Scott Woods

Am ecstatic to be reading at THE Lincoln Center at the invitation of the illustrious Dr. Mahogany L. Browne @mobrowne.bsky.social alongside a slate of powerful poets. I'm performing Friday, Feb. 6, and staying over to see the poets on Feb. 7. Come get your poetry festival on & watch me fanboy!

Never set aside a critical truth so you can keep a so-called ally. If your ally cannot handle the truth, they're not an ally.
#SayHerName

Thank you!

Let's go 2026.

TLDR: My sabbatical yielded a finished manuscript.

Finally finished a draft of the essay collection I should have completed 3 years ago, but couldn't because I was waiting for this version of me to arrive. It's a draft, so there is more to do. The last 3 weeks of focus have been transformative.

Give Guillermo del Toro whatever he wants for "At the Mountains of Madness".

Go on 'head and block out Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026. I'm cooking up something beautiful. You got 298 days to make sure you don't miss out. Here in Columbus, Ohio. Yes, it's worth the trip.

Took us four weeks to get it ready and it opens today! For the next 7 days! #StreetlightGuild ##minihalloweenvillage

YouTube video by Madd Wolf Fright Club: Deep Dive into Weapons

No top 5 list for this week's #FrightClub #podcast - Instead, @scottwoods.bsky.social joins us for a deep dive into Weapons! Spoilers ahead, but if you've seen the movie, please join us!

Various gigs require real, long-term prep. This stack and another one like it are why I'm not catching random emails, calls, messages and what-not. I'm trying to earn the rep. Other folks can play. I have to be able to back things up bc I'm never just carrying me. See you next month at something.

Your boy got gigs and appearances! My August is mostly me prepping for September.

I'll be in conversation with Percival Everett 9/3 for Bexley Public Library! Check them out for details.

bexley.libnet.info/event/13964160

From my panel/book signing at the Columbus Book Festival last weekend, with Darren C. Demaree, Rikki Santer and moderator extraordinaire Nicole Sutton. Very thankful for the folks who came out early on a Sunday morning to listen to poets talk process.

At the poetry panel I sat on today at the Columbus Book Festival I mentioned that each of the poems in my book have a blues song to go with them. I said I would post it, so pow!
(Note: If you were one of my Patreon supporters you got this 8 months ago. Membership has its privileges!)

Stop confusing neutrality with blinders.

These two. 🙌🙌 Thanks to everyone who came to the event last night with @scottwoods.bsky.social & Hanif Abdurraqib! A very special evening & we're grateful to have shared it with you all. ❤️

(Shout out to Richelle at @ccadedu.bsky.social, who accommodated us at the last minute due to the rain! 🫶)

What I'm doing in July!

TH Board President Paula Cole & @scottwoods.bsky.social rocked it on @nbc4i.com's Daytime Columbus this afternoon! 😎🎥🌟

🔥 Tix are still available for Scott's event TOMORROW 7/10 with #Columbus legend Hanif Abdurraqib. 🤩

Register ➡️ www.thurberhouse.org/summer-events-2025/scott-woods-hanif-abdurraqib

Thurber House — *Picnic* In Conversation: Poets, Essayists, & Cultural Critics Scott Woods and Hanif Abdurraqib BLACK NIGHT IS FALLING Scott Woods' third book of poetry wrestles with ecstatic notions of blackness, the beauty and grief to be found in every 'hood carryout, the colonization of pumpkin spice, an...

One night only!!! ☝️🎟 This Thurs 7/10, #Columbus legends @scottwoods.bsky.social & Hanif Abdurraqib will take the stage together for a convo you do NOT want to miss. Tix are going fast! 🔥

Info ➡️ www.thurberhouse.org/summer-events-2025/scott-woods-hanif-abdurraqib

#columbusmakesart #artmakescbus

Diddy should be under the jail, but we're America.

Words are important.

Lowest branch ever.

Columbus Makes Art Presents Scott Woods on the Power of Writing and Community - Columbus Underground Local authors Scott Woods and Hanif Abdurraqib have a conversation on July 10 from 6-7:30 p.m. on the Thurber House lawn, be there!

Don’t miss the upcoming event with @scottwoods.bsky.social on July 10: columbusunderground.com/columbus-mak...

Some of y'all are doing so well with your self care. You're resting. You're moving more. You're slowing things down.

And then you share it on the internet.

Starter Kit - Blues - YouTube

Saw Sinners again last night (IMAX this time) and it’s still great.

Accordingly, I think it’s a good time to reshare this list of introductory Blues tracks curated for me by @scottwoods.bsky.social, who couldn’t be more made for this moment if you were writing a script.

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Summer, HERE WE COME! 🤩 NEW #summer events: John Kenney, Sharon Short, @scottwoods.bsky.social with Hanif Abdurraqib, Linda Castillo, & a family-friendly BBQ at Green Lawn Cemetery!

More ➡ www.thurberhouse.org/summer-events-2025

#asseenincolumbus #asseenincbus #columbusmakesart #artmakescbus

The Monkey: Differences between the story and film, but who cares (Here there be mild spoilers.) I’m back in this phase where I’m not digging into movies before I see them for their backstories or production dramas. I just want to go see a movie, not give Monday …

I had some thoughts on The Monkey.

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