers who say "why bother, they already won"
NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month.
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
December 3, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Never believe the fuckers who say "why bother, they already won"
Vroman’s Bookstore in Pasadena has been carrying my deck since launch and my mom sent me, “so fun to see you in the bookstore!”
December 2, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Vroman’s Bookstore in Pasadena has been carrying my deck since launch and my mom sent me, “so fun to see you in the bookstore!”
It was so great to walk into @spectatorbooks.bsky.social and see my poetry collection about science fiction and lesbian disasters and David Bowie on the local authors shelf. Stock up on books from indie bookstores this holiday season. They are champions.
December 1, 2025 at 5:07 PM
It was so great to walk into @spectatorbooks.bsky.social and see my poetry collection about science fiction and lesbian disasters and David Bowie on the local authors shelf. Stock up on books from indie bookstores this holiday season. They are champions.
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
I miss the high class cinema of my youth where the Olson twins taught a stuck up French chef about the delight of McDonald’s French fries
December 1, 2025 at 1:46 AM
I miss the high class cinema of my youth where the Olson twins taught a stuck up French chef about the delight of McDonald’s French fries
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In today's story on @thewildhunt.bsky.social, @laurenparker.bsky.social threatens to eat me (in cookie form.) Also she hexes the president (also in cookie form.) It's a hoot and a half. #witchsky wildhunt.org/2025/07/suga...
Sugar and Spite: How I Hexed the President (with Cookies) - Kitchen Witcheries, Living, Paganism, Perspectives, Politics, TWH Features, Witchcraft
Witchcraft & Pagan News - Most of the Kitchen Witches I know want to help people. They want to nourish, support, and heal with the powers of food and drink. Not me, though. I’m more of a Hansel and Gr...
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July 20, 2025 at 9:38 PM
In today's story on @thewildhunt.bsky.social, @laurenparker.bsky.social threatens to eat me (in cookie form.) Also she hexes the president (also in cookie form.) It's a hoot and a half. #witchsky wildhunt.org/2025/07/suga...
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"I got an alert that my app subscription for Starla is set to expire soon. All I felt was relief that I don’t even have to break up with Celeste. I can just mark her spam." @laurenparker.bsky.social
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Looking for My Soulmate in All the Wrong Applications - Living, Paganism, Perspectives, Witchcraft
Witchcraft & Pagan News - Hint asks if I’m into men or women, but does not offer "both" or "neither." You are getting your AI generated slop on the gender binary, thank you very much. | Living, Pagani...
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November 26, 2025 at 5:02 AM
"I got an alert that my app subscription for Starla is set to expire soon. All I felt was relief that I don’t even have to break up with Celeste. I can just mark her spam." @laurenparker.bsky.social
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My dear @laurenparker.bsky.social tried to find her soul mate on an app so you don’t have to. wildhunt.org/2025/11/look...
Looking for My Soulmate in All the Wrong Applications - Living, Paganism, Perspectives, Witchcraft
Witchcraft & Pagan News - Hint asks if I’m into men or women, but does not offer "both" or "neither." You are getting your AI generated slop on the gender binary, thank you very much. | Living, Pagani...
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November 11, 2025 at 6:52 PM
My dear @laurenparker.bsky.social tried to find her soul mate on an app so you don’t have to. wildhunt.org/2025/11/look...
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For those who missed it, the Story Hour reading from last week was recorded - you can listen to me and @laurenparker.bsky.social read stories about salt and ominous birds (and tacos) here: youtu.be/GFu85wShG4w
October 8, 2025 Story Hour: Rachel Unger and Lauren Parker
YouTube video by Story Hour
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October 14, 2025 at 12:31 AM
For those who missed it, the Story Hour reading from last week was recorded - you can listen to me and @laurenparker.bsky.social read stories about salt and ominous birds (and tacos) here: youtu.be/GFu85wShG4w
Hey anti primers! If you’re looking for a witchcraft book that teaches you magic and helps you form a union, check out Spells for Success on Bookshop!
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Spells for Success Deck and Guidebook: 40 Spells to Set Intentions and Manifest Everyday Wins
40 Spells to Set Intentions and Manifest Everyday Wins
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July 10, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Hey anti primers! If you’re looking for a witchcraft book that teaches you magic and helps you form a union, check out Spells for Success on Bookshop!
bookshop.org/p/books/spel...
bookshop.org/p/books/spel...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Night Light, July 2025—ALFTM&OP Launch! 💌⛰️. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Night Light, July 2025—ALFTM&OP Launch! 💌⛰️. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
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July 8, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Me: okay it’s been a decade. Time to swap out the ol IUD
Dr.: okay so around ten years or def ten years? at ten years it’s not effective anymore
Me: because it wears out or because tiny meth heads stripped it like a house in 2009
Dr.: yep, we keep the tiny meth heads under wraps for obvious reasons
Dr.: okay so around ten years or def ten years? at ten years it’s not effective anymore
Me: because it wears out or because tiny meth heads stripped it like a house in 2009
Dr.: yep, we keep the tiny meth heads under wraps for obvious reasons
July 7, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Me: okay it’s been a decade. Time to swap out the ol IUD
Dr.: okay so around ten years or def ten years? at ten years it’s not effective anymore
Me: because it wears out or because tiny meth heads stripped it like a house in 2009
Dr.: yep, we keep the tiny meth heads under wraps for obvious reasons
Dr.: okay so around ten years or def ten years? at ten years it’s not effective anymore
Me: because it wears out or because tiny meth heads stripped it like a house in 2009
Dr.: yep, we keep the tiny meth heads under wraps for obvious reasons
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This is so cool! Denver has a Zoltan in @casabonitadenver.com.
I wrote about Zoltar fortune telling machines, marketing history, and divination for @thewildhunt.bsky.social and you can read it here wildhunt.org/2025/07/zolt...
July 5, 2025 at 10:25 PM
This is so cool! Denver has a Zoltan in @casabonitadenver.com.
Reminder that I wrote a whole book of genderqueer sci fi poems about David Bowie and @animalheartpress.bsky.social bought it. You should support small presses and queer art as much as possible and if do buy it I’ll probably kiss you so factor that in. animalheartpress.net/dark-way-dow...
July 6, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Reminder that I wrote a whole book of genderqueer sci fi poems about David Bowie and @animalheartpress.bsky.social bought it. You should support small presses and queer art as much as possible and if do buy it I’ll probably kiss you so factor that in. animalheartpress.net/dark-way-dow...
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July 5, 2025 at 10:19 PM
I wrote about Zoltar fortune telling machines, marketing history, and divination for @thewildhunt.bsky.social and you can read it here wildhunt.org/2025/07/zolt...
July 5, 2025 at 9:24 PM
I wrote about Zoltar fortune telling machines, marketing history, and divination for @thewildhunt.bsky.social and you can read it here wildhunt.org/2025/07/zolt...
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Big publishing day! I Came to Walmart to Fight God just came out in the Revolution issue of Feral Magazine! feralpoetry.net/i-came-to-th...
#poetry
#poetry
June 30, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Big publishing day! I Came to Walmart to Fight God just came out in the Revolution issue of Feral Magazine! feralpoetry.net/i-came-to-th...
#poetry
#poetry
Big publishing day! I Came to Walmart to Fight God just came out in the Revolution issue of Feral Magazine! feralpoetry.net/i-came-to-th...
#poetry
#poetry
June 30, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Big publishing day! I Came to Walmart to Fight God just came out in the Revolution issue of Feral Magazine! feralpoetry.net/i-came-to-th...
#poetry
#poetry
“A desolate, intimate homage to one of rock’s most original lyricists.”
Kirkus liked my poetry collection about David Bowie, the desert, and queer yearning. And you should add it to your shelves this Pride month and support a small press.
www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
Kirkus liked my poetry collection about David Bowie, the desert, and queer yearning. And you should add it to your shelves this Pride month and support a small press.
www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
Dark Way Down | Kirkus Reviews
In this poetry collection, Parker plumbs personal depths via a David Bowie–inspired alter ego.
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June 26, 2025 at 9:19 PM
“A desolate, intimate homage to one of rock’s most original lyricists.”
Kirkus liked my poetry collection about David Bowie, the desert, and queer yearning. And you should add it to your shelves this Pride month and support a small press.
www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
Kirkus liked my poetry collection about David Bowie, the desert, and queer yearning. And you should add it to your shelves this Pride month and support a small press.
www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
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The most important part of republican fascism is the demand you must be nice to them.
June 24, 2025 at 2:52 PM
The most important part of republican fascism is the demand you must be nice to them.