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Dr. Teo Shannon
@teoshannon.bsky.social
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He/Him. Queer, disabled, HIV+, Latine Poet and Educator. Author of /a chronology of blood/ (U of New Mexico Press, 2025). Co-EIC @cottonxenomorph.bsky.social
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teoshannon.bsky.social
Please help Chloe’s family if you can. Every little bit helps. She is one of my dearest friends and this has been devastating.

www.gofundme.com/f/we-lost-ev...
Donate to We Lost Everything to a Fire. Help My Family Rebuild., organized by Chloe Clark
On January 24th, our childhood home burned down. Our parents lost 50… Chloe Clark needs your support for We Lost Everything to a Fire. Help My Family Rebuild.
www.gofundme.com
February 2, 2026 at 9:37 PM
teoshannon.bsky.social
It is so lovely to be seen.
January 14, 2026 at 11:33 PM
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tiny.baby
i went to the idiot bookstore and they hadn't heard of you because you're not even one of the notable idiot authors
thelincoln.bsky.social Lincoln Michel @thelincoln.bsky.social · Dec 27
Found a bookstore that stocks your novels
Idiot Books store
December 27, 2025 at 5:51 PM
teoshannon.bsky.social
In paris, traffic laws seem to just be a suggestion and it’s kinda terrifying lol. What do you mean you’re driving diagonally across this vast open plaza????
December 27, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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futch.life
The quoted meme of red-button choice with the fuck AI option extended: "RAM & storage prices return to normal & capital loses power & energy & water & land are less wasted & critical thinking is less damaged & oligarches lose a major avenue for propaganda & fewer people experience psychotic breaks & creativity is actually valued & the code that materally impacts your life has fewer bugs &" the last line is partially cropped
December 20, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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unmpress.bsky.social
We are thrilled to see two UNM Press books on the PEN longlists! 💙📚 🥳

a chronology of blood by Teo Shannon
and
Delusions and Grandeur by Mark Sundeen
penamerica.bsky.social PEN America @penamerica.bsky.social · Dec 18
Congratulations to all of the 2026 PEN America Literary Awards nominees! With a list that includes biography, poetry, translation, science writing, and more, this year’s longlist has something for every reader. Join us in celebrating this year’s nominees, see here: pen.org/announcing-t...
Announcing the 2026 PEN America Literary Awards Longlists
PEN America is honored to announce the Longlists for the 2026 Literary Awards, which will confer nearly $350,000 to writers and translators.
pen.org
December 18, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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unmpress.bsky.social
Longlisted for the PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry Collection!

a chronology of blood by @teoshannon.bsky.social is a bold, queer poetry collection that deals with trauma and healing.

www.unmpress.com/978082636868...

#poetrysky #poetryaward
2026 PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry Collection Featuring 10 book covers
December 18, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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pintsncupcakes.bsky.social
When we see that @teoshannon.bsky.social book on the poetry longlist
December 18, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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unmpress.bsky.social
UNM Press has nominated six pieces for the #PushcartPrize, including poems by @teoshannon.bsky.social and @moralesjuanj.bsky.social!

Hop over to our blog to see what we chose and to read a brief excerpt from each of the nominated stories and poems.

#booksky #poetry #ShortStories
University of New Mexico Press 2025 Pushcart Prize Nominees. Covers of Dream of the Bird Tattoo by Juan J. Morales, A Real Man Would Have a Gun by Stacey Waite, The Problem You Have by Robert Garner McBrearty, and Dreams in Times of War by Oswaldo Estrada
December 4, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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sweatermuppet.bsky.social
poem that my dear friend @arcanumb.bsky.social wrote & published this week ❤️‍🔥🏳️‍⚧️
THE TRANS AGENDA IS TO KEEP MY F*CKING FRIENDS ALIVE sol rios At 2pm and 2am. Sleep, I remember you. Please, wait for me. I send out 7 reminders to eat a day. Like little paper lifeboats. It's nothing. And it keeps me afloat. I forget to eat too. I need company for my shot. 3ml of Estradiol over facetime. I tell my friend I'm being a baby about it, she says woman up. Daylight savings swallows up the hour in question. I was going to sit in the bathtub until you responded. And I need you to keep you alive for me. Just until Thursday. Just through to 6 am. I can send you 14 dollars for soup. I can lend you my ears. You'll need both hands to hold a heart. Your razor clinking against the counter. In a dream I almost slip into, I reach through the phone and hide the blade in my open palm, before you notice. Text me, I say. In the morning. I love you. I need you alive. We can figure out the rest tomorrow. With or without sleep. With or without the light of the morning.
March 14, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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cartermoon.bsky.social
You just know Peppermint Patty grew up to run a gay bar like the navy
Pepper Mint Patty dripped out in her green shirt and sandals on the phone callin shots like a boss
November 27, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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miamidsa.org
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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stumpt.tv
Don't forget to mark your calendars! Stumptmas is SOON.

12 days worth of fun and charity.

It starts Wednesday December 3rd 10am PT - through Sunday December 14th 6pm PT. And we're raising money for @doctorswithoutborders.org.

Help us beat last year's total of $92k!

www.twitch.tv/stumptgamers
An image of Stumpy, our tree stump mascot, with holly leaves and berries on his head, clipped like a bow. A string of holiday lights is wrapped around him and it's snowing.
November 22, 2025 at 11:15 PM
teoshannon.bsky.social
I need an “I survived mall of America during Black Friday sales” badge. Heinous.
November 22, 2025 at 9:50 PM
teoshannon.bsky.social
Another day, another lowly banker cowed and shamed by my mom’s righteous fury.
November 21, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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thrasherxy.bsky.social
“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”
Black text on a yellow background - This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it looks like I ran out of time. I have so many dreams that I wanted to fulfill and plans to create new stories for you. There are a few in progress that might come to fruition in a few years if things work out. I did not ever imagine I would live to this age and end up a writer, editor, activist, and more. As a kid riddled with insecurity and internalized ableism, I could not see a path forward. It was thanks to friendships and some great teachers who believed in me that I was able to fight my way out of miserable situations into a place where I finally felt comfortable in my skin. We need more stories about us and our culture. You all, we all, deserve the everything and more in such a hostile, ableist environment. Our wisdom is incisive and unflinching. I'm honored to be your ancestor and believe disabled oracles like us will light the way to the future. Don't let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.
November 15, 2025 at 6:15 AM
teoshannon.bsky.social
RIP Alice Wong. All my love for you, forever.
November 17, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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thecorlew.bsky.social
what a joy, talking to @teoshannon.bsky.social for hours
October 28, 2025 at 2:24 PM
teoshannon.bsky.social
💕💕💕
October 3 mean girls meme but instead of Oct 3, it says it’s my book launch day and my book cover covers Cady’s face
October 3, 2025 at 5:28 PM
teoshannon.bsky.social
THIS FRIDAY IN LINCOLN, NEBRASKA!!!!!
a promo flyer for my debut poetry book launch featuring alina nguyen and saddiq dzukogi at francie and finch bookstore in lincoln, NE at 5:30pm october 3.
October 1, 2025 at 12:30 AM
teoshannon.bsky.social
The first of the pet photos has ARRIVED! (@staceelogreen.bsky.social ❤️)
September 2, 2025 at 9:31 PM
teoshannon.bsky.social
MY BOOK COMES OUT TOMORROW FROM @unmpress.bsky.social !!!! I am so so so excited. You can get it here: www.simonandschuster.com/books/a-chro...
a promo banner of my upcoming debut collection of poetry, a chronology of blood. out sept 2 2025
September 1, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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kmfao.bsky.social
"SLOPPER" I'm losing my mind
July 24, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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luckytran.com
Gilead has announced that lenacapavir, the game-changing HIV prevention drug just approved by the FDA will cost $28,218 USD per person per year.

Researchers say a generic version could be made for just $25 per person a year.

Capitalism kills.
Lenacapavir is already sold as a treatment for H.I.V. infections that are resistant to other medications, at roughly $42,000 per patient per year. (Few individuals pay the full cost.) Lenacapavir taken to prevent H.I.V. infection, a regimen called pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, will be sold at a list price of $28,218, according to Gilead. Aids and HIV ‘HIV-ending’ drug could be made for just $25 per patient a year, say researchers As regulator prepares to approve lenacapavir in the US, campaigners are urging the manufacturer, Gilead, to make it ‘available and affordable for all who need it’
June 18, 2025 at 10:17 PM
teoshannon.bsky.social
Guess who got their advanced copy today?!!!! Thanks @unmpress.bsky.social ❤️

Preorder for sept 2 here: www.simonandschuster.com/books/a-chro...
A selfie of me holding my upcoming debut book of poetry, a chronology of blood, published by university of New Mexico press.
June 12, 2025 at 1:04 AM