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the dream of all poetry, to cut a hole in time. —Mary Ruefle

this is what it feels like

Today, go outside. Commit to loving your neighbors. Make your communities better. Be involved. Be accountable. Educate those around you. Repeat tomorrow. This rests with us now.

i'm going to be clinging to things like art, community, and empathy not just in the days to come, not just in the following years, but my entire life. those are the only things that make sense to me even when the rest of the world doesn't

Dear Publishing Industry, This is where you double down. This is when you publish POC, LGBTQ, trans, and disabled authors more than ever. Don’t be complicit.

I am a lifelong "blue no matter who" voter. I vote for progress. I need all vulnerable friends to know - I was not part of what just happened. The law may soon no longer protect many of us, but we can still protect one another. I have to believe kindness will always matter.

"This is PRECISELY the time when artists go to work. There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write... That is how civilizations heal." In these wordless hours, a lifeline from Toni Morrison worded 20 years ago:

I hope to see you there tonight!

This place is giving me agita.

mansfield.osu.edu/event/2024/11/… Just a reminder for anyone in the Mansfield area - tomorrow I'll be doing a reading and book signing with the English Club at OSU Mansfield Campus. Hope to see you there!

Now I just have to find which of you are over at the other place. Because social media is no fun with nobody there, and here is like watching The Sound of Music as the von Trapp family do the so long farewell to the Salzburg Music Festival.

Update - theglacierjournal.com/issue-three/re… Thank you to David Dodd Lee at THE GLACIER. I've mostly been doing the fiction thing this year, but I am so pleased to be part of Issue 3. So here they are. My only published poems of 2024, but they're a doozy...

If you're in the Chicago area, I'm excited to announce I'll be at @lavinmaud 's READINGS series at Printers Row! I'll share some poems from OHIO RADIO and some of my newest work. See you January 18, Chicago readers ❤️ 📚

Two bots immediately liked my tweet about my upcoming reading in Chicago. I wonder if they'll make it.

Reminder to anyone in the Chicago Area - I'll be down at Printer's Row tomorrow as part of Maud Lavin's READINGS Series. We're going to do a fun reading with some other great writers! Cozy up at the wine bar with your new favorite poets, starting at 2 PM.

Did you forget them so easily? As you cheer for ICE as they snatch children from churches and schools, do not pretend you're not cheering for this. Look at them again as you jump for joy. Do not pretend you are not causing this. washingtonpost.com/world/2019/06/…

Resting Bitch Face comes out in just a FEW months with an August 26th release (and don't forget, it's a September pick for Roxane Gay's Audacious Book Club)! Want me to come read in your city, talk to your students, perform at your school/venue, chat about my work? Email me!!

RESTING BITCH FACE received a Starred Review from Publishers Weekly!!!!! 😭😭😭😭 Feeling so so grateful for this early love today!!