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Terra Oliveira @terraoliveira.bsky.social · 2d

Friday, Oct. 24 @ 6pm, join us at the Fairfax Women’s Club in Fairfax, CA for an evening of poetry hosted by Point Reyes Books. We’ll hear from Michelle Latvala’s Between Latitudes, Cathryn Shea’s Ghost Matinee, Chelsea Wills’ The Home of Milk, and I'll be reading from Itinerant Songs.

Terra Oliveira @terraoliveira.bsky.social · 20d

Two events upcoming in San Francisco next weekend!

Sat 9/27: Community poetry reading at @sfpubliclibrary.bsky.social's North Beach Branch w/ @annpedone.bsky.social, Steve Dickison, & Brian Ang

Sun 9/28: Vending all Recenter Press books at @litquake.org's Small Press Book Fair 11am-4pm

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Terra Oliveira @terraoliveira.bsky.social · 23d

Tomorrow in Benicia, CA (North East Bay). I’ll be a featured reader at the Benicia Public Library at 6:30pm, followed by an open mic!

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Terra Oliveira @terraoliveira.bsky.social · 23d

Recenter Press Poetry Journal: Issue Six poetry and visual art submissions are now open!

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Terra Oliveira @terraoliveira.bsky.social · Sep 1

Sunday, Sept 14 at 4pm: join us at Book Passage in Corte Madera, CA (Marin) for a poetry reading w/ Oakland-based poet & educator Wendy M. Thompson. I’ll be reading from my new poetry book, Itinerant Songs, & Wendy will be reading from her new book, Black California Gold @bucknellupress.bsky.social

Terra Oliveira @terraoliveira.bsky.social · Aug 12

I'm reading poems at Sausalito Books by the Bay on Wed, August 20th at 6pm celebrating my new book, Itinerant Songs, alongside Marin Poet Laureate Francesca Bell, and first Poet Laureate of Albany, CA, Christina Hutchins. Hope to see you at this lovely waterfront bookstore in the North Bay :)

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Terra Oliveira @terraoliveira.bsky.social · Aug 5

This Sunday!

Terra Oliveira @terraoliveira.bsky.social · Jul 26

Friends & community in & near the East Bay ✨ Join us Sunday, August 10th at 6:30pm at The Long Haul Infoshop in Berkeley to celebrate my new poetry book, Itinerant Songs. Feat. readings from Lora Mathis, Ashia Ajani, Ocean Escalanti, & I'll be reading from Itinerant Songs. Free to attend.

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The Common @commonmag.bsky.social · Jul 26

"first thing the next morning, my hand would up / & move itself, no thought of the rest of the body"

A diner contemplates technological addiction while observing a family moment in Terra Oliveira's (@terraoliveira.bsky.social‬) poem "Cedar Park Café." Check it out below!

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Cedar Park Café

TERRA OLIVEIRA <br> at cedar park café, praised for their chicken & waffles, / i sit at the corner table, & a young blonde child / with their family in front of me takes a sip of water, / looks…

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Terra Oliveira @terraoliveira.bsky.social · Jul 26

Friends & community in & near the East Bay ✨ Join us Sunday, August 10th at 6:30pm at The Long Haul Infoshop in Berkeley to celebrate my new poetry book, Itinerant Songs. Feat. readings from Lora Mathis, Ashia Ajani, Ocean Escalanti, & I'll be reading from Itinerant Songs. Free to attend.

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The Common @commonmag.bsky.social · Jul 19

"i pick up, i slip, i try again, / further away from where i was"

Terra Oliveira's (@terraoliveira.bsky.social‬) poem, "Cedar Park Café," considers the addiction of modern technology over a plate of steaming chicken and waffles. Check it out below!

Cedar Park Café

TERRA OLIVEIRA <br> at cedar park café, praised for their chicken & waffles, / i sit at the corner table, & a young blonde child / with their family in front of me takes a sip of water, / looks…

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Terra Oliveira @terraoliveira.bsky.social · Jul 15

Today’s the big day: my poetry book, Itinerant Songs, is now officially out in the world. The book is a weaving together of three parts: “On Work,” “On Country,” and “On Going Home.” I write about labor, housing, recovery, ancestry, God, and dreams.

More here:
www.recenterpress.com/store/p15/it...

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Terra Oliveira @terraoliveira.bsky.social · Jun 30

Bay Area! Celebrate the launch of my poetry book, Itinerant Songs, Wed July 16th @ 6:30pm at Rebound Books, San Rafael.

Feat. opening readings from Marin Poet Laureate #FrancescaBell, & @rebeccafoust.bsky.social, former Marin Poet Laureate & author of YOU ARE LEAVING THE AMERICAN SECTOR: Love Poems

Terra Oliveira @terraoliveira.bsky.social · May 27

I recently received the proof copy of my latest poetry book, Itinerant Songs, and it was such an incredible feeling to hold this complete work in my hands after 8 years of slowly chipping away at it. Itinerant Songs is available to preorder here: www.recenterpress.com/store/p15/it...

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Terra Oliveira @terraoliveira.bsky.social · May 15

Thank you to dear friend and writer Lora Mathis (author of The Snakes Came Back @metatronpress.bsky.social) for this advance review of my poetry book, Itinerant Songs. Itinerant Songs is available to preorder through Recenter Press ❤️

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Terra Oliveira @terraoliveira.bsky.social · May 15

Aww thank you so much! It's really an honor! The issue is beautiful!

Terra Oliveira @terraoliveira.bsky.social · May 7

My poem, Cedar Park Café, in a long-time dream-journal, @commonmag.bsky.social issue 29. A true story about breakfast

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Terra Oliveira @terraoliveira.bsky.social · May 7

My poem, Penance at Fátima, Caminho Português, in the inaugural issue of @cottonmouthjournal.bsky.social:
www.cottonmouthjournal.com/terra-olivie...

Terra Oliveira @terraoliveira.bsky.social · May 7

Grateful for this advance review of my new poetry book, Itinerant Songs, from Sam Slupski, author of Until Tender @gameoverbooks.bsky.social. You can preorder Itinerant Songs here: www.recenterpress.com/store/p15/it...

Terra Oliveira @terraoliveira.bsky.social · Apr 27

Huge thanks to Fariha Róisín for their advance review of my forthcoming poetry book, Itinerant Songs, now available for preorder through Recenter Press: recenterpress.com/books

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Adam Gnade @adamgnade.bsky.social · Apr 22

This looks really good. I like Terra's work a lot. Get one.

Terra Oliveira @terraoliveira.bsky.social · Apr 22

In exciting news, you can now officially preorder my latest poetry book, Itinerant Songs. I’ve been working on this collection since 2018, and I’m beyond thrilled to finally bring these poems to you.

www.recenterpress.com/store/p15/it...

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Terra Oliveira @terraoliveira.bsky.social · Apr 22

Thank you Adam!!

Terra Oliveira @terraoliveira.bsky.social · Apr 22

Through low-wage jobs, the “hard-facts of devotion,” and pilgrimage and recovery, these poems are a politically urgent testament to our times as much as they are a lasting, spiritual attestation.

Terra Oliveira @terraoliveira.bsky.social · Apr 22

For those of us that work and are weighed down, Itinerant Songs is a yearning for home—for safe, affordable shelter, clean, commonly-held water, and the rights to our own land and being amongst our people.

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Terra Oliveira @terraoliveira.bsky.social · Apr 22

In exciting news, you can now officially preorder my latest poetry book, Itinerant Songs. I’ve been working on this collection since 2018, and I’m beyond thrilled to finally bring these poems to you.

www.recenterpress.com/store/p15/it...

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Terra Oliveira @terraoliveira.bsky.social · Feb 14

my poem, "The Big Island," in @bambooridge.bsky.social issue 126

virtual reading is on feb. 19th www.eventbrite.com/e/literature...

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