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Michael Warr @michael-warr.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Come to North Beach First Fridays on April 3, at 7 PM, for poetry by Jessica Loos, Rene Vargas Zamora, Clara Hsu, Michael Warr, music by Will Rogers, plus sculpture and jewelry design drawings by Peter Macchiarini and Dan Macchiarini. At Macchiarini Creative Design (1544 Grant Ave.).

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Michael Warr @michael-warr.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

I will share poems from my project “Black in San Francisco” based on Polaroids of my family taken by my parents during my childhood next Tuesday, January 20, 2026, from 4:30 to 5:30 pm, at the Potrero Hill Branch of the Public Library. Please share. For details, see michaelwarrcreativework.blog.

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Michael Warr @michael-warr.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

My friend Chuck Perkins is in the Bay this week promoting his new book “Beautiful and Ugly Too” a firsthand account of his life in the Crescent City told through poetry and essays. I hope you will show up and support him tomorrow (1/7/26) at the Eastside Arts Alliance. See you there.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 17/04/2025

RFK Jr. says there are no autistic poets, so we interviewed one. Hear from Elizabeth McClellan, @popelizbet.bsky.social, an award-winning poet, attorney, and legal educator based in Memphis, Tennessee.

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RFK Jr. says there aren't autistic poets. We asked an autistic poet.

"I will challenge RFK Jr. to write a poem as good as me any day of the week."

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Michael Warr @michael-warr.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Today is San Francisco poet Bob Kaufman's B-Day. In 2020, the Poetry Center at San Francisco State University organized an epic digital celebration of his Collected Poems. The nearly two-hour video tribute is worth watching. I appear around 1:44:08 diva.sfsu.edu/collect.../p... (photo: A.D. Winans)

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 18/04/2025

NEWS: Mack Trucks has announced layoffs at Lehigh Valley, PA plant, due to Trump's tariffs.

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Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Happy bday poet Bob Kaufman, b.1925, New Orleans. “Remember not to forget the dying colors of yesterday As you inhale tomorrow's hot dream, blown from frozen lips. Remember, you naked agent of every nothing.” “Let the voices of dead poets ring louder in your ears...

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Texas Observer @texasobserver.org · 12/04/2025

In the 92 years since the state began naming poets laureate, Amanda Johnston is the first Black woman to earn the title. Here's how she's using her position to elevate other poets, and unsung stories of our state:

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Texas' First Black Woman Poet Laureate Spreads Poems of Praise

In tough times, Amanda Johnston is creating a community of gratitude with contributions from poets all across the state.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 17/04/2025

The Associated Press said in a court filing on Wednesday that the Trump administration had defied a federal judge’s order requiring the administration to restore the wire service’s full access to the White House.

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White House Refuses to Restore The A.P.’s Access Despite Court Order, It Says

The wire service on Wednesday accused The White House of continuing to bar its reporters from the press pool despite a judge’s order that called the restriction a violation of the First Amendment.

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Michael Warr @michael-warr.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

I hear that registrations for this event are high. You might want to register, and if you like sitting rather than standing, arrive early.

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Michael Warr @michael-warr.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Poets and poetry lovers join us this Thursday, April 17, at the Mechanics' Institute in San Francisco. It will be a unique night that includes bilingual poems and pairs a few poets who have never read together. Our books will be available. If you cannot make it, invite your poetry-addicted friends.

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Michael Warr @michael-warr.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

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Poets & Writers @pw.org · 01/04/2025

“Write one poem at a time and resist knowing where you are going.” In today’s Ten Questions, Arthur Sze discusses his writing process for Into the Hush, out now from @coppercanyonpress.bsky.social. at.pw.org/10Q4Sze

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Michael Warr @michael-warr.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

This definitely looks like something the original Enterprise crew encountered.

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Dawn Marie Galtieri @dmgaltieri.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

Healing only comes when we tell the truth

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Michael Warr @michael-warr.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Hopefully, human decency dictates outrage against all torture. However, with trumped-up charges of criminality, promised "retribution " (another word for crime)," and...

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Michael Warr @michael-warr.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Fortunate to have met and participated in bringing this towering intellectual of the people to Chicago back in the day. I consider him a mentor.

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Hyperallergic @hyperallergic.com · 14/04/2025

Hyperallergic Members are invited to join us on April 29 for a virtual conversation with three prominent curators, who will share their thoughts on what they’re looking for in studio visits and how artists can build healthy relationships with curators in the field.

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Member Event: Curators on Artist Studio Visits

Join us on April 29 for a virtual conversation with Kimberli Gant, Candice Hopkins, and Caroline Liou.

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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

THE RISE OF END TIMES FASCISM My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social. The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

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The rise of end times fascism

The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them

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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 08/04/2025

Prisons Must Fall 🌱 Happy Publication Day to this beautiful, hopeful book by @prisonculture.bsky.social and Jane Ball, illustrated by @ollycostello.bsky.social! 💐

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Hyperallergic @hyperallergic.com · 08/04/2025

A coalition of attorneys general from 21 states filed a lawsuit against Trump and several senior administration officials to prevent the dismantlement of the Institute of Museum and Library Services and two other federal agencies.

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21 States Sue Trump Over Attacks on Museums and Libraries

Trump’s move to dismantle the Institute of Museum and Library Services, which was established by Congress, is “illegal several times over,” says a new lawsuit.

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Michael Warr @michael-warr.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

AWP 2025 # VII -- Chun Yu and I had a few events at the Associated Writers & Writing Program conference in Los Angeles. We caught a moment on the exhibit floor with globe-trotting poet sensation Matt Sedillo.

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Michael Warr @michael-warr.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

AWP 2025 # VI -- A few images of the Red Hen Press (at least one side of the three sided booth):

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Michael Warr @michael-warr.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

AWP 2025 # V -- I had a signing at AWP for all my Tia Chucha Press titles and the anthology Of Poetry & Protest: From Emmett Till to Trayvon Martin (W.W. Norton) at the Red Hen Press booth. If there were awards for best booth Red Hen would have taken the crown.

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Michael Warr @michael-warr.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

AWP 2025 # IV -- We made a great tag team at our panel on translation collaborations. Two Languages / One Community was thrilled to share the Association of Writers & Writing Programs stage. Photo by Mike Puican (left to right, Michael Warr, Sandi Wisenberg, Chun Yu, and Mary Hawley).

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Michael Warr @michael-warr.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

AWP 2025 # III -- It was a blast to have my Tia Chucha Press titles side-by-side with the family of Tia Chucha poets at the Red Hen Press booth, which stood out like a bright yellow moon at the Association of Writers & Writing Programs conference in Los Angeles last week.

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Michael Warr @michael-warr.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

AWP 2025 # II -- Poet (Tongo Eisen-Martin) and poet baby at AWP.

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Michael Warr @michael-warr.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

AWP 2025 # I -- What a surprise to look up from signing a book at the Red Hen Press table and see Jen Morea with her new/ first book, "The Hyacinth Letter," in her hands. It is a beautiful debut collection. Get yours now.

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Michael Warr @michael-warr.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

The Poetry Society of America is pleased to announce that Nikki Giovanni is the 2025 recipient of the Frost Medal for distinguished lifetime achievement in poetry. Named for Robert Frost, and first given in 1930, the Frost Medal is one of the oldest and most prestigious awards in American poetry.

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