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Maya C. Popa

@mayacpopa.bsky.social
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Cheerleader for other poets' poems | Founder of Conscious Writers Collective | www.consciouswriterscollective.com

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Maya C. Popa @mayacpopa.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
🤍🤍🤍🙏🙏🙏
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T. E. Niemi @teniemi.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Currently reading (and greatly enjoying) this lovely signed edition of @mayacpopa.bsky.social’s latest book. Congratulations again, Maya — and thank you! #amreading
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Robert J. Tiess @robertjtiess.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Radio Boise - The Poetry Show Interview with Maya C. Popa on If You Love That Lady: Poems Listen to the interview on SoundCloud... soundcloud.com/radioboise/t... #poetry #poets #interviews #books #writers #authors @mayacpopa.bsky.social #consciouswriterscollective
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The Poetry Show: August 30, 2026 - Maya C. Popa
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Maya C. Popa @mayacpopa.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
From The New Economy:
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Nicole Tallman @natallman.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Wise words from the great @mayacpopa.bsky.social.
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Maya C. Popa @mayacpopa.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Thank you so much!!!
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The Rumpus @therumpus.net · 17/08/2026
"For passion will the mind turn / on its diet of certainties / to tango doubt’s perimeter." From "If You Love That Lady," new poetry by @mayacpopa.bsky.social. ➡️ buff.ly/Qgq0Qiq
The cited quote and information written in black against a white background. The full Rumpus logo is at the top.
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Maya C. Popa @mayacpopa.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
My third book, IF YOU LOVE THAT LADY, is out now from @wwnorton.com. Please DM me if you'd like to purchase a signed copy. 🤍
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Maya C. Popa @mayacpopa.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Thank you!!!
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Maya C. Popa @mayacpopa.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
My third book, IF YOU LOVE THAT LADY, is out now from @wwnorton.com. Please DM me if you'd like to purchase a signed copy. 🤍
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Kenyon Review @kenyonreview.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Our latest issue has four memorable new poems by @mayacpopa.bsky.social. The last movement in “Had We But World Enough” arrives with such precision and energy. Read it here: kenyonreview.org/piece/had-we...
Author photo for Maya C. PopaFrom "Had We But World Enough" by Maya C. Popa
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Wild & Precious Life Series @wplseries.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Save the date for 8/12/26!!! Join the WPLS on 8/12/26 to hear David Baker, Gregory Orr, & @mayacpopa.bsky.social. Zoom room opens at 7:15pm (EST). Reading starts at 7:30pm. #poetrynews #poetrysky #poets #poetry #writers @wwnorton.com
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Maya C. Popa @mayacpopa.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Thanks so much!!!!!!
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Matthew Terrill @matthewterrill.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Congrats @mayacpopa.bsky.social on your new book of poems! My copy arrived today, & I can’t wait to read!🫶🏼
A book cover, titled “If You Love That Lady” on a white kitchen counter with two red apples to the right and a small candle to the left.
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Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
“In raptures over Chapman’s Homer, Keats forgets / who discovered the Pacific—not stout Cortez / with eagle eyes but Balboa upon a peak in Darien.” Read “The Romantics,” a poem by @mayacpopa.bsky.social from the collection If You Love That Lady.
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“The Romantics,” a Poem by Maya C. Popa
In raptures over Chapman’s Homer, Keats forgets who discovered the Pacific—not stout Cortez with eagle eyes but Balboa upon a peak in Darien. Where he withdrew his handkerchief and saw the death wa…
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Robert J. Tiess @robertjtiess.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
My review of Maya C. Popa's new poetry collection IF YOU LOVE THAT LADY: robertjtiess.substack.com/p/my-glowing... The book wwnorton.com/books/978132... MCP/LARB interview lareviewofbooks.org/article/maya... Opening poem substack.com/@mayacpopa/n... @mayacpopa.bsky.social #poetry #poets #books
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My Glowing Review of IF YOU LOVE THAT LADY: POEMS by Maya C. Popa
FIVE OUT OF FIVE STARS
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Maya C. Popa @mayacpopa.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Grateful to The Atlantic for running this poem from my new collection, out in 10 days from Norton. I'm teaching a FREE class on July 25th at 1 PM as thank you for anyone who pre-orders the book. myfivethings.com/class/maya-c...
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Maya C. Popa @mayacpopa.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Grateful to The Atlantic for running this poem from my new collection, out in 10 days from Norton. I'm teaching a FREE class on July 25th at 1 PM as thank you for anyone who pre-orders the book. myfivethings.com/class/maya-c...
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Robert J. Tiess @robertjtiess.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Post 3/3 Other links: Article midbrow.org/maya-c-popa-... Goodreads www.goodreads.com/author/show/... Substack mayacpopa.substack.com Other Books www.mayacpopa.com/books Maya's Conscious Writers Collective www.consciouswriterscollective.com @mayacpopa.bsky.social #poetry #poems #poets #books
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Conscious Writers Collective
Writing
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Maya C. Popa @mayacpopa.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
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Maya C. Popa @mayacpopa.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Thank you!
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Maya C. Popa @mayacpopa.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
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Maya C. Popa @mayacpopa.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Grateful to have four new poems in this issue of Kenyon Review. I wrote this one in Vamvakou, Greece, where I was introduced to the hawk moth (also called sphinx moth) after running from planter to planter thinking I was watching a rather drab hummingbird up close. 💛
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Maya C. Popa @mayacpopa.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
We created a mini portal for anyone wanting to trial CWC for a week. It's been an amazing way to meet and answer new members' questions before they jump fully in. ✨ consciouswriterscollective.circle.so/forms/74b6b508
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Maya C. Popa @mayacpopa.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
We have an EXTRAORDINARY National Poetry Month lined up in CWC. Join us this April—14 meetings, 200+ hours of past courses in the vault, 3x live workshops for feedback. www.consciouswriterscollective.com
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Lord Frederick @noblesatirist.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
It’s National Poetry Month! So take a poet to lunch. I’m speaking literally. 🥪 🍷 I don’t like poetry much. But I’d take this lady to lunch Even figuratively! I like her poems a whole bunch. —Yours, Lord
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Maya C. Popa @mayacpopa.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
😂🙏
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Maya C. Popa @mayacpopa.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
We have an EXTRAORDINARY National Poetry Month lined up in CWC. Join us this April—14 meetings, 200+ hours of past courses in the vault, 3x live workshops for feedback. www.consciouswriterscollective.com
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Maya C. Popa @mayacpopa.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Wrote a post today sharing the blurbs for IF YOU LOVE THAT LADY for the first time. Profoundly grateful to anyone who pre-orders (wrote a whole post about why pre-orders matter to the literary ecosystem, too!). 🤍
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The Blurbs for "If You Love That Lady"
And a note on asking for blurbs
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Maya C. Popa @mayacpopa.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Wrote a post today sharing the blurbs for IF YOU LOVE THAT LADY for the first time. Profoundly grateful to anyone who pre-orders (wrote a whole post about why pre-orders matter to the literary ecosystem, too!). 🤍
mayacpopa.substack.com
The Blurbs for "If You Love That Lady"
And a note on asking for blurbs
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Maya C. Popa @mayacpopa.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
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Maya C. Popa @mayacpopa.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Every time I re-read Mueller, I'm reminded I should teach a class on her work:
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Maya C. Popa @mayacpopa.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Oh, does this session promise to be a juicy one. If you’re not a CWC Member, as usual, we have 5 tickets reserved for you: luma.com/27l7cemw
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Maya C. Popa @mayacpopa.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Oh, does this session promise to be a juicy one. If you’re not a CWC Member, as usual, we have 5 tickets reserved for you: luma.com/27l7cemw
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Maya C. Popa @mayacpopa.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
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Maya C. Popa @mayacpopa.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Sylvia Plath:
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Maya C. Popa @mayacpopa.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
William Bronk:
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Maya C. Popa @mayacpopa.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
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Maya C. Popa @mayacpopa.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
How does myth function in contemporary poetry? In this generative craft class, we'll explore myth through close reading of contemporary poems & writing exercises. We'll experiment with voice, embodiment, & transformation, creating poems that draw on myth to expand their imaginative and formal range.
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Stealing from the Gods: Mythology for Everyday Poems with Carlie Hoffman · Luma
How does myth function in contemporary poetry—as inheritance and as resource? In this generative craft discussion, we will explore classical myth through close…
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Maya C. Popa @mayacpopa.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Robert Hayden masterpiece:
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Maya C. Popa @mayacpopa.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
How does myth function in contemporary poetry? In this generative craft class, we'll explore myth through close reading of contemporary poems & writing exercises. We'll experiment with voice, embodiment, & transformation, creating poems that draw on myth to expand their imaginative and formal range.
luma.com
Stealing from the Gods: Mythology for Everyday Poems with Carlie Hoffman · Luma
How does myth function in contemporary poetry—as inheritance and as resource? In this generative craft discussion, we will explore classical myth through close…
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Maya C. Popa @mayacpopa.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
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Maya C. Popa @mayacpopa.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Penelope Shuttle:
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Maya C. Popa @mayacpopa.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
FYI: CWC has a (free) Substack newsletter FULL of craft tips and exercises pulled from our recent sessions. It's a wonderful resource run by our members. 💛
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CWC Monthly Review
A look back at December's classes and office hours
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Maya C. Popa @mayacpopa.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Grateful to @thetls.bsky.social for giving this poem a home:
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Maya C. Popa @mayacpopa.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
Beginning in January, this three-part course with @alinaetc.bsky.social 1)Techniques to Fictionalize Photography 2) Epigraphs in Fiction 3) Terrible and Beautiful Angelic Forms in Fiction We have FIVE spots for non-CWC members to join us:
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A Three-Part Intensive with Alina Stefanescu · Luma
Alina will be leading three sessions: January 11, 12-2 EST; February 28, 12-2 EST; March 28, 12-2 EST 1) Techniques to Fictionalize Photography “When I listen…
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Maya C. Popa @mayacpopa.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Sneak peek of January in Conscious Writers Collective ✨ www.consciouswriterscollective.com/poetry/
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Maya C. Popa @mayacpopa.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
So glad, thank you so much for reading.
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Maya C. Popa @mayacpopa.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
Beginning in January, this three-part course with @alinaetc.bsky.social 1)Techniques to Fictionalize Photography 2) Epigraphs in Fiction 3) Terrible and Beautiful Angelic Forms in Fiction We have FIVE spots for non-CWC members to join us:
luma.com
A Three-Part Intensive with Alina Stefanescu · Luma
Alina will be leading three sessions: January 11, 12-2 EST; February 28, 12-2 EST; March 28, 12-2 EST 1) Techniques to Fictionalize Photography “When I listen…
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Maya C. Popa @mayacpopa.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
Really moved to see this as it's one of my favorite poems I've written. Thank you, @matthewterrill.bsky.social.
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