Tessa Torgeson
@tessatorgeson.bsky.social
Writer. Words in The Rumpus, Vol 1 Brooklyn, Brevity, formerly The Fix (RIP)etc. Harm reductionist. Mother to 2. Denverite.
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On this dark day it's crucial to follow #feminist journalists, activists, scholars, artists, and comics who help us understand our structural problems and offer solutions--roadmaps toward freedom, justice.
@veronicaeye.bsky.social & I have you covered! We've worked with or vouch for all #writers 👇
@veronicaeye.bsky.social & I have you covered! We've worked with or vouch for all #writers 👇
January 20, 2025 at 3:00 PM
On this dark day it's crucial to follow #feminist journalists, activists, scholars, artists, and comics who help us understand our structural problems and offer solutions--roadmaps toward freedom, justice.
@veronicaeye.bsky.social & I have you covered! We've worked with or vouch for all #writers 👇
@veronicaeye.bsky.social & I have you covered! We've worked with or vouch for all #writers 👇
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Having just learnt that today is Poetry at Work Day, I wanted to share some gems from BIPOC poets that continue to give me perspective in these trying times. Especially if you find it hard to keep going amidst multiple genocides, climate catastrophe, etc., like me, I hope these poems resonate! 🫶🏽
January 14, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Having just learnt that today is Poetry at Work Day, I wanted to share some gems from BIPOC poets that continue to give me perspective in these trying times. Especially if you find it hard to keep going amidst multiple genocides, climate catastrophe, etc., like me, I hope these poems resonate! 🫶🏽
My 2025 goal is to become the person who backs into parking spaces whenever humanly possible.
January 14, 2025 at 9:44 PM
My 2025 goal is to become the person who backs into parking spaces whenever humanly possible.
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Help us send 2,000 books to readers who are incarcerated this winter through our Books Not Bars program
Books Not Bars 2024 Holiday Campaign
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November 26, 2024 at 11:01 PM
Help us send 2,000 books to readers who are incarcerated this winter through our Books Not Bars program
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It was called LiveJournal and you told the whole world what you wouldn’t even share with your therapist
November 22, 2024 at 4:24 PM
It was called LiveJournal and you told the whole world what you wouldn’t even share with your therapist
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There’s still room in my virtual class this Saturday 11/23. If you’re in the “messy middle” of writing your memoir and need inspiration on how to write through difficult material, this is for you!! 👇🏽👇🏽
Hi everyone, I’m done with events for the year but I’m TEACHING MY FAVORITE CLASS on Sat. 11/23 via Zoom through the Writers League of Texas! In this generative, 3-hour class we’ll experiment w/ hybrid techniques to help unlock a memoir that’s stalled, looking at examples from my memoir & more!
November 20, 2024 at 6:58 PM
There’s still room in my virtual class this Saturday 11/23. If you’re in the “messy middle” of writing your memoir and need inspiration on how to write through difficult material, this is for you!! 👇🏽👇🏽
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I never get over how small these numbers are. Look how easy it is to help out your favorite authors! (And your local bookstores!)
When I was a buyer at a large indie, my rule of thumb was:
1 preorder: huh, let me take a closer look at this one
2 preorders: we need to stock this book
3 preorders: we should order enough to face this out
4+ preorders: this should be on front-of-store display
1 preorder: huh, let me take a closer look at this one
2 preorders: we need to stock this book
3 preorders: we should order enough to face this out
4+ preorders: this should be on front-of-store display
More detail: When booksellers get pre-orders, it's a quantitative and qualitative signal that there is like *something here* about a book. The avalanche of new books out there is hard to communicate if you're not in the industry, and pre-orders are one of vanishingly few signals. It is a real thing!
November 19, 2024 at 7:16 PM
I never get over how small these numbers are. Look how easy it is to help out your favorite authors! (And your local bookstores!)
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please do not teach the goats italian
October 24, 2024 at 9:37 PM
please do not teach the goats italian
“These are transitional years and the dues
will be heavy.
Change is quick but revolution
will take a while.”
Revolutionary letter 10 by Diane di Prima
will be heavy.
Change is quick but revolution
will take a while.”
Revolutionary letter 10 by Diane di Prima
November 20, 2024 at 3:06 AM
“These are transitional years and the dues
will be heavy.
Change is quick but revolution
will take a while.”
Revolutionary letter 10 by Diane di Prima
will be heavy.
Change is quick but revolution
will take a while.”
Revolutionary letter 10 by Diane di Prima
I’m now the self-appointed office fridge monitor, relating to scolding signs in the break room- years-old.
November 14, 2024 at 1:29 PM
I’m now the self-appointed office fridge monitor, relating to scolding signs in the break room- years-old.
Lucille Clifton is the perfect poet for these times.
November 14, 2024 at 9:47 AM
Lucille Clifton is the perfect poet for these times.