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John Allen Taylor
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TO LET THE SUN • Univ. of Arkansas Press 2025

Writing Center Coord • University of Michigan-Dearborn

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And look at these. My houseplants are in agreement 💚🪻🌷🌸
April 24, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Look at this.
April 24, 2025 at 6:15 PM
If you're in Michigan in May, come see me! I'm reading with @britrogers.bsky.social & @sabadilla15.bsky.social in Ypsilanti to celebrate my new collection of poetry, To Let the Sun. Published by @uarkpress.bsky.social and selected by the amazing Patricia Smith 🧡

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April 17, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Rhubarb says it’s spring.
April 3, 2025 at 6:32 PM
March 27, 2025 at 8:26 PM
If you’re at AWP, I’m signing at the University of Arkansas Press table at 2:00! Table 1136.

Come see me :)
March 27, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I am really, really excited about my debut collection coming out from University of Arkansas Press. Selected by Patricia Smith(!).

You can pre-order it here ❤️

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February 28, 2025 at 3:51 PM
January 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Merry Crustmas! 🍕
December 27, 2024 at 3:18 PM
Never got to share these two from december mag this summer. It was a really lovely issue :)
December 12, 2024 at 6:31 PM
Cute
December 3, 2024 at 3:59 AM
I found this old rock tumbler at an estate sale for $1.00. So I brought it home and made it new :) 💚
December 3, 2024 at 3:55 AM
I got author photos, so I obviously threw in a portrait sesh with my dog.
November 11, 2024 at 5:12 PM
On my final day at the Carolyn Moore Writers House:

Poetry books as rocks📕 🪨

THE GREAT UNCLUTTERING // blue kyanite
October 24, 2023 at 9:38 PM
Poetry books as rocks📕 🪨

FAITHFUL AND VIRTUOUS NIGHT // carborundum

by Louise Glück
October 21, 2023 at 10:32 PM
Poetry books as rocks📕 🪨

WHEN I GROW UP I WANT TO BE A LIST OF FURTHER POSSIBILITIES // red snowflake obsidian

by Chen Chen
October 16, 2023 at 12:29 AM
Poetry books as rocks📕 🪨

OVERLAND // banded chert

by Natalie Eilbert
October 11, 2023 at 11:22 PM
Poetry books as rocks (fossils) 📕 🪨

A RIVER DIES OF THIRST by Mahmoud Darwish // Cedrelospermum nervosum. Eocene.
October 8, 2023 at 11:11 PM
Poetry books as rocks📕 🪨

SALT BODY SHIMMER // thunderegg

Aricka Foreman / YesYes Books
October 6, 2023 at 12:31 AM
Poetry books as rocks📕 🪨

BESTIARY // wavelite

by Donika Kelly
Graywolf Press
October 5, 2023 at 12:39 AM
Poetry books as rocks📕 🪨

THE BOOK OF NIGHTMARES // brecciated jasper
October 4, 2023 at 12:43 AM
Poetry books as rocks📕 🪨

NOT HERE by Hieu Minh Nguyen // pyrite
October 1, 2023 at 10:20 PM