It's AUGUST 4, 2026: Read Ray Bradbury's THERE WILL COME SOFT RAINS: docs.google.com/file/d/0B41v...
Derek Beaulieu
@derekbeaulieu.bsky.social
Poet, editor, author of DO IT WRONG: HOW TO BE A POET IN THE 21ST CENTURY; Director of Literary Arts at Banff Centre; Poet Laureate of Calgary (2014-2016) and Banff (2022-2024) -- located in Banff, Alberta, Canada. He/him. online at: www.derekbeaulieu.ca
Get down to THE POINT and read this fabulous book of poetry of nothing but exclamation points! THE POINT by Nasser Hussain! chbooks.com/Books/T/The-... @coachhousebooks.bsky.social
WRITERS! Apply today for @banffcentre.bsky.social's FUTURISMS INTERSTIVE WRITING RESIDENCY with faculty Joshua Whitehead, Sheree Renée Thomas, and Nalo Hopkinson (and guest speaker Jenna Butler from Barbour Books)!: www.banffcentre.ca/programs/lit... #writing #futurism #fiction
Writers! spread the word of the new SETI Wow! Literary Award for emerging writers and poets of all ages whose work explores questions of interspecies communication, intelligence and consciousness in the universe: www.seti.org/news/wow-lit... @setiinstitute.bsky.social @whatisapoem.bsky.social
Wow! Literary Award 2026
The annual Wow! Literary Award for emerging writers and poets (formerly Cosmic Chronicles Literary Prize) is a contest for emerging writers of all ages whose work explores questions of interspecies co...
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Today's Turning Pages (11:30am on 101.5 UMFM) features a conversation with @derekbeaulieu.bsky.social on Do It Wrong: How to Be a Poet in the Twenty-First Century (Assembly Press). We discuss artistic economics, academia and AI. umfm.com/programming/...
"You're Out of Excuses" -- an entreaty to publish in small press forms ... excerpted from DO IT WRONG: HOW TO BE A POET IN THE 21ST CENTURY, new from @pressassembly.bsky.social : assemblypress.ca/shop/do-it-w... #poetry #instpoetry #poetrycommunity #doitwrong
Download a free PDF of George Bowering's AT WAR WITH THE U.S. (1974, talonbooks): drive.google.com/file/d/1y1YV...
Listen in as The Lit Room on CKCU 93.1FM Ottawa interviews me about DO IT WRONG: HOW TO BE A POET IN THE 21ST CENTURY: cod.ckcufm.com/programs/666... @ckcufm.bsky.social @pressassembly.bsky.social #poetry #instapoetry
#34 Derek Beaulieu, Do It Wrong: How to Be a Poet In the Twenty-First Century (Assembly Press, 2026) - The Lit Room - 2026-07-15
Derek Beaulieu, author of Do It Wrong: How to Be a Poet in the 21st Century, and Director of Literary Arts at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, joins Susan for readings and conversation. Sour...
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Nominate someone 4 the Order of Canada (www.gg.ca/en/honours/c...), Alberta Order of Excellence (www.alberta.ca/aoe-nominate...), Canada's Walk of Fame (www.canadaswalkoffame.com/who-we-are/n...), UCalgary's Alumni Arch Award (alumni.ucalgary.ca/programs/arc...), or another way of saying thanks
Calgary’s Bestselling Books for the week ending May 28, 2026! #ABbooks @owlsnestbooks @shelflifebooks
#Reading today: DO IT WRONG by Derek Beaulieu. A wonderfully refreshing #book about #writing and reading #poetry and living engaged with art and artistic communities. I love it and plan to use it in my teaching next term. @pressassembly.bsky.social
Apply today for @banffcentre.bsky.social 's DEEP WINTER WRITERS RESIDENCY with incredible faculty Renee Gladman, Karen Solie, and Yasmine Seale!! www.banffcentre.ca/programs/lit...
awaiting my pal Jason for dinner/drinks, going through the new essay collections by Therese Estacion and Derek Beaulieu, // @bookhugpress.bsky.social @pressassembly.bsky.social @derekbeaulieu.bsky.social
How would you feel if everyone in your classroom received an A+ no matter what they did? What difference would it make to you? "A+ For Everyone" -- from DO IT WRONG: HOW TO BE A POET IN THE 21ST CENTURY new from @pressassembly.bsky.social. Purchase your copy today : assemblypress.ca/shop/do-it-w...
Sonya Huber's THE SHADOW SYLLABUS was a vital inspiration for my new book DO IT WRONG: HOW TO BE A POET IN THE 21ST CENTURY. Rethink power dynamics in the classroom: assemblypress.ca/shop/do-it-w... (Huber's "shadow syllabus" is here: www.sonyahuber.com/blog/2014/08... @pressassembly.bsky.social
DO IT WRONG: HOW TO BE A POET IN THE 21ST CENTURY in the wild! This time at the South Street Seaport location of McNally Jackson in NYC (and they have copies across the city!) ... Photos courtesy @slipsslips.bsky.social; thanks! @pressassembly.bsky.social
Bruce Mau's INCOMPLETE MANIFESTO FOR GROWTH was a massive inspiration for my new book DO IT WRONG: HOW TO BE A POET IN THE 21ST CENTURY. Rethink how to live a creative life : assemblypress.ca/shop/do-it-w... (More on the manifesto here: brucemaustudio.com/projects/an-...) @assemblypress
Brion Gysin's knife used in creation of the cut-up method ... on display at musee d'art modern de paris in BRION GYSIN: LE DERNIER MUSEE
Oneal Walters interviews me about DO IT WRONG for his bluesnowsuit series: thebluesnowsuit.substack.com/p/the-blue-s... @pressassembly.bsky.social
The Blue Snowsuit Interview #10: Derek Beaulieu
A conversation with Derek Beaulieu
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The Bread and Puppet Theatre's WHY CHEAP ART MANIFESTO was a huge inspiration for my new book DO IT WRONG: HOW TO BE A POET IN THE 21ST CENTURY. Rethink why you create : assemblypress.ca/shop/do-it-w... Assembly Press (More on the manifesto here: breadandpuppetpress.org/products/why...)
Bre Prettis and Kio Stark's CULT OF DONE MANIFESTO was a massive inspiration for my new book DO IT WRONG: HOW TO BE A POET IN THE 21ST CENTURY. Rethink how you create: assemblypress.ca/shop/do-it-w... @pressassembly.bsky.social (More on the manifesto here: medium.com/@bre/the-cul...)
"Highly Acclaimed Poet Derek Beaulieu Passionately Explores His Craft, and Implores Other Scribes to DO IT WRONG": @openbookon.bsky.social interviews me about DO IT WRONG: HOW TO BE A POET INTHE 21ST CENTURY: open-book.ca/News/Highly-... @pressassembly.bsky.social
Ya'll need to read Helen Hajnoczky's poetry -- POETS AND KILLERS (snare books, out of print), MAGYARAZNI ( @coachhousebooks.bsky.social), and FROST & POLLEN ( @invisibooks.bsky.social) -- so good!
Sister Corita Kent's "10 Rules for Students and Teachers (for John Cage)" was a massive inspiration for my new book DO IT WRONG: HOW TO BE A POET IN THE 21ST CENTURY. Rethink how you teach and how you learn: assemblypress.ca/shop/do-it-w... @pressassembly.bsky.social
L’Atelier Michael Woolworth et Double Change sont heureux de vous inviter le mercredi 24 juin à 19h à une lecture de Derek Beaulieu, Isabelle Garron, Alan Gilbert, et Karla Kelsey Atelier Michael Woolworth 2 rue de la Roquette, cour Février / 75011 Paris www.michaelwoolworth.com www.doublechange.org
ART IS FOOD. You can't EAT it BUT it FEEDS >you. ART has to be CHEAP & available to EVERY-BODY. It needs to be EVERYWHERE because it is the INSIDE of the WORLD.
Derek Beaulieu@derekbeaulieu.bsky.social · 2mo agoJoseph Planta & i discuss DO IT WRONG: HOW TO BE A POET IN THE 21st CENTURY, "One of the more fun, but also informative, instructive, even inspirational books of the season" thecommentary.ca/ontheline/24... DO IT WRONG, from @pressassembly.bsky.social, here: assemblypress.ca/shop/do-it-w...
Canadian Poets Series #30 : Derek Beaulieu / @derekbeaulieu.bsky.social @pressassembly.bsky.social @coachhousebooks.bsky.social ; peripetyandortronies.blogspot.com/2026/06/cana...
Canadian Poets Series #30 : Derek Beaulieu
Dr. Derek Beaulieu is the author/editor of over twenty-five collections of poetry, prose, and criticism, as well as an endless list of chap...
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