"Here to Stay" collects #poetry & prose from 53 undocumented writers in America. "A poem cannot protect a person without documents from arrest. But it is capable of a resonant whisper" say the #undocupoets editors @marcelohcastillo.bsky.social @j9joseph.bsky.social & @estherwslin.bsky.social

ALL Haymarket Books are 40% off through August 22nd! ✊🏾✊🏿✊🏽

I’m closing my time as a Public Voices Fellow of the OpEd Project with a new op-ed in Prism Reports. Next week is AWP & the piece is perfectly timed—if you’re attending & browsing the bookfair, pay attention to the submission guidelines you come across & invite people into more inclusive practices.

Prism@prismreports.org · 2y ago

In a time of mass deportations, the literary community must end discriminatory practices, writes Janine Joseph in an op-ed. As the Trump administration makes good on its deportation promises, the literary community must take immediate action & ensure the protection of all our stories & writers.

Excited to release HEAVEN LOOKS LIKE US: Palestinian Poetry with @haymarketbooks.org, coming to your nearest bookstore in May 2025. The cover is from Palestinian artist Jumana Manna & features brilliant poetry from Palestinian comrades all over the world. @intifadabatata.bsky.social

1000% this. Public libraries are actually pretty radical--free to all, and based on the idea that info should be available to all. Get a library card! Use your library! Those numbers often play into their funding.

Parvesh Cheena@parvesh.bsky.social · 2y ago

I also keep thinking that we have to support our libraries.

A workshop opportunity. Limited slots for virtual class partial acholarships available docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

HERE TO STAY, as reviewed by @christophernelson.bsky.social for Green Linden Press: “And what coheres in these pages—despite stylistic and formal variety—is the power of art to make the poet and the reader more whole, and to intend a more whole future and a more complete sense of history.”

Christopher Nelson@christophernelson.bsky.social · 2y ago

I reviewed Here to Stay, which gives voice to 52 undocumented, or once undocumented, poets. Their rebuttal to the Trumpian zeitgeist are invaluable. www.greenlindenpress.com/interviews-a... @j9joseph.bsky.social @marcelohcastillo.bsky.social @estherwslin.bsky.social @harperperennial.bsky.social

Read this intimate profile on poet, @j9joseph.bsky.social written by @serenazets.bsky.social for the @wcp.bsky.social: washingtoncitypaper.com/article/7565... Janine will be at Hill Center on Thursday, get your tickets now: www.hillcenterdc.org/event/the-li... @poetrysociety.bsky.social #DCTODO

She Grew Up Undocumented. Her Experience Shaped Her Poetry.

Days after Donald Trump's inauguration, formerly undocumented Filipino artist Janine Joseph will discuss the intricacies of immigration and how art can fuel a movement in perilous times. The talk will...

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Tomorrow, we will have the talented (and formerly undocumented) poet and librettist, @j9joseph.bsky.social come to speak at Hill Center. Here is a blog to learn more about her life and work: https://bit.ly/JanineJosephBlog #ThingsToDoInDC #Poet #Writer

Celebrated Poet and Librettist Janine Joseph Featured in The Life of a Poet Series

The Life of a Poet is a quarterly series of conversations that Hill Center launched in 2013. The series offers a rare opportunity to consider a writer’s entire career and explore the major events that have shaped their work. Featured poets have included Poet Laureate, Ada Limón, Elizabeth Alexander,

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I’m not looking forward to much of next week, but onwards we go—& a bright spot is Thursday when I’ll be in conversation with poet Kyle Dargan for the Life of a Poet series Hill Center. Many thanks to everyone making this event possible, including Mary Ann Brownlow and Serena Zets.

Hill Center @hillcenterdc.bsky.social · 2y ago

Read this intimate profile on poet, @j9joseph.bsky.social written by @serenazets.bsky.social for the @wcp.bsky.social: washingtoncitypaper.com/article/7565... Janine will be at Hill Center on Thursday, get your tickets now: www.hillcenterdc.org/event/the-li... @poetryfoundation.bsky.social

On January 23rd, we will have the talented (and formerly undocumented) poet and librettist, @j9joseph.bsky.social come to speak at Hill Center. Here is a blog to learn more about her life and work: https://bit.ly/JanineJosephBlog #ThingsToDoInDC #Poet #Writer

Celebrated Poet and Librettist Janine Joseph Featured in The Life of a Poet Series

The Life of a Poet is a quarterly series of conversations that Hill Center launched in 2013. The series offers a rare opportunity to consider a writer’s entire career and explore the major events that have shaped their work. Featured poets have included Poet Laureate, Ada Limón, Elizabeth Alexander,

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On January 23rd, we will have the talented (and formerly undocumented) poet and librettist, @j9joseph.bsky.social come to speak at Hill Center. Here is a blog to learn more about her life and work: https://bit.ly/JanineJosephBlog #ThingsToDoInDC #Poet #Writer

Celebrated Poet and Librettist Janine Joseph Featured in The Life of a Poet Series

The Life of a Poet is a quarterly series of conversations that Hill Center launched in 2013. The series offers a rare opportunity to consider a writer’s entire career and explore the major events that have shaped their work. Featured poets have included Poet Laureate, Ada Limón, Elizabeth Alexander,

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Friends in the DC and DMV area! On January 23rd, I’ll be talking with poet, editor, and American University professor Kyle Dargan as part of The Life of a Poet series at the Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital in DC. I hope you’ll join us: www.hillcenterdc.org/event/the-li...

Submissions are now OPEN for the annual Undocupoets Fellowship! Three $500 fellowships + all-inclusive scholarships to attend the 2025 Summer Workshop Program at the Fine Arts Work Center. Open to poets who are currently or formerly undocumented in the United States. DEADLINE: 2/14 at 11:59 pm ET

On January 23rd, we will have the talented (and formerly undocumented) poet and librettist, @j9joseph.bsky.social come to speak at Hill Center. Here is a blog to learn more about her life and work: https://bit.ly/JanineJosephBlog #ThingsToDoInDC #Poet #Writer

Celebrated Poet and Librettist Janine Joseph Featured in The Life of a Poet Series

The Life of a Poet is a quarterly series of conversations that Hill Center launched in 2013. The series offers a rare opportunity to consider a writer’s entire career and explore the major events that have shaped their work. Featured poets have included Poet Laureate, Ada Limón, Elizabeth Alexander,

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Cheers to the poets! It is, as always, a joy to serve on this committee. The @bookcritics.bsky.social poetry longlist is live!

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For Mizna, I reflect on this moment of honoring Palestinians at the National Book Awards @nationalbook.bsky.social & sit more deeply with @lenakt.bsky.social & Fady Joudah's earth-shattering books. An honor to publish both finalist readings, including Fady's new poem 🍉🇵🇸 mizna.org/mizna-online...

Honoring Palestinian Poets in a Time of Genocide: Poems from National Book Award Winner Lena Khalaf Tuffaha + Finalist Fady Joudah - Mizna

Love takes the form of rain clouds: we accumulate despite our im/possible wounds, gather even in miraculous conditions. We join our kin in the swarm, all of whom gathering, like us, as waters from unk...

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I am keeper of the post-MFA tumblr (crowdsourced) which has tons of info on post-MFA fellowships, BUT it also has info on residencies—with a whole section of shorter residencies for caregivers! Pass it on! #writers #writingcommunity post-mfa.tumblr.com/residencies

Post-MFA Resources

Fellowships, Residencies, and other resources for people with MFAs in Creative Writing...

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Hide the poets—

Sometimes there are perks to walking your pup in 37 degree weather—above us last night was a lunar halo, which I’d never seen before 🧿

We are looking for members for our Reader Board. These volunteer readers’ responsibilities would primarily include reading manuscripts for contests, open reading periods, and solicited submissions, and more! Applications are due by 11/30. www.sundresspublications.com/openings/#re...

“A poet is a nightingale who sits in the darkness, and sings” —Shelley, in Defense of Poetry * "In the dark times Will there also be singing? Yes, there will be singing About the dark times." —Bertolt Brecht

Documents like these tell a wild story of my life as a formerly undoc person. My college diploma was signed by Schwarzenegger, who repealed a law allowing undoc people the right to obtain driver’s licenses. My naturalization certificate was signed by Obama, who left office as “Deporter-In-Chief.”

I made a starter pack for Bull City press authors, guests, and friends. go.bsky.app/PhcmmC7

Cherry Tree Poetry Faculty Member @j9joseph.bsky.social co-wrote this performance to honor healthcare workers. It definitely shows a poet's sense of sound and structure! www.youtube.com/watch?v=klYA... More info about the Cherry Tree Young Writers' Conference can be found at www.washcoll.edu/ywc

Read @j9joseph.bsky.social's poems, Stephanie Burt says, "and you’ll find rare intelligence" as well as "syntactic verve ... at almost every imaginable speed." Janine will lead a Poetry Workshop full of verve & intelligence at Cherry Tree this year, July 16-19. For more info: www.washcoll.edu/ywc

The poetry workshop at the Cherry Tree Young Writers' Conference this year (July 16-19) will be led by @j9joseph.bsky.social. Watch Janine read her searing poem, "Everything Signed and Filed": www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gu8r... For more info about the Conference, please visit: www.washcoll.edu/ywc

The Cherry Tree Young Writers' Conference (July 16-19) offers workshops in poetry, fiction, and journalism. Here's a spotlight on the Poetry Workshop, led by Janine Joseph @j9joseph.bsky.social For more info about the Conference schedule, fees, and registration, please visit www.washcoll.edu/ywc

Cinelle Barnes is a role model to me, someone who offered critical feedback on my manuscript and someone whose books have made me feel seen. Now she needs our help. Cinelle suffered a brain aneurysm last week. Please give if you can to help her and her family during her recovery: gofund.me/004657e6

Help with Cinelle’s Medical Recovery, organized by Buki P

Dear Family and Friends Many of you will be aware that our beloved sister, Cinelle, surv… Buki P needs your support for Help with Cinelle’s Medical Recovery

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