'The hypotheses: that thinking
can be things, that each decision shrinks
the pained mind to the space

inside a suitcase.'

#TodaysPoem #poetry #NationalPoetryMonth
A Hundred and Fifty Pounds by @MichaelPrior06 from Burning Province (2020 McClelland & Stewart) tinyurl.com/3e3fzpnt

No one who sends police or soldiers (if there's even a difference these days) after their own peacefully protesting students should have anything to do with education ever again.

Introducing the contributors to an anthology of poetry on Nikkei / Japanese / Okinawan / American / Canadian incarceration, written by descendants of people who were imprisoned during WWII, edited by Brynn Saito and me, coming out summer 2025 Haymarket Books:

Congratulations to The Nation’s poetry editor Kaveh Akbar, who has been named a 2024 Guggenheim Fellow for Poetry (GuggenheimFoundation): bit.ly/3vO7Plk

In just the last few days, several authors have withdrawn their books from PEN awards consideration.
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Watch/Listen to my reading Lunch Poems @ U.C. Berkeley UC Berkeley Library, beginning and ending with generous words by Geoffrey G. O'Brien and Noah Warren: t.ly/e2NDf. My dream/poem in memory of Palestinian poet, writer, professor, activist Refaat Alareer begins at 9:40, ends at 14:50.

Happy National Poetry Month! The pre-order link to my second poetry collection, FIND ME AS THE CREATURE I AM (Alfred A. Knopf), is now available.

Cover reveal also coming soon🐠🐸🐎🦜👫🏻🐌🐬🐕🦃 ((~emojis representing some of the creatures in the book~))
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Excited and honored to have a new poem in The Believer alongside work from such amazing folks. Many thanks to Poetry Editor and writer extraordinaire, Sally Mao 毛雯雯!

Folks, a reminder that Goose Lane Editions's Claire Harris Prize for a debut collection by a BIPOC Canadian poet closes tomorrow night! This year's submissions will be judged by Kazim Ali. It's free to submit! Very honored to be part of the prize's founding.

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startled at just how damned good these poetry debuts are, by Chuqiao Yang (Icehouse poetry Goose Lane Editions ) and Ellen Chang-Richardson ( Wolsak & Wynn ); this can not be overstated; currently working on reviews, naturally; / League of Canadian Poets Canadian Poetry poetry in canada ;

NYers, I’m reading at Poets House with Benjamin Garcia on April 25th.

Please join us! I haven’t read in NYC in years.

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for the curious, Balikbayan is a history of the Philippine nation-state told through the imagination of (and about) the Filipino diaspora. the 'home country' now looks irreversibly WEIRD to me.

Whoa! Brand new Canadian poetry prize announced, 'The Al and Eurithe Purdy Poetry Prize.'

Funded by Eurithe Purdy, it will award $10,000 annually for a poetry book published in the last two years. No submission process or fee. First winner announced April 24th.

My story about body integrity dysphoria, and the experience of someone who suffers from it, is in the January issue of Harper's. harpers.org/archive/2024/0…

bismillah—the books are here & have been ✂️unboxed! ✂️ surreal overwhelming mindblowing. thank you Alice James Books for everything. THEOPHANIES / JAN 16, 2024 / preorder link in bio

Your girl finally made The Globe 100 for the FIRST TIME, after 11 books and two decades of publishing. This was the only accolade I ever cared about and now HERE WE ARE. theglobeandmail.com/arts/books/art…

We are proud to be publishing Bridget Huh's poetry debut in 2025 under our Signal Editions imprint, as part of Michael Prior's first slate of titles under his editorship.

My preordered copy is waiting for me at home, but today I drove for two hours to find a copy of Sally Mao 毛雯雯's beautiful, fierce, and brilliant The Kingdom of Surfaces (@GraywolfPress). I just couldn't wait! If you haven't gotten the book, you're missing out. Congrats, Sally!

A brief update: After going back a few times with Amazon on this issue, I was notified the books would not be removed based on the information I provided. Since I do not own copyright in these AI works and since my name is not trademarked, I'm not sure what can be done.

On Monday, Aug 14, join us at Strand Book Store to celebrate the launch of Sally Mao 毛雯雯's THE KINGDOM OF SURFACES 💫 Sally will be in conversation with translator & author Ricardo Alberto Maldonado 🇵🇷!

👇⭐️MASKS REQUIRED!
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