It was such a delight & honour to read your work, Anna! 💗

Ever grateful to @teagerbeza.bsky.social for this beautiful, touching blurb about Wound Archive. Wound Archive will be published in just over 2 weeks!

An Invitation to poets and the community As founder of the Phoenix Poetry Prize, I am hosting a virtual gala around the time of the prize announcements where the whole community of poets, publishers, writers, winners, friends, whoever wants....

An invitation to poets and the community:

As founder of the Phoenix Poetry Prize, Isabella Wang wants to know your opinions. Web survey below:

www.phoenixpoetryprize.com/blog/an-invi...

Interview with Phoenix Poetry Prize Founder Isabella Wang "We are the Phoenix Poetry Prize, rising from the ashes of its former deceased self."

In this wholesome collaboration with @themockler.bsky.social and Send My Love to Anyone, the Phoenix Poetry Prize shares the chaotic events surrounding our humble beginnings, more on the prizes and how they will be run, and our hopes and dreams.

sendmylovetoanyone.substack.com/p/interview-...

Introducing the Phoenix Poetry Prize’s Board of Directors / Advisory Board. Read about this lovely group of humans here: www.phoenixpoetryprize.com/advisory-boa...

NEW EXCERPT from Tea Gerbeza’s acclaimed poetry, How I Bend Into More (Palimpsest Press, 2024)!

Visit our blog to experience the full excerpt:

www.riverstreetwriting.com/blog/2026/2/...

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#nationalpoetrymonth

“This collection is not one that shies away from harsh realities of Madness; instead LaPierre reclaims and makes real the Mad self with tender honesty.”

— A REVIEW OF MARGO LAPIERRE’S AJAR: POEMS BY TEA GERBEZA

Read the review:

www.riverstreetwriting.com/blog/review-...

#poetry

📖 Forest Euphoria by Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian
📖 How I Bend Into More by Tea Gerbeza @teagerbeza.bsky.social
📖 Forest of Noise by Mosab Abu Toha @mosababutoha.bsky.social
📖 Psych Murders by Stephanie Heit @stephanieheit.bsky.social

Aw Adam, thank you for including me on this list! 🥺💕

It was lovely to speak with the thoughtful and endlessly talented Tea Gerbeza about her excellent book of poetry, How I Bend Into More (Palimpsest Press, 2025) on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social!

Listen in. ✨

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Thank you rob for this chance to have a tiny essay about how poems begin for me! 💕

Tea Gerbeza : How a poem begins How does a poem begin?       When I first started learning paper quilling, I twirled the foundational shapes over and over again—coils...

newly posted: Tea Gerbeza @teagerbeza.bsky.social : How a poem begins / @palimpsestpress.bsky.social ;
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Congrats on this pub! I can’t wait to read. Thank you for including me in your analysis 😭 and alongside so many amazing poets!! ❤️

Imaginary margins: disability poetics & reinventing the page Disability poetics resist marginalisation by centralising disabled words and experiences, both literally and figuratively. In a world that prioritises ability, disabled bodyminds are marked as devi...

My scholarly article "Imaginary Margins: Disability Poetics & Reinventing the Page" in New Writing.

Analyzes poems by @thellpsx.bsky.social, @tagreathouse.bsky.social, @teagerbeza.bsky.social, @tateoquendo.bsky.social, and Kelly Weber.
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Thank you for reading!!

😭😭 thank you!! 💕

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June 11 at Little Ghosts! Swing by and bring a friend!

I should be focused on "yay, my book is there!" but I'm distractedly dazzled by how well the cover colors flow 🤩 it's beautiful

Make horror gay AF! 🖤🌈

It’s June 1, so if you haven’t reserved your homosexual yet be advised that we’re into surge pricing now.

This Pride month, don’t forget about the trans and gnc activists who made this happen. People like Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P Johnson, whose leadership at Stonewall has now been stricken from all government websites by a Trump administration that wants us erased from history.

For Pride, I’m remembering Lucy Hicks Anderson, trans woman who transitioned as a kid in the late 1800s. She was an incredible socialite and cook, so much so that when she was arrested and a banker got her out of jail because they had a party and she was the cook!

We have always been here.

A sign in the background says New Hope church, God says homosexuality is in. In the foreground there are two men smiling holding the letter s that they've taken from the sign

Happy pride month ❤️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

Johnathan Joss died a hero. He was murdered for being gay, he went out protecting his trans husband from being executed. They burned down their home and killed their pets and then they murdered Joss while trying to murder his husband. The New York times can barely muster "fatally shot." I hate this.

Graphic that details edmontons best selling books for the week of June 1. My book How I Bend Into more is listed.

🤯 Wow, wow, wow, thank you Edmonton readers! I’m absolutely floored. 😭

Thank you abbookpub for sharing this and for the lovely graphic! Congrats to all amazing writers on the list this week. 💛 support writers (and your local bookstores!) friends, it’s the best way to make our days bright.

An open magazine featuring a photo of me, my partner and our animals in our laps on the left spread. On the right is a column of the article and a photo of our dog Tonks and of me in front of the witch house in Salem.

I’m so late in posting about this, but thank you to Neighbours of South Albert St. South Magazine for featuring me and my little family in their May issue. Huge thanks to Shawna for interviewing me and writing such a lovely article. And to @goodhabitsmedia for the photos! 🫶🏻

Floored by this review of How I Bend Into More by Shane Neilson 😭 what a feeling it is for someone to read my book with such attention & care!

www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/can...

I am really bad at updating my Bluesky with things lol

A photo of the book Everything Is Fine Here on a wooden shelf beside the vines of a hanging plant.

💚 Happy pub day to EVERYTHING IS FINE HERE by Iryn Tushabe! 💚

⚡ "Tushabe’s transformative novel pierces the heart and stirs the soul.” —David Demchuk, author of The Bone Mother and RED X

🔗 Learn more about this book: houseofanansi.com/products/eve...

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