Can't wait to celebrate "Please make me pretty, I don't want to die" with Tawanda Mulalu and @23cschwartz later this month McNally Jackson!

Tomorrow night! With Amy Klein Grace Wilentz and Sara Berkeley!

I wish it were possible to rly convey this to non-creatives: It’s not just about having enough time to write (or sculpt, or compose, or whatever). It’s about having enough time to quiet your mind first. That part is the hardest.

Four days left to apply!!

If you're looking for something *wild* to do this weekend... why not send in an application for a year of learning, community, and mentorship? Let's write together! And don't wait—applications are due 11/6!

Applications close ***tomorrow*** for next year's Brooklyn Poets Mentorship Program! If you're ready for a year of digging into craft and building community with poets, send us your work!

Last day to apply for our Mentorship Program's class of 2023! This virtual-only program provides developing writers with 12 months of immersive training in becoming a poet under the sustained guidance of Jay Deshpande. brooklynpoets.org/workshops/ment…

In a society of people depleted and overworked into various states of delusion, catastrophe and emergency become sought after and addictive stimulants that many never hope to resolve because they are the primary fuel

This thread; my heart

for the dark here to carry me home would be unsettling. —Jay Deshpande Jay Deshpande in the March issue of POETRY. bit.ly/3JgCmMN

We’ve got a new craft lab headed your way this Sunday— some new ideas about poems, voice, and personhood that I’ve been playing around with for the last year. And there’s still time to sign up!!

Some days I don’t know if it’s fair of me, built as I am, a man, unable to carry every inch of an idea into the future. —Jay Deshpande Jay Deshpande #PoemADay poets.org/poem/wanting-c…

Today! Registration closes at 5pm EST! bit.ly/bkplab-91023

Do poets need to care about prosody? Or is it simply the purview of literary scholars, the stuff of academic, bloodless analysis? In this craft lab w/ Jay Deshpande, we’ll take a more personal approach to prosody, exploring what it can mean to us and why. brooklynpoets.org/events/all/pro…

Time for your seasonal Bidart reminder:

Happy birthday to one the poets whose work is closest to my heart. And two of the most unforgettable conversations I've had on the show as well. Runaway: tinhouse.com/podcast/jorie-… To 2040: tinhouse.com/podcast/jorie-…

Applications close this Sunday! If you're looking for a way to deepen your craft and build community, I hope you'll consider joining. Now entering its 5th year, the MP is a 12-month intensive of classes, reading groups, and individual sessions to help poets develop. Join us!