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兔兒神
he/他. new chapbook @ghostcitypress. 2 books @boaeditions & @bloodaxebooks. editor @underblong & @olicketysplit. abolish the police & free palestine
Ada Limón
Writer & Observer & 24th Poet Laureate of the United States
Danez
Black Person/Poet (they/them)
Patricia Smith
Academy Chancellor, Ruth Lilly Prize, Pulitzer finalist, Kingsley Tufts, LA Times Book Prize, NAACP Image Award, Poetry Prof @ Princeton
Alina Stefanescu
poet. writer. editor. reviewer. translator. corrupted bibliomaniac. 🌹 romanian-alabamian. hybrid in she/her dreams. self-deleting. self-ghosting.
The last time I saw
father, we carried wood home
to make a fire
—Ona Abelis #PoemoftheDay
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I have to
believe he wanted me back. because. he left
a pink slice of light between his right ring and trembling middle finger
—daniel.barnum from NAMES FOR ANIMALS! (Seven Kitchens Press, 2020) our #BookoftheWeek ! poetsbridge.org/front/sharedpa…
Shots from our 10.6.23 Friday Night Open w/ grace (ge) gilbert grace (ge) gilbert & Debora Kuan Debora Kuan! Check out the full gallery here: bit.ly/bprsg-92923
There's still time to register for upcoming fall workshops with I.S. Jones 🦌🌑, Emily Sernaker and Starr Davis (deadline this Sunday) as well as other workshops led by K. Iver, dr. Alicia Mountain, Bernard Ferguson, Carlie Hoffman, r kay, and Ramya Ramana! mailchi.mp/brooklynpoets/…
Last week to register for this two-session, in-person workshop with I.S. Jones 🦌🌑, we'll discuss the works of publicly scrutinized writers to examine how poets are fallible like us—capable of great beauty and harm.
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Last week to register for this two-session, in-person workshop with dr. Alicia Mountain, we'll turn our attention to essential elements that make place a more resonant part of our writing. brooklynpoets.org/workshops/all/…
Last chance to get tickets for our Yawp tonight featuring poet I.S. Jones 🦌🌑! In-person ticket sales end at 5 PM! eventbrite.com/e/brooklyn-poe…
Last day to register for this five-week, online workshop with Seth Leeper, we’ll study how poets record crystalized moments of awe amidst the ordinary and mundane.
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Last day to register for this five-week online workshop with 🔭Rosebud Ben-Oni 🚀, we’ll explore the how and why of insomnia, the limited train service of twilight hours, and the sudden confessions that pour out in late-night calls.
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Last day to register for this five week, online workshop with rachelle toarmino, we'll look at our work from a distance and see our writing with new eyes (or through the eyes of someone else).
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In the absence of speech, presence is evidently discernible. What is revealed in the agency of quietness? This five-week, online workshop w/ Ramya Ramana will encourage poets to engage with everyday speechlessness.
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that which turns
the heat of my fingers soft on the keyboard
— #PoetoftheWeek Shlagha Borah (she/her) reads her feature poem “For Iqbal Bano, twelve years after her demise” soundcloud.com/brooklynpoets/…
Amidst the high stakes of a changing climate, the role of poets in communicating this crisis with imagination has become crucial. In this six-week, online workshop w/ Bernard Ferguson, we'll attempt to remedy our failures in language.
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