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Kris Bigalk

@krisbigalk.bsky.social
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Executive Editor, @TrioHousePress.bsky.social; Board member, AWP. Lover of literary poetry and prose. Opinions are my own.

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Kris Bigalk @krisbigalk.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Ever wonder how to give your manuscript the best chance at being chosen (or at least not eliminated for consideration) when you submit it? Check out my latest post on my Substack, Letters From the Editor: krisbigalk.substack.com/p/submission...
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Kris Bigalk @krisbigalk.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Want some tips on how to improve your author website? Check out this week’s Letter From the Editor! open.substack.com/pub/krisbiga...
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Kris Bigalk @krisbigalk.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
My latest "Letter from the Editor" has to do with planning successful events to promote a new book release: open.substack.com/pub/krisbiga...
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Kris Bigalk @krisbigalk.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Please join me in donating to ensure The Water~Stone Review can continue publishing beautiful magazines with the work of both established and new writers. Every dollar helps!. ❤️ www.givecampus.com/schools/Haml...
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Support Water~Stone Review
Join me and support the Water~Stone Review!
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Trio House Press @triohousepress.org · 30/03/2026
Only one day left to enter our poetry book contests!!! triohousepress.submittable.com/submit
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Kris Bigalk @krisbigalk.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Snowed in today? email and call your national, state, and local representatives and demand an end to funding for DHS, impeachment and firing of Trump, Noem, Patel, Bondi & Bovino, an end to tolerating murder, lies, bullying,and authoritarianism. www.commoncause.org/find-your-re...
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Kris Bigalk @krisbigalk.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
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Timeline: How the Shooting of Alex Jeffrey Pretti Unfolded
A moment-by-moment analysis of video from the scene shows that Mr. Pretti was already restrained when fatal shots were fired, which appears to contradict the federal government’s account of the event.
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Trio House Press @triohousepress.org · 23/01/2026
Poets of Minneapolis, we lost one of our own when Renee Good was murdered. Raise your voices today in any way you can. Here, at the rally today, wherever you are…speak truth to power. Thank you, @zeeshanpathan.bsky.social for this inspiration. 💛💜💛💜
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Kris Bigalk @krisbigalk.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
@cbsnews.com.web.brid.gy @nbcnews.com @cnn.com Your lead story today was the weather. The largest general strike in recent memory is happening today in Minneapolis. Why are you burying this story? Because the corporations who are silent are your advertisers? Be journalists.
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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Whether we're talking about Trump's starring role in the Epstein Files or a DHS Agent's shooting of a Minneapolis mom, the old saying remains true: innocent people don't hide evidence.
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Trio House Press @triohousepress.org · 10/01/2026
Sharing this elegy for Renee Nicole Good, from Minneapolis poet Danez Smith: “The role of us poets is to witness the world…With attention as our tool and duty, we turn to grief, to love, to the natural world around us, to our own lives, and to our countries.” www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/feat...
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An Elegy for My Neighbor, Renee Nicole Good
Fellow poet Danez Smith memorializes the Minneapolis mother's call to witness
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Kris Bigalk @krisbigalk.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
Annual holiday family photo! Wishing you all a happy holiday season! 🎄⛄️❄️❤️
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Kris Bigalk @krisbigalk.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Mark your calendar for January 29 at The Loft - Poets Laureate are gathering!!
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Rebecca Makkai @rebeccamakkai.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Here are some of the things we talked about... If you missed the live class (I mean, it was sort of at kid bedtime), you can still watch (or gift someone) the recording. myfivethings.com/class/rebecc...
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Trio House Press @triohousepress.org · 02/12/2025
If you love our books and authors, please consider supporting @triohousepress.org this December! 💛 Buy our books 💜 Donate in any amount by texting Trio to 53-555 💛 Eat a Trio House pizza at Pizza Loves Emily 💜 Share what you love about what we do Thank you!!
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Kris Bigalk @krisbigalk.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Winter Wonderland in Minneapolis this morning!
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Susan L. Leary @susanlleary.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
🌸🌺 MORE FLOWERS 🌸🌺 forthcoming February 2026 from Trio House Press! Enjoy this little unboxing video and pre-order at the link in the replies! Endless gratitude to so many! @triohousepress.org @krisbigalk.bsky.social @natashakane.bsky.social
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Kris Bigalk @krisbigalk.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Contest season is about to start! Read some cover letter tips and check out my other posts on submitting on my Substack, Letters From the Editor. open.substack.com/pub/krisbiga...
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Trio House Press @triohousepress.org · 16/09/2025
Creating strong connections with other writers is a great way to feel supported and find new opportunities. Read our executive editor @krisbigalk.bsky.social’s tips on how to enlarge your online and in person literary circle: open.substack.com/pub/krisbiga...
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Networking Tips for Writers
Introvert, Ambivert, or Extrovert -- Anyone Can Widen Their Network
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Kris Bigalk @krisbigalk.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Ever wonder if you need an agent to submit to small presses? Here’s a small press editor’s perspective — read and please subscribe to Letters From the Editor! open.substack.com/pub/krisbiga...
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Kris Bigalk @krisbigalk.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Come to Normandale this fall and take my poetry writing class on campus M/W 12-1:20, starting August 25! I’d love to see you there!
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Trio House Press @triohousepress.org · 09/07/2025
Ever wonder how to organize and format a poetry manuscript? Check out executive editor @krisbigalk.bsky.social’s latest Letter From the Editor: open.substack.com/pub/krisbiga...
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How to Order and Organize a Poetry Collection Manuscript
Tips, Resources, and Encouragement
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Kris Bigalk @krisbigalk.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Hey poets -- who among us hasn't grumbled about submission fees and response times when we are submitting our manuscripts? This Letter from the Editor is for you! Please read, share, and subscribe (free option available!). open.substack.com/pub/krisbiga...
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Amy Klobuchar @amyklobuchar.com · 14/06/2025
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 14/06/2025
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Kathryn Kysar @darklake.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Saturday, June 7th 4:00 PM at Open Book in Minneapolis. Free. A bevy of brilliant readers. ASL interpreted. Join us! @krisbigalk.bsky.social @heideerdrich.bsky.social @hawona.bsky.social @mkdordiggsy.bsky.social @raymondluczak.com @josinamm.bsky.social @slipfast.bsky.social @sagirahs.bsky.social
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Trio House Press @triohousepress.org · 28/05/2025
@triohousepress.org is thrilled to announce the winner of the 2025 Trio Award for a First or Second Book of Poetry: Mai-Linh Hong (@FleursduMai.bsky.social), Continental Drift!
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Trio House Press @triohousepress.org · 27/05/2025
Send us your manuscript during our June Open Reading, 6/1-6/30! Free submissions for those who earn 50K or less; $25 fee for those who earn more. Read full guidelines here: triohousepress.submittable.com/submit
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Reuben Gelley Newman @joustingsnail.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Look!!!! Thanks again @triohousepress.org @krisbigalk.bsky.social, I'm so excited 💕
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Courtney Kocak @courtneykocak.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
BIG EFFING NEWS, Y’ALL!!! 📣📚 My debut memoir GIRL GONE WILD drops in March 2026 with @triohousepress.org‬!!! 🎉 Can’t wait for y’all to read my dirty lil secrets. 😂 This book has been a labor of love for years. Working with a Minnesota press and @krisbigalk.bsky.social‬ feels fated. 🧩💫 More soon!
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Trio House Press @triohousepress.org · 09/05/2025
Win a copy of Lost Found Kept: A Memoir by @debkossmann.bsky.social! Enter here before May 22: www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Walz: If you say you love freedom but you don't believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love is not freedom, it is privilege.
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Kris Bigalk @krisbigalk.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
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GaryThoren @garythoren.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
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Trio House Press @triohousepress.org · 03/03/2025
Congratulations to Trio House Press cover designer Joel Wyant Coggins, on his cover design for Dressing the Bear by @susanlleary.bsky.social: a finalist for the 2025 da Vinci Eye Award!
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Coffee House Press @coffeehousepress.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Our nonfiction writing workshop with Victoria Blanco is quickly approaching! Twin City writers who are interested can find the details here: coffeehousepress.org/products/the...
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Trio House Press @triohousepress.org · 20/02/2025
Some new work by @lsevick.bsky.social, author of The Bamboo Wife! 💛❤️
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Trio House Press @triohousepress.org · 20/02/2025
@Triohousepress.bsky.social is thrilled to release the cover of the essay collection Sing Me a Circle: Love, Loss and a Home in Time by @snajmi.bsky.social! Pre-order your copy here: triohousepress.myshopify.com/products/pre...
Cover of Sing Me a Circle
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Trio House Press @triohousepress.org · 17/02/2025
@izineh.bsky.social “…all poems are basically political, and it's a matter of legibility. The very medium we use: language. Language is political. It's often the (capital T, H, E) tool of institutional power.” Read the interview here: open.substack.com/pub/triohous...
Issam Zineh and the cover of Unceded Land
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Trio House Press @triohousepress.org · 06/02/2025
@christiangullette.bsky.social’s audiobook edition of Coachella Elegy is now available! Only $3.95, and only on Audible! The first audiobook published by @triohousepress.bsky.social www.audible.com/pd/B0DR9BH8X...
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Eric Doise @edoise.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
In promoting the poetry book of my late wife @saaramyrene.bsky.social, published a few days after her death by @umasspress.bsky.social, I've struggled to get reviews of the book in the world. If you review #poetry or know someone who does and are interested, let me know, and I'll get you a copy
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Chamber after Chamber
Chamber after Chamber is about what fractures, fixes, and refills the hearts of two girls as they grow into women. A loose narrative in three sections, the p...
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Kris Bigalk @krisbigalk.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Looking forward to diving in to @brianbaumgart.bsky.social’s chapbook!💛🥶💛
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Literary Mama @literarymama.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
On Inauguration Day, @ajfields.bsky.social & @evalangston.bsky.social spoke w National Book Award winner Lena Khalaf Tuffaha about Palestinian writing, language, & genocide. Listen here: Lena Khalaf Tuffaha: Love Is An Action open.substack.com/pub/literary...
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Lena Khalaf Tuffaha: Love Is An Action
On Inauguration Day, Amanda Fields and Eva Langston spoke with Ntl Book Award winner Lena Khalaf Tuffaha about Palestinian writers, genocide, and the need to rebuild language and sit with discomfort.
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Kris Bigalk @krisbigalk.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Snowball enjoying a sunbeam.
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Kris Bigalk @krisbigalk.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
I am so excited for you all to read this book — read this short interview I did with the author! If you or a loved one has ever struggled with letting go of possessions, cleaning out a relative’s home, or recasting family narratives, you’ll love it.
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Kris Bigalk @krisbigalk.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
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Kris Bigalk @krisbigalk.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
In the past three days I have made: Caramel corn, sugar cookies, chocolate covered pretzel rods, Swedish meringue cookies, fudge, chocolate caramels, lemon bars, a spiral ham, a turkey, fondant potatoes, cauliflower curry, two egg bakes, Greek salad, blueberry muffins, and beet salad.
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Kris Bigalk @krisbigalk.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
I’m making chocolate caramels, using a recipe from 1933 that my grandma got from her friend Hattie, and passed down through my aunt. Holiday food connects my grandma to my kids, who never met her. Those are the things I think about as I prepare for Christmas. 🎄❤️
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Brian Baumgart @brianbaumgart.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
As of today, I have a new chapbook of poetry out in the world. Let me introduce you to Cold Is Cold Is Cold! Order here: bottlecap.press/products/cold
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Trio House Press @triohousepress.org · 16/12/2024
We are so excited to unveil the cover for Martheaus Perkins’ debut poetry collection, The Grace of Black Mothers, described by John Keene as “drawing a complex and bountiful Black world in the face of anti-Blackness…” Pre-order your copy today at triohousepress.myshopify.com/products/pre...
Cover of book
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