I’ll (try to) shut up about #thepowerofparting for a while after this post. But, now that the deal is a matter of public record, I wanted to share this tidbit from the latest @publisherswkly which offers a more detailed description of my book than I could offer on social before

Hon Lai Chu and I won English PEN’s PEN Presents with Mending Bodies, to be published by Two Lines Press in 2025. UK rights are still available for the title. Congratulations to all winners!

Announcing the cover of my upcoming collection of Eco poems Eartha to be published by Sahitya Akademi. This one is for all of us, for what we are enduring and for what the Earth is going through. Endorsements by Ranjit Hoskote and Arundhathi Subramaniam

And a big thank you to all the contributors for their powerful poems. The poems featured in the magazine are by #anescedremen #manirao and #laurawisniewski

Today’s print edition of #outlookindia carries a summary of the climate anthology that I edited #counteverybreath published by hawakal. A huge thank you to the editorial team of Outlook India for shining the torch on this vital anthology.

GSR is open for general submissions! Submission window is August 1 to October 1. Issue 15 drops November 15! #poetry #fiction #nonfiction #writing #publishing

It’s August. And that means that Biden’s Title IX regulation is now in effect. And it required *all faculty* to become mandatory reporters. Survivor advocates opposed this change. Let me tell you why and what you can do about it in your classroom.

The research is clear. Mandatory reporting doesn’t reduce sexual violence. It actually *decreases* investigations. Its primary function is to strip survivors of their agency. And surveil them.

This happens three main ways: 1. Survivors can’t seek help, advocate for themselves, or share their experiences if they worry they will be reported. 2. Survivors who are reported have to decide about investigations before they’re ready. (And are pressured to refuse them.)

3. A small group of survivors will be forced into investigations they don’t want. That loss of agency is deeply retraumatizing. And our schools’ failure to protect survivors during investigations can place them in dangerous situations—including the risk of retaliatory violence.

The reality is that survivors who are reported are forced to enter a system designed to silence them and protect their perpetrator. Professors need to be clear-minded about what they’re doing when they comply with mandatory reporting.

I shared an update with my journey as a first gen low income college graduate pursuing grad school via #KofiPostChallenge . You can follow my journey as someone who ran away with nearly nothing to now beginning a fully funded MFA: ko-fi.com/anesce

Can’t stop smiling today! It’s been 18 months of waiting to storm the castle while dealing w gaslighting, vicious emails, & countless nights of lost sleep. I hope the whole artist community is celebrating this win with us. Our work is NOT “free use” for your plagiarism machines!

Interact with this post if you’re celebrating with human artists today! 🎉

🤣Narrative Magazine wants you to submit your six-word-story...and pay them $15 to read it!! 🤣I'm not a mathy math person...but I'm pretty sure that translates to no-fucking-way-cents per word.

So hype to have this interview with Poets & Writers about sex, etymology, friendship, and the process of writing my second book drop on the release day for that book, my new collection DEED!

My mobility scooter isn’t working. It needs repairs. I need a rental until then. I have -$9 in my bank account. If you have $5 to spare, I promise to pay it forward. gofund.me/b5915bf9

Jess is one of the most giving writers I know. Please, please, please donate, support, & share