HALSEY Literary Reader @halseyreader.bsky.social · 06/07/2026The book also made it clear that, as a mother, I have grown up and grown with and because of my children. 1/2 100
HALSEY Literary Reader @halseyreader.bsky.social · 03/07/2026I think the titles definitely came from the idea of, what if my mother is a mixed metaphor is not just one poem but a collection? I started to look at the different metaphors I had in that poem: food, forgiveness, time, and spillage. I was feeling different textures when I thought about her. 1/2 100
HALSEY Literary Reader @halseyreader.bsky.social · 03/07/2026On day 20, I traveled to India, and my entire schedule was disrupted. It was chaotic and loud with work and family. Any free minute I had, my mom was talking to me, and I was talking to my mom. One day, the workshop asked us to write down everything we were seeing and feeling. 1/2 100
HALSEY Literary Reader @halseyreader.bsky.social · 14/04/2026Scream until you know what God is: "What is God?" Liz left religion as a teenager after a priest comparied her to a dog for being queer. But she still needed to recon with that big spiritual question. In these poems, Liz explores the concept of God as widely as their spirit will take them 100
HALSEY Literary Reader @halseyreader.bsky.social · 12/02/2026Shared to my FB. Thanks for the inspiration! 010
HALSEY Literary Reader @halseyreader.bsky.social · 27/01/2026What quiet story does this image carry? #writers 000