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Ren Wilding
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they/them. nonbinary. queer. neurodivergent. poet. Co-curator of Words Like Blades reading series.

Trans Artifacts: Bones Between My Teeth
forthcoming from Porkbelly Press 2026.

Trans Archeology
forthcoming from Lily Poetry Review, January 2027.
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Ren Wilding @renwilding.bsky.social · Apr 6
I’m really excited to announce my first chapbook, “Trans Artifacts: Bones Between My Teeth,” will be published by Porkbelly Press in 2026/7!
porkbellypress.bsky.social Porkbelly Press @porkbellypress.bsky.social · Apr 3
forthcoming in 2026/7 to Porkbelly Press. ✨ Chapbooks by Hilda Downer, Debbie Feit, Audrey Gidman, Fay L. Loomis, Trinity Tibe, Sasha Weiss, Ren Wilding, and Juliette Zhu.
a yellow background with hand-drawn red and pink roses. Text blocks overtop list forthcoming chapbooks from Porkbelly Press by authors Hilda Downer, Debbie Feit, and Audrey Gidman. a photo of orange and pink spools of waxed linen thread. Text blocks overtop list forthcoming chapbooks from Porkbelly Press by authors Fay L. Loomis, Trinity Tibe, and Sasha Weiss. A photo of sky blue and teal spools of waxed linen thread. Text blocks overtop list forthcoming chapbooks from Porkbelly Press by authors Ren Wilding and Juliette Zhu.
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Federal agents killed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis this morning. He was a 37-year-old ICU nurse who spent his career keeping people alive — including at the VA.

Call your senators & call Schumer. Vote NO on DHS funding. 🧵

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graphic for "Shouldn't Need to Be a Lawyer" Patreon publication. Dark teal background with headline text reading "CTA: Call Schumer & Your Senators — 'Vote No On DHS Funding'" and subheadline "Do it for Nurse Pretti." Byline shows "by Matthew Cortland — 01/24/2026." On the right is a photo of a smiling man with glasses and a beard wearing light blue medical scrubs, standing in front of an American flag. A faint line graph decorates the lower left. Bottom banner in gradient teal and peach displays "SHOULDN'T NEED TO BE A LAWYER" with the Patreon logo and "PATREON.COM/MATTBC."
January 25, 2026 at 12:44 AM
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I am writing poems for the dead. I am making a folder on my computer to hold poems for the dead. A coffin.

I wrote a poem about the coffin. The poem is now the name of the folder that is a coffin on my desktop.

This too is a poem. This too a coffin. This too for the dead.
January 25, 2026 at 5:22 AM
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I have seven poems in this beautiful and important anthology.
The Going-Away Country
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January 16, 2026 at 9:26 PM
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The next Words Like Blades Reading is on Jan. 22 at 7PM ET. Register here: ticketbud.com/events/9dc02...
Poster for the Words Like Blades reading series. Photos of the three readers: Isabella DeSendi, Andrés Cerpa, and Shane McCrae appear at the top. Underneath the date and time are listed: Jan. 22, 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. ET. Registration required, free with optional donation.
January 8, 2026 at 5:39 AM
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Renée Nicole Good was a poet.
2020 Academy of American Poets Prize
On Learning to Dissect Fetal Pigs by Renée Nicole Macklin
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January 8, 2026 at 5:32 AM
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November 20th is Trans Day of Remembrance. Another year, another accounting of our dead. I hope for a future where we celebrate how many of us are alive. Love us and fight for us while we are still here.
November 21, 2025 at 6:11 AM
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Register for the next Words Like Blades reading!
Words Like Blades: Shangyang Fang, Jane Miller, & Lisa Olstein | Get Tickets | Ticketbud
Words Like Blades: Shangyang Fang, Jane Miller, & Lisa Olstein - November 23, 2025 at . Find event and ticket information on Ticketbud.
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November 16, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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My First full-length manuscript “Trans Archeology“ will be published by Lily Poetry Review in January 2027! I’m ecstatic!
October 20, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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Sealy Challenge Day 20 and 21: Water I Won’t Touch by Kayleb Rae Candrilli.

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The cover of a poetry book titled Water I Won’t Touch by Kayleb Rae Candrilli.
August 21, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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Sealy Challenge Day 18 and 19: Dead Dad Jokes by Ollie Schminkey.

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Cover of a poetry book titled Dead Dad Jokes by Ollie Schminkey.
August 20, 2025 at 4:50 AM
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Poets, consider submitting to this amazing anthology!
Yellow flyer with black and white text announcing a poetry anthology. Large bold text at the top reads: “The Big Brutal Act.” Below, smaller text says: “Editors Jose Hernandez Diaz, H.E. Fisher, and Jennifer Franklin—on behalf of SHP—seek submissions for The Big Brutal Act, an anthology of poems written in response to the H.R.1 - 119th Congress (2025–2026): ‘One Big Beautiful Act’ (formerly known as ‘The Big Beautiful Bill’). This timely, urgent project will offer readers a way to understand, gain a sense of agency, and perhaps process what is, in many ways, too big and too brutal to fathom.” Submission dates are listed at the bottom: “15 Aug – 15 Sep.” The flyer includes a small logo of a bird with text reading “small harbor publishing.” Website: www.smallharborpublishing.com/submit
August 19, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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Join us tomorrow night!
renwilding.bsky.social Ren Wilding @renwilding.bsky.social · Aug 13
The next Words Like Blades reading is next Wednesday 8/20 at 7PM EST. Please join us for a moment of light in dark times.

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Event poster for Words Like Blades online poetry reading featuring Mahogany L. Brown, Tiana Clark, and Safia Elhillo.
August 19, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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Sealy Challenge Day 16 and 17: I Don’t Want To Be Understood by Joshua Jennifer Espinoza.

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Cover of a poetry book titled I Don’t Want To Be Understood by Joshua Jennifer Espinoza.
August 17, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Sealy Challenge Day 15: Slip by Nicole Callihan.

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Cover of a poetry book titled Slip by Nicole Callihan.
August 16, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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Sealy Challenge Day 13-14 Public Abstract by Jane Huffman.

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Cover of a poetry book titled Public Abstract by Jane Huffman.
August 14, 2025 at 10:20 PM
renwilding.bsky.social
The next Words Like Blades reading is next Wednesday 8/20 at 7PM EST. Please join us for a moment of light in dark times.

ticketbud.com/events/47bcd...
Event poster for Words Like Blades online poetry reading featuring Mahogany L. Brown, Tiana Clark, and Safia Elhillo.
August 13, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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Sealy Challenge Day 12: All the Flowers Kneeling by Paul Tran.

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The cover of a poetry book titled All the Flowers Kneeling by Paul Tran.
August 12, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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Sealy Challenge Day 11: Transitory by @subhaga.bsky.social — a beautiful and heart shattering honoring of trans lives lost to violence on 2020.

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Photo of the cover of a poetry book titled Transitory by Subhaga Crystal Bacon.
August 11, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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Sealy Challenge Day 10: The Boy in the Labyrinth by Oliver de la Paz.

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Photo of the cover of a poetry book titled The Boy in the Labyrinth by Oliver de la Paz.
August 10, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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Sealy Challenge Day 8 and 9: four-legged Girl by Diane Seuss
Photo of the cover of a poetry book titled four-legged girl by Diane Seuss.
August 9, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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Thanks to Lit Mag News for reviewing my poems that recently came out in Does It Have Pockets!
Who Reads Lit Mags? Spotlight on Joyland, Short Story, Long, Does It Have Pockets, and Mag Gently
"part reunion, part discovery..."
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August 7, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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Sealy Challenge Day 7: All Things Gone by Patricia Hemminger. If you want nature poetry with heart, this chapbook is for you.

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Photo of the cover of a poetry book titled All Things Gone by Patricia Hemminger.
August 7, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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Sealy Challenge Day 6: Nothing Is Okay by Rachel Wiley.

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Phot of the cover of a poetry book titled Nothing Is Okay by Rachel Wiley.
August 7, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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Sealy Challenge Day 5: Mom in Space by Lisa Ampleman. The body as celestial, the celestial as body.

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Photo of the cover of a poetry book titled Mom in Space by Lisa Ampleman.
August 5, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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erininthemorning.com
1. State AGs have sued Trump for intimidating providers from providing trans care.

Meanwhile, institutions are dropping trans people left and right out of fear of Trump.

Suing Trump isn't enough. State AGs MUST enforce equality laws against cowardly orgs.

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Suing Trump Isn't Enough: Blue State AGs Must Enforce State Laws Protecting Trans People
Private entities overcomplying with Trump executive orders and targeting transgender people must not be given free passes to do so by blue states.
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August 5, 2025 at 2:59 PM