Cathryn The Almost Great

What the First Amendment Really Protects From protests and journalism to social media and campus speech, explore how the First Amendment safeguards everyone — including immigrants — and what it actually covers.

Laura Strum: What the First Amendment Really Protects @aclu.org
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happy "the car clock is finally correct" day to all who celebrate

Buried at Sea: White House Attacks on Renewables Are Killing IBEW Jobs The Trump administration is escalating its attacks on major renewable energy projects and the thousands of union jobs that power them, just as the grid faces historic strains from ballooning demand.

IBEW: Buried at Sea: White House Attacks on Renewables Are Killing IBEW Jobs. @ibewinternational.bsky.social ibew.org/electrical_w...

DHS Sued for Records on Trump-Appointed Election Conspiracy Theorist Read more here.

Matt Cohen: DHS Sued for Records on Trump-Appointed Election Conspiracy Theorist www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

YouTube video by MeidasTouch Trump LOSES CONTROL as He RUSHES MILITARY into Place

UNFTR: Is this really about narcotics?
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I hated missing this, one of my favorite events every year. Fabulous. I was under the weather and couldn’t make it 😢

Brown liquid?? Protesters?? You idiots. Trump admits he thinks he’s king and take a gigantic shit on our cities! Great behavior for our so-called President.

Sundress Reads: Review of Gastromythology - The Sundress Blog Jessica Manack’s Gastromythology (Sheila-Na-Gig Editions, 2024) is an astonishing debut that redefines hunger and girlhood. Each of this poetry collection’s three sections has a theme: being fed, resi...

In this week's #Sundress Reads, Caroline Eliza reads and reviews Jessica Manack’s debut poetry collection, Gastromythology, available now from Sheila-Na-Gig Editions! sundressblog.com/2025/10/09/s...

I just ordered this from dgp!

I agree! I love dancing girl press! I can’t wait to get your chapbook!

Terrific! We’re both part of the 2025 series! I love dancing girl press and Kristy 😻

#poetry from Secrets in a Pear Tree chapbook

I lost $27 today in my wee Robinhood account. 🥸 #stockmarket

Did Eve (Did) | Cathryn Shea Cathryn Shea’s chapbook Did Eve (Did) is her third with dancing girl press, part of the 2025 series. Other work includes her second full-length poetry book Ghost Matinee and her first full-length poet...

New irreverent #poetry chapbook. Dare to get it. dulcetshop.myshopify.com/products/did...

We had a great time!

Fairfax IrishFest Festival of Irish Music and Dance

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Change of plans: Kerry Donohue will be taking LeeAnn Pickrell’s place at our reading this Sunday at Sausalito Books by the Bay. September 28 at 4:00 pm.

Change of plans. LeeAnn can’t read this Sunday due to sudden bug. Kerry Donohue has stepped in to
join Judy Halebsky and me. At Sausalito Books by the Bay this Sunday, September 28 at 4:00 pm. #poetry

Reading at Sausalito Books by the Bay Sunday September 28. #poetry #poetrycommunity

Welcome to Dreams and Dogwoods, a project by Kassidy S. She is a poet, zine artist, and kid’s book author from Appalachia. Her poetry was published at the age of 10 and her scholarly work is featured in the Cornell Undergraduate Research Journal. Her poetry is available at NYC’s Bluestockings.

Poster for poetry walk

Petaluma Poetry Walk next Sunday, September 21. I read at 12 noon! #poetry

Hey everyone...LOOK OVER HERE! It's Lt. Col. Bone Spurs declaring war on an American city!!! Does his rough tough cream-puff cosplay make you forget about the EPSTEIN survivors, their lifetime of trauma & their courage to speak the truth in public?

Yeah, me neither.

#ReleaseTheEPSTEINFilesASAP

ONE ART’s 2026 Best of the Net Nominations ONE ART’s 2026 Best of the Net Nominations    Allison Blevins – Earlier, Jane Kenyon Kai Coggin – I AM MY OWN COUNTRY NOW Abby E. Murray – I Can’t Find My Gender Alison Luterm…

ONE ART's 2026 Best of the Net Nominations oneartpoetry.com/2025/08/18/o...

Don’t look away

Apples from my tree translate to Apple Hill cake

Pay attention. Your family’s safety is on the line.

Interview with Tiana Clark, author of Scorched Earth Award-winning poet Tiana Clark lets us peer into the process behind Scorched Earth—an exquisite book that reckons with history and rings with joy.

We recently picked up Tiana Clark’s SCORCHED EARTH & are savoring its brilliant, ecstatic, sometimes very funny self-revelations. This interview pulls back the curtain on Clark’s process & poetry. #poetry #writing #poetrysky

Why are these poets all beaming? Because they crushed their Marin Poetry Center Traveling Show reading @ the Fairfax Public Library this past Saturday! The lineup, left to right: Albert Flynn DeSilver, Kate Peper, Cathryn Shea, Ann Robinson, Barbara Swift Brauer, & Janet Jennings. #PoetrySky #Poetry

Nancy J. Morales, Terry Ehret, Amanda Moore, Meg Hamill, Lisa Zheng, Anaya Ertz, Jennifer Barone, Justin Cole Demeter, Ingrid Keir, Dave Seter, Kelechi Ubozoh, Bill Vartnaw.

MAJOR SWOON! 🤩

You come too!