May's In Conversation is between poets and artists Katherine D. Oldmixon Garza and Octavio Quintanilla. Katherine writes about their two books as singing together, or rather, “By sing, I might mean keen, not as a wild wailing but sometimes as a wild ceremony, sometimes as a ceremony in the wild.”
More than anything it will be a chance to think about the vessel of making and the friends (living and dead) that we make along the way.
Free & virtual--all are welcome! Tuesday, April 14, 7:30 EST. Registration required. (3/3)
They will discuss Sasha’s documentary about Mary Oliver as a means of entering into the good deep work of figuring what one might mean by “a handsome life”: a phrase that Oliver coined and that seems as profound and good a way to live as any. They’ll talk poems and process, story and mystery. (2/3)
Happy National Poetry Month! We're celebrating by welcoming @gabbat.bsky.social & Sasha Waters for our April In Conversation! thenotebookscollective.com/event/in-con...
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In a blue and orange graphic, with the Maynard Book Festival Logo (a stack of books holding up the clock tower), the following information is displayed: Maynard Book Festival Celebrating our 10th Festival! Thursday April 9, 6 PM @ Felixology. Mill Town // Mill City Poetry & Photography Featuring Stephan Anstey, Hazelyn Aroian, Rebecca Kirk Connors, Rikhav Kothari, Meg Smith, Julia Story. With Photographs by Cris Antonio, David Brow, and Sarah Measures. Visit maynardbookfestival.org to learn more.
Come see me next Thursday! As part of the Maynard Book Festival, I will be co-hosting a reading featuring Maynard-area and Lowell poets at 6 PM at Felixology, with a reception at Barrels & Vines at 4:30 PM. Learn more here: maynardpubliclibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/may...
a smartphone graphic showing reminders for materials needed for a Solstice MFA application, including a personal statement, writing sample, transcripts, and 2 recommendations, all due in six weeks Text that reads Solstice MFA upcoming deadlines: Fellowship consideration on April 27 and general applications on May 11
Summer/fall '26 deadlines are approaching! Apply by May 11 (April 27 for fellowship consideration). Decisions in as few as 10 biz days if we have your personal statement, writing sample, and 2 recommendation forms. (Transcripts are due July 1 at the latest.)
More info: buff.ly/9osPRIt
We're thrilled to host @keithwilsonpoet.bsky.social and Callie Siskel on June 9. Link to register coming soon. In the meantime, check out this brilliant animation...
A screenshot of the article linked to in the post. At the bottom, a photo of books on sale at the event by Keith S. Wilson, Chaun Webster, and Douglas Kearney
Artist Alex Guerra and poet Keith S. Wilson holding the poetry book Games for Children
Keith S. Wilson speaking from a chair on stage. Douglas Kearney and Chaun Webster watch him speak. In the background, a projection of a diagrammatic poem
Keith S. Wilson, Chaun Webster, and Douglas Kearney
Didn't realize this had been published! Briana Reed did an awesome writeup of the design process of my book, featuring the arist who worked on my book (and cover!) Alex Guerra. It also covers the amazing convo I had with Chaun Webster & Douglas Kearney.
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A stack of poetry books: YEET! by jason b. crawford, I done clicked my heels three times by Dr Taylor Byas, and A Film in which I Play Everyone by Mary Jo Bang on top of a side table!
Catching up on my poetry. Two of them are old Variant pals 😁
@jasonbcrawford.bsky.social
@taylorbyas.bsky.social
I am so excited for you all to hear @backtoallen.bsky.social & @mfitejohnson.bsky.social in conversation. It's going to be a vulnerable, intimate and ultimately joyful event. Plus, it's Lisa's debut collection! Join us!
I’m so excited for this conversation with @backtoallen.bsky.social (one week from today!), a poet and person I admire. I think this will be my first public discussion about being estranged from my mother. This event is free and virtual, but you have to register in advance!
Eeek it's me and I'll be reading from my new book, but it's also @mfitejohnson.bsky.social and I feel so lucky that I get to share this space with her--she's such a brilliant poet. If you haven't read her newer poems--many in form!--check out her website :)
Photo of Mary standing next to a tree in the woods with a hand under her chin and an image of her book's cover. Text says Spotlight Poet Mary Simmons
"I want my poetry to inspire curiosity, conversation, and self-reflection." -Mary in an interview for SHP Anthology
Excerpt from "Trespass" in Baltimore Review And it won’t have meant anything more than a smooth, white pebble in the face of sandstone. And the only trace will be pine needles scattered across the path, sinking into the mud. It’s raining, and the crows are little scorched things, burnt all the way through. This is what home means when home is a sunspot waving over the field. When we’re gone, we’ll love more. We’ll have more to lose.
"The best way to keep growing is to keep doing the work, and a writer’s work is never done." -Mary in an interview with Arkana Literary
Get to know our July 2026 Spotlight Poet Mary Simmons, nominated by @notebookscltv.bsky.social! Her book Mother, Daughter, Augur is available from June Road Press, and she will participate in a Q&A for our community and give a public reading during our upcoming summer residency.
Join us Mar. 24th for this In Conversation with TNC's co-director @backtoallen.bsky.social and fellow Kansas poet @mfitejohnson.bsky.social! They'll talk maternal estrangement, form in poetry, authenticity & more. Register here: thenotebookscollective.com/event/in-con...
Three Solstice MFA community members standing together and smiling
Three Solstice MFA community members standing together and smiling
Solstice MFA alums Becca Connors and Lisa Allen, who founded and run The Notebooks Collective, standing and smiling with Mary Simmons, Solstice MFA’s 4th Spotlight Poet
It was a time #AWP26! Thank you to all who stopped by to meet us in the bookfair.
Also, many thanks to Mary Simmons, our upcoming Spotlight Poet nominated by @notebookscltv.bsky.social, who stopped by the table.
Last-minute planning for your #AWP26 arrival? Check out our Parking & Getting Around Baltimore page, which includes local transportation options, discounts, and nearby parking options in Baltimore.
Join me & Lisa @backtoallen.bsky.social for a @notebookscltv.bsky.social coffee meet up early Thursday. Help me mentally prepare for #AWP26
We're so excited for #AWP26 Even if I'm already overwhelmed by the number of events, peoples, images, expectations, it's going to be a good time. (This post by @aprilist.bsky.social )
Join us Feb. 24th for this In Conversation with Poet Laureate of Kansas @tracibrimhall.bsky.social and poet, editor and professor Marianne Kunkel!
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Tomorrow night! come listen to these remarkable writers read their work and discuss how their poems (Soledad) and essays (Catharina) intersect. Both professors, they'll also (probably) speak about the ways interdisciplinary writing and thinking intersect with creative writing. Free & virtual!
So looking forward to this conversation! Come join us!
Join us for our first In Conversation of 2026! Tuesday, Jan. 20, with @msoledadcaballero.bsky.social and @catharinacoenen.bsky.social! In Conversations are always free and virtual. Sign up here: thenotebookscollective.com/event/in-con...
So honored to be in this line-up for the @solsticemfa.bsky.social 2026 Reading Series during the winter residency! See all the deets below. Also, I’m reading with faculty members Venise Berry & Jennifer Murvin. 💖
@coupletseries.bsky.social returns on Feb 6, 2026 at 7pm EST with a wonderful line-up of six great poets! More below. Register for in-person ticketing.
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We're so excited to announce our 2026 season - please watch our thank you video and get the goods on who's coming our way! Happy holidays!
We're so excited to announce our 2026 season - please watch our thank you video and get the goods on who's coming our way! Happy holidays!
Nicole and Zoe reading from a shared document. Alternating interwoven Golden Shovel poems.
Listening to @nicolecallihan.bsky.social & @zoeryderwhite.bsky.social read their collaborative work is so cool. So inspiring! (I know I'm biased but this @notebookscltv.bsky.social event is so dope.)
workshops for gaza Radical Imaginaries for Black Girl Liberation Morgan Holloman December 10 6:30-8:30 EST on zoom
new workshop!
"Radical Imaginaries for Black Girl Liberation" with Morgan Holloman on December 10th, online on zoom. Benefits the Sameer Project's Refaat Alareer camp.
www.workshops4gaza.com/calendar/rad...