Misha Solomon

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some author activity: O'Connor, Hall, Solomon, Browne + McCann, Wanda O'Connor is interviewed about her garden for an article on the BBC ; Phil Hall has new work up at Discordia Review ; Misha Solomon has...

some above/ground press author activity: Wanda O'Connor, Phil Hall, Misha Solomon, Laynie Browne + Marcus McCann, / @mishasolomon.bsky.social ;
abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2025/08/some...

Excerpt from Misha Solomon's poem "Yesterday Down at the Canal", published in Issue 175 of The New Quarterly.

Featured this week in The New Quarterly is Misha Solomon's "Yesterday Down at the Canal", from Issue 175! Click here to read the full poem: tnq.ca/story/yester...

filling Station #84 : let slip the dogs Hey America, How Are Your Stones? Sometimes the bicycle swirl of a landscape unfurls hot butter – edge – white – wax – smear – mushed  i...

filling Station #84 : let slip the dogs / @fillingstation.bsky.social @mishasolomon.bsky.social ;
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The New Quarterly's latest issue for the summer of 2025, Issue 175: The Lives of Others is now available at tnq.ca.

Our summer issue is now LIVE!

Step into the extraordinary lives of others—where each story, poem, and essay is an intimate invitation driven by curiosity, admiration, love, or even bereavement: tnq.ca/issue/issue-...

#canlit #fiction #nonfiction #poetry #reading

Thanks @robmclennan.bsky.social for asking me to write about how a poem begins (spoiler alert: I don’t really know). (and thanks to @sarahwolfson.bsky.social for her incisive suggestions — read her amazing @periodicities.bsky.social piece from yesterday!)

Misha Solomon : How Does a Poem Begin? How does a poem begin?         A poem, for me, does not so much begin as end. Once I start writing, the poem is over. Nothing fe...

newly posted at @periodicities.bsky.social : Misha Solomon : How Does a Poem Begin? / @mishasolomon.bsky.social ;
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Touch the Donkey : new interviews with Straumsvåg, ryan, Solomon, Lockhart, Dulin, Davis + Higgins, Anticipating the release next week of the forty-sixth issue of Touch the Donkey [a small poetry journal] , why not check out the interviews ...

Touch the Donkey : new interviews with Straumsvåg, ryan, Solomon, Lockhart, Dulin, Davis + Higgins, / @brandyryan.bsky.social @mishasolomon.bsky.social @jordandavis.bsky.social ;
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Flyer for an online writing workshop facilitated by Misha Solomon, with the following text: ONLINE WORKSHOP JUNE 14 – AUGUST 2 email: misha.solomon@gmail.com or DM @mishasolomon IS THIS PROMPT ABOUT ME? participants will receive FOUR personalized prompts kick-off: sat, june 14 wrap-up: sat, aug 2 11 a.m – 1 p.m group meetings

Starting Saturday, June 14, the amazing @mishasolomon.bsky.social is facilitating another iteration of his popular online writing workshop:

—"IS THIS PROMPT ABOUT ME?"

Misha doesn't need me to vouch for him, but I will: you'll never regret attending this! ❤️‍🔥

some author activity: Stebner, Martin, Berlatsky, Banks, Mohammadi, Moure + Solomon, Kevin Stebner answers the '12 or 20 questions' interview ; Camille Martin has a series of photographs newly posted online ; Noah Berlatsky h...

some above/ground press author activity: Kevin Stebner, Camille Martin, Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social , Chris Banks @chrisbanks6625.bsky.social , Khashayar "Kess" Mohammadi, Erín Moure + Misha Solomon @mishasolomon.bsky.social ,
abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2025/05/some...

some author activity: Carpenter, Solomon, Armantrout, Mellis, Norris + Stengel, I missed it before, but J.R. Carpenter has a collaborative work with Mary Paterson over at Pamenar Online Journal ; Misha Solomon is intervi...

some above/ground press author activity: J.R. Carpenter, Misha Solomon, Rae Armantrout, Miranda Mellis, Ken Norris + Jill Stengel, / @mishasolomon.bsky.social @jrcarpenter.bsky.social @jillstengel.bsky.social ;
abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2025/05/some...

Excited that my poem "Yoo-Hoo," published in @riddlefence.bsky.social, will appear in Best Canadian Poetry 2026!

I am newly into spinning — more within

Tomorrow at Librairie Pulp Books & Café @teresempierre.bsky.social launches her incredible MYTH and I have the honour of reading with her and Faith Paré

Misha Solomon | Publication Coach When he writes poetry, Misha Solomon says he works in a linear way. "I almost always start with a title and that title rarely changes..."

fun little interview in which I attempt earnestness about process kinda

Text graphic with a green background, featuring the cover of the spring 2025 issue of CV2, and the following text in black, blue, and yellow fonts. Text: Save the date: Spring Issue Launch. Tuesday, April 29, 2025. 5pm PT / 7pm CT / 8pm ET, Online & free to attend, featuring readings by Maleeha Farooq, Van Osborne Zimrose, Andrea Scott, Misha Solomon, Shayna Stock, and Jess Tran!

✨🌸🔥Check out that reader list!✨🌸🔥

Tmrw! Tues Apr 29 @ 5 PT / 7 CT / 8 ET on Zoom we're launching our Spring Issue with readings by Maleeha Farooq, Van Osborne Zimrose, Andrea Scott, Misha Solomon, Shayna Stock, and Jess Tran!

Register to attend (for free!) at the link in our bio! 🔥

Text graphic with a green background, featuring the cover of the spring 2025 issue of CV2, and the following text in black, blue, and yellow fonts. Text: Save the date: Spring Issue Launch. Tuesday, April 29, 2025. 5pm PT / 7pm CT / 8pm ET, Online & free to attend, featuring readings from contributors!

✨🌸🔥Launch time!✨🌸🔥

Join us on Tuesday, April 29th, at 5pm PT / 7pm CT / 8pm ET on Zoom as we launch our Spring Issue with readings from contributors Maleeha Khan, Van Osborne Zimrose, Andrea Scott, Misha Solomon, Shayna Stock, and Jess Tran!

Register for free at the link in our bio 🔥

Thursday! @manahil.bsky.social

Touch the Donkey : forty-fifth issue, The forty-fifth issue is now available, with new poems by Dag T. Straumsvåg, brandy ryan, Misha Solomon, D.A. Lockhart, Lea Graham, Jordan...

now available: Touch the Donkey [a small poetry journal] #45 : w new poems by Dag T. Straumsvåg, brandy ryan, Misha Solomon @mishasolomon.bsky.social , D.A. Lockhart, Lea Graham, Jordan Davis @jordandavis.bsky.social and Larkin Maureen Higgins,
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May 8 <3

Spotlight series #107 : Misha Solomon The one hundred and seventh in my monthly "spotlight" series, each featuring a different poet with a short statement and a new poem or two,...

Spotlight series #107 : Misha Solomon / @mishasolomon.bsky.social ;
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some author activity: Manery, Markotić, Doller, Straumsvåg, Heroux, Fagan, Barwin, Reid + Solomon, forthcoming author Sandra Doller is interviewed over at Touch the Donkey ; Dag T. Straumsvåg and Jason Heroux's collaborative chapbook gets...

some above/ground press author activity: Rob Manery, Nicole Markotić, Sandra Doller, Dag T. Straumsvåg, Jason Heroux, Cary Fagan, Gary Barwin @garybarwin.bsky.social , Monty Reid @mreid.bsky.social + Misha Solomon @mishasolomon.bsky.social ,
abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2025/03/some...

Thanks, @robmclennan.bsky.social ! (And thanks Frank O’Hara, @mxkazhill.bsky.social, and many others)

i’m not a hypocrite except for when i am | Sophie Dufresne | Frozen Sea - Special Issue One

🤔 piece inspired by: Diphthongs | Misha Solomon | Frozen Sea - Issue Four 🪓

Thank you 💖💖💖

Been reading through the poems we published in The Fiddlehead over the last year. Forgot how much I liked this one by Montreal poet Misha Solomon #startrek

Thanks so much for this! And thanks for publishing it ❤️.

hello hello this is a poem that rhymes
thanks @thepireview.bsky.social for publishing it & @robmclennan.bsky.social for making the connection

The Ballad of a Boy I Knew, by Misha Solomon I knew a boy, in days bygone Days like those the Bard called salad I knew a boy who knew me not Knew not I would write this ballad   A...

The Ballad of a Boy I Knew, by Misha Solomon @mishasolomon.bsky.social thepireview.blogspot.com/2024/12/the-...