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Maria Cohut

@encyclopaediac.bsky.social
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Writer exploring bluer pastures. IG @mariac_phd. Debut poetry collection Multiple Exposures out from Flight of the Dragonfly the-flight-of-the-dragonfly-booksho…

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Dave Bonta @davebonta.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
This week in the poetry blogs with @alinaetc.bsky.social @grimalkingerry.bsky.social @clareshawpoet.bsky.social @kent-nj.bsky.social @encyclopaediac.bsky.social @matriches.bsky.social @samrasnake.bsky.social @suefinch.bsky.social @garybarwin.bsky.social 1/3 www.vianegativa.us/2026/08/poet...
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Poetry Blog Digest 2026, Week 31
A personal selection of posts from around the Anglophone blogosphere.
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Settled @settled.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
📢BBC reports 41% of Ukrainians in Britain lost job opportunities, while 26% faced tenancy issues due to visa uncertainty. 💬 “I can’t sleep at night… I don’t know where we will go.” – Mila, a mother denied a tenancy. At Settled, we help Ukrainians secure their rights. 🔗 tinyurl.com/4kdscks3
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Writers' Guild of Great Britain @writersguildgb.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
We're aware that some of our members have found that their work has been used without consent in LibGen, a pirated books database Meta has used to train AI We've put together advice for those affected + you can also find out about our campaigning work 🔽 writersguild.org.uk/libgen-datab...
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LibGen database – advice for authors - The Writers' Guild of Great Britain
We have become aware that some of our members have found that their work has been used without their consent in LibGen, a pirated books database that Meta has used to …
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Dr Sam Hirst @romgothsam.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
This a reminder that we have a call for papers for this year's Romancing the Gothic conference and we're interested in people working on Short, Weird, Ghostly and Fantastic fiction to mark an MR James anniversary! call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/01/...
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cfp | call for papers
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Maria Cohut @encyclopaediac.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Thank you, @othersidelitmag ❤️ I won't lie, it was really hard to try and summarise my relationship with writing in just a few words, but I did my best. Why do *you* write? #writingbeyondborders #writer #migrantwriters
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Cha: An Asian Literary Journal @asiancha.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
🪡 𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗴𝗵𝗼𝘀𝘁𝘀. We would be delighted to publish reviews of these books in @asiancha.bsky.social this year. If any of these titles intrigue you and you would like to explore them further, please email t@asiancha.com to discuss. We look forward to hearing from you!
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Maria Cohut @encyclopaediac.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Thank you, I'll write something up and send it over.
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Maria Cohut @encyclopaediac.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Where do I send you a pitch? I have an idea.
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the other side of hope || lit mag @othersidelitmag.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Why We Write—To process, reflect & make sense of the world. For Temitayo Olofinlua, writing was a way to express emotions. Now, her piece Cat-a-stro-phe! is in the other side of hope (Vol. 4.1). Why do you write? Submit your story ⬇️ othersideofhope.com/submissions-... #WhyWeWrite #RefugeeVoices
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Maria Cohut @encyclopaediac.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Excellent, I'll recommend it to my local/uni libraries! And add it to my reading list, of course!
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Maria Cohut @encyclopaediac.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Amazing! When does it come out?
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Migrants' Rights Network @migrantsrights.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
If you have witnessed/experienced an immigration raid since July 2024, please get in touch via policy@migrantsrights.org.uk, 07534 488696 (Whatsapp/Signal) or buff.ly/0LChXnx (fill in our reporting tool) Please get in touch by 28 March. #Raids #ImmigrationRaids #Asylum #Migration
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Cha: An Asian Literary Journal @asiancha.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
These days, in many places, many things can’t be said directly. Can we say them in poetry? @asiancha.bsky.social continues to accept submissions of poems for our ongoing series “Write to Power”.We welcome Asia-focused poems—original or newly translated into English. chajournal.blog/2021/09/28/write
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Maria Cohut @encyclopaediac.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
The number of times that I've been told to be "grateful", "thankful" or "happy" about things that were my right/normal/basic/I'd worked double-hard for in a professional setting over the years...
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Maria Cohut @encyclopaediac.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Spot on, with the caveat that any attempt to challenge the narrative coming from the person being thus targeted usually results in repercussions. That is why privileged peers should speak out and advocate more but perhaps that's too much to hope for. www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/dive...
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The Psychology of Forced Gratitude
Minorities in leadership—women, neurodivergent individuals, Indigenous peoples, immigrants—are often met with an unspoken expectation: You should be grateful just to be here.
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Ann Sei Lin @annseilin1.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
GIVEAWAY ALERT! Attention all schools and libraries! For World Book Week I have five (yes 5!) signed copies of Rebel Skies to giveaway including bookmarks! To enter, please like and comment. Open to all schools and libraries in the UK and Ireland. Ends midnight 10th March
Rebel Skies and Rebel Skies bookmark against different coloured origami paper.
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Simon Bacon @baconetti.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Just in case you missed it, here’s the CFP for the terrific CFP on Alice in Wonderland which, if it’s anything like the previous volume on Through the Looking Glass, will be amazing. Do get in touch. For inquiries email: wonderlandbook2025@gmail.com
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Maria Cohut @encyclopaediac.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
I may try... eventually 😅
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Maria Cohut @encyclopaediac.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
@unbounders.bsky.social what happens if I solve this in 2030? Who will tell me if I got it right or not? 🥲
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Maria Cohut @encyclopaediac.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Found this today in the local @amnestyuk.bsky.social bookshop, and I had to get it. How many decades so you think it'll take me to get anywhere close to figuring it out? 🥲 #puzzle #mysterybook #cainsjawbone #experimentalwriting
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Maria Cohut @encyclopaediac.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Resharing an older blog post because this is not the time for mindless gratitude. The world is on fire, it has been for a long time, and that fire is expanding. Be loud and lean into your anger. Do not self-silence, there are too many of those that would silence us anyway.
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Attitude of angry-tude
How do you feel today? How do you really feel? To be honest, I’m not feeling that great. In fact, every day I feel myself getting angrier, more heartbroken, more disappointed. How could I not…
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Rosy Favicchio @rosyf.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
As the #measles outbreak continues, and has now unfortunately resulted in the death of a child, I see a lot of posts along the lines of: "I had measles as a child and I'm fine". Let me tell you a different version of that story: 🧵1/11 🧪 #medsky
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Maria Cohut @encyclopaediac.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Wow. This poem had me undone. 💔 "She spent hours by the roadside, pulling weeds, waiting for a car that wouldn’t bring him back. I think she wanted a new boy to bury, something fresh to grieve."
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Madeline Potter @madelinepotter.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Today marks the anniversary of the abolition of Roma slavery on territories of present-day Romania. It’s an overlooked aspect of history. I consider this in my book, The Roma: A Travelling History, which I’m very glad to say will be out in May. www.penguin.co.uk/books/456889...
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The Roma
The Roma is a profoundly personal portrait of a people and their on-going journey, shedding new light on their history and what it means to be Romani in Europe today. It is a history that is not widel...
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Maria Cohut @encyclopaediac.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
@theguardian.com I see you've now amended it, which is good. Done so without acknowledging the initial error, which means you realise how embarrassing that was. But the fact that you made the error in the first place casts your editor's "expertise" on Eastern Europe in a really bad light.
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Maria Cohut @encyclopaediac.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Hey @theguardian.com, if you want to report on #Romania and #Moldova, you may also like to get the presidents right. Getting them mixed up on national media is a sign of, oh, I don't know, huge disrespect? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
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Maria Cohut @encyclopaediac.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Word.
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City of Sanctuary UK @cityofsanctuaryuk.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
🚨BREAKING: From today people who entered the UK by irregular routes will "normally be refused" citizenship, regardless of how many years they've built their lives, raised families & called this country home. A heartless attack on people seeking safety. rb.gy/gt8hf7
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Cha: An Asian Literary Journal @asiancha.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
All about Hong Kong! We'd love to publish reviews of these titles in @asiancha.bsky.social . If you'd like to read and review any of these titles, please send an email to me (t@asiancha.com) for more discussion. More information about these books: www.facebook.com/AsianCha.Jou...
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Maria Cohut @encyclopaediac.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Absolutely, that is a fantastic anthology!
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Tammy Lai-Ming Ho @myetcetera.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
I've just finished reading all the poems & translations submitted by the original deadline (31 January 2025). I'd like to extend the submission window until 15 February. Perhaps those who are meant to see this (small) announcement will,& they will send us their work? www.facebook.com/100064077820...
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Kit de Waal @kitdewaal.com · 06/02/2025
The Creative Future Writers’ Award is the only free to enter national poetry, fiction and creative non-fiction competition for all underrepresented writers. The optional theme is ‘Wild’. Fifteen winners (5 winners in each category). Please share :)
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Our Annual Writers' Award is open for entries! - Creative Future
We’re excited to announce our 2024 Writers’ Award Competition is officially open for entries!
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Mo Moshaty @momoshaty.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Hella important work being made here. Make contact below!
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Woooooooo ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Someone’s done it - archived the entire datasets of the US CDC before the orange toddler could destroy them. #episky #medsky #academicsky
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Maria Cohut @encyclopaediac.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Make no mistake: this is the real censorship. This, not petty squabbles on social media, is what it means to cancel people. May we raise our voices louder than ever and uplift each other. Now is not the time to stay silent. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...
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CDC Scientists Ordered to Withdraw Studies That Say ‘LGBT’ or ‘Pregnant People’
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Dr Sam Hirst @romgothsam.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Where can you get Tudor Gothic, Women's apocalyptic writing, monster-f**king, deadly dance, folklore and landscape, doppelgangers, horror theatre, grave-diggers, horror-making on a budget, Poe and Mesmerism, Gothic tourism and more all in one place? romancingthegothic.com/2025/01/20/g...
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Goths for Breakfast 2025
Romancing the Gothic is running an online charity event to support Magic Breakfast, which provides school breakfasts for children who need them. The event is a day of online classes and workshops w…
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Maria Cohut @encyclopaediac.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
What the hell 😞
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Maria Cohut @encyclopaediac.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
New radio feature! This Saturday, from 2 pm, tune into Hannah's Bookshelf Imbolc Special on North Manchester FM, featuring a selection of end-of-winter flash fics, including my story, "Spring Harvest". My partner lovingly described it as "apocalyptic". 😆 hannahkate.net/north-manche...
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North Manchester FM: Hannah's Bookshelf Imbolc Special, Saturday 1 February, 2-4pm - Hannah Kate
Coming up on Saturday at 2pm on North Manchester FM, it’s the Hannah’s Bookshelf Imbolc Special. Join me for a special seasonal edition of the show! Here’s what’s coming up… Original seasonal short st...
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Migrants' Rights Network @migrantsrights.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
We're inviting those with lived experience of #migration to feedback on our #KnowYourRights Guide. This will help us to tailor our Guide so we can more effectively provide you with accessible information surrounding your rights! Please complete the survey by 9am 12 Feb: buff.ly/4jCvvgs
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Maria Cohut @encyclopaediac.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
I'd very much like people to stop using the terms "X/Tiktok refugee". Moving social media platforms, even being forced to move platforms doesn't equate to being a refugee of any kind. It seems to me this usage is diluting the meaning of the term and obscuring the reality of being an actual refugee.
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Maria Cohut @encyclopaediac.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Another step towards destroying education.
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Maria Cohut @encyclopaediac.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Very well put.
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Maria Cohut @encyclopaediac.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Writers, how many flash fics would you say are needed for a flash fiction pamphlet? #writingcommunity
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 22/01/2025
SHARE WIDELY. KNOW YOUR RIGHTS. With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights. You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one. (1/3)
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Tin House @tinhouse.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
The world needs your work and we want to read it! Apply today for the 2025 #THSW. In addition to our General Scholarships, we offer many community-focused awards such as the Scholarship for Palestine. Fee waivers are available for those who need them. Apply here: buff.ly/2LgFf2w
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Lissie Jaquette @lissiejaquette.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
📣 Calling all early-career translators! 📣 The Momentum Grant is now open for applications over at @wwborders.bsky.social. This is such a great opportunity: a $3,000 grant for working on your #translation sample. Plus, it's judged by none other than literary superstar Julia Sanches. Apply by 2/28!
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Words Without Borders Announces Third Annual Momentum Grant for Early-Career Translators - Words Without Borders
This grant aims to support early-career translators seeking to bring international work into the English-language marketplace.
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Maria Cohut @encyclopaediac.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Wow, this is insane. I'm so sorry.
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Maria Cohut @encyclopaediac.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Oh that statement is out already. I don't want to link it though because no.
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