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Abena Ntoso @abenantoso.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

New episode is out! Inspired by "Hybrid Heaven," this conversation with poet Andrew Geoffrey Kwabena Moss examines how hybridity shapes identity and culture. Thanks Andrew for an enlightening conversation! 📚💙 #writers #writing #books #podcast #hybridity #worldliterature #afropean #afrofuturism

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Abena Ntoso - Hybrid Heaven: Bricolage, Global Mixture, and Crafting a Third Thing

Backlit Podcast with Abena Ntoso Hybrid Heaven: Bricolage, Global Mixture, and Crafting a Third Thing

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Bricolage Lit @bricolagelit.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Excited to release the trailer for Woman Outside the City by Abena Ntoso! A poetic science fiction masterpiece about technology, social class, and the future of work. Out this fall, now available for preorder at www.bricolagelit.com/books 💙📚 #books #booklovers #bookrecs Music “Grit” by Wasteland

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Bricolage Lit @bricolagelit.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Excited to release the trailer for Woman Outside the City by @abenantoso.bsky.social! Poetic sci fi masterpiece out this fall. Now available for preorder at www.bricolagelit.com/books 💙📚 #books #booklovers

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Book Trailer Woman Outside the City by Abena Ntoso

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Bricolage Lit @bricolagelit.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Free and low-cost literary workshops for those who want to do more creative writing and read more literature: www.bricolagelit.com/workshops Been wanting to write a book? Here’s your chance! 💙📚 #writers #poets #WritingCommunity #WritingTip #BookLovers #WritingWorkshop #CreativeWriting #BookClub

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Abena Ntoso @abenantoso.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Enjoyed a wonderful conversation with Egyptian writer Mohamed Kheir, inspired by his surrealist novel Sleep Phase, longlisted for the National Book Award. We discussed crossing boundaries in time, language, and truth. Thank you for an inspiring conversation! 📚💙 #writers #writing #books #podcast

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Abena Ntoso - Sleep Phase: Playing with Time, Language, and Truth

Backlit Podcast with Abena Ntoso Sleep Phase: Playing with Time, Language, and Truth

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Abena Ntoso @abenantoso.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Vets in the arts are truly a special breed of folks, and I am so excited to kick off our first gathering of veteran writers in Houston, TX! Join us at 93 ‘Til for good music, good food, good folks, and good writing. Hope to see you there! ✍️📝🎶🎉 RSVP at bit.ly/VetsWriteRSVP 💙📚 #HTX #writers #books

Veterans Writing Group in Houston,TX meeting at 93 ‘Til Restaurant and Record Bar on Saturday May 16 from 4-6pm

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Abena Ntoso @abenantoso.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Received the print proof! So excited for my first book! Woman Outside the City is a futuristic fiction tale told through poetry. Out Oct 6, currently available for preorder: www.abenantoso.com/books Feel free to respond with thoughts & questions, I’d love to hear from you! 📚💙 #writers #books #poets

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CreativeMornings @creativemornings.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Join us for a session of artistic inspiration and individual studio work in the company of other creatives. This Virtual FieldTrip is hosted by Abena Ntoso. buff.ly/GgoQHg3 #CMfieldtrips

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Abena Ntoso @abenantoso.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Excited to announce the debut of Backlit, a new literary #podcast featuring groundbreaking conversations with new perspectives & possibilities for life & work. Thanks guest #poet @Laura-Gray Street for a great convo. Looking forward to many more wonderful discussions! 💙📚 #booksky #books #writer

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Abena Ntoso @abenantoso.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Excited to announce the release of episode 5 of Backlit featuring writer and visionary Jennifer Eli Bowen! We explore the dynamics of human connection, imagination, and self-expression. Thank you, Jen, for a heartfelt and inspiring conversation! 📚💙 #writers #books #poets #podcast

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Abena Ntoso - The Book of Kin: Imagination, Connection, and Learning to Articulate

Backlit Podcast with Abena Ntoso The Book of Kin: Imagination, Connection, and Learning to Articulate

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Abena Ntoso @abenantoso.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Excited to announce the release of episode 4 of Backlit featuring poet Wayne Miller! We untangle what it means to embrace complexity and tension as individuals and as a society. Thank you @waynemillerpoet.bsky.social for an enlightening conversation! 📚💙 #writers #books #poets #podcast

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Abena Ntoso - The City, Our City: Complexity, Tension, and Our Moment in History

Backlit Podcast with Abena Ntoso The City, Our City: Complexity, Tension, and Our Moment in History

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Abena Ntoso @abenantoso.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

It’s out!!🎙️📚🎉 The third episode of Backlit with writer & translator Marguerite Feitlowitz in a conversation inspired by Ennio Moltedo’s Night. We journeyed through history, language, culture, discovered treasure along the way. Thank you for a great conversation! 💙📚 #booksky #books #writer #podcast

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Abena Ntoso - Night: Attention, Serendipity, and Hope in Language and Life

Backlit Podcast with Abena Ntoso Night: Attention, Serendipity, and Hope in Language and Life

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Abena Ntoso @abenantoso.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Excited to share episode 2 of Backlit, featuring Donnelle McGee and Synnika Lofton! We “waxed poetic” (pun intended) on music inspirations & growing as individuals and as a society. I would love to hear listeners’ thoughts—feel free to comment below! 📚💙 #writers #books #poets #podcast

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Abena Ntoso - American Reverie: Inspiration, Conversation and Growth

Backlit Podcast with Abena Ntoso American Reverie: Inspiration, Conversation, and Growth

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Abena Ntoso @abenantoso.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Christmas in July! Thank you @worldpoetrybooks.bsky.social for the shipment of this spring’s poetry collections translated from five poets around the globe. Can’t wait to read each one!

Christmas in July! Latest works in translation from five poets around the globe, from World Poetry.

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Orla Owen @orlaowenwriting.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

When your writing notebook happens to be the same colour as the title of your next holiday read. Really looking forward to this after hearing @susannacrossman.bsky.social speak at her fabulous launch 🧡📚📚🧡 #TheOrangeNotebooks #books #booksky @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social

Hardback of The Orange Notebooks by Susanna Crossman and an orange notebook.

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Abena Ntoso @abenantoso.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Just came across this post about Ghost Mountain by Rónán Hession, and I read the synopsis on Goodreads. @ronanhession.bsky.social it sounds wonderful, can’t wait to read it. @ultrasteve.bsky.social thanks for sharing! 💙📚 #booksky #books #writer

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Abena Ntoso @abenantoso.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

A quote to start the day, from “China” by Bob Perelman. Makes me think of wonder, discovery, and excitement, and how I share this with others. What does it make you think of? 💙📚 #booksky #WhyILoveLit #writer #literarypractice #writingcommunity

“A sister who points to the sky at least once a decade is a good sister.” - quote from “China” by Bob Perelman excerpt published in Conceptualisms edited by Steve Tomasula

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Autofocus Books @autofocusbooks.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

All I wanna know is who’s coming with me?

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Abena Ntoso @abenantoso.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Excited for Day 2 of #AWP2025! Great literary vibes, so many wonderful conversations waiting to happen…

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Black Earth Institute @blackearthinst.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

"In Just Labor, Laura-Gray Street explores the often-overlooked role of women and femininity in the historical struggle for dignity in work." Forthcoming 3/27 @awpwriter.bsky.social #AWP2025, booth 1118 ➡️ @elegystreet.bsky.social is a #BlackEarthInstitute Fellow. www.press53.com/poetry-colle...

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Just Labor: Poems — Press 53

by Laura-Gray Street Silver Concho Poetry Series edited by Pamela Uschuk and William Pitt Root Publication date: March 27 at AWP (booth 1118) ISBN: 978-1-950413-96-6 9 × 6 softcover,...

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Saimi Hanma ⚔️ サイミ @saimihanma.northsky.social · 22/01/2025

Hands up everyone who zooms in on every picture posted with a bookshelf in the background to check out the books

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Forgotten Poets @forgottenpoets.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

From ‘Poetry for Public Consumption’ —Pam Goddard #PoetryAotearoa #poem #poems

Hope

The pink cloud of tomorrow’s dreams
Hangs like a
Mushroom head
Over the sun
Struggling to its knees.

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Ilya Kaminsky @ilyakaminsky.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Maria Wisława Anna Szymborska would be 101 years young this year, and younger in spirit. It’s been a tough year, if you need a holiday break, here is a 10 day book club I did on her work— all free, courtesy of The Public Space: apublicspace.org/aps-together...

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Abena Ntoso @abenantoso.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #Books #BookSky 💙📚 #BookChallenge Day 20

We Borrowed Gentleness by J. Estanislao Lopez

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Abena Ntoso @abenantoso.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

You never know how deeply you may impact someone’s life when you share your time and talent with consideration and care.

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FIYAH Literary Magazine @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Hey writers! Let's set some intentions for 2025 together! What pieces are you working on? Are you submitting, querying, pitching? Let the fam know so we can cheer you on...! We may check in on you during Q1 for some accountability fun 😅 Add a check to your post if that's okay ✔️ What say you?

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Joseph Fasano @josephfasano.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

I will never, ever get over this.

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Abena Ntoso @abenantoso.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

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Abena Ntoso @abenantoso.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Dear Memory: Letters on Writing, Silence, and Grief by Victoria Chang

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Abena Ntoso @abenantoso.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Women Who Run With the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estés

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Abena Ntoso @abenantoso.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Incubation: A Space for Monsters by Bhanu Kapil

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Abena Ntoso @abenantoso.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

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Abena Ntoso @abenantoso.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari

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Abena Ntoso @abenantoso.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

“Every poem breaks a silence that had to be overcome.” —Adrienne Rich, “Someone Is Writing a Poem” in “What Is Found There: Notebooks on Poetry and Politics” Will you write a poem today? Will you turn your thoughts into literary art? What silence will you break? 💙📚 #booksky #writingcommunity #poets

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Abena Ntoso @abenantoso.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

View with a Grain of Sand by Wisława Szymborska

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Abena Ntoso @abenantoso.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

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Abena Ntoso @abenantoso.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera

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Abena Ntoso @abenantoso.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Not only does travel open us up to new worlds and new experiences, it also helps us gain a new perspective on our own origins. Love this passage from the novel “Invisible Cities” by Italo Calvino: 💙📚 #BookSky #travel #writer #amwriting #writingcommunity #literature #literarypractice