I talked with Nick Sturm (@nicksturm.bsky.social) about the brilliant Alice Notley, who died just three weeks ago, and her poem “At Night the States.” “making life, not explaining anything” I missed having these conversations. open.spotify.com/episode/6fLF...

Nick Sturm on Alice Notley ("At Night the States")

Close Readings · Episode

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Join us at our AWP off-site readings!📚✨ On March 27, our event features WTAW Press stars: ✨ @anitafelicelli.bsky.social ✨ LIZ GREEN ✨ @menopunk.bsky.social ✨ STEPHANIE AUSTIN Poetry Northwest's stars are: @billcarty.bsky.social, Kevin Craft, @katharinewhitcomb.bsky.social, and Nikia Chaney.

Tonight! @fonografeditions.bsky.social reading at Common Area Maintenance. everout.com/seattle/even...

Fonograf Editions Poetry Reading at Common AREA Maintenance in Seattle, WA - Wednesday, March 19 - EverOut Seattle

Join Fonograf Editions for an evening of poetry featuring Ari B. Cofer, Caitlin Roach, Aditi Machado, Esther Kondo Heller and Bill Carty. Fonograf Editions is a nonprofit press and literary record lab...

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Honored to have a new poem up at Poetry Northwest today. Many thanks to @billcarty.bsky.social and all the good PNW folks.

The Button | Poetry Northwest

Sometimes I think every second I spend writing would be better spent on something else.

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"You could smell the fear everywhere. But under the Syrian regime, you could hide the real meaning behind your words with metaphors. Metaphors would save you," Almadhoun explains." Ghayath Almadhoun (Action Books) on writing in a dictatorship: www.middleeasteye.net/discover/met...

'In a dictatorship, metaphors can save you': The poetry of Ghayath Almadhoun

The poet says that while censorship in a dictatorship is nothing new, the same in a democracy feels like entering a new totalitarianism

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I have six HORSES up on Poetry Northwest right now. Here are two + a link. Thank you, Poetry Northwest! These poems are from a WIP called I AM THE HORSE. ✨ www.poetrynw.org/poetry/from-...

For a long time nothing changed. It was like driving all day through Texas. Jane Kenyon

Poetry Northwest submissions, open for November. Send some poems! poetrynorthwest.submittable.com/submit

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Thank you for your interest in Poetry Northwest. After more than 60 years, we remain committed to publishing the best in contemporary poetry, especially work willing to take risks and push readers to ...

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