Amazing how Meta just conks out on an Election Tuesday. 👀👀

Join us March 21st for our Zoom Reading Series, where we will be hearing from three wonderful poets, including this week’s featured poet: Carson Colenbaugh

New: SB129, a bill that would ban DEI programs in state institutions, was given a favorable report by the AL House State Government Committee. It will head to the House floor for a final vote. al.com/educationlab/2…

Every now and again gotta throw my weight around and text family members broken lines of lyrics from “Pirates of Penzance.” Sister, if you’re reading this, this is not your round. But congratulations if this status triggers the same effect.

Have to head to the post office today to send some things out. If anyone would like a personalized copy of BLOODWARM ($15, shipping incl.) or I DONE CLICKED MY HEELS THREE TIMES ($22 shipping incl.), lemme know! ❤️

Dr. Kenya Goodson of Cahaba River Society and Hometown Action is helping two #Waterkeepers pressure her hometown, #Tuscaloosa, to stop its chronic #sewage spills. Read her Tuscaloosa Patch op-ed here: patch.com/alabama/tuscal… and then sign the petition: actionnetwork.org/petitions/stop…

Presses distributed by SPD: join us tomorrow at 12 PM ET for an emergency session to hear advice and discuss next steps. clmp.org/event/emergenc…

This week on Pets of BPR: Allie Allie is our managing editor Halley’s cat! H.M. Cotton

The Halley Cotton short list of things I hate: 1. Fried cabbage 2. Wet socks 3. April Fool’s Day

Today’s Find: Elizabeth Hughey is a poet &co-founder & Programming Director of the Desert Island Supply Co. (DISCO), a literary arts center in #Birmingham #Alabama elizabethhughey.com #NatiionalPoetryMonth

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We all love our intern Molly’s cat Nugget, but we want to see other pets! DM us your cutest pictures of your pet(s) with copies of BPR for a chance to be featured in a future #PetsofBPR !

So thrilled to have a poem in the newest Nashville Review!

“are you just going to lay in bed all day” would you judge a frog resting atop a lilypad? would you criticize a flower for enjoying the sun??

98 degrees in Birmingham. Thinking of everyone locked up in sweltering prisons across the state, many elderly with health problems. It's unnecessary to make people suffer in heat like this, especially when churches have offered to install AC & were told no. Cruel yet usual.

This poetry collection is very very good btw !! Utterly transporting, conjuring an atmospheric and personal South that is deeply queer and kindred, full of animals, hymnals, heat—if that sort of thing feels like your jam, give your (near future) self a gift & preorder ✨

COLLINS PRIZE WINNER Angela Ball - "Half-Sister Who Floated Out to Sea" Angela Ball's most recent book of poetry is TALKING PILLOW (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2017). Her biweekly column, "The New-York School Diaspora," is featured in The Best American Poetry blog.

With homicides out of control, Birmingham needs a mayor with influence, not an influencer mayor. al.com/news/2024/09/w…

Pushcart Prize Nominations! The latest issue of BPR contains 6 poems nominated for the Pushcart Prize: Dr. Diamond Forde, "Womaning" Diamond Forde Carolyn Hembree, "Rereading THE TRIAL" Carolyn Hembree (she/her) Michael Mark, "Devotion" Michael Mark