A little poem in the Solstice micro edition of Identity Theory. @identitytheory.bsky.social www.identitytheory.com/girlishly/
Girlishly by Molly Akin - Identity Theory
Girls are. Girls were.
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Molly Ferguson Akin
@mollyakin.bsky.social
Kansas transplant to coastal MA. Library director, poet and occasional essayist. HOSPICE now available. | she/her | mollyakin.com
“In the early dark, / I begin the slow work / of stitching something…” Read “Needlework” and two other incredible poems by Brynn Martin in our inaugural issue today: swiftslitmag.com/brynn-martin
"The patterns / of distance are well established between us. Is an unread poem / a kind of broken promise?" Every time we see a new @amorak.bsky.social poem, we make sure to read it. Be sure to read his newest in the first issue of @swiftslitmag.bsky.social: swiftslitmag.com/amorak-huey
Tomorrow! 1pm at the AWP bookfair. Stop by to say hi.
Finishing Line Press@finishinglinepress.bsky.social · 5mo ago
Good morning! @identitytheory.bsky.social remains open for micro subs only! Please read the guidelines and send your little weirds my way! www.identitytheory.com/about/micro-...
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Thank you for your interest in publishing your micro in Identity Theory. We thoughtfully read, consider, and discuss all submissions. Qualifying micros
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I'm headed to AWP for the first time! Looking forward to soaking up great readings and picking up a fresh stack of books. I'll be at booth #600 signing my chabook HOSPICE on Saturday at 1pm. Hope to see you there!
We're thrilled to announce the panel of authors who will select the recipient of the 2026 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction: Nicola Griffith Mat Johnson Fonda Lee Darcie Little Badger Peter Rock Anyone can nominate work for this $25,000 prize; nominations will be open March 1st through 31st.
My newsletter’s back up & running after a little break! This month features a fantastic @susanpoet.bsky.social poem, the first issue of @swiftslitmag.bsky.social, a video poem, & more. jeremymichaelreed.beehiiv.com/p/february-2...
February 2026
a great poem, announcements, & a prompt
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Thrilled to have two pieces in the first issue of @swiftslitmag.bsky.social!
Jeremy Michael Reed@jeremymichaelreed.bsky.social · 6mo agoCannot be more excited for Issue One to be out for everyone to read! Incredible, incredible work here from @mollyakin.bsky.social @jackbedell.bsky.social @amorak.bsky.social @djvorreyer.bsky.social & more!
Excited to kick off 2026 with a reading at Broadside Bookshop! Join me in person on Tuesday, January 20th at 7pm. I'll be reading from my recently published chapbook Hospice and my full-length manuscript.
Sharing this elegy for Renee Nicole Good, from Minneapolis poet Danez Smith: “The role of us poets is to witness the world…With attention as our tool and duty, we turn to grief, to love, to the natural world around us, to our own lives, and to our countries.” www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/feat...
An Elegy for My Neighbor, Renee Nicole Good
Fellow poet Danez Smith memorializes the Minneapolis mother's call to witness
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POETS: If you're not exactly a spring chicken (I consider myself a mid-to-late-summer bird) I highly recommend taking a gander (sorry, not trying to pun, it just happened) at The Stern Prize. What a lovely framework for a prize: 50 & over. I mean, it takes a half-century to unlearn some things, yes?
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So excited to hear today that I'll have some work in the first issue!!
s w i f t s: a literary magazine@swiftslitmag.bsky.social · 8mo agoWe are officially open to submissions for Issue 1 to be published in early 2026! Send us some work to consider!
Don’t buy anything today. ✊ Read a book. Rest as much as you can. (Write a list of things to buy later.) #nobuy #blackfriday 📚💙
what a piece today, from Molly Akin!! "One time I lost words. They slipped out and were buried under sand, finely ground, collected, disbursed." https://www.havehashad.com/mf5jn
Very much looking forward to reading with @janehuffman.bsky.social and Patrick Donnelly virtually on 11/20, 7pm EST. Hosted by the wonderful @poetmercurio.bsky.social: bit.ly/HospiceBookL...
My first Pushcart nomination! Thanks to @finishinglinepress.bsky.social for nominating "Tail" from my chapbook.
Finishing Line Press@finishinglinepress.bsky.social · 9mo ago
an extra hour this morning! what if I fill it with a 30-60 minute spontaneous submission call?? — @aaronburch.bsky.social open now: havehashad.submittable.com/submit/1cad7...
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House. Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity. They are not the same.
Today, a coalition of seven charitable foundations announced the launch of the Literary Arts Fund, a historic philanthropic investment of at least $50 million to strengthen the nonprofit literary arts field in the U.S.
A coalition of charitable foundations are creating the Literary Arts Fund, which will distribute at least $50 million to various organizations over 5 years. n.pr/3WYkn3o
A new fund will route millions to the literary arts
A coalition of charitable foundations are creating the Literary Arts Fund, which will distribute at least $50 million to various organizations over 5 years.
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