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Alison Lubar @theoriginalison.bsky.social · 20d

thank you!!

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Alison Lubar @theoriginalison.bsky.social · 20d

today is the day! she’s out in the world 🍋♥️

Small Harbor Publishing @smallharborpub.bsky.social · 20d

Alison Lubar’s The Other Tree—winner of the 2023 Laureate Prize—is here. These luminous poems reanimate the past, recover what has been lost, and keep growing in the shade of memory and love.

Get your copy today: www.amazon.com/-/es/Alison-...

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Alison Lubar @theoriginalison.bsky.social · 21d

one last teaser from THE OTHER TREE, out tomorrow with @smallharborpub.bsky.social 🦋

Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · 21d

Read “The Body of Grief as Rice and Butter,” a poem by @theoriginalison.bsky.social from the collection The Other Tree: “A body, from a body, from a body, from a body. Trans-generational grief engenders both tenderness and bitterness.”

“The Body of Grief as Rice and Butter,” a Poem by Alison Lubar

A body, from a body, from a body, from a body. Trans-generational grief engenders both tenderness and bitterness. Since their incarceration during the Japanese Internment, my grandfather, his siste…

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Alison Lubar @theoriginalison.bsky.social · 21d

so grateful this has a home on @lithub.com.web.brid.gy ♥️

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new words {press} @newwordspress.bsky.social · Aug 26

Hurry up and submit.

https://newwordspress.submittable.com/submit

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Alison Lubar @theoriginalison.bsky.social · Aug 7

♥️🧜🏼‍♀️

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Stanchion @stanchion.bsky.social · Jul 28

@writesloud.bsky.social, @theoriginalison.bsky.social. 3 great Caribbean Islands, 3 days at sea, 1 stunning ship. Just sayin'

Stanchion @stanchion.bsky.social · Jul 25

Who'd like to work on writing their next chapbook, novel, short story or poetry collection surrounded by 5,000 plants on the most elegant & artistic ship at sea? Oh, & spend a few days on the beach in St. Kitts, St. Thomas & DR? Welcome to Stanchion @ Sea.

www.stanchionzine.com/sea

Stanchion @ Sea | Stanchion

Join Stanchion authors on cruises packed with poetry and prose writing workshops, one-on-one sessions, readings, open mics, book signings, group dinners, happy hours, and so much more. Cruise on the m...

www.stanchionzine.com

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Brian Allen @allenanalysis.bsky.social · Jul 11

🚨BREAKING: Cal State LA just moved classes online and let faculty work remotely, not for a storm, not for COVID, but because ICE is in the area.

Let that sink in, an entire university is treating immigration enforcement like a public health crisis.

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Alison Lubar @theoriginalison.bsky.social · Jul 11

join me for poetry at sea 💜🧜🏼‍♀️✨ and also yoga ofc

Stanchion @stanchion.bsky.social · Jul 10

This is going to be an absolutely remarkable week.

Bookings are now open for the inaugural Stanchion @ Sea sailing, a writing retreat like no other with @writesloud.bsky.social & @theoriginalison.bsky.social on board leading the prose & poetry tracks, respectively.

stanchionzine.com/sea

The inaugural sailing will be January 24-31, 2027 in the Eastern Caribbean on board the stunning, most artistic and elegant ship in the world, the Celebrity Beyond. A week's worth of writing workshops, one-on-one writing sessions with an instructor, panel discussions on the business of writing (submitting to literary magazines, querying agents, self-promotion strategies, and more,) in addition to readings, open mic nights, yoga classes, guided poetry walks, book signings, group dinners, happy hours, exclusive Stanchion @ Sea swag, and more!

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Tom Snarsky @tomsnarsky.bsky.social · Jun 27

The recording of last night’s Night Light reading is now available for viewing! It was such a joy to host @natallman.bsky.social, Ari Lisner, @lowermelody.bsky.social, & Zach Spruce—run it back at the 🔗 below! 💡

A screenshot of Nicole Tallman from the June 2025 Night Light poetry reading.

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Alison Lubar @theoriginalison.bsky.social · Jun 26

tomorrow!

Poets & Writers @pw.org · Jun 25

Join us tomorrow night, June 26, at 8:00 PM EDT for a reading with our 2025 Get the Word Out Poetry Cohort. Celebrate this incredible group of poets and hear them read from their forthcoming books. RSVP: at.pw.org/GTWOreading25

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: 2025 Get the Word Out Poetry Reading. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

Join Poets & Writers for a celebratory reading by the current poetry cohort of Get the Word Out, a publicity incubator for early-career authors, Adedayo Agarau, Genevieve DeGuzman, Isabella DeSendi, A...

at.pw.org

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River River Books @riverriverbooks.bsky.social · Jun 24

Our summer reading period closes in six (6!) days! 📚💙👇

River River Books @riverriverbooks.bsky.social · May 6

Psst…we’re reading full-length poetry manuscripts now. Yes, we read them all. Yes, all submitters hear back from us before we announce selections. No, there’s no mandatory reading fee. 📚💙🌊🌊

riverriverbooks.org/editors/subm...

OPEN TO SUBS!

RIVERRIVERBOOKS.ORG

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Alison Lubar @theoriginalison.bsky.social · Jun 25

i bring up its environmental impact then use that to start the convo about how it’s unfair that AI gets to do art… (and then get into how its art is trash and bad for the human spirit)

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Clint Smith @clintsmithiii.bsky.social · Jun 25

Toni Morrison is one of the greatest writers to ever live. What many don’t know, is that she was also the first Black woman to become a senior editor at Random House. I wrote about a new book that discusses how she edited by day, wrote by night, and ushered in a new generation of Black writers.

How Toni Morrison Changed Publishing

At night, she worked on her novels. By day, as an editor at Random House, she championed a new generation of writers.

www.theatlantic.com

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Alison Lubar @theoriginalison.bsky.social · Jun 25

TONIGHT, philly babes 😘

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Alison Lubar @theoriginalison.bsky.social · Jun 16

two new poems! thank you so much, @diodeeditions.bsky.social ♥️

Diode @diodeeditions.bsky.social · Jun 16

DIODE

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LIVE

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Alison Lubar @theoriginalison.bsky.social · Jun 13

here we come, NYC! 🥰✨

Stanchion @stanchion.bsky.social · Jun 13

I'm so thrilled that Stanchion will make its New York City Poetry Festival debut this summer. Join Stanchion book authors & magazine contributors @theoriginalison.bsky.social @mrmandell8.bsky.social Lynne Schmidt & travis I. tate on Saturday July 12th at 5pm on The Algonquin Stage!

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Debutiful @debutiful.bsky.social · Jun 10

The Best Debut Books of 2025 (So Far) is coming on June 16. Sign up for the email to be the first to know.

debutiful.net/email

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Alison Lubar @theoriginalison.bsky.social · Jun 5

so grateful for this generous review— thank you @lowermelody.bsky.social 💜💜

D.W. Baker @lowermelody.bsky.social · Jun 5

New review up today at @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social : "Timelines and Traumas: on IT SKIPS A GENERATION" by @theoriginalison.bsky.social from @stanchionbooks.bsky.social

This chapbook uses formidable concision to explore the links between American fascism's past and present iterations.

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ONLY POEMS @onlypoemsmag.bsky.social · May 27

Not everyone who writes about you wants you back.

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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · May 6

Heaven Looks Like Us: An Evening of Palestinian Poetry 🇵🇸

Join @intifadabatata.bsky.social, @noorhindi.bsky.social, and contributors to the new Palestinian poetry anthology Heaven Looks Like Us for a virtual reading in commemoration of Nakba Day.

RSVP to join:
www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...

Heaven Looks Like Us: An Evening of Palestinian Poetry
Virtual Launch Event
Thursday, May 15
5:00 pm CT

Rasha A.
LDA A
Dina Abdulhadi
Leena Aboutaleb
George abraham
Rimona Afana
Fadia Antabli
Summer Awad
Asmaa’ Azaizeh
Farah Barqawi
Sarona Bedwan
Carolina Ebeid
Olivia Elias
Summer Farah
Layla Azmi Goushey
Maen Hammad
noor hindi
Lenna Jawdat
Emily Khilfeh
N Mankinem
Angie Mazakis
Hajer Mirwali
Sara Saleh
Hind Shoufani
Jen Siraganian
Rewa Zeinati
Omar Zahzah

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beestung @beestung.bsky.social · Apr 14

beestung is now open for new work by two-spirit, genderqueer, and non-binary writers!

we'll probably only be open for another week or so!

beestungmag.com/about/

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Alison Lubar @theoriginalison.bsky.social · Apr 15

thank you so much for sharing this ♥️

D.W. Baker @lowermelody.bsky.social · Apr 14

Returning today to @theoriginalison.bsky.social's chapbook from @stanchion.bsky.social, IT SKIPS A GENERATION, which shines a light on Japanese Internment camps from the last century

Let us not forget our history, as we face our present...

Alison Lubar
Nothing Skips a Generation
California Temporal-Diptych
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When the war was over,
[on paper] it wasn't over.
There, we [became dust.
Here, we] returned to dust-
America was [a home
that held no home]
left. Even the door-
[jamb was stripped. Doors]
closed, never [to open]
for work, for us. Open
[a tin, salmon in] a can.
No [one ever can]
come back.

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Voicemail Poems @voicemailpoems.bsky.social · Apr 1

LAST DAY TO SUBMIT! ⌛️call & send in a poem by midnight pacific time to be considered for our spring issue 🌷

Voicemail Poems @voicemailpoems.bsky.social · Mar 2

we are currently accepting submissions for our SPRING 2025 issue, & we'd love to hear from you! ✨🌷✨

details + instructions: voicemailpoems.org/submit

💜 deadline april 1st 💜

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Alison Lubar @theoriginalison.bsky.social · Apr 1

Monsoon Daughter by @mandrigall.bsky.social from @thirtywestph.com

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