So grateful to @pghreviewofbooks.bsky.social for the opportunity to do this interview with Rita Dove! I hope it reads and joyfully as it was to speak with her. Check it out!

Elon Musk didn’t go to the moon.

Jeff Bezos didn’t go to the moon.

NASA went to the moon.

If you see me any time within a month from now, this is all I want to talk about because how fucking cool is it that we humans can do this?!

Seems like it always rains on the weekends in Pittsburgh. Like the weather knows it/plans it almost

Never too late! I’ll do this project for years to come I imagine. Thanks for the suggestion.

Poetry Moment: 'Emmett Till Haunts the Library in Money, MS' by Cameron Barnett Poetry Moment presents 'Emmett Till Haunts the Library in Money, MS' by Cameron Barnett

@cameronbarnett.bsky.social featured on @radio.wpsu.org.web.brid.gy Poetry Moment with “Emmett Till Haunts the Library in Money, MS.” Through humor and horror, the poem asks us not to look back in nostalgia, but forward into responsibility. Listen here: radio.wpsu.org/2026-02-23/p... #WPSU

Poetry Moment: 'Emmett Till Haunts the Library in Money, MS' by Cameron Barnett Poetry Moment presents 'Emmett Till Haunts the Library in Money, MS' by Cameron Barnett

Thanks to WPSU for sharing my poem this month! radio.wpsu.org/2026-02-23/p...

Hey folks, I need some help for a project on Fahrenheit 451 with my 8th grade class: if you had to choose one (or a few) texts to memorize and embody in a dystopian world where texts and reading are repressed, what would you choose? And, if you want, why would you choose it?

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” - George Orwell, 1984

Rage Against the Machine is getting me through this shitty ass start to 2026

a man in a floral shirt and white shorts is dancing on a dance floor ALT: a man in a floral shirt and white shorts is dancing on a dance floor

@friendlypoet.bsky.social

Solemn Seattle Aubade | Poetry Northwest There are houses drowning every night here. What a sin

A late post, but hella excited to have a poem up on the Poetry Northwest site! Shout out to @cameronbarnett.bsky.social for the inspiration! www.poetrynw.org/poetry/solem...

Electric Lit’s Best Short Story Collections of 2025 - Electric Literature Books by Marie-Helene Bertino, Torrey Peters, and Samanta Schweblin are among our favorites of the year

heyyyyyy my book made it onto @electricliterature.com's list of favorite short story collections of the year! electricliterature.com/electric-lit...

Solemn Seattle Aubade | Poetry Northwest There are houses drowning every night here. What a sin

The homie Malcolm Friend with a banger of a poem (yes, I might be a little biased)

www.poetrynw.org/poetry/solem...

A yellow bridge in front of a city background with three banners reading "POST-GAZETTE STRIKERS WILL WIN".

BREAKING: We won!

Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.

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Today, as I was teaching “All Summer in a Day” and its themes on time passing, I made some point about people fearing aging/loss of childhood and one of the boys in my class addressed me out of nowhere like “Nah, you good Unc!” and I couldn’t even be mad that he took that swipe, I just had to laugh.

Forgot I even had this account and was like, maybe I should find another void to stare into, so this one seemed good 😂

Been a minute but uh…what’s going on on this app?

This is high art

I am ready for spring

Nikki Giovanni, the renowned poet, civil rights leader, and academic, has died.

She was 81.

If you're in Pittsburgh (or beyond), join me this Wednesday for the launch of my new chapbook, "The Bones We Lose" at Chatham University. See the flyer for details!

This is insane

Getting to be that time already

Me every time a new person is announced on that man’s team.

Someone should do a study on this. I nominate Leo.

Cover of my forthcoming short story collection MY PRISONER AND OTHER STORIES, coming august 2025 from Ohio State University Press

i've gotten like a million new followers in the past 24 hours so uh, hey, my book comes out next august, here's the cover and here's the title story from it.

electricliterature.com/my-prisoner-...

Chillin, much as you might observe from a villain

This is a fantastic allegory for the times we are in.