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@qcollinswriter.bsky.social
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Poet | Author of The Dandelion Speaks of Survival & Claim Tickets for Stolen People | Editor

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Next Wednesday, I’m featuring at Boston Poetry Slam. Hope to see you there.
October 1 Boston Poetry Slam feature, $4 for entry, 21 or older event. At the Cantab Lounge in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Featuring Quintin Collins with a tarot workshop by Micah Rich. Workshops at 6:30pm, doors at 7:15pm, open mic at 8pm, feature at 10pm
September 26, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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For those of you heading to the Massachusetts Poetry Festival in Salem, MA, at the end of the month, I have a couple of events on May 31. Come through if you're around.
Image of a Black American man with glasses and locs, Mass Poetry Fest 2025, Goin’ Up Yonder: Religion in Black Poetics with Matthew E. Henry, Sarah Kersey, & Porsha Olayiwola May 31, 11:30am, St. Peter’s Church - Large Room Love is the Measure of Loss: Poetry of Grief with Subhaga Crystal Bacon, Jennifer Martelli, Susan Rich, & Cindy Veach May 31, 3:15pm, Peabody Essex Museum - Morse Auditorium
May 16, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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Some poetry book publishing thoughts:
I recently passed one year of submitting my current poetry manuscript. So I'll share some stats so far: -27 total submissions, with 16 rejections and 11 still active -$526 on submission fees It's definitely challenging to see those decline emails come in, especially when more than one arrives on the same day. However, this is the work, and I continue to believe it's important that we're honest about the work. The wins are fun, and the losses are part of the process. Additionally, the losses aren't just about quality; readers'/editors'/judges' tastes, timing, and more can get in the way of that coveted acceptance letter. This is not to say the publishing industry still doesn't have a ton of work to do in terms of diversity, fairness, and more, but sometimes, everything that's meant for you is just ahead.
May 7, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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Happening this Thursday at Grolier Poetry Book Shop in Cambridge, MA. #bvm
Grolier Poetry Book Shop presents Amy M. Alvarez Linda Carney-Goodrich & Quintin Collins April 3, 2025 7 p.m.
March 31, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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Cheers to Friday, friends
A glass of cognac with ice and The Mayor of Maxwell Street, a book by Avery Cunningham, in the background
March 22, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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Gotta shiv it a couple of times first
A man holding a knife in a threatening manner with the caption, “Me,” frightening another man with the caption, “My Trader Joe’s butter chicken before I microwave it”
March 20, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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3.5 years with locs.
Smiling Black man with glasses and locs in a pulled-back style
March 15, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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First image from SpongeBob Squarepants showing a mailman walking up to the mailbox with the caption “Me opening my browser.” Second image shows the mailman startled as SpongeBob bursts from the mailbox with the caption “YOUR ADBLOCK PLUS HAS BEEN UPDATED”
March 13, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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Image of an angry Spongebob Squarepants standing in his underwear in front of his bed with the caption “Me, who never asked to be born but still having to pay all the subscription fees for living.”
March 10, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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Picture of Dr. Doofenshmirtz talking to a puppet and saying “If I had a nickel for every time Dru Hill made a song about steps, I’d have two nickels. Which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it happened twice.”
March 9, 2025 at 3:31 AM