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Miriam Calleja (She/Her)

@miriamcalleja.bsky.social
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Poet, writer, translator, workshop leader. Latest "Come Closer, I Don't Mind the Silence" (BottleCap Press, 2023). Editor & 2024 Judge of Brick Road Poetry Press.

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Miriam Calleja (She/Her) @miriamcalleja.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
miriamcalleja.substack.com/p/fall-into-... #writingchallenge starting this fall Beyond the obvious themes of affection, love, and friendship, we will also explore myth landscape transformation betrayal, and more. Visit my Substack for more details.
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Trish Hopkinson @trishhopkinsonpoet.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Miriam Calleja @miriamcalleja.bsky.social takes us inside the messy, magical process of rebuilding a poem from the inside out. From abstraction to clarity, softness to armor, her guest post explores what it means to stitch together a “freedom suit” that actually fits.
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Unstitching and Re-hemming a Poem – guest post by Miriam Calleja
In March 2025, I read the poem “To Sew a Freedom Suit” by Danielle Legros Georges in The New Yorker. Georges had passed away the previous month. At the time, I’d been in the US for 3 years after re…
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PEN Malta @penmalta.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Check out PEN Malta's May newsletter – find out more about the Open Mic on Manoel Island, standing up to unchecked development, and how you can raise your voice. Manoel Island should be for everyone, not for the greedy trying to grab our country with enabling politicians.
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Miriam Calleja (She/Her) @miriamcalleja.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
"I have a confession to make. The you in my writing is never the same you. In fact, it is rarely one you. But rather, it is a fractured you, a many-a-you, a you that contains accumulated gooseflesh, pounding hearts, half-whispered promises..." Read the rest... www.tupeloquarterly.com/reviews/crav...
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Craving and Grief: Miriam Calleja Reviews Phantom Number by Spring Ulmer and Blue Atlas by Susan Rich
[Phantom Number by Spring Ulmer and Blue Atlas by Susan Rich] are collections to keep close if you want poetry to save you, over and over, as it does.
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Lost in Stars @lostinstars.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
If you’re in bama go to this book launch!!! Congrats Ms Stefanescu & Sarabande @alinaetc.bsky.social @thankyoubooks.bsky.social @sarabandebooks.bsky.social @miriamcalleja.bsky.social #alinastefanescu #miriamcalleja #thankyoubooks #alabama #bama #birminghamalabama
Ad for book launch of Alina Stefanescu’s poetry book My Heresies, featuring an interview with Miriam Calleja, at Thank You Books in Birmingham Alabama on May 8 at 630 pm - showing photo of author and of book cover
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Thank You Books @thankyoubooks.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
We can't wait to celebrate @alinaetc.bsky.social and her poetry collection MY HERESIES, a “hauntological mapping of life, love, family, & womanhood” (@sarabandebooks.bsky.social), in conversation with @miriamcalleja.bsky.social on Thursday, May 8 at 6:30 pm! Free as always & RSVP: bit.ly/alinatyb
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Sarabande Books @sarabandebooks.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
@miriamcalleja.bsky.social is a poet, workshop leader, and translator. Her work has appeared in Taos Journal, plume, humana obscura, & elsewhere. Her latest chapbook is “Come Closer, I Don’t Mind the Silence” (BottleCap Press, 2023). Miriam lives in Birmingham, Alabama. More on miriamcalleja.com.
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Home Page - Miriam Calleja
Miriam Calleja is a poet, author, literary consultant, storyteller, and certified proofreader. She crafts words to connect and collaborate.
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Miriam Calleja (She/Her) @miriamcalleja.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Are you at #neworleanspoetryfestival? Come to my generative #WritingWorkshop Poetry as Prayer for Change tomorrow Saturday at 2pm at the #healingcenter room 224 #nopf2025 #nopf
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Miriam Calleja (She/Her) @miriamcalleja.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Can you #smell in your #dreams? I had two dreams lately where I could smell a person and a snake?!
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Miriam Calleja (She/Her) @miriamcalleja.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
My #scammer forgot she tried to #scam me and is trying to do it again. What should I do?? :) miriamcalleja.substack.com/p/the-time-i...
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The time I almost got scammed as a ghostwriter
Help me spread the word so other writers won't be harmed!
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Miriam Calleja (She/Her) @miriamcalleja.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
I'm here to tell you what to #edit in a #poem every day during #poetrymonth. Taking 2 more participants and closing registration in a couple of days. Read more here miriamcalleja.substack.com/p/editing-wo...
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Editing Workshop
Bums on seats and let's polish some poems - just 15 minutes a day.
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Miriam Calleja (She/Her) @miriamcalleja.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
who is taking unhinged #flashfiction or #prosepoetry right now? #submissions #poetry
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Miriam Calleja (She/Her) @miriamcalleja.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Edit a poem each day during Poetry Month! There are only a few days left to reserve your spot - sliding scale available. Feel free to ask me anything... details here: miriamcalleja.substack.com/p/editing-wo...
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Editing Workshop
Bums on seats and let's polish some poems - just 15 minutes a day.
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Miriam Calleja (She/Her) @miriamcalleja.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
For my sins, I'm also doing this during #poetrymonth. If you want to #edit a bunch of #poems in 30 days, then get in touch. Last few days to book. Look at the deets #Writingchallenge #workshop miriamcalleja.substack.com/p/editing-wo...
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Miriam Calleja (She/Her) @miriamcalleja.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
A special kind of frustration for people asking for your time and expertise for free. I want to help but I also want to pay bills.
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Miriam Calleja (She/Her) @miriamcalleja.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Dear Elon, I have been busy, thanks for asking. Today I launched my new business spreading creativity and play. A total waste of money, encouraging teams to develop problem-solving skills. Look! CreativeWork.ink
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Home - CreativeWork.ink
Boost creativity and productivity with Miriam Calleja’s workshops. Play, write, innovate, create!
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Miriam Calleja (She/Her) @miriamcalleja.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Check out my #generative #WritingWorkshop #poetry as prayer starting in April through @corporealwriting
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Geof Huth @geofhuth.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
disappearance
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Miriam Calleja (She/Her) @miriamcalleja.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
#collage #thecure #poetry
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PEN Malta @penmalta.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
PEN Malta firmly supports the call to safeguard a healthy democratic culture, as highlighted in today’s Times of Malta editorial. Democracy is about fostering a culture where informed debate, accountability and the protection of fundamental freedoms thrive. timesofmalta.com/article/edit...
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Editorial: More to democracy than just voting
The safety of journalists is of paramount importance without whom we would lose a crucial component in the democratic functioning of the institution of our democracy
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Miriam Calleja (She/Her) @miriamcalleja.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Dear Elon, thanks for asking. I feel so seen. Today I designed a creativity workshop for 40 business leaders. You and I both know that negativity is too costly and lack of motivation will bring the country to its knees. I look forward to corresponding with you about my future ventures. Xoxo
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Miriam Calleja (She/Her) @miriamcalleja.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
I'm hosting a 6-week series of workshops titled #poetry as prayer, where you can curate your collection of poems to use in emergencies or daily occasions such as getting to sleep. www.corporealwriting.com/current-offe...
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Poetry as Prayer w/ Miriam Calleja — begins April 30th — Corporeal Writing™ - Writing Workshops
Poetry as Prayer with Miriam Calleja a 6-week generative creative lab/workshop over Zoom beginning April 30th Wednesdays - April 30th, May 7th, May 14th, May 21st, May 28th, June 4th, from 3-4:...
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Miriam Calleja (She/Her) @miriamcalleja.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Dear Elon, I did not receive your email, so you have yet to ask, but I would like to start telling you about my week already. Since I'm an alien who doesn't like to cause unease, today I learned how to spell my last name in NATO phonetic alphabet. Charlie Alpha Lima Lima Echo Juliette Alpha.
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pen-tlrc.bsky.social @pen-tlrc.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
MAKING SILENCED LANGUAGES VISIBLE Day 11 - Poem 17: Malti Keith Borg: sakemm (until) Malti is the official language of the Maltese people. It is the only official Semitic language of the EU, and the only one written in Latin alphabet. @penmalta.bsky.social youtu.be/yYdtAioz00M?...
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Keith Borg: sakemm (until) Malti
YouTube video by Translation and Linguistic Rights Committee of PI
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Miriam Calleja (She/Her) @miriamcalleja.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
#calvino "Plan for a Journal"
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PEN Malta @penmalta.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
PEN Malta expresses solidarity with journalists who were attacked yesterday Wednesday 26 February while carrying out their duties in court. 1/3 timesofmalta.com/article/igm-...
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'I will f*** your family': journalists threatened outside court, IĠM want action
Journalists 'filmed and threatened by relatives', institute wants police to take action
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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 23/02/2025
Maybe corny but it was helpful for me to hear Henry Rollins saying "this is not time to be dismayed, this is punk rock time, this is what Joe Strummer trained you for... You can be thunderous in your own life, to the eight people around you. That rubs off... Goodness is viral"
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Miriam Calleja (She/Her) @miriamcalleja.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Apropos nothing Or apropos #love #poetry Click to read the entire #poem. With thanks to Taos Journal!
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Geof Huth @geofhuth.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Coquine 68: to be ſettled and determined
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Miriam Calleja (She/Her) @miriamcalleja.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
#februllage2025 #collage hammered Chinese Fern, pen, and paper. Prompt was "dots."
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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
sorry i've been so testy lately. it's just because of every single thing in the entire world
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Miriam Calleja (She/Her) @miriamcalleja.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
#februllage2025 prompt metal #collage #poetry Poem from my chapbook Come Closer, I Don't Mind the Silence
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Miriam Calleja (She/Her) @miriamcalleja.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Day 3 #februllage2025 prompt was School #collage #collagechallenge
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Miriam Calleja (She/Her) @miriamcalleja.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
I'm reading Vita Nuova (#Dante) and will be giving you some spoilers as I attend a course on its #translation. Dante is still (or really already) gushing on Beatrice. On p51 he will tell us exactly how painful her lack of greeting him on the street was. Oh man.
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Miriam Calleja (She/Her) @miriamcalleja.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Write daily with an accountability group! My most popular #Writingchallenge is back this February. Read all about it here: miriamcalleja.substack.com/p/february-w...
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Miriam Calleja (She/Her) @miriamcalleja.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
Where are the collage peeps?
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Miriam Calleja (She/Her) @miriamcalleja.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
If you've made a bet that started "When it snows in Alabama ..." congratulations! Here is the adventure my cat Biscuit had this morning.
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Modern Poetry in Translation @mptmagazine.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
One more day to submit!
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Miriam Calleja (She/Her) @miriamcalleja.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
Reading and judging for Brick Road #PoetryPress #poetry competition and I know this is going to be tough.
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Angela T. Carr @angelatcarrpoetry.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Over 160 calls for submissions of poetry, fiction, flash, non-fiction, art, photography & more - competitions, literary journals, residencies, bursaries etc - open or with deadlines in January 2025. Best of luck & pls share! www.thisiswordbox.com/wordbox-blog...
Winter-themed border of blue snowflakes on a pale grey background. Text reads: Publishing Your Work | Poetry & Writing Calls for Submissions January 2025: Journals, Competitions, Bursaries, Residencies.
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Miriam Calleja (She/Her) @miriamcalleja.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Please help me spread the word #writers and #ghostwriters miriamcalleja.substack.com/p/the-time-i...
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The time I almost got scammed as a ghostwriter
Help me spread the word so other writers won't be harmed!
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Miriam Calleja (She/Her) @miriamcalleja.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
I have not ceased to feel excited about receiving ARCs for #review. Like someone is trusting me with their hard work and I get to understand exactly HOW they are awesome... And #write about it. #poetry #poetslife
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Miriam Calleja (She/Her) @miriamcalleja.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Added several extra hours to my #internationalflight because I'm masochistic like that 😑 and I'm taking all the tips from #writers. I've done this a lot but still learning! I rarely ever sleep on red eyes, so...
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Miriam Calleja (She/Her) @miriamcalleja.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
When as a #poet and #workshop leader, a business chooses #creativity as the gift to their community. It's the best. Be like Aero Joe Bham @aerojoe.bsky.social
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
More than 75 Nobel Prize winners have signed a letter urging senators not to confirm RFK Jr. The letter marks the first time in recent memory that Nobel laureates have banded together against a Cabinet choice. But Kennedy is a threat they could not ignore, one said. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/h...
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Nobel Laureates Urge Senate to Turn Down Kennedy’s Nomination
Elevating Mr. Kennedy to secretary of H.H.S. “would put the public’s health in jeopardy,” more than 75 laureates wrote.
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Miriam Calleja (She/Her) @miriamcalleja.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Attended a @sarabandebooks.bsky.social zine lunch #workshop with @jay_delise after ticking a lot of boxes this week and not chickening out of important meetings... so it was my treat. I realize that attending a lunchtime workshop is such a #freelancer luxury. Here is my #collage
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Miriam Calleja (She/Her) @miriamcalleja.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
This is the kind of advent calendar that excites me!
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Miriam Calleja (She/Her) @miriamcalleja.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Last day to submit ur #poetry manuscript to Brick Road Poetry Press. I'll be judging & looking for poetry that moves me, leaves me with questions. We want great poetry out in the world. @hmcotton.bsky.social will design! Winner gets $1000 & 25 copies. www.brickroadpoetrypress.com/poetry-book-...
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Contest — Brick Road Poetry Press
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Miriam Calleja (She/Her) @miriamcalleja.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Accepting #submissions for Brick Road #PoetryPress competition until TOMORROW. Send us your #poetrymanuscript of 50-100pp. We are reading blindly and your girl here is the final judge! Move me. Winner gets $1000 & 25 copies and lifetime bragging rights. brickroadpoetrypress.submittable.com/submit
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Brick Road Poetry Press Submission Manager
We blind read submissions. While there is always a chance we might recognize the work of a poet, we would like as much is humanly possible to judge the contest without knowing who wrote the manuscript...
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H. M. Cotton @hmcotton.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
You have two—YES ONLY TWO—days left to submit to the Brick Road Poetry Press contest. Subs close at midnight on December 1st. @miriamcalleja.bsky.social is judge and I’ll be your fabulous book designer. We’re thirsty for the verse! Send it! brickroadpoetrypress.submittable.com/submit
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Brick Road Poetry Press Submission Manager
Between August 1st and December 1st, we accept entries in our poetry book contest. The first place winner receives a publication contract with Brick Road Poetry Press and $1000 prize.Who do we publish...
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