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kith books @kithbooks.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

TRANS RIGHTS READATHON: DAY 2 @clemflowers.bsky.social @dreaminggynoid.bsky.social kithbooks.com

TRANS RIGHTS READATHON: DAY 2

Eat Me(at) Your Earliest Convenience
by L.M. Cole

through vispo and poems, Eat Me(at)... makes the women/meat comparison vividly real.

Snakeskin Stockings
by Clem Flowers

your chance to see where Flowers started, their first foray into southern queer becoming and the image soaked saturation we've come to adore

Flying the Jolly Scarlett, Gambling with the Gods
Gwendolyn Diana Harper

come for the fat trans feminine realness and stay for the heartbreak and anger of the trans, poor, and sick

[DEAD NAME] The Names of My Dead
by Kayden Vargas

poems of remembrance and reflection, [DEAD NAME] sees Vargas wrestling the middle ground in middle age

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kith books @kithbooks.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

two weeks to get your application in! kithbooks.com/crit

kith crit:
cohort one

a grassroots manuscript workshop for the trans, queer, Crip, & sick

are you looking for....

• a kick in the butt to get back to writing
• a community of writers to share and collab with
• a foundation in the fundamentals of craft
• a taste of what higher lit ed might look like
• inspiration, accountability, and challenge
• a learning environment framed around care

applying couldn't be easier
everything you need is at
kithbooks.com/crit

applications due: January 31st
responses: February 15th
workshop behind: March 15-22

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Clem Flowers @clemflowers.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

happy holidays for those who through reasons of mortality, illness, disability, hate or fear, are unable to be with the loved ones they really want to this time of year. Love you sweet blue dogs dearly. Please take care of yourself. Please. youtu.be/qRXL2hlJhv4?...

Eulogy for Festive Depression
for blue dogs who ain't able or unwilling to be
with others for the holidays - please know that there's kin out there who understand and love you there's always love even if you aren't able to always see it I promise you it's there

I promise

out in the
belly of
winter flame

meltdown
at all the
memories

looking out
the muggy
December window

hope and
dream on a
budget boiled

down to
Nothing
as you loop

and loop
Mobius replays
behind your eyes

all the good
times all the
old songs all

the voices you'll
never hear again
outside

of your dreams -
till the new
wave of tears

moves you
into the
next breath

touch of
joys a memory
so distant a

historical marker
is long overdue -
easy is the

sobbing the gray
hard liquor cigarettes
going down to your heart

tough tough tough
to get up on through
the poisoned fun house

every day brings
out your door
but you breathe

you remind
yourself there's
so many like

you that are
just as lonesome but
too terrified to admit

address the
pain - you get
up you walk you

remind yourself
that the holiday
decor and smiles

ain't there to
be mocking some
bitter joke

you get up you
walk on mystery of
all the days have laid

out ahead horizon
shining with
promise through the

vail of
tears you
breathe again a

little easier shadows
hold like a lover's
embrace as the day

shimmers
blooms waits
for the lovers

like you

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kith books @kithbooks.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

with the holidays upon us, it's a good time to remember that every one of us is one 'what you're saying is misinformed and hateful and i won't have my children exposed to it' away from turning the arc of history to the good

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mosh pit daria @greatearlofhell.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

wondering which of my books would make great gifts? trick question: all of them do natraum.substack.com/p/holiday-gi...

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holiday gift guide 2025

gifts, but make them all my books

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kith books @kithbooks.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

for all the girls at 'home' today answering to boy names: your stealth work is epic. have you considered espionage? i'm assembling a team.

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Weird Al Gore Vidal Sassoon @lyfaulk.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Heyyyyyy everything in my kofi shop is half off until Monday. Tell your friends, tell your mom, tell your cat. (Code is GONUTS) ko-fi.com/lyfaulk/link...

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50% discount off Ly Faulk's Shop

Visit Ly Faulk at Ko-fi for 50% discount off Shop

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Clem Flowers @clemflowers.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

kith is genuinely one of the most lovely publishers I've ever worked with - full support from the press as well as yr fellow authors on the roster (made several friends that way :)) also, if you've got some unabashedly trans/queer words you wanna share with the world, kith is a perfect home ^u^

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Celeste Irwin 🏳️‍⚧️ @celestefinally.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Alright y'all - this starts in less than 24 hours! When we say "protect trans kids", this is a super practical way to do it - helping a trans kid escape the US will change her life. Plus look at all the amazing people joining! Come hang out and consider helping if you can! Reshares are helpful, too!

3PM: Jennifer Harris Dault with David Dault
4PM: Ben Greene
5PM: Miche van Essen
5:30PM: Rabbi Daniel Bogard
6:30PM: Matt Nightingale
7PM: Jennifer Harris Dault with Celeste Irwin
8PM: Jen Strickland & Jacob Buchholz
8:30PM: Billie Hoard
9:30PM: Jenna DeWitt

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Weird Al Gore Vidal Sassoon @lyfaulk.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Six more days until my poetry chapbook Hippie Speedball is available for preorder!

Don’t make me tap the sign meme that says “hippie speedball will be available for preorder on October 27th!”

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Hillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

From the Merrimack Valley Horror Festival today:

A picture of a pumpkin ghoul holding a sign that says NO KINGS BUT STEPHEN

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the double bi @ladysummoner.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

You procrastinate, and then you write the fucking paper the way the gods and nature intended. Several hours before it's due, high off either caffeine, nicotine, sugar, drugs, and PANIC. Fuck AI.

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kith books @kithbooks.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

"Sobriety becomes an incantation, a summoning spell. I gather bird feathers and selenite. I keep my pocketknife close." - Christy Tending, Sobriety Through the Major Arcana @christytending.bsky.social Print: kithbooks.com/shop/p/sobriety eBook: kithbooks.com/digital/p/sobriety

Sobriety Through the Major Arcana
Christy Tending

cover:
a chunk of amethyst weighing down a tarot deck seen through an arched opening in the palest of pinks

text:
Sobriety becomes an incantation, a summoning spell. I gather bird feathers and selenite. I keep my pocketknife close.

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Weird Al Gore Vidal Sassoon @lyfaulk.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

I wrote this when I was struggling with my gender identity and it may or may not have been written mostly in one shot during a manic episode.

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mosh pit daria @greatearlofhell.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

icymi, i lost my job and am running some workshops to make money to uh, live? tickets for the first run of THE RANDOMIZER are up now at natraum.com/links. the rest are coming soon!

2025 workshops

It's Lit: Literary Magazine Submissions. October 29 @ 7PM EST.

THE RANDOMIZER #1. November 6 @ 7pm EST.

No Choice But to Stan: Writing Pop Culture in Poetry. November 15 @ 12pm EST

Writing to Grieve: Poetry as Processing. November 22 @ 12pm EST

THE RANDOMIZER #2. TBD late November.

About your instructor

nat raum is a queer, disabled, and recently unemployed artist and writer based on unceded Piscataway and Susquehannock land in Baltimore. They hold an MFA in Creative Writing with a focus in Poetry, and have served as an adjunct faculty member at the Maryland Institute College of Art and The University of Baltimore. They’re the author of 22 books of poetry, all of which were proudly published independently.

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 06/10/2025

PSA: If reading wasn’t political, they wouldn’t be banning books.

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Weird Al Gore Vidal Sassoon @lyfaulk.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

I’m running out of steam trying to promote this. Just got to hack it, much like Shane must hack it as he hitchhikes across America trying to get home. If you are a fan of grit lit, might I make you an offering in this trying time?

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Clem Flowers @clemflowers.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

anyone wanna read a poem of me trying to work thru a DV relationship I survived that went on for 6 years? 😅

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Clem Flowers @clemflowers.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

this is SO good! lucky enough to get to blurb this story & for the price of a Big Gulp, you get to read a wonderful hit of exquisite heartbreak. What's not to like? :D

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a car is driving down a highway at sunset with mountains in the background

ALT: a car is driving down a highway at sunset with mountains in the background

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Weird Al Gore Vidal Sassoon @lyfaulk.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

This lands tomorrow 😱

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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Looking for a workshop? Contributor @cavar.bsky.social is co-teaching a hybrid writing workshop this November with @fahmidangroup.bsky.social! Get all the details here: buff.ly/g325d1g

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Welcome to Night Vale @nightvaleradio.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

I hope this cursed videotape finds you well

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Welcome to Night Vale @nightvaleradio.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Bedroom tip: try incorporating ancient rites and chants, to spice things up

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Clem Flowers @clemflowers.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Please stay safe, friends. ♡

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Weird Al Gore Vidal Sassoon @lyfaulk.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

In case you missed it yesterday

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Clem Flowers @clemflowers.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

@kithbooks.bsky.social genuinely can't ever say enough good stuff about them. amazing ppl, amazing publisher. :) 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️💐😊✨️

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Clem Flowers @clemflowers.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

girl who had dental surgery yesterday, but is being Very Brave about it 💖💖 @moon-flowers.bsky.social after you went to bed she plopped & DEMANDED pets lol

sweet baby kitty Luna, all drugged up, recombobulating herself still 💖

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fifth wheel press @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

THE EFFERVESCENT THREAD ✨🧵

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Clem Flowers @clemflowers.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

something for @kithbooks.bsky.social & my fellow press/label mates. y'all are the best. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️💐🦩🌟🌵 youtu.be/6dVArDoPiv8?...

trick the light thru tears, 1981
for kith & all my fellow press/ label mates on it
:)

& then there's a long long hall
all swallowed by shadows, but
with the red on the walls & the
scent of wet
earth peaking thru

every few steps, there's a
new widow - some wide
open, some with the faintest
hint of light, some stained to
put an ethereal light on the proceedings

there's tears out
some anger out
others a wave of
fear out a lot a few
are awash in despair

but
you just know you
just have to look
out every last
one - compelled to

all the parts
all the plays
all the dioramas
all the murals
all these moments

made for &
from something
real by the
ones who built
these beauties

pay respect
pay homage
pay offerings
pay respect
pay attention

these windows
let you into the
worries & wildfires
only you & yours
ever really know

yes.
it is
hard
to watch
sometimes

but that's the
point - the real
truth is that
which you wanna
watch with a hand over your eyes

the hall
goes on
so far - you're
thankful to
the proprietor

how kind to
let all of
you build
thru eternity &
all thru the night

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kith books @kithbooks.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Rabbits Merri Andrew @merriandrew.bsky.social 31 of wim's favourite poems from kith books #SealeyChallenge 20/31

from Hold Up When Shattered by Merri Andrew

Rabbits

We hit three rabbits
coming down from the highlands

After the second you said:
My soul's taking a battering tonight
And I turned to you
your face lit by the dash

I thought of your soul

I didn't know you
thought of your soul

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EldritchGrandpa Samuel Higgins @eldritchgrandpa.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Please don't let outside forces damper who you are. Please do not let people destroy your light. You were meant to shine bright and whatever tries to snuff out that light is not meant to be in your life.

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CRITTER 🍀🏝️ @fourleafisland.art · 17/08/2025

thank you everyone who still makes art despite everything

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kith books @kithbooks.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

every day in August I'll be sharing a personal favourite all books are available at kithbooks.com in print & eBook eBooks, as ever, are free for the asking by DM or email, no reason required.

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Brandon Williams @stupidartpunk.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

If I see gen AI compared to the advent of the camera one more time they are getting an elbow to the face. The camera did not require billions of dollars of infrastructure, training, stolen data, and environmental destruction to operate.

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Clem Flowers @clemflowers.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

my baby with picture by my sweetie 💕

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Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign @ipsc.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

❤️ Books Upstairs, Dublin. #SolidarityIsAVerb 🇵🇸

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Clem Flowers @clemflowers.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

hey friends. mental health not in a good way. First&last day on a new job today - was lied to about the position, the schedule, the hours, the pay, etc, and got yelled at for daring to check my phone for a possible emergency. kind thoughts & cute memes are much appreciated rn 🙃

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a black and white cartoon of snoopy laying on top of a wooden house in the rain .

ALT: a black and white cartoon of snoopy laying on top of a wooden house in the rain .

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Clem Flowers @clemflowers.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

fifthwheelpress.myshopify.com/products/mak... you know you wanna buy so bad 🦉🔮👁️ @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social @kithbooks.bsky.social @kenyonreview.bsky.social I'll send y'all one, hmm? 🤷‍♀️ see what all the fuss is about? 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️

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kith books @kithbooks.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

every day in August I'll be sharing a personal favourite all books are available at kithbooks.com in print & eBook eBooks, as ever, are free for the asking by DM or email, no reason required.

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tRaum Books @traumbooks.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

To celebrate June's nomination as a Lambda finalist for Love/Aggression, we will keep our sale going on Payhip for now. 🎇 You can grab many of our titles for cheaper, and a couple of them for free! payhip.com/tRaumBooks

A screenshot of our Payhip store's landing page. Book titles, with the first row featuring Demon Engine, Darknesses, Eusect and Love/Aggression. All books right now are 50% off.

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Cottage in the Woods @cottageinwood.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

The best part of being a poet is when the Great Owl visits you each month to retch up bits of mouse bone, teeth, and fur, into your hungry mouth.

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Nikki Wallschlaeger @nikkimwalls.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

that's the spirit 😄

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