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kendall a. bell
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Poet, editor. Pizza snob. Coffee addict. Sad bastard. Publisher/Editor @maverickduckpress.bsky.social and Editor of @chantarellesnb.bsky.social
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My fifth full length collection inspired by the lyrics of @kristinhersh.bsky.social is available at MDP. Click the link to pick up a copy. #poetry #books #poetry #allihaveinmyhands #poetryisalive
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all i have in my hands by Kendall A. Bell
Inspired by the lyrics and songs of Kristin Hersh and Throwing Muses, all i have in my hands is the fifth full length collection of poems by Kendall A. Bell.
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Back on my stupid shit of writing every day. 12 poems in and I'm starting to feel somewhat like myself.
December 13, 2025 at 1:33 AM
I have a new chapbook that just came out yesterday from @cryingheartpress.bsky.social called wherever you are. you can get it at the link for $7. It's nice to have these poems out there. Support indie presses and pick one up. #poetry #chapbooks
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Wherever You Are by Kendall A. Bell
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October 22, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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1. Led by Elon Musk, the far-right has exploded in a campaign to get Netflix to remove shows with queer and trans characters.

If Netflix capitulates to their demands, an already strained market for LGBTQ+ animators might become even more dire.

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Elon Musk Leads Campaign To Force Netflix To Remove Shows With Trans Characters
Musk's posts have been seen by tens of millions of users, and many conservatives are now attempting to force Netflix into a removal of LGBTQ+ content.
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October 2, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Fucking scumbag thugs.
Chicago Ald. Jessie Fuentes' office has released video of federal agents handcuffing her at Humboldt Park Health, as she asked them to present a judicial warrant for another arrest.
October 3, 2025 at 8:19 PM
I'm done here. I don't want to be here in the morning. I don't want to see what horrible thing comes next. I'm over it all. How do we just go on every day and pretend like all of this dictator shit is fine? Do we just acquiesce? Fuck it all. I hate everything.
September 18, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say.

This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.

All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
September 17, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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I don't know what to read.

I think I might have not enough books... 😂
September 11, 2025 at 9:31 PM
My fifth full length collection inspired by the lyrics of @kristinhersh.bsky.social is available at MDP. Click the link to pick up a copy. #poetry #books #poetry #allihaveinmyhands #poetryisalive
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all i have in my hands by Kendall A. Bell
Inspired by the lyrics and songs of Kristin Hersh and Throwing Muses, all i have in my hands is the fifth full length collection of poems by Kendall A. Bell.
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July 18, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Quiet quitting life.
June 29, 2025 at 3:09 PM
My fifth full length collection is in my possession, though it's not officially out until Friday. If you Venmo me (link in bio) $13, I'll send one out to you. That's the cover. #poetry #poems #allihaveinmyhands #kristinhersh #throwingmuses #poetrybooks
June 11, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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I will be damned if I allow a bunch of Confederate-waving January 6th apologists give the American people a lecture on flag waving.

There is ZERO reason to enter an argument about patriotism with people who still worship traitors to America 150+ years later.

They. Are. Breaking. The. Law.
June 11, 2025 at 1:21 AM
One thing I will never, never, never do is grovel for a fucking featured slot at any poetry reading. It means shit to me. I'm happily an outsider.
May 30, 2025 at 12:25 AM
My fifth full length poetry collection, all i have in my hands, comes out on June 13th. This is the collection inspired by Kristin Hersh lyrics.
#poetry #poems #poets #books #indiepoets
May 28, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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What’s up with all these writing residencies for rich folks? If I had $3,000 to spend on a few days of writing, I’d buy a plane ticket or drive somewhere cool and write in a hotel or a little cabin or whatever.
May 26, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I've barely written anything this month. I don't know if it even matters anymore.
May 18, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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Check out these three poems by Danielle Hubbard to distract you from the inevitability of another damned Monday!
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Three poems by Danielle Hubbard
Dear Mom When you met Dad, you were nineteen. A tiny woman, blushing hair and skin the colour of San Francisco summers. He saw you in front of the olde-time movie house, a Charlie Chaplin film mimi…
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May 18, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Woke up disappointed that I woke up. So very tired of existing.
May 11, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Tonight in Burlington, NJ...DO NOT miss this reading!
May 10, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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We're back on this sunny Saturday morning! Check out these three poems from Allison Burris that are freshly posted.
#poetry #poems #poetryisalive
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Three poems by Allison Burris
Virtual Engagement you have no name except the one you change your next wish casts rainbows like a diamond ring while the guys in pop songs demand your story or your silence—whichever provides the …
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May 10, 2025 at 12:09 PM
My new chapbook, The Contortionist, is out now. Click the link to get a copy. #poetry #poems #thecontortionist #poetryisalive
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The Contortionist by Kendall A. Bell
The Contortionist, Kendall A. Bell's 37th chapbook, is sixteen poems inspired by the album "Portals" by Melanie Martinez.
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May 2, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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Our sale for National Poetry Month is still going until the end of the month! Order two chapbooks, then use the code NPM at checkout to get one free! Click the link in our bio to visit our store.
#chapbooks #poetry #poetryisalive #nationalpoetrymonth
April 12, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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When you look at the list of institutions they want to defund: libraries, museums, the Smithsonian, public schools, PBS, NPR, archives, you can clearly see that the real threat to an authoritarian regime is an informed and educated public
March 29, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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We're back! Check out these two poems by Alex Stolis, and send us some of your own while you're there! ☺️
#poetry #poems #poetryisalive #poetryisnotdead
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Two poems by Alex Stolis
Love is a destiny moving forward We’ve stopped living inside ideas, cloak the world in reality; birds scream in light and our love and our love is and our love is a crucible of ash of fire of of of…
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March 30, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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If you’re okay with a woman being snatched off the street for free speech and peaceful protest and detained with no due process …you have fully lost the plot on what AMERICA is supposed to be.
March 27, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Sanders: I will tell you what I think the worst addiction in this country is, the most dangerous, and that is the greed of the oligarchs. Everybody wants to do well. These guys already have billions, tens of billions, hundreds of billions. How much money do you need?
March 22, 2025 at 12:25 AM