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Ellen Austin-Li @ellenaustinli.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Hello, poetry fans! Poetry at Artifact's November event will be on the SECOND Tuesday of the month —Nov. 10th — to accommodate Election Day. (VOTE EARLY, people!) Our featured poet will be Cincinnati's Poet Laureate Emeritus Manuel Iris. As always, we'll have an open mic, so bring a poem to share!

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Ellen Austin-Li @ellenaustinli.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Thrilled to welcome our Oct. 6th features to the Poetry at Artifact stage: @arahko.bsky.social & @kebpoet.bsky.social ! Both poets will read from their debut full-length collections. Come to listen and share a poem in the open mic! Check out the details below.

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Ellen Austin-Li @ellenaustinli.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

If you're in Cincy this Tuesday, Sept. 1st, come to Urban Artifact in Northside for Poetry at Artifact. Our features this month are Rikki Santer (2023 Ohio Poet of the Year) & @karen-youngstown.bsky.social (Lit Youngstown's Founding Director). We always have an open mic, so bring a poem to share!

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Ellen Austin-Li @ellenaustinli.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Here’s some news about a poem I had tucked away, thinking it was too strange to submit anywhere…

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Ellen Austin-Li @ellenaustinli.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Another reminder that September 1st is coming up fast! Don’t miss poets @Rikki Santer & @karen-youngstown.bsky.social at Poetry at Artifact! We’re in the gorgeous Radio Artifact space in Urban Artifact. Come on in, and bring a poem to share in the open mic!

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Ellen Austin-Li @ellenaustinli.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

September 1st at Urban Artifact in Cincinnati's Northside neighborhood, we'll welcome 2023 Ohio Poet of the Year @Rikki Santer & Founding Director @LitYoungstown @karen-youngstown.bsky.social (Karen is also a fabulous poet). If you're in Cincy, come on in and bring a poem to share in the open mic!

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Ellen Austin-Li @ellenaustinli.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

If you're in Cincy on August 4th, stop into Urban Artifact in Northside for some great poetry! Our featured poets are Matt Farley (host of Peripatetic Poets at Muse Cafe) & Samantha Renee Ratcliffe (recent UK Poetry MFA grad and founder of the Hill Writers Collective in KY). We'll have an open mic!

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Ellen Austin-Li @ellenaustinli.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

August 4th at Poetry at Artifact: Come in to Urban Artifact to hear our featured poets, @Matt Farley & @Samantha Renee Ratcliffe, and stay for the open mic!

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Ellen Austin-Li @ellenaustinli.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Next up at Poetry at Artifact: Elena Estella Green & Lynne Schmidt. If you’re in Cincy on July 7th, come on in the Urban Artifact. We’ll have an open mic, too!

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FactsOverFeelings @thunderstorming.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Don’t forget that Bongino saw the files too.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Shout out to Aaron Parnas, who has been working to save many of the DOJ files the administration is trying to delete.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

🔥 @repcohen.bsky.social : “Don’t tell me, John Roberts, The Supreme Court is not political. It is an arm of the White House. 🇺🇸 is being destroyed from within 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.” #Memphis #JimCrow #RacistRedistricting

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Michael Kruse @michaelkruse.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

The headline in my Sunday paper: What Do You Call Someone Who Taxes You to Pay His Lackeys? A King.

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Opinion | There’s a Way to Stop Trump’s I.R.S. Slush Fund

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Ellen Austin-Li @ellenaustinli.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Poetry at Artifact: June 2nd at Urban Artifact in Cincy’s Northside, poets @bonnie-pfoot.bsky.social & @joniemcintire.bsky.social feature! Bring a poem to share in the open mic! Bonnie Proudfoot will read from INCOMER (Shadelandhouse) & Jonie McIntire hosts Uncloistered Poetry in Toledo!

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Ellen Austin-Li @ellenaustinli.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Our June 2nd featured poets at Urban Artifact in Cincy: Bonnie Proudfoot & Jonie McIntire! @bonnie-pfoot.bsky.social will read from her new collection INCOMER (Shadelandhouse Modern Press) & @joniemcintire.bsky.social is the Poet Laureate Emeritus of Lucas County, OH. We'll have an open mic, too!

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Ellen Austin-Li @ellenaustinli.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Poetry fans: If you're in the Cincy area on Tuesday night, come to Urban Artifact for our open mic night! Now, more than ever, we need to raise our voices!

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 25/04/2026

When the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran started two months ago, online accounts linked to Tehran tried building sympathy with defiant and emotional appeals. Then, as the war dragged on, Iran shifted tactics. It began circulating short animated videos that scorched President Trump with biting satire.

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Iran’s Meme War Against Trump Ushers In a Future of ‘Slopaganda’

The country’s propaganda apparatus has harnessed artificial intelligence tools to reach a global online audience primed for irony, irreverence and trolling.

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Ellen Austin-Li @ellenaustinli.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Poets: If you’re in the Cincy area on May 5th, come on in to Urban Artifact for our open mic night! Share some new poems written during National Poetry Month, or some more tried & true. We want to hear from you! ⭐️Poetry at Artifact⭐️

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Ellen Austin-Li @ellenaustinli.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Such a thrill to have two sonnets in one of my favorite online literary sites today, Vic Populi. Thanks to Michael Simms for believing in this work! These sonnets will appear in my 2027 heroic crown from Milk & Cake Press. voxpopulisphere.com/2026/04/11/e...

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Ellen Austin-Li: Blushing & Rising

The kaleidoscope spins shards of shifting glass, and I emerge wearing this hot pink sweat- shirt with zippers. Come inside where it’s wet and I’m alive, fire eyes.

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Ellen Austin-Li @ellenaustinli.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Last night’s TRIBUTARIA reading at Poetry at Artifact was 🔥! Poets, visual artists, & musicians gathered thanks to anthology editors Sherry Cook Stanforth, Cincy Poet Laureate Richard Hague, & Michael Thompson. Thanks to Urban Artifact & Radio Artifact for the best venue, & the poets who read!

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Ellen Austin-Li @ellenaustinli.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Fast approaching! If you’re in the Cincy area on April 7th, come to Urban Artifact to hear a line-up of contributors to the TRIBUTARIA anthology (Dos Madres Press), with visual art & some river songs from Tangled Roots. POETRY AT ARTIFACT!

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Ellen Austin-Li @ellenaustinli.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Poetry at Artifact's April 7th National Poetry Month event will feature readings from contributors to the TRIBUTARIA anthology (Dos Madres Press) and (perhaps) some river songs from Tangled Roots. Check out our upcoming 2026 features! 🔥🔥

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Jay Lionel @jaylionel.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Of course they do…

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What was so bad about the Iran deal?

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

What I always hear: “We can’t afford to pay our workers more than $15 an hour.” What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.” Funny how that works.

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Ellen Austin-Li @ellenaustinli.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Cincy/NKY poetry people: Come out for our April 7th National Poetry Month feature! We'll have a line-up of contributors reading from the TRIBUTARIA anthology from Dos Madres Press. Tangled Roots may play some river-inspired tunes. We'll have an open mic, too, so come on out to Urban Artifact!

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Richard Silvia @yesrising.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

If you haven't already watched this American Conversation with @hcrichardson.bsky.social and @frost.house.gov on the Epstein files, it's an important and informative one. youtu.be/10eOgwc53qM?...

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The Epstein Files Coverup With Representative Maxwell Frost

YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson

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Ellen Austin-Li @ellenaustinli.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Next up at Poetry at Artifact: Our April 7th National Poetry Month event with contributors from the TRIBUTARIA anthology (editors Sherry Cook Stanforth, Richard Hague, & Michael Thompson, from @Dos Madres Press)! We’ll have our usual open mic, and some TANGLED ROOTS river music.

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Ellen Austin-Li @ellenaustinli.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

This Tuesday, March 3rd, at Urban Artifact in Cincy. Our featured poets—Donelle Dreese, Karen George, Nancy Jentsch, & Taunja Thomson—will read from DESIRE IS A FIELD (Shanti Arts). There’s an open mic, too! #PoetryatArtifact

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Ellen Austin-Li @ellenaustinli.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Really? You’re cheerleading for a war started without congressional approval? As a congressman? As a Democrat? Just wow.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/03/2026

Mark Warner: "I saw no intelligence that Iran was on the verge of launching any kind of preemptive strike against the United States. None."

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Ellen Austin-Li @ellenaustinli.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

We're inching closer to our March 3rd Poetry at Artifact event in Cincinnati! Come hear featured readers Donelle Dreese, Karen George, Nancy Jentsch, & Taunja Thomson share work from their collaborative collection, DELIGHT IS A FIELD (Shanti Arts). There's an open mic, too, so bring a poem to share!

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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

DOG AT THE OLYMPICS FULL COMPETITION HIGHLIGHTS

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Ellen Austin-Li @ellenaustinli.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

March 4th at Urban Artifact in Cincy: Featured poets Karen George, Donelle Dreese, Nancy Jentsch, & Taunja Thomson will read from their collaborative collection, Delight is a Field (Ashanti Arts). Come in! There’s an open mic! #PoetryatArtifact

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Good morning. The President of the United States was in the middle of the most serious child sex trafficking ring of the last quarter century. He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. He’s referenced 38,000 times.

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Jim Acosta @jimacosta.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

BREAKING: The Epstein survivors are releasing this ad on this Super Bowl Sunday to send the message that they will not “move on” from the largest sex trafficking scandal in the world. #standwithsurvivors

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Ellen Austin-Li @ellenaustinli.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Cincy/NKY poetry fans: March 3rd at Poetry at Artifact, Donelle Dreese, Karen George, Nancy Jentsch, & Taunja Thomson will read from their collaborative collection, DESIRE IS A FIELD (Shanti Arts). As always, we'll have an open mic! Come on in to Urban Artifact!

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Ellen Austin-Li @ellenaustinli.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Thanks to the Ohio Arts Council, 77 OH artists received Individual Excellence Awards this year to continue projects— poets, playwrights, fiction & non-fiction writers, choreographers, & composers. I'm grateful to be one of the poets. Thank you for believing in your artists!

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Ellen Austin-Li @ellenaustinli.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Reminding Cincy/NKY folks: Check out Poetry at Artifact on Tuesday, Feb. 3rd! These featured poets will be 🔥!

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Ellen Austin-Li @ellenaustinli.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Come to Urban Artifact Feb. 3rd! Our featured poets are Iain Haley Pollock, traveling from the Hudson River Valley to read from his latest book, ALL THE POSSIBLE BODIES--a WaPo Book Club pick--& Blanche Kabengele, a beloved member of the Cincy community. Come out to listen & share in the open mic!

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

There's something happening here What it is ain't exactly clear There's a man with a gun over there A-telling me I got to beware I think it's time we stop Children, what's that sound? Everybody look what's going down

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 25/01/2026

WSJ says ICE is lying. Read that again…. The Wall Street Journal is calling out the lies

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/01/2026

Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara: "People have had enough. This is the third shooting in less than 3 weeks. The MPD went the entire year last year recovering about 900 guns from the street, arresting hundreds of violent offenders, and we didn't shoot anyone ... this is not sustainable."

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Ellen Austin-Li @ellenaustinli.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Cincy/NKY poets: Don't miss our Feb. 3rd event at Urban Artifact! So honored to have acclaimed poet Iain Haley Pollock visit us from the Hudson River Valley, and local poet Blanche Saffron Kabengele, too! As always, we'll have an open mic, so bring something to share!

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solsticemfa.bsky.social @solsticemfa.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Many thanks to all who joined us for last night's #solsticemfares reading featuring @megkearney.bsky.social, Adi Rule, and Ethan Gilsdorf. Check out the recording here: youtu.be/EPAJkCetBTw

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A male writer standing at a lectern and speaking into a microphone while reading off an open laptop

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