BEST OF THIRTY WEST VOL 1 CONTRIBUTORS @adamg.bsky.social @theoriginalison.bsky.social @keslentz.bsky.social @joshdale.co @rossmcmeekin.bsky.social @anniejowrites.bsky.social & Nicole Rivas Coming soon.

My first cover! Cyanotype on fabric with gold paint and gold leaf 🥳😍 so special to do it for my queer Asian sib 💕💕

Alison Lubar@theoriginalison.bsky.social · last mo.

she’s out in the world! and thank you to @addieisunwieldy.bsky.social for the cover 🦋

she’s out in the world! and thank you to @addieisunwieldy.bsky.social for the cover 🦋

Bull City Press@bullcitypress.com · last mo.

Today is pub day for Alison Lubar's AMERICAN KINTSUGI, a new microchap in the Inch series. Hooray!

Issue #109 out now! Featured Poet Faye Brinsmead, supported by Spencer K.M. Brown, @nancysobanik.bsky.social, Marie Isabell Matthews-Schlinzig, Saad Kayani, @shamelesstrekkie.bsky.social, @kiptain.bsky.social, Chris Vola, @thatjeffreycat.bsky.social, Ethan Mershon, and @theoriginalison.bsky.social.

dream pub ♥️

Electric Literature@electricliterature.com · last mo.

Two poems by Alison Lubar: one on death, the other on eating to feel whole.

too many blessings to count this year 🙏 much gratitude to Sean Lynch of @serotoninpress.bsky.social for making this dream a reality, to Larissa Greer for the cover art, & to Sommer Browning, @theoriginalison.bsky.social & I.S. Jones for the kind words serotoninpress.bigcartel.com/product/if-i...

Been enjoying this one by @theoriginalison.bsky.social (via @stanchion.bsky.social) a couple poems at a time. A family & cultural emotional history comes vibrantly alive--& the language consistently dazzles ⚡

more poets need to listen to @whereismuna.bsky.social bc we’re all caught in the sublime anyway 💅

over the moon that my 4th poetry collection, IF I CANNOT FLY, is forthcoming from @serotoninpress.bsky.social in July 🙌 grateful to @theoriginalison.bsky.social, Sommer Browning & I.S. Jones for their kind words abt the book & to Sean Lynch for giving it a home 🙏 serotoninpress.com/if-i-cannot-...

If I Cannot Fly - Serotonin Press

Forthcoming in July of 2026 from Serotonin Press, If I Cannot Fly by Amy Saul-Zerby is her fourth poetry collection. Click this link to pre-order your copy. Cover art coming soon… “Reading Amy Saul-Ze...

serotoninpress.com

Final feature for Saturday's FERAL AF reading! Alison Lubar is a queer Nikkei poet & educator, & author of The Other Tree, (Harbor Editions’ 2023 Laureate Prize), METAMOURPHOSIS, four chapbooks, and a forthcoming microchap, American Kintsugi. @theoriginalison.bsky.social Show at 7; open mic at 8:30

New sale in the TW Shop. Buy 2 chapbooks, get 1 free. All genres; mix and match; automatic discount. These hand-bound editions are immediate & need readers like you. @seanennis.bsky.social @theoriginalison.bsky.social @kristintenor.bsky.social & more. Long live chapbooks! thirtywestph.com/shop

let the soft animal of your body hate AI

Featuring @theoriginalison.bsky.social @keslentz.bsky.social @shannonfrostgre.bsky.social Olivia Zarzycki and Heather Bowlan

Join us on 11/18 to hear featured readers @clayrebenz.bsky.social, @theoriginalison.bsky.social, & @stevenreigns.bsky.social. Yes, we are switching to Tuesday this month!! @driftwoodpress.bsky.social @smallharborpub.bsky.social #poetrysky #poetrynews #poets #poetry

Join us on 11/18 to hear featured readers @clayrebenz.bsky.social, @theoriginalison.bsky.social, & @stevenreigns.bsky.social. Yes, we are switching to Tuesday this month!! @driftwoodpress.bsky.social @smallharborpub.bsky.social #poetrysky #poetrynews #poets #poetry

Join us on 11/18 to hear featured readers @clayrebenz.bsky.social, @theoriginalison.bsky.social, & @stevenreigns.bsky.social. Yes, we are switching to Tuesday this month!! @driftwoodpress.bsky.social @smallharborpub.bsky.social #poetrysky #poetrynews #poets #poetry

open.substack.com/pub/onlypoem... thank you @onlypoemsmag.bsky.social for sharing this piece originally published in @literaryhub.bsky.social in their Best New Poems series! ♥️

The Body of Grief as Rice and Butter by Alison Lubar

How do I keep all these little parts inside? What remains?

open.substack.com

THE OTHER TREE is launched 🍋✨ thank you to my stunningly talented and generous features, and A Novel Idea on Passyunk for hosting ♥️ @smallharborpub.bsky.social ♥️♥️

today is the day! she’s out in the world 🍋♥️

Small Harbor Publishing@smallharborpub.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Alison Lubar’s The Other Tree—winner of the 2023 Laureate Prize—is here. These luminous poems reanimate the past, recover what has been lost, and keep growing in the shade of memory and love. Get your copy today: www.amazon.com/-/es/Alison-...

one last teaser from THE OTHER TREE, out tomorrow with @smallharborpub.bsky.social 🦋

Lit Hub@literaryhub.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Read “The Body of Grief as Rice and Butter,” a poem by @theoriginalison.bsky.social from the collection The Other Tree: “A body, from a body, from a body, from a body. Trans-generational grief engenders both tenderness and bitterness.”

Hurry up and submit. https://newwordspress.submittable.com/submit

@writesloud.bsky.social, @theoriginalison.bsky.social. 3 great Caribbean Islands, 3 days at sea, 1 stunning ship. Just sayin'

Stanchion@stanchion.bsky.social · last yr.

Who'd like to work on writing their next chapbook, novel, short story or poetry collection surrounded by 5,000 plants on the most elegant & artistic ship at sea? Oh, & spend a few days on the beach in St. Kitts, St. Thomas & DR? Welcome to Stanchion @ Sea. www.stanchionzine.com/sea

🚨BREAKING: Cal State LA just moved classes online and let faculty work remotely, not for a storm, not for COVID, but because ICE is in the area. Let that sink in, an entire university is treating immigration enforcement like a public health crisis.

join me for poetry at sea 💜🧜🏼‍♀️✨ and also yoga ofc

Stanchion@stanchion.bsky.social · last yr.

This is going to be an absolutely remarkable week. Bookings are now open for the inaugural Stanchion @ Sea sailing, a writing retreat like no other with @writesloud.bsky.social & @theoriginalison.bsky.social on board leading the prose & poetry tracks, respectively. stanchionzine.com/sea

The recording of last night’s Night Light reading is now available for viewing! It was such a joy to host @natallman.bsky.social, Ari Lisner, @lowermelody.bsky.social, & Zach Spruce—run it back at the 🔗 below! 💡

Tom Snarsky@tomsnarsky.bsky.social · last yr.

this Thursday!! we are so excited to have @natallman.bsky.social, Ari Lisner, @lowermelody.bsky.social, & Zach Spruce on to read their poems :) please see 🔗 below to register — can’t wait to see you there!

tomorrow!

Poets & Writers@pw.org · last yr.

Join us tomorrow night, June 26, at 8:00 PM EDT for a reading with our 2025 Get the Word Out Poetry Cohort. Celebrate this incredible group of poets and hear them read from their forthcoming books. RSVP: at.pw.org/GTWOreading25

Our summer reading period closes in six (6!) days! 📚💙👇

River River Books@riverriverbooks.bsky.social · last yr.

Psst…we’re reading full-length poetry manuscripts now. Yes, we read them all. Yes, all submitters hear back from us before we announce selections. No, there’s no mandatory reading fee. 📚💙🌊🌊 riverriverbooks.org/editors/subm...

Toni Morrison is one of the greatest writers to ever live. What many don’t know, is that she was also the first Black woman to become a senior editor at Random House. I wrote about a new book that discusses how she edited by day, wrote by night, and ushered in a new generation of Black writers.

How Toni Morrison Changed Publishing

At night, she worked on her novels. By day, as an editor at Random House, she championed a new generation of writers.

theatlantic.com

TONIGHT, philly babes 😘

two new poems! thank you so much, @diodeeditions.bsky.social ♥️

Diode @diodeeditions.bsky.social · last yr.

DIODE 18.2 LIVE diodepoetry.com