S. Salazar
writessalazar.bsky.social
S. Salazar
@writessalazar.bsky.social
Mixed Puerto Rican author of diaspora, generational trauma, mental health, & identity.

🇵🇷 🇳🇴 Raíces, Relics, & Other Ghosts (Kelsay Books 2023)

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DAYLIGHT & TENFOLD ORIOLES is here! this free PDF is packed with writing created by 17 authors that incorporates words contributed by many people!

lots of thanks to all involved! everyone who took part is tagged in this thread!

get the PDF here: tinyurl.com/2025daylight
daylight & tenfold orioles (2025)
DAYLIGHT & TENFOLD ORIOLES is here! It includes 17 poems and 1 work of microfiction by 17 authors. In total, this collection was created by 49 participants & their 55 contributed words. The…
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October 29, 2025 at 2:26 PM
When you reject the trauma/attachment patterns handed down to you & refuse to contort into something that makes you feel ill in misalignment, you find beautiful things! Thank you Jane Wong for writing How to Not Be Afraid of Everything! This collection is meant to be paired with sunsets & jammies
May 12, 2025 at 6:12 PM
#nationalpoetrymonth

Why do you write or read poetry? Tell me in the comments!
April 4, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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DOGE has gutted the IMLS. Library lovers, this is your time to shine: app.oneclickpolitics.com/campaign-pag...
Call on Congress to Protect Federal Library Funding
Call on Congress to Protect Federal Library Funding
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April 1, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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March 29, 2025 at 1:10 AM
I had so much fun at #awp25 this year! So grateful I had the opportunity to learn from and read with such talented writers ☺️
March 31, 2025 at 8:50 PM
I want to connect at AWP! Let me know if you're looking for readers for your off site or open mic. Let me know if you want a copy of my book. Let me know how I can promote your event, workshop, or panel. Just come say hi 😁
March 10, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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What a different world we could have.
March 9, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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it's called throwback because if you recognize the songs you're likely to throw out your back. not many people know this
March 10, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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March 10, 2025 at 2:16 AM
I have a sweet interview posted with @sevenstory.bsky.social ! Check it out 🤗
Author Interview w/ S. Salazar

S. Salazar is a full-time graduate student and public service worker, pursuing an MFA with focuses in Poetry and Grant Writing. Her poetry collection, Raíces, Relics, and Other Ghosts, explores her Puerto Rican heritage and themes of identity and generational trauma.…
Author Interview w/ S. Salazar
S. Salazar is a full-time graduate student and public service worker, pursuing an MFA with focuses in Poetry and Grant Writing. Her poetry collection, Raíces, Relics, and Other Ghosts, explores her Puerto Rican heritage and themes of identity and generational trauma. Balancing writing with work, she aspires to a sustainable writing career.
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March 10, 2025 at 1:02 AM
On 2/15, I was part of a Love Latine poetry reading at @bluecactuspress
and with @claudiacastroluna @sachavez81 @pigeongirl @warshingtonian @poetruiz

It was so special to hold space for pain & to promote safety/love in these bleak times. Community is the light that cuts through the dark
February 26, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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Another great day to:
Buy books
Call your reps
Support small businesses
And fight the patriarchy!
Even small acts of resistance are resistance! ❤️
February 6, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Clinical studies are frozen, “leaving people around the world with experimental drugs and medical products in their bodies, cut off from the researchers who were monitoring them.”

The admin must reinstate USAID funding immediately—people will die without it. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...
February 6, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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So, the National Endowment for the Arts announced today that they are reworking the guidelines for all 2026 grants and will be prioritizing projects that center the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. It's now just a propaganda fund.

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Updates on National Endowment for the Arts FY 2026 Grant Opportunities
The National Endowment for the Arts is updating its FY 2026 grant guidelines, with deadlines in March and July 2025. These changes impact organizations applying in the Grants for Arts Projects or Chal...
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February 6, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Reminder #tacoma #washingtonstate ! We have a super awesome lineup of poets coming up for Valentine's weekend!
Valentine’s weekend with your honey at Blue Cactus Press on 2/15/25, at 5pm, for Love Latine: A Poetry Reading, featuring Latine poets living in the Puget Sound: Dawn Pichón Barron, Sarah A. Chavez, Claudia Castro Luna, Vincent Rendoni, Ricardo Ruiz, & me!

There will be time to mingle & buy books!
January 28, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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I loved writing this poem as an homage to @titaniayellow.bsky.social 's joyful language in her own poems.
January 22, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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Whenever I start to feel anxious I immediately have another coffee and scroll through the worst news imaginable on my phone and omg it does not help at all
January 23, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Jose Hernandez Diaz' new poetry collection The Parachutist is out now! Order your copy at sundress-publications.square.site/product/the-... 🪂✒️🌵
January 14, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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I think instead of saying “namaste” at yoga we should say “ohhh BIG stretch” like we do with our pets
January 13, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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Happy book birthday and launch to “THE PARACHUTIST”! …🎉

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January 14, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Valentine’s weekend with your honey at Blue Cactus Press on 2/15/25, at 5pm, for Love Latine: A Poetry Reading, featuring Latine poets living in the Puget Sound: Dawn Pichón Barron, Sarah A. Chavez, Claudia Castro Luna, Vincent Rendoni, Ricardo Ruiz, & me!

There will be time to mingle & buy books!
January 14, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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New episode this week with Abbie Kiefer, author of Certain Comfort (@juneroadpress.bsky.social)! 🎙️💙

@abbiekiefer.bsky.social

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January 12, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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Thrilled tonhave a new interview up over at @ecotheo.bsky.social with author @mgarrigan.bsky.social

You can read it here:
www.ecotheo.org/etreview/all...
January 12, 2025 at 3:04 PM
I've been off socials for the most part until recently. I needed the time to focus on school and living in the present. Here's a little update via my SubStack!

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A Year of Being Debut
Reflections of 2024: my year as a debut poet and my year of rebirth as a person.
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January 10, 2025 at 6:34 PM