July’s Inner Moonlight episode is special. Michelle Nicholson is from New Orleans, and as you’ll hear her say, wherever she goes, there’s New Orleans. We had unexpected rain mid-show; the entire audience helped move indoors. Thanks to The Wild Detectives, to poetry, and to you, faithful reader. 📚✨🌕

Stoked to present the latest Inner Moonlight podcast episode featuring our Pride Open Mic event! This show was so much fun! Thanks to all the queer poets; thanks to The Wild Detectives; thanks, especially, to you, dear readers! It’s all for you! 🌈📚✨🌕 #PoetryPodcast #QueerAsInFuckYou #HappyPride

Super grateful to the @sundresspub.bsky.social blog for featuring WELCOME TO MIDLAND for The Wardrobe’s Best Dressed series! I’ll share all their posts in this thread. Here’s the title poem:

Honored to report that Welcome to Midland is featured for Sundress Publications’ blog, The Wardrobe’s Best Dressed! 💅

Stoked to see this @texasobserver.org article giving @amandajohnston.bsky.social her flowers! Stoked they gave me the chance to sing her praises! #TexasPoetLaureate

Stoked to share this month’s amazing Inner Moonlight podcast episode featuring Jessica Manack! I loved her poems and I know y’all will too. Big thanks, as always, to The Wild Detectives, and to you, dear reader! 📚✨🌕 #PoetryPodcast #LiteraryDallas

I am stoked to share this Inner Moonlight episode featuring the luminous Caitlin Cowan! I featured Caitlin back in the first iteration of IM, before I was making a podcast, and I am so grateful she came back. Thanks to The Wild Detectives, and to you, dear readers! 📚✨🌕 #LiteraryDallas #PoetryPodcast

🔥 Awesome public health messaging from Matt McGorry & @nychealthy.bsky.social

Direct simple facts that everyone should know

🌟FACT 1: There is a risk of #longcovid with every COVID infection... 📺🧵

The measles outbreak first reported in Gaines County, Texas, has doubled to 48 cases since a count released earlier this week, the Texas Department of State Health Services said Friday.

Stoked to share the latest Inner Moonlight podcast episode featuring the incomparable Hannah Smith! This episode is full of gorgeous Texas landscapes and sports! I know y’all are gonna love it as much as I do 🤩 Huge thanks to The Wild Detectives and to my audience. 📚✨🌕 #LiteraryDallas #PoetryPodcast

Tremendous thanks to Andie Salm Carver for the poetry, the dad jokes, and the perfect Inner Moonlight performance to close out 2024 💕 Also, cheers to 4 years of podcast episodes! 🥂 Big thanks to The Wild Detectives, and to you, dear reader 📚✨🌕 #PoetryPodcast #LiteraryDallas

Today is a good day to share the poem I wrote for the Praisesong for the People project created by Texas Poet Laureate Amanda Johnston! She says it’s important to give people their flowers and I agree! 🌹🪻🌸🌺🌷🌻

Proud to share my poem “You Should Know,” for the virtues project for the Thanks-Giving foundation! Big thanks to the Dallas Poet Laureate Mag Gabbert and all the brilliant poets involved in this project 💕

Tremendously grateful to the Nasher Sculpture Center for publishing my poem “Permian Sea” in their Fall 2023 magazine! This piece is from my book, Welcome to Midland, available from @deepvellum.bsky.social 🤩✨💛

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Howdy friends! Happy to be here! 🌈