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Amber Dawn is bent

@amberdawnwrites.bsky.social

Kitchen witch, sparkle mind & aging whore. Wrote SUB ROSA, SODOM ROAD EXIT and other queer weird books. New poetry collection BUZZKILL CLAMSHELL Spring 2025. https://arsenalpulp.com/Contributors/D/Dawn-Amber

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Anna Swanson @annajswan.bsky.social · last yr.

So excited about this launch on Wed hosted by @anotherstoryto.bsky.social. The books all look amazing, but I was lucky enough to have the chance to read Buzzkill Clamshell by @amberdawnwrites.bsky.social pre-pub & I can tell you it's truly spectacular. Tickets: www.eventbrite.ca/e/arsenal-pu...

Arsenal Pulp Spring Poetry Launch: jaye simpson, Kyo Lee, and Amber Dawn

Join us for a triple poetry launch from Arsenal Pulp Press: jaye simpson, Kyo Lee, and Amber Dawn! Hosted by Kai Cheng Thom.

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Amber Dawn is bent @amberdawnwrites.bsky.social · last yr.

I didn’t know it was a life goal to be featured in an interview titled “Orgasm, Pain, and The Void” until now! arcpoetry.ca/editorials/m...

Orgasm, Pain, and The Void: An Interview with Amber Dawn

Buzzkill Clamshell, a book that "flaunts the chronically pained body as a source of lewd feminine power," is Amber Dawn's eighth book with Arsenal Pulp Press.

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Amber Dawn is bent @amberdawnwrites.bsky.social · last yr.

See you tomorrow, NYC. I be reading with @aaantons.bsky.social @emializh.bsky.social and Dia Felix. Swoon!

isabella mori @moritherapy.bsky.social · last yr.

Canada’s most unique poetry prize: 4 prize winners & 4 honorable mentions will be published in a chapbook. 2 readings in the fall. Please repost! moritherapy.wixsite.com/murielsjourn... @amberdawnwrites.bsky.social‬‬ @christinashah.bsky.social‬‬ @arielletwist.bsky.social‬‬ @sannawani.bsky.social‬‬

2025 Muriel's Journey Poetry Prize

Submit your poetry to the 2025 MURIEL’S JOURNEY POETRY PRIZE. What's Muriel's Journey all about? Find out here PRIZE:First Prize $100 First Prize for a poem by a Vancouver Downtown Eastside (DTES) contributor $100 Second Prize $50 Fortuna's Choice: $35 for a poem selected at random from the longlist of general entry poemsAll winners and honorary mentions will be published in Fire In The Heart, the Muriel’s Journey Chapbook for 2025. CRITERIA: Content: Should meet one or more of these criteria:

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isabella mori@moritherapy.bsky.social · last yr.

Look at this beautiful cover for Muriel's Journey's 2024 chapbook! Muriel's Journey is in remembrance of Muriel Marjorie, Canadian activist, poet and performer, well-known by her appearances in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside #poetry #vancouver www.amazon.ca/Fire-Heart-2...

g @thrillandgrace.bsky.social · last yr.

Happy #NationalPoetryMonth day 18 c/o X. Rae Alessandro from the Hustling Verse anthology, curated by @amberdawnwrites.bsky.social and Justin Ducharme

Text of poem “Noon prayers on rug-burned knees” by X. Rae Alessandro from the collection, Hustling Verse.

arsenalpulp.bsky.social @arsenalpulp.bsky.social · 2y ago

👉 View event details: arsenalpulp.com/News/2025/Th... (Amber Dawn @amberdawnwrites.bsky.social) (jaye simpson @jayesimpson.bsky.social)

The Fates Spring Poetry Tour

Arsenal Pulp Press is a book publisher in Vancouver, Canada with over 300 titles currently in print, which include literary fiction and nonfiction; cultural and gender studies; LGBT and multicultural ...

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Amber Dawn is bent @amberdawnwrites.bsky.social · 2y ago

""Pain can limit us. A bed can be a constraint. But in [Buzzkill Clamshell], Amber Dawn’s third solo collection of poetry and eighth book with Arsenal Pulp Press, constraint elevates and intensifies." This review means everything; thanks @margolapierre.bsky.social prismmagazine.ca/2025/04/04/t...

Teeth, Guts, and Growths: A Review of Buzzkill Clamshell by Amber Dawn

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rob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · 2y ago

happy poetry month! i got interviewed by Chris Banks for The Woodlot @thewoodlot.bsky.social ! thanks much! / @ucalgarypress.bsky.social @ualbertapress.bsky.social ; the-wood-lot.ca/2025/04/03/1...

“12 Questions Of My Own” For Canadian poet rob mclennan

12 or 20 Questions? Two can play at that game! But seriously, rob mclennan is a prolific Canadian writer and tireless community organizer who has been interviewing other writers for decades with hi…

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Amber Dawn is bent @amberdawnwrites.bsky.social · 2y ago

One week from today: @jayesimpson.bsky.social and I launch our poetry collections.

Torrey Peters @torreypeters.bsky.social · 2y ago

I wrote about trying to figure out how bad you have to make things in a story so that your novel seems realistic in the near future. It’s funnier than it sounds.

Torrey Peters@torreypeters.bsky.social · 2y ago

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Margo LaPierre @margolapierre.bsky.social · 2y ago

This poetry collection is spec-tac-ular & is going to spark all the best conversations #BuzzkillClamshell

Amber Dawn is bent@amberdawnwrites.bsky.social · 2y ago

So, @margolapierre.bsky.social asks the greatest questions. This interview with @arcpoetry.bsky.social online newsletter is the most fun I've had talking about my work in my 25 years of publishing. mailchi.mp/fa5f77dae6f1...

Amber Dawn is bent @amberdawnwrites.bsky.social · 2y ago

Canada’s literary institutions are banding together about counter-tariffs on U.S. imports that could include books. www.ctvnews.ca/business/art...

Canadian book industry calls on government to keep it out of trade war

Canada’s literary institutions are banding together on the eve of an expected announcement about counter-tariffs on U.S. imports that could include books.

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Ryka Aoki @rykaaoki.bsky.social · 2y ago

Wow...I've not written poetry in a while. But I have a reading tomorrow, and nothing I've written is saying what I want to say. SO I'm writing something brand new! :) If you're in LA ,come join me, @charliejane.bsky.social, @amberdawnwrites.bsky.social and a whole lineup of incredible writers!

Amber Dawn is bent @amberdawnwrites.bsky.social · 2y ago

Amanda Lamarche @amiwarmer.bsky.social · 2y ago

A wee bit late on getting my mail, but so happy to have this gorgeous poetry collection by my deeply talented friend @amberdawnwrites.bsky.social in hand. Congratulations, you beautiful soul. I’m taking it to bed right meow ✨ #poetry #canadianpoetry #arsenalpulppress

Displayed on a windowsill, the cover of Amber Dawn’s newest collection of poetry, Buzzkill Clamshell.

Amber Dawn is bent @amberdawnwrites.bsky.social · 2y ago

Thank you @49thshelf.bsky.social for including BUZZKILL CLAMSHELL in your Most Anticipated Spring Poetry Collections. Also, I want every collection listed, right now! 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/03...

Most Anticipated: Our 2025 Spring Poetry Preview · Blog Post · 49th Shelf

Poetry to look forward to in the first half of 2025.

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Amber Dawn is bent @amberdawnwrites.bsky.social · 2y ago

#awp offsite @clementgoldberg.bsky.social @rykaaoki.bsky.social @charliejane.bsky.social @adelebarclay.bsky.social @alexmlwrites.bsky.social

arsenalpulp.bsky.social @arsenalpulp.bsky.social · 2y ago

🐚🫧 New! #BuzzkillClamshell, the latest poetry collection by Amber Dawn (@amberdawnwrites.bsky.social), flaunts the chronically pained body as a source of lewd feminine power. 👉 Out now in Canada (USA April 1, 2025). Read more: arsenalpulp.com/Books/B/Buzz...

The cover of the book "Buzzkill Clamshell" by Amber Dawn, with stacked text above reading, "Happy book birthday!", along with the book title and author's name. Below, footer text lists the publisher, Arsenal Pulp Press, and their website, arsenal pulp dot com.

At the top of the book cover is the book title, “Buzzkill Clamshell,” and the author’s name, “Amber Dawn.” At the bottom is a large pink clamshell opened to reveal three pearls in its centre. On the left are two plants, one with wavy multi-branched stems ending in round buds, and the other with three stems ending in yellow bell-shaped flowers that dip over the book title. In the bottom left corner, beneath the plants, is the word “Poems.” The cover is illustrated in a hand-painted semi-realistic style by Rebecca Chaperon.

âpihtawikosisân @apihtawikosisan.bsky.social · 2y ago

Na na na na na, goodbye. The HBC paved the way for Canadian colonialism, "acquiring" hundreds of thousands of acres of land (how? No one knows!) then selling it as Rupertsland to "Canada." Then came the violent and genocidal push west.

NPR@npr.org · 2y ago

The department store chain, founded in 1670, can't pay its debts and says the pandemic, inflation and now trade tensions have hurt its financial future.

rob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · 2y ago

Terese Mason Pierre, Myth / @teresempierre.bsky.social ; robmclennan.blogspot.com/2025/03/tere...

Terese Mason Pierre, Myth

Transfer Much occurs in the glow behind my eyes. With every blink, memory expires, guides me to a new construction. In an ideal wo...

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Jane Shi | 皮爬高 wrote a book called echolalia echolalia 🎃@pipagaopoetry.bsky.social · 2y ago

Hi everyone, We aren’t receiving funds quickly enough for our current spending. Remember: if we do not raise enough, we will have to potentially cut thousands of people off from the Internet, during Ramadan. Let’s not let this happen. bit.ly/eSimsRUs #ConnectingGaza

Crips for eSims for Gaza

Crips for eSims for Gaza is a collaboration between Jane Shi, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, and Alice Wong.

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Jane Shi | 皮爬高 wrote a book called echolalia echolalia 🎃@pipagaopoetry.bsky.social · 2y ago

THREAD: These are big scary numbers but they reflect our spending in the last few months: In order to break even, we need to raise: $49269.72CAD $4800USD £900 Thankfully we have ways to directly donate to both USD and GBP in our Chuffed description: bit.ly/eSimsRUs #ConnectingGaza

Amber Dawn is bent @amberdawnwrites.bsky.social · 2y ago

Save the Date, Toronto. April 30. Triple poetry launch with Kyo Lee, @jayesimpson.bsky.social and me. Hosted by the luminous @razorfemme.bsky.social. Book sales by your favourite indie @anotherstoryto.bsky.social The Eventbrite is ready, if you'd like to pre-register. @arsenalpulp.bsky.social

Amber Dawn is bent @amberdawnwrites.bsky.social · 2y ago

BAD ROMANCE #AWP Offsite - readings for the filthy bent & heartbroken. 💦 dream line up: @rykaaoki.bsky.social @charliejane.bsky.social @clementgoldberg.bsky.social @adelebarclay.bsky.social @alexmlwrites.bsky.social

Background photo is of a pink vibrator discarded on a dirty sidewalk near a bus shelter.

Readers:
Adèle Barclay
Alex Marzano-Lesnevich
Amber Dawn
Brandi Bird
Britt McGillivray
Charlie Jane Anders
Clement Goldberg
Dora Prieto
Nisa Malli
Ryka Aoki

Thurs Mar 27, 7 pm

North Figueroa Bookshop
6040 N Figueroa St

Sparkle Plenty @sparkleplentys.bsky.social · 2y ago

Fuck this and fuck ABC

Amber Dawn is bent @amberdawnwrites.bsky.social · 2y ago

Casey Plett @caseyplett.com · 2y ago

A decade ago, I went on book tour with Sybil Lamb. We did 32 cities across the US/Canada, read with dozens of writers and met hundreds of people. So many of them are now dead. All of them are transsexuals. The oldest didn't make it to 50. I say this because I want you to live and I'm going to too.

Every Living Transsexual Is A Republican Policy Failure

Living in spite

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Amber Dawn is bent @amberdawnwrites.bsky.social · 2y ago

A perfectly bent serendipity has happened to me. I share a publisher and launch season with poet and artist jaye simpson, which means we get stomp around on book tour together. Find out more about our new poetry collections with @arsenalpulp.bsky.social @jayesimpson.bsky.social

Kai Cheng Thom @razorfemme.bsky.social · 2y ago

A while ago, I made an IG post to explain some of the material threats to life and wellbeing that trans people are currently facing - just cross-posted to Substack since I heard some folks are finding it useful to share What’s At Stake for Trans People In 2025 open.substack.com/pub/kaicheng...

What’s At Stake for Trans People In 2025

A Primer for Allies & Comrades

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manywor(l)ds :: place @manyworlds.place · 2y ago

happy release day to ISSUE 7 ❤️‍🔥 we hope this issue warms your hearts as much as it did ours while curating it. click through for some brand new, stunning works from some of our brilliant contributors 💫 manyworlds.place/issue-7/

Issue 7 -

a creative place for the space (in) between.

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Amber Dawn is bent @amberdawnwrites.bsky.social · 2y ago

This new poem in @manyworlds.place is dedicated to babes with chronic pain

manywor(l)ds :: place@manyworlds.place · 2y ago

This issue features some new and returning beloveds, including @sweatermuppet.bsky.social, @amberdawnwrites.bsky.social, @ewenglass.bsky.social, @aporianautics.bsky.social, and more!