Sarah Wolfson
@sarahwolfson.bsky.social
Poet. Teaching Artist. A Common Name for Everything (Green Writers Press). UmichWriters MFA. Montreal & Vermont. wordplay. cuttlefish. writing pedagogy. ferns.
www.sarahwolfsonwriter.com
www.sarahwolfsonwriter.com
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And Then Came the Day | The Walrus
Afterward, let’s go home and lay failure, longing, / and some lost cicada husks all belly up on the table
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Happy to have a new poem in the summer reading issue of @thewalrus.ca . Thanks to @cstarnino.bsky.social for the editorial stewardship. thewalrus.ca/and-then-cam...
Super excited about how the 2026 Montreal International Poetry Prize Jury is shaping up!
2026 MONTREAL PRIZE JURY MEMBER
KAYLA CZAGA
Kayla Czaga is the author of “Midway” (@houseofanansi.bsky.social, 2024), “Dunk Tank” (Anansi, 2019), and “For Your Safety Please Hold On” (@nightwoodeditions.bsky.social, 2014).
#poetry #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #poem #writer #writerscommunity
KAYLA CZAGA
Kayla Czaga is the author of “Midway” (@houseofanansi.bsky.social, 2024), “Dunk Tank” (Anansi, 2019), and “For Your Safety Please Hold On” (@nightwoodeditions.bsky.social, 2014).
#poetry #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #poem #writer #writerscommunity
November 26, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Super excited about how the 2026 Montreal International Poetry Prize Jury is shaping up!
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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2026 MONTREAL PRIZE JURY MEMBER
IONA LEE
Iona Lee is a writer from Edinburgh whose debut poetry collection, Anamnesis (Polygon, 2023), won the Somerset Maugham Award.
Follow Lee at www.ionalee.com!
#poetry #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #poem #writer #writerscommunity
IONA LEE
Iona Lee is a writer from Edinburgh whose debut poetry collection, Anamnesis (Polygon, 2023), won the Somerset Maugham Award.
Follow Lee at www.ionalee.com!
#poetry #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #poem #writer #writerscommunity
November 24, 2025 at 4:36 PM
2026 MONTREAL PRIZE JURY MEMBER
IONA LEE
Iona Lee is a writer from Edinburgh whose debut poetry collection, Anamnesis (Polygon, 2023), won the Somerset Maugham Award.
Follow Lee at www.ionalee.com!
#poetry #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #poem #writer #writerscommunity
IONA LEE
Iona Lee is a writer from Edinburgh whose debut poetry collection, Anamnesis (Polygon, 2023), won the Somerset Maugham Award.
Follow Lee at www.ionalee.com!
#poetry #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #poem #writer #writerscommunity
“Still very new, and slightly surprised to find itself in this awkward position, having been thrown into the gutter without hope of retrieval, it remains a most likable object on whose fate we will not dwell for long.”
— from Francis Ponge’s “Crate,” translated by Corey & Garneau
— from Francis Ponge’s “Crate,” translated by Corey & Garneau
November 24, 2025 at 12:59 PM
“Still very new, and slightly surprised to find itself in this awkward position, having been thrown into the gutter without hope of retrieval, it remains a most likable object on whose fate we will not dwell for long.”
— from Francis Ponge’s “Crate,” translated by Corey & Garneau
— from Francis Ponge’s “Crate,” translated by Corey & Garneau
Reposted by Sarah Wolfson
2026 MONTREAL PRIZE JURY MEMBER
JASWINDER BOLINA
Jaswinder Bolina's most recent book is the award-winning ”English as a Second Language and Other Poems” (@coppercanyonpress.bsky.social, 2023).
Find him at www.jaswinderbolina.com and @jaswinderbolina.bsky.social!
#poetry #poet #poetrycommunity
JASWINDER BOLINA
Jaswinder Bolina's most recent book is the award-winning ”English as a Second Language and Other Poems” (@coppercanyonpress.bsky.social, 2023).
Find him at www.jaswinderbolina.com and @jaswinderbolina.bsky.social!
#poetry #poet #poetrycommunity
November 21, 2025 at 5:34 PM
2026 MONTREAL PRIZE JURY MEMBER
JASWINDER BOLINA
Jaswinder Bolina's most recent book is the award-winning ”English as a Second Language and Other Poems” (@coppercanyonpress.bsky.social, 2023).
Find him at www.jaswinderbolina.com and @jaswinderbolina.bsky.social!
#poetry #poet #poetrycommunity
JASWINDER BOLINA
Jaswinder Bolina's most recent book is the award-winning ”English as a Second Language and Other Poems” (@coppercanyonpress.bsky.social, 2023).
Find him at www.jaswinderbolina.com and @jaswinderbolina.bsky.social!
#poetry #poet #poetrycommunity
“I wanted syllables / to hang on my frame like / clothes I could not afford / and give me a balletic glow.”
Heather Christle from “My Education” in Paper Crown (Wesleyan University Press, 2025)
Heather Christle from “My Education” in Paper Crown (Wesleyan University Press, 2025)
November 22, 2025 at 3:12 AM
“I wanted syllables / to hang on my frame like / clothes I could not afford / and give me a balletic glow.”
Heather Christle from “My Education” in Paper Crown (Wesleyan University Press, 2025)
Heather Christle from “My Education” in Paper Crown (Wesleyan University Press, 2025)
So pleased that Jaswinder Bolina is joining the jury of the Montreal International Poetry Prize! He’s such an original talent.
2026 MONTREAL PRIZE JURY MEMBER
JASWINDER BOLINA
Jaswinder Bolina's most recent book is the award-winning ”English as a Second Language and Other Poems” (@coppercanyonpress.bsky.social, 2023).
Find him at www.jaswinderbolina.com and @jaswinderbolina.bsky.social!
#poetry #poet #poetrycommunity
JASWINDER BOLINA
Jaswinder Bolina's most recent book is the award-winning ”English as a Second Language and Other Poems” (@coppercanyonpress.bsky.social, 2023).
Find him at www.jaswinderbolina.com and @jaswinderbolina.bsky.social!
#poetry #poet #poetrycommunity
November 21, 2025 at 7:25 PM
So pleased that Jaswinder Bolina is joining the jury of the Montreal International Poetry Prize! He’s such an original talent.
“Want to come in and type a poem on a 1920s Underwood? Sure, take a seat, don’t rush.
You’re over 90? Front of the queue.”
An inspiring piece. I love typing poems on my 80s-era electric typewriter. It’s transformative! And I have an older, non-electric model I need someone in Montreal to tune up.
You’re over 90? Front of the queue.”
An inspiring piece. I love typing poems on my 80s-era electric typewriter. It’s transformative! And I have an older, non-electric model I need someone in Montreal to tune up.
This piece about a man who overcame midlife despair by becoming a typewriter repairman is -- I don't know how to describe it except as chicken soup for the soul. The sounds of these machines are strangely comforting.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
How to Fix a Typewriter and Your Life
This is the story of how a man traded steady, grinding corporate security for a dying craft and, in the process, found his soul.
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:27 PM
“Want to come in and type a poem on a 1920s Underwood? Sure, take a seat, don’t rush.
You’re over 90? Front of the queue.”
An inspiring piece. I love typing poems on my 80s-era electric typewriter. It’s transformative! And I have an older, non-electric model I need someone in Montreal to tune up.
You’re over 90? Front of the queue.”
An inspiring piece. I love typing poems on my 80s-era electric typewriter. It’s transformative! And I have an older, non-electric model I need someone in Montreal to tune up.
Reposted by Sarah Wolfson
Here’s another glimpse into our upcoming issue. We are ripe with anticipation at the opportunity to present you with more of Patrick O’Reilly’s work in our print edition.
November 13, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Here’s another glimpse into our upcoming issue. We are ripe with anticipation at the opportunity to present you with more of Patrick O’Reilly’s work in our print edition.
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We cordially (and enthusiastically) invite you to the launch of Scrivener No. 47. Tickets are going FAST. You'd be a fool to miss it. Link to tickets here: www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticket...
November 19, 2025 at 9:00 PM
We cordially (and enthusiastically) invite you to the launch of Scrivener No. 47. Tickets are going FAST. You'd be a fool to miss it. Link to tickets here: www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticket...
So pleased to welcome the wonderful poet and teacher (and Vermonter!) James Crews to my Poetry Writing class yesterday. Check out his newest book Turning Toward Grief, just out last month.
November 20, 2025 at 5:08 PM
So pleased to welcome the wonderful poet and teacher (and Vermonter!) James Crews to my Poetry Writing class yesterday. Check out his newest book Turning Toward Grief, just out last month.
I was not a fool. I didn’t miss it. I’m not gonna miss it. :)
We cordially (and enthusiastically) invite you to the launch of Scrivener No. 47. Tickets are going FAST. You'd be a fool to miss it. Link to tickets here: www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticket...
November 19, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I was not a fool. I didn’t miss it. I’m not gonna miss it. :)
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MY GREAT-GRANDFATHER DANCED BALLET, my debut full-length collection, comes out on March 17, 2026. You can pre-order it now, from all the usual places, or ideally from your favourite local indie! Thanks to Brick Books for bringing this into the world.
November 12, 2025 at 11:05 PM
MY GREAT-GRANDFATHER DANCED BALLET, my debut full-length collection, comes out on March 17, 2026. You can pre-order it now, from all the usual places, or ideally from your favourite local indie! Thanks to Brick Books for bringing this into the world.
Grateful for this little Notable Poem nod in the back of Best Canadian Poetry 2026. And thanks to @arcpoetry.bsky.social for publishing “On Breaking,” one of my several midlife climate grief poems.
November 18, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Grateful for this little Notable Poem nod in the back of Best Canadian Poetry 2026. And thanks to @arcpoetry.bsky.social for publishing “On Breaking,” one of my several midlife climate grief poems.
Hardcover. Thumb notches. Dad bod. Farm-to-table. Beast mode. Love to see it!
Merriam-Webster, the country’s oldest dictionary publisher which is headquartered in Springfield, just released an updated Collegiate edition with 5,000 new entries.
Merriam-Webster goes old school with first new hardcover Collegiate dictionary in 22 years
Merriam-Webster, the country’s oldest dictionary publisher which is headquartered in Springfield, just released an updated Collegiate edition with 5,000 new entries.
www.wbur.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Hardcover. Thumb notches. Dad bod. Farm-to-table. Beast mode. Love to see it!
I love a person wielding an umbrella against snow. It is such a whimsical form of “oh, I give up.”
November 17, 2025 at 2:03 PM
I love a person wielding an umbrella against snow. It is such a whimsical form of “oh, I give up.”
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I think I’m just not going to respond anymore to foolishness about how LLMs are a true substitute for thought. It’s an utter waste of time. People who commit to that idea will find out that it’s nonsense in time, and they aren’t going to listen until then.
November 17, 2025 at 1:35 AM
I think I’m just not going to respond anymore to foolishness about how LLMs are a true substitute for thought. It’s an utter waste of time. People who commit to that idea will find out that it’s nonsense in time, and they aren’t going to listen until then.
November field and alley report.
November 16, 2025 at 3:20 AM
November field and alley report.
It’s been a privilege to serve on the committee for the Montreal International Poetry Prize and to witness how it builds community around contemporary poetry in a variety of styles that reach across global Englishes.
Spread the word—the Montreal International Poetry Prize returns in January 2026.
Once again, we will award $20.000 CAD for a single poem of 40 lines or fewer. For more information visit us at www.montrealpoetryprize.com.
#poetry #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #poem #writer #writerscommunity
Once again, we will award $20.000 CAD for a single poem of 40 lines or fewer. For more information visit us at www.montrealpoetryprize.com.
#poetry #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #poem #writer #writerscommunity
November 13, 2025 at 2:15 AM
It’s been a privilege to serve on the committee for the Montreal International Poetry Prize and to witness how it builds community around contemporary poetry in a variety of styles that reach across global Englishes.
Reposted by Sarah Wolfson
Cannot wait to read your work!
2026 MONTREAL PRIZE JURY MEMBER
BORIS DRALYUK
Boris Dralyuk is the author of “My Hollywood and Other Poems” (@pauldrybooks.bsky.social, 2022), and an award-winning translator and critic.
Find him @bdralyuk.bsky.social and bdralyuk.wordpress.com!
#poetry #PoetryPrize #poet #poem #poetrycommunity
BORIS DRALYUK
Boris Dralyuk is the author of “My Hollywood and Other Poems” (@pauldrybooks.bsky.social, 2022), and an award-winning translator and critic.
Find him @bdralyuk.bsky.social and bdralyuk.wordpress.com!
#poetry #PoetryPrize #poet #poem #poetrycommunity
November 12, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Cannot wait to read your work!
Really excited that Boris Dralyuk is joining the jury of the 2026 Montreal International Poetry Prize @montrealprize.bsky.social housed at McGill University. Huge fan of his poems and translations.
2026 MONTREAL PRIZE JURY MEMBER
BORIS DRALYUK
Boris Dralyuk is the author of “My Hollywood and Other Poems” (@pauldrybooks.bsky.social, 2022), and an award-winning translator and critic.
Find him @bdralyuk.bsky.social and bdralyuk.wordpress.com!
#poetry #PoetryPrize #poet #poem #poetrycommunity
BORIS DRALYUK
Boris Dralyuk is the author of “My Hollywood and Other Poems” (@pauldrybooks.bsky.social, 2022), and an award-winning translator and critic.
Find him @bdralyuk.bsky.social and bdralyuk.wordpress.com!
#poetry #PoetryPrize #poet #poem #poetrycommunity
November 13, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Really excited that Boris Dralyuk is joining the jury of the 2026 Montreal International Poetry Prize @montrealprize.bsky.social housed at McGill University. Huge fan of his poems and translations.
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newly posted at @periodicities.bsky.social : Madelaine Caritas Longman : Three poems / @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social ;
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Madelaine Caritas Longman : Three poems
guzzle XIII balcony collapsing, the roof rotting through, low rent; i’ll live here as long as i can. nowhere to turn to that isn’t...
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November 3, 2025 at 8:38 PM
newly posted at @periodicities.bsky.social : Madelaine Caritas Longman : Three poems / @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social ;
periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2025/11/made...
periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2025/11/made...
Micro-season: more November snow; Dolly Parton’s cover of Emmylou Harris’s “Boulder to Birmingham; transit strike newly suspended; grasping for the title of a pigeon poem conceived at this bus stop.
November 12, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Micro-season: more November snow; Dolly Parton’s cover of Emmylou Harris’s “Boulder to Birmingham; transit strike newly suspended; grasping for the title of a pigeon poem conceived at this bus stop.
Reposted by Sarah Wolfson
One month until the disability issue deadline, folks. Keep those poetry submissions rolling in!
For our Summer 2026 issue, Disability: The Revolution! The Fiddlehead has brought on a team of amazing editors! Our final genre editor almost needs no introduction. The well-loved Phillip Crymble, one of The Fiddlehead's very own poetry editors, is joining the team as poetry editor! (1/4)
October 31, 2025 at 2:59 PM
One month until the disability issue deadline, folks. Keep those poetry submissions rolling in!