Bryan Borland
@bryanborland.bsky.social
Poet / Writer / Publisher of Sibling Rivalry Press & Queer Punk Collective / Very Gay / 🦁 / Latest Books: Crow in the Desert & Brotherful / Editor of Assaracus: A Journal of Gay and Queer Poetry
www.bryanborland.com
www.bryanborland.com
Loved loved loved sharing stories and #poetry at the Hot Springs (Arkansas) Poetry Festival over the weekend with a good group of very talented people and a great audience!
November 3, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Loved loved loved sharing stories and #poetry at the Hot Springs (Arkansas) Poetry Festival over the weekend with a good group of very talented people and a great audience!
One of the last things Jubi said to me: “Spiritually I don’t know where I’m headed, but I feel the need to explore beyond. That’s as much as I know right now.”
Explore, my friend. Take it all in. As of today, it’s all yours to discover. Love you forever, Jubi Arriola-Headley. (Poet, Original Kink)
Explore, my friend. Take it all in. As of today, it’s all yours to discover. Love you forever, Jubi Arriola-Headley. (Poet, Original Kink)
October 18, 2025 at 12:55 PM
One of the last things Jubi said to me: “Spiritually I don’t know where I’m headed, but I feel the need to explore beyond. That’s as much as I know right now.”
Explore, my friend. Take it all in. As of today, it’s all yours to discover. Love you forever, Jubi Arriola-Headley. (Poet, Original Kink)
Explore, my friend. Take it all in. As of today, it’s all yours to discover. Love you forever, Jubi Arriola-Headley. (Poet, Original Kink)
So much love to Kai Coggin for curating a spirit-lifting night of storytelling with the Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival. My most common “performing” pose is unconsciously placing my hand on my chest, somewhere around my heart. Hand on heart, it was a magical space. ❤️ #poetry #gaypoetry
October 14, 2025 at 1:36 PM
So much love to Kai Coggin for curating a spirit-lifting night of storytelling with the Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival. My most common “performing” pose is unconsciously placing my hand on my chest, somewhere around my heart. Hand on heart, it was a magical space. ❤️ #poetry #gaypoetry
As part of the Hot Springs (Arkansas) Documentary Film Festival, I’ll be sharing the story of Sibling Rivalry Press tomorrow night at a campfire storytelling event. Excited to be with some of my favs. #queerpoetry #gaypoetry #poetry hsdfi.org
October 12, 2025 at 11:51 PM
As part of the Hot Springs (Arkansas) Documentary Film Festival, I’ll be sharing the story of Sibling Rivalry Press tomorrow night at a campfire storytelling event. Excited to be with some of my favs. #queerpoetry #gaypoetry #poetry hsdfi.org
#NYC! I’m reading at BGSQD today at 3:00. #gaypoetry #queerpoetry #poetry Come see me and there will be a hug in it for you. I’ll also be talking publishing, art as #resistance // and why I’ve brought back #siblingrivalrypress.
September 28, 2025 at 1:05 PM
#NYC! I’m reading at BGSQD today at 3:00. #gaypoetry #queerpoetry #poetry Come see me and there will be a hug in it for you. I’ll also be talking publishing, art as #resistance // and why I’ve brought back #siblingrivalrypress.
Sibling Rivalry Press is proud to host the Arkansas Queer Poet Series. Its mission is to highlight LGBTQ poets with a connection to our home state of Arkansas.
We’re thrilled to welcome two additions to AQPS - JC Andrews & Toni Garcia-Butler! ❤️ #poetry
www.siblingrivalrypress.com/arkansasquee...
We’re thrilled to welcome two additions to AQPS - JC Andrews & Toni Garcia-Butler! ❤️ #poetry
www.siblingrivalrypress.com/arkansasquee...
September 20, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Sibling Rivalry Press is proud to host the Arkansas Queer Poet Series. Its mission is to highlight LGBTQ poets with a connection to our home state of Arkansas.
We’re thrilled to welcome two additions to AQPS - JC Andrews & Toni Garcia-Butler! ❤️ #poetry
www.siblingrivalrypress.com/arkansasquee...
We’re thrilled to welcome two additions to AQPS - JC Andrews & Toni Garcia-Butler! ❤️ #poetry
www.siblingrivalrypress.com/arkansasquee...
It’s all about survival. #gaypoetry #queerpoetry #indiepress #gayart #queerart
Every dollar spent on Assaracus funds the entirety of Sibling Rivalry Press, and I promise, big things are coming all across the LGBTQ poetry and art and book spectrum.
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Every dollar spent on Assaracus funds the entirety of Sibling Rivalry Press, and I promise, big things are coming all across the LGBTQ poetry and art and book spectrum.
siblingrivalrypress.bigcartel.com
September 17, 2025 at 6:49 PM
It’s all about survival. #gaypoetry #queerpoetry #indiepress #gayart #queerart
Every dollar spent on Assaracus funds the entirety of Sibling Rivalry Press, and I promise, big things are coming all across the LGBTQ poetry and art and book spectrum.
siblingrivalrypress.bigcartel.com
Every dollar spent on Assaracus funds the entirety of Sibling Rivalry Press, and I promise, big things are coming all across the LGBTQ poetry and art and book spectrum.
siblingrivalrypress.bigcartel.com
The photos are a little blurry but this was the first ever Assaracus: A Journal of Gay Poetry reading on March 23, 2012 in NYC, and scanning the crowd there’s a constellation of starlight. #gaypoetry #queerpoetry
September 14, 2025 at 1:39 PM
The photos are a little blurry but this was the first ever Assaracus: A Journal of Gay Poetry reading on March 23, 2012 in NYC, and scanning the crowd there’s a constellation of starlight. #gaypoetry #queerpoetry
Don’t call it a comeback (Assaracus = October!) #gaypoetry #queerpoetry
September 13, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Don’t call it a comeback (Assaracus = October!) #gaypoetry #queerpoetry
Kevin, who works the door at CCBC in Palm Springs (Cathedral City actually), with my chapbook Crow in the Desert! CCBC features prominently in the book. Photo/text are from the Desert Rat Writing Residency. #gaypoetry
September 11, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Kevin, who works the door at CCBC in Palm Springs (Cathedral City actually), with my chapbook Crow in the Desert! CCBC features prominently in the book. Photo/text are from the Desert Rat Writing Residency. #gaypoetry
Double trouble with my friend @fathermarc.bsky.social
September 4, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Double trouble with my friend @fathermarc.bsky.social
The many facets of us in Palm Springs.
September 4, 2025 at 4:47 PM
The many facets of us in Palm Springs.
September 3, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Building Assaracus Issue 26, the return issue of our journal of #gaypoetry & #queerpoetry
My philosophy:
IF YOU ARE NOT QUEER / QUEER #POETRY IS NOT YOUR SAFE SPACE / YOU ARE STILL WELCOME
BUT YOUR COMFORT IS NOT OUR PRIORITY / OUR SURVIVAL IS
Disturb / Enrapture
Coming in October.
My philosophy:
IF YOU ARE NOT QUEER / QUEER #POETRY IS NOT YOUR SAFE SPACE / YOU ARE STILL WELCOME
BUT YOUR COMFORT IS NOT OUR PRIORITY / OUR SURVIVAL IS
Disturb / Enrapture
Coming in October.
September 2, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Building Assaracus Issue 26, the return issue of our journal of #gaypoetry & #queerpoetry
My philosophy:
IF YOU ARE NOT QUEER / QUEER #POETRY IS NOT YOUR SAFE SPACE / YOU ARE STILL WELCOME
BUT YOUR COMFORT IS NOT OUR PRIORITY / OUR SURVIVAL IS
Disturb / Enrapture
Coming in October.
My philosophy:
IF YOU ARE NOT QUEER / QUEER #POETRY IS NOT YOUR SAFE SPACE / YOU ARE STILL WELCOME
BUT YOUR COMFORT IS NOT OUR PRIORITY / OUR SURVIVAL IS
Disturb / Enrapture
Coming in October.
Jumping back into publishing like
September 1, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Jumping back into publishing like
Swear to God I’m a West Coast Boy
August 30, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Swear to God I’m a West Coast Boy
Desert Rat Palm Springs Bound!
August 30, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Desert Rat Palm Springs Bound!
