Kirsten Miles
@sirole.bsky.social
Poet, gardener, residency host, Gentle House, Tupelo Press, Tupelo 30/30 Project, poem-a-day whisperer, sailor, handmade bookmaker, printmaker
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very glad to have a new poem in TPQ @tupelopress.bsky.social, especially right now when this amazing press is taking a firm and public stance against the appalling new NEA guidelines. if you enjoyed reading this poem/issue, consider making a donation 🫶🏽
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Alycia Pirmohamed — “To Draw a Body of Water”
Alycia Pirmohamed is a Canadian-born poet based in Scotland. She is the author of the poetry collection Another Way to Split Water (YesYes Books), and in 2023, she won the Nan Shepherd Prize for her n...
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February 20, 2025 at 8:03 AM
very glad to have a new poem in TPQ @tupelopress.bsky.social, especially right now when this amazing press is taking a firm and public stance against the appalling new NEA guidelines. if you enjoyed reading this poem/issue, consider making a donation 🫶🏽
www.tupeloquarterly.com/poetry/alyci...
www.tupeloquarterly.com/poetry/alyci...
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My new poetry book is the March book club pick by the New York Mycological Society! If you’re in NYC and a #fungi fan I recommend checking them out—I’m reading their newsletter and they have a ton of great programming. @newyorkmyc.org @tupelopress.bsky.social
February 21, 2025 at 3:32 PM
My new poetry book is the March book club pick by the New York Mycological Society! If you’re in NYC and a #fungi fan I recommend checking them out—I’m reading their newsletter and they have a ton of great programming. @newyorkmyc.org @tupelopress.bsky.social
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Every single Senate Democrat will vote against Russell Vought, the Trump nominee for OMB and chief architect of the ultra-right Project 2025.
We are holding the floor of the United States Senate overnight to expose how Project 2025 is the Trump White House agenda.
We are holding the floor of the United States Senate overnight to expose how Project 2025 is the Trump White House agenda.
February 5, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Every single Senate Democrat will vote against Russell Vought, the Trump nominee for OMB and chief architect of the ultra-right Project 2025.
We are holding the floor of the United States Senate overnight to expose how Project 2025 is the Trump White House agenda.
We are holding the floor of the United States Senate overnight to expose how Project 2025 is the Trump White House agenda.
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The first mushroom sprouted on St Brigid’s Day, which feels like a good omen! Official launch in a month. A box of author copies is on its way… @tupelopress.bsky.social
February 1, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The first mushroom sprouted on St Brigid’s Day, which feels like a good omen! Official launch in a month. A box of author copies is on its way… @tupelopress.bsky.social
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Congratulations again to our winner and finalists. Special thanks to Tupelo Press Board Member Sally Whitehill, whose incredible generosity made this award possible. Enormous thanks as well to our terrific readers and our judge, Ilya Kaminsky.
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February 1, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Congratulations again to our winner and finalists. Special thanks to Tupelo Press Board Member Sally Whitehill, whose incredible generosity made this award possible. Enormous thanks as well to our terrific readers and our judge, Ilya Kaminsky.
www.tupelopress.org/2025/01/31/a...
www.tupelopress.org/2025/01/31/a...
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For more than 150 years, through Democratic and Republican administrations, the US and Canada have been the closest of allies. Beyond the economic harm that his senseless tariffs will surely cause, Donald Trump is sending a clear message to the world that the United States can no longer be trusted.
‘Complete Betrayal’: Canada Reels as Trump Tariff Rattles Major Trading Relationship
Canada braced for economic turmoil and laid out a retaliation plan after President Donald Trump signed an executive order imposing 25% tariffs on almost everything the US imports from the country, and...
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February 2, 2025 at 4:40 AM
For more than 150 years, through Democratic and Republican administrations, the US and Canada have been the closest of allies. Beyond the economic harm that his senseless tariffs will surely cause, Donald Trump is sending a clear message to the world that the United States can no longer be trusted.
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Meanwhile, Canada be like...
February 2, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Meanwhile, Canada be like...
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It’s important to know that a lot of productive activity is happening in person and offline, too.
Not all of it can be broadcast online, but we’ve had hundreds of people showing up to our trainings, mobilizations, and more.
Keep going. Tyranny is eroded by a sea of small acts. Everything matters.
Not all of it can be broadcast online, but we’ve had hundreds of people showing up to our trainings, mobilizations, and more.
Keep going. Tyranny is eroded by a sea of small acts. Everything matters.
January 30, 2025 at 4:03 AM
It’s important to know that a lot of productive activity is happening in person and offline, too.
Not all of it can be broadcast online, but we’ve had hundreds of people showing up to our trainings, mobilizations, and more.
Keep going. Tyranny is eroded by a sea of small acts. Everything matters.
Not all of it can be broadcast online, but we’ve had hundreds of people showing up to our trainings, mobilizations, and more.
Keep going. Tyranny is eroded by a sea of small acts. Everything matters.
The queen star lit this diaphanous cloud in her way to repose last night, just as my battery died. Lovely help from fellow light-chasers and a friend - battery replaced, I installed it in the dark and drove home with finger-tightened nuts and don’t care if that was the toll for such beauty…
January 23, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The queen star lit this diaphanous cloud in her way to repose last night, just as my battery died. Lovely help from fellow light-chasers and a friend - battery replaced, I installed it in the dark and drove home with finger-tightened nuts and don’t care if that was the toll for such beauty…
Fava sprout promises for hope & new life in midwinter, rainbow chard and ridiculous tiny carrots for a delightfully surprising winter harvest. Keep planting seeds, keep planting seeds.
January 23, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Fava sprout promises for hope & new life in midwinter, rainbow chard and ridiculous tiny carrots for a delightfully surprising winter harvest. Keep planting seeds, keep planting seeds.
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A review of Leigh Lucas’s Landsickness, the winner of the Tupelo Press’s Sunken Garden Chapbook contest.
“…the individual pieces are like a spectrum of experience and add up to one poetic meditation, as the poet comes to terms with her boyfriend’s suicide.”
misfitmagazine.net/archive/No-3...
“…the individual pieces are like a spectrum of experience and add up to one poetic meditation, as the poet comes to terms with her boyfriend’s suicide.”
misfitmagazine.net/archive/No-3...
January 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
A review of Leigh Lucas’s Landsickness, the winner of the Tupelo Press’s Sunken Garden Chapbook contest.
“…the individual pieces are like a spectrum of experience and add up to one poetic meditation, as the poet comes to terms with her boyfriend’s suicide.”
misfitmagazine.net/archive/No-3...
“…the individual pieces are like a spectrum of experience and add up to one poetic meditation, as the poet comes to terms with her boyfriend’s suicide.”
misfitmagazine.net/archive/No-3...
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From the archives—a poem I wrote for @tupelopress.bsky.social’s 30/30 Project back in April 2020 💙📚
January 20, 2025 at 5:36 PM
From the archives—a poem I wrote for @tupelopress.bsky.social’s 30/30 Project back in April 2020 💙📚
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Authors Christina Pugh and Karen An-hwei Lee will each be discussing their poetry collections, The Right Hand and The Beautiful Immunity, respectively. A Q&A and signing will follow the discussion.
Venue: Seminary Co-op
5751 S Woodlawn Ave
Chicago, IL 60637
www.semcoop.com/event/christ...
Venue: Seminary Co-op
5751 S Woodlawn Ave
Chicago, IL 60637
www.semcoop.com/event/christ...
January 21, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Authors Christina Pugh and Karen An-hwei Lee will each be discussing their poetry collections, The Right Hand and The Beautiful Immunity, respectively. A Q&A and signing will follow the discussion.
Venue: Seminary Co-op
5751 S Woodlawn Ave
Chicago, IL 60637
www.semcoop.com/event/christ...
Venue: Seminary Co-op
5751 S Woodlawn Ave
Chicago, IL 60637
www.semcoop.com/event/christ...
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January 22, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Our January cohort is stunning! Join us!
Consider joining us in January!
CALLING ALL POETS!
Raise money for our nonprofit by writing a poem a day for 30 days. Walk away with a body of work and follow in the footsteps of MANY participants who created work that went on to be published.
A few spots left in Dec and Jan!
www.tupelopress.org/about-the-30...
Raise money for our nonprofit by writing a poem a day for 30 days. Walk away with a body of work and follow in the footsteps of MANY participants who created work that went on to be published.
A few spots left in Dec and Jan!
www.tupelopress.org/about-the-30...
December 21, 2024 at 5:49 AM
Our January cohort is stunning! Join us!
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Congrats to Ae Hee Lee for the mention of Asterism in the California Review of Books’s 31 Outstanding Poetry Books from 2024!
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December 16, 2024 at 6:57 PM
Congrats to Ae Hee Lee for the mention of Asterism in the California Review of Books’s 31 Outstanding Poetry Books from 2024!
calirb.com/31-outstandi...
calirb.com/31-outstandi...
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“Remarkable poet, Nicholas Regiacorte… stuns in his book of poetry, American Massif.”
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December 17, 2024 at 8:14 PM
“Remarkable poet, Nicholas Regiacorte… stuns in his book of poetry, American Massif.”
compulsivereader.com/2024/12/09/t...
compulsivereader.com/2024/12/09/t...
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JANUARY MANUSCRIPT
CONFERENCE: January 24th - 27th
Receive exactly what you need to bring a packet of poems or an individual manuscript not just to the next level, but to level-up several times over.
Registrations now open!
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CONFERENCE: January 24th - 27th
Receive exactly what you need to bring a packet of poems or an individual manuscript not just to the next level, but to level-up several times over.
Registrations now open!
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Tupelo Writing Conferences
Finding Homes for your Poems and Manuscripts! Whether you’re heading toward a full-length manuscript, preparing individual poems for submission to literary journals, or wanting to push your writing to...
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December 12, 2024 at 8:53 PM
JANUARY MANUSCRIPT
CONFERENCE: January 24th - 27th
Receive exactly what you need to bring a packet of poems or an individual manuscript not just to the next level, but to level-up several times over.
Registrations now open!
www.tupelopress.org/tupelo-press...
CONFERENCE: January 24th - 27th
Receive exactly what you need to bring a packet of poems or an individual manuscript not just to the next level, but to level-up several times over.
Registrations now open!
www.tupelopress.org/tupelo-press...
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What’s on Arthur Turfa’s bookshelf this week? It’s Lesley Wheeler’s Mycocosmic! And it’s “well-crafted” and “guides readers to greater insights”…
www.midwestbookreview.com/rbw/dec_24.h...
www.midwestbookreview.com/rbw/dec_24.h...
December 19, 2024 at 8:34 PM
What’s on Arthur Turfa’s bookshelf this week? It’s Lesley Wheeler’s Mycocosmic! And it’s “well-crafted” and “guides readers to greater insights”…
www.midwestbookreview.com/rbw/dec_24.h...
www.midwestbookreview.com/rbw/dec_24.h...
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One of the poems from Liz Countryman’s collection Green Island, "The End Is Always Sudden," is up on Poetry Daily!
poems.com/poem/the-end...
poems.com/poem/the-end...
December 15, 2024 at 8:56 PM
One of the poems from Liz Countryman’s collection Green Island, "The End Is Always Sudden," is up on Poetry Daily!
poems.com/poem/the-end...
poems.com/poem/the-end...
Consider joining us in January!
CALLING ALL POETS!
Raise money for our nonprofit by writing a poem a day for 30 days. Walk away with a body of work and follow in the footsteps of MANY participants who created work that went on to be published.
A few spots left in Dec and Jan!
www.tupelopress.org/about-the-30...
Raise money for our nonprofit by writing a poem a day for 30 days. Walk away with a body of work and follow in the footsteps of MANY participants who created work that went on to be published.
A few spots left in Dec and Jan!
www.tupelopress.org/about-the-30...
December 15, 2024 at 8:55 PM
Consider joining us in January!
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I'm writing a poem a day all this month to support @tupelopress.bsky.social! Follow my progress & if your resources allow, consider a donation to one incredible indie press: www.tupelopress.org/the-december...
THE December, 2024 30/30 PROJECT PAGe
Welcome to the 30/30 Project, an extraordinary challenge and fundraiser for Tupelo Press, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) literary press. Each month, volunteer poets run the equivalent of a “poetry marathon,” w...
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December 2, 2024 at 4:13 PM
I'm writing a poem a day all this month to support @tupelopress.bsky.social! Follow my progress & if your resources allow, consider a donation to one incredible indie press: www.tupelopress.org/the-december...
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Attention Chicagoans! Christina Pugh and our very own Karen An-hwei Lee will be discussing their poetry collections on Wednesday, January 29, 4:00pm - 5:00pm at Seminary Co-op (5751 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL 60637)
www.semcoop.com/event/christ...
www.semcoop.com/event/christ...
December 5, 2024 at 6:24 PM
Attention Chicagoans! Christina Pugh and our very own Karen An-hwei Lee will be discussing their poetry collections on Wednesday, January 29, 4:00pm - 5:00pm at Seminary Co-op (5751 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL 60637)
www.semcoop.com/event/christ...
www.semcoop.com/event/christ...
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Wonderful to see this shoutout for Asterism by Ae Hee Lee as one of the best debut poetry books of the year!
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The Best Debut Poetry of 2024
In a continued effort to read more and cover more poetry, Debutiful wanted to highlight a dozen of the best collections Adam Vitcavage read. This list supplements the Best Debut Books of 2024, but …
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December 7, 2024 at 4:06 PM
Wonderful to see this shoutout for Asterism by Ae Hee Lee as one of the best debut poetry books of the year!
debutiful.net/2024/11/19/t...
debutiful.net/2024/11/19/t...
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New #poetry #books for Dec. 2024 from @anvilpress.bsky.social , Eulalia Books, The Song Cave, @variantlit.bsky.social , @unvpress.bsky.social, @lsupress.bsky.social , @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social and @tupelopress.bsky.social . #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/new-poetry-t...
New Poetry Titles (Dec. 2024)
Check out new poetry titles for December 2024 from Green Linden Press, After Hours Editions, White Stag Publishing, Anvil Press, Eulalia Books, Empty Bowl, The Song Cave, Variant Literature, Universit...
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December 3, 2024 at 7:31 PM
New #poetry #books for Dec. 2024 from @anvilpress.bsky.social , Eulalia Books, The Song Cave, @variantlit.bsky.social , @unvpress.bsky.social, @lsupress.bsky.social , @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social and @tupelopress.bsky.social . #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/new-poetry-t...