Lisa Piazza
@lmpiazza.bsky.social
oakland writer/teacher/mother/reader
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Audre Lorde, in a 1989 commencement address, said, "Remember this, despair is a tool of your enemies. That rumor, 'You can’t fight City Hall,' is circulated by City Hall. Facing the realities of our lives gives us the motivation for action, it gives us the power to change. You are not powerless."
February 1, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Audre Lorde, in a 1989 commencement address, said, "Remember this, despair is a tool of your enemies. That rumor, 'You can’t fight City Hall,' is circulated by City Hall. Facing the realities of our lives gives us the motivation for action, it gives us the power to change. You are not powerless."
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The California State University system spent $16.9 million last year giving ChatGPT to all students, faculty, and staff. We are asking the CSU chancellor not to renew the contract with OpenAI when it expires.
Anyone can sign the petition — link below!
Anyone can sign the petition — link below!
The CSU/OpenAI contract is set to expire June 30, 2026.
Sign this petition: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/cancel-chatgpt-edu-invest-in-humans/ for the CSU NOT to renew the contract and to use the savings to protect jobs at CSU campuses facing layoffs.
Sign this petition: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/cancel-chatgpt-edu-invest-in-humans/ for the CSU NOT to renew the contract and to use the savings to protect jobs at CSU campuses facing layoffs.
January 31, 2026 at 7:13 PM
The California State University system spent $16.9 million last year giving ChatGPT to all students, faculty, and staff. We are asking the CSU chancellor not to renew the contract with OpenAI when it expires.
Anyone can sign the petition — link below!
Anyone can sign the petition — link below!
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Always a good one
Doing the housework and thinking of this poem from Tess Gallagher.
January 29, 2026 at 12:02 AM
Always a good one
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When billy b is writing songs about your town you have already won
January 27, 2026 at 1:38 AM
When billy b is writing songs about your town you have already won
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🎉 Happy Publication Day to LETTERS OF THE ALPHABET GO TO WAR by Lesyk Panasiuk translated by Ilya Kaminsky & Katie Farris 🥳
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Buy your copy today! www.sarabandebooks.org/all-titles/p...
January 20, 2026 at 1:02 PM
🎉 Happy Publication Day to LETTERS OF THE ALPHABET GO TO WAR by Lesyk Panasiuk translated by Ilya Kaminsky & Katie Farris 🥳
Buy your copy today! www.sarabandebooks.org/all-titles/p...
Buy your copy today! www.sarabandebooks.org/all-titles/p...
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✨ Don't miss out on Sarabande's lead poetry title this spring, INTIFADAS by Edward Salem, on sale Apr. 21 was selected by Publishers Weekly as one of the Top 10 Poetry Books coming out Spring 2026! ✨
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🔗 Buy your copy directly here: www.sarabandebooks.org/all-titles/p...
January 15, 2026 at 3:03 PM
✨ Don't miss out on Sarabande's lead poetry title this spring, INTIFADAS by Edward Salem, on sale Apr. 21 was selected by Publishers Weekly as one of the Top 10 Poetry Books coming out Spring 2026! ✨
🔗 Buy your copy directly here: www.sarabandebooks.org/all-titles/p...
🔗 Buy your copy directly here: www.sarabandebooks.org/all-titles/p...
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HOW TO DISAPPEAR AND WHY by Kyle Minor, on sale Feb 24, just received a starred Kirkus (@kirkus_reviews) review! Critics are calling this collection "funny, provocative, relatable, vulnerable , cynical, and sobering by turns..."
🔗 Buy your copy directly here: www.sarabandebooks.org/all-titles/p...
🔗 Buy your copy directly here: www.sarabandebooks.org/all-titles/p...
January 14, 2026 at 3:03 PM
HOW TO DISAPPEAR AND WHY by Kyle Minor, on sale Feb 24, just received a starred Kirkus (@kirkus_reviews) review! Critics are calling this collection "funny, provocative, relatable, vulnerable , cynical, and sobering by turns..."
🔗 Buy your copy directly here: www.sarabandebooks.org/all-titles/p...
🔗 Buy your copy directly here: www.sarabandebooks.org/all-titles/p...
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Best writing tips ever.
Problem: The story you are writing has plot holes.
Solution: Unreliable narrator.
Problem: The story you are writing has severe, glaring plot holes.
Solution: Unreliable narrator with amnesia.
Solution: Unreliable narrator.
Problem: The story you are writing has severe, glaring plot holes.
Solution: Unreliable narrator with amnesia.
Twenty Solutions to Common Story Problems
1. Problem: The story you are writing has plot holes. Solution: Unreliable narrator. - - -2. Problem: The story you are writing has severe, glaring...
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January 23, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Best writing tips ever.
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So important. What they say is not the story. That is never the story. What happened is the story. Write what happened.
Media: do not lead with the false government framing of what happened
January 25, 2026 at 12:05 AM
So important. What they say is not the story. That is never the story. What happened is the story. Write what happened.
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I've never seen a population more united. If people can hold onto that unity, if people can accept that different people will have different ways of confronting fascism, if we can remind NGOs and orgs that they can join but not control the resistance, then, well, people here will write history.
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 AM
I've never seen a population more united. If people can hold onto that unity, if people can accept that different people will have different ways of confronting fascism, if we can remind NGOs and orgs that they can join but not control the resistance, then, well, people here will write history.
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Robert Hayden masterpiece:
January 21, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Robert Hayden masterpiece:
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Our Jan/Feb issue is live! Enjoy beautiful poetry, fiction, nonfiction, literary reflections, profiles, and reviews from mama writers!
January/February 2026
Literary Mama
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January 21, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Our Jan/Feb issue is live! Enjoy beautiful poetry, fiction, nonfiction, literary reflections, profiles, and reviews from mama writers!
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Fiction submissions are open now!
The window will be open until January 21st 2026 at 3 p.m. UTC.
For additional information about submitting including our Moksha link ⬇️
strangehorizons.com/submit/ficti...
The window will be open until January 21st 2026 at 3 p.m. UTC.
For additional information about submitting including our Moksha link ⬇️
strangehorizons.com/submit/ficti...
January 19, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Fiction submissions are open now!
The window will be open until January 21st 2026 at 3 p.m. UTC.
For additional information about submitting including our Moksha link ⬇️
strangehorizons.com/submit/ficti...
The window will be open until January 21st 2026 at 3 p.m. UTC.
For additional information about submitting including our Moksha link ⬇️
strangehorizons.com/submit/ficti...
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WHEN DID THEY STOP THOUGH
January 19, 2026 at 4:32 PM
WHEN DID THEY STOP THOUGH
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""The time will come
when, with elation,
you will greet yourself arriving
at your own door...""
One of the greatest poems ever written: www.themarginalian.org/2015/04/21/l...
when, with elation,
you will greet yourself arriving
at your own door...""
One of the greatest poems ever written: www.themarginalian.org/2015/04/21/l...
January 17, 2026 at 5:47 AM
""The time will come
when, with elation,
you will greet yourself arriving
at your own door...""
One of the greatest poems ever written: www.themarginalian.org/2015/04/21/l...
when, with elation,
you will greet yourself arriving
at your own door...""
One of the greatest poems ever written: www.themarginalian.org/2015/04/21/l...
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“Comparisons must be made.” A poem by Esther Lin.
January 12, 2026 at 1:32 AM
“Comparisons must be made.” A poem by Esther Lin.
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Strata – beautiful short read on the consolations and invitations of deep time www.themarginalian.org/2026/01/11/l...
January 11, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Strata – beautiful short read on the consolations and invitations of deep time www.themarginalian.org/2026/01/11/l...
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You know what? I encourage you to write today.
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I encourage you to write today
I do.
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January 11, 2026 at 6:02 PM
You know what? I encourage you to write today.
gabinoiglesias.substack.com/p/i-encourag...
gabinoiglesias.substack.com/p/i-encourag...
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Books don't tell readers who they personally are or who they are supposed to be. They do show readers a variety of characters. Implicit in that is this: "Here are some ways of being." Kids books aren't altering your kid to be someone new. They are simply showing them parts of humanity.
January 10, 2026 at 7:00 AM
Books don't tell readers who they personally are or who they are supposed to be. They do show readers a variety of characters. Implicit in that is this: "Here are some ways of being." Kids books aren't altering your kid to be someone new. They are simply showing them parts of humanity.
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Remembering today that having your heart broken is a necessary step on the path to becoming fully human. Whichever heartbreak is your first, it’s probably critical that a state break your heart so that you can develop a political imagination. If this is your first, I’m sorry and also welcome.
January 8, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Remembering today that having your heart broken is a necessary step on the path to becoming fully human. Whichever heartbreak is your first, it’s probably critical that a state break your heart so that you can develop a political imagination. If this is your first, I’m sorry and also welcome.
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