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Michael Bazzett

@mikhailbazharov.bsky.social

Goat herder. Happy poet. Rhymes w/ gazette. Five books, including The ECHO CHAMBER (Milkweed) & CLOUDWATCHER (Copper Canyon) Translator of The Popol Vuh & Humberto Ak'abal NY Times Best Poetry 2018 NEA Fellow in Poetry & Translation michaelbazzett.com

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Michael Bazzett@mikhailbazharov.bsky.social · last wk.

MPLS & St. Paul (and thereabouts): this is a great double-bill & should be lovely conversation! Julie's new story collection is marvelous, Leslie's novel is ❤️‍🔥, so do come through and help us celebrate... It's free, open to the public, & you can reserve a spot below!

Milkweed Books presents Leslie Bazzett's book launch

Join Milkweed Books as we celebrate the newest novel by Leslie Bazzett. The author will be joined by local novelist Julie Schumacher.

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Michael Bazzett@mikhailbazharov.bsky.social · last wk.

MPLS & St. Paul (and thereabouts): this is a great double-bill & should be lovely conversation! Julie's new story collection is marvelous, Leslie's novel is ❤️‍🔥, so do come through and help us celebrate... It's free, open to the public, & you can reserve a spot below!

Milkweed Books presents Leslie Bazzett's book launch

Join Milkweed Books as we celebrate the newest novel by Leslie Bazzett. The author will be joined by local novelist Julie Schumacher.

eventbrite.com

Michael Bazzett@mikhailbazharov.bsky.social · last wk.

Rejections so far in 2026: Granta, NER, Poetry London, EPOCH, Paris Review, The Sun, Adroit, Poetry Ireland, Five Points, Shenandoah, Poetry Review, Pithead Chapel, Oxford Poetry, LRB, Threepenny, Yale Review, Georgia Review... This is what joy looks like. Do good work. Believe in it. Keep going.

Meg Reid 🦦@megireid.bsky.social · 2w ago

Someone get me in a room with MacKenzie Scott’s folks and I’ll deliver my impassioned / well-constructed argument that it’s a moral imperative that she give $20 million to a new distributor specifically for nonprofit and small presses in order to offset her ex’s dismantling of the book industry.

Michael Bazzett@mikhailbazharov.bsky.social · 4w ago

If you know a MN high schooler who's interested in poetry & might want to try their hand at writing a little, this workshop is a free, fun, and playful way to dive in... Tomorrow night! 6 pm! Zoom, for easy access!

Online - Remembering Together with Michael Bazzett - Minnesota Humanities Center

In this online workshop for youth ages 13-19, students will read a half dozen poems by Lucille Clifton, Maggie Smith, Tracy K. Smith, Joy Harjo, Walt Whitman, Langston Hughes, and Natalie Diaz.

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Maureen Langloss@maureenlangloss.bsky.social · last mo.

Did you know there’s a new lit mag making its debut this summer? In print! It’s called CHEEKS! And the launch party is at Yu & Me Books in NYC on July 31. I hope you will join me there! In the meantime, check out the 1st issue contributor list ⬇️

Celebrating Cheeks 44 Mulberry Fri, July 31, 8pmContributors Rae Armantrout Michael Dickman Wayne Miller Rob Arnold Denise Duhamel Tomás Q. Morín Mary Jo Bang Graham Foust Harryette Mullen Rick Barot Mitchell Glazier Jesse Nathan Michael Bazzett Johannes Göransson Bob Perelman Charles Bernstein Richie Hofmann Paige Quiñones Katherine Berta Jackson Holbert Margaret Reges Brian Blanchfield Ted Kooser Diane Seuss Stephanie Burt Maureen Langloss Aaron Smith Victoria Chang Ann Lauterbach Amelia Van Donsel Hayan Charara Timothy Liu Kieron Walquist Chen Chen Maurice Manning Noah Warren Matthew Dickman Campbell McGrath Jake Wolff
Tom Richmond@tom-richmond.com · last mo.

"Norway is imposing a near ban on the use of generative AI tools by elementary school pupils while also restricting their ​use in the education of older children to prevent a ‌negative impact on learning" Sometimes, good policymaking is incredibly simple. www.reuters.com/technology/n...

Norway imposes near ban on AI in elementary school

Norway is imposing a near ban on the use of generative AI tools by elementary school pupils while also restricting their ​use in the education of older children to prevent a ‌negative impact on learni...

reuters.com

Michael Bazzett@mikhailbazharov.bsky.social · last mo.

Very grateful to have a few poems (including this one, loosely inspired by nature's reclamation of the Chernobyl exclusion zone) in the new issue of @conduit.org, one of the best.... Do yourself a favor & waltz over to grab yourself a copy, (costs the same as a cocktail, but the buzz lasts longer)!

MOST GHOSTS don't believe in people, either. They hold parties in abandoned gymnasiums where sapling maples split the hardwood flooring to reach toward the white glow dissolving through the skylights. All the people left town decades ago when ash fell from the sky. If you leave the gymnasium and walk weed-shattered asphalt lanes, you will eventually come to a bungalow inhabited by a bear. She tumbles in and out where the picture window used to be. If you were there, you might liken the opening to the dark socket in the skull of a Cyclops. She doesn't mind ghosts, in fact she considers them a sort of cousin, given to flourishing in our absence.
Michael Bazzett@mikhailbazharov.bsky.social · last mo.

Hey kids, Milkweed Editions have apparently lost their mind & are offering 50% off on every title published before this year, from now until Bastille Day. Yes, that includes Braiding Sweetgrass, everything by Ada Límon and, yes… …my first three poetry collections, & both translations! 🙃

Milkweed Editions

Milkweed Editions is a nonprofit publisher of literature for adults and young adults based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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Michael Bazzett@mikhailbazharov.bsky.social · last mo.

Very grateful to have a few poems (including this one, loosely inspired by nature's reclamation of the Chernobyl exclusion zone) in the new issue of @conduit.org, one of the best.... Do yourself a favor & waltz over to grab yourself a copy, (costs the same as a cocktail, but the buzz lasts longer)!

MOST GHOSTS don't believe in people, either. They hold parties in abandoned gymnasiums where sapling maples split the hardwood flooring to reach toward the white glow dissolving through the skylights. All the people left town decades ago when ash fell from the sky. If you leave the gymnasium and walk weed-shattered asphalt lanes, you will eventually come to a bungalow inhabited by a bear. She tumbles in and out where the picture window used to be. If you were there, you might liken the opening to the dark socket in the skull of a Cyclops. She doesn't mind ghosts, in fact she considers them a sort of cousin, given to flourishing in our absence.
Claire Wahmanholm@cwahmanholm.bsky.social · last mo.

What a thrill, gang!! "Overwinter" was written during Operation Metro Surge, when I was trying very hard to stay afloat. I reread it again just now and realized I've been using it every day since then, too. So grateful that it resonated with @ampoetryreview.bsky.social ❤️❤️

The American Poetry Review@ampoetryreview.bsky.social · last mo.

Congratulations to Claire Wahmanholm, winner of the 2026 Kunitz Prize for her poem "Overwinter."

Michael Bazzett@mikhailbazharov.bsky.social · last mo.

The trailer for MIA just dropped, courtesy of Scribner & it's pretty cool! 🔥 I'm so happy for Leslie, who's worked so hard for so long.... ...the book (her debut) launches on August 12th, 7 pm, at Open Book in Minneapolis. If you're anywhere hereabouts, I hope you'll come join the celebration! 🥂

Michael Bazzett@mikhailbazharov.bsky.social · last mo.

The trailer for MIA just dropped, courtesy of Scribner & it's pretty cool! 🔥 I'm so happy for Leslie, who's worked so hard for so long.... ...the book (her debut) launches on August 12th, 7 pm, at Open Book in Minneapolis. If you're anywhere hereabouts, I hope you'll come join the celebration! 🥂