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Karen M Steiger | CLEAN MARGINS OUT NOW FROM KELSAY BOOKS! @karenmsteiger.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

I remember reading an article in which the makers of Nature Valley Granola Bars claimed that people specifically loved all the crumbs, and, you know, I don't believe that for a second.

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Karen M Steiger | CLEAN MARGINS OUT NOW FROM KELSAY BOOKS! @karenmsteiger.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

People in the Chicago area! I need all hands on deck for my poetry reading and book signing event at Tangible Books in Bridgeport on May 16th from 7-9 pm! facebook.com/events/s/cle...

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Karen M Steiger | CLEAN MARGINS OUT NOW FROM KELSAY BOOKS! @karenmsteiger.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Oh man, I forgot to pick up my prescriptions at Walgreens again tonight. I think they're going to send someone to come kick my ass.

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Karen M Steiger | CLEAN MARGINS OUT NOW FROM KELSAY BOOKS! @karenmsteiger.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

On May 16th, from 7-9 p.m., I will be doing a poetry reading and book signing at Tangible Books at 3326 S. Halsted in Chicago to celebrate my debut collection, "Clean Margins"! I hope to see as many of you there as possible...and bring a friend!

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The Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Don’t allow anyone to tell you that reading Edgar Allan Poe in a dimly-lit café on a cobblestone side street in Prague during a raging thunderstorm whilst enjoying cappuccinos and croissants “doesn’t classify” as self-care.

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Karen M Steiger | CLEAN MARGINS OUT NOW FROM KELSAY BOOKS! @karenmsteiger.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

This Friday I will be recording a podcast episode with Michael C for Poems and Whiskey (shows.acast.com/poems-and-wh...), and on April 21st, I will be hosting a poetry writing workshop for Gilda's Club Chicago, and I hope the members find it as fun as I do!

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Karen M Steiger | CLEAN MARGINS OUT NOW FROM KELSAY BOOKS! @karenmsteiger.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Today I was informed of this fun fact: "If we gathered all of your site visitors together, they would fill the Jazzkeller Jazz club in Frankfurt, Germany 29%" Well, we all have to start somewhere. Anyway, if you want to improve that figure, give this site a click! www.karenmsteiger.com

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Karen M Steiger | CLEAN MARGINS OUT NOW FROM KELSAY BOOKS! @karenmsteiger.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

I'm so excited to host a poetry writing workshop for Gilda's Club Chicago next month! I love giving back to the organization that gave so much to me.

Description of a poetry writing workshop being offered online through Gilda's Club Chicago on April 21st from 6-8 p.m.

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Karen M Steiger | CLEAN MARGINS OUT NOW FROM KELSAY BOOKS! @karenmsteiger.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

For about 1.5 seconds, I totally believe all the April 1st joke posts.

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Karen M Steiger | CLEAN MARGINS OUT NOW FROM KELSAY BOOKS! @karenmsteiger.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

The entire internet is so boring today. I can't take it. I just want to go home and read a book.

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Jill Twiss @jilltwiss.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Ok step one is to make them look less delicious

WIRECUTTER
Microplastics Are
Everywhere. Here's How to Avoid Eating Them.

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

WAR DON'T SEX CRIMES HIDE CRIMES

Unfortunately formatted hand written sign at the March 28th No Kings protest in New Haven saying "War crimes don't hide sex crimes", but it also can be read as War don't sex. Crimes hide crimes"

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Karen M Steiger | CLEAN MARGINS OUT NOW FROM KELSAY BOOKS! @karenmsteiger.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Oh Christ, my tutoring student had to read "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" for his high school English class, and I'm going to have the heebie-jeebiesfor a week now.

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Karen M Steiger | CLEAN MARGINS OUT NOW FROM KELSAY BOOKS! @karenmsteiger.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Mountaineering is something I really really enjoy watching other people do from the comfort and safety of my couch, under a blanket. Right now, I'm watching "Meru" on Netflix, and it all looks terrifying. Now here comes Jon Krakauer...

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Karen M Steiger | CLEAN MARGINS OUT NOW FROM KELSAY BOOKS! @karenmsteiger.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

I had such a lovely afternoon reading my work for the Poets & Patrons Women's History Month event at Poetry Tile! We had a full house and then some!

Karen Steiger reading poetry at a Poets and Patrons event in Chicago, IL

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Karen M Steiger | CLEAN MARGINS OUT NOW FROM KELSAY BOOKS! @karenmsteiger.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Hi Chicago People! I'll be reading this Saturday, March 21, at the Poets & Patrons Women's History Month Poetry Reading and Open Mic! The reading will take place at Poetry Tile, Showroom 113, 222 Merchandise Mart Plaza, Chicago at 1 p.m.!

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Karen M Steiger | CLEAN MARGINS OUT NOW FROM KELSAY BOOKS! @karenmsteiger.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

I really need to start checking the comments under funny videos to check if they're just AI before I share them with people.

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Karen M Steiger | CLEAN MARGINS OUT NOW FROM KELSAY BOOKS! @karenmsteiger.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Look, I don't work for Doordash, so if I'm picking up your food, there's going to be an onion ring tax.

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 25/02/2026

thought you probably needed to see this

a barnes and noble display of emerald fennel movie branded copies of WUTHERING HEIGHTS. the sign over them reads:

"It's Wutherin' Time!" -- Heathcliff

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Karen M Steiger | CLEAN MARGINS OUT NOW FROM KELSAY BOOKS! @karenmsteiger.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

I really need to start flogging this book! I hope you'll consider supporting a local artist. Am I local to you? I don't know! But I'm definitely not Big Poetry. I would really like to have a higher ranking than #3653 in Women's Poetry! If you've read this book, please give it a glowing review!

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Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Evening

Uggi the dog outside under northern lights

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ACLU @aclu.org · 11/02/2026

BREAKING: The House passed the so-called SAVE America Act which threatens to upend our freedom to vote. The bill could disenfranchise millions of eligible voters by requiring documents like passports or birth certificates to register to vote and forcing voter roll purges. The Senate must reject it.

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Skye @simplyskye.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Renee Nicole Good was 37 - A U.S. citizen - and a poet — her wife watched her be murdered and is now a single parent to a 6 year old This regime has been defined by the endless tragedies it’s caused — we owe it to the victims to fight for the accountability they 💯 percent deserve

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weeder @weeder.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Me: Not sure I can keep going times are tough for real *eats lunch* Me: Being alive is its own reward, drawing breath such a beautiful privilege

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Karen M Steiger | CLEAN MARGINS OUT NOW FROM KELSAY BOOKS! @karenmsteiger.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

@midwesternskirt.bsky.social K. Weber is such a great poet to work with! I highly recommend getting involved in her donated words projects, and I hope you enjoy my little piece!

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Karen M Steiger | CLEAN MARGINS OUT NOW FROM KELSAY BOOKS! @karenmsteiger.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Sometimes I really think I have undiagnosed ADHD, like how I'm dealing with trauma by screwing around with my LinkedIn, a new author website, and a FB author page at 1:40 in the morning.

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Karen M Steiger | CLEAN MARGINS OUT NOW FROM KELSAY BOOKS! @karenmsteiger.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Clean Margins is now available for you to purchase on the Kelsay Books site and Amazon in both paperback and eBook editions. It's a nice short read featuring exploding frogs, missing brains, black holes, raccoons and some cancer (but nothing too dire). www.amazon.com/Clean-Margin...

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Clean Margins

Clean Margins - Kindle edition by Steiger, Karen . Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Clean Margins.

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Karen M Steiger | CLEAN MARGINS OUT NOW FROM KELSAY BOOKS! @karenmsteiger.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

I absolutely love this solidarity! I have been heartbroken over administrative changes at IU, particularly the dismantling of their foreign language programs.

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve watched this TikTok since yesterday. Sherman was stressing those ladies out.

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

JUST IN: A U.S. citizen from Alabama who has been detained twice by ICE while working at a construction site, has filed a class action suit claiming ICE's broad warrantless arrest powers violate the constitution. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Sorry we had to cancel your cancer treatment, but the Secretary of Defense had to fly all the generals in so he could call them fat.

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That Anonymous Coward @thatac.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

It's Istanbul not

photo taken from a mall parking lot showing a kohl's right next to a barnes & noble

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The Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

At the end of the day, don't we all just want to go on bookstore crawls, bakery crawls, library crawls, and museum crawls?

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Amir Talai @amirtalai.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

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Sarah Smith @sarahesmith23.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

it was the stupidest of times; it was the worst of times

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Karen M Steiger | CLEAN MARGINS OUT NOW FROM KELSAY BOOKS! @karenmsteiger.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

On Aug. 2nd at 2 p.m., I will be joining several other local poets at the Oliva Gallery (3816 W. Armitage) to read 3 short poems on the theme of "Luminosity" to accompany their new exhibit. If you're in the Chicago area, come join me for an afternoon of poetry and art!

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Karen M Steiger | CLEAN MARGINS OUT NOW FROM KELSAY BOOKS! @karenmsteiger.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

I've got two poems in the debut issue of Lamp Lit! Check out this fantastic publication, all the great writing and artwork, and start planning your submission for the next issue! Lamplit.net

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Rob Tracinski @tracinski.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Getting a lot of the doomers here on the 4th of July. Just a reminder that on the original 4th of July, a king had already sent an army to occupy Boston, the signers of the Declaration had good reason to believe they would be hanged, and it would be another five years before Americans won the war.

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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

William De Morgan

Tile with winged blue dragon surrounded by foliage and pink flowers.

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