EleeKG
@eleekg.bsky.social
bostony. vancouvery. poet laureate of Vancouver, Canada as of Jan ‘25 for 3yrs. eleekg.com It’s pronounced ELLY!
Dear @theglobeandmail.com Please bring back poetry reviews that reflect the complexity and deep engagement of our thriving CanPo world! We need discussion, critique, and space not mini synopses, and coverage of primarily non Canadian writers.
October 29, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Dear @theglobeandmail.com Please bring back poetry reviews that reflect the complexity and deep engagement of our thriving CanPo world! We need discussion, critique, and space not mini synopses, and coverage of primarily non Canadian writers.
WHOLE CLOTH READING:Carrie Ayagaduk Ojanen reads Roughly for the North from start to finish!
Nov 5, 5-7pm,Green College UBC & livestreamed!
Carrie is an Inupiat writer from the Ugiuvamiut tribe whose poems of the Bering Strait are beautiful. Join us! wholecloth.substack.com/p/carrie-aya...
Nov 5, 5-7pm,Green College UBC & livestreamed!
Carrie is an Inupiat writer from the Ugiuvamiut tribe whose poems of the Bering Strait are beautiful. Join us! wholecloth.substack.com/p/carrie-aya...
Carrie Ayagaduk Ojanen Reads ROUGHLY FOR THE NORTH, November 5, 2025
an evening of poetry and companionship at Green College in Vancouver and via Livestream
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October 29, 2025 at 5:13 PM
WHOLE CLOTH READING:Carrie Ayagaduk Ojanen reads Roughly for the North from start to finish!
Nov 5, 5-7pm,Green College UBC & livestreamed!
Carrie is an Inupiat writer from the Ugiuvamiut tribe whose poems of the Bering Strait are beautiful. Join us! wholecloth.substack.com/p/carrie-aya...
Nov 5, 5-7pm,Green College UBC & livestreamed!
Carrie is an Inupiat writer from the Ugiuvamiut tribe whose poems of the Bering Strait are beautiful. Join us! wholecloth.substack.com/p/carrie-aya...
Know a writer of exceptional promise with a manuscript in progress, who has faced significant barriers to fulfilling that promise? Yosef Wosk VMI Fellowship applications are open until November 10, 2025!
Apply at www.vancouvermanuscriptintensive.com @vmiprogram.bsky.social
Apply at www.vancouvermanuscriptintensive.com @vmiprogram.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Know a writer of exceptional promise with a manuscript in progress, who has faced significant barriers to fulfilling that promise? Yosef Wosk VMI Fellowship applications are open until November 10, 2025!
Apply at www.vancouvermanuscriptintensive.com @vmiprogram.bsky.social
Apply at www.vancouvermanuscriptintensive.com @vmiprogram.bsky.social
Oct 25, 1:30pm @writersfest.bc.ca I chat with Dennis Lee about Wrestling with Cadence. He's the author of 40 books, including Alligator Pie, the beloved children's classic-but did you know he also cowrote the story to the movie Labyrinth (starring David Bowie)? writersfest.bc.ca/festival-aut...
Dennis Lee | Vancouver Writers Fest
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October 24, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Oct 25, 1:30pm @writersfest.bc.ca I chat with Dennis Lee about Wrestling with Cadence. He's the author of 40 books, including Alligator Pie, the beloved children's classic-but did you know he also cowrote the story to the movie Labyrinth (starring David Bowie)? writersfest.bc.ca/festival-aut...
I can’t believe the NBA has stronger guidelines concerning integrity than the US Govt. They hold their players to a stricter standard than the govt considers for the president.
October 23, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I can’t believe the NBA has stronger guidelines concerning integrity than the US Govt. They hold their players to a stricter standard than the govt considers for the president.
We loved hearing you read all of With My Back to the World from start to finish! The lines, like Agnes Martin's, are clear and packed with intensity-it was wonderful to see the images while relaxing into your sustained read. @bronwentate.bsky.social and I were happy to host you!
Thanks to University of British Columbia and Green College, and The Whole Cloth Reading Series for welcoming me so warmly. Pictured here: Bronwen Tate, Elee Kraljii Gardiner, Alix Ohlin, Neil Aitken.
October 17, 2025 at 4:09 PM
We loved hearing you read all of With My Back to the World from start to finish! The lines, like Agnes Martin's, are clear and packed with intensity-it was wonderful to see the images while relaxing into your sustained read. @bronwentate.bsky.social and I were happy to host you!
Thrilled to have Victoria Chang reading her entire book for our reading series, the Whole Cloth! She'll share visuals of Agnes Martin's paintings as she reads. Join us in person or via livestream. If you come we have cookies and copies for the community! wholecloth.substack.com/p/today-vict...
Today! Victoria Chang at Green College, UBC (and via Livestream)
4:30 pm tea and cookies, 5 pm reading
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October 15, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Thrilled to have Victoria Chang reading her entire book for our reading series, the Whole Cloth! She'll share visuals of Agnes Martin's paintings as she reads. Join us in person or via livestream. If you come we have cookies and copies for the community! wholecloth.substack.com/p/today-vict...
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Join us THIS SATURDAY from 2-3:30 PM at @wordvancouver.bsky.social for readings from this year's Poets! Hosted by Vancouver's poet laureate @eleekg.bsky.social and followed by discussion and Q&A.
#ReadLocalBC #WordVancouver #PoetryInTransit
#ReadLocalBC #WordVancouver #PoetryInTransit
September 18, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Join us THIS SATURDAY from 2-3:30 PM at @wordvancouver.bsky.social for readings from this year's Poets! Hosted by Vancouver's poet laureate @eleekg.bsky.social and followed by discussion and Q&A.
#ReadLocalBC #WordVancouver #PoetryInTransit
#ReadLocalBC #WordVancouver #PoetryInTransit
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Come ON, @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social. Are you going to cover workers' right at all in the #AirCanadaStrike, esp rights of underpaid women workers? Or are you just going to bang on about stranded passengers day after day after day? Why not ask callers what they think of unfair labour practices?
August 19, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Come ON, @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social. Are you going to cover workers' right at all in the #AirCanadaStrike, esp rights of underpaid women workers? Or are you just going to bang on about stranded passengers day after day after day? Why not ask callers what they think of unfair labour practices?
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We had actual an actual assassination of a Democratic legislator in Minnesota two months ago & it’s completely disappeared from the National Conversation™️. This happens <all> the time over & over again 👇
August 17, 2025 at 4:30 AM
We had actual an actual assassination of a Democratic legislator in Minnesota two months ago & it’s completely disappeared from the National Conversation™️. This happens <all> the time over & over again 👇
behold the poetry of this testimony!
This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.
August 14, 2025 at 4:57 AM
behold the poetry of this testimony!
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We are reminding residents to protect themselves from mosquito bites. Routine mosquito trapping and testing for West Nile Virus have confirmed a positive mosquito pool in Ottawa.
Please read the PSA here: ottawa.ca/en/city-hall...
Please read the PSA here: ottawa.ca/en/city-hall...
First mosquitoes test positive for West Nile virus this season | City of Ottawa
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August 12, 2025 at 7:17 PM
We are reminding residents to protect themselves from mosquito bites. Routine mosquito trapping and testing for West Nile Virus have confirmed a positive mosquito pool in Ottawa.
Please read the PSA here: ottawa.ca/en/city-hall...
Please read the PSA here: ottawa.ca/en/city-hall...
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🚨 If you were on the BC Ferries 10:15am sailing August 9 Duke Point to Tsawwassen please check your vehicles, trailers or boats for Luigi, a black and white tuxedo #cat wearing a blue harness.
Luigi slipped out of a small window opening of his owner's vehicle and disappeared on the lower car deck.
Luigi slipped out of a small window opening of his owner's vehicle and disappeared on the lower car deck.
August 12, 2025 at 4:50 AM
🚨 If you were on the BC Ferries 10:15am sailing August 9 Duke Point to Tsawwassen please check your vehicles, trailers or boats for Luigi, a black and white tuxedo #cat wearing a blue harness.
Luigi slipped out of a small window opening of his owner's vehicle and disappeared on the lower car deck.
Luigi slipped out of a small window opening of his owner's vehicle and disappeared on the lower car deck.
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Ohio managed to get thousands of people to hold hands and link arms in a human chain that stretched 8 miles to stand against ICE.
8 miles of humans linked together.
8 miles of humans linked together.
August 10, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Ohio managed to get thousands of people to hold hands and link arms in a human chain that stretched 8 miles to stand against ICE.
8 miles of humans linked together.
8 miles of humans linked together.
Very happy to point people towards interesting poetry!
Elee Kraljii Gardiner is the author of three books, including the poetry books Trauma Head and Sometimes, Forest. She recommends Hajer Mirwali's poetry collection Revolutions.
With: @eleekg.bsky.social @anvilpress.bsky.social @talonbooks.bsky.social #Booksky
More below 👇
With: @eleekg.bsky.social @anvilpress.bsky.social @talonbooks.bsky.social #Booksky
More below 👇
August 9, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Very happy to point people towards interesting poetry!
Pacific Northwest aflame
“Firefighters continue to battle the Wesley Ridge wildfire near Cameron Lake, with 142 BC Wildfire Service personnel hard at work, supported by local fire departments.” www.vancouverislandfreedaily.com/news/vancouv... - Vancouver Island Free Daily
#BCWildfire cc: #Nanaimo #Parksville #QualicumBeach
#BCWildfire cc: #Nanaimo #Parksville #QualicumBeach
August 4, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Pacific Northwest aflame
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A while ago, we started a #FixItFriday tradition. We keep a running list - large & small, digital & analog, anything broken or annoying - and work on it together.
Today's 30-second fix: to remove AI "preview" from search results, here's the setting for Chrome users: www.reddit.com/r/techsuppor...
Today's 30-second fix: to remove AI "preview" from search results, here's the setting for Chrome users: www.reddit.com/r/techsuppor...
July 25, 2025 at 3:50 PM
A while ago, we started a #FixItFriday tradition. We keep a running list - large & small, digital & analog, anything broken or annoying - and work on it together.
Today's 30-second fix: to remove AI "preview" from search results, here's the setting for Chrome users: www.reddit.com/r/techsuppor...
Today's 30-second fix: to remove AI "preview" from search results, here's the setting for Chrome users: www.reddit.com/r/techsuppor...
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I'm the featured poet this Wednesday for the Poetry in the Park series at Emery Barnes Park 2-4 pm. I'll be reading poems from my new book Night Moves @anvilpress.bsky.social. After the reading I'll be giving a writing prompt so bring notebooks and pens!
#poetry
#poetry
July 21, 2025 at 8:53 PM
I'm the featured poet this Wednesday for the Poetry in the Park series at Emery Barnes Park 2-4 pm. I'll be reading poems from my new book Night Moves @anvilpress.bsky.social. After the reading I'll be giving a writing prompt so bring notebooks and pens!
#poetry
#poetry
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What does a poet laureate actually *do*, you ask? They offer informal summer listening to the amphibian chorus, of course.
Go listen to frogs with @eleekg.bsky.social!
Go listen to frogs with @eleekg.bsky.social!
July 17, 2025 at 7:30 PM
What does a poet laureate actually *do*, you ask? They offer informal summer listening to the amphibian chorus, of course.
Go listen to frogs with @eleekg.bsky.social!
Go listen to frogs with @eleekg.bsky.social!
FRIDAY NIGHT FROGS: Come listen to REAL frogs! No agenda, no plan, no time constraint. We will gently gather around 9:30pm at the water feature at Mundell Park at UBC Wesbrook Village and enjoy the chorus. Stay 5 mins or 500, it’s up to you! More info at versevancouver.ca!
July 9, 2025 at 6:33 PM
FRIDAY NIGHT FROGS: Come listen to REAL frogs! No agenda, no plan, no time constraint. We will gently gather around 9:30pm at the water feature at Mundell Park at UBC Wesbrook Village and enjoy the chorus. Stay 5 mins or 500, it’s up to you! More info at versevancouver.ca!
I wish every single person these cruel and sadistic Christians know and interact with would proclaim they are gay and completely sandbag this kind of incitement.
July 8, 2025 at 8:37 PM
I wish every single person these cruel and sadistic Christians know and interact with would proclaim they are gay and completely sandbag this kind of incitement.
Come read poems with us!
Poetry in the Park Opening night is this Wednesday, July 2nd from 6:30 - 8:30! Cool down under the trees at the Queens Park Bandshell with feature poets @eleekg.bsky.social, @kevinspenst.bsky.social and host @jkirton.bsky.social🌿 Open mic after the features.
Details here: rclas.com/recurring/po...
Details here: rclas.com/recurring/po...
July 1, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Come read poems with us!
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Things about mainstream publishing I wish more people knew:
1) The NY Times Bestseller List is a marketing list, not an accurate list of the best-selling books for that period.
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1) The NY Times Bestseller List is a marketing list, not an accurate list of the best-selling books for that period.
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June 26, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Things about mainstream publishing I wish more people knew:
1) The NY Times Bestseller List is a marketing list, not an accurate list of the best-selling books for that period.
🧵
1) The NY Times Bestseller List is a marketing list, not an accurate list of the best-selling books for that period.
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