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Misha Solomon @mishasolomon.bsky.social · 6d

Come on out!

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rob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · Aug 23

some above/ground press author activity: Wanda O'Connor, Phil Hall, Misha Solomon, Laynie Browne + Marcus McCann, / @mishasolomon.bsky.social ;
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some author activity: O'Connor, Hall, Solomon, Browne + McCann,

Wanda O'Connor is interviewed about her garden for an article on the BBC ; Phil Hall has new work up at Discordia Review ; Misha Solomon has...

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The New Quarterly @thenewquarterly.bsky.social · Aug 18

Featured this week in The New Quarterly is Misha Solomon's "Yesterday Down at the Canal", from Issue 175! Click here to read the full poem: tnq.ca/story/yester...

Excerpt from Misha Solomon's poem "Yesterday Down at the Canal", published in Issue 175 of The New Quarterly.

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rob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · Aug 17

filling Station #84 : let slip the dogs / @fillingstation.bsky.social @mishasolomon.bsky.social ;
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filling Station #84 : let slip the dogs

Hey America, How Are Your Stones? Sometimes the bicycle swirl of a landscape unfurls hot butter – edge – white – wax – smear – mushed i...

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The New Quarterly @thenewquarterly.bsky.social · Jul 21

Our summer issue is now LIVE!

Step into the extraordinary lives of others—where each story, poem, and essay is an intimate invitation driven by curiosity, admiration, love, or even bereavement: tnq.ca/issue/issue-...

#canlit #fiction #nonfiction #poetry #reading

The New Quarterly's latest issue for the summer of 2025, Issue 175: The Lives of Others is now available at tnq.ca.

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Misha Solomon @mishasolomon.bsky.social · Aug 4

Thanks @robmclennan.bsky.social for asking me to write about how a poem begins (spoiler alert: I don’t really know). (and thanks to @sarahwolfson.bsky.social for her incisive suggestions — read her amazing @periodicities.bsky.social piece from yesterday!)

periodicities : a journal of poetry and poetics @periodicities.bsky.social · Aug 4

newly posted: Misha Solomon : How Does a Poem Begin? / @mishasolomon.bsky.social ;
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Misha Solomon : How Does a Poem Begin?

How does a poem begin? A poem, for me, does not so much begin as end. Once I start writing, the poem is over. Nothing fe...

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rob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · Aug 4

newly posted at @periodicities.bsky.social : Misha Solomon : How Does a Poem Begin? / @mishasolomon.bsky.social ;
periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2025/08/mish...

Misha Solomon : How Does a Poem Begin?

How does a poem begin? A poem, for me, does not so much begin as end. Once I start writing, the poem is over. Nothing fe...

periodicityjournal.blogspot.com

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rob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · Jul 10

Touch the Donkey : new interviews with Straumsvåg, ryan, Solomon, Lockhart, Dulin, Davis + Higgins, / @brandyryan.bsky.social @mishasolomon.bsky.social @jordandavis.bsky.social ;
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Touch the Donkey : new interviews with Straumsvåg, ryan, Solomon, Lockhart, Dulin, Davis + Higgins,

Anticipating the release next week of the forty-sixth issue of Touch the Donkey [a small poetry journal] , why not check out the interviews ...

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Carlos A. Pittella @pittella.bsky.social · Jun 8

Starting Saturday, June 14, the amazing @mishasolomon.bsky.social is facilitating another iteration of his popular online writing workshop:

—"IS THIS PROMPT ABOUT ME?"

Misha doesn't need me to vouch for him, but I will: you'll never regret attending this! ❤️‍🔥

Flyer for an online writing workshop facilitated by Misha Solomon, with the following text:

ONLINE WORKSHOP
JUNE 14 – AUGUST 2
email: misha.solomon@gmail.com or DM @mishasolomon
IS THIS PROMPT ABOUT ME?
participants will receive FOUR personalized prompts
kick-off: sat, june 14
wrap-up: sat, aug 2
11 a.m – 1 p.m
group meetings

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rob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · May 31

some above/ground press author activity: Kevin Stebner, Camille Martin, Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social , Chris Banks @chrisbanks6625.bsky.social , Khashayar "Kess" Mohammadi, Erín Moure + Misha Solomon @mishasolomon.bsky.social ,
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some author activity: Stebner, Martin, Berlatsky, Banks, Mohammadi, Moure + Solomon,

Kevin Stebner answers the '12 or 20 questions' interview ; Camille Martin has a series of photographs newly posted online ; Noah Berlatsky h...

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rob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · May 24

some above/ground press author activity: J.R. Carpenter, Misha Solomon, Rae Armantrout, Miranda Mellis, Ken Norris + Jill Stengel, / @mishasolomon.bsky.social @jrcarpenter.bsky.social @jillstengel.bsky.social ;
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some author activity: Carpenter, Solomon, Armantrout, Mellis, Norris + Stengel,

I missed it before, but J.R. Carpenter has a collaborative work with Mary Paterson over at Pamenar Online Journal ; Misha Solomon is intervi...

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Misha Solomon @mishasolomon.bsky.social · May 23

Excited that my poem "Yoo-Hoo," published in @riddlefence.bsky.social, will appear in Best Canadian Poetry 2026!

Biblioasis @biblioasis.bsky.social · May 23

New on The Bibliophile: Announcing the contributors for this year's Best Canadian Essays, Poetry, and Stories anthologies! Congratulations to all of the writers selected.

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Graphic featuring the covers of Best Canadian Essays, Poetry, and Stories 2026 anthologies, on a dark blue cloud-shaped background with white above and below. Overlaying text reads: Best Canadian Series 2026: Announcing this year's contributors for all three anthologies!

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Misha Solomon @mishasolomon.bsky.social · May 13

I am newly into spinning — more within

rob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · May 13

TtD supplement #276 : seven questions for Misha Solomon / @mishasolomon.bsky.social ;
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TtD supplement #276 : seven questions for Misha Solomon

Misha Solomon is a homosexual poet in and of Tiohtià:ke/Montréal. He is the author of two chapbooks, FLORALS (above/ground press, 2020) an...

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Misha Solomon @mishasolomon.bsky.social · May 7

Tomorrow at Librairie Pulp Books & Café @teresempierre.bsky.social launches her incredible MYTH and I have the honour of reading with her and Faith Paré

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Misha Solomon @mishasolomon.bsky.social · May 7

fun little interview in which I attempt earnestness about process kinda

Misha Solomon | Publication Coach

When he writes poetry, Misha Solomon says he works in a linear way. "I almost always start with a title and that title rarely changes..."

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CV2 Magazine @cv2magazine.bsky.social · Apr 28

✨🌸🔥Check out that reader list!✨🌸🔥

Tmrw! Tues Apr 29 @ 5 PT / 7 CT / 8 ET on Zoom we're launching our Spring Issue with readings by Maleeha Farooq, Van Osborne Zimrose, Andrea Scott, Misha Solomon, Shayna Stock, and Jess Tran!

Register to attend (for free!) at the link in our bio! 🔥

Text graphic with a green background, featuring the cover of the spring 2025 issue of CV2, and the following text in black, blue, and yellow fonts. Text: Save the date: Spring Issue Launch. Tuesday, April 29, 2025. 5pm PT / 7pm CT / 8pm ET, Online & free to attend, featuring readings by Maleeha Farooq, Van Osborne Zimrose, Andrea Scott, Misha Solomon, Shayna Stock, and Jess Tran!

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CV2 Magazine @cv2magazine.bsky.social · Apr 23

✨🌸🔥Launch time!✨🌸🔥

Join us on Tuesday, April 29th, at 5pm PT / 7pm CT / 8pm ET on Zoom as we launch our Spring Issue with readings from contributors Maleeha Khan, Van Osborne Zimrose, Andrea Scott, Misha Solomon, Shayna Stock, and Jess Tran!

Register for free at the link in our bio 🔥

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Misha Solomon @mishasolomon.bsky.social · Apr 20

Thursday! @manahil.bsky.social

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rob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · Apr 15

now available: Touch the Donkey [a small poetry journal] #45 : w new poems by Dag T. Straumsvåg, brandy ryan, Misha Solomon @mishasolomon.bsky.social , D.A. Lockhart, Lea Graham, Jordan Davis @jordandavis.bsky.social and Larkin Maureen Higgins,
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Touch the Donkey : forty-fifth issue,

The forty-fifth issue is now available, with new poems by Dag T. Straumsvåg, brandy ryan, Misha Solomon, D.A. Lockhart, Lea Graham, Jordan...

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Misha Solomon @mishasolomon.bsky.social · Apr 2

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Terese Mason Pierre @teresempierre.bsky.social · Apr 2

I have some events for "Myth" coming this spring! Will I see you there? 🥰

April 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM EST | Myth Toronto Book Launch | Society Clubhouse, Toronto

April 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM EST | The Ampersand Review April Reading Series | Sheridan College, Hazel McCallion Campus (Room B222), Mississauga

April 15, 2025 at 8:00 PM EST | Mixed Metals Reading Series | Danu Social House, Toronto

April 17, 2025 at 7:00 PM EST | Anansi Poetry Bash | Henderson Brewing Company, Toronto

April 26, 2025, multiple events and times | GritLit Literary Festival | Art Gallery of Hamilton and Homewood Suites by Hilton, Hamilton

May 6, 2025 at 7:00 PM EST | Double Book Launch: Terese Mason Pierre’s Myth and Mahaila Smith’s Seed Beetle | Perfect Books, Ottawa

May 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM EST | Myth Montreal Book Launch, featuring Faith Paré and Misha Solomon | Pulp Books, Montreal

May 14, 2025 at 7:00 PM PST | Myth Vancouver Book Launch, guest readers TBA | Iron Dog Books, Vancouver

May 24, 2025 at 6:00 PM EST | No One Hungers Launch: Jessica Bebenek and Christine Wu (with Terese Mason Pierre) | Another Story Bookshop, Toronto

June 1, 2025 at 6:00 PM EST | LitLive Reading Series | The Staircase, Hamilton

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rob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · Mar 10

Spotlight series #107 : Misha Solomon / @mishasolomon.bsky.social ;
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Spotlight series #107 : Misha Solomon

The one hundred and seventh in my monthly "spotlight" series, each featuring a different poet with a short statement and a new poem or two,...

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rob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · Mar 8

some above/ground press author activity: Rob Manery, Nicole Markotić, Sandra Doller, Dag T. Straumsvåg, Jason Heroux, Cary Fagan, Gary Barwin @garybarwin.bsky.social , Monty Reid @mreid.bsky.social + Misha Solomon @mishasolomon.bsky.social ,
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some author activity: Manery, Markotić, Doller, Straumsvåg, Heroux, Fagan, Barwin, Reid + Solomon,

forthcoming author Sandra Doller is interviewed over at Touch the Donkey ; Dag T. Straumsvåg and Jason Heroux's collaborative chapbook gets...

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Misha Solomon @mishasolomon.bsky.social · Mar 3

Thanks, @robmclennan.bsky.social ! (And thanks Frank O’Hara, @mxkazhill.bsky.social, and many others)

rob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · Mar 3

newly posted: Spotlight series #107 : Misha Solomon / @mishasolomon.bsky.social ;
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Spotlight series #107 : Misha Solomon

Curated by Canadian writer, editor and publisher rob mclennan, the “spotlight” series appears the first Monday of every month.

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Frozen Sea @frozenseapoetry.bsky.social · Jan 6

i’m not a hypocrite except for when i am | Sophie Dufresne | Frozen Sea - Special Issue One

🤔 piece inspired by: Diphthongs | Misha Solomon | Frozen Sea - Issue Four 🪓

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Misha Solomon @mishasolomon.bsky.social · Dec 28

Thank you 💖💖💖

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