@sunyungshin.bsky.social and I have a great publication workshop planned: (re)connect to your why * (re)start your pub process * gather tips * learn pitfalls to avoid * get tips on bios & cover letters * find fabulous presses * & more! Next Sat., 10 to 1 CDT, via Zoom, all are welcome. Join us!

Episode 7 of the INTO A DARKER WILDERNESS PODCAST is available now! Check out our conversation with the brilliant and wonderful Alexis Pauline Gumbs!

Into a Darker Wilderness@intoadarkerwilderness.com · 2w ago

Hosted by @mkdordiggsy.bsky.social and @erinsharkey.bsky.social Produced by @davigray.com Sponsored by @milkweededitions.bsky.social

Hello. Do you publish or work as an editor at a literary journal (or know someone who does)? Do you have a few minutes to complete a short survey about best practices for submitting work to journals? If so, thank you, and here it is: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Submission Practices - Opinion Survey

Thank you for taking a moment to let us ask you about what you consider to be best submission practices. This survey was written by Michael Kleber-Diggs and Sun Yung Shin, two writers and educators. W...

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A little something I wrote for MSweeney’s Internet Tendency: www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/twe...

Twelve Upsides to Gerontocracies

“Late-stage capitalism is an absolute grind. Gerontocracies remind us that short-term, medium-term, and long-term disability insurance policies exist for a r...

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THE MULTITUDES, a Publishing Bootcamp! Registrations open now! Start or restart your publication efforts Sustain a submission practice Reconnect with your reason for sharing your work Draft a strong bio & effective cover letters Hear about cool journals Join us! Sat, Oct 24th from 10 - 1 CT.

I am thinking about editing an anthology focused on the role of adjunct professors in higher education - what’s good, what’s bad, what adjunct professors allow, and what the role prevents. Any adjuncts or former adjuncts interested in exploring this topic? Please reply or send a DM. TY.

I am so excited to co-host this cool new workshop with the brilliant and talented @sunyungshin.bsky.social !

신 선 영 辛善英 Sun Yung Shin@sunyungshin.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Hello Bluesky! Acclaimed poet, essayist, and memoirist @mkdordiggsy.bsky.social and I are excited to offer a brand-new creative writing workshop on Saturday, August 8, 2026 from 10 am - 12 pm CDT on Zoom! forms.gle/jVvQ5ZTCvLvz... Space is limited! :) See you there!

So excited to have episode 2 of our podcast out into the world! Check it out!

Into a Darker Wilderness@intoadarkerwilderness.com · 5mo ago

Episode 2: Into Soft Memories with Michael Kleber-Diggs (@mkdordiggsy.bsky.social) Now available wherever you get your podcasts 🌿 Links available at intoadarkerwilderness.com/supporters/p...

I despise cancel culture, and I support this decision. Ye has apologized, but he has made no effort at repair. Until it is set right, it stays wrong. U.K. Bars Ye Over Antisemitism, Months Before Major Festival Performances www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/a...

U.K. Bars Ye Over Antisemitism, Months Before Major Festival Performances

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Was trying to text a friend and got this reply. Does this mean I’m poetry famous!?! 😎 😂 🤷🏿‍♂️

I’m grateful to the editors at the Under Review for nominating my poem, “Giving and Taking”, for a Pushcart Prize. It means a lot to me that they appreciate the poem. www.underreviewlit.com/new-blog/giv...

Giving and Taking — The Under Review

— based on United We Stand by Gene Okok Beyond the lights and hype, before the purse and prize, there is the spartan gym— dim and grimy, grim, bereft of artifice and glamour. Here, there...

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“draw closer. The flowers speak to us…” I am grateful to the Academy of American Poets and to this month’s guest editor, Danusha Lameris for including my sonnet, “Lupines in a Yard in San Antonio, Texas”. I feel lucky and happy and blessed. poets.org/poem/lupines...

Lupines in a Yard in San Antonio, Texas

My friend grieves while we search / for an authentic experience, like tacos

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🎶 “Good morning, Baltimore!” 🎶 Well, actually, good evening, Baltimore! Come to this EcoTheo reading on Thursday night at the Baltimore Brewhouse! A stunning lineup (and also me)!

Poets and poetry lovers, do you have a few minutes to complete a survey on line breaks? It’s part of a research project led by one of my graduate students. Please feel free to share. Thanks for considering. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Lineation Survey

This survey is designed to understand writers’ attitudes about and use of lineation. Survey responses are anonymous unless you provide contact information at the end . You are not required to answer a...

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Congrats to the U.S. men’s hockey team, AND, I’m always amazed by people who grow up with so much privilege and so much support and go on to have so much material wealth and so many resources only to lead small, stingy, selfish lives, callous to the suffering of others.

Congrats to the U.S. men’s hockey team, AND, I’m always amazed by people who grow up with so much privilege and so much support and go on to have so much material wealth and so many resources only to lead small, stingy, selfish lives, callous to the suffering of others.

Dear Canada, I hope you’re alright. Sorry you lost the hockey game today. Say, if Minnesota becomes a Canadian province, we (“we”) WE would win gold in hockey forever. And MN would be done federal occupation. AND, I would live in a country with universal healthcare! Let me know, eh? MKD

For Orion Magazine, I wrote about the American Experiment - what it is and has been and what Minnesota shows us it could and should be. 1000 thanks to Kathleen Yale and Tajja Isen for all the edits and ideas. orionmagazine.org/article/what...

What It Should Mean to Be American - Orion Magazine

The private and public fight for humanity in the Twin Cities and beyond

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Is it me? Am I the only one who, you know… if the person in front of me at the ATM leaves their receipt behind… uh… you know… checks on how they’re doing… uh… um… financially…?

I’ve seen enough! The Minnesota Wild will win Lord Stanley’s Cup this season!

So grateful to have “Gloria Mundi” featured on The Slowdown podcast this morning. Thank you to the host, Maggie Smith, for seeing the poem fully and reading it beautifully. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

The Slowdown: Poetry & Reflection Daily

Performing Arts Podcast · Updated Semiweekly · Host Maggie Smith is your daily poetry companion. Poetry is one of the greatest tools we have to wield our own attention — to consider our own lives and ...

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That parenthetical is giving real “once and future” energy. Fool so foolish he thought he could change it forever. They’re placating you, fool. You’re a clown, fool.

We hope to see you there!

Tiny-ass Donald Trump cereal boxes! We got much bigger cereal boxes (way more cereal) under Joe Biden!

My most recent review for the Minnesota Star Tribune finds much to admire in MINOR BLACK FIGURES, a worthy addition to Brandon Taylor's exceptional bibliography. If you like it half as much as I did, you'll love it. www.startribune.com/minor-black-...

Review: An artist and his would-be boyfriend are ‘Minor Black Figures’

Fiction: Booker finalist Brandon Taylor returns with a sensational novel about art, God and modern love.

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Shohei Ohtani isn’t real.

We really do.

Sorry, Seattle. You had a great season.

Our daughter, Elinor, is raising money for an artist’s residency. Money raised will cover: pay for two dancers, travel expenses, and meals and miscellaneous expenses. Please support with a gift or a share if you are so inclined. TY www.gofundme.com/f/support-el...

Donate to Support Elinor's Residency at Kaatsbaan Cultural Park, organized by Elinor Kleber Diggs

Hello friends, family, and friends of friends! My name is… Elinor Kleber Diggs needs your support for Support Elinor's Residency at Kaatsbaan Cultural Park

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So wait, I can’t be in the military now because I have a beard!?! 😭😭😭😩😩😩 (I’m also a pleasantly portly gentleman with a interest in things like peace and the Posse Comitatus Act and like not obeying illegal orders, so yeah, it probably wasn’t going to work out anyway)