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The Kalamazoo Poetry Festival connects people through the power of poetry. Our vision is a community where every voice is heard.

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A reminder that Mary Oliver also wrote this:

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why did no one tell me that people reading my poems is the exact equivalent of being seen by your beloved?!?!? like it’s so gentle?!? GOD

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A hard, horrible, incredible, unflinching poem from Matt Rasmussen's BLACK APERTURE (one of the closest to perfect collections of poems I've ever read)

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I WON A SHIRLEY JACKSON AWARD!

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I wake up & it breaks my heart. —Cameron Awkward-Rich, "Meditations In An Emergency"

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As this year comes to a close I am thinking again of the ever relevant poem by Kaminsky

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Over the past months or so, I began familairizing myself with the poetry, nonfiction, and fiction from and/or related to Sudan, and seeing how Sudan isn't talked about too often within the public space, here is a thread on Sudanese literature for those wanting to read more (🧵):


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For those of us who are writers and readers, I noticed that a lot of folks aren't familiar with the rich canon of Palestinian literature and don't know where to begin reading. In response to this, down below is a thread of novels, non-fiction, and poetry about Palestine (🧵):


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Arundhati Roy: “The trouble is that once you see it, you can’t unsee it. And once you’ve seen it, keeping quiet, saying nothing, becomes as political an act as speaking out. There’s no innocence. Either way, you’re accountable.”


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Audre Lorde: When you reach out and touch other human beings, it doesn't matter whether you call it therapy or teaching or poetry.


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Mahmoud Darwish

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Hi, the English Department at @uiowa is looking to hire a fiction writer as a tenure-track assistant professor, starting fall '24. Our undergrad CW major is huge and thriving, & our students are amazing — come be our colleague! jobs.uiowa.edu/faculty/view/7…


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Which journals have a good sense of humor?


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We're offering 12 scholarships for our 2024 Winter Online Workshop, including our Without Borders scholarship, which is intended for any writer who was born outside of the United States. Learn more and apply: tinhouse.com/workshop/winte…

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My 8-year-old niece wants to be a writer. This is her first poem. "My soul is not made of plastic."

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