We're starting ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY with a poetry lab 💕 Contributor @taylorbyas.bsky.social was named this year’s final judge and mentor for The Poetry Lab's 2026 Manley Award 😍 Get more info or apply here: buff.ly/mvJ8dej

Today's #LiftToTheSky goes to this poem by @taylorbyas.bsky.social. The sense data and concrete details pulled me in while the arc of emotions resonates in the way you want a poem to do. 💜 @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk poets.org/poem/i-begin...

I begin the day thinking

the day could do without / me. The ice outside glitters around

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Catching up on my poetry. Two of them are old Variant pals 😁 @jasonbcrawford.bsky.social @taylorbyas.bsky.social

We love to hear it: contributor @taylorbyas.bsky.social’s poetry collection RESTING BITCH FACE was listed one of the TOP FIVE poetry collections of 2025 by @electricliterature.com! 👏 🎉

🖤 Dr. Taylor Byas, PhD (@taylorbyas.bsky.social) “Resting Bitch Face” 🤎 Angela Shanté (instagram.com/authorangela...) “The Unboxing of a Black Girl” 🖤 Tramaine Suubi (instagram.com/tramainesuubi) “Stages” 🤎 Mia S. Willis (instagram.com/poetinthehat) “the space between men” (+)

Reach out & ask... I've been on podcasts, interview/reading series that I didn't know much about until I started watching/listening before I sent queries. Look at what peers are doing... For instance, I found out about @mybadpoetrythepod.bsky.social from listening to @taylorbyas.bsky.social .

✨ Support small press authors. Some Bookshop.org recommendations: Chloe Clark, EVERY GALAXY A CIRCLE @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social Taylor Byas, RESTING BITCH FACE @taylorbyas.bsky.social Michelle Peñaloza, ALL THE WORDS I CAN REMEMBER ARE POEMS Asa Drake, MAYBE THE BODY @asaldrake.bsky.social

We love starting the day with spotlights. Contributor @taylorbyas.bsky.social’s poetry collection RESTING BITCH FACE was featured in a @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social must-read list! 📚 buff.ly/Exncjv6

Please sign up to see these three amazing poets read their work with @notatawp.bsky.social: @victoriawrites.bsky.social @taylorbyas.bsky.social and @toosiewatson.bsky.social will be reading with us on Monday at 7pm. Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/1927099559...

This is tomorrow night! Register here to see @victoriawrites.bsky.social @taylorbyas.bsky.social and @toosiewatson.bsky.social www.eventbrite.com/e/a-nawp-rea...

TONIGHT! Join us at 7pm (EST) for a reading and conversation with Taylor Byas and Rosa Sophia Godshall at The Betsy Hotel’s B Bar. This event will be live-streamed from The Betsy on SWWIM’s Instagram and Facebook pages. @taylorbyas.bsky.social #SWWIMEveryDay #SWWIMWithUs #SWWIMReadingSeries

Join us next week for NAWP's incredible November reading with @victoriawrites.bsky.social, @taylorbyas.bsky.social, and @toosiewatson.bsky.social! Hit the RSVP link! www.eventbrite.com/e/a-nawp-rea...

This week's Friday Five is live! Music from Snocaps, Claire Rousay, @chatpileband.bsky.social + Hayden Pedigo Words by @taylorbyas.bsky.social and Annie Proulx aarikdanielsen.com/blog/novembe...

November 7, 2025 — Aarik Danielsen

The first sign of Snocaps and a poet’s ‘Resting Bitch Face.’

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Join us Thursday, November 13 at 7pm (EST) for a reading and conversation with Taylor Byas and Rosa Sophia Godshall at The Betsy Hotel’s B Bar. This event will be live-streamed from The Betsy on SWWIM’s Instagram and Facebook pages. XO SWWIM Team @taylorbyas.bsky.social #SWWIMEveryDay

Thank you, New York City. Together we made history. Now let’s get to work. transition2025.com

NAWP November reading has a powerhouse lineup with @victoriawrites.bsky.social, @taylorbyas.bsky.social, and @toosiewatson.bsky.social! To join us, hit that RSVP link below. www.eventbrite.com/e/a-nawp-rea...

New reviews live today in SoFloPoJo's 39th issue: @taylorbyas.bsky.social Resting Bitch Face @josehernandezdz.bsky.social The Parachutist Jameela F. Dallis's Encounters For the Living and the Dead @riverriverbooks.bsky.social and Judith H. Montgomery's The Ferry Keeper

Need anymore motivation?? It’s my BIRTHDAY! Come hang out with us!!!

NAWP@notatawp.bsky.social · 10mo ago

HEY! NAWPsters! You! Yeah, YOU! Whatcha doing November 17th? Oh yeah, well you have NEW PLANS—you have NAWP PLANS. Check out this lineup: @victoriawrites.bsky.social, @taylorbyas.bsky.social, and @toosiewatson.bsky.social! RSVP link in the post below.

What do you need? You need to know about this amazing @notatawp.bsky.social reading with @victoriawrites.bsky.social @taylorbyas.bsky.social and @toosiewatson.bsky.social next month! Register now: www.eventbrite.com/e/a-nawp-rea...

Very very excited for this!!!!!!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Genevieve DeGuzman@gendeguzman.bsky.social · 10mo ago

🚨 📙 My forthcoming book has a cover! I hear dynamite gets lit once you start reading. 🧨 The one-and-only @taylorbyas.bsky.social was my editor and @simonemuenchie.bsky.social brought me into the @jacklegpress.bsky.social fold. ✨ Goes boom on 3.16.2026. More info coming soon!

An astonishingly large crowd! Chicago

“There is a moment when my aloneness / is flayed down to something animal, the bullish man in my mind for years. My / body still capable of rising to a cold wind or a warm hand. I’m sorry, / where are my / manners?” This poem “A Grammar of Loneliness” by @taylorbyas.bsky.social gets me, gutted me.

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Ell Huang ♠️🩶🤍💛💖💜@nocturnalxlight.bsky.social · 11mo ago

@taylorbyas.bsky.social you have written something deep-wrenching and stunning. RESTING BITCH FACE is thematically tight, brutally honest, and intentional in its tenderness, its carving out and knowing. I keep marking it up, pen in hand, with wows & damns at powerful lines. Favorite poems below ⬇️

Always love seeing guest's works out in the wild!! Spotted @taylorbyas.bsky.social twice while walking around Lawrence, KS.

First installment of e•pon•y•mous available on my Substack! Was so honored to have this convo with my good friend @taylorbyas.bsky.social , please give it a listen when you have the chance! open.substack.com/pub/deesoulp...

Eponymous | "Resting Bitch Face" by Dr. Taylor Byas

Listen now | Talking with Dr. Byas about sophomore collections, the freedom of form, and why we love the pantoum

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“I had worked hard for nearly two years…” Author copies are here and I’m thrilled!! Grateful to @mickmakesmagic.bsky.social for the cover, @taylorbyas.bsky.social / @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social / Warren Longmire for blurbs, and of course Holly at @interstellarflight.bsky.social for picking it up!!

Tonight, at Brooklyn Poets!!

Me and RESTING BITCH FACE hit NY this weekend! I hope to see you at Books Are Magic and/or Brooklyn Poets!!

If you miss any of our In Conversations, we have them on our YouTube channel... Most recent event with @taylorbyas.bsky.social & @jasonbcrawford.bsky.social up now! youtu.be/MYV3LJ2Vj8Q

In Conversation: Taylor Byas and jason b. crawford

YouTube video by The Notebooks Collective

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@taylorbyas.bsky.social joins the WPLS tonight (9/24). The Zoom room opens at 7:15pm (EST), and the reading starts at 7:30pm. Order RESTING BITCH FACE from Soft Skull Press: softskull.com/books/restin.... #poetrysky #poetrynews #poets #poetry