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Ariel Gordon

@ariel-gordon.bsky.social

Winnipeg/Treaty 1-based writer, editor & enthusiast. Recently - Fungal: Foraging in the Urban Forest w/W&W. Now - Blood Letters w/GPP. WiR at Winnipeg Public Library.

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So apply if you want to start building a writing practice. Apply if you want to play with words. Apply if you want to make some writer-friends.

19.11.2025 01:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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So I will be offering a Writing Circle through the @wpgpubliclibrary.bsky.social that meets monthly from December through April. And the deadline is THIS FRIDAY, November 21.

19.11.2025 01:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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11.11.2025 18:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Frozen walking-to-the-bus-stop crabapples. So, tell me, what are you going to make this week?

10.11.2025 16:52 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy Halloween, dollface! (This is an oldie, circa 2023, but a goodie…)

31.10.2025 21:47 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@palimpsestpress.bsky.social Poems from Stoaways, surfacing!

30.10.2025 14:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m grateful for this re-anthologizing, even if the poem Joanne selected for me is ANCIENT.

30.10.2025 13:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks for this re-anthologizing!

30.10.2025 13:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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You don’t get to be on McNally’s bestseller table very often, so I try to enjoy it… @greatplainspress.bsky.social @gmbchomichuk.bsky.social @mcnallyrobinson.com

27.10.2025 14:18 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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So it was an honour to host the launch of Duncan Mercredi’s 7th poetry collection this afternoon at McNally’s. Poetry forever! @mcnallyrobinson.com @atbaypress.bsky.social

27.10.2025 14:13 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ’™β™₯οΈπŸ’œπŸ’›

27.10.2025 14:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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So I spent the morning at Winnipeg Comic Con with @gmbchomichuk.bsky.social, chatting with people and looking at things. And, of course, I bought poetry at a comic con. Next: Duncan Mercredi’s launch (@atbaypress.bsky.social)
at McNally’s at 2 pm, which I’m hosting at @mcnallyrobinson.com.

26.10.2025 17:45 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The fence is long gone and whoever removed it, snipped the metal as close to the tree as they could. But, somehow, the tree looks happy. So I asked yesterday’s participants to respond to this tree, with the following in mind: why are trees so great for cities / why are cities so bad for trees?

26.10.2025 14:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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…as we walked around, looking at everything: the trees, the stream that flowed through both properties, the stands of bur oak, the footbridge that connects them, the big old willow closest to the pool. But this tree caught me, snagging me on the chain link it had once grown through.

26.10.2025 14:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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So yesterday I facilitated my first WPL WiR workshop, a nature-focused workshop in the trees surrounding the Windsor Park Library. We wound up ranging from the Windsor Park precinct over to the Bonivital Pool next door, which was closed for renovation. And it was a gorgeous day…

26.10.2025 14:13 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Robot mixtape!!

23.10.2025 16:52 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks for this!

23.10.2025 16:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Yay! Thanks everyone! (And would you looooook at all the Manitoban & CDN writers on this list…) @mcnallyrobinson.com @greatplainspress.bsky.social

22.10.2025 20:52 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I’ll be at Winnipeg Comic Con on Sunday morning, sitting at @gmbchomichuk.bsky.social’s booth, signing copies of Blood Letters! Come visit! @greatplainspress.bsky.social @winnipegcomiccon.bsky.social

22.10.2025 16:52 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Looking forward!

22.10.2025 02:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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There are a few spots left in this Saturday’s FREE urban nature creative writing workshop! Sign up/help me get the word out! @greatplainspress.bsky.social @wpgpubliclibrary.bsky.social @atbaypress.bsky.social

20.10.2025 19:55 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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So today I was heckled by the RRC Polytech Heritage Group in the middle of my presentation about mushrooms and foraging. They were not fun guys…

16.10.2025 18:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The launch should be great fun!

14.10.2025 21:01 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Spotted at @mcnallyrobinson.com! I’m looking forward to launching this book with @gmbchomichuk.bsky.social and @greatplainspress.bsky.social!

14.10.2025 16:38 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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So last night I hosted the launch of Melanie Dennis Unrau’s visual poetry text Goose, which culminated with me asking the audience to HONK at her instead of applauding. @mcnallyrobinson.com

12.10.2025 16:02 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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So my first FREE workshop at WPL has been announced: October 25 at the Windsor Park Library! Share/Sign up, friends!
@wpgpubliclibrary.bsky.social

08.10.2025 22:52 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The launch for Blood Letters is TEN DAYS away, friends. It would be great to see you October 17 at @mcnallyrobinson.com! @greatplainspress.bsky.social

07.10.2025 13:47 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’d always meant to read this book…and as I write on/about/through my mother’s hoarding disorder, it feels like this book has come to me at the right time. My plan is to buy a book from the sale every week and work with it somehow, by reading or maybe even using it for collage/palimpsest purposes.

03.10.2025 16:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Look what I found on the book sale shelf at the Millennium Library for seventy-five cents - Priscilla Uppal’s memoir Projection: encounters with my runaway mother.

03.10.2025 16:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh I’m looking forward to this!

03.10.2025 14:28 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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