Tara Skurtu

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FIRST MEMORY Long ago, I was wounded. I lived to revenge myself against my father, not for what he was-- for what I was: from the beginning of time, in childhood, I thought that pain meant I was not loved. It meant I loved. --Louise Glück

Louise Glück

thanks to everyone who signed and shared! now let’s get to 11,000!!

the portland chicken guy 🥰

When you know the resistance has arrived⚡🌠

fuck

World on a String, 2012 - Plume WORLD ON A STRING, 2012 —for Erna Rosenberg   Thunder, and my cats, pure products of America, go crazy at the kitchen door, trapped, the day—which is everything—   promising nothing for them but my de...

I'm in awe of this new poem by Gail Mazur:
plumepoetry.com/world-on-a-s...

What a time to be paying taxes.

Controlling Narrative Infrastructure w/ Lina Srivastava What is narrative infrastructure? With Lina Srivastava (Center for Transformational Change)

Re: "narrative infrastructure for narrative power," I had a great conversation with @catachresis.bsky.social -- of the fantastic @convergencemag.com -- about creating enabling spaces and permission structures to think of new ways of being.

Listen here:
convergencemag.com/podcast/cont...

[Image description: White text against a purple background: The Fiddlehead, Atlantic Canada's Literary Journal. Disability: The Revolution. The Fiddlehead's Summer 2026 Special Issue. Call for Submissions from Disabled Writers: Deadline November 30, 2025.]

Disabled friends! I am thrilled to be overseeing @fiddlehd.bsky.social's Summer 2026 issue--DISABILITY: THE REVOLUTION.

Our theme is REVOLUTION and you can interpret that as widely as you like. If you identify as disabled and want to answer this call, please submit!

thefiddlehead.ca/revolution

Trump's petition asking the Supreme Court to let him officially redefine (read: rescind) birthright citizenship is now available and

I wish I did not have to worry about the Supreme Court taking seriously such obviously, egregiously unserious & racist bullshit

www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...

A brief introduction to the "Narrative Infrastructure for Narrative Power" framework from the Center for Transformational Change, to support those dedicated to building the systems behind narrative change and narrative power.

Today is the 4th anniversary of the @cftchange.bsky.social . To celebrate, we are launching our framework, "Narrative Infrastructure for Narrative Power."

Writing the Poems You Need to Write — Brooklyn Poets “You should write that,” people say to us more than we can count. But the honest, truthful, at-stake writing that matters most comes from inner need, not the outer shoulds of what others want. In this...

LAST CHANCE to register for this workshop with @taraskurtu.bsky.social! brooklynpoets.org/workshop/p/t...

Nonstop helicopters flying over Brooklyn today—anyone know what’s going on?

Today’s the last day to register!

Thank you to everyone who donated, Ramzi was able to pay his tent space rent and buy some food. He is still needing more money for food, if you’re able to match me.

Only one day left to register!

I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)

ARREST NETANYAHU STOP THE GENOCIDE MARCH TO THE UN SANCTION ISRAEL FRI. SEP 26 • 9AM TIMES SQUARE NYC ALL OUT TO NEW YORK CITY!

NYC says STOP THE GENOCIDE! 📢

Only 2 days left to register!

Unbound Edition Press Author Page Authors: Tara Skurtu (alongside black and white headshot of Tara: white woman with wavy blond hair in sleeveless jean shirt, silver magic pencil necklace, looks at camera--photo credit Spencer Ostrander) Tara Skurtu is the author of the poetry collection The Amoeba Game and the chapbook Skurtu, Romania. The recipient of two Fulbright Fellowships, a Robert Pinsky Global Fellowship, the Marcia Keach Poetry Prize, and two Academy of American Poets prizes, she has taught creative writing at Boston University, the BU Prison Education Program, and Transilvania University of Brașov. Tara is a member of the Brooklyn Poets Board of Directors. She lives in New York, where she teaches poetry and coaches writers worldwide. Her book of poems, Faith Farm, will be published by Unbound Edition Press.

✨Soft Announcement ✨

FAITH FARM has found its home!

I'm grateful beyond words to be with Unbound Edition Press (@unboundedition.bsky.social). Big thanks to Peter Campion, & to the writing community for your support during my book's years-long journey to acceptance.

Stay tuned!

I feel like news publications should put more energy into asking autistic people how they feel about all this because…

Aww thank you! ❤️

Thank you, Jared!

Unbound Edition Press Author Page Authors: Tara Skurtu (alongside black and white headshot of Tara: white woman with wavy blond hair in sleeveless jean shirt, silver magic pencil necklace, looks at camera--photo credit Spencer Ostrander) Tara Skurtu is the author of the poetry collection The Amoeba Game and the chapbook Skurtu, Romania. The recipient of two Fulbright Fellowships, a Robert Pinsky Global Fellowship, the Marcia Keach Poetry Prize, and two Academy of American Poets prizes, she has taught creative writing at Boston University, the BU Prison Education Program, and Transilvania University of Brașov. Tara is a member of the Brooklyn Poets Board of Directors. She lives in New York, where she teaches poetry and coaches writers worldwide. Her book of poems, Faith Farm, will be published by Unbound Edition Press.

✨Soft Announcement ✨

FAITH FARM has found its home!

I'm grateful beyond words to be with Unbound Edition Press (@unboundedition.bsky.social). Big thanks to Peter Campion, & to the writing community for your support during my book's years-long journey to acceptance.

Stay tuned!

This has been moving at less than a trickle. Please donate and share so that Leqaa can be brought home.

Teachers, parents, and people who know high school aged creative writers, The Weight Journal is open for submissions!

www.theweightjournal.com

So great to live in a country with two political parties in control, one that is actively fascist and the other that is passively fascist. You decide which is which.

Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.

Where are the disappeared?

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

Comedians are far quieter today than I would have hoped.