Cynthia Manick
@cmanick.bsky.social
Poet, Editor, & Curator
📙No Sweet Without Brine (HarperCollins-Amistad, 2023)
🚀The Future of Black: Afrofuturism, Black Comics, & Superhero Poetry (Blair Publisher, 2021)
🙌Blue Hallelujahs (Black Lawrence Press, 2016)
http://www.cynthiamanick.com
📙No Sweet Without Brine (HarperCollins-Amistad, 2023)
🚀The Future of Black: Afrofuturism, Black Comics, & Superhero Poetry (Blair Publisher, 2021)
🙌Blue Hallelujahs (Black Lawrence Press, 2016)
http://www.cynthiamanick.com
Come thru, Sat. 11/8 5pm for No, Dear (Re)Present Reading Series. Each reader will give flowers 💐to a NY voice that has passed but also left their mark on our poetry💫The event is free & we'd love to see you! tinyurl.com/52spcbw3 @robleswrites.bsky.social @sashabursh.bsky.social
#nycpoetryreading
#nycpoetryreading
November 5, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Come thru, Sat. 11/8 5pm for No, Dear (Re)Present Reading Series. Each reader will give flowers 💐to a NY voice that has passed but also left their mark on our poetry💫The event is free & we'd love to see you! tinyurl.com/52spcbw3 @robleswrites.bsky.social @sashabursh.bsky.social
#nycpoetryreading
#nycpoetryreading
This poem was hard to write, but one I'm so proud of! #poetry #writingcommunity #mentalhealth #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity
"This is a love letter to serotonin, the inhibitors and / holders of beautiful disasters. A lighthouse."
From the April 2023 Archives: "Sertraline: A Prescription Zuihitsu," an original poem by @cmanick.bsky.social.
➡️ buff.ly/jNX3eii
From the April 2023 Archives: "Sertraline: A Prescription Zuihitsu," an original poem by @cmanick.bsky.social.
➡️ buff.ly/jNX3eii
October 17, 2025 at 3:41 AM
This poem was hard to write, but one I'm so proud of! #poetry #writingcommunity #mentalhealth #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity
Reposted by Cynthia Manick
Next Wednesday 8/20 at @phbookstores.bsky.social a salon style evening of poetry and jazz @clmporg.bsky.social @asterismbooks.bsky.social
August 14, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Next Wednesday 8/20 at @phbookstores.bsky.social a salon style evening of poetry and jazz @clmporg.bsky.social @asterismbooks.bsky.social
@blairpub.bsky.social & I are proud to announce the ⭐️ Polaris Poetry Series!⭐️ Featuring collections of Afrofuturistic and Afrofuturism-adjacent poetry! Submission is open for the month of July! #bookpublishing #poetrybooks #afrofuturism #opensubmissions #writers #poets #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers
July 3, 2025 at 4:31 PM
@blairpub.bsky.social & I are proud to announce the ⭐️ Polaris Poetry Series!⭐️ Featuring collections of Afrofuturistic and Afrofuturism-adjacent poetry! Submission is open for the month of July! #bookpublishing #poetrybooks #afrofuturism #opensubmissions #writers #poets #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers
Happening tomorrow at Word Up bookstore @7pm tinyurl.com/yc6mrkac We'll be celebrating the lovely Nadia Alexis & her collection Beyond the Watershed!⭐ #nadiaalexis #nycbooklaunch #wordupbooks #cynthiamanick #debutpoetrybook #poetrylovers #blackwomenpoets #washingtonheights #harlem #buyblackbooks
June 26, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Happening tomorrow at Word Up bookstore @7pm tinyurl.com/yc6mrkac We'll be celebrating the lovely Nadia Alexis & her collection Beyond the Watershed!⭐ #nadiaalexis #nycbooklaunch #wordupbooks #cynthiamanick #debutpoetrybook #poetrylovers #blackwomenpoets #washingtonheights #harlem #buyblackbooks
Official ⏰to #AWP25 in LA😍 I'll be signing copies of #nosweetwithoutbrine via @poetshouse.bsky.social, supporting @stevenleyva.bsky.social new collection, & doing a panel on writing about the body. Come through for a hug, head nod, or shared space! linktr.ee/cmanick #poetrycommunity #writingcommunty
March 22, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Official ⏰to #AWP25 in LA😍 I'll be signing copies of #nosweetwithoutbrine via @poetshouse.bsky.social, supporting @stevenleyva.bsky.social new collection, & doing a panel on writing about the body. Come through for a hug, head nod, or shared space! linktr.ee/cmanick #poetrycommunity #writingcommunty
Reposted by Cynthia Manick
And AWP we got the freshest poems and the lit 🔥 experimental music 🎼, to make your Friday night hype.
Come out 3/28, 7pm and celebrate the west coast launch of my book THE OPPOSITE OF CRUELTY, published by @blairpub.bsky.social
Come out 3/28, 7pm and celebrate the west coast launch of my book THE OPPOSITE OF CRUELTY, published by @blairpub.bsky.social
March 19, 2025 at 2:44 PM
And AWP we got the freshest poems and the lit 🔥 experimental music 🎼, to make your Friday night hype.
Come out 3/28, 7pm and celebrate the west coast launch of my book THE OPPOSITE OF CRUELTY, published by @blairpub.bsky.social
Come out 3/28, 7pm and celebrate the west coast launch of my book THE OPPOSITE OF CRUELTY, published by @blairpub.bsky.social
Big thanks to @penamerica.bsky.social for listing #nosweetwithoutbrine as one of their #blackhistorymonth #poetry reads! pen.org/black-histor... I'm in honored company 📚⭐
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February 28, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Big thanks to @penamerica.bsky.social for listing #nosweetwithoutbrine as one of their #blackhistorymonth #poetry reads! pen.org/black-histor... I'm in honored company 📚⭐