Gizmo (my cat) is Snatched

The only person I “Stan” is beautiful gay Philadelphia 6ABC weatherman Adam Joseph

Accidentally watching a Nicola peltz movie

Years ago my dad took me to see to kill a mockingbird on broadway and I still periodically think about how they wrote in a LOT of what were clearly supposed to be laugh lines

It’s so awesome to partially dislocate your kneecap a month before your wedding. I would recommend it!

Thanks and congratulations to the @barrelhouse.bsky.social 2026 Best of the Net nominees @zachpowers.bsky.social, @graycious.bsky.social, @mariannelchan.bsky.social @chriscottom.bsky.social!

My poem in @barrelhouse.bsky.social about sitting in pee on the subway got nominated for a best of the net award!!! You can read it here: www.barrelhousemag.com/online-lit/s...

Self Esteem, by Grace Alvino — Barrelhouse

I am beautiful and everybody loves me. I have strong natural nails and I can take the subway without anybody giving me a hard time. I can sing well unless my boyfriend is around and I put all the ca...

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Tara Campbell@taracampbell.bsky.social · last mo.

Happy #BestOfTheNet nomination season to all who celebrate. Here are the nominees for @barrelhouse.bsky.social! Congratulations, @zachpowers.bsky.social, @graycious.bsky.social , @mariannelchan.bsky.social, @chriscottom.bsky.social, and Fran Levin!

Some of you may be wondering how Sascha is. She’s great! (Knock wood) Here is a pic of her with her bf Remi

Getting Mack Truck (our new cat) has turned me into the most insufferable boy mom. I always want to talk about how he’s a Mommy’s Man

I am very tired of the heat!

Going to try a restaurant with a really weird website

@oneart.bsky.social nominated a poem of mine for a best of the net award!! That’s so exciting! You can read it here: oneartpoetry.com/2026/06/12/h...

HIT ME! by Grace Alvino

HIT ME! The man who juggles in Rittenhouse Square stabbed two people in 2020. He calls my dog a scavenger when he sees her at the fountain. It is her favorite place to sit so I don’t make her move.…

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Mack truck (our new cat) seems to be a Mommy’s Man

Walked into the ice cream shop and immediately asked if they were playing the hot honey rag

Having to tell people I can’t make plans this Saturday because I’m going to a wooden spoon-making workshop

I’m getting married soon and I’m excited :)

Increasingly when I google “vertical split in nail” it’s with the intensity of someone trying to figure out how to avoid a long prison sentence

I need a work hairbrush and a home hairbrush but that feels very out of reach for me right now..

I hate when I have to activate my herbivore grinding teeth to chew a big piece of bread

Adopting a new pet is wonderful in itself AND because it opens up a whole world of new passwords

They’re being sooooo nice to me at the self storage place

I love googling “affectionate cat” to read about why my cat is so affectionate

I’m always joking about feeling old but in reality I feel very youthful and great!

Registering at the MOMA design store

Blow drying my toenails

Why does everyone put down turf in their backyards now…….it is so emotionally draining

In every issue of a magazine where I get published everyone else is a poet laureate/author of 5 collections/#1 most read poet on the poetry foundation and my bio is like “Grace lives in Philly with her pets. She is a slug :)”

Narrowly avoiding getting run over by the eagles-themed uber while it’s blasting “I will always love you”