Prohibiting. PROHIBITING. WTF.

Nerdy bird and nonbinary allies: ⬇️MUST READ BELOW ⬇️

Things I did today instead of doomscrolling
1. Buried a dead sparrow
2. Thrifted a stone hot water bottle (like my granny had)
3. Began reading 'Dadland'
4. Remembered I live in Spiderland
5. Continued to enjoy the flowers (see post below)

A Slow Boil by Adrian Dallas Frandle A din, a roar, an indescribable hubbub and tumult seemed to fill the Heavens and shake the earth beneath their feet…Some feared that the Day of Judgement was at hand, and that these unearthly sounds w...

Heed the Frog God's call!

New speculative historical fiction (?) up today at the wondrous @hexliterary.bsky.social

hexliterary.com?p=3208

A fine Rochester poet!

This is your sign to submit!!

Today my intern from 15 years ago is getting married, and I get to do the toast. Over the years he became one of my dearest friends and read at my wedding, ages ago.

While publishing won’t love you back, the people in it sometimes will. ❤️

We're thrilled to officially unveil the cover of Emelie Griffin's "California Pompeii," winner of the Spring 2025 Black River Chapbook Competition! Visit the link below to read an excerpt from the collection.

✨ Cover image design: Coral Black

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Fair. I think my teacher heart responded to its simplicity/name-calling, actually. :) The struggle around AI in English classrooms is real. There were some crisp phrases ("Humanity sucks," lol) that I thought might land with kids better than lecturing them about cognitive erosion.

May I suggest if you teach middle school or higher that if you instruct in a place where there are plentiful clocks, analog or otherwise, you make a sign that says "I DO NOT ANSWER THE QUESTION 'WHAT TIME IS IT'"

Ooh! Tell me more? What did you think was half-baked about it?

Guessing you saw Colson Whitehead's blisteringly amazing NYT thing on AI?

The Barrelhouse Conference: Conversations and Connections, Practical Advice on Writing — Barrelhouse Conversations and Connections is a one-day conference organized by Barrelhouse in person at American University in Washington, DC on April 18, 2026.

Last day to register for our conference, hosted by American University. A great day of practical writing advice, high energy, and meaningful connections with local writers and editors
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“Sometimes I catch a speck of gold or silver on my cloth as I wipe dust from beside the posters of eyes he hung in his room—why so wide open, what is he looking for?—and wish I could put the speck back.”

I Never Made the Toast + 2 by @maureenlangloss.bsky.social in @literaryruby.bsky.social

@pdforan.bsky.social, y’all! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

those whiskers are fire

Have you rsvp'ed yet? Come NAWP it up with me and these wonderful poets!

deli&cia food place

I'm at the deli. I'm at the central intelligence agency. I'm at the combination deli & cental intelligence agency.

I thought it might be phlox! I have a tattoo of the blossoms on my shoulder-- wild phlox is everywhere around here.

Liza, is this icon for purchase?

Today’s moment of calm
And breath………. Ahhhhhhh x

Brenda is a rebel, judging from the side of the road she is on.

Statement of Teaching Philosophy Amritha Selvarajaguru is a first-year grad student working towards her MFA in Poetry at the School of the Arts Institute of Chicago, who aspires to be an English teacher one day. She is deeply inspire...

Check out the lastest publication at @porcupinelit.bsky.social

www.porcupineliterary.com/post/stateme...

If you are a teacher who writes about teaching, you should submit work to us!

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette announces it has found a buyer to keep the newspaper open Owners of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette said they have found a buyer who had agreed to keep the newspaper open, less than a month before it was due to shut down.

The nonprofit that runs the successful, Pulitzer-winning Baltimore Banner is going to take over the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

Of all the possible outcomes here, this is likely the best we could have hoped for.

apnews.com/article/pitt...

The hardcover of Platform Decay, art by Jaime Jones, stacked in a cardboard box with padding air bags.

So this arrived today:

What are those pretty pretty things?

The Sundress Academy for the Arts (SAFTA) is now accepting applications for short-term artists’ writing residencies. Visit our website to learn more about our SmokeLong Quarterly Fellowship for trans writers and apply by May 1st!
https://www.sundresspublications.com/safta/residencies

Genuine question: do you think they sat around a table and discussed this as a coherent strategy? I'm always of several minds. It's so stupid that it seems stupid to put their stupidity down to just stupidness.