Tonight! Join Stacey D’Erasmo in conversation with R. O. Kwon 권오경 as they discuss THE LONG RUN: A Creative Inquiry, published by Graywolf Press. Register here to attend: t.ly/nHBzZ

Your rage is your gold.—Cecilia Vicuña

hello I'm part of this group of writers offering consultations to help a family escape Gaza, thank you The Ruby for organizing this auction & fundraiser, & if you'd like, please help us spread the word ty 💚 auctria.events/gazafamily

"We don’t create a fantasy world to escape reality, we create it to be able to stay." - Lynda Barry, WHAT IT IS

an honor & a joy to be a mentor with Periplus, & we’re going into our fifth year of offering mentorship to writers of color if you’re interested in such a thing, please apply by 9/20 <3

steadily getting going with the first draft of a new novel & dismayed to find that I am still trapped in the same mind as ever, here I am again, plagued by the same old obsessions, inescapably myself

just a week ago I made a rule for myself, absolutely no social media or political news while I’m in bed, & I regret to inform you all that this has vastly improved my whole life

I think often of the last few lines from this Gwendolyn Brooks poem about singer Paul Robeson: That we are each other's harvest: we are each other's business: we are each other's magnitude and bond.

I wrote another book ✨It’s about climate grief, the failures of language during our age of climate catastrophe, and the art of memorial. Part of Transit Books UNDELIVERED LECTURE SERIES, it’s out in Feb 2025. Preorder it pls? bookshop.org/p/books/immemo…

The cost for this vastly exceeds the ticket revenue. Make the buses free.

time to pay a long visit to an old love

O, how we entertain the angels with our brief animation. O, how I’ll miss you when we’re dead. —Nicole Sealey, from "Object Permanence"