Xander Gershberg
xandergershberg.bsky.social
Xander Gershberg
@xandergershberg.bsky.social
Poet Editor Educator in Minneapolis. Editor at MAYDAY + Spout Press. Poems in Fence, The Journal, TAB Journal, Poetry Online, Great River Review, others.
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We are relaunching Spout Magazine! Help us raise the money to do so and get a special thank you gift. Donate at www.givemn.org/story/wuj8ef
November 1, 2025 at 11:44 PM
It was an honor to interview @santisugi.bsky.social about decolonial poetics in his new book Small Wars Manual, forthcoming @milkweededitions.bsky.social

Our conversation on language's erasure and changing context hits uncannily now in the first weeks of 1/4

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<i>Erasure Poetry as Anti-Imperialism: Chris Santiago Interviewed by Xander Gershberg</i><br> by Chris Santiago - MAYDAY
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February 16, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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We were delighted to talk about our new collection LOCKER ROOM TALK: WOMEN IN PRIVATE SPACES on @mprnews.org today with @ninamoini.bsky.social !!

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Women share stories of connection and support in ‘Locker Room Talk,’ up for MN Book Award
For the first time since 2006, the Minnesota Book Awards include a category for anthologies. One of the finalists is the story collection “Locker Room Talk: Women in Private Spaces.”
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February 5, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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We are delighted and humbled to have our book LOCKER ROOM TALK nominated for the Minnesota Book Award for Best Anthology!! It feels too appropriate to have this collection protesting Trump's misogyny to be recognized now at the onset of another Trump term. Buy @asterismbooks.bsky.social
January 30, 2025 at 5:11 AM
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We are extremely grateful to be named a grant recipient for the CLMP Small Press Future Fund! We are delighted to be named along with other presses that we admire. Please check out their books and support small presses.
We’re thrilled to announce the 35 grant recipients of the Small Press Future Fund! These publishers, formerly distributed by SPD, will receive grants for projects that will help strengthen operations as they move forward.

Thanks to the Mellon Foundation for its support! www.clmp.org/press-center...
CLMP Awards Small Press Future Fund Grants to 35 Publishers Formerly Distributed by SPD - Community of Literary Magazines and Presses
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January 22, 2025 at 2:04 AM