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21 hours ago
The graphic features an author photo of poet Meghan Kemp-Gee; she is pictured smiling at the camera wearing a dark blue lace top. In the bottom left corner of the graphic is the cover of her poetry collection, NEBULAS. In the upper right corner is the ALU logo, as well as the "POETS / RESIST" text for the #ALUPoetsResist series.

The graphic features an author photo of poet Meghan Kemp-Gee; she is pictured smiling at the camera wearing a dark blue lace top. In the bottom left corner of the graphic is the cover of her poetry collection, NEBULAS. In the upper right corner is the ALU logo, as well as the "POETS / RESIST" text for the #ALUPoetsResist series.

In NEBULAS (@coachhousebooks.bsky.social), award-winning poet @meghankempgee.bsky.social looks to the stars to make meaning out of loss & sacrifice in unprecedented times.

Celebrate National Poetry Month with #ALUPoetsResist & read our full interview with Meghan at alllitup.ca/poets-resist...

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All Lit Up
All Lit Up
@alllitupcanada
1 day ago
A black-and-white photo of Richard Harrison labelled Poets Resist with the All Lit Up logo with an inset photo of his book My Mother Joins the Resistance. Richard is a light-skin-toned man with grey hair, full goatee, and black-framed glasses. He is wearing a collared shirt and looking into the camera.

A black-and-white photo of Richard Harrison labelled Poets Resist with the All Lit Up logo with an inset photo of his book My Mother Joins the Resistance. Richard is a light-skin-toned man with grey hair, full goatee, and black-framed glasses. He is wearing a collared shirt and looking into the camera.

"Out of hope I write, and in having written, I find reason to hope."

Richard Harrison is today's featured poet in our #ALUPoetsResist series w/ a poem from his book MY MOTHER JOINS THE RESISTANCE (@wolsakandwynn.bsky.social). Read our interview and a poem from his book: alllitup.ca/poets-resist...

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All Lit Up
@alllitupcanada
4 days ago
A black-and-white photo of Sadie McCarney labelled Poets Resist with the All Lit Up logo and an inset photo of her book The Bright Afters. Sadie is a woman with chin-length brown hair and glasses. She is wearing a polka-dot dress and standing outdoors against a tree, smiling into the camera.

A black-and-white photo of Sadie McCarney labelled Poets Resist with the All Lit Up logo and an inset photo of her book The Bright Afters. Sadie is a woman with chin-length brown hair and glasses. She is wearing a polka-dot dress and standing outdoors against a tree, smiling into the camera.

Sadie McCarney’s THE BRIGHT AFTERS is a novel-in-verse (@ecwpress.bsky.social) about anti-queer violence & queer resilience.

For #ALUPoetsResist, she reflects on poetry as a way of building connection and reads a poem from the book: alllitup.ca/poets-resist...

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All Lit Up
@alllitupcanada
5 days ago
The graphic features an author photo of author Amy LeBlanc from the waist up; she is smiling at the camera, wearing a grey sweater and dark-rimmed glasses. In the foreground are a white coffee mug and stack of books. In the upper right corner of the graphic is the ALU logo with the POETS / RESIST series text. In the lower left corner is the cover of LeBlanc's I USED TO LIVE HERE.

The graphic features an author photo of author Amy LeBlanc from the waist up; she is smiling at the camera, wearing a grey sweater and dark-rimmed glasses. In the foreground are a white coffee mug and stack of books. In the upper right corner of the graphic is the ALU logo with the POETS / RESIST series text. In the lower left corner is the cover of LeBlanc's I USED TO LIVE HERE.

“Methods of resistance change, but writers have been and will continue to resist inequality, exploitation, and erasure.”

@amyjleblanc.bsky.social shares a poem from her collection, I USED TO LIVE HERE (Porcupine’s Quill), for #ALUPoetsResist.

Read the poem at: alllitup.ca/poets-resist...

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@alllitupcanada
6 days ago
Author photo of Qurat Dar labelled Poets Resist with the All Lit Up logo and an inset photo of her book Non-Prophet. Qurat is a woman with short curly dark hair. She is wearing a black turtleneck with earrings and is turned slightly away from the camera. She looks into the camera with a smile.

Author photo of Qurat Dar labelled Poets Resist with the All Lit Up logo and an inset photo of her book Non-Prophet. Qurat is a woman with short curly dark hair. She is wearing a black turtleneck with earrings and is turned slightly away from the camera. She looks into the camera with a smile.

"My mother tells me: / the greatest proof that God is a man /
is what He lets happen to women."

For #ALUPoetsResist @quratdar.bsky.social shares a poem from her collection NON-PROPHET (@gooselane.bsky.social), winner of the Claire Harris Poetry Prize.

Read it here: alllitup.ca/poets-resist...

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All Lit Up
@alllitupcanada
1 week ago
This graphic features an author photo of Jennifer LoveGrove. She is lying in lush green foliage, looking away from the camera. In the upper right corner is the ALU logo with the POETS / RESIST series logo beside it. In the lower left corner is the cover of LoveGrove's THE TINDER SONNETS.

This graphic features an author photo of Jennifer LoveGrove. She is lying in lush green foliage, looking away from the camera. In the upper right corner is the ALU logo with the POETS / RESIST series logo beside it. In the lower left corner is the cover of LoveGrove's THE TINDER SONNETS.

@jenniferlovegrove.bsky.social's THE TINDER SONNETS (@bookhugpress.bsky.social) weaves myth & folklore to celebrate female sexual desire & navigate misogyny & entitlement under patriarchal systems.

For #ALUPoetsResist, read more about the book & listen to a reading at: alllitup.ca/poets-resist...

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@alllitupcanada
1 week ago
A photo of Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha labelled Poets Resist with the All Lit Up logo. They have wavy green hair, tattoos along their right arm, and clear-framed glasses. They are wearing a green tank top that reads be yourself anyway and black shorts. They sit at a desk with their head propped up by their arm, looking into the camera.

A photo of Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha labelled Poets Resist with the All Lit Up logo. They have wavy green hair, tattoos along their right arm, and clear-framed glasses. They are wearing a green tank top that reads be yourself anyway and black shorts. They sit at a desk with their head propped up by their arm, looking into the camera.

"They tried to lose you from us / but you are always and forever / found to me"

Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha gave us full-body chills with a reading from their new collection THE WAY DISABLED PEOPLE LOVE EACH OTHER (@arsenalpulp.bsky.social) for #ALUPoetsResist

alllitup.ca/poets-resist...

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@alllitupcanada
1 week ago
A photo of Ariel Gordon labelled "Poets Resist" with the All Lit Up logo. On the bottom right is an inset photo of her book Blood Letters.

A photo of Ariel Gordon labelled "Poets Resist" with the All Lit Up logo. On the bottom right is an inset photo of her book Blood Letters.

"Poems are Tarot spreads: they tell you who we are and who we could be."

Ariel Gordon chats with us about what poetry makes possible and shares a poem from her dystopian book BLOOD LETTERS (@greatplainspress.bsky.social) for #ALUPoetsResist.

alllitup.ca/poets-resist...

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1 week ago
An author photo of Tegan Zimmerman. She is sitting looking at the camera and smiling in a black and cream button-up blouse. She has her pet pug between the crook of her arm, who is also looking at the camera. In the bottom-right corner is the cover of her poetry collection, CHIMERAS. In the upper-right corner is the All Lit Up logo with the "Poets / Resist" series text.

An author photo of Tegan Zimmerman. She is sitting looking at the camera and smiling in a black and cream button-up blouse. She has her pet pug between the crook of her arm, who is also looking at the camera. In the bottom-right corner is the cover of her poetry collection, CHIMERAS. In the upper-right corner is the All Lit Up logo with the "Poets / Resist" series text.

In her debut collection CHIMERAS (Inanna Publications), Tegan Zimmerman reclaims the Greek mythological creature as a feminist symbol to explore maternal & feminine identity, memory, & mother-daughter relationships.

Read our interview with Tegan for #ALUPoetsResist at: alllitup.ca/poets-resist...

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@alllitupcanada
1 week ago
A photo of Jide Salawu labelled "Poets Resist" with the All Lit Up logo. On the bottom right is an inset photo of his book Contraband Bodies

A photo of Jide Salawu labelled "Poets Resist" with the All Lit Up logo. On the bottom right is an inset photo of his book Contraband Bodies

"Exile is a broken thread of salty / water joined in part by WhatsApp / stories"

@jidesalawu.bsky.social shares a poem from his book CONTRABAND BODIES (@newestpress.bsky.social) and chats with us about poetry and community for #ALUPoetsResist

alllitup.ca/poets-resist...

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All Lit Up
@alllitupcanada
2 weeks ago
The graphic features an author photo of D.A. Lockhart. The photo was taken from the shoulders up; he is looking directly at the camera. In the lower-right corner of the graphic is the cover of his poetry collection COMMONWEALTH. The cover is black with an Indigenous-style illustration of gold, black, and red fauna in the centre. Illustrated golden braided lines run across the top and bottom of the cover. In the upper-right corner of the graphic is the blog series title "Poets / Resist" in a capitalized serif font. The All Lit Up logo can be seen to the right of this title.

The graphic features an author photo of D.A. Lockhart. The photo was taken from the shoulders up; he is looking directly at the camera. In the lower-right corner of the graphic is the cover of his poetry collection COMMONWEALTH. The cover is black with an Indigenous-style illustration of gold, black, and red fauna in the centre. Illustrated golden braided lines run across the top and bottom of the cover. In the upper-right corner of the graphic is the blog series title "Poets / Resist" in a capitalized serif font. The All Lit Up logo can be seen to the right of this title.

For #ALUPoetsResist, D.A. Lockhart reads from his collection COMMONWEALTH (@kegedoncepress.bsky.social), a lyrical meditation that challenges settler narratives to sit with loss and the human need to move freely.

Check out the reading and read our interview with D.A. at alllitup.ca/poets-resist...

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@alllitupcanada
2 weeks ago
A black-and-white photo of Banoo Zan, a woman with long, curly dark hair speaking into a handheld microphone, shown in profile as she performs or reads on stage. In the top right corner, text reads “Poets Resist” with the All Lit Up logo. In the bottom right corner is an inset photo of a book titled Woman Life Freedom: Poems for the Iranian Revolution, edited by Bänoo Zan and Cy Strom.

A black-and-white photo of Banoo Zan, a woman with long, curly dark hair speaking into a handheld microphone, shown in profile as she performs or reads on stage. In the top right corner, text reads “Poets Resist” with the All Lit Up logo. In the bottom right corner is an inset photo of a book titled Woman Life Freedom: Poems for the Iranian Revolution, edited by Bänoo Zan and Cy Strom.

"Poetry is the best expression of resistance."

Bänoo Zan is today's poet on #ALUPoetsResist with a poem from WOMAN LIFE FREEDOM: POEMS FOR THE IRANIAN REVOLUTION (@guernicaeditions.bsky.social), an anthology she co-edited, tracing the Woman Life Freedom movement.

alllitup.ca/poets-resist...

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2 weeks ago
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...AND #ALUPOETSRESIST featured titles are 15% off in April + FREE shipping Canada-wide with promo code POETSRESIST

...INCLUDING David Waltner-Toews's New & Selected Poems from CMU Press (ed. by @nathandueck.bsky.social): go to alllitup.ca

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2 weeks ago
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#NationalPoetryMonth #booksky
Check out the @alllitupcanada.bsky.social #ALUPoetsResist page, bringing together 21 poets whose work reminds us that poetry is its own quiet, but meaningful act of resistance.
alllitup.ca/national-poe...

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2 weeks ago
The graphic features a black and white author photo of Delores V. Mullings. The photo was taken from the chest up; she is smiling directly at the camera with her arms crossed, wearing a blazer with her long braided hair swept to one side. In the lower-left corner of the graphic is the cover of her poetry collection BLACK GIRL IN THE RING. The cover is an abstract illustration of a black woman in a burgundy sweater; the title of the collection is written in a red, hollow, capitalized, handwritten sans-serif script centred along the bottom. In the upper-right corner of the graphic is the blog series title "Poets / Resist" in a capitalized serif font. "Poets" is in black and "Resist" in white. The All Lit Up logo can be seen to the right of this title.

The graphic features a black and white author photo of Delores V. Mullings. The photo was taken from the chest up; she is smiling directly at the camera with her arms crossed, wearing a blazer with her long braided hair swept to one side. In the lower-left corner of the graphic is the cover of her poetry collection BLACK GIRL IN THE RING. The cover is an abstract illustration of a black woman in a burgundy sweater; the title of the collection is written in a red, hollow, capitalized, handwritten sans-serif script centred along the bottom. In the upper-right corner of the graphic is the blog series title "Poets / Resist" in a capitalized serif font. "Poets" is in black and "Resist" in white. The All Lit Up logo can be seen to the right of this title.

#ALUPoetsResist continues with Delores V. Mullings' BLACK GIRL IN THE RING (@breakwaterbooksltd.bsky.social) a bold work of resistance against colonial values that insists on Black women's right to tell their own stories.

Read the interview & listen to a reading: alllitup.ca/poets-resist...

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All Lit Up
@alllitupcanada
2 weeks ago
The graphic features a photo of Pujita Verma and an inset photo of her book Precedence. She is wearing a white sleeveless turtleneck and black pants and sits on a chair smiling into the camera. She has long dark brown hair and large black-rimmed glasses. The graphic is labelled "Poets / Resist" and includes the All Lit Up logo on the top left.

The graphic features a photo of Pujita Verma and an inset photo of her book Precedence. She is wearing a white sleeveless turtleneck and black pants and sits on a chair smiling into the camera. She has long dark brown hair and large black-rimmed glasses. The graphic is labelled "Poets / Resist" and includes the All Lit Up logo on the top left.

"think / of the precedent / you are setting, / everyone who may get to stand / in line / beside you."

#ALUPoetsResist begins w/ Pujita Verma whose collection PRECEDENCE (Brick Books) is a coming-of-age about surviving abuse.

Read the interview & listen to a reading: alllitup.ca/poets-resist...

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All Lit Up
@alllitupcanada
3 weeks ago
A promotional graphic for National Poetry Month on All Lit Up. Text reads “National Poetry Month on All Lit Up, Poets Resist (Again)." An illustrated hand holds a colourful megaphone in teal, pink, yellow, and orange. Additional text below it reads “interviews, excerpts, poetry shop and more!”

A promotional graphic for National Poetry Month on All Lit Up. Text reads “National Poetry Month on All Lit Up, Poets Resist (Again)." An illustrated hand holds a colourful megaphone in teal, pink, yellow, and orange. Additional text below it reads “interviews, excerpts, poetry shop and more!”

It's #NationalPoetryMonth tomorrow!

Follow our series, #ALUPoetsResist where we bring together 21 poets whose work reminds us that poetry is its own quiet, but meaningful act of resistance.

Check out our line-up of poets here: alllitup.ca/national-poe...

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