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Erin Belieu

@erinwriter.bsky.social

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Copper Canyon poet (new & selected collection coming fall 2026), professor, Girl Scout from Omaha. She/her

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Erin Belieu @erinwriter.bsky.social · Nov 16

*clears throat nervously* I’m author of five poetry collections from Copper Canyon Press & two poetry anthologies. Long-time feminist rabble rouser & poetry teacher. 200 years old in writer years but don’t look a day over 180. Here’s my recent, available at www.coppercanyonpress.org/books/come-h...

Picture of purple and orange poetry collection

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The Onion @theonion.com · 1d

Area Family Putting A Little Money Away To One Day Blow On Single Health Scare https://theonion.com/area-family-putting-a-little-money-away-to-one-day-blow-1819575678/

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Erin Belieu @erinwriter.bsky.social · 1d

Just spoke to Miguel at customer service and lodged a formal complaint. Took 5 minutes. People should be burning up the phones to let Wells Fargo know WE SEE YOU (again).

Erin Belieu @erinwriter.bsky.social · 1d

I should’ve known better than to deal with Wells Fargo in the first place. Closing my account directly. It’s the power we have under cannibalistic capitalism.

Noam "Free Link" Law-msky @noamlaw.bsky.social · 1d

want to close your Wells Fargo account because you want to punish them for siccing ICE on a building of impoverished immigrants that Wells Fargo execs wanted to foreclose and sell?

here's how

Mama Murphy☘️ @mamamurphy.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s how you can close your account:

Call 1-800-TO-WELLS (1-800-869-3557)
Visit a Wells Fargo branch near you.
You can close most accounts immediately when:

The account has a positive or zero balance.
All deposits, outstanding and pending items are posted.

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D. A. Powell @dapowell.bsky.social · 4d

Made two more holiday cards. 🎃👻

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Erin Belieu @erinwriter.bsky.social · 4d

This is the exact sentence I heard most frequently growing up in Nebraska. Makes me weepy with nostalgia now. 😭

Amie Just @amiejust.com · 4d

This game is a train wreck for Nebraska's offense.

Erin Belieu @erinwriter.bsky.social · 4d

I’m embarrassed for my people.

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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 4d

Y'know I'm not supposed to say that word things are correct or incorrect because that's classist and snobby and gatekeeping etc.?

"Woah" is incorrect.

Daniel Radosh @radosh.bsky.social · 4d

How about doing your copy editing better?

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• Do your laundry better: If you're confused about how to launder an item of clothing, just take a photo of a laundry-care label. Then, tap the Info button at the bottom of the screen (or sometimes a washing machine icon with sparkles) and tap Look Up Laundry
Care. Woah.

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Erin Belieu @erinwriter.bsky.social · 4d

Where did these even come from? Because “woah” is suddenly & annoyingly ubiquitous. An *editor* at a major press even used it in a friend’s ms. notes recently. 🤦‍♀️

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Erin Belieu @erinwriter.bsky.social · 4d

We need a word for the practice of lying in bed with cold feet because your cat is hogging the bed throw & somehow it feels criminal to disturb their sleepy sweetness. Though it’s possible that the word for this concept exists in cat language & it is “sucker.” #Caturday

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pumpkin spice Toddé @toddedillard.bsky.social · 7d

the four types of poems are:

hold me
thrill me
kiss me
kill me

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Erin Belieu @erinwriter.bsky.social · 7d

Though I feel like I have a niche specialty in “You broke it, you bought it.”

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 9d

The president just gathered the highest ranking officers in the military to tell them that he may order them to kill American citizens -- and that they better follow his orders. All in response to a series of crises that have no basis in reality.

I don't know how to yell any louder.

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Jeffrey Thomson @jeffreythomson.bsky.social · 8d

Jesus—partisan polarization? @nytimes.com ? The republicans control all three branches of government. Just like last time. FFS

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 8d

A government shutdown that is almost certain to start on Wednesday will be the third to occur during a Trump presidency. It’s just one symptom of the partisan polarization that has increasingly gripped Congress in recent decades.

A History of Government Shutdowns Traces Decades of Funding Struggles

Congress’s persistent inability to write and pass spending bills on time has made government shutdowns like the imminent one a routine threat.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10d

79. American citizen.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 11d

Why are they unable to sell the harvest, Senator?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11d

Thune: "We've got a big harvest coming in here in South Dakota, corn and soybeans, and no place to go with it ... we are looking at potential solutions to make sure we can help support farmers until some of those markets come back."

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Michael Jay McClure @mjmimages.bsky.social · 13d

When I get too full of myself I remember that I once walked through the streets of Paris with a cute, glossy, hard-sided, navy, rolling suitcase that had a jock strap hanging out of it.

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Erin Belieu @erinwriter.bsky.social · 13d

If it makes you feel less alone, I walked through maybe five luxury boutiques at the Amsterdam airport with my whole ass out until some nice Dutch lady told me my skirt was stuck in my underwear.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 13d

This is what Ice is doing in front of the cameras, imagine what they’re doing when no one is filming

Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 13d

I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 13d

I mean, you knew it was coming

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 13d

Trump: We’re going to take some of the tariff money and give it to our farmers who are going to be hurt for a little while until the tariffs kick in

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Erin Belieu @erinwriter.bsky.social · 13d

Hey thank you. ❤️

Erin Belieu @erinwriter.bsky.social · 14d

@bcdreyer.social (I want you to know my fictional avatar makes a brief & appropriately tawdry appearance on page 3.)

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SATIRE of SEVS Crew @satire-of-sevs.bsky.social · 14d

We don't have all the details yet, but the shooter must have been a lousy shot.

He only hit three detainees in bright, orange jumpsuits, and not the agents detaining them.

Seems like an odd detail to omit, if he was in fact targeting ICE agents.

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Erin Belieu @erinwriter.bsky.social · 14d

Suuuuuch a good novel. And no surprise at all because it’s Dan Chaon!

Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 16d

Happy onsale day to the great @danchaon.bsky.social and One of Us!

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Bradley Whitford @bradleywhitford.bsky.social · 15d

It’s like the Kardashians hooked up with the Squid Game, gave birth to a Sopranos reboot and we’re supposed to pretend it’s the West Wing.

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Erin Belieu @erinwriter.bsky.social · 15d

a woman in a black dress and gloves is standing on a staircase and says good night

Alt: a woman in a black dress and gloves is standing on a staircase and says good night

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