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A Classic Collection of Black Gay Poetry Returns to Shelves Poet and activist Essex Hemphill’s 1992 collection

not a straight interview, but had the privilege of writing the publication story about the Essex Hemphill reissue, which meant I spoke w/ an abundance of brilliant people behind it www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

have discovered the 100% effective solution to seasonal depression and it is electing a smart talented progressive to political office and defeating a sex pest. can we do this every single day until the sun starts setting after 7pm again

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basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.

tomorrow! and it's free!

i love winding the clocks back an hour. you get an extra hour of sleep and the only downside is several months of horrible despair.

How to Help Families Losing SNAP Benefits About 42 million people, including 16 million children, are set to lose food assistance starting on November 1.

About 42 million people, including 16 million children, are set to lose their SNAP benefits in November, triggering what experts say could be the worst hunger crisis since the Great Depression.

Here are some ways to help your community:

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hannah's writing is a gift and a joy and if you've ever thought 'wow, what an incredibly weird time for health and america right now' then you should read this

Pour one out for one of the best Bluesky posts of all time

cuomo conceding overlayed with the drewjanda tweet: "The haters said I couldn't do it. And they were correct. Honestly great call from the haters"

absolutely nuts to feel joyous about a political moment, for the first time in years and years 😭

Opinion | Our Advice to Voters in a Vexing Race for New York Mayor

not to expose myself as insufficiently cynical but I’m actually kind of shocked at how bad this is across multiple levels—as a piece of analysis, as a piece of rhetoric, and as a deployment of the NYT’s outsized power in this specific instance

Wow, NYTimes be like, “Andrew Cuomo is our problematic fave."

The editorial board willfully misunderstands something I figured out in early adulthood: that sexual harassment tells you everything about someone’s relationship with power, and on its own, ought to be enough to disqualify from office.

Our power grows!!

Join us at the Poetry Project tomorrow April 23 at 8pm to celebrate LOVE IS A DANGEROUS WORD by Essex Hemphill (1957–1995). John Keene, Robert F. Reid-Pharr, Pamela Sneed, and more will be reading. Come at 7:30 to toast to Hemphill before the reading!
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RSVP: www.poetryproject.org/events/love-...

A Classic Collection of Black Gay Poetry Returns to Shelves Poet and activist Essex Hemphill’s 1992 collection

a true honor to help bring Essex Hemphill's work back into print -- thanks to @summ.bsky.social for capturing the labor of love that went into its publication

www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

one thing I always wanted for my complicated birth country with a blood-drenched history was for it to also be a bankrupted casino

John Keene on the Life and Literary Legacy of Essex Hemphill an Early Poetic Chronicler of Black Queer Life Throughout Essex Hemphill’s poetry, what we registered was his attentiveness to craft as well as statement, to the possibilities of performance, of form, of the line, and to the expressive content,…

"He was a lyric poet to his core, and a political poet who knew that the most devastating critique could hinge on many of poetry’s numerous resources, any of which he wielded when needed."

Read John Keene in praise of Essex Hemphill over at LitHub.

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Love Is a Dangerous Word: Selected Poems For three decades, the legacy of the revered writer, editor, performer, and activist Essex Hemphill has been lovingly sustained through xeroxed copies of his few published works. They are as potent no...

Very excited to share that this beautiful little volume of poems by the late, visionary Essex Hemphill, which I co-edited with the brilliant Robert Reid-Pharr & for which he wrote the introduction & I the afterword, will be out next week (March 5) from New Directions!
www.ndbooks.com/book/love-is...

especially these days, it's been such a delight escaping into @liaholland.bsky.social's music festival mystery -- both a love letter to and pointed commentary on the intoxicating raves, community, secrets and chaos of the festival world. Very excited to be working together!!

Happy #MSWL day! Working with a decent amount of nonfiction now, so would love voice-driven upmarket fiction to balance it out. Always enjoy a splash of genre and weirdness with a heart (MARGO'S GOT MONEY TROUBLES; THE WEDDING PEOPLE, etc.) Full wishlist:

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Did you guys know that Kendrick is the first Pulitzer winner to perform at a Superbowl halftime show?

Next year book Barbara Kingsolver, you cowards.

hire @marinafang.bsky.social for her brilliant reporting work, strong convictions, and the fact that now feels like a particularly dumb time to be laying off journalists given literally everything around us

phewww this take

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Sorry I'm just in a really bad place right now (United States)

Why Simon & Schuster’s Flagship Imprint Won’t Require Blurbs Anymore In a decision some might call “stunning” or a “tour-de-force,” new S&S publisher Sean Manning has decided to no longer require authors to obtain blurbs for their books. Here’s why.

the things we could do with all the time and freedom afforded by not having to stress about blurb outreach...!!

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I mean HAPPY Friday everyone

Hello Writing Community! We are delighted to announce our First Official Bluesky *** #MSWL Day *** February 12, 2025. 🎉🎉🎉

Agents + editors can post what they ✨wish✨ they had in their inboxes; writers can find their next best fit for querying.

Learn more here: manuscriptwishlist.com/the-next-off...

nearly texted my dad condolences on the Talking Heads guy passing away, only to realize that I've spent my entire life thinking David Lynch and David Byrne were the same man. and now I have to apologize to dads everywhere