"The histories that trees hold ... are at the heart of today’s poem," @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social shares in episode 1573. Read “Dialogue with the Oldest Tree in the U.S., whose Location is a Closely-Guarded Forest Service Secret” by @ninasudhakar.bsky.social: bit.ly/4gbFNo9

My 2nd collab poetry collection BOOK LAUNCH is tonight at 7 pm @roscoebooks.bsky.social. Please come help me celebrate w/ special guest poets @mxfaylitahicks.bsky.social @ninasudhakar.bsky.social & Carlos Cumpián! TY @oneldammit.bsky.social of Roadside Press, my fellow poets, friends, & loved ones ❤️

@ninasudhakar.bsky.social discusses her Katherine Anne Porter Prize-winning collection WHERE TO CARRY THE SOUND (@tamupress.bsky.social) with Amina Gautier necessaryfiction.com/interviews/a...

In September 2025, in partnership with Matwaala, SWWIM's reading series at the Betsy-South Beach featured poets @ninasudhakar.bsky.social and @carolenekurien.bsky.social. Here are some photos from that beautiful evening. Keep an eye out for more highlights from our fall reading series! XO SWWIM

Vidushi Rijuta Unflinching www.swwim.org/swwimeveryda... Lisa Rua-Ware Washing in the Cellar www.swwim.org/swwimeveryda... Nina Sudhakar @ninasudhakar.bsky.social The Ancestors Invited Me to a Family Convention www.swwim.org/swwimeveryda... #WomenPoets #PushcartPrize #Nominees

SWWIM Every Day — SWWIM

by Vidushi Rijuta in the world where men can be machine gun bodies, trigger-ready hands tripping on no safety, peace itself inverted, my body is often hostage situation, my body is often…

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SUNDAY SALON CHICAGO happens in 3 days, WOW! Hope to see you on Sept. 28, 2025 @roscoebooks.bsky.social at 7 pm. Come hear this impressive lineup w/ @ninasudhakar.bsky.social, Michael McColly, Ben Tanzer, Janice Deal & Carlos Cumpian. Join us, Chicago! All authors' bios: sundaysalon-chicago.com 😍🌈🍂

SWWIM x Matwaala A reminder to join us tonight, September 11 at 7pm (EST) for a reading & conversation with Nina Sudhakar & Carolene Kurien at The Betsy Hotel’s B Bar. This event will be live-streamed on SWWIM’s Instagram & Facebook pages. @ninasudhakar.bsky.social @carolenekurien.bsky.social

SWWIM x Matwaala From “The Ancestors Invited Me to a Family Convention” by Nina Sudhakar @ninasudhakar.bsky.social . . . #SWWIMEveryDay #SWWIMWithUs #Poetry #Poem #ItsLit #WomenWriters #WomenPoets #WomenPublishingWomen #WomenSupportingWomen #Ciswomen #TransWomen #Nonbinary

SUNDAY SALON CHICAGO's next reading happens on Sept. 28 @roscoebooks.bsky.social w/ an impressive lineup featuring @ninasudhakar.bsky.social, Michael McColly, Ben Tanzer, Janice Deal & Carlos Cumpian. Hope you'll join us, Chicago! Pls share. Website updates coming soon: sundaysalon-chicago.com ❤️👏🔥

Please join us in welcoming our 2025-2026 Writers in Residence. Save every date for our upcoming reading season! @taylorbyas.bsky.social @ritamookerjee.bsky.social, @joankwonglass.bsky.social @ninasudhakar.bsky.social @lesleymwheeler.bsky.social #SWWIMEveryDay #SWWIMWithUs #WomenWriters

If you’ll be at #AWP25, hello, I will be, too, on this lovely panel bright & early Thursday and otherwise wandering with copies of my book. Tell me all the things to do & where to say hi to you!

Truly grateful to South Asia Institute, Shireen Ahmad, Afzal Ahmad, & the fab SAI crew, w/ Brian Keigher for making yesterday's reading event for SALT PRUNING so memorable. And huge thanks to @ninasudhakar.bsky.social & Faisal Mohyuddin for your great readings! 👏🧡🔥🌈🌺🌏

excited to learn my second dispatch from Moscow, Idaho, in @commonmag.bsky.social made their list of most read pieces of 2024! thanks, always, to @ninasudhakar.bsky.social www.thecommononline.org/the-most-rea...

The Most-Read Pieces of 2024

THE COMMON <br> The Common published over 175 stories, essays, poems, interviews, and features online and in print in 2024. Browse a list of the ten most-read pieces of 2024 to get a taste of what lef...

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Just over a year ago, I first heard this book would eventually exist— & now here are all these stories, for real life, in physical form, proof for an author who can barely believe it. (Launch & other event info coming soon!)

Thrilled about the release of SALT PRUNING, my collaborative poetry collection w/ David Allen Sullivan. Join us for a pre-launch reading at South Asia Institute in Chicago on Sat. 1/25, 3pm w/ two exceptional authors: @ninasudhakar.bsky.social & Faisal Mohyuddin. 🥰🌺🌈 Jan. launch info coming soon!

We're smack in the middle of our Author Postcard Auction, where you can bid for personalized, handwritten postcards from your favorite authors! Gift it, or get one for yourself! Ann Patchett, Andre Aciman, @vietthanhnguyen.bsky.social, @jamiattenberg.bsky.social, @rumaan.bsky.social & 35 more!

The 2024 Author Postcard Auction is now open!

This one-of-a-kind online auction gives book lovers around the world the opportunity to bid on handwritten, personalized postcards from their favorite writers.

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Did your small press book come out this year? Share it here! Here's mine: SAD GROWNUPS, a collection of 17 stories Booklist called "A powerhouse collection." (amystuber.com/book) Available bookshop.org/p/books/sad-... or ask your local bookstore or library!

Book — amy stuber

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📢 Book Reviewers! Sharing a few titles on my mind at the moment. If you’re interested in reviewing these (or any others!) please get in touch!

I have a second dispatch from Moscow, Idaho up at The Common, with gratitude to @ninasudhakar.bsky.social 🌾 www.thecommononline.org/dispatch-fro...

Dispatch from Moscow

AFTON MONTGOMERY <br> The forestry scientists said Moscow has some of the unhappiest trees in the world. I remember clearly my friend telling me this, though I don’t remember much about her explanati...

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