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M. Lopes da Silva @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Went out on a book business trip around town, and checked on my books at the North Figueroa Bookshop (3 copies in the Queer Lit section 🥹🏳️‍⚧️📚💜) and left a copy of my book at Doto (location of the sweet turntable mat). It’s so wonderful knowing my poetry book is out in the world 💜💜💜

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M. Lopes da Silva @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Pushed myself hard this weekend so I’m doing some gentle autumnal recovery at home. So excited that my poetry book is out! Have you picked up your copy of Palm Tree Punk yet?? :) I’m rereading Zelazny’s A Night in the Lonesome October, one day at a time, in between the writing and cups of coffee ☕️

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M. Lopes da Silva @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

What a wonderful, magical night at the bookstore! I’m still floating in all of the good feelings 🥹💜🏳️‍⚧️✨ thank you to everyone who made this possible - I feel incredibly blessed.

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M. Lopes da Silva @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Day 30 of the 30 Day Countdown has arrived! Tomorrow my debut poetry book, Palm Tree Punk, will be available, and I’m celebrating with a book launch and open mic event at the North Figueroa Bookshop. Hope to see you there!

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M. Lopes da Silva @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Day 29 of my 30 Day Countdown until Palm Tree Punk officially comes out, and I guess I’m keeping this copy 😭 serves me right for trying to get a cute cat photo with the book lol

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M. Lopes da Silva @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Day 28 of the 30 Day Countdown until my new poetry book Palm Tree Punk comes out from @alienbuddhapress ! Today I took the books on a bus trip to North Figueroa Bookshop where they’ll be available for purchase starting this Friday! :) :) :)

Christ-like chicken man offering a bucket of his own flesh to us

The books safely arrived at the North Figueroa Bookshop!

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M. Lopes da Silva @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Day 27 of the 30 Day Countdown until my poetry book Palm Tree Punk comes out, can you believe it?? This Friday my poetry book gets to meet the world! Today’s video is an incomplete list of books that were an influence on my work - a lot of my reads had to be returned to the library!

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M. Lopes da Silva @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Day 25 of the 30 Day Countdown until the release of my poetry book, Palm Tree Punk! Today I’m reading my poem “popcorn soul” to the owner of Doto - please forgive the background noise 💜 Their vinyl nights inspired me to bring my uncle’s old vinyls to the bar, and the rest is poetry

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M. Lopes da Silva @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

It’s Day 24 of the 30 Day Countdown until the release of my new poetry book ✨🥹📖 This Sunday at 10am PST we’re going Instagram Live! Karla Lamb is going to be interviewing - feel free to drop in and check us out while the caffeine has barely started to permeate my mind - it’s gonna be a hoot 🦉

A flyer for an IG Live event. The text at the top reads: Instagram Live Poet-on-Poet Interview! The picture on the left is a portrait of Karla Lamb, the picture on the right is of M. Lopes da Silva. The text at the bottom reads: Sunday, Sept 27th, 10am PST

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M. Lopes da Silva @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Day 23 of the 30 Day Countdown until the release of my debut poetry book, Palm Tree Punk! This video represents 6 years of publication - I couldn’t be prouder! October is apparently my month for debuts 🎃🦇✨

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M. Lopes da Silva @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Happy Bisexual Visibility Day! Legend has it that if you spot a bisexual today you’re lucky for an entire year - I’m just out here giving free 🍀🍀🍀 #bivisibilityday

Bisexual author M. Lopes da Silva on a bus

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M. Lopes da Silva @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

They’re heeeeere! Available Oct 2nd from @alienbuddhapress.bsky.social - Day 22 of the 30 Day Countdown until Palm Tree Punk hits the streets!

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M. Lopes da Silva @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Now you can watch me take stuff out of a box:

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M. Lopes da Silva @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

It’s Day 20 of my 30 Day Countdown until the release of my new poetry book, Palm Tree Punk from @alienbuddhapress.bsky.social ! Flashback to earlier this year reading “walk gently, young giants” at The Queer Mercado

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M. Lopes da Silva @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Day 19 of my 30 Day Countdown until the release of my debut poetry book, Palm Tree Punk! Today I’m doing a little flipthrough of one of my sketchbooks - the interior illustrations in Palm Tree Punk were all born here!

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M. Lopes da Silva @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Day 18 of the 30 Day Countdown until the release of my debut poetry book, Palm Tree Punk! Today you get a sneak peek of me working on some cool new poetry for @alienbuddhapress.bsky.social at the Little Tokyo branch of the library, and a new post up on my blog!

POV of someone with an iPad and a notebook at a desk inside of the Little Tokyo branch of the library, facing the garden feature.

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M. Lopes da Silva @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

It’s Day 17 of my 30 Day Countdown until the release of my debut poetry book, Palm Tree Punk! Today I’m celebrating my third book, Infinity Mathing at the Shore & Other Disruptions. These stories vibe like a sexy trans mashup of Ray Bradbury and Creepshow. Available from @weirdpunkbooks.bsky.social

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M. Lopes da Silva @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

It’s Day 16 of my 30 Day Countdown until the release of my poetry book, Palm Tree Punk! Today I dropped off flyers at the North Figueroa Bookshop - so excited for the book launch!! Looking forward to seeing folks there on Oct 2nd!

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M. Lopes da Silva @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Day 15 of my 30 Day Countdown until the release of my debut poetry collection, Palm Tree Punk, from @alienbuddhapress.bsky.social ! Today I’m reading my poem “what the garden told me” 💜🍃

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M. Lopes da Silva @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Day 14 of my 30 Day Countdown until the release of my debut poetry book, Palm Tree Punk! I love the cover art so much. I asked my dear friend Adam to make it for me, and I feel like he did a phenomenal job! Truly blessed to have such wonderful, talented friends in my life. 💜

An abstract pink and blue painting, with palm tree stencils interspersed throughout.

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M. Lopes da Silva @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Day 13 of my 30 Day Countdown until the release of my debut poetry book, Palm Tree Punk, from @alienbuddhapress.bsky.social ! My sticker paper arrived, so there’s been a flurry of stamping activity today! Just gotta wait for everything to dry before these stickers are ready to be cut

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M. Lopes da Silva @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Day 12 of my 30 Day Countdown until the release of my debut poetry book, Palm Tree Punk from @alienbuddhapress.bsky.social ! Today we’re celebrating with a video of my recent reading of “what is a man?” at Chevalier’s Books last open mic

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M. Lopes da Silva @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Day 11 of my 30 Day Countdown until the release of my debut poetry book, Palm Tree Punk! Today we’re celebrating by looking back at my 2nd book, a “double feature”-style pub that I’m proud to share with the fantastic Cynthia Gómez in Split Scream Vol. 2!

A copy of the book Split Scream Volume 2 placed on top of a sticker bombed laptop on a cutting mat.

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M. Lopes da Silva @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Day 10 of the 30 Day Countdown until the release of my debut poetry book Palm Tree Punk from Alien Buddha Press! Today is a double feature - including a blurb from poet Amabilis O’Hara, and me cutting up flyers for the Book Launch and Open Mic Night (any excuse to use the swing arm cutter tbh)

A quote in white text in front of an abstract pink and blue painting, stating: “Palm Tree Punk is a resistance punch to the sky - a scab-knuckled fist twist of poetry wrapped in the compassionate promise of trans resilience” - Amabilis O’Hara, poet

A flyer being sliced on a swing arm paper cutter

A couple of flyers being sliced on a swing arm paper cutter

A close-up of some flyers, post-slicing.

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M. Lopes da Silva @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Day 9 of my 30 Day Countdown until my debut poetry book Palm Tree Punk comes out! To celebrate I’m at what I consider the top contender for “most romantic library printing station in LA”, aka the Hollywood Branch, printing out flyers for my book launch/open mic event - hope to see you there :)

A library print station underneath an antique poster of L’impossible Amour

A hand lifting up the corner of some freshly-printed event flyers

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M. Lopes da Silva @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Day 8 of my 30 Day Countdown until the release of my debut poetry book, Palm Tree Punk! Today we’re looking back at my first published book, Hooker, which is (sadly) currently out of print. I’d love to get Sylvia back in print one day 💜🥹🪝

A photograph of a paperback copy of Hooker by M. Lopes da Silva on top of the sticker-bombed laptop that it was written on.

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M. Lopes da Silva @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

It’s official! The Palm Tree Punk Book Launch + Open Mic Night is happening at the North Figueroa Bookshop Oct. 2nd, 7-9pm. With an open mic hosted by Karla Lamb, featuring poetry by @eveharms.com and @tmbwrites.bsky.social , handmade swag, and free refreshments! Hope to see you there!

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M. Lopes da Silva @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Day 7 of my 30 Day Countdown until the release of my poetry book, Palm Tree Punk! I’ve been teaching myself Procreate/cursing audibly at my iPad for hours, and these are my favorite results! I’m updating my profile pics with the pink version to celebrate.

A pink-tinted photo of author M. Lopes da Silva blending into a pink and blue background

An ochre-tinted photo of author M. Lopes da Silva blending into an ochre background

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M. Lopes da Silva @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Day 6 of the 30 Day Countdown until my book Palm Tree Punk comes out! 🌴🏳️‍⚧️📖 Last night I read a couple poems from the book at the Chevalier’s Books open mic - here’s me reading “the problem with polyamory”

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M. Lopes da Silva @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

It’s Day 5 of my 30 Day Countdown until my debut poetry book comes out! Yesterday I carved a stamp to make sticker merch for folks who come to the book launch - I had a lot of fun doing it. I habitually forget how much I love stamp carving and linocut printing, but I make a few of them every year.

A completed stamp of a palm tree next to the word “PUNK”, the stamp print, and the initial stamp sketch

A rough pencil transfer of the design is applied to a linocut, which is being outlined

A partially carved stamp, outlining a palm tree

A mostly completed stamp carving alongside a pile of shavings, the cutting tool blades visible

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M. Lopes da Silva @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Day 4 of my 30 Day Countdown until my debut poetry book, Palm Tree Punk, is released by @alienbuddhapress.bsky.social ! Today I’m celebrating with a blurb about the book from the fantastically talented @pedroiniguez.bsky.social

"Palm Tree Punk is an introspective odyssey that delves into themes of love, heartbreak, sex, transformation, dreams, and political resistance. Every poem is crafted with sincerity, playfulness, pain, and the deft touch of a lyrical maestro. Part manifesto, part diary, part love letter to Los Angeles, this collection is a pertinent poetic masterwork for our turbulent times."
--Pedro Iniguez, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Mexicans on the Moon: Speculative Poetry from a Possible Future

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M. Lopes da Silva @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Day 3 of my 30 Day Countdown until my poetry book Palm Tree Punk comes out from @alienbuddhapress.bsky.social ! Today I’m celebrating by posting a video of me reading two poems that made it into the book “we are opposites in so many ways” and “what is a man?” Originally read at Poetik LA.

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M. Lopes da Silva @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Day 2 of my 30 Day Countdown until my poetry book Palm Tree Punk comes out from @alienbuddhapress.bsky.social ! Today I’m showing off the excellent author photos that the incredibly talented Karissa Agabon took.

A medium shot of M. Lopes da Silva wearing a hat

A close up of M. Lopes da Silva wearing a hat.

A wide medium shot of M. Lopes da Silva wearing a hat.

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M. Lopes da Silva @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

30 Day Countdown to the release of my poetry book, Palm Tree Punk! Celebrating every day with something new, here’s a blurb about the book from author @sofiaajram.bsky.social

“At once healing and incendiary, Palm Tree Punk explores pleasure, presence, queerness, and liberation in the face of encroaching state violence. There is so much rich, naked memory to love here: sweet decisions and unexpected DMs, appetites and disruptions, boozy epiphanies and ‘hypothetical genital shenanigans’. Here, eroticism is tinged with lightness and humour, and queer temporality proposes questions that dig and wonder at the individual project of togetherness. How persuasive this was for hope and shared love; how raw and deliciously imaginative. A collection that will live with me forever." -- Sofia Ajram, author of Bram Stoker Award-winning novella Coup de Grâce

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M. Lopes da Silva @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I’m delighted to announce that my debut book of poetry has found a home with @alienbuddhapress.bsky.social and will be available this October 2nd! Stay tuned for all kinds of book launch details 💜

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M. Lopes da Silva @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

The stationery is becoming increasingly erotic.

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M. Lopes da Silva @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

My contributor’s copy of Saturday Mourning Television arrived from @sliceduppress.bsky.social 😻 this is such a fun concept! I hope you pick up a copy and check it out.

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M. Lopes da Silva @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

I’ve started recording an audiobook version of Infinity Mathing at the Shore and Other Disruptions, and it’s so goooooood

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M. Lopes da Silva @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Happy #worldpoetryday ! Today I read my poem “to the unfixed hearts that want us dead” at The Queer Mercado:

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M. Lopes da Silva @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Today Infinity Mathing at the Shore turned 2! If you’re looking for a book for your #transrightsreadathon and like weird queer shit that feels lusciously word-drenched, copies are available @weirdpunkbooks.bsky.social 💜♾️✖️% weirdpunkbooks.square.site/product/infi...

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M. Lopes da Silva @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Hey, psst, wanna read my fucked-up 500 word Frankenstein story in The Bleeding Margin? Here you go: www.capitalhorror.com/products/the...

A picture of the story’s title, Fleshprinted Frankenstein, byline, and a couple of cut-off sentences

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M. Lopes da Silva @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

I read my poem “what is a man?” at PoetikLA:

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M. Lopes da Silva @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

STARTLING NEW INFORMATION THAT MAY IMPACT THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY: eating chili with mac n cheese on top of it is hella delicious.

A bowl of chili with mac n cheese on top of it and a spoon

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M. Lopes da Silva @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Happy turkey day from me and the cat lads :)

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M. Lopes da Silva @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Awards eligibility post, or, let’s check out all the books and magazines that I’ve been published in this year! Going in release order: Short story: “The Polyamorous Heart of Death” And One Day We Will Die Poem: “love hates” We Bite Back

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M. Lopes da Silva @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Good news everyone I spent today making so many dead billionaires for you today 😌 see you @voidcon.bsky.social

A bunch of handmade dead billionaire astronaut stickers

A hand-carved stamp of a dead billionaire made out of a rubber eraser, two prints of it, and a green ink pad.

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M. Lopes da Silva @mlopesdasilva.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Issue #5 of @godscrueljokelp.bsky.social is out today and the theme is speculative erotica, and yes I wrote a story in this one. There’s a paid option and a free download: www.godscrueljokelit.com/5-speculativ...

The cover of speculative erotics Issue 5 with the text: Issue 5 of God's Cruel Joke, SPECULATIVE EROTICS, features art and writing from twenty-seven contributors which explores the farthest thresholds of eroticism. Each piece within is an exercise in rapturous disintegration, blending and meditating on themes of identity, sexuality, technology, faith, war and existence. printed above the cover. There are also links to purchase the book or download the free PDF

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