Grateful to be included on @splitthisrock.bsky.social's Sealey Challenge reading list! What great company to be in: bookshop.org/lists/2026-s...

For this year's #SealeyChallenge, we curated a list of 31 #poetry books and 3 poetry anthologies on Split This Rock's Bookshop storefront: bit.ly/4ySbavz We're a #Bookshop affiliate, so when you buy books via our list, we earn a commission (but doesn’t cost you extra!).

2026 Sealey Challenge Reading List

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Amir McClam reads “I FEEL MOST DISABLED WHEN THROWN AGAINST A CLOCKWHITE BACKGROUND” for Split This Rock’s Sick & Disabled Showcase Collection in The Quarry: A Social Justice #Poetry Database: bit.ly/3RiPtDQ This #DisabilityPrideMonth, join us in sharing poems by disabled poets! #DisabilityPride

Amir McClam reads “I FEEL MOST DISABLED WHEN THROWN AGAINST A CLOCKWHITE BACKGROUND” for Split This Rock’s Sick & Disabled Showcase Collection in The Quarry: A Social Justice #Poetry Database: bit.ly/3RiPtDQ This #DisabilityPrideMonth, join us in sharing poems by disabled poets! #DisabilityPride

Arianna Monet reads “I’m rewatching the She Ra episode where Glimmer gets sick for the first time” for Split This Rock’s Sick & Disabled Showcase Collection in The Quarry: A Social Justice #Poetry Database: bit.ly/4eQjh2o This #DisabilityPrideMonth, join us in sharing poems by disabled poets!

Arianna Monet reads “I’m rewatching the She Ra episode where Glimmer gets sick for the first time” for Split This Rock’s Sick & Disabled Showcase Collection in The Quarry: A Social Justice #Poetry Database: bit.ly/4eQjh2o This #DisabilityPrideMonth, join us in sharing poems by disabled poets!

MT Vallarta reads “What Happens When the Matriarch Dies” for Split This Rock’s Sick & Disabled Showcase Collection in The Quarry: A Social Justice #Poetry Database: bit.ly/4gkrSwD This #DisabilityPrideMonth, share poems by disabled poets! It's one way to resist the erasure of disabled experiences.

MT Vallarta reads “What Happens When the Matriarch Dies” for Split This Rock’s Sick & Disabled Showcase Collection in The Quarry: A Social Justice #Poetry Database: bit.ly/4gkrSwD This #DisabilityPrideMonth, share poems by disabled poets! It's one way to resist the erasure of disabled experiences.

Tala Khanmalek reads “Of Beauty” for Split This Rock’s Sick & Disabled Showcase Collection in The Quarry: A Social Justice #Poetry Database: bit.ly/4vKLQ8O This #DisabilityPrideMonth, join us in sharing poems by disabled poets! It's one way to resist the erasure of disabled voices & experiences.

Ina Cariño reads “Summer Figs” for Split This Rock’s Sick & Disabled Showcase Collection in The Quarry: A Social Justice #Poetry Database: bit.ly/4eDt2Cf This #DisabilityPrideMonth, join us in sharing poems by disabled poets! It's one way to resist the erasure of disabled voices & experiences.

Ina Cariño reads “Summer Figs” for Split This Rock’s Sick & Disabled Showcase Collection in The Quarry: A Social Justice #Poetry Database: bit.ly/4eDt2Cf This #DisabilityPrideMonth, join us in sharing poems by disabled poets! It's one way to resist the erasure of disabled voices & experiences.

Tala Khanmalek reads “Of Beauty” for Split This Rock’s Sick & Disabled Showcase Collection in The Quarry: A Social Justice #Poetry Database: bit.ly/4vKLQ8O This #DisabilityPrideMonth, join us in sharing poems by disabled poets! It's one way to resist the erasure of disabled voices & experiences.

TOMORROW, 5/28! Will you join us for 90 minutes of ground-breaking poetry & resistance? All ticket sales support Split This Rock's ongoing fundraising efforts. We're 85% of the way to our goal! Will you help us raise the rest? Tickets & more info: bit.ly/3QsFaMC

Split This Rock@splitthisrock.bsky.social · 3mo ago

90 minutes of poems. 7 ground-breaking Asian & Pacific Islander poets. 1 community of poetry & resistance. Get your $5 ticket to Resist & Revel: An Asian & Pacific Islander Poetry Celebration on 5/28! Learn more about our incredible line-up of readers: bit.ly/3QsFaMC #AAPI #APIA #Poetry

We are now 85% of the way to our fundraising goal! We will continue our efforts to raise the remaining 15% of our goal—that’s just over $10,000—by the end of the summer. Can we count on you to help us meet our goal? Donate online: bit.ly/GiveSplitThi... Get virtual reading tickets: bit.ly/3QsFaMC

Resist & Revel: An Asian & Pacific Islander Poetry Celebration

Split This Rock and Kay Ulanday Barrett are back to host another spectacular virtual poetry reading! Join us for Resist & Revel: An Asian & Pacific Islander Poetry Celebration, featuring:Aliah...

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In August, we came to you with a rallying call to ask what support you could offer as we aimed to bridge a funding gap. We are elated to share WE ARE STILL HERE thanks to every donation of funds, time, and talent that you contributed to allow Split This Rock to keep doing our necessary work. [Cont.]

In August, we came to you with a rallying call to ask what support you could offer as we aimed to bridge a funding gap. We are elated to share WE ARE STILL HERE thanks to every donation of funds, time, and talent that you contributed to allow Split This Rock to keep doing our necessary work. [Cont.]

90 minutes of poems. 7 ground-breaking Asian & Pacific Islander poets. 1 community of poetry & resistance. Get your $5 ticket to Resist & Revel: An Asian & Pacific Islander Poetry Celebration on 5/28! Learn more about our incredible line-up of readers: bit.ly/3QsFaMC #AAPI #APIA #Poetry

90 minutes of poems. 7 ground-breaking Asian & Pacific Islander poets. 1 community of poetry & resistance. Get your $5 ticket to Resist & Revel: An Asian & Pacific Islander Poetry Celebration on 5/28! Learn more about our incredible line-up of readers: bit.ly/3QsFaMC #AAPI #APIA #Poetry

For just $5, gather with our poetry community for 90 minutes of brilliance from 7 incredible Asian & Pacific Islander poets! Will we see you there?

Split This Rock@splitthisrock.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Get your $5 ticket to Resist & Revel: An Asian & Pacific Islander Poetry Celebration, a virtual reading on May 28. Featuring Kay Ulanday Barrett, Aliah Lavonne Jahan-Tigh, Isa Borgeson, Lehua M. Taitano, Noah Arhm Choi, Noʻu Revilla & S. J. Ghaus. Details: bit.ly/3QsFaMC #AAPI #APIA #Poetry

For just $5, gather with our poetry community for 90 minutes of brilliance from 7 incredible Asian & Pacific Islander poets! Will we see you there?

Split This Rock@splitthisrock.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Get your $5 ticket to Resist & Revel: An Asian & Pacific Islander Poetry Celebration, a virtual reading on May 28. Featuring Kay Ulanday Barrett, Aliah Lavonne Jahan-Tigh, Isa Borgeson, Lehua M. Taitano, Noah Arhm Choi, Noʻu Revilla & S. J. Ghaus. Details: bit.ly/3QsFaMC #AAPI #APIA #Poetry

Golden (@goldenthem.bsky.social) reads from “UNDERGROUND” for the Trans Day of Visibility Collection in The Quarry: A Social Justice Poetry Database: bit.ly/4cxv44y This #NationalPoetryMonth, join us in sharing poems by trans poets! It's one way to resist the hostile erasure of trans experiences.

Jimena Lucero reads “All of This Is Ours” for the Trans Day of Visibility Collection in The Quarry: A Social Justice Poetry Database: bit.ly/3Oq7Yos This #NationalPoetryMonth, join us in joyfully sharing poems by trans poets! It's one way to resist the hostile erasure of trans voices & experiences.

Zuggie Tate reads “The Days On Which Trans Women (I) win” for the Trans Day of Visibility Collection in The Quarry: A Social Justice Poetry Database: bit.ly/4ct5AoP This #NationalPoetryMonth, join us in sharing poems by trans poets! It's one way to resist the hostile erasure of trans experiences.

Get your $5 ticket to Resist & Revel: An Asian & Pacific Islander Poetry Celebration, a virtual reading on May 28. Featuring Kay Ulanday Barrett, Aliah Lavonne Jahan-Tigh, Isa Borgeson, Lehua M. Taitano, Noah Arhm Choi, Noʻu Revilla & S. J. Ghaus. Details: bit.ly/3QsFaMC #AAPI #APIA #Poetry

Chrysanthemum (@chrysanthemum.bsky.social) reads “Intervention” for the Trans Day of Visibility Collection in The Quarry: A Social Justice Poetry Database: bit.ly/3QgFJsT This #NationalPoetryMonth, share poems by trans poets! It's 1 way to resist the hostile erasure of trans voices & experiences.

Golden (@goldenthem.bsky.social) reads from “UNDERGROUND” for the Trans Day of Visibility Collection in The Quarry: A Social Justice Poetry Database: bit.ly/4cxv44y This #NationalPoetryMonth, join us in sharing poems by trans poets! It's one way to resist the hostile erasure of trans experiences.

Jimena Lucero reads “All of This Is Ours” for the Trans Day of Visibility Collection in The Quarry: A Social Justice Poetry Database: bit.ly/3Oq7Yos This #NationalPoetryMonth, join us in joyfully sharing poems by trans poets! It's one way to resist the hostile erasure of trans voices & experiences.

Get your $5 ticket to Resist & Revel: An Asian & Pacific Islander Poetry Celebration, a virtual reading on May 28. Featuring Kay Ulanday Barrett, Aliah Lavonne Jahan-Tigh, Isa Borgeson, Lehua M. Taitano, Noah Arhm Choi, Noʻu Revilla & S. J. Ghaus. Details: bit.ly/3QsFaMC #AAPI #APIA #Poetry

Zuggie Tate reads “The Days On Which Trans Women (I) win” for the Trans Day of Visibility Collection in The Quarry: A Social Justice Poetry Database: bit.ly/4ct5AoP This #NationalPoetryMonth, join us in sharing poems by trans poets! It's one way to resist the hostile erasure of trans experiences.

Cai Sherley reads “[every trans boi i know looks like his mother]” for the Trans Day of Visibility Collection in The Quarry: A Social Justice Poetry Database: bit.ly/4erNLJo This #NationalPoetryMonth, share #poems by trans poets! It's one way to resist the hostile erasure of trans experiences.