Such a comfort to have MFA sweetheart Mandy May's brilliant book out in the world.

Nah. Take that money and give it to Monica McNutt instead so she can have her own show

June's 'On Poetry,' courtesy of Steven Leyva (and featuring Mandy May's posthumous BONE/BLOOD/BLOSSOM, Mason Jar Press): washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/on-po…

Excited to share this review I wrote of the late Mandy May’s book BONE / BLOOD / BLOSSOM published by Mason Jar Press. I hope new readers will discover and enjoy what Mandy brought to the language and landscape of poetry.

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When the battle is most heated, a combatant will glimpse something strange in the distance. The moment of distraction will lead to their demise. But then one after another will stop and look — a disturbing quiet spreads across the battlefield. A stranger from the north appears.

This is, technically, my second time saying this but I am still just as ecstatic (terrified) delighted as my first book to announce my second full-length, THE BOOK OF ALICE, was chosen for publication by Scribner as part of their poetry open call #Scribner300

Steven Leyva You already give such good advice about this! My biggest tip is starting early, which you are nailing. A friend that tours in bands also gave the advice of going places where you can visit people - acquaintances can be very generous with letting you crash.

Okay poets, I’m looking for some advice for setting up a book tour for my new book of poems, THE OPPOSITE OF CRUELTY.

Let me know the tips, tricks, hacks, or anything you found useful about setting up a book tour.

Oh that’s just me, in the bathroom, writing 2025 book tour dates on the mirror🪞.

#TheOppositeofCruelty

Steven Leyva Oh wow! What a lineup.

Come thru today and hear some of my new poems from THE OPPOSITE OF CRUELTY!

In the anatomy of america poets are both the pancreas and the liver — sometimes filtering the toxins from language while still producing some sugar, and sometimes the engines of insulin to regulate what we internalize.

Classic Chaos

Remember it!

Woke up to an acceptance from Suburban Witchcraft Magazine for my poem 'Anthy Himemiya.' This was my NaPo poem based off Steven Leyva's The Understudy's Handbook about a character from my favorite anime, so look for it this August!

So thrilled to have a top 40 here!! Shout out to all on the list!! Shout out to the judges SmokeLong Quarterly !!!!Shout out to the writers who keep writing in the world!! #flashfiction #writerslift