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Anna Swanson @annajswan.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

So freaking thrilled about this!! And what an honour to share the list with these other fabulous poets.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

The decision has been made to break an American city. It is an experiment. We must do all we can (legally) to help Minneapolis hold on.

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Anna Swanson @annajswan.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Deeply grateful for this first review and close reading of The Garbage Poems. What a profound gift it is to review poetry - not just a generosity to the author & book but also a building & sustaining of important creative community <3

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P.W. Bridgman, Writer @pwbwriter1.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

"Swanson’s poems articulate such lovely bricolage, stitching narratives as a collage of subject, accumulation & language, stitching narratives from found materials into reason, logic, story." From @robmclennan.bsky.social's review of @annajswan.bsky.social's latest. the-wood-lot.ca/2025/09/25/a...

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Anna Swanson, The Garbage Poems (Brick Books, Fall 2025)

lovingly reviewed by rob mclennan In Which We ReplaceGarbage With LoveThis place is famous for love, all brands& standards. We who come here know loveis a verb, & we love with open hands.On…

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Anna Swanson @annajswan.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

So delighted to see The Garbage Poems on this preview list from @49thshelf.bsky.social - and especially to share it with so many fabulous poets! I just got to hear Katherena Vermette read from Procession this week at Woody Point and it was extraordinary.

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Anna Swanson @annajswan.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Just to be clear, I don't believe Canada has a "right to exist" either.

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Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 16/06/2025

The Israeli government has effectively legalized the annexation of over 60% of the West Bank, but no one’s talking about it. Here’s what this means for Palestinians. mondoweiss.net/2025/06/isra...

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Israel just changed how land ownership works in the West Bank. Here’s what that means.

The Israeli government has effectively legalized the annexation of over 60% of the West Bank, but no one’s talking about it. Here’s what this means for Palestinians.

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Anna Swanson @annajswan.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Have you seen the latest Riddle Fence? Poetry by @amberdawnwrites.bsky.social, @madopiano.bsky.social, SA Leger, Matthew Gwathmey, Stephen Kampa, Lucas Crawford, Christ Hutchinson, Liz Huntly/Jesch, Eva Haas + great fic/cnf too! Preview of Amber Dawn's stunning work: riddlefence.com/feature/exce...

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Issue 54: Excerpts from Buzzkill Clamshell by Amber Dawn - Riddle Fence

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Vanessa R. Bradley @vanessarbradley.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

A non-fiction essay of mine was published with Riddle Fence! It details a year in my life when my ex-husband had a psychotic break. I’m immensely proud of this essay and so grateful to RF for seeing its merit. CW: psychosis, domestic violence, trauma. riddlefence.com/feature/smal...

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Small Things - Riddle Fence

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Jane Cawthorne @other-jane.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Anna wrote about writing the Garbage Poems in Impact, our book about #women and #concussion. I’m a big fan of this project. Support Anna if you can! ualbertapress.ca/978177212581....

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Impact - University of Alberta Press

In Impact, 21 women writers consider the effects of concussion on their personal and professional lives. The anthology bears witness to the painstaking work ...

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Alice Wong @sfdirewolf.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

🍉 Please help us continue to keep the thousands of eSIMs we bought active so Gazans can connect with the outside world For more: chuffed.org/project/crip...

Graphic with a light pink background with a slice of watermelon on top. Text reads “Crips for eSims for Gaza Update 1/7/25, $2.16 million CAD raised ($1.50 US) 18,434 eSims purchased and sent, 4316 eSims activated” On the lower left corner, “Thank you! Jane, Leah, and Alice.” On the lower right corner is a QR code

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Anna Swanson @annajswan.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

I think this might just be my current favourite Between The Covers podcast episode & that's saying a lot. It's been a hard time lately, for all the obvious reasons, to think into the future. Listening to this conversation is the most I've been able to in a long time & I'm grateful. This book. Wow.

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Anna Swanson @annajswan.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

This is a gorgeous book. Seriously. Go read it. @estmcphee.bsky.social

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Anna Swanson @annajswan.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Exciting news—my new book has a cover!!! Art by April White. Design by Natalie Olsen. 🩷🩷🩷 And… my publisher has agreed to print the illustrations in full colour! If you can, please support Brick Book’s pre-order campaign to cover the extra costs of colour printing: igg.me/at/garbagepo...

Book cover for The Garbage Poems by Anna Swanson. Illustrations by April White. Cover art is a painting of a crushed can in dark grey with illegible green, teal, and hot pink text on it against a light grey background. Title text is in mid-green, with author text in hot pink.

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Anna Swanson @annajswan.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Not an accident. Not a natural disaster. Not a humanitarian crisis. Not a tragic or unintended side-effect. Not a famine. (drawing by weirdmomart on IG.)

A hand-drawn map of Gaza with the border shown in squiggles that suggest barbed wire, surrounded by colourful trucks and boats on all sides labelled "food." None are crossing in. Title at the top reads "This is a man-made famine." Art by weirdmomart.

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Anna Swanson @annajswan.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

I've been heartbroken to watch this news unfold. Sending love to the Filipinx community and everyone affected. I am also struggling to understand what the police consider to be an act of terror, given how quickly they decided this was not one.

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Anna Swanson @annajswan.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

So excited about this launch on Wed hosted by @anotherstoryto.bsky.social. The books all look amazing, but I was lucky enough to have the chance to read Buzzkill Clamshell by @amberdawnwrites.bsky.social pre-pub & I can tell you it's truly spectacular. Tickets: www.eventbrite.ca/e/arsenal-pu...

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Arsenal Pulp Spring Poetry Launch: jaye simpson, Kyo Lee, and Amber Dawn

Join us for a triple poetry launch from Arsenal Pulp Press: jaye simpson, Kyo Lee, and Amber Dawn! Hosted by Kai Cheng Thom.

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Anna Swanson @annajswan.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Excited to be reading some garbage poems at the online launch of The Goose's "Waste" issue TOMORROW (Saturday) at 10am PT/1pm ET. Register (free) below. Join us for some thrash-themed art and writing. And check out that cover art by April White!! www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-goose-...

Poster for journal issue launch. Text reads: The Goose issue 20.2 "waste" "dechets" online launch 26 april @ 10am PT / 1pm ET. register at link in bio. With watercolour illustrations by April white arranged vertically along the right side showing a humpty dumpty snack mix bag, a crushed can, and a kit kat bar wrapper (the three images repeat again vertically below).

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Anna Swanson @annajswan.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Last day for advance polls. PLEASE VOTE even if the system sucks. Useful resources: Palestine Platform: votepalestine.ca Help w/ strategic voting: smartvoting.ca Remember YOU DON'T NEED TO VOTE STRATEGICALLY IN MOST RIDINGS. Only if Conservatives are in danger of winning b/c of a split vote 🧵

ID: Me (white woman with grey hair, glasses, and a keffiyeh) standing in front of a yellow sign that reads Advance Poll Elections Canada Bureau de vote par anticipation.

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Krystal Kavita Jagoo, MSW (She/Her/Hers) 🇹🇹👊🏽✍️🏾♊️♊️♏️ @equitableforall.com · 18/04/2025

If not yet familiar with the work of @farzanadoctor.bsky.social, she is a social worker & writer whose webinar on burnout, vicarious trauma, & self & community care was cancelled by the Canadian Association of Social Workers, so if you also support Palestine, please email them! 🍉 bit.ly/lettertocasw

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COPY AND PASTE TO SEND YOUR EMAIL To: CASW Executive Director Fred Phelps, fred.phelps@casw-acts.ca CASW Board Chair Barb Whitnect bawhitenect@gmail.com IFSW Board Chair Joachim Cuthbert Mumba joa...

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Anna Swanson @annajswan.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Heading out to the Advance Polls to vote now. PLEASE VOTE. Useful resources: Palestine Platform: votepalestine.ca Help w/ strategic voting: smartvoting.ca Remember - YOU DON'T NEED TO VOTE STRATEGICALLY IN MOST RIDINGS. Only if Conservatives are in danger of winning b/c of a split vote.

Yellow lawn sign reads Elections Canada Vote.

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Anna Swanson @annajswan.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

My friend just send me this essay by @davidnaimon.bsky.social, just in time for Pesach, and it's truly extraordinary. Deeply moving meditation on some of my favourite preoccupations including memory, water, mikveh & Miriam. Can't do it justice here - go read it! www.ecotheo.org/etreview/may...

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May Your Memory Be a Blessing — EcoTheo Collective

Remember the before? Member You must remain offshore, on your boat, for 40 days before you can come ashore. You must stay apart from us in a confined space, for a quarantino , a span of 40 da...

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University of Guelph Creative Writing MFA @uguelphcwmfa.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Speakeasy Reading Series is back April 16th, the last of the school year! Featuring the amazing @phillipdwightmorgan @clairegeddesbailey @spondeee.bsky.social & Speakeasy’s very own Chi Leung Lee. Join in person or watch the live-stream on Zoom, 7:00 pm Eastern. ALL are welcome!

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Anna Swanson @annajswan.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

So honoured to have one of my poems included in this year's round of Opaat micropress pamphlets! Blessing for the Matzah connects the story of Passover to the current day genocide ongoing in Gaza. Thank you @thisisannick.bsky.social - I can't wait to read them all!

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Matthew Behrens @matthewbehrens.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

How can @MarcMillerVM claim the US is safe for refugees when it is not even safe for Canadian Citizens? @melaniejoly must show some backbone and get Jasmine home (along with all Canadians illegally detained abroad). www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTsI...

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Canadian woman put in chains, detained by ICE after entering San Diego border

YouTube video by ABC 10 News

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Jon Scop @jscop.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Thankfully we have The Guardian. Most media makes this out to be some kind of two-way disagreement. It's not. The article makes clear it's Israel blatantly violating the agreement, secure in the knowledge that its deadly benefactor is cheering on the genocide. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

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Israel cuts off humanitarian supplies to Gaza as it seeks to change ceasefire deal

Netanyahu wants Hamas to allow for release of hostages without troop withdrawal, in plan Israel says came from US

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Anna Swanson @annajswan.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Ramadan Kareem to my friends and neighbours who are observing this month. Wishing you beautiful and meaningful connections even in difficult times. May liberation, peace, and justice replace occupation, apartheid and genocide. 🌙

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Anna Swanson @annajswan.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Well this is HORRIFYING. With you in love and resistance my friends, especially those directly impacted.

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Anna Swanson @annajswan.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Was sad to have missed this, so I was glad to find out there's a video available. That title. Ugh. That's it.

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Kai Cheng Thom @razorfemme.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

A while ago, I made an IG post to explain some of the material threats to life and wellbeing that trans people are currently facing - just cross-posted to Substack since I heard some folks are finding it useful to share What’s At Stake for Trans People In 2025 open.substack.com/pub/kaicheng...

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What’s At Stake for Trans People In 2025

A Primer for Allies & Comrades

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Carmella Carmella @carmellacarmella.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Armed military police on UBC campus today to protect IOF war criminals invited to compete at sporting events as though they didn’t serve in an army that has killed at minimum a child every 30 minutes for the past 16 months. Monitoring from the rooftops like snipers.

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riddlefence.bsky.social @riddlefence.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Our FREE submission window is nowwwww OPEN -- from now until March 31, submit your work for free to Riddle Fence. All the details at www.riddlefence.com or on our Submittable. PLUS: POETRY AND FICTION ONLY --- IT'S A THEMED CALL!

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Anna Swanson @annajswan.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

So thrilled to be included in this latest GARBAGE-themed issue of The Goose Journal! The poem is from The Garbage Poems (forthcoming from Brick Books this Fall) & the cover features gorgeous garbage art by April White who also illustrated the book! Free online access: scholars.wlu.ca/thegoose/

Screenshot of the home page for The Goose Journal of Arts Environment and Culture in Canada, for current issue Volume 20, Number 2 (2025) Garbage/Dechets. With watercolour illustrations of a Humpty Dumpty chip bag, crushed can, and kit kat wrapper by April White.

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Matthew Behrens @matthewbehrens.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Canadian hypocrisy and racism in such stark contrast. Note as well that during 2024 over 8,000 Israelis were approved for and arrived on work permits to enter Canada.

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Matthew Hodson @matthewhodson.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Keith Haring died of AIDS aged 31 on 16 Feb 1990. One of his last works, Unfinished Painting, was deliberately incomplete, reflecting the devastating, unquantifiable loss to the arts due to AIDS. #LGBTplusHistoryMonth

A square canvas. Only the top corner is filled with Harings distinctive figures, rendered in Lavender, the rest is blank.

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Anna Swanson @annajswan.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

When asked to name something beautiful in a round of intros yesterday, I held up this brand new book by my dear friend Lisa. It's a stunning much-needed reminder about how to find joy in small places even when I’m not entirely okay, how to be alive & awake to the world in all that it is, even now.

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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

"cherish."

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Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha @thellpsx.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

www.jrgsocietyforthearts.com/2025daas disabled arts symposium in atlantic "canada"

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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

The corporate coup is global. Trump's mad tariffs do not mark the end of neoliberalism or free trade or whatever you want to call it. They mark the end game of what we have been fighting for decades: corporate rule. They do not believe in the public. They believe in their wealth.

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Black history month starts today and this administration would like us to forget it,

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Farzana Doctor @farzanadoctor.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

I love how people have been getting aware and mobilized about the power of consumer boycotts this past week. Please add on products included by the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Movement. Get an app like @boycatapp.bsky.social and scan every item before you buy.

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