Ariana Brown
@arianathepoet.bsky.social
Helping writers unlearn the harmful beliefs and practices from MFAs + reclaim the joy of writing
Books: Sana Sana + We Are Owed.
Classes + more ⬇️
bio.site/arianathepoet
Books: Sana Sana + We Are Owed.
Classes + more ⬇️
bio.site/arianathepoet
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ANMLY is now open for new work!
We're especially seeking more from writers outside of the US, more nonfiction, & more translation!
> anmly.submittable.com
*Fee waivers available*
Check out our latest issue to see what we're into!
> anmly.org/ap40
We're especially seeking more from writers outside of the US, more nonfiction, & more translation!
> anmly.submittable.com
*Fee waivers available*
Check out our latest issue to see what we're into!
> anmly.org/ap40
ANMLY Submission Manager
**ANNOUNCEMENT: Fees will be waived for all Black and Indigenous writers, and writers of Palestinian descent, to support those most targeted by state violence. Email editor [at] anomalouspress [dot] o...
anmly.submittable.com
October 3, 2025 at 4:14 PM
ANMLY is now open for new work!
We're especially seeking more from writers outside of the US, more nonfiction, & more translation!
> anmly.submittable.com
*Fee waivers available*
Check out our latest issue to see what we're into!
> anmly.org/ap40
We're especially seeking more from writers outside of the US, more nonfiction, & more translation!
> anmly.submittable.com
*Fee waivers available*
Check out our latest issue to see what we're into!
> anmly.org/ap40
“There are those who make the history and those who record it. There are those who live through it and those who live with it.”
—Omotara James
—Omotara James
September 26, 2025 at 3:02 PM
“There are those who make the history and those who record it. There are those who live through it and those who live with it.”
—Omotara James
—Omotara James
all I do is teach and eat hot chip
September 26, 2025 at 3:32 AM
all I do is teach and eat hot chip
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You do not need to be interesting enough, cool enough, or useful enough to be good enough to live.
August 14, 2025 at 4:27 PM
You do not need to be interesting enough, cool enough, or useful enough to be good enough to live.
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UPCOMING WORKSHOP 💕
we forgot to post here 🥲
What does anti-colonial education mean in a "landless" modality that relies on global and local infrastructures of extraction, exploitation and death?
griffin epstein takes us thru this and other Qs in "Pedagogy in Pandemic Times," Aug. 18.
we forgot to post here 🥲
What does anti-colonial education mean in a "landless" modality that relies on global and local infrastructures of extraction, exploitation and death?
griffin epstein takes us thru this and other Qs in "Pedagogy in Pandemic Times," Aug. 18.
August 14, 2025 at 6:41 PM
UPCOMING WORKSHOP 💕
we forgot to post here 🥲
What does anti-colonial education mean in a "landless" modality that relies on global and local infrastructures of extraction, exploitation and death?
griffin epstein takes us thru this and other Qs in "Pedagogy in Pandemic Times," Aug. 18.
we forgot to post here 🥲
What does anti-colonial education mean in a "landless" modality that relies on global and local infrastructures of extraction, exploitation and death?
griffin epstein takes us thru this and other Qs in "Pedagogy in Pandemic Times," Aug. 18.
“and to you, there is a country in your heart where story lives and poem comes from.
no one can occupy it.”
—Suheir Hammad
no one can occupy it.”
—Suheir Hammad
August 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM
“and to you, there is a country in your heart where story lives and poem comes from.
no one can occupy it.”
—Suheir Hammad
no one can occupy it.”
—Suheir Hammad
“There are people who converse with me as I cook, as the enslaved once cooked, testifying to people and places that only come alive again when they are remembered. In memory there is resurrection, and thus the end goal of my cooking is just that: resurrection.” —Michael W. Twitty, The Cooking Gene
August 10, 2025 at 4:01 AM
“There are people who converse with me as I cook, as the enslaved once cooked, testifying to people and places that only come alive again when they are remembered. In memory there is resurrection, and thus the end goal of my cooking is just that: resurrection.” —Michael W. Twitty, The Cooking Gene
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I seem to have written a thread about writing and business that is kind of a pep talk for writers early in their careers. ⬇️
Just noting she’s saying after a publishing deal, writing ceases to be JUST fun. It can still be fun. But it’s also a lot of other things. I still find so much joy in writing, and sometimes it is indeed a whole lot of fun. But the job elements are also always present, and I like that.
Unsolicited writing advice, no: 235
As soon as you get a publishing deal, writing ceases to be just fun. It becomes a responsibility - to your readers, your publisher, all the people whose livelihoods now depend partly on you. Make sure you understand what this means. Make sure it's what you want.
As soon as you get a publishing deal, writing ceases to be just fun. It becomes a responsibility - to your readers, your publisher, all the people whose livelihoods now depend partly on you. Make sure you understand what this means. Make sure it's what you want.
August 9, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I seem to have written a thread about writing and business that is kind of a pep talk for writers early in their careers. ⬇️
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Doubleback Review publishes previously published work from defunct journals—and they’re reading now for their October issue! doublebackreview.com
August 1, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Doubleback Review publishes previously published work from defunct journals—and they’re reading now for their October issue! doublebackreview.com
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Poets!!!
From Open Books:
Join the Sealey Challenge Poetry Pledge Fundraiser.
All funds collected will be sent to support The Sameer Project's live-saving work in Gaza.
Details & sign-up form available here ✨
mailchi.mp/openpoetrybo...
From Open Books:
Join the Sealey Challenge Poetry Pledge Fundraiser.
All funds collected will be sent to support The Sameer Project's live-saving work in Gaza.
Details & sign-up form available here ✨
mailchi.mp/openpoetrybo...
July 29, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Poets!!!
From Open Books:
Join the Sealey Challenge Poetry Pledge Fundraiser.
All funds collected will be sent to support The Sameer Project's live-saving work in Gaza.
Details & sign-up form available here ✨
mailchi.mp/openpoetrybo...
From Open Books:
Join the Sealey Challenge Poetry Pledge Fundraiser.
All funds collected will be sent to support The Sameer Project's live-saving work in Gaza.
Details & sign-up form available here ✨
mailchi.mp/openpoetrybo...
Oh this is excellent. Giving and receiving feedback is a skill many of us were not taught. Love this essay & the concrete framework provided.
another wonderful, useful essay on writing from Brandon Taylor
i make my students spoil their novels
feedback strategies, or how i run my workshops
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July 23, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Oh this is excellent. Giving and receiving feedback is a skill many of us were not taught. Love this essay & the concrete framework provided.
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Our most beloved comrades at Open Books have been running an urgent fundraiser for Sameer. They are getting close to their $10k goal thanks to a few new matching campaigns. Please contritibe and share, offer a match (named or anon- dm us) open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com/products/w4g...
Urgent Fundraising for The Sameer Project
As many journalists in Gaza are now experiencing serious health problems due to the extended campaign of forced starvation, it is more important than ever for all of us to keep speaking about the unsp...
open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com
July 22, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Our most beloved comrades at Open Books have been running an urgent fundraiser for Sameer. They are getting close to their $10k goal thanks to a few new matching campaigns. Please contritibe and share, offer a match (named or anon- dm us) open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com/products/w4g...
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it's the end of non-binary awareness week today, and beestung is stalled at $385/$1840 for our campaign to keep paying and publishing writers under the non-binary, genderqueer, and two-spirit umbrellas.
and amount helps, and would be greatly appreciated!
www.gofundme.com/f/beestung-y...
and amount helps, and would be greatly appreciated!
www.gofundme.com/f/beestung-y...
Donate to beestung: Years Six & Seven, organized by Sarah Clark
What is beestung:
beestung is a quarterly online micro-magazine for non-binary, genderquee… Sarah Clark needs your support for beestung: Years Six & Seven
www.gofundme.com
July 18, 2025 at 3:24 PM
it's the end of non-binary awareness week today, and beestung is stalled at $385/$1840 for our campaign to keep paying and publishing writers under the non-binary, genderqueer, and two-spirit umbrellas.
and amount helps, and would be greatly appreciated!
www.gofundme.com/f/beestung-y...
and amount helps, and would be greatly appreciated!
www.gofundme.com/f/beestung-y...
One thing that has not changed about the airport is people are really serious about standing in line to board.
July 17, 2025 at 10:08 PM
One thing that has not changed about the airport is people are really serious about standing in line to board.
PORTLAND! I’m performing poems tomorrow night (7/18) for the first time in a long time and would love to see you there! Please share this with anyone you know who’ll be in town. 💛
Free, masks required + provided
Bishop & Wilde bookstore (1st floor of Tin House)
7pm-8:30pm
Free, masks required + provided
Bishop & Wilde bookstore (1st floor of Tin House)
7pm-8:30pm
July 17, 2025 at 12:05 PM
PORTLAND! I’m performing poems tomorrow night (7/18) for the first time in a long time and would love to see you there! Please share this with anyone you know who’ll be in town. 💛
Free, masks required + provided
Bishop & Wilde bookstore (1st floor of Tin House)
7pm-8:30pm
Free, masks required + provided
Bishop & Wilde bookstore (1st floor of Tin House)
7pm-8:30pm
I went to a crochet community workshop yesterday and I learned that I do not, under any circumstances, enjoy crocheting
July 7, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I went to a crochet community workshop yesterday and I learned that I do not, under any circumstances, enjoy crocheting
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My books are open for consulting projects, speaking engagements, workshops, etc. I have had the honor to speak + host workshops 60+ times nationally and internationally. I consult on health comms, disability justice, repro justice, + more. kalyncoghill.com
July 4, 2025 at 8:55 PM
My books are open for consulting projects, speaking engagements, workshops, etc. I have had the honor to speak + host workshops 60+ times nationally and internationally. I consult on health comms, disability justice, repro justice, + more. kalyncoghill.com
I am just a millennial staring at her overheated iPhone in the cupholder, wishing they still put CD players in cars
July 4, 2025 at 9:59 PM
I am just a millennial staring at her overheated iPhone in the cupholder, wishing they still put CD players in cars
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Deadline coming up soon!
Call for Work: Autistic Protest Poetry
This call for work seeks poetry by autistic writers that is socially-engaged, politically-charged, and geared toward raising our voices together against oppression and erasure.
Deadline: July 1st
More details at link 💜
Call for Work: Autistic Protest Poetry
This call for work seeks poetry by autistic writers that is socially-engaged, politically-charged, and geared toward raising our voices together against oppression and erasure.
Deadline: July 1st
More details at link 💜
Call for Work: Autistic Protest Poetry
Autistic people’s rights are being threatened. Our worth is being questioned. And suddenly, we’re facing a bizarre accusation that an…
medium.com
June 26, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Deadline coming up soon!
Call for Work: Autistic Protest Poetry
This call for work seeks poetry by autistic writers that is socially-engaged, politically-charged, and geared toward raising our voices together against oppression and erasure.
Deadline: July 1st
More details at link 💜
Call for Work: Autistic Protest Poetry
This call for work seeks poetry by autistic writers that is socially-engaged, politically-charged, and geared toward raising our voices together against oppression and erasure.
Deadline: July 1st
More details at link 💜
ONE WEEK LEFT to sign up for Poets Camp! A virtual 2-week daily writing workshop where you’ll get prompts, curated poems to read & discuss, dedicated time to write & share, & the chance to make new writer friends in a supportive, justice-oriented community.
More info: www.arianabrown.com/poets-camp
More info: www.arianabrown.com/poets-camp
June 24, 2025 at 5:51 PM
ONE WEEK LEFT to sign up for Poets Camp! A virtual 2-week daily writing workshop where you’ll get prompts, curated poems to read & discuss, dedicated time to write & share, & the chance to make new writer friends in a supportive, justice-oriented community.
More info: www.arianabrown.com/poets-camp
More info: www.arianabrown.com/poets-camp
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"And maybe that brings us to the myth of chronology: linear time equals progression. No. There is no linear progression, and we’re reproducing subjection again and again."
Jon Jon Moore Palacios interviews Quenton Baker
Jon Jon Moore Palacios interviews Quenton Baker
Antagonistic Forms: A Conversation with Quenton Baker — Cleveland Review of Books
I‘m no longer interested in talking to people who, structurally, cannot
hear me.
www.clereviewofbooks.com
September 29, 2023 at 12:02 PM
"And maybe that brings us to the myth of chronology: linear time equals progression. No. There is no linear progression, and we’re reproducing subjection again and again."
Jon Jon Moore Palacios interviews Quenton Baker
Jon Jon Moore Palacios interviews Quenton Baker
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“Chevron is turning oil and gas into tools of domination — and in Palestine, it’s doing so right now.”
Join the @palclimate.bsky.social and #BoycottChevron.
Join the @palclimate.bsky.social and #BoycottChevron.
May 21, 2025 at 2:53 PM
“Chevron is turning oil and gas into tools of domination — and in Palestine, it’s doing so right now.”
Join the @palclimate.bsky.social and #BoycottChevron.
Join the @palclimate.bsky.social and #BoycottChevron.
“People who give excuses for executions fear the rifle more than they fear the reason.” - Mohammed El-Kurd
May 12, 2025 at 2:40 PM
“People who give excuses for executions fear the rifle more than they fear the reason.” - Mohammed El-Kurd