Domenica Martinello
@domenicahope.bsky.social
Writer, loud talker, perky terror | Poetry: GOOD WANT (Coach House Books, 2024) ❤️🔥 + ALL DAY I DREAM ABOUT SIRENS (2019) 🌊
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MY GREAT-GRANDFATHER DANCED BALLET, my debut full-length collection, comes out on March 17, 2026. You can pre-order it now, from all the usual places, or ideally from your favourite local indie! Thanks to Brick Books for bringing this into the world.
November 12, 2025 at 11:05 PM
MY GREAT-GRANDFATHER DANCED BALLET, my debut full-length collection, comes out on March 17, 2026. You can pre-order it now, from all the usual places, or ideally from your favourite local indie! Thanks to Brick Books for bringing this into the world.
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montrealers! come to the launch of POST-MAN tomorrow at de stiil books! i’ll be in conversation with the brilliant domenica martinello, & laura mota-juang will read some poems to kick off the evening!
November 12, 2025 at 7:29 PM
montrealers! come to the launch of POST-MAN tomorrow at de stiil books! i’ll be in conversation with the brilliant domenica martinello, & laura mota-juang will read some poems to kick off the evening!
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We're recruiting judges for the 2026 #NMA26 #DPA26 & #B2B26 Awards.
Judging takes place remotely in Feb & March 2026. Editors, journalists, designers, illustrators, photographers & subject experts welcome.
Apply → zurl.co/5dqEN
Judging takes place remotely in Feb & March 2026. Editors, journalists, designers, illustrators, photographers & subject experts welcome.
Apply → zurl.co/5dqEN
November 10, 2025 at 3:21 PM
We're recruiting judges for the 2026 #NMA26 #DPA26 & #B2B26 Awards.
Judging takes place remotely in Feb & March 2026. Editors, journalists, designers, illustrators, photographers & subject experts welcome.
Apply → zurl.co/5dqEN
Judging takes place remotely in Feb & March 2026. Editors, journalists, designers, illustrators, photographers & subject experts welcome.
Apply → zurl.co/5dqEN
consumerism final boss blah blah but dressing up my 12 month old in cute seasonal halloween-themed outfits that only fit them right now and can never be worn again......... damn what a high
October 15, 2025 at 1:20 PM
consumerism final boss blah blah but dressing up my 12 month old in cute seasonal halloween-themed outfits that only fit them right now and can never be worn again......... damn what a high
Be honest is it a red flag or a green flag when an event organizer invites you to read and says they’re “a fan of your work, particularly [random Not Good poem published online in 2014]” I’m triggered lol
October 14, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Be honest is it a red flag or a green flag when an event organizer invites you to read and says they’re “a fan of your work, particularly [random Not Good poem published online in 2014]” I’m triggered lol
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I did my best to push back on my book being "trans memoir" as it's about many things, but most of all how my life was formed by labour. I got my first job @ 13. I was a journeyman Glazier @ 21. I wasn't a writer (or a trans) until my 30s. Celebrate Labour Day by reading about labour
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September 1, 2025 at 1:59 PM
I did my best to push back on my book being "trans memoir" as it's about many things, but most of all how my life was formed by labour. I got my first job @ 13. I was a journeyman Glazier @ 21. I wasn't a writer (or a trans) until my 30s. Celebrate Labour Day by reading about labour
🔗: is.gd/E42lih
🔗: is.gd/E42lih
sorry I need to put this somewhere
odious vapours rising off of me after finishing this ghoulish book
odious vapours rising off of me after finishing this ghoulish book
August 16, 2025 at 1:45 AM
sorry I need to put this somewhere
odious vapours rising off of me after finishing this ghoulish book
odious vapours rising off of me after finishing this ghoulish book
Grateful for another little Un Momento interview with Italocanadese, this time for Good Want:
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Un Momento with Domenica Martinello
Domenica Martinello’s new collection of poetry, Good Want, was recently long-listed for the League of Canadian Poets Pat Lowther Award. It is a spectacular exploration of family, love, language, an…
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July 11, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Grateful for another little Un Momento interview with Italocanadese, this time for Good Want:
italocanadese.org/2025/07/07/u...
italocanadese.org/2025/07/07/u...
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that was my apple calendar. this is my outlook calendar
July 11, 2025 at 2:55 PM
that was my apple calendar. this is my outlook calendar
It's $100 USD to access the Oxford English Dictionary online for one year
"The era of mass digitization in the 1990s-2000s has largely ended in public and private enclosures, gated behind library credentials or private firewalls. In an era when everything is presumptively digital, the analog has become a refuge for the poor and a fetish for the privileged." Is this right?
July 1, 2025 at 6:41 PM
It's $100 USD to access the Oxford English Dictionary online for one year
I’m at the acceptance stage of motherhood like, maybe the baby is meant to lick the leg of the kitchen chair. Maybe that’s how it’s supposed to be
May 26, 2025 at 8:11 PM
I’m at the acceptance stage of motherhood like, maybe the baby is meant to lick the leg of the kitchen chair. Maybe that’s how it’s supposed to be
When are the crusty loser men in Concordia’s creative writing department retiring so I can teach
May 24, 2025 at 8:32 PM
When are the crusty loser men in Concordia’s creative writing department retiring so I can teach
Squid Game season 3
the game twister but the loser dies
May 24, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Squid Game season 3
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Our obvious starting point—that @manahil.bsky.social is a very fine poet—somehow failed to prepare me for how good Heliotropia is. Warm-hearted. Embracing. Meticulously crafted. Whimsical. Fantastical. Botanical. Astronomical. Sometimes verging on chant or prayer. Plus Star Trek.
May 22, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Our obvious starting point—that @manahil.bsky.social is a very fine poet—somehow failed to prepare me for how good Heliotropia is. Warm-hearted. Embracing. Meticulously crafted. Whimsical. Fantastical. Botanical. Astronomical. Sometimes verging on chant or prayer. Plus Star Trek.
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Opinion: Arcade Fire announced the release of their latest album, Pink Elephant, in the most casual of ways. Every post on social media, every lyric of their newest single, is a downplay of the serious allegations against Butler. By @yaraelsoueidi.bsky.social
therover.ca/opinion-arca...
therover.ca/opinion-arca...
Opinion: Arcade Fire’s Rotten Legacy – The Rover
Arcade Fire wants you to think they can return to the spotlight without any consequences. They have yet to prove that they've made amends.
therover.ca
May 13, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Opinion: Arcade Fire announced the release of their latest album, Pink Elephant, in the most casual of ways. Every post on social media, every lyric of their newest single, is a downplay of the serious allegations against Butler. By @yaraelsoueidi.bsky.social
therover.ca/opinion-arca...
therover.ca/opinion-arca...
do you ever need to contact someone and discover they have hotmail dot ca or icloud addresses and realize, fuck, these people basically live email-free lives…..
May 9, 2025 at 2:21 PM
do you ever need to contact someone and discover they have hotmail dot ca or icloud addresses and realize, fuck, these people basically live email-free lives…..
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[to the tune of Pink Pony Club] woke marxist pope
May 8, 2025 at 8:17 PM
[to the tune of Pink Pony Club] woke marxist pope
“Duolingo but for _____” no. shut up
May 7, 2025 at 3:59 PM
“Duolingo but for _____” no. shut up
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This is absolutely a systematic reason working class writers are underrepresented in the field, but we DO exist. We just had to bust our asses and catch a few extremely lucky breaks to wriggle in through the cracks.
The reason there's no working class representation in publishing is because publishing and writing currently pay so badly only people who are already financially stable can afford to do it.
The problem is always, always money.
The problem is always, always money.
My problem with things like these is that working-class writing ends up being literary stories about how dreary it is being working class. They're not interested in examining the working class through the lens of fantasy, for example.
May 6, 2025 at 3:10 PM
This is absolutely a systematic reason working class writers are underrepresented in the field, but we DO exist. We just had to bust our asses and catch a few extremely lucky breaks to wriggle in through the cracks.
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Trillium Book Award for Poetry
The Seventh Town of Ghosts by Faith Arkorful (McClelland & Stewart / Penguin Random House Canada)
DADDY by Jake Byrne (Brick Books)
Terrarium by Matthew Walsh (icehouse poetry / Goose Lane Editions)
The Seventh Town of Ghosts by Faith Arkorful (McClelland & Stewart / Penguin Random House Canada)
DADDY by Jake Byrne (Brick Books)
Terrarium by Matthew Walsh (icehouse poetry / Goose Lane Editions)
The Trillium Books Awards shortlist has been announced. The Trilliums recognize literary excellence for both English and French books by Ontario writers. #CanLit
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Canisia Lubrin, Maurice Vellekoop among writers shortlisted for 2025 Trillium Book Awards - Quill and Quire
The winners will be announced on June 18.
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May 6, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Trillium Book Award for Poetry
The Seventh Town of Ghosts by Faith Arkorful (McClelland & Stewart / Penguin Random House Canada)
DADDY by Jake Byrne (Brick Books)
Terrarium by Matthew Walsh (icehouse poetry / Goose Lane Editions)
The Seventh Town of Ghosts by Faith Arkorful (McClelland & Stewart / Penguin Random House Canada)
DADDY by Jake Byrne (Brick Books)
Terrarium by Matthew Walsh (icehouse poetry / Goose Lane Editions)
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PLEASE SHARE! I am raising funds for a dear friend and member of the literary as well as arts communities.
$5 and $10 goes a long way! Reshares even further! We are just $800 from our goal and my hope is bluesky can take us the rest of the way. 💛💛💛
chuffed.org/project/1299...
$5 and $10 goes a long way! Reshares even further! We are just $800 from our goal and my hope is bluesky can take us the rest of the way. 💛💛💛
chuffed.org/project/1299...
May 5, 2025 at 6:50 PM
PLEASE SHARE! I am raising funds for a dear friend and member of the literary as well as arts communities.
$5 and $10 goes a long way! Reshares even further! We are just $800 from our goal and my hope is bluesky can take us the rest of the way. 💛💛💛
chuffed.org/project/1299...
$5 and $10 goes a long way! Reshares even further! We are just $800 from our goal and my hope is bluesky can take us the rest of the way. 💛💛💛
chuffed.org/project/1299...
Dropping mad stacks on Raffi tickets
May 5, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Dropping mad stacks on Raffi tickets
*has one beer*
People who wear thumb rings are so mysterious… is this something
People who wear thumb rings are so mysterious… is this something
May 5, 2025 at 1:35 AM
*has one beer*
People who wear thumb rings are so mysterious… is this something
People who wear thumb rings are so mysterious… is this something
Alternatively, please request that your local city or university library carry it—I’d be forever grateful! I can put in a request for Montreal libraries if you have a book you’d like to be made available to the library-going masses but don’t live here.
Good Want is not carried at the Concordia or McGill library. I’d love for it to be available to read for free, in as many places as possible, especially at my alma mater.
Would any current students/staff help by making a request for it? I can send all the info + will find a way to pay it forward ❤️
Would any current students/staff help by making a request for it? I can send all the info + will find a way to pay it forward ❤️
May 2, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Alternatively, please request that your local city or university library carry it—I’d be forever grateful! I can put in a request for Montreal libraries if you have a book you’d like to be made available to the library-going masses but don’t live here.
Good Want is not carried at the Concordia or McGill library. I’d love for it to be available to read for free, in as many places as possible, especially at my alma mater.
Would any current students/staff help by making a request for it? I can send all the info + will find a way to pay it forward ❤️
Would any current students/staff help by making a request for it? I can send all the info + will find a way to pay it forward ❤️
May 2, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Good Want is not carried at the Concordia or McGill library. I’d love for it to be available to read for free, in as many places as possible, especially at my alma mater.
Would any current students/staff help by making a request for it? I can send all the info + will find a way to pay it forward ❤️
Would any current students/staff help by making a request for it? I can send all the info + will find a way to pay it forward ❤️