Susan Briante
@utopiaminus.bsky.social
poet, educator, translator author of Defacing the Monument, Utopia Minus, Pioneers in the Study of Motion and The Market Wonders.
Hey ATX, come out tonight and hear some poems! Alienated Majesty books at 7 pm
November 18, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Hey ATX, come out tonight and hear some poems! Alienated Majesty books at 7 pm
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Group photo from the Noemi Fest reading last night!
From front to back: @utopiaminus.bsky.social , @faridmatuk.bsky.social , @sargzem.bsky.social , @jdpluecker.bsky.social , @dianaarterian.bsky.social , Claire Hong, and @raquefella.bsky.social
Thanks again to Wave Archive for hosting!
From front to back: @utopiaminus.bsky.social , @faridmatuk.bsky.social , @sargzem.bsky.social , @jdpluecker.bsky.social , @dianaarterian.bsky.social , Claire Hong, and @raquefella.bsky.social
Thanks again to Wave Archive for hosting!
November 6, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Group photo from the Noemi Fest reading last night!
From front to back: @utopiaminus.bsky.social , @faridmatuk.bsky.social , @sargzem.bsky.social , @jdpluecker.bsky.social , @dianaarterian.bsky.social , Claire Hong, and @raquefella.bsky.social
Thanks again to Wave Archive for hosting!
From front to back: @utopiaminus.bsky.social , @faridmatuk.bsky.social , @sargzem.bsky.social , @jdpluecker.bsky.social , @dianaarterian.bsky.social , Claire Hong, and @raquefella.bsky.social
Thanks again to Wave Archive for hosting!
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Noemi reading TONIGHT at 7PM at Wave Archive in Tucson!
Featuring Poetry Editor @dianaarterian.bsky.social,
Executive Director @sargzem.bsky.social, and authors @utopiaminus.bsky.social, @raquefella.bsky.social, @jdpluecker.bsky.social, Claire Hong, and @faridmatuk.bsky.social
Featuring Poetry Editor @dianaarterian.bsky.social,
Executive Director @sargzem.bsky.social, and authors @utopiaminus.bsky.social, @raquefella.bsky.social, @jdpluecker.bsky.social, Claire Hong, and @faridmatuk.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Noemi reading TONIGHT at 7PM at Wave Archive in Tucson!
Featuring Poetry Editor @dianaarterian.bsky.social,
Executive Director @sargzem.bsky.social, and authors @utopiaminus.bsky.social, @raquefella.bsky.social, @jdpluecker.bsky.social, Claire Hong, and @faridmatuk.bsky.social
Featuring Poetry Editor @dianaarterian.bsky.social,
Executive Director @sargzem.bsky.social, and authors @utopiaminus.bsky.social, @raquefella.bsky.social, @jdpluecker.bsky.social, Claire Hong, and @faridmatuk.bsky.social
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Can you document trauma without exploiting it?
@utopiaminus.bsky.social warns that the “representation of violence can produce its own kind of violence.”
In @philipmetres.bsky.social’s DISPATCHES, poets debate what documentary poetry can and can’t do for justice – and whether writing is enough.
@utopiaminus.bsky.social warns that the “representation of violence can produce its own kind of violence.”
In @philipmetres.bsky.social’s DISPATCHES, poets debate what documentary poetry can and can’t do for justice – and whether writing is enough.
October 20, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Can you document trauma without exploiting it?
@utopiaminus.bsky.social warns that the “representation of violence can produce its own kind of violence.”
In @philipmetres.bsky.social’s DISPATCHES, poets debate what documentary poetry can and can’t do for justice – and whether writing is enough.
@utopiaminus.bsky.social warns that the “representation of violence can produce its own kind of violence.”
In @philipmetres.bsky.social’s DISPATCHES, poets debate what documentary poetry can and can’t do for justice – and whether writing is enough.
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So @eldiagram.bsky.social made broadsides for @richard-siken.bsky.social, @mathiassvalina.bsky.social, @joshriedel.bsky.social, and Thomas Dai for their recent @uapoetrycenter.bsky.social readings. We have some left; if you want to buy em here you go: thediagram.com/merch/produc...
October 13, 2025 at 7:53 PM
So @eldiagram.bsky.social made broadsides for @richard-siken.bsky.social, @mathiassvalina.bsky.social, @joshriedel.bsky.social, and Thomas Dai for their recent @uapoetrycenter.bsky.social readings. We have some left; if you want to buy em here you go: thediagram.com/merch/produc...
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Happy pub day to 13 Questions for the Next Economy by @utopiaminus.bsky.social!
This visionary collection, from the author of the Poetry Foundation’s Pegasus prize winning Defacing the Monument, weaves together selections from her four previous books with arresting new poems and visuals.
This visionary collection, from the author of the Poetry Foundation’s Pegasus prize winning Defacing the Monument, weaves together selections from her four previous books with arresting new poems and visuals.
October 14, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Happy pub day to 13 Questions for the Next Economy by @utopiaminus.bsky.social!
This visionary collection, from the author of the Poetry Foundation’s Pegasus prize winning Defacing the Monument, weaves together selections from her four previous books with arresting new poems and visuals.
This visionary collection, from the author of the Poetry Foundation’s Pegasus prize winning Defacing the Monument, weaves together selections from her four previous books with arresting new poems and visuals.
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October 8, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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On @literaryhub.bsky.social, Christopher Spaide reflects on the words of his teacher Helen Vendler, whose final essays appear in a new LOA volume. The goal, he writes, is not to look for the easy-to-grasp features of a poem, but “to strive to inhabit every poem in all its standoffish singularity.”
“Inhabiting the Poem.” Seven Poetry Collections to Read This October
“What was the work the poet was demanding of me? It was to inhabit the poem, to live willingly in its world.” Those sentences were written by my late teacher Helen Vendler, and arrive in the second…
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October 6, 2025 at 2:26 PM
On @literaryhub.bsky.social, Christopher Spaide reflects on the words of his teacher Helen Vendler, whose final essays appear in a new LOA volume. The goal, he writes, is not to look for the easy-to-grasp features of a poem, but “to strive to inhabit every poem in all its standoffish singularity.”
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Thanks to Chris Spaide and @literaryhub.bsky.social for featuring the upcoming collection 13 Questions for the Next Economy by @utopiaminus.bsky.social in Seven Poetry Collections to Read This October!
Read the full article here: lithub.com/inhabiting-t...
Read the full article here: lithub.com/inhabiting-t...
October 6, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Thanks to Chris Spaide and @literaryhub.bsky.social for featuring the upcoming collection 13 Questions for the Next Economy by @utopiaminus.bsky.social in Seven Poetry Collections to Read This October!
Read the full article here: lithub.com/inhabiting-t...
Read the full article here: lithub.com/inhabiting-t...
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"In a Sufi proverb, the bear must deal with 20 obstacles,
each one of them involves pears
because the bear adores pears."
#TodaysPoem #poetry
October 1 —- The Dow Closes Down 9509 by Susan Briante (@utopiaminus.bsky.social) (2014 Terrain.org) www.terrain.org/2014/poetry/...
each one of them involves pears
because the bear adores pears."
#TodaysPoem #poetry
October 1 —- The Dow Closes Down 9509 by Susan Briante (@utopiaminus.bsky.social) (2014 Terrain.org) www.terrain.org/2014/poetry/...
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October 4, 2025 at 3:19 PM
"In a Sufi proverb, the bear must deal with 20 obstacles,
each one of them involves pears
because the bear adores pears."
#TodaysPoem #poetry
October 1 —- The Dow Closes Down 9509 by Susan Briante (@utopiaminus.bsky.social) (2014 Terrain.org) www.terrain.org/2014/poetry/...
each one of them involves pears
because the bear adores pears."
#TodaysPoem #poetry
October 1 —- The Dow Closes Down 9509 by Susan Briante (@utopiaminus.bsky.social) (2014 Terrain.org) www.terrain.org/2014/poetry/...
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If you're in Portland, go take some video of how nothing is going on there.
Document that Trump is invading for no reason.
Document that Trump is invading for no reason.
September 27, 2025 at 3:22 PM
If you're in Portland, go take some video of how nothing is going on there.
Document that Trump is invading for no reason.
Document that Trump is invading for no reason.
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Did you see your friend's book at the store? Email them a pic! See them cited? Email them (esp. as aggregators fail to catch many citations)! Did a scholar mention their work! Email them! Did a student use their work in a paper? Email! Did a professor teach their work? Email! Email! All the time!!!
Friends tell other friends when they see their work out in the world. Just got an email about my book and it made my day.
September 25, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Did you see your friend's book at the store? Email them a pic! See them cited? Email them (esp. as aggregators fail to catch many citations)! Did a scholar mention their work! Email them! Did a student use their work in a paper? Email! Did a professor teach their work? Email! Email! All the time!!!
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13 Questions for the Next Economy by Susan Briante is available for preorder on the Noemi website now! This visionary collection weaves together selections from her four previous books with arresting new poems and visuals.
Order today!
Order today!
July 23, 2025 at 5:03 PM
13 Questions for the Next Economy by Susan Briante is available for preorder on the Noemi website now! This visionary collection weaves together selections from her four previous books with arresting new poems and visuals.
Order today!
Order today!
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If anyone is documenting the pages going missing, I have a small database. I will not be taking it on long-term but am using it right now and am willing to hand it off to a relevant group. Pages as simple as Women in the Federal Workforce have gone missing.
January 27, 2025 at 7:13 AM
If anyone is documenting the pages going missing, I have a small database. I will not be taking it on long-term but am using it right now and am willing to hand it off to a relevant group. Pages as simple as Women in the Federal Workforce have gone missing.
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We, the daughters and sons of Tuskegee Airmen will continue to teach their important role in our collective history. Trump's "order" is racist trash. 🗑️My dad was an Airman and I'll be damned if they erase him and his fellows.
January 25, 2025 at 7:19 PM
We, the daughters and sons of Tuskegee Airmen will continue to teach their important role in our collective history. Trump's "order" is racist trash. 🗑️My dad was an Airman and I'll be damned if they erase him and his fellows.
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Calling all community defenders, advocates, and impacted community members! 🗣️
Join us on 1/29 for a FREE webinar to learn how to protect yourself and your community in the face of potential immigration enforcement.
Learn more and register: secure.nationalimmigrationproject.org/np/clients/n...
Join us on 1/29 for a FREE webinar to learn how to protect yourself and your community in the face of potential immigration enforcement.
Learn more and register: secure.nationalimmigrationproject.org/np/clients/n...
January 16, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Calling all community defenders, advocates, and impacted community members! 🗣️
Join us on 1/29 for a FREE webinar to learn how to protect yourself and your community in the face of potential immigration enforcement.
Learn more and register: secure.nationalimmigrationproject.org/np/clients/n...
Join us on 1/29 for a FREE webinar to learn how to protect yourself and your community in the face of potential immigration enforcement.
Learn more and register: secure.nationalimmigrationproject.org/np/clients/n...
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BREAKING: We’re suing the Trump administration to block the president’s attempt to end birthright citizenship.
An executive order does not have the power to override the Constitution.
An executive order does not have the power to override the Constitution.
January 21, 2025 at 3:19 AM
BREAKING: We’re suing the Trump administration to block the president’s attempt to end birthright citizenship.
An executive order does not have the power to override the Constitution.
An executive order does not have the power to override the Constitution.
Your last saved pic of a celebrity is your therapist.
🤔
I'll take it.
🤔
I'll take it.
December 17, 2024 at 5:04 AM
Your last saved pic of a celebrity is your therapist.
🤔
I'll take it.
🤔
I'll take it.
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Moon Mirrored Indivisible reviewed in PW www.publishersweekly.com/9780226840000
Moon Mirrored Indivisible by Farid Matuk
In his wide-ranging third collection, Matuk (The Real Horse) weaves a rich tapestry of human connection, meditating on sex, war,...
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December 17, 2024 at 3:43 AM
Moon Mirrored Indivisible reviewed in PW www.publishersweekly.com/9780226840000
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Come work with me, Paco Cantu, @utopiaminus.bsky.social, and all of the other awesome MFA faculty at UAMFA: deadline is SOON Y'ALL
A reminder that our MFA application deadline is DEC 15. Come and join our awesome, small cohort for 3 years of fully funded work with lots of opportunities for interdisciplinary work in an amazing desert city. english.arizona.edu/mfa-creative...
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December 13, 2024 at 5:00 PM
Come work with me, Paco Cantu, @utopiaminus.bsky.social, and all of the other awesome MFA faculty at UAMFA: deadline is SOON Y'ALL
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“It is way past time we all drove down to Mississippi with our Wisconsin license plates. Get in the car.” ❤️🔥
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Dec 12: Susan Briante, No Where Is Outside Mississippi
* This is part of our yearly Advent Calendar, which publishes an essay a day each year during advent. Find the rest of this year's and prev...
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December 12, 2024 at 8:08 PM
“It is way past time we all drove down to Mississippi with our Wisconsin license plates. Get in the car.” ❤️🔥
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"the authors of “Emory is Everywhere” remind me of contemporary physicists who understand that the far-flung universe and every particle within it are bound by webs of strings" @utopiaminus.bsky.social in @essaydaily.bsky.social's Advent calendar today:
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December 12, 2024 at 1:29 PM
"the authors of “Emory is Everywhere” remind me of contemporary physicists who understand that the far-flung universe and every particle within it are bound by webs of strings" @utopiaminus.bsky.social in @essaydaily.bsky.social's Advent calendar today:
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