Heid Bearnation
@heideerdrich.bsky.social
Poet, editor, curator, Anishinaabe kwe.
What they approve is who they are.
Zohran Mamdani doesn’t make me, an American Jew, feel unsafe.
Having the Coast Guard, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, decide that a swastika isn’t really a symbol of hate? That makes me, an American Jew, feel pretty damn unsafe.
Having the Coast Guard, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, decide that a swastika isn’t really a symbol of hate? That makes me, an American Jew, feel pretty damn unsafe.
November 21, 2025 at 5:13 PM
What they approve is who they are.
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We hope to see you there!
November 13, 2025 at 6:00 PM
We hope to see you there!
Reading EARLY w these darlinks on Sat. 10/25. Gives us time to get a bite and make it to the MPWW reading!
October 22, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Reading EARLY w these darlinks on Sat. 10/25. Gives us time to get a bite and make it to the MPWW reading!
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The Sonoglyph Collective will welcome @tishjonespoet.bsky.social and @heideerdrich.bsky.social at our Friday, September 26th gig at the Lafond Arts Center in Saint Paul. 7:00 PM. 15.00 suggested donation at the door, but everyone is welcome. Not wheel-friendly. :( sonoglyphcollective.com/events/
Events – The Sonoglyph Collective
sonoglyphcollective.com
September 23, 2025 at 8:44 PM
The Sonoglyph Collective will welcome @tishjonespoet.bsky.social and @heideerdrich.bsky.social at our Friday, September 26th gig at the Lafond Arts Center in Saint Paul. 7:00 PM. 15.00 suggested donation at the door, but everyone is welcome. Not wheel-friendly. :( sonoglyphcollective.com/events/
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In July I had the pleasure of collaborating with @heideerdrich.bsky.social and Kim Blaeser on a poem inspired by Sky Hopinka’s work. You can watch us read the poem on YouTube and read the text at MoMA Magazine
youtu.be/SBReR5dkaXU?...
youtu.be/SBReR5dkaXU?...
In Na Po Poets on Spirit Lines in Words and Images
YouTube video by The Museum of Modern Art
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September 4, 2025 at 8:52 PM
In July I had the pleasure of collaborating with @heideerdrich.bsky.social and Kim Blaeser on a poem inspired by Sky Hopinka’s work. You can watch us read the poem on YouTube and read the text at MoMA Magazine
youtu.be/SBReR5dkaXU?...
youtu.be/SBReR5dkaXU?...
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Seems like a problem that most every smart liberal and left wing writer, researcher, analyst, and NGO worker I know is unemployed, grossly underpaid, or in a super unstable job, while a bunch of 20 year old Nazis with the talent and expertise of ass hair are getting paid $300K to post on Twitter.
August 21, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Seems like a problem that most every smart liberal and left wing writer, researcher, analyst, and NGO worker I know is unemployed, grossly underpaid, or in a super unstable job, while a bunch of 20 year old Nazis with the talent and expertise of ass hair are getting paid $300K to post on Twitter.
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@heideerdrich.bsky.social’s Verb Animate — a nice take by @davigray.bsky.social 💛💜😀💜
Sealey Challenge, Day Twelve - Collaboration is a generator, a germinator, a strong river, a slow fire
Publisher is @triohousepress.org
@sealeychallenge.bsky.social
#SealeyChallenge
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Publisher is @triohousepress.org
@sealeychallenge.bsky.social
#SealeyChallenge
news.davigray.com/p/sc25-book-...
SC25 - Book Twelve (Trio House Press)
Collaboration is a generator, a germinator, a strong river, a slow fire
news.davigray.com
August 14, 2025 at 4:39 PM
@heideerdrich.bsky.social’s Verb Animate — a nice take by @davigray.bsky.social 💛💜😀💜
Feeling pretty merciless and savage today.
July 4, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Feeling pretty merciless and savage today.
Something good has come about!
July 2, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Something good has come about!
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Every flashbang could instead be a meal for a poor kid. Every hotel room for a National Guardsman deployed to fire at our neighbors could house a homeless vet. Every "less-than-lethal" bullet pulled from a journalist's eye could be already needed healthcare for anyone else. All of this is a choice.
June 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Every flashbang could instead be a meal for a poor kid. Every hotel room for a National Guardsman deployed to fire at our neighbors could house a homeless vet. Every "less-than-lethal" bullet pulled from a journalist's eye could be already needed healthcare for anyone else. All of this is a choice.
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Saturday, June 7th 4:00 PM at Open Book in Minneapolis. Free. A bevy of brilliant readers. ASL interpreted. Join us!
@krisbigalk.bsky.social @heideerdrich.bsky.social @hawona.bsky.social @mkdordiggsy.bsky.social @raymondluczak.com @josinamm.bsky.social @slipfast.bsky.social @sagirahs.bsky.social
@krisbigalk.bsky.social @heideerdrich.bsky.social @hawona.bsky.social @mkdordiggsy.bsky.social @raymondluczak.com @josinamm.bsky.social @slipfast.bsky.social @sagirahs.bsky.social
May 28, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Saturday, June 7th 4:00 PM at Open Book in Minneapolis. Free. A bevy of brilliant readers. ASL interpreted. Join us!
@krisbigalk.bsky.social @heideerdrich.bsky.social @hawona.bsky.social @mkdordiggsy.bsky.social @raymondluczak.com @josinamm.bsky.social @slipfast.bsky.social @sagirahs.bsky.social
@krisbigalk.bsky.social @heideerdrich.bsky.social @hawona.bsky.social @mkdordiggsy.bsky.social @raymondluczak.com @josinamm.bsky.social @slipfast.bsky.social @sagirahs.bsky.social
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Say. This.
Walz: If you say you love freedom but you don't believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love is not freedom, it is privilege.
April 24, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Say. This.
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Y’all, Amazon is bad for writers, bad for publishers, bad for customers, bad for workers. bad for democracy. Would be wonderful if we could break its stranglehold.
Tomorrow, a certain online mega-retailer launches a book sale, just days before Indie Bookstore Day on 4/26. This is no coincidence; Bookstore Day is one of the largest revenue drivers for indies.
Indies need our support to thrive & build community spaces for all...mega-retailers do not.
Indies need our support to thrive & build community spaces for all...mega-retailers do not.
April 22, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Y’all, Amazon is bad for writers, bad for publishers, bad for customers, bad for workers. bad for democracy. Would be wonderful if we could break its stranglehold.
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“Relate, collaborate, agitate” is how Karla J Strand describes @heideerdrich.bsky.social’s Verb Animate: Poetry and Prompts from Collaborative Acts — one of Ms Magazine’s best poetry of 2024-25!!
msmagazine.com/2025/04/21/r...
msmagazine.com/2025/04/21/r...
Reads for the Rest of Us: The Best Poetry of 2024 and 2025
Happy April, and Happy National Poetry Month. Since my dormant love of poetry was reignited, I’ve found it so refreshing and inspiring to read beautiful collections each year and share them with you.H...
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April 22, 2025 at 9:11 PM
“Relate, collaborate, agitate” is how Karla J Strand describes @heideerdrich.bsky.social’s Verb Animate: Poetry and Prompts from Collaborative Acts — one of Ms Magazine’s best poetry of 2024-25!!
msmagazine.com/2025/04/21/r...
msmagazine.com/2025/04/21/r...
Honoring Trans Visibility and Two Spirit folx by checking out this publication:
beestungmag.com/issues/
beestungmag.com/issues/
March 31, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Honoring Trans Visibility and Two Spirit folx by checking out this publication:
beestungmag.com/issues/
beestungmag.com/issues/
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Write a poem with us! Theresa Senato Edwards shares her poem generated from 30 Poems in 30 Days on our Substack. For even more prompts, buy our ebook bundle of Verb Animate by @heideerdrich.bsky.social & 30 Poems for only $14.25 - link at the end of the article:
open.substack.com/pub/triohous...
open.substack.com/pub/triohous...
March 10, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Write a poem with us! Theresa Senato Edwards shares her poem generated from 30 Poems in 30 Days on our Substack. For even more prompts, buy our ebook bundle of Verb Animate by @heideerdrich.bsky.social & 30 Poems for only $14.25 - link at the end of the article:
open.substack.com/pub/triohous...
open.substack.com/pub/triohous...
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Verb Animate: Poems and Prompts From Collaborative Acts by @heideerdrich.bsky.social is now in its 2nd Edition! A popular book for inspiration and as a textbook.
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March 19, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Verb Animate: Poems and Prompts From Collaborative Acts by @heideerdrich.bsky.social is now in its 2nd Edition! A popular book for inspiration and as a textbook.
triohousepress.myshopify.com/products/pre...
triohousepress.myshopify.com/products/pre...
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It's March. Let's March.
March 17, 2025 at 8:35 PM
It's March. Let's March.
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If the sworn statements are provided, and they're lies, that's perjury for whoever signed them. If they're not provided, that's contempt. And if they're provided, and they're truthful, and they reveal lawbreaking, that's a sworn admission of guilt.
March 17, 2025 at 9:45 PM
If the sworn statements are provided, and they're lies, that's perjury for whoever signed them. If they're not provided, that's contempt. And if they're provided, and they're truthful, and they reveal lawbreaking, that's a sworn admission of guilt.
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Even if that's true, which I very much doubt, the $ should go back into the Social Security trust fund.
It's *not* a budget item expenditure.
It's *not* a budget item expenditure.
March 10, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Even if that's true, which I very much doubt, the $ should go back into the Social Security trust fund.
It's *not* a budget item expenditure.
It's *not* a budget item expenditure.
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1. Today, powerful speeches from trans representatives in Montana SJ Howell and Zooey Zephyr flipped 29 Republicans, killing anti-trans bills.
While some Dems like Newsom abandon trans people, these reps show the power of representation.
Watch their speech.
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While some Dems like Newsom abandon trans people, these reps show the power of representation.
Watch their speech.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Powerful Speeches From Trans Dems Flip 29 Republicans, Anti-Trans Bills Die In Montana
Transgender Reps Zooey Zephyr and SJ Howell delivered powerful speeches on the Montana House floor on Thursday. Republicans defected en masse to join them in voting against anti-trans bills.
www.erininthemorning.com
March 7, 2025 at 12:09 AM
1. Today, powerful speeches from trans representatives in Montana SJ Howell and Zooey Zephyr flipped 29 Republicans, killing anti-trans bills.
While some Dems like Newsom abandon trans people, these reps show the power of representation.
Watch their speech.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
While some Dems like Newsom abandon trans people, these reps show the power of representation.
Watch their speech.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Maybe dem reps could hold their own state of the union on the Capitol steps. Steal the spotlight. Let members like AOC, Jasmine Crockett, Max Frost, and the DNC make remarks. Norms don't exist. Buck them.
March 2, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Maybe dem reps could hold their own state of the union on the Capitol steps. Steal the spotlight. Let members like AOC, Jasmine Crockett, Max Frost, and the DNC make remarks. Norms don't exist. Buck them.
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New books by two poets with SO much fire have been keeping me warm this winter. Congratulations to @heideerdrich.bsky.social and Jan Beatty! @triohousepress.bsky.social @upittpress.bsky.social
February 24, 2025 at 5:57 PM
New books by two poets with SO much fire have been keeping me warm this winter. Congratulations to @heideerdrich.bsky.social and Jan Beatty! @triohousepress.bsky.social @upittpress.bsky.social
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This morning at Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HQ in DC as mandatory return to office began, this video played on loop for ~5 mins on screens throughout the building, per agency source.
Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
February 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM
This morning at Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HQ in DC as mandatory return to office began, this video played on loop for ~5 mins on screens throughout the building, per agency source.
Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.