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Rebecca Foust @rebeccafoust.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

@litquake.bsky.social's Menopause Extravaganza Gray Area Theater, 2665 Mission Street, SF Sun, Oct 18, 3pm (doors at 2:30pm)  $10 adv / $15 door Featuring #LouannBrizendine, @kelidailey.bsky.social, #SarahIsquick, #AleciaGreenlee, @lasarafirefoxallen.bsky.social. Presented w/ @grayarea.org.

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Rebecca Foust @rebeccafoust.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

@litquake.bsky.social's Women of a Certain Age Read Poems on Sex and Death  Vintage Berkeley, 2113 Vine St Fri, Oct 9, 6PM (doors at 5:30pm) Featuring @mobrowne.bsky.social, #PrageetaSharma, #JenSiraganian, #MelissaStein, @bjanepr.bsky.social, @traceyknapp.bsky.social. Presented w/ #LeftMarginLit.

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Rebecca Foust @rebeccafoust.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Thank you, editors of #SwampPink, for including my #poem "Love after Divorce" in your #newissue. An honor to share pages with poets like #NikkyBeer and @notquitehydepark.bsky.social. Read it at pink.charleston.edu/issue-26 #collegeofcharleston #loveafterdivorce #april2026issue

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Rebecca Foust @rebeccafoust.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Grateful to Jayne McPherson at #MarinPoetryCenter & Anji Brenner at #MillValleyLibrary for hosting last Thursday’s reading with @lucillelangday.bsky.social & #ElizabethHerron. Wonderful readers, and wow—what a great turnout! Thanks also to Gabrielle Rilleau & others for the support.

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Rebecca Foust @rebeccafoust.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Thanks to the #editors of @chicagoqreview.bsky.social for including my #poem “Fear” in their #Spring2026 issue. My aim was to place my Dad’s experience as a GI among the liberators of Dachau in April 1945 in the context of what is happening in our country now, 81 years later. Thanks for reading!

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Rebecca Foust @rebeccafoust.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Save the date! Thursday, May 7 at 6:30pm #MPCReadingSeries featuring Rebecca Foust, @lucillelangday.bsky.social & #ElizabethHerron #MillValleyLibrary (Creekside Room), 375 Throckmorton Ave Registration required: millvalleylibrary.libcal.com/event/14980387 #marinpoetrycenter #lucillelangday

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Rebecca Foust @rebeccafoust.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

THIS SUNDAY, April 26, 3pm  @poetryflash.bsky.social presents: Rebecca Foust & @dianefrankpoet.bsky.social #ArtHouseGallery & Cultural Center  2905 Shattuck Avenue, #Berkeley (2 blocks north of Ashby BART) Refreshments, #Free Details: poetryflash.org/calendar/?t=... #poetryflash #booklaunch

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Rebecca Foust @rebeccafoust.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

12th Annual #PoetryWorldSeries Friday, April 17th, 7pm at #MillValleyLibrary Adults and high school students only. Pre-game refreshments starting at 6:30pm for pre-registered guests. Waitlist line opens up at 6:45pm on a first come, first served basis. millvalleylibrary.libcal.com/event/15807112

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Rebecca Foust @rebeccafoust.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Introducing our 3 out of 6 players (aka poets) #BrandonLogans, #DMSpratley and #DoraPrieto for the #PoetryWorldSeries (Mill Valley Edition) on Friday, April 17 at 7pm (doors 6:30pm) at #MillValleyPublicLibrary! Register here: millvalleylibrary.libcal.com/event/15807112 #baseball #poetry

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Rebecca Foust @rebeccafoust.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Introducing our 3 out of 6 players (aka poets) @jasonbayani.bsky.social, @josephkidney.bsky.social, and #KatiePeterson for the #PoetryWorldSeries (Mill Valley Edition) on Friday, April 17 at 7pm (doors 6:30pm) at #MillValleyPublicLibrary! Register here: millvalleylibrary.libcal.com/event/15807112

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Rebecca Foust @rebeccafoust.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Introducing our emcee @danielhandler.bsky.social and umpires (aka judges) #JosephMillar and @danushalameris.bsky.social for the #PoetryWorldSeries (Mill Valley Edition) on Friday, April 17 at 7pm (doors 6:30pm) at #MillValleyPublicLibrary! Register here: millvalleylibrary.libcal.com/event/15807112

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Rebecca Foust @rebeccafoust.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Saturday, April 18, 6 pm  #BookLaunch Party and Reading at #ReboundBookstore 1611 4th St, San Rafael   @dianefrankpoet.bsky.social & Rebecca Foust  feature with 7 #BlueLightPress Poets  To purchase Prayer to the Invisible: shorturl.at/CgMpw To purchase my book: shorturl.at/rpcBb #marincountypoets

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Rebecca Foust @rebeccafoust.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Poetry World Series - Mill Valley Library Edition Friday, April 17 | Doors 6:30pm Featuring @danielhandler.bsky.social, D.M. Spratley, Joe Kidney, Katie Peterson, @jasonbayani.bsky.social, Dora Prieto, Brandon Logans, Joseph Millar & Danusha Lameris. millvalleylibrary.libcal.com/event/15807112

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Rebecca Foust @rebeccafoust.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Women of a Certain Age Read Poems on Sex & Death w/ stellar poets @kimaddonizio.bsky.social, #ZeinaHashemBeck, #SusanBrowne, @danushalameris.bsky.social & #JuliaLevine Wednesday, March 11 at 6:30-8pm Creekside Room at #MillValleyLibrary RSVP at millvalleylibrary.libcal.com/event/15997298

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Rebecca Foust @rebeccafoust.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Join us this Sat, Feb 28th at 3pm at @bookpassage.bsky.social (SF Ferry Building) for the launch of @julialevine.bsky.social's new book, Lullaby for the Sixth Extinction ( #WolfsonPress) and the launch of the new edition of my book, You Are Leaving the American Sector: Love Poems ( #BlueLightPress)!

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Rebecca Foust @rebeccafoust.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Julia B. Levine with Rebecca Foust Book Passage (SF Ferry Building Store)  Saturday, February 28th, 2026 • 3:00 PM Join me at #BookPassage for a celebration of @julialevine.bsky.social's new book, Lullaby for the Sixth Extinction ( #WolfsonPress 2025)! www.bookpassage.com/event/julia-...

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Rebecca Foust @rebeccafoust.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

This Friday, February 6 at 6:00pm PT I’ll be joining authors #JenniferLagier and @lightspeak.bsky.social for the #BlueLightPress New Book Showcase via Zoom - please join us! RSVP to bluelightpress@aol.com to get the link.

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Rebecca Foust @rebeccafoust.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Please join us on February 1st at 6:00 p.m for the first @bazaarcafesf.bsky.social Writers Salon of 2026, featuring the poetry and fiction of @judeberman.bsky.social, @vidajames.bsky.social, @kathleenwheaton.bsky.social, and myself, hosted by Peter Kline. 5927 California Street, San Francisco.

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Rebecca Foust @rebeccafoust.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Save the date: Reading on Sunday, February 1 at 6-8:30pm at @bazaarcafesf.bsky.social’s monthly #WritersSalon with @judeberman.bsky.social, @vidajames.bsky.social, and @kathleenwheaton.bsky.social, hosted by Peter Kline. 5927 California Street, San Francisco. See you there!

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Rebecca Foust @rebeccafoust.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

I'm honored to have my poem chosen as @ruthawad.bsky.social's Spring 2026 Poetry Pick for the #SouthernIndianaReview, edited by #RonMitchell. "The Link: is from the 2nd edition of my new #chapbook, available soon from #BlueLightPress! Read full poem at www.usi.edu/sir/ruth-awad-poetry-picks/the-link

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Rebecca Foust @rebeccafoust.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Reading tomorrow (Monday, January 5th) at 6pm PDT with #JeanneWagner, hosted by #ShawnaLeahSwetech of #RivertownPoets and #AqusCafé. Via Zoom - open mic follows Link to join: us06web.zoom.us/j/6508887879 Passcode: 2241991

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SIR @southerninreview.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

SIR fall 2025 Thirty-four Contributors Salute, Day 22: Rebecca Foust Rebecca Foust’s new chapbook, You Are Leaving the American Sector: Love Poems, was just released by Backbone Press. New poems are in POETRY, Ploughshares, and The Southern Review. rebeccafoust.com Instagram: @rebecca.foust.52

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Rebecca Foust @rebeccafoust.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Thank you to @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social and to the production team of #TheSlowdown for featuring "Amalgam" on its daily podcast today at www.slowdownshow.org and to #Plume and editor #DanielLawless for first publishing the poem. What a treat, to hear your work read by a pro in a real sound studio!

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The Slowdown

The Slowdown podcast hosted by Maggie Smith delivers a different way to see the world - through poetry

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Rebecca Foust @rebeccafoust.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Delighted to see this generous and smart new review by @susangunter.bsky.social in the new issue of #HarvardReview, www.harvardreview.org/book-review/... The review covers my book, YOU ARE LEAVING THE AMERICAN SECTOR, releasing soon with #BlueLightPress, edited by @dianefrankpoet.bsky.social.

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Rebecca Foust @rebeccafoust.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Friends, I'm happy and honored to have another poem in #OntheSeawall --thanks to editor @ronslate.bsky.social, www.ronslate.com/tacoma-narro... "Tacoma Narrows" is from the new edition of my #chapbook, YOU ARE LEAVING THE AMERICAN SECTOR: Love Poems, to be released soon by #BlueLightPress.

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Rebecca Foust @rebeccafoust.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Thank you @tahomareview.bsky.social for nominating "Plague" for Best of the Net for 2026, alongside other great #artworks and online literary #writing! Read Issue 28 / Spring 2025 below.

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Rebecca Foust @rebeccafoust.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Friends, I’m honored to be the featured poet in the #newissue of #TheMissouriReview, a journal I’ve admired for decades. To read the rest of my poems + terrific work by #poets including #CampbellMcGrath & @kaicarlsonwee.bsky.social, consider buying the issue at secure.touchnet.net/C20067_ustor...

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Rebecca Foust @rebeccafoust.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Thanks to the editors of #BrackenMagazine for nominating "Meyer Lemon" (Issue XII) for Best of the Net, alongside #EdBrickell, #SarahBrowning, #JeanAnneFeldeisen, #SatiMookherjee, and #BrianSimoneau. Read the full poem: www.brackenmagazine.com/issue-xii/me... #bestofthenet #meyerlemon #issuexii

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Rebecca Foust @rebeccafoust.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Women of a Certain Age Read Poems on Sex and Death Fri, Oct 10 at 6pm Vintage Berkeley, 2113 Vine St Tix: sched.co/28R3y Featuring: #ZeinaHashemBeck, #SusanBrowne, @danushalameris.bsky.social & #KeetjeKuipers, emceed by @susiebright.bsky.social, & joined by winemaker #TerahBajjalieh.

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Rebecca Foust @rebeccafoust.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Poetry World Series: Litquake Edition Sat, Oct 11 at 7pm - 9pm PDT Make-Out Room, 3225 22nd Street, SF Tickets: sched.co/28RLj Featuring: @jasonbayani.bsky.social, #GillianConoley, #KeithEkiss, #LourdesFigueroa, #MJJones, #MiaAyumiMalhotra, #DanielHandler, #AracelisGirmay & @dapowell.bsky.social

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Rebecca Foust @rebeccafoust.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Thank you to @greggmcbride.bsky.social‬, wonderful poet and editor of #InnisfreePoetryJournal, for featuring my #poems in Issue 41, www.innisfreepoetry.org and to @annehw.bsky.social for her generous #review of my book YOU ARE LEAVING THE AMERICAN SECTOR, www.innisfreepoetry.org/innisfree-41...

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Rebecca Foust @rebeccafoust.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Really enjoyed this substack #essay by #DionOReilly, "Subject C, the Numinous, and Ellen Bass’s ‘Gate C-22’" Read here: voxpopulisphere.com/2025/08/10/d...

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Rebecca Foust @rebeccafoust.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

Really powerful poem by @conniepostpoet.bsky.social on @versedaily.bsky.social, "Love Letter" to herself as a young girl Read the full poem: www.versedaily.org/2025/lovelet... #loveletter #versedaily #conniepost

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Rebecca Foust @rebeccafoust.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

~from “California Dreaming”, featured today in @versedaily.bsky.social. www.versedaily.org/2025/califor... With thanks to Editor of #VerseDaily @jpdancingbear.bsky.social and Editors of Women in a Golden State ( #GunpowderPress ), @dianaraab.bsky.social and #ChryssYost. #californiadreaming

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Rebecca Foust @rebeccafoust.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Thank you to the editors of @northamerreview.bsky.social- Gary Kelley, Rachel Morgan, JD Schraffenberger, Emily Stowe, & Grant Tracey for selecting my #poem “End-of-Marriage Music” for #publication in their #OpenSpace platform. northamericanreview.org/.../end-marr...

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Rebecca Foust @rebeccafoust.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

See you there! Marin Poetry Center #ReadingSeries: Rebecca Foust & #SusanBrowne Thursday, May 22, 2025, | 6:30- 8:00 pm Location: #MillValleyPublicLibrary (Creekside Room) 375 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, CA 94941 Registration required: millvalleylibrary.libcal.com/event/13851796

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Rebecca Foust @rebeccafoust.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Thanks to everyone who came to my #booklaunch! It was a treat to get to read with #FrancescaBell & to hear her new, absolutely stunning poems. Thanks also to #LeftCoastWriters, #BookPassage Bookstore & Cafe, & #LindaWatanabeMcFerrin, my wonderful teacher.

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Rebecca Foust @rebeccafoust.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Very happy to have a poem in this new #anthology! WOMEN IN A GOLDEN STATE (@gunpowderpress.bsky.social) includes #poems by 175 #californiapoets, to recognize 175 years of #californiastatehood. Edited by @dianaraab.bsky.social and #ChryssYost. Order here: gunpowderpress.com/product/wome...

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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 04/05/2025

"I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."

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National Book Critics Circle @bookcritics.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

NBCC member @rebeccafoust.bsky.social‘s new book, "You Are Leaving the American Sector: Love Poems" (Backbone Press, 2024) won a first place in the California chapter of the 2025 National Federation of Press Women’s Prize and has been forwarded on to the national competition: buff.ly/QrQFmsm

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YOU ARE LEAVING THE AMERICAN SECTOR: Love Poems | Backbone Press

Rebecca Foust‘s fourth full-length book, ONLY (Four Way Books 2022), earned a starred review from Publishers Weekly. Previous titles include Paradise Drive, God, Seed, and All That Gorgeous Pitiless…

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Rebecca Foust @rebeccafoust.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Meet our players (a.k.a. #poets) #ChristianGullette, #MichalMJJones and #YaccairaSalvatierra for this year’s #PoetryWorldSeries, taking place at the #MillValleyPublicLibrary this Friday, April 25 at 7pm. Book sales to follow. Register here ⚾🧢https://millvalleylibrary.libcal.com/event/13742365

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Rebecca Foust @rebeccafoust.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Meet our players (a.k.a. poets) #ArmenDavoudian, @luizagurley.bsky.social, and #MiaAyumiMalhotra for this year’s #PoetryWorldSeries, taking place at the #MillValleyPublicLibrary next Friday, April 25 at 7pm. Book sales to follow. Register here ⚾🧢https://millvalleylibrary.libcal.com/event/13742365

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Rebecca Foust @rebeccafoust.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Meet our emcee & umpires (a.k.a. judges) for this year’s #PoetryWorldSeries Mill Valley Edition, taking place at the #MillValleyPublicLibrary next Friday, April 25 at 7pm (doors at 6:30pm). Book sales to follow the reading. Register here ⚾🧢https://millvalleylibrary.libcal.com/event/13742365

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Rebecca Foust @rebeccafoust.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Thank you to @aidenhunt.bsky.social, editor of @phillychapbook.bsky.social and to reviewer #RickMullin for this generous and eloquent review of my new book. Read here: phillychapbookreview.org/what-happene... #review #phillypoetrychapbookreview #aidenhunt #chapbook #backbonepress #lovepoems

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Rebecca Foust @rebeccafoust.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

#LeftCoastWriters & #BookPassage presents Book Launch YOU ARE LEAVING THE AMERICAN SECTOR: Love Poems Rebecca Foust reading with Marin Poet Laureate, #FrancescaBell Saturday, May 10, 2025 2pm (Pacific Time) 51 Tamal Vista Blvd Corte Madera, CA More info: www.bookpassage.com/event/left-c...

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Rebecca Foust @rebeccafoust.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Thrilled to be a part of What the House Knows, edited by @dianelockward.bsky.social of #TerrapinBooks. What the House Knows is an #anthology of 116 #poems by 116 #poets. Each poem features a #house. Listen to what the walls have to say. Available for purchase: www.terrapinbooks.com/what-the-hou...

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