Thank you Governor Beshear for your leadership and ongoing support for Kentucky writers!
Kathleen Driskell
@kathdriskell.bsky.social
Free-thinker & writer living in a KY country church built before the Civil War. Chair, Spalding MFA. Words in The New Yorker & River Teeth—💙Resist. KY Poet Laureate 25-26.
It's publication day for @kathdriskell.bsky.social, Jonathan Aaron, Virginia Conchan, Michael McGriff, and Claudia Barnett!
So pleased to see the brilliant @kathdriskell.bsky.social's Goat-Footed Gods on this list (Out now! Get your copy at press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...)
Goat-Footed Gods
Poems that center on the sinister American cryptid, the Goatman of Pope Lick. In her sixth collection Goat-Footed Gods, award-winning poet, essayist, and teacher Kathleen Driskell seeks to rehabilitat...
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Southern Review of Books@southrevbooks.bsky.social · 2y agoEarly spring is the perfect time to read something that will help you notice the world around you. Check out these new Southern March releases! @beaconpress.bsky.social @cmupress.bsky.social @floridapress.bsky.social @umasspress.bsky.social @blairpub.bsky.social @tinhouse.bsky.social
Excited to share our spring residency books and scripts in common. @spaldingwriting.bsky.social
@spaldingwriting.bsky.social · 2y agoNaslund-Mann students! Announcing the Distinguished Visiting Writer for the spring residency, as well the books in common. Head over to the blog to read all about it: buff.ly/43h1GfG
I'm forever grateful to smart as a whip and multi-talented Erin Keane who's agreed to be in conversation with me about Goat-Footed Gods, particularly my experiences with the Pope Lick Monster, who's been my neighbor for about 30 years. www.carmichaelsbookstore.com/.../kathleen.
Heads up. What’s more rffrctive than yelling DO SOMETHING at elected officials is showing the power of consumers in a spending freeze. February 28, nationwide economic blackout of large corporations. More here: www.blackenterprise.com/activists-or...
Activists Organize Boycotts Against Retailers Who Scaled Back DEI Efforts, 'Remind Them Who Has The Power'
There is a growing number of organized boycotts against mega-retailers amid their end of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives.
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FYI, writers! Arkana is seeking submissions of hybrid work for their spring issue! More info: https://buff.ly/41qtfCh
Dems can only win by fighting his chaos with our chaos—keep him in court, attack on all fronts, attack Trump from 10 different directions. Make his head spin. It can’t be so hard to keep him in a confused state—I mean we all know he eats crayons. And paste
So we used to be just only “ugly” Americans, now we’re also cruel degenerates. Got it.
Manfred Siegenthaler@swissinusa.bsky.social · 2y agoI wonder what the rest of the world is saying about us now. Berlin newspaper.
@rollingstone.com, @teenvogue.bsky.social AND @kentuckylantern.com worth a follow for actual news.
Kentucky Lantern@kentuckylantern.com · 2y agoImmigration enforcement has long been a federal responsibility, paid for by federal funds. Gov. Bill Lee’s proposal, if approved by the Legislature, would be the first substantial use of Tennessee taxpayer dollars to enforce U.S. immigration law. tennesseelookout.com/briefs/tenne...
Our darlings gave us a lemon tree for Christmas, and what a heart lift to see a gazillon baby lemons appearing after the cold wintry misery of this past week. Especially since our 170-year-old house’s furnace hasn’t been able to push us past 60 degrees for days.
Our poetry faculty member Maggie Smith @spaldingwriting.bsky.social
Poets & Writers@pw.org · 2y agoWhen it comes to offering advice in a workshop, Maggie Smith stresses the utility of posing questions, “as opposed to offering prescriptive suggestions on a piece,” so that the considerations of craft discussed focus “on process rather than product” and can apply widely. at.pw.org/BuildingTogether
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And he had to sit there and let her say it to all in the room and all watching from elsewhere.
Wajahat Ali@wajali.bsky.social · 2y agoRight Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde doing God's work and showing more strength and courage than billionaires. Bishop at inaugural prayer service urges Trump to 'have mercy' on LGBTQ children, immigrants nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-...
Our open submission period (for new plays and literary translation) is now live! Read more about it: www.cmu.edu/universitypr...
Calls and Contests - Carnegie Mellon University Press - Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University Press announces two concurrent literary contests for 2025: a Literary Translation Contest and a New Play Contest, both accepting submissions from January 21 to February 28, ...
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