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Yalie Saweda Kamara

@Yaliesaweda

🇸🇱 X 🇺🇸. Oaklander. Poet Laureate of Cincinnati. Winner of 22-23 Jake Adam York Prize. BESAYDOO (Milkweed Editions, 2024). PRE-ORDER: https://t.co/8HfqBekKeC

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Olatunde Osinaike(@tundelasoul) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Starting the year off with a poem from the book making its way to Poetry Daily !! ✨

Thankful to the editors and folks who, too, have might’ve skipped a prayer or two 🙏🏿

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Yalie Saweda Kamara(@Yaliesaweda) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Excited to be in conversation with Ross Gay at my book launch! How full circle--he’s seen + supported every stage of , (almost 9 yrs)! Please join us on 1/19 at CAC (6 PM) for this Mercantile Library / CAC partnered event! ❤️❤️❤️
Deets here: shorturl.at/eimV3

Excited to be in conversation with Ross Gay at my book launch! How full circle--he’s seen + supported every stage of #Besaydoo, (almost 9 yrs)! Please join us on 1/19 at @CincyCAC (6 PM) for this @mercantilelib / CAC partnered event! ❤️❤️❤️ Deets here: shorturl.at/eimV3
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Cincinnati Review(@CincinnReview) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Another fabulous book release from one of our contributors! Congratulations to Yalie Saweda Kamara on today's publication of BESAYDOO with Milkweed Editions! buff.ly/3vpH2eA

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Yalie Saweda Kamara(@Yaliesaweda) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Many, many thanks to Libro.fm for including BESAYDOO on both their 'Most Anticipated Titles' and 'BIPOC Audiobooks' playlists. I really appreciate this! libro.fm/playlists/4033…

Many, many thanks to @librofm for including BESAYDOO on both their 'Most Anticipated Titles' and 'BIPOC Audiobooks' playlists. I really appreciate this! libro.fm/playlists/4033… #besaydoo
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Yalie Saweda Kamara(@Yaliesaweda) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We're less than 24 hours away from the official release of BESAYDOO +I'm grateful for good news on the way there! My deep gratitude to Bookshop.org US for including BESAYDOO on their 'Best New Poetry, Winter, 2024' list! bookshop.org/lists/best-new…

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Yalie Saweda Kamara(@Yaliesaweda) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Happy to see Literary Hub's 'Here Are the Poetry Books to Read in 2024' includes BESAYDOO on a list of notable debut collections! Thx to Rebecca Morgan Frank + David Woo for curating this gorg selection of reads. Looking forward to these books myself! lithub.com/here-are-the-p…

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José Vadi(@vadiparty) 's Twitter Profile Photo

talking poetry, MTV, books, Sun Ra, my new book CHIPPED and more on the latest episode of Beyond Boards.

tysm Quentin for the conversation 🗣️linktr.ee/beyondboards

talking poetry, MTV, books, Sun Ra, my new book CHIPPED and more on the latest episode of Beyond Boards. tysm Quentin for the conversation 🗣️linktr.ee/beyondboards
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Green(@xygort) 's Twitter Profile Photo

There are four hormones that play very important roles in our lives. Dopamine, serotonin, oxytocin and endorphin. I've been reading about these hormones and I've been awed, and so I’ll tell you about them how best I can.

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Dan Sully Sullivan(@whoisdansully) 's Twitter Profile Photo

What an honor to be included on this wonderful list next to my friend Yalie Saweda Kamara and some of my favorite writers. Big thanks to shereadsdotcom for including O Body (@haymarketbooks, 2.6.24). shereads.com/most-anticipat…

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Yalie Saweda Kamara(@Yaliesaweda) 's Twitter Profile Photo

HUGE thanks to shereadsdotcom for noting Besaydoo (@Milkweed_Books, 2024) on their 'Most Anticipated Poetry of 2024' list alongside collections by US Poet Laureate + my dear press mate Ada Limón + my friend Dan Sully Sullivan + other lovely poets! So honored! shereads.com/most-anticipat…

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Yalie Saweda Kamara(@Yaliesaweda) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Decembers’s Poet Laureate Office Hours will take place 12/9 (10 AM-2 PM) + WILL BE THE LAST THIS YEAR! It'll mark the 3rd session of my @poetsorg sponsored project, 'Keep the Lights On.' Come to the Mercantile Library for a morning/afternoon of food, convo+ and poetry. See you soon!

Decembers’s Poet Laureate Office Hours will take place 12/9 (10 AM-2 PM) + WILL BE THE LAST THIS YEAR! It'll mark the 3rd session of my @poetsorg sponsored project, 'Keep the Lights On.' Come to the @mercantilelib for a morning/afternoon of food, convo+ and poetry. See you soon!
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Ellen Austin-Li(@EllenAustinLi) 's Twitter Profile Photo

If you’re in Cincy Dec. 5th, come to Sitwell’s Coffee House to hear Richard Hague read the brilliant, witty poetry from his newest collection, Continued Cases. We’ll have an open mic, too. Dos Madres Press

If you’re in Cincy Dec. 5th, come to Sitwell’s Coffee House to hear Richard Hague read the brilliant, witty poetry from his newest collection, Continued Cases. We’ll have an open mic, too. @DosMadresPress
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tatiana johnson-boria(@tatianajboria) 's Twitter Profile Photo

wow. what an absolute honor it is to have this feature in Literary Hub & Poets.org thank you for sharing my work and making space for poems about healing. it's such a dream ✨

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Yalie Saweda Kamara(@Yaliesaweda) 's Twitter Profile Photo

See you today at the Mercantile Library! 10 AM-2 PM! Food, conversation, and collaborative poetry creation! Come for a little or stay for a while!

See you today at the @mercantilelib! 10 AM-2 PM! Food, conversation, and collaborative poetry creation! Come for a little or stay for a while!
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Sarah Ghazal Ali(@caesarah_) 's Twitter Profile Photo

a bright spot for me this month—inclusion in Poets.org Poem-a-Day series. thank you El Norte Recuerda for your generous curation, for including this contrapuntal from a series about mothering & matrilineage 🤍

a bright spot for me this month—inclusion in @POETSorg Poem-a-Day series. thank you @Vanessid for your generous curation, for including this contrapuntal from a series about mothering & matrilineage 🤍
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