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Amber Dawn is bent
@amberdawnwrites.bsky.social
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Kitchen witch, sparkle mind & aging whore. Wrote SUB ROSA, SODOM ROAD EXIT and other queer weird books. New poetry collection BUZZKILL CLAMSHELL Spring 2025.

https://arsenalpulp.com/Contributors/D/Dawn-Amber
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So excited about this launch on Wed hosted by @anotherstoryto.bsky.social. The books all look amazing, but I was lucky enough to have the chance to read Buzzkill Clamshell by @amberdawnwrites.bsky.social pre-pub & I can tell you it's truly spectacular. Tickets: www.eventbrite.ca/e/arsenal-pu...
Arsenal Pulp Spring Poetry Launch: jaye simpson, Kyo Lee, and Amber Dawn
Join us for a triple poetry launch from Arsenal Pulp Press: jaye simpson, Kyo Lee, and Amber Dawn! Hosted by Kai Cheng Thom.
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April 28, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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I didn’t know it was a life goal to be featured in an interview titled “Orgasm, Pain, and The Void” until now!

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Orgasm, Pain, and The Void: An Interview with Amber Dawn
Buzzkill Clamshell, a book that "flaunts the chronically pained body as a source of lewd feminine power," is Amber Dawn's eighth book with Arsenal Pulp Press.
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April 30, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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See you tomorrow, NYC. I be reading with @aaantons.bsky.social @emializh.bsky.social and Dia Felix. Swoon!
April 26, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Canada’s most unique poetry prize: 4 prize winners & 4 honorable mentions will be published in a chapbook. 2 readings in the fall. Please repost!
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April 24, 2025 at 5:09 AM
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Happy #NationalPoetryMonth day 18

c/o X. Rae Alessandro from the Hustling Verse anthology, curated by @amberdawnwrites.bsky.social and Justin Ducharme
Text of poem “Noon prayers on rug-burned knees” by X. Rae Alessandro from the collection, Hustling Verse.
April 18, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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The Fates Spring Poetry Tour
Arsenal Pulp Press is a book publisher in Vancouver, Canada with over 300 titles currently in print, which include literary fiction and nonfiction; cultural and gender studies; LGBT and multicultural ...
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April 9, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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""Pain can limit us. A bed can be a constraint. But in [Buzzkill Clamshell], Amber Dawn’s third solo collection of poetry and eighth book with Arsenal Pulp Press, constraint elevates and intensifies." This review means everything; thanks @margolapierre.bsky.social

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Teeth, Guts, and Growths: A Review of Buzzkill Clamshell by Amber Dawn
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April 5, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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happy poetry month! i got interviewed by Chris Banks for The Woodlot @thewoodlot.bsky.social ! thanks much! / @ucalgarypress.bsky.social @ualbertapress.bsky.social ;
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“12 Questions Of My Own” For Canadian poet rob mclennan
12 or 20 Questions? Two can play at that game! But seriously, rob mclennan is a prolific Canadian writer and tireless community organizer who has been interviewing other writers for decades with hi…
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April 3, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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One week from today: @jayesimpson.bsky.social and I launch our poetry collections.
April 3, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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I wrote about trying to figure out how bad you have to make things in a story so that your novel seems realistic in the near future. It’s funnier than it sounds.
April 1, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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This poetry collection is spec-tac-ular & is going to spark all the best conversations #BuzzkillClamshell
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So, @margolapierre.bsky.social asks the greatest questions. This interview with @arcpoetry.bsky.social online newsletter is the most fun I've had talking about my work in my 25 years of publishing.

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April 1, 2025 at 3:51 AM
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Canada’s literary institutions are banding together about counter-tariffs on U.S. imports that could include books.

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Canadian book industry calls on government to keep it out of trade war
Canada’s literary institutions are banding together on the eve of an expected announcement about counter-tariffs on U.S. imports that could include books.
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April 1, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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Wow...I've not written poetry in a while. But I have a reading tomorrow, and nothing I've written is saying what I want to say. SO I'm writing something brand new! :) If you're in LA ,come join me, @charliejane.bsky.social, @amberdawnwrites.bsky.social and a whole lineup of incredible writers!
March 27, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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So, @margolapierre.bsky.social asks the greatest questions. This interview with @arcpoetry.bsky.social online newsletter is the most fun I've had talking about my work in my 25 years of publishing.

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March 26, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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A wee bit late on getting my mail, but so happy to have this gorgeous poetry collection by my deeply talented friend @amberdawnwrites.bsky.social in hand. Congratulations, you beautiful soul. I’m taking it to bed right meow ✨ #poetry #canadianpoetry #arsenalpulppress
Displayed on a windowsill, the cover of Amber Dawn’s newest collection of poetry, Buzzkill Clamshell.
March 23, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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Thank you @49thshelf.bsky.social for including BUZZKILL CLAMSHELL in your Most Anticipated Spring Poetry Collections. Also, I want every collection listed, right now!
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Most Anticipated: Our 2025 Spring Poetry Preview · Blog Post · 49th Shelf
Poetry to look forward to in the first half of 2025.
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March 15, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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#awp offsite
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March 14, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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🐚🫧 New! #BuzzkillClamshell, the latest poetry collection by Amber Dawn (@amberdawnwrites.bsky.social), flaunts the chronically pained body as a source of lewd feminine power.

👉 Out now in Canada (USA April 1, 2025). Read more: arsenalpulp.com/Books/B/Buzz...
The cover of the book "Buzzkill Clamshell" by Amber Dawn, with stacked text above reading, "Happy book birthday!", along with the book title and author's name. Below, footer text lists the publisher, Arsenal Pulp Press, and their website, arsenal pulp dot com. At the top of the book cover is the book title, “Buzzkill Clamshell,” and the author’s name, “Amber Dawn.” At the bottom is a large pink clamshell opened to reveal three pearls in its centre. On the left are two plants, one with wavy multi-branched stems ending in round buds, and the other with three stems ending in yellow bell-shaped flowers that dip over the book title. In the bottom left corner, beneath the plants, is the word “Poems.” The cover is illustrated in a hand-painted semi-realistic style by Rebecca Chaperon. Amber Dawn, self-portrait.
March 12, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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Na na na na na, goodbye.

The HBC paved the way for Canadian colonialism, "acquiring" hundreds of thousands of acres of land (how? No one knows!) then selling it as Rupertsland to "Canada." Then came the violent and genocidal push west.
March 11, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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Terese Mason Pierre, Myth / @teresempierre.bsky.social ;
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Transfer Much occurs in the glow behind my eyes. With every blink, memory expires, guides me to a new construction. In an ideal wo...
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March 7, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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March 4, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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Save the Date, Toronto. April 30. Triple poetry launch with Kyo Lee, @jayesimpson.bsky.social and me. Hosted by the luminous @razorfemme.bsky.social. Book sales by your favourite indie @anotherstoryto.bsky.social

The Eventbrite is ready, if you'd like to pre-register.

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March 5, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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BAD ROMANCE #AWP Offsite - readings for the filthy bent & heartbroken.
💦 dream line up: @rykaaoki.bsky.social @charliejane.bsky.social @clementgoldberg.bsky.social @adelebarclay.bsky.social @alexmlwrites.bsky.social
Background photo is of a pink vibrator discarded on a dirty sidewalk near a bus shelter. Readers: Adèle Barclay Alex Marzano-Lesnevich Amber Dawn Brandi Bird Britt McGillivray Charlie Jane Anders Clement Goldberg Dora Prieto Nisa Malli Ryka Aoki Thurs Mar 27, 7 pm North Figueroa Bookshop 6040 N Figueroa St
March 1, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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Fuck this and fuck ABC
February 27, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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February 27, 2025 at 2:28 PM