Psst! 🤫 Electric Literature will be open for Prose, Poetry, and Graphic Narratives from tomorrow Monday, December 2 to Tuesday, December 10, 2024, or whenever they reach their cap of 375 submissions per category!

Dive into Celebration by Damir Karakaš (tr. Ellen Elias-Bursać), an unflinching tale of war, guilt, and survival in fascist-era Croatia. A reverse narrative unravels the chilling story of a fugitive ex-soldier and the brutal forces shaping his life: tinyurl.com/yc28wvab

New website is up. My ranking of lit mags is available at: brechtdepoortere.com

My new column on poetry and literary translation, "From Foreign to Familiar," is up on Georgia Writers Substack (free for members) substack.com/home/post/p-15…

Of absence. Of things broken. - Linda Gregg

I am immensely proud of the new issue of Nimrod Journal and can’t wait to share what we’re putting together. Hachi Chuku (managing ed.), Stasha Cole (assistant ed.), and I are touched and heartened by The University of Tulsa’s support and commitment to the literary arts. utulsa.edu/news/nimrod-ho…

Atlanta!! I love you, I miss you, and I'll be visiting this Saturday, 01/25/25, A Cappella Books, 3:00 p.m. I'll be in conversation with Andrea Jurjević 🏹, reading Helen poems, signing books, the whole nine yards. Come hang out!

TODAY!! If you’re in the Atlanta area, I’d love to see you at 3:00 at A Cappella!

Atlanta, you showed up in style today! Thank you for coming out to listen to me yap about mythology, persona, and the golden shovel at A Cappella Books with Andrea Jurjević 🏹. 🧡

It's that time once again, shoppers! We're OPEN for your miCRo submissions. Send us your best work of 500 words or fewer.

Hello all! We are on the lookout for two new associate editors in poetry and fiction! The application is linked in our bio!

The world is going to hell in a handbasket, but I am tickled about this, happening Tuesday: ekathimerini.com/culture/126016…

My new column for Georgia Writers Association is up. In this piece I reflect on the sister arts of poetry and painting, as well as my growth as an artist by moving between the two. This column is free to all readers✨ substack.com/home/post/p-15…

Submission Manager is back up and running and primed for your miCRo submissions. Send them our way!

Am researching #literarytranslation #mentorship programs anywhere in the world. If you run a literary translation mentorship, or are involved in one as mentor or mentee, I would be delighted to learn more about it from you.

We need more transparency in poetry contests.

Congratulations to all the winners of the PEN Translates 2025 and special 😍to Jeffrey Zuckerman : thebookseller.com/news/pen-trans…

Robert Hass

Only one spot left. 🖋️✨

My 6-week advanced poetry workshop is starting next week. There're still a few spots left ✨ writers.com/course/advance…