Ashley Elizabeth | writer & educator
@aetheblkpoet.bsky.social
Poet, educator, foodie, based in Baltimore, MD. Author of chaps you were supposed to be a friend (2020), black has every right to be angry (2023), red line (2024) & CHARM(ed) (2024) | full-length: A Family Thing (2024) aetheblkpoet.com
@aetheblkpoet.bsky.social really wants to read your poetry about teaching for @porcupinelit.bsky.social Send us your work at porcupinesubmissions @ gmail
AWP, I'm coming for you! And I hope you all are (at some point) coming to see me!
When you come across racists complaining about Bad Bunny today, don’t forget to hit them with this: Puerto Rican literature about Puerto Rico written by a boricua. Yo sería borincano aunque naciera en la luna. Thanks and hope you have a great Sunday! www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316...
Anyone coming to AWP Baltimore?
Imagine having Bruce Springsteen AND Billy Bragg release songs about how much you fucking suck and how much the people fighting you rule you within the same 48 hours
I'm feeling like a writer again
Oh, no! We didn't get enough submissions for a full issue. So, we're leaving submissions open until Feb 25. Send us your work on the theme of "repair." Open to racially and ethnically marginalized, gender variant, and disabled creatives only. Guidelines: www.globalmajoritypress.org/guidelines/
Just paid for AWP! Ahhhhhhhhh
The ideas are ideaing. That's all im gonna say about that.
So grateful for Aldrin (& @artfrommaryland.bsky.social ) and this is the first time I've done a SURPRISE drop, but there's a first time for everything. Check out this free digital micro chap!
Artists from Maryland@artfrommaryland.bsky.social · 10mo agoArtists from Maryland is proud to announce the second microchapbook in our inaugural digital publishing run! The second collection comes from the great Ashley Elizabeth (@aetheblkpoet.bsky.social). Check out bite-sized at the link in our bio!
If anyone was looking for a gift for me or the other writers on their lives.
Dave Housley@housleydave.bsky.social · 11mo agoIf you're looking for a gift for you or the writer in your life, the @barrelhouse.bsky.social DC conference on 4/18/26 is just $95 & includes the full day conference focusing on craft and publishing, 1 book, 1 workshop w an editor, more lit stuff from our partners! www.barrelhousemag.com/conference
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
John Keating GIF
ALT: John Keating GIF
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Adrian Dallas Frandle (aka Sartrelo Ponti)@adrianf.bsky.social · 10mo agoMovie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
Welp, didn't get the Hodder. Maybe next year!
LESS THAN A MONTH AWAY Join us for live literature, and help raise funds for @translifeline.org It’s FREE and ONLINE so anyone can join from anywhere! Info and registration at: beardedbardsofbluesky.weebly.com
Who wants these banger poems? 👀👀
There is such irony in building a microchap about ****** *********.
Someone just tried to make the argument that writing isn't work. Like um... hello, are you unwell?
There's something reflective about this fall.... or is it just me?
If we don't use our small poetry presses, we'll lose them. This is why I refuse to flinch or shy from asking you to purchase a copy of Whatever You Do, Just Don't, my second full collection. Here's a sample poem from the book. Just drop me a DM and I'll sort out a signed copy for you...
Booked my first AWP offsite today 🥹
Need a slice of humble pie as a writer? Open some documents you wrote in middle or high school.
So I just realized that I have been sitting on a just about complete full-length draft that matches my current writing project for 2 YEARS??
a woman in a white shirt is standing in front of a mirror in a room .
ALT: a woman in a white shirt is standing in front of a mirror in a room .
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If anyone needs some books for the Sealey challenge, I have 5 you can add, and one of them is now free!
Met two of my literary icons, Sarah Kay and Clint Smith, tonight after driving from Baltimore to Bethesda, and my word, for also being a writer, I could not get words to formulate when talking to them. Grateful to be in their presence. What a great night.
Maybe THIS is what my next book should be about