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Kate Sweeney
@kate-sweeney.bsky.social
Poet 🍉
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Calling poetry lovers and lovers of other worlds!! Next Sunday, Feb 9th, we welcome Tracy Fuad, who will be teaching a workshop called "Poetics of Incantation."

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Poetics of Incantation — Workshops 4 Gaza
Step 1: Donate to Sameer Project here (sugg. donation $60). Step 2: Register for “Poetics of Incantation” here . Incantations have the power to cast spells and conjure other worlds. I...
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February 1, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Thank you @sixthfinch.bsky.social! an honor to be on this list!
We're very excited to share the results of this year's chapbook contest. Please join us in congratulating the winners and finalists. Huge thanks to everyone who submitted. Stay tuned for updates about pre-orders and release dates for the three newest additions to the Sixth Finch catalog.
January 10, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Ton Dubbeldam, Poppy Field Sunset, 2018
January 3, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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With thanks to the @tinderboxpoetry.bsky.social editors for selecting “When We Look at Ancient Mesopotamian Myth” as the 2024 Majda Gama Editors’ Prize.
When We Look at Ancient Mesopotamian Myth (Winner of the 2024 Majda Gama Editors’ Prize) | Tinderbox Poetry Journal
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December 31, 2024 at 5:41 PM
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"I wish the war would end and we could return to our homes in peace."

A Christian Palestinian girl in Gaza wishes for peace on Christmas Day amid Israel's war, at the Holy Family Church in Gaza City.
December 25, 2024 at 1:52 PM
Incredible poem from @izineh.bsky.social up at @yalereview.bsky.social today. here is the whole thing: yalereview.org/article/issa...
December 18, 2024 at 5:38 PM
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Really delighted to share that my chapbook, OPENING, is forthcoming from @glasspoetry.bsky.social in 2025!! 🎉
We're thrilled to announce the 2025 Glass Chapbook Series!!

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December 18, 2024 at 12:47 AM
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Say her name: Eman Shanti, Palestinian journalist, killed today in Gaza with husband Helmi & children Alma, Omar, & Bilal. She is among nearly 200 journalists killed by US-backed-Israel. Her final written words were “Is it possible that we’re still alive until now…may God have mercy on the martyrs”
December 11, 2024 at 2:35 PM
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Rest in Power Nikki Giovanni. Here is her iconic conversation with James Baldwin in full.
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James Baldwin and Nikki Giovanni "A Conversation". Full Broadcast Video
YouTube video by LoVetta Jenkins (Chatty Passenger)
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December 10, 2024 at 11:21 AM
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Grateful to have this new poem in the new issue of @thebeliever.net with thanks to habibi Fady Joudah whose book has helped get me through this past year, & to @sallywenmao.bsky.social for the support ❤️🙏🍉
December 9, 2024 at 8:00 PM
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(once more with feeling, and without so many typos lol)

We are thrilled to announce the fifteen finalists in the 2025 Glass Chapbook Series! We'll be choosing three chapbooks for publication. Thank you to the nearly 300 poets who sent in a manuscript.

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December 8, 2024 at 9:46 PM
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Some news, with a heavy heart and gratitude for the people who fight to keep Palestinians alive, despite. My next poetry collection, WHEN THE ARAB APOCALYPSE COMES TO AMERICA will be published by @haymarketbooks.org in 2026.
December 4, 2024 at 11:24 PM
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❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥 OFFER: Cover the cost of a blanket, send us a receipt, and we'll send you a copy of If I Must Die: Poetry and Prose, by Refaat Alareer! Our copies are here and ready to ship out: open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com/products/w4g...
November 29, 2024 at 11:35 PM
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Update: Thanks to your orders and additional donations, we've met our November goal of $1K in donation funds for HEAL Palestine & and we're now up to $1,700! Can we double our goal by the end of the month? More? Let's keep it going in honor of the wonderful @lenakt.bsky.social 🌿💞
November 25, 2024 at 5:32 PM
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MIZNA 25.1: CATASTROPHE HAS ARRIVED! This issue is gorgeous and breathtaking beyond words. I hope you'll hold these words of our community, who have gathered here despite an impossible time for so many of us 🍉🇵🇸

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November 25, 2024 at 7:32 PM
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November 25, 2024 at 12:31 AM
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Coming up on 14 Dec, an online writing workshop with @melissafebos.bsky.social and Donika Kelly called Directed by Desire, inspired by the poems of June Jordan. All proceeds to the Sameer Project, a life-sustaining mutual aid collective in GZ: www.workshops4gaza.com/calendar/dir...
Directed by Desire — Workshops 4 Gaza
Register for “Directed by Desire” here . Donate to Sameer Project here (suggested donation $60USD). In this multi-genre online workshop, Melissa Febos and Donika Kelly will lead particip...
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November 23, 2024 at 2:05 PM
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Happy Holidays! ALL Haymarket Books are 40% off through January 3rd!
November 22, 2024 at 11:30 PM
Thank you Pleiades and @jennymolberg.bsky.social and @caitlincowan.bsky.social ❤️❤️ this issue is a joy to be part of.
Today’s featured poem from the new fall issue of Pleiades is Kate Sweeney’s “Substratum”. Read it here: pleiadesmag.com/online-exclu... @kate-sweeney.bsky.social
November 22, 2024 at 11:39 PM