Barbara Tran
@staranise99.bsky.social
Poet, writer, K9 behaviour geek
Precedented Parroting 🦜 (poetry)
Finalist, Governor General's Literary Award
#anstrutherbooks | @palimpsestpress.bsky.social
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Precedented Parroting 🦜 (poetry)
Finalist, Governor General's Literary Award
#anstrutherbooks | @palimpsestpress.bsky.social
barbaratran.com | https://linktr.ee/barbaratran
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“Recognizing the Stranger” convo w/ Vietnamese German novelist @pham-fatale.bsky.social & me, Tues, Oct 21, 6:30 pm at Goethe-Insitut NYC, free w/ rsvp. www.eventbrite.com/e/festival-n...
Q: What text have you written that feels especially important now?
A: Lttr to Paddington Bear & empathy.
Q: What text have you written that feels especially important now?
A: Lttr to Paddington Bear & empathy.
October 15, 2025 at 10:27 PM
“Recognizing the Stranger” convo w/ Vietnamese German novelist @pham-fatale.bsky.social & me, Tues, Oct 21, 6:30 pm at Goethe-Insitut NYC, free w/ rsvp. www.eventbrite.com/e/festival-n...
Q: What text have you written that feels especially important now?
A: Lttr to Paddington Bear & empathy.
Q: What text have you written that feels especially important now?
A: Lttr to Paddington Bear & empathy.
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Starry Starry Night by celebrated Canadian author Shani Mootoo is forthcoming on September 23, 2025 with Book*hug Press! Request a review copy. ✨
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#canlit
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#canlit
August 12, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Starry Starry Night by celebrated Canadian author Shani Mootoo is forthcoming on September 23, 2025 with Book*hug Press! Request a review copy. ✨
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#canlit
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#canlit
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I have four new poems in the just-launched Summer Issue of Blackbird, link below:
Blackbird – An online journal of literature and the arts
An online journal of literature and the arts
blackbird.vcu.edu
August 12, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I have four new poems in the just-launched Summer Issue of Blackbird, link below:
Tonight in #Berlin
#shewhohasnomasters #movingpoets
#poetry #movement #sound
She Who Has No Master(s):
#AngieChau #AnhHoaNguyen #BarbaraTran #DaoStrom #HoaNguyen #MyLoanDinh #PhuongTVuong #SophiaTerazawa
Guests:
#BichNgocLuu #CarmenVolpe #HanyTea #ThiMinhHuyenNguyen
#canlit #authors #booksky
#shewhohasnomasters #movingpoets
#poetry #movement #sound
She Who Has No Master(s):
#AngieChau #AnhHoaNguyen #BarbaraTran #DaoStrom #HoaNguyen #MyLoanDinh #PhuongTVuong #SophiaTerazawa
Guests:
#BichNgocLuu #CarmenVolpe #HanyTea #ThiMinhHuyenNguyen
#canlit #authors #booksky
August 9, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Tonight in #Berlin
#shewhohasnomasters #movingpoets
#poetry #movement #sound
She Who Has No Master(s):
#AngieChau #AnhHoaNguyen #BarbaraTran #DaoStrom #HoaNguyen #MyLoanDinh #PhuongTVuong #SophiaTerazawa
Guests:
#BichNgocLuu #CarmenVolpe #HanyTea #ThiMinhHuyenNguyen
#canlit #authors #booksky
#shewhohasnomasters #movingpoets
#poetry #movement #sound
She Who Has No Master(s):
#AngieChau #AnhHoaNguyen #BarbaraTran #DaoStrom #HoaNguyen #MyLoanDinh #PhuongTVuong #SophiaTerazawa
Guests:
#BichNgocLuu #CarmenVolpe #HanyTea #ThiMinhHuyenNguyen
#canlit #authors #booksky
This mighty micropress produced a Griffin longlister before 10 years of existence. KFB is phenomenal. And fun. Let's celebrate her with the 10th anniversary season she deserves.
#kfb10 #4ertile #fertilefest #canlit #canpoetry #poetrybooks #chapbooks #readings
#kfb10 #4ertile #fertilefest #canlit #canpoetry #poetrybooks #chapbooks #readings
On the eve of announcing KFB's stellar 2026-27 Tenth Anniversary Season #KFB10, & 4th Fertile Festival of New & Innovative Works #4ERTILE, fundraising is of the essence.
Our goal is doable. To raise our Patreon from 34 current paid members to 100 at $10/month.
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Our goal is doable. To raise our Patreon from 34 current paid members to 100 at $10/month.
www.patreon.com/posts/theres...
"There's poetry to tend to." | knife fork book
Get more from knife fork book on Patreon
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June 26, 2025 at 7:46 PM
This mighty micropress produced a Griffin longlister before 10 years of existence. KFB is phenomenal. And fun. Let's celebrate her with the 10th anniversary season she deserves.
#kfb10 #4ertile #fertilefest #canlit #canpoetry #poetrybooks #chapbooks #readings
#kfb10 #4ertile #fertilefest #canlit #canpoetry #poetrybooks #chapbooks #readings
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“Are you laughing or crying?” I asked.
“Laughing,” she said as she wiped tears from her eyes.
The Mockler. On point. @themockler.bsky.social #SMLTA
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“Laughing,” she said as she wiped tears from her eyes.
The Mockler. On point. @themockler.bsky.social #SMLTA
sendmylovetoanyone.substack.com/p/father-say...
You Are Hurting the Ceiling
One of these days we'll both be fine
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June 25, 2025 at 2:56 PM
“Are you laughing or crying?” I asked.
“Laughing,” she said as she wiped tears from her eyes.
The Mockler. On point. @themockler.bsky.social #SMLTA
sendmylovetoanyone.substack.com/p/father-say...
“Laughing,” she said as she wiped tears from her eyes.
The Mockler. On point. @themockler.bsky.social #SMLTA
sendmylovetoanyone.substack.com/p/father-say...
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Before even a wisp of
Pride gay boys staged
a kiss-in Yonge & Bloor
arrested, public indecency
fined for their liplocks. Convicts.
Made the papers.
“You were supposed
to feel ashamed of
yourself.”
KIRBY "Kiss me"
from their new KFB chapbook
SOFTIE #SoftFest3
itsakirby.bandcamp.com/track/kiss-me
Pride gay boys staged
a kiss-in Yonge & Bloor
arrested, public indecency
fined for their liplocks. Convicts.
Made the papers.
“You were supposed
to feel ashamed of
yourself.”
KIRBY "Kiss me"
from their new KFB chapbook
SOFTIE #SoftFest3
itsakirby.bandcamp.com/track/kiss-me
KISS ME, by Kirby
track by Kirby
itsakirby.bandcamp.com
June 19, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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"Performing the role of 'body' for you has been akin to participating in an irreparably toxic workplace environment. One where management actively ignores the research and trauma-backed warnings I issue on a regular basis."
I Am Your Body and I Am Done Keeping Score
It’s me, your body, the one you’ve inhabited for thirty-plus years. I refuse to say exactly how many, because, as of today, keeping a precise count...
buff.ly
June 18, 2025 at 6:29 PM
"Performing the role of 'body' for you has been akin to participating in an irreparably toxic workplace environment. One where management actively ignores the research and trauma-backed warnings I issue on a regular basis."
Have you submitted? June 30 deadline.
#capilanoreview #callforsubmissions #canlit #hybridwriting #litjournal #booksky #authors #writers
#capilanoreview #callforsubmissions #canlit #hybridwriting #litjournal #booksky #authors #writers
"A call for work that celebrates the complex, the cross-genre, the formally mixed, the abject, the unstable, the code-switched (or the code-kept) resistant text. The winner will receive a $500 cash prize and publication in The Capilano Review."
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thecapilanoreview.com/language-the...
June 18, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Have you submitted? June 30 deadline.
#capilanoreview #callforsubmissions #canlit #hybridwriting #litjournal #booksky #authors #writers
#capilanoreview #callforsubmissions #canlit #hybridwriting #litjournal #booksky #authors #writers
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8PM TONIGHT MY QUEERS! #threedollarbill #parkdale
WEDNESDAY NIGHT 8PM! #whereyouwillfindme #thislineup #slays
KIRBY
MS. KNOWAH HOLDER
CHELSEA ROZANSKY
VIDAL WU
LEE SUKSI
BRAWK WARD
NATURAL BORN SINNERS #oncruising
THREE DOLLAR BILL #parkdale
Hosted by NASTY BEE + FAITH
Bring your own lube, poppers, cash. #tapfootforagoodtime #heysexybuymeadrink
KIRBY
MS. KNOWAH HOLDER
CHELSEA ROZANSKY
VIDAL WU
LEE SUKSI
BRAWK WARD
NATURAL BORN SINNERS #oncruising
THREE DOLLAR BILL #parkdale
Hosted by NASTY BEE + FAITH
Bring your own lube, poppers, cash. #tapfootforagoodtime #heysexybuymeadrink
June 11, 2025 at 2:21 PM
8PM TONIGHT MY QUEERS! #threedollarbill #parkdale
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Before Los Angeles was an American city, it was a Mexican village named "El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles del Río de Porciúncula." Yet the only "invasion" the GOP talks about concerns modern-day immigrants, not the US military invasion of 1846.
MARKWAYNE MULLIN: They were literally out there protesting, carrying a foreign flag. That's absolutely insane. They are not just peaceful protesters. These are illegals.
BASH: Carrying a flag is not illegal
M: A foreign fag -- a foreign flag while you're attacking law enforcement, it's pretty bad
BASH: Carrying a flag is not illegal
M: A foreign fag -- a foreign flag while you're attacking law enforcement, it's pretty bad
June 8, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Before Los Angeles was an American city, it was a Mexican village named "El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles del Río de Porciúncula." Yet the only "invasion" the GOP talks about concerns modern-day immigrants, not the US military invasion of 1846.
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Thinking of Greta Thunberg and the other brave people aboard the relief ship Madleen. And of course the starving kids they’re trying to help
Justice is justice is justice
Justice is justice is justice
June 9, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Thinking of Greta Thunberg and the other brave people aboard the relief ship Madleen. And of course the starving kids they’re trying to help
Justice is justice is justice
Justice is justice is justice
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LAPD fired rubber bullets at Australian journalist @laurentomasi.bsky.social
June 9, 2025 at 1:39 AM
LAPD fired rubber bullets at Australian journalist @laurentomasi.bsky.social
Tonight, pick your genre. Poetry, YA Fantasy, historical fiction, memoir, short fiction. Martha Bátiz, Shade Lapite, Marvyne Jenoff, Caitlyn Galway, Derek Webster & me. 7PM. #AngelReadingSeries Arts & Letters Club, 14 Elm Street. FREE.
#canlit #reading #booksky #poetry #writers #books #fiction
#canlit #reading #booksky #poetry #writers #books #fiction
I don't know about you, but poetry and literature in general are what bring me back into balance and remind me what my goals are and what really matters.
Join Martha Bátiz, Shade Lapite, Marvyne Jenoff, Caitlyn Galway, Derek Webster & me. Fri, June 6, 7PM. Arts & Letters Club, 14 Elm Street. FREE.
Join Martha Bátiz, Shade Lapite, Marvyne Jenoff, Caitlyn Galway, Derek Webster & me. Fri, June 6, 7PM. Arts & Letters Club, 14 Elm Street. FREE.
June 6, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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LMCC has a new #writingcontest page! Check our site for 2025 contests run by #litmags in Canada. Contact us to add your magazine's details. litmags.ca/contests/
June 4, 2025 at 2:45 PM
LMCC has a new #writingcontest page! Check our site for 2025 contests run by #litmags in Canada. Contact us to add your magazine's details. litmags.ca/contests/
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I think we’ve reached a boiling point when it comes to ICE.
Today in Minneapolis, a militarized task force raided the beloved Lake Street taqueria, Las Cuatro Milpas—and the community was not having it.
Agents from ICE, the DEA, FBI, ATF, IRS and HHS rolled up looking like they were ready for war.
Today in Minneapolis, a militarized task force raided the beloved Lake Street taqueria, Las Cuatro Milpas—and the community was not having it.
Agents from ICE, the DEA, FBI, ATF, IRS and HHS rolled up looking like they were ready for war.
June 4, 2025 at 2:54 AM
I think we’ve reached a boiling point when it comes to ICE.
Today in Minneapolis, a militarized task force raided the beloved Lake Street taqueria, Las Cuatro Milpas—and the community was not having it.
Agents from ICE, the DEA, FBI, ATF, IRS and HHS rolled up looking like they were ready for war.
Today in Minneapolis, a militarized task force raided the beloved Lake Street taqueria, Las Cuatro Milpas—and the community was not having it.
Agents from ICE, the DEA, FBI, ATF, IRS and HHS rolled up looking like they were ready for war.
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⏰ There are SIX DAYS left to submit your application to the 2025 Tin House Autumn Online Workshop! Don't miss out on this magical experience curated just for speculative writers, apply today!
Apply here: tinhouse.com/workshop/aut...
Apply here: tinhouse.com/workshop/aut...
June 3, 2025 at 4:42 PM
⏰ There are SIX DAYS left to submit your application to the 2025 Tin House Autumn Online Workshop! Don't miss out on this magical experience curated just for speculative writers, apply today!
Apply here: tinhouse.com/workshop/aut...
Apply here: tinhouse.com/workshop/aut...
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Attention writers! The annual Peter Hinchcliffe Short Fiction Contest closes in one week! Be sure to get your submissions in by June 10th! ⏰
For more information, visit: tnq.ca/tnq-contest-...
For more information, visit: tnq.ca/tnq-contest-...
June 3, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Attention writers! The annual Peter Hinchcliffe Short Fiction Contest closes in one week! Be sure to get your submissions in by June 10th! ⏰
For more information, visit: tnq.ca/tnq-contest-...
For more information, visit: tnq.ca/tnq-contest-...
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Attention nonfiction writers! Submissions are now open for regular nonfiction until June 30, 2025.
Note: Although there is a deadline, the total submission cap for nonfiction is 50 submissions. Be sure to submit your essays as soon as possible: tnq.ca/submit/
#litmagsubmissions #nonfiction
Note: Although there is a deadline, the total submission cap for nonfiction is 50 submissions. Be sure to submit your essays as soon as possible: tnq.ca/submit/
#litmagsubmissions #nonfiction
June 2, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Attention nonfiction writers! Submissions are now open for regular nonfiction until June 30, 2025.
Note: Although there is a deadline, the total submission cap for nonfiction is 50 submissions. Be sure to submit your essays as soon as possible: tnq.ca/submit/
#litmagsubmissions #nonfiction
Note: Although there is a deadline, the total submission cap for nonfiction is 50 submissions. Be sure to submit your essays as soon as possible: tnq.ca/submit/
#litmagsubmissions #nonfiction
Do you love language? "Listen & Be Heard" is a podcast for you. The host, Martha Cinader @cinader.bsky.social, is a sheer delight. Her love of books is palpable. And you can feel her nurturing oasis of a garden coming through the mic.
#booksky #books #poetry #podcast #literature #writers #canlit
#booksky #books #poetry #podcast #literature #writers #canlit
Barbara Tran - Precedented Parroting. Spoken Word, Cipher for Malcolm X's 100th Birthday, Jay's take on Blowin' in the Wind, Martha's take on the wind...
https://listenandbeheard.net/2025/05/29/s3e16/
https://listenandbeheard.net/2025/05/29/s3e16/
June 2, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Do you love language? "Listen & Be Heard" is a podcast for you. The host, Martha Cinader @cinader.bsky.social, is a sheer delight. Her love of books is palpable. And you can feel her nurturing oasis of a garden coming through the mic.
#booksky #books #poetry #podcast #literature #writers #canlit
#booksky #books #poetry #podcast #literature #writers #canlit
I don't know about you, but poetry and literature in general are what bring me back into balance and remind me what my goals are and what really matters.
Join Martha Bátiz, Shade Lapite, Marvyne Jenoff, Caitlyn Galway, Derek Webster & me. Fri, June 6, 7PM. Arts & Letters Club, 14 Elm Street. FREE.
Join Martha Bátiz, Shade Lapite, Marvyne Jenoff, Caitlyn Galway, Derek Webster & me. Fri, June 6, 7PM. Arts & Letters Club, 14 Elm Street. FREE.
May 29, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I don't know about you, but poetry and literature in general are what bring me back into balance and remind me what my goals are and what really matters.
Join Martha Bátiz, Shade Lapite, Marvyne Jenoff, Caitlyn Galway, Derek Webster & me. Fri, June 6, 7PM. Arts & Letters Club, 14 Elm Street. FREE.
Join Martha Bátiz, Shade Lapite, Marvyne Jenoff, Caitlyn Galway, Derek Webster & me. Fri, June 6, 7PM. Arts & Letters Club, 14 Elm Street. FREE.
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Okay, these two 'debutant' poets, JESSICA BEBENEK No One Knows Us There @bookhugpress.bsky.social + CHRISTINE WU Familial Hungers #brickbooks are on the road making an appearance Thursday night at Imperial Pub, then off to London (31) & the Hammer (01). I know they're bringing it. Meet them there.
May 28, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Okay, these two 'debutant' poets, JESSICA BEBENEK No One Knows Us There @bookhugpress.bsky.social + CHRISTINE WU Familial Hungers #brickbooks are on the road making an appearance Thursday night at Imperial Pub, then off to London (31) & the Hammer (01). I know they're bringing it. Meet them there.
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I think I was in my element talking spiritual life writing, memoir as art, and being the children of immigrants with acclaimed Winnipeg author and all around lovely human being, Linda Trinh.
Listen to our @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcast:
newbooksnetwork.com/seeking-spirit
#memoir
Listen to our @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcast:
newbooksnetwork.com/seeking-spirit
#memoir
May 28, 2025 at 9:23 PM
I think I was in my element talking spiritual life writing, memoir as art, and being the children of immigrants with acclaimed Winnipeg author and all around lovely human being, Linda Trinh.
Listen to our @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcast:
newbooksnetwork.com/seeking-spirit
#memoir
Listen to our @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcast:
newbooksnetwork.com/seeking-spirit
#memoir
Deadline: May 30. Poems in dialogue with other poems.
Edited by Kyeren Regehr @byallmeanswrite.bsky.social & @zoeidadickinson.bsky.social
planetearthpoetry.com/after?ss_sou...
#canpoetry #canlit
Edited by Kyeren Regehr @byallmeanswrite.bsky.social & @zoeidadickinson.bsky.social
planetearthpoetry.com/after?ss_sou...
#canpoetry #canlit
May 27, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Deadline: May 30. Poems in dialogue with other poems.
Edited by Kyeren Regehr @byallmeanswrite.bsky.social & @zoeidadickinson.bsky.social
planetearthpoetry.com/after?ss_sou...
#canpoetry #canlit
Edited by Kyeren Regehr @byallmeanswrite.bsky.social & @zoeidadickinson.bsky.social
planetearthpoetry.com/after?ss_sou...
#canpoetry #canlit
