Congratulations to beestung's nominees for the Monarch Literary Awards! Willow Sipling E.K. Bartlett KB Brookins Michal ‘MJ’ Jones Loren Maria Guay Lichen Birch Wiley Helen Robertson Yufan Lu Claire Star Finch tr. Sam Nartus-Fois Read them at www.beestungmag.com

Billy Elliot had us thinking about the kindness we encounter in our lives.

my fiancée is starring in an incredible found footage movie premiering at beyond fest next month :) come see it, yay grant

Get tickets now to Are We Worthy and @fenixtheatreco.bsky.social ‘s production of Titus Andronicus! ❤️‍🔥 events.ticketleap.com/tickets/feni...

Flights with Fenix: TITUS ANDRONICUS

Are We Worthy? Theater Collaborative and Flights with Fenix present Shakespeare’s TITUS ANDRONICUS, directed by Ronan Hope Riordan and assistant directed by Maya Williams.  This production aims to hig...

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Listen to me and DeeSoul talk about the poetics of aliveness! 💜🖤💜🖤 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...

O, Aliveness!

Podcast Episode · O, Word? · September 7 · 27m

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“Though the forms expand and contract, the language at the heart of the book is pure, unadorned and direct. In Kay E. Bancroft, we have a bold new voice, finding their own perfect pitch to scream and sing." –Angel Nafis sundress-publications.square.site/product/bloo...

I finally FaceTimed my cousin last night, and it was NOURISHING 💝

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You Are Good — Creating a podcast.

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Are there any superhero movies or shows that doesn’t have their heroes work with law enforcement or law enforcement adjacent forces? I’m on season three of Invincible where there’s an attempt at a restorative justice conversation, but it all leads back to prison and I’m not having a great time.

NEW BONUS EPISODE! NEW MAMMA MIA! BONUS EPISODE!

Meryl Streep Dancing in Mamma Mia

ALT: Meryl Streep Dancing in Mamma Mia

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i keep hijacking the bluetooth speaker from the driveway to play the pirates of the caribbean theme and it is frankly driving grant to the brink

Eating red velvet cake and watching Steel Magnolias

I facilitated Imagination Library deliveries for my undergrad social work internship, my mom’s side of the family’s favorite cry-cry movie is Steel Magnolias, Dolly was the LGBTQ affirming Christian I’ve always looked up to, & Black folks rocked with Dolly because she rocked with us. 🎸💖

My favorite restaurant has been playing nothing but Paramore!!! YES!!!!

Thank you @blackgirlnerds.bsky.social for letting me talk to Misty Copeland about art!!! 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 blackgirlnerds.com/misty-copela...

Misty Copeland’s Firebird Waltz Blends Ballet, Magic, and the Arts | Black Girl Nerds

Misty Copeland’s Firebird Waltz blends ballet, magic, music, and visual art in an enchanting new story that inspires young readers

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for the first time in my entire life i’m dating a guy who actually respects my mind and my work. he tells me that he thinks I’m a great critic and writer every day and I believe that’s true to him. and yet, I still don’t agree? what is wrong with me?

"In a poetry that is as compassionate as it is beautiful, Priest shows us how even attempting to name a trauma is a nonlinear effort, a heart’s ongoing work." —Chen Chen sundress-publications.square.site/product/flor...

really hate how much endometriosis has gotten in the way of reading, writing, working, thinking about film, existing in a way that’s not painful, sleeping well, being present… really everything lol

new poem new poem new poem

Chen Chen@chenchenwrites.bsky.social · last mo.

Honored to have a new poem, “An Evening Discussion” in Poem-a-Day. This one’s about homophobia, societal and internalized, and different methods of responding. Also, pimples & Planet Fitness. Also, tenderness. Read without swiping + hear me read it: poets.org/poem/evening...

What duets of queer singers of the same sex or same gender made mainstream radio?

to survive—for the soul to survive—you have to cultivate a strong softness, a stubborn gentleness, the most ferocious tenderness that doesn't look away, that looks, and speaks, and holds, and carries

Honored to have a new poem, “An Evening Discussion” in Poem-a-Day. This one’s about homophobia, societal and internalized, and different methods of responding. Also, pimples & Planet Fitness. Also, tenderness. Read without swiping + hear me read it: poets.org/poem/evening...

Yes, it’s a blessing to be exhausted by the life I asked for, AND, I’m still exhausted.

presales for my first novel start in less than two weeks. let's get it together shall we

I am my husband’s angry translator.

What’s in your Sealey Challenge stack for August? Shade Literary Arts kindly listed my most recent collection Feminine Morbidity for August 31st!! 😍❤️‍🔥😍❤️‍🔥😍 what a joy to be listed amongst these fabulous Black and Brown poets!! www.shadeliteraryarts.org/single-post/...

Poetry Books by Trans, Nonbinary, & Genderqueer Writers for The Sealey Challenge

It's the 10-year anniversary of The Sealey Challenge, a reading challenge created by Nicole Sealey in 2017. Celebrate 10 years of reading with this list of 31 poetry books by *trans, nonbinary, and ge...

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Say whatever you want about Widow’s Bay, the Showrunner was like “Character Actors…your time to SHINE!”

If Toy Story 5 can’t bring Key & Peele back together, who CAN????

New essay! ✍🏼 blackyouthproject.com/article/the-...

The Politics of Misgendering Black Queer and Trans People | Black Youth Project

By: Maya Williams As a nonbinary feminine person who uses ey/em, they/them, and she/her pronouns, I navigate misgendering—the act of being called by incorrect p

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He turned Into a turtle too 😆😆🐢🐶 Good morning everyone