Lisa Richter (she/her)
@lisarichter.bsky.social
Poet, writer, and educator based in Tkaronto/Toronto, Canada (she/her). Author of Nautilus and Bone (2020), winner of the National Jewish Book Award for Poetry, and Closer to Where We Began (2017). www.lisarichter.org
Heads up, fellow #TorontoCyclists
Harbord cyclists beware: in the new lanes some sewer grates have been put in the death position by contractors. This @ Manning just ate my tire but luckily was coming to a stop. Jarring still. At speed I’d be over the handlebars. There were others along way.
November 7, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Heads up, fellow #TorontoCyclists
Congrats to all the longlisted poets!
November 6, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Congrats to all the longlisted poets!
I wrote a thing, and I'm quite proud of it, if I do say so myself. My thoughts on where a poem begins, randomness, surprising yourself in a poem, strangeness, and more. Thank you to @robmclennan.bsky.social for inviting me to contribute to this fantastic series on where (and how) a poem begins.
newly posted at @periodicities.bsky.social : Lisa Richter : Where does a poem begin / @lisarichter.bsky.social @ualbertapress.bsky.social ;
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Lisa Richter : Where does a poem begin
How does a poem begin? A few weeks ago, I was on the escalator in the subway on my way home from the library. In front of me the...
periodicityjournal.blogspot.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I wrote a thing, and I'm quite proud of it, if I do say so myself. My thoughts on where a poem begins, randomness, surprising yourself in a poem, strangeness, and more. Thank you to @robmclennan.bsky.social for inviting me to contribute to this fantastic series on where (and how) a poem begins.
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this weekend! above/ground press in toronto at the tifa small press fair + @meetthepresses.bsky.social indie lit market,
new chapbooks by Chernoff, La Rocque, Nećakov, Siklosi, Saklikar, Heroux + a secret preview of a collaborative title by Fagan/Comay,
abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2025/10/this...
new chapbooks by Chernoff, La Rocque, Nećakov, Siklosi, Saklikar, Heroux + a secret preview of a collaborative title by Fagan/Comay,
abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2025/10/this...
this weekend! above/ground press in toronto at the tifa small press fair + meet the presses' indie lit market,
In case you are around, I'll be (along with a mound of above/ground press titles + my new poetry title, the book of sentences ) participati...
abovegroundpress.blogspot.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:17 PM
this weekend! above/ground press in toronto at the tifa small press fair + @meetthepresses.bsky.social indie lit market,
new chapbooks by Chernoff, La Rocque, Nećakov, Siklosi, Saklikar, Heroux + a secret preview of a collaborative title by Fagan/Comay,
abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2025/10/this...
new chapbooks by Chernoff, La Rocque, Nećakov, Siklosi, Saklikar, Heroux + a secret preview of a collaborative title by Fagan/Comay,
abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2025/10/this...
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Read my story about my Winx Club-inspired, eco-influencer idols!
OR purchase a copy today to read the full issue!
Issue 8.2 features...
✒️ "Mother Tree’s Idols” by @aniyonsenga.bsky.social
✒️”Of Blood and Pomegranates” by @sokhan.bsky.social
✒️ “The Event Horizon of Honey” by @ludoclast.bsky.social
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Issue 8.2 features...
✒️ "Mother Tree’s Idols” by @aniyonsenga.bsky.social
✒️”Of Blood and Pomegranates” by @sokhan.bsky.social
✒️ “The Event Horizon of Honey” by @ludoclast.bsky.social
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Augur Issue 8.2 Augur Magazine Issue 8.2 - Augur Literary Society
Augur Magazine Issue 8.2 asks you to exist in the in-between, in the cycles where yes, all things grow and die–but all things also live, vibrantly, exquisitely, and unapologetically–in revolutions whe...
augursociety.org
October 31, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Read my story about my Winx Club-inspired, eco-influencer idols!
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AI is not sentient. It doesn't have a survival instinct. What's happened is that corporations have decided that we'll all obey capital if it can pretend to talk.
October 26, 2025 at 9:54 AM
AI is not sentient. It doesn't have a survival instinct. What's happened is that corporations have decided that we'll all obey capital if it can pretend to talk.
Ford's new proposed bill is a DISASTER for tenants in Ontario, effectively end rent control, and put housing security at risk for renters across the province. Please sign the petition, let's stop this!!! acorncanada.org/take_action/... #HousingIsAHumanRight #ONpoli
URGENT Message to Doug Ford: Don’t End Rent Control! - ACORN Canada
acorncanada.org
October 26, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Ford's new proposed bill is a DISASTER for tenants in Ontario, effectively end rent control, and put housing security at risk for renters across the province. Please sign the petition, let's stop this!!! acorncanada.org/take_action/... #HousingIsAHumanRight #ONpoli
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Guelph MFA alum @lisarichter.bsky.social will be participating in the #SpokenINK series this Sunday.
This event coincides with the five-year anniversary of Lisa’s award-winning collection #NAUTILUSANDBONE (Frontenac House, 2020).
To receive the Zoom link, email info@bws.bc.ca.
This event coincides with the five-year anniversary of Lisa’s award-winning collection #NAUTILUSANDBONE (Frontenac House, 2020).
To receive the Zoom link, email info@bws.bc.ca.
![[Image description: A beige background poster titled “Spoken INK with Aiden Chafe, Lisa Richter & Katherine Lawrence.” Below are three side-by-side author portraits: Aiden Chafe in a yellow jacket, Lisa Richter wearing a blue and purple scarf, and Katherine Lawrence in glasses and a white blouse. Text below reads: “Sunday, October 19, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM (PST). Email info@bws.bc.ca to register.”]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vn4nljhzwixh6tnp4oktlg5v/bafkreif6tpznzqp74esiqzdhnoxa7acujas2mxyn3klt75v4u5fpa5uhiq@jpeg)
October 16, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Guelph MFA alum @lisarichter.bsky.social will be participating in the #SpokenINK series this Sunday.
This event coincides with the five-year anniversary of Lisa’s award-winning collection #NAUTILUSANDBONE (Frontenac House, 2020).
To receive the Zoom link, email info@bws.bc.ca.
This event coincides with the five-year anniversary of Lisa’s award-winning collection #NAUTILUSANDBONE (Frontenac House, 2020).
To receive the Zoom link, email info@bws.bc.ca.
Thanks to poet Rob Macaisa Colgate on @davidnaimon.bsky.social's Between the Covers podcast, I now refer to my bed during the day as my "soft office." #freelancewritinglife
September 10, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Thanks to poet Rob Macaisa Colgate on @davidnaimon.bsky.social's Between the Covers podcast, I now refer to my bed during the day as my "soft office." #freelancewritinglife
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I've seen several people refer to AI-resisters as having their heads in the sand over the last few days. But resisting doesn't mean the same thing as ignoring something. On the contrary, resisting means engaging with research, parsing information, offering critique, and making informed choices.
September 8, 2025 at 5:11 PM
I've seen several people refer to AI-resisters as having their heads in the sand over the last few days. But resisting doesn't mean the same thing as ignoring something. On the contrary, resisting means engaging with research, parsing information, offering critique, and making informed choices.
Cover reveal for my third book of poetry, SUBLUNARY, forthcoming with @ualbertapress.bsky.social in Spring 2026! Cover art by the brilliant @runaikeda.bsky.social. The book is now available for pre-order through independent bookstores across North America.
July 17, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Cover reveal for my third book of poetry, SUBLUNARY, forthcoming with @ualbertapress.bsky.social in Spring 2026! Cover art by the brilliant @runaikeda.bsky.social. The book is now available for pre-order through independent bookstores across North America.
RIP Fanny Howe, whose idea of bewilderment "as a poetics and an ethics" was transformational for me.
July 9, 2025 at 10:34 PM
RIP Fanny Howe, whose idea of bewilderment "as a poetics and an ethics" was transformational for me.
@aaronkreuter.bsky.social's new novel is going to be my treat to myself at the end of the month after my MFA thesis defence.
A funny & emotionally resonant coming-of-age novel about one summer of momentous social & political change at a Jewish sleepover camp, 'Lake Burntshore' by @aaronkreuter.bsky.social is our Featured #CanLit in-store! 💕🇨🇦📚
tidewaterbooks.ca 💕🇨🇦📚
#IndieBookstoreCA #ShopSmall @ecwpress.bsky.social
tidewaterbooks.ca 💕🇨🇦📚
#IndieBookstoreCA #ShopSmall @ecwpress.bsky.social
July 9, 2025 at 4:18 AM
@aaronkreuter.bsky.social's new novel is going to be my treat to myself at the end of the month after my MFA thesis defence.
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Such #poetry splendour and warmth radiated by @amandaearl.bsky.social, @margolapierre.bsky.social, @lisarichter.bsky.social and Chuqiao Yang - thank you thank you thank you! Ambling off into the rest of my afternoon happy and aglow ...!
April 27, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Such #poetry splendour and warmth radiated by @amandaearl.bsky.social, @margolapierre.bsky.social, @lisarichter.bsky.social and Chuqiao Yang - thank you thank you thank you! Ambling off into the rest of my afternoon happy and aglow ...!
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April 6, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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Speakeasy Reading Series is back April 16th, the last of the school year! Featuring the amazing @phillipdwightmorgan @clairegeddesbailey @spondeee.bsky.social & Speakeasy’s very own Chi Leung Lee. Join in person or watch the live-stream on Zoom, 7:00 pm Eastern. ALL are welcome!
April 4, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Speakeasy Reading Series is back April 16th, the last of the school year! Featuring the amazing @phillipdwightmorgan @clairegeddesbailey @spondeee.bsky.social & Speakeasy’s very own Chi Leung Lee. Join in person or watch the live-stream on Zoom, 7:00 pm Eastern. ALL are welcome!
Fellow writers, what do you wish you had known at the start of your writing journey/career? I'm looking for advice to pass along to my students who are young emerging writers of multiple genres.
April 1, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Fellow writers, what do you wish you had known at the start of your writing journey/career? I'm looking for advice to pass along to my students who are young emerging writers of multiple genres.
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Part 3 of My Adventures in Book Publicity - Book Tours
"Launching a book into the world is a mind fuck. It’s exciting but often devastating and can be humiliating."
"Launching a book into the world is a mind fuck. It’s exciting but often devastating and can be humiliating."
Launching a book into the world is a mind fuck. It’s exciting but often devastating and can be humiliating.
My Adventures in Book Publicity Part 3 | Book Tours
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March 27, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Part 3 of My Adventures in Book Publicity - Book Tours
"Launching a book into the world is a mind fuck. It’s exciting but often devastating and can be humiliating."
"Launching a book into the world is a mind fuck. It’s exciting but often devastating and can be humiliating."
Shame.
I know we're living in hard times and I understand why people are gleefully saying "Oooooh! HBC is gonna have an amazing liquidation sale!" but 1,000s of retail workers will be out of a job with no severance while the big wigs get millions in bonuses.
Capitalism is a hellscape.
Capitalism is a hellscape.
Hudson’s Bay to give $3 million in bonuses to managers — while confirming no severance pay for workers
Documents reveal that Hudson’s Bay plans to give managers more than $3 million in bonuses — while confirming there will be no severance pay for workers.
www.thestar.com
March 26, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Shame.
I'm trying to figure out how to curate my newsfeed; I want more Canadian poets and literary content, but all I seem to be seeing is news-related posts. Any suggestions?
March 14, 2025 at 2:15 PM
I'm trying to figure out how to curate my newsfeed; I want more Canadian poets and literary content, but all I seem to be seeing is news-related posts. Any suggestions?
A friend of mine just shared "Have you had water yet today?" as an alternative to "How are you," or way of checking in. It reminded me of something similar one of my Korean ESL students once told me, "Have you eaten yet?" as a casual way of asking how someone is. These seem so much more meaningful!
March 13, 2025 at 11:32 PM
A friend of mine just shared "Have you had water yet today?" as an alternative to "How are you," or way of checking in. It reminded me of something similar one of my Korean ESL students once told me, "Have you eaten yet?" as a casual way of asking how someone is. These seem so much more meaningful!
BIG NEWS! I am thrilled to announce that my third book of poetry will be coming out in Spring 2026 with @ualbertapress.bsky.social!!! Stay tuned for title announcement and more info about this strange, vulnerable, surrealist book that my heart has been invested in for the last five years.
March 7, 2025 at 3:15 PM
BIG NEWS! I am thrilled to announce that my third book of poetry will be coming out in Spring 2026 with @ualbertapress.bsky.social!!! Stay tuned for title announcement and more info about this strange, vulnerable, surrealist book that my heart has been invested in for the last five years.
The new Questlove doc "SLY LIVES! (aka the Burden of Black Genius)" about Sly and the Family Stone is itself a feat of Black Genius (as was Summer of Soul, the incredible film that introduced me to Questlove). Highly recommended.
March 5, 2025 at 5:31 PM
The new Questlove doc "SLY LIVES! (aka the Burden of Black Genius)" about Sly and the Family Stone is itself a feat of Black Genius (as was Summer of Soul, the incredible film that introduced me to Questlove). Highly recommended.
Essential info if you're in Ontario. Please get out and vote today.
February 27, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Essential info if you're in Ontario. Please get out and vote today.