How Artists Save Each Other (And Us, too) This week I’ve been talking about the ways that artists create community through sharing their work. By doing so, they build on each other’s ideas and share the joys of new creation. Ne…

Claudia Rankine's The Racial Imaginary Institute #TRII was just the kind of Wednesday morning vibes I needed. Bhanu Kapil's Reverberation Mixtape fed my soul. #BhanuKapil #ReverberationMixtape #Rankine msellisliteraturelab.com/2026/03/04/h...

I want to wake up In the arms of the person I love And drink coffee with them On a balcony That opens up to a forest Where the moss Glows green In the pouring rain. We are both Poets Or one of us is. It doesn't matter to me What this person does For a living Or who they are Inside gender's Hall. Light a candle, beloved, And lay me down On the forest floor. Am I your queen?

#Poetry
#Poem
#BlueskyPoetry
#BhanuKapil

[I Want To Wake Up] by Bhanu Kapil

Cómo lavar un corazón:
sácatelo.
¿De animal o de hielo?
La pregunta desde la curaduría revela
el estilo con que se ejerce el poder.
Si todo poder implica un vínculo,
aquí estamos entonces,
en ese momento en el que incluso si algo
va mal,
es así como debería ir... #BhanuKapil @zendalibros.bsky.social

"what is the shape of your birth" -- #bhanukapil w/ #jessicalanay via @bowerypoetry & @cavecanempoets

day 1: #thesealeychallenge : #bhanukapil

For the next 12 days, me and @amaresymone are using #bhanukapil 12 questions as writing prompts. #VerticalInterrogationsOfStrangers

“What are the consequences of silence?” — #BhanuKapil