Nadia Alexis
@nadiaalexis.bsky.social
📍MS & NYC || Author of BEYOND THE WATERSHED (CavanKerryPress, March 4, 2025).
Buy my debut collection of poetry & photography & learn more at NadiaAlexis.com
🇭🇹 Poet. Photographer. Writer. Gratitude devotee. Birder. Nature Lover. She/Her/Hers
Buy my debut collection of poetry & photography & learn more at NadiaAlexis.com
🇭🇹 Poet. Photographer. Writer. Gratitude devotee. Birder. Nature Lover. She/Her/Hers
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Nadia Alexis
@nadiaalexis.bsky.social
· Nov 16
Hello BlueSky! I’m Nadia
Poet, writer, photographer, & other things. Beyond the Watershed, my first book of poems & photos will be out in March 2025.
I love nature, birds, astrology, human design, tarot, Blackness, supporting artists, community, practicing gratitude, bringing dreams to life & more
Poet, writer, photographer, & other things. Beyond the Watershed, my first book of poems & photos will be out in March 2025.
I love nature, birds, astrology, human design, tarot, Blackness, supporting artists, community, practicing gratitude, bringing dreams to life & more
So, Bluesky is blocked in Mississippi….so the only way I can get on is if I’m in another state.
Like I am now. 😭
Like I am now. 😭
August 26, 2025 at 11:19 PM
So, Bluesky is blocked in Mississippi….so the only way I can get on is if I’m in another state.
Like I am now. 😭
Like I am now. 😭
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We're back from our summer hiatus! Register for the Zoom link to join us on September 18 for @taylorbyas.bsky.social, @nadiaalexis.bsky.social, @travisclau.bsky.social, Allison Blevins, & Kimberly Ann Priest.
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August 13, 2025 at 12:54 AM
We're back from our summer hiatus! Register for the Zoom link to join us on September 18 for @taylorbyas.bsky.social, @nadiaalexis.bsky.social, @travisclau.bsky.social, Allison Blevins, & Kimberly Ann Priest.
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Such a powerful collection that it’s hard to believe it’s a debut. Congratulations @nadiaalexis.bsky.social —and I’m so glad to be doing a virtual reading with you this Thursday 7/17! Register here: www.emilydickinsonmuseum.org/phosphoresce...
July 15, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Such a powerful collection that it’s hard to believe it’s a debut. Congratulations @nadiaalexis.bsky.social —and I’m so glad to be doing a virtual reading with you this Thursday 7/17! Register here: www.emilydickinsonmuseum.org/phosphoresce...
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We're still on hiatus for the rest of the summer as our host does some traveling and family things.
Mark your calendars for our return on September 18 with FIVE amazing guests:
@taylorbyas.bsky.social
@nadiaalexis.bsky.social
Allison Blevins
Travis Chi Wing Lau
Kimberly Ann Priest
Mark your calendars for our return on September 18 with FIVE amazing guests:
@taylorbyas.bsky.social
@nadiaalexis.bsky.social
Allison Blevins
Travis Chi Wing Lau
Kimberly Ann Priest
June 24, 2025 at 9:08 PM
We're still on hiatus for the rest of the summer as our host does some traveling and family things.
Mark your calendars for our return on September 18 with FIVE amazing guests:
@taylorbyas.bsky.social
@nadiaalexis.bsky.social
Allison Blevins
Travis Chi Wing Lau
Kimberly Ann Priest
Mark your calendars for our return on September 18 with FIVE amazing guests:
@taylorbyas.bsky.social
@nadiaalexis.bsky.social
Allison Blevins
Travis Chi Wing Lau
Kimberly Ann Priest
“Prayer is no single action nor single dream but a space that holds them all, a space whose contours transform with our own histories, actions, and reactions. Just like with water, Alexis uses our preconceived notion of prayer to highlight its flexibility…”
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Beyond The Watershed by Nadia Alexis Reviewed by Noel Quiñones
Prayer like Water, Water like Prayer: A Review of Nadia Alexis’ Beyond the Watershed by Noel Quiñones Across Nadia Alexis’ debut poetry collection Beyond the Watershed (CavanKerry,...
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April 22, 2025 at 11:42 AM
“Prayer is no single action nor single dream but a space that holds them all, a space whose contours transform with our own histories, actions, and reactions. Just like with water, Alexis uses our preconceived notion of prayer to highlight its flexibility…”
www.muzzlemagazine.com/beyond-the-w...
www.muzzlemagazine.com/beyond-the-w...
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Congratulations to @cavankerrypress.bsky.social author @nadiaalexis.bsky.social on the pub of BEYOND THE WATERSHED and this interview in @therumpus.net
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Poetry, Healing, and the Spirit of Survival: A Conversation with Nadia Alexis - The Rumpus
My understanding of survival has evolved. I am interested in the idea that we go through a journey of creating ourselves as humans.
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March 31, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Congratulations to @cavankerrypress.bsky.social author @nadiaalexis.bsky.social on the pub of BEYOND THE WATERSHED and this interview in @therumpus.net
therumpus.net/2025/03/26/n...
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My fellow sister scribe, Shannon Luders-Manuel, from the Reed, Write and Create Sanctuary published her memoir, The One Who Loves You.
It is heartbreaking, enlightening, and hopeful. My full thoughts on Substack:
juicygreenmom.substack.com/p/new-book-a...
#RWCSecondWave #TheOneWhoLovesYou
It is heartbreaking, enlightening, and hopeful. My full thoughts on Substack:
juicygreenmom.substack.com/p/new-book-a...
#RWCSecondWave #TheOneWhoLovesYou
March 24, 2025 at 7:46 PM
My fellow sister scribe, Shannon Luders-Manuel, from the Reed, Write and Create Sanctuary published her memoir, The One Who Loves You.
It is heartbreaking, enlightening, and hopeful. My full thoughts on Substack:
juicygreenmom.substack.com/p/new-book-a...
#RWCSecondWave #TheOneWhoLovesYou
It is heartbreaking, enlightening, and hopeful. My full thoughts on Substack:
juicygreenmom.substack.com/p/new-book-a...
#RWCSecondWave #TheOneWhoLovesYou
Come get your book signed today at AWP! 🌻
I’ll be signing copies of Beyond the Watershed at the CavanKerry Press table (T300) from 12-1PM.
Come by and say hi.
Save this post and tell a friend!
It’s been so wonderful connecting with new readers.
& hugging friends from diff points of my journey
I’ll be signing copies of Beyond the Watershed at the CavanKerry Press table (T300) from 12-1PM.
Come by and say hi.
Save this post and tell a friend!
It’s been so wonderful connecting with new readers.
& hugging friends from diff points of my journey
March 28, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Come get your book signed today at AWP! 🌻
I’ll be signing copies of Beyond the Watershed at the CavanKerry Press table (T300) from 12-1PM.
Come by and say hi.
Save this post and tell a friend!
It’s been so wonderful connecting with new readers.
& hugging friends from diff points of my journey
I’ll be signing copies of Beyond the Watershed at the CavanKerry Press table (T300) from 12-1PM.
Come by and say hi.
Save this post and tell a friend!
It’s been so wonderful connecting with new readers.
& hugging friends from diff points of my journey
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"This is a book of resistance..."
Leslie-Ann Murray interviews @nadiaalexis.bsky.social about Beyond the Watershed (CavanKerry Press).
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Leslie-Ann Murray interviews @nadiaalexis.bsky.social about Beyond the Watershed (CavanKerry Press).
➡️ buff.ly/Ogs4KZ2
March 26, 2025 at 4:05 PM
"This is a book of resistance..."
Leslie-Ann Murray interviews @nadiaalexis.bsky.social about Beyond the Watershed (CavanKerry Press).
➡️ buff.ly/Ogs4KZ2
Leslie-Ann Murray interviews @nadiaalexis.bsky.social about Beyond the Watershed (CavanKerry Press).
➡️ buff.ly/Ogs4KZ2
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Check out Perugia Press's latest newsletter: The results of the 2025 Perugia Press Prize contest, Nadia Alexis in the March BIWOC Poet Spotlight & where Perugia poets & community will be celebrating poetry in Los Angeles for AWP. ymlp.com/z1dk26 @hollicarrell.bsky.social @nadiaalexis.bsky.social
2025 Perugia Press Prize Results * Winner: Holli Carrell! * BIWOC Poet Spotlight * AWP 2025
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March 19, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Check out Perugia Press's latest newsletter: The results of the 2025 Perugia Press Prize contest, Nadia Alexis in the March BIWOC Poet Spotlight & where Perugia poets & community will be celebrating poetry in Los Angeles for AWP. ymlp.com/z1dk26 @hollicarrell.bsky.social @nadiaalexis.bsky.social
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This month we're celebrating the work of Nadia Alexis in our "Emerging BIWOC Poet Spotlight." Check it out to read one of her poems and learn more about this poet: perugiapress.org/2025/03/emer... @cavankerrypress.bsky.social @nadiaalexis.bsky.social
Emerging BIWOC Poet Spotlight: Nadia Alexis - Perugia Press
This monthly series features poems by women of color in the early stages of their publishing careers. It is our […]
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March 18, 2025 at 12:19 PM
This month we're celebrating the work of Nadia Alexis in our "Emerging BIWOC Poet Spotlight." Check it out to read one of her poems and learn more about this poet: perugiapress.org/2025/03/emer... @cavankerrypress.bsky.social @nadiaalexis.bsky.social
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Check out this amazing reading TONIGHT at 7pm EDT - it features my new CavanKerry pressmate Nadia Alexis, featured by Perugia Press this month in the BIWOC Poet Spotlight, with Aimee Nezhukumatathil! Limited spots, so register asap! @nadiaalexis.bsky.social @cavankerrypress.bsky.social
Nadia Alexis Book Launch w/ Aimee Nezhukumatathil - CavanKerry Press
Join CavanKerry Press on Tuesday (03/18) at 7pm EST for a reading and conversation with Nadia Alexis and special guest, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, where we’ll be celebrating the launch of Nadia’s debut bo...
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March 18, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Check out this amazing reading TONIGHT at 7pm EDT - it features my new CavanKerry pressmate Nadia Alexis, featured by Perugia Press this month in the BIWOC Poet Spotlight, with Aimee Nezhukumatathil! Limited spots, so register asap! @nadiaalexis.bsky.social @cavankerrypress.bsky.social
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This month we’re celebrating the work of Nadia Alexis in our “Emerging BIWOC Poet Spotlight.” Here’s a piece from her book Beyond the Watershed (CavanKerry Press, 2025), and you can learn more about this poet on our website (linktree in bio).🌟 @nadiaalexis.bsky.social @cavankerrypress.bsky.social
March 18, 2025 at 1:21 PM
This month we’re celebrating the work of Nadia Alexis in our “Emerging BIWOC Poet Spotlight.” Here’s a piece from her book Beyond the Watershed (CavanKerry Press, 2025), and you can learn more about this poet on our website (linktree in bio).🌟 @nadiaalexis.bsky.social @cavankerrypress.bsky.social
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This took FOREVER to make, and I felt so bad asking this question all season. But everyone delivered! So grateful to live and write in a world where these poets and their words exist.
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What can art & writing offer us in 2025? Five poets weigh in!
YouTube video by Hiba Tahir
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March 17, 2025 at 12:13 AM
This took FOREVER to make, and I felt so bad asking this question all season. But everyone delivered! So grateful to live and write in a world where these poets and their words exist.
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I should delete my twitter account since I’m barely there.
But I’ve had it for so long and I first joined it when it was actually a wholesome place to be. 😭
But I’ve had it for so long and I first joined it when it was actually a wholesome place to be. 😭
March 17, 2025 at 2:22 AM
I should delete my twitter account since I’m barely there.
But I’ve had it for so long and I first joined it when it was actually a wholesome place to be. 😭
But I’ve had it for so long and I first joined it when it was actually a wholesome place to be. 😭
Hey y’all, my virtual book launch for Beyond the Watershed is next Tuesday, March 18th at 7pm eastern but required RSVPs close in a few days.
Join Aimee and me for poetry, conversation, good energy, and a Q&A. Spots are filling up.
Will you be joining us? RSVP today: t.co/aBoim3jhWi
Join Aimee and me for poetry, conversation, good energy, and a Q&A. Spots are filling up.
Will you be joining us? RSVP today: t.co/aBoim3jhWi
March 13, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Hey y’all, my virtual book launch for Beyond the Watershed is next Tuesday, March 18th at 7pm eastern but required RSVPs close in a few days.
Join Aimee and me for poetry, conversation, good energy, and a Q&A. Spots are filling up.
Will you be joining us? RSVP today: t.co/aBoim3jhWi
Join Aimee and me for poetry, conversation, good energy, and a Q&A. Spots are filling up.
Will you be joining us? RSVP today: t.co/aBoim3jhWi
Grateful to have kicked off my book tour at Square Books!
Grateful to Oxford for showing up so warmly. To my amazing conversation partner Melissa Ginsburg. To my community. To the students who read my work.
Here’s to BEYOND THE WATERSHED being taught in more classrooms & to a most amazing tour!
Grateful to Oxford for showing up so warmly. To my amazing conversation partner Melissa Ginsburg. To my community. To the students who read my work.
Here’s to BEYOND THE WATERSHED being taught in more classrooms & to a most amazing tour!
March 8, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Grateful to have kicked off my book tour at Square Books!
Grateful to Oxford for showing up so warmly. To my amazing conversation partner Melissa Ginsburg. To my community. To the students who read my work.
Here’s to BEYOND THE WATERSHED being taught in more classrooms & to a most amazing tour!
Grateful to Oxford for showing up so warmly. To my amazing conversation partner Melissa Ginsburg. To my community. To the students who read my work.
Here’s to BEYOND THE WATERSHED being taught in more classrooms & to a most amazing tour!
BEYOND THE WATERSHED is out today & already going into a SECOND PRINTING!! 😭✨
Folks showed out. ♥️
Books have been making their way to readers, bookstores, libraries & classrooms.
If you haven’t gotten your copy yet, get it from @cavankerrypress.bsky.social www.cavankerrypress.org/product/beyo...
Folks showed out. ♥️
Books have been making their way to readers, bookstores, libraries & classrooms.
If you haven’t gotten your copy yet, get it from @cavankerrypress.bsky.social www.cavankerrypress.org/product/beyo...
March 5, 2025 at 2:21 AM
BEYOND THE WATERSHED is out today & already going into a SECOND PRINTING!! 😭✨
Folks showed out. ♥️
Books have been making their way to readers, bookstores, libraries & classrooms.
If you haven’t gotten your copy yet, get it from @cavankerrypress.bsky.social www.cavankerrypress.org/product/beyo...
Folks showed out. ♥️
Books have been making their way to readers, bookstores, libraries & classrooms.
If you haven’t gotten your copy yet, get it from @cavankerrypress.bsky.social www.cavankerrypress.org/product/beyo...
My book is out tomorrow & I’m so grateful for these poets for their words about BEYOND THE WATERSHED. Get your copy from @cavankerrypress.bsky.social www.cavankerrypress.org/product/beyo...
Mahogany L. Browne 🤍
Mahogany L. Browne 🤍
March 4, 2025 at 3:19 AM
My book is out tomorrow & I’m so grateful for these poets for their words about BEYOND THE WATERSHED. Get your copy from @cavankerrypress.bsky.social www.cavankerrypress.org/product/beyo...
Mahogany L. Browne 🤍
Mahogany L. Browne 🤍
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This week on Tightwires: Haitian poet & photographer @nadiaalexis.bsky.social talks about Mississippi, poetry, and photography ahead of the release of her debut (hybrid!) collection BEYOND THE WATERSHED-- out next month from @cavankerrypress.bsky.social!
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Poet & photographer Nadia Alexis talks about home, heritage, & healing through water!
YouTube video by Hiba Tahir
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February 25, 2025 at 4:26 PM
This week on Tightwires: Haitian poet & photographer @nadiaalexis.bsky.social talks about Mississippi, poetry, and photography ahead of the release of her debut (hybrid!) collection BEYOND THE WATERSHED-- out next month from @cavankerrypress.bsky.social!
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Don't miss your last chance to save! Use code EARLYBIRD at checkout by 11:59pm ET this Sunday, February 9th to save $15 on any of our upcoming workshops. Act fast as some workshops have already sold out! View all workshops at https://brooklynpoets.org/workshops/all
February 7, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Don't miss your last chance to save! Use code EARLYBIRD at checkout by 11:59pm ET this Sunday, February 9th to save $15 on any of our upcoming workshops. Act fast as some workshops have already sold out! View all workshops at https://brooklynpoets.org/workshops/all
Kicking off the Beyond the Watershed book tour in Mississippi in conversation w/ one of my fave poetry profs!
Grateful to celebrate this book in the town where I made it, where I created the photos, & at the indie bookstore where I worked for 2.5 yrs. Come through ♥️
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Grateful to celebrate this book in the town where I made it, where I created the photos, & at the indie bookstore where I worked for 2.5 yrs. Come through ♥️
squarebooks.com/event/2025-0...
January 29, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Kicking off the Beyond the Watershed book tour in Mississippi in conversation w/ one of my fave poetry profs!
Grateful to celebrate this book in the town where I made it, where I created the photos, & at the indie bookstore where I worked for 2.5 yrs. Come through ♥️
squarebooks.com/event/2025-0...
Grateful to celebrate this book in the town where I made it, where I created the photos, & at the indie bookstore where I worked for 2.5 yrs. Come through ♥️
squarebooks.com/event/2025-0...
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Congratulations to the poetry finalists: Oliver Baez Bendorf, Anne Carson, Jennifer Chang, Dawn Lundy Martin, & Carl Phillips; & our poetry nominee for the Leonard first book award, Cindy Juyoung Ok. I'm honored to emcee the finalists reading March 19; our ceremony is 3/20. @bookcritics.bsky.social
January 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Congratulations to the poetry finalists: Oliver Baez Bendorf, Anne Carson, Jennifer Chang, Dawn Lundy Martin, & Carl Phillips; & our poetry nominee for the Leonard first book award, Cindy Juyoung Ok. I'm honored to emcee the finalists reading March 19; our ceremony is 3/20. @bookcritics.bsky.social
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“Hagar Rakestraw from Tennille, Georgia” will be in the book.
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January 19, 2025 at 11:58 PM
“Hagar Rakestraw from Tennille, Georgia” will be in the book.
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#rwcpromochallenge
✨”I 💜 your collection. It’s so sharp and haunting!”
✨”I just had the pleasure of reading a proof of your new book — many congratulations on this splendid work.”
✨ “I’m halfway through your book and loving it!”
Book reviewers are loving Beyond the Watershed!
✨”I just had the pleasure of reading a proof of your new book — many congratulations on this splendid work.”
✨ “I’m halfway through your book and loving it!”
Book reviewers are loving Beyond the Watershed!
![Readers are loving Beyond the Watershed
“Sharp and haunting!”
“Splendid.”
A hybrid collection of poetry and photography, Beyond the Watershed explores the experiences of a Haitian American daughter and her Haitian immigrant mother. Alexis crafts a moving portrayal of generational trauma, domestic violence, survival, and reclamation, using stunning imagery drawing from the body, spirit, nature, and cityscapes.
Scan here to pre-order your copy today.
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January 20, 2025 at 6:39 PM
✨”I 💜 your collection. It’s so sharp and haunting!”
✨”I just had the pleasure of reading a proof of your new book — many congratulations on this splendid work.”
✨ “I’m halfway through your book and loving it!”
Book reviewers are loving Beyond the Watershed!
✨”I just had the pleasure of reading a proof of your new book — many congratulations on this splendid work.”
✨ “I’m halfway through your book and loving it!”
Book reviewers are loving Beyond the Watershed!