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Miles, knitting screaming agony werewolf @queermedieval.bsky.social · 2d

your wish, my command, etc., etc.

a woodcut-style black and white illustration of the face-off between ICE and that guy in the inflatable frog costume

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Sean Thomas Dougherty @seanthomasd.bsky.social · 5d

Daneen Wardrop, another poet taken too soon. I love the last lines of this poem so much. poets.org/poem/name

name

name is a windy thing

poets.org

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Andrew Collard @1andrewcollard.bsky.social · 7d

Working on proofs for Lo-Fi Citadels! Coming in March if everything stays on track.

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Perugia Press @perugiapress.bsky.social · 12d

Perugia Press’s annual prize is open through 11/15, for what will be our 30th collection. Open to women poets, inclusive of gender-expansive identities, who have not published more than one full-length collection. Guidelines & info at linktree in bio. We look forward to reading your work!

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Cuba @cubarhodes.bsky.social · 13d

CHOTINER: Wendy?

WENDY: Yes, Chotiner

CHOTINER: Is the water warm enough?

WENDY: Yes, Chotiner

CHOTINER: Then shall we begin?

WENDY: Yes, Chotiner

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BOA Editions @boa-editions.bsky.social · 22d

📣 NEW RELEASE ALERT! 📣 Boa Editions is thrilled to announce that Aracelis Girmay's new collection of poetry GREEN OF ALL HEADS is out now! We have signed paperbacks and hardcovers for sale on our store in limited supply! Purchase yourself a copy today at boaeditions.org. Spread the word🍃

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RS Deeren @rsdeeren.bsky.social · 26d

I had the joy of speaking with Valencia Robin on her newest poetry collection, LOST CITIES, for @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social
Check out the brilliant insight below. Thanks to Gabriel Fried for putting us in contact.

"The Emotional Truth of an Experience:" An Interview with Valencia Robin - Chicago Review of Books

A conversation with Valencia Robin on her new poetry collection, "Lost Cities"

chireviewofbooks.com

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Andrew Collard @1andrewcollard.bsky.social · Sep 3

There's a poem from Lo-Fi Citadels out in this super cool anthology from ONE ART. The whole thing is up at their site.

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Matthew Hodson @matthewhodson.bsky.social · Aug 13

27 years ago, two years after the introduction of effective HIV treatment, the Bay Area Reporter, San Francisco’s lesbian and gay community newspaper, ran ‘No Obits’ as its headline.
It was the first edition not to report an AIDS death in almost 15 years.

The Bay Area Reporter front page, 13 August 1998.
The headline ‘No obits’ is written in red above the lead story.

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tuck woodstock @tuck.bsky.social · Aug 14

And Just Like That.... ends tonight.

But Sex Change & the City is forever!

Preorder now from our trans small press — I wrote a whole press release and then realized I'm not sure if anyone writes about books or gay anymore. So, back to Plan A (posting).

girldadpress.bigcartel.com/product/sex-...

[PRESALE!] Sex Change and the City

NOTE: THIS PURCHASE WILL SHIP IN NOVEMBER 2025. Sex Change and the City features personal essays, critical analysis, comics, poetry, artwork,...

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Andrew Collard @1andrewcollard.bsky.social · Aug 13

Slightly diminish a band: The Twoders

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Andrew Collard @1andrewcollard.bsky.social · Aug 12

There are two poems from Lo-Fi Citadels in the recent Sixth Finch. Here's one called "You Were Already Good."

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Gwen Snyder is undead @gwensnyder.bsky.social · Aug 9

I would amend to say that they tolerate embodiment in theory, but only a very specific, mechanized sort of embodiment that is devoid of fat or curves and treated robotically (think Thiel getting youth blood infusions like he's getting his oil changed).

They want an embodiment that escapes flesh

Yvonne Lam @yvonnezlam.bsky.social · Aug 9

And the AI techbros are against embodiment. Particularly of bodies that they deem unsuitable, but really all bodies.

Gwen Snyder is undead @gwensnyder.bsky.social · Aug 9

Here's the thing, it's not the bodily function the transphobes are hoping to disappear from society.

It is the body in its entirety.

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Andrew Collard @1andrewcollard.bsky.social · Aug 4

Love this one

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Andrew Collard @1andrewcollard.bsky.social · Aug 4

Morning Rain!

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Éireann @eireannmor.bsky.social · Jul 27

made these in fall 2024 and was interested to see where they got taken down and where they stayed up. we really can make space for one another -- for more thinking and more being

A poster that reads "email is over / if you want it" in the Ono/Lennon style. Under that it says "boundaries around screen technology use set us and others free. Merry Christmas from John & Yoko"

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Sheila Liming @seeshespeak.bsky.social · Jul 23

Ed tech has been snake oil from the start, designed to dilute expertise, cheapen relations between teacher and student, and line the pockets of people who have absolutely no interest in—and no useful contributions to offer to—education.

Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · Jul 23

“…faculty members will be able to click an icon that connects them with various AI features…, like a grading tool, a discussion-post summarizer… Canvas’s parent company, Instructure, is also in partnership w/ OpenAI… so instructors can use generative-AI technology as part of their assignments.”

Instructors Will Now See AI Throughout a Widely Used Course Software

New features integrated into Canvas include a grading assistant, a discussion-post summarizer, and even a way to pair assignments with generative AI tools.

www.chronicle.com

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Andrew Collard @1andrewcollard.bsky.social · Jul 22

My second book of poems, LO-FI CITADELS, has been accepted at Wayne State University Press and will be published in 2026. Very grateful and excited to share with you.

Here's a poem from the book, "Bus Stop Promenade," originally published a while back in @kenyonreview.bsky.social

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Sean Thomas Dougherty @seanthomasd.bsky.social · Jul 22

www.culturaldaily.com/sean-thomas-...

Sean Thomas Dougherty: Three Poems - Cultural Daily

Three poems by Sean Thomas Dougherty: "Here the machinery of night // is still. I walk the long hall / & listen for human words."

www.culturaldaily.com

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Andrew Collard @1andrewcollard.bsky.social · Jul 22

💜 Thanks Han!

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Andrew Collard @1andrewcollard.bsky.social · Jul 22

My second book of poems, LO-FI CITADELS, has been accepted at Wayne State University Press and will be published in 2026. Very grateful and excited to share with you.

Here's a poem from the book, "Bus Stop Promenade," originally published a while back in @kenyonreview.bsky.social

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Troyce - Imprison Trump @troyce.bsky.social · Jul 19

My problem was he changed the TOS. So instead of the one-time payment I made for the powers, it switched to a monthly subscription service. I dropped the powers and got other ones.

Greg Pak @gregpak.net · Nov 26

RT if you hate it when Galactus removes your space-time powers

Comic panel from SILVER SURFER #1 by Lee, Buscema, Sinnott, and Rosen showing Norrin Radd, aka the Silver Surfer, getting zapped by eyebeams from Galactus as Galactus says "Since you shall be Herald to Galactus no longer... I remove your space-time powers!"

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HELLody SchreiBOO @melodyschreiber.com · Jul 17

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · Jul 17

BREAKING: ICE officials will gain access to personally identifiable information for all Medicaid enrollees, according to an agreement obtained by the AP.

Trump administration hands over nation's Medicaid enrollee data, including addresses, to ICE

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials will gain access to personally identifiable information for all of the nation’s 79 million Medicaid enrollees.

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Sixth Finch @sixthfinch.bsky.social · Jul 16

New summer issue

Featuring @1andrewcollard.bsky.social, @katiekemple.bsky.social, @alisonpelegrin.bsky.social, @sambranopoet.bsky.social, @kellyrsamuels.bsky.social, @mhwack.bsky.social, @ellenwelcker.bsky.social, @tracylchandler.bsky.social, @gregory-euclide.bsky.social, @todaysaaron.bsky.social

Sixth Finch

Sixth Finch: a quarterly online journal of poetry and art. The current issue features poems by Katie Berta, Conor Bracken, Ava Chen, Andrew Collard, Sofia Fall, Kelle Groom, Katie Kemple, W. M. Lobko,...

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Read A Little Poetry @readalittlepoem.bsky.social · Jul 11

“Years later, I spend a summer / patrolling a different pool’s edge. I lose / count of how many sons are held / by their fathers;”

— Tariq Luthun

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This poem appeared in How the Water Holds Me by Tariq Luthun, published by Bull City Press, 2020. Shared here with deep gratitude.

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