Aidan Chafe

Aidan Chafe

@allegorically.bsky.social

Teacher & poet. Author of the collections GOSPEL DRUNK (University of Alberta Press) and SHORT HISTORIES OF LIGHT (McGill-Queen's University Press).

267 Followers 110 Following 38 Posts Joined Dec 2023
2 weeks ago

Hahaha, I have no idea what this means, but I assume it’s a petty remark. Enlighten if you wish.

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3 weeks ago

Looking forward to this!!!

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1 month ago

Oh that’s cool! Glad you could be a part of the cover design.

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1 month ago

Yeah! Gorgeous cover!

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1 month ago

One of my faves to teach to high school students:)

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2 months ago
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TtD supplement #290 : seven questions for Aidan Chafe Aidan Chafe is the author of the poetry collections Gospel Drunk (University of Alberta Press) and Short Histories of Light (McGill-Queen...

Touch the Donkey supplement #290 : seven questions for Aidan Chafe / @ualbertapress.bsky.social @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social ;
touchthedonkey.blogspot.com/2025/12/ttd-...

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2 months ago
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Hockey Players Blast ‘Heated Rivalry’ For Unrealistic Depiction Of Anal Sex

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2 months ago

Congrats Christina! Quite the honour!

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3 months ago

Congratulations, Poet!

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3 months ago

Christina!!! Thank you for letting me know! I found out from you:)

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3 months ago

WOW! Congrats Aidan! @allegorically.bsky.social

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3 months ago

Congratulations!!! One of the highest honours among poets:)

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4 months ago
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Katy Perry Releases New Single About Superiority Of Canadian Manufacturing MONTECITO, CA—Signaling a new chapter in her career, pop star Katy Perry released a new single Monday about the superiority of Canadian manufacturing. “When I learned about the strength of Canadian au...

Katy Perry Releases New Single About Superiority Of Canadian Manufacturing

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5 months ago
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AIDAN CHAFE is a poet and educator. His poems have appeared in CV2, EVENT, The Fiddlehead and PRISM international. He lives on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tseil-Waututh peoples (Vancouver).

Find two of Chafe's poems in EVENT 54/2: www.eventmagazine.ca/product/even...

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5 months ago

You’re here! I’m here, too! Then there’s a pair of us…

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6 months ago

Thank you, @jessicaleemcmillan.com!!! Appreciate the love:)

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6 months ago

Thank you Raoul:)

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6 months ago
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Spotlight series #113 : Christina Shah Curated by Canadian writer, editor and publisher rob mclennan, the “spotlight” series appears the first Monday of every month.

Spotlight series #113 : Christina Shah / @christinashah.bsky.social @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social ;
robmclennan.medium.com/spotlight-se...

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6 months ago
Poetry of Aidan Chafe — ONLY POEMS New poems from Aidan Chafe

ONLY POEMS feature!!!

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7 months ago
2024 ONLY POEMS Prize Winners: Sydney Mayes, xochi quetzali cartland, Nome Emeka Patrick — ONLY POEMS Discover the 2024 ONLY POEMS Prize winners! Sydney Mayes is Poet of the Year, with runners-up xochi quetzali cartland and Nome Emeka Patrick, and honorable mentions Tara Mesalik MacMahon and Tom Snars...

Thrilled to have been selected as the ONLY POEMS 2025 Poet of the Year! @onlypoemsmag.bsky. www.onlypoems.net/contest/poet...

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7 months ago

Thank you so much for the endorsement:) I am a huge admirer of your work. This means a lot.

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7 months ago
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Hey Raphael, here’s my Alejandro…strikingly similar handsomeness

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8 months ago

A huge congratulations! That’s a lot of fun-looking lit for kids!

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8 months ago

Going!

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8 months ago

Hey Janet! Yes, I’ll do my best to make it out next week to PIP!

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8 months ago

But then again, who am I to say. There is more cultural diversity in the identities of the writers today, than has ever been. So, in those opportunities for marginalized voices, I’m grateful.

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8 months ago

…yep. I keep going to bookstores to read CanLit poetry and return disappointed by the lack of creativity, originality, insight and overall talent in the voices and poems.

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8 months ago

Dammnnn…is that ever true. Particularly here in Canada.

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10 months ago
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Cover reveal!

I'm beyond excited to share that CLOUDWATCHER, winner of the inaugrual Stern Prize from @ampoetryreview.bsky.social & forthcoming from Copper Canyon, has a cover and is now available to pre-order (link in the replies)! 🌩️ 🌩️ 🌩️

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10 months ago

There are few greater honours than this (and all the moreso when the poem is this good). Thank you, Jessica!

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