Sandra Beasley @sandrabeasley.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Good morning, Memphis! This year’s Southern Foodways Alliance is off to a powerful start, as journalist Otis Sanford talks about the past and present of his beloved city. 020
Sandra Beasley @sandrabeasley.bsky.social · 09/10/2026In January 2025, I went to Georgetown University to hear Anne Carson. She had students help one of the pieces "happen" and I thought "How cool, that they can say they shared a stage with Anne Carson." Now they can say, "I shared a stage with a Nobel Prize winner." 040
Sandra Beasley @sandrabeasley.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The Phi Beta Kappa Society took me to Chicago for events as part of our 250th nniversary celebration, and Chicago (+ Dr. Carla Hayden!) did not disappoint. 020
Sandra Beasley @sandrabeasley.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Because you needed one last gasp of summer this morning, and/or because you love a good peach: read this sexy-ass poem by Maria Zoccola, which appears in the new issue of Gravy. I'm excited to intro Maria at the upcoming Southern Foodways Alliance symposium in Memphis! mailchi.mp/southernfood...mailchi.mpBlue Plate Special: Poems, Peaches, and Prizes 021
Sandra Beasley @sandrabeasley.bsky.social · 24/09/2026In Chicago this weekend? Phi Beta Kappa is hosting a get-together for literary folks (and those interested in meeting literary folks!) at the Art Institute of Chicago on Sunday, 9/27, 11 AM-2 PM. Enjoy a chance to chat, eat, and make your own zine~ www.eventbrite.com/e/pub-fair-n...eventbrite.comPub Fair & Networking Event Hosted by Phi Beta Kappa SocietyJoin The Phi Beta Kappa Society in Chicago on September 27 for a free afternoon of discovery at our Pub Fair and Networking Event! 031
Sandra Beasley @sandrabeasley.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Goodness! I am honored. We will recruit you to Team Sestina! 021
Sandra Beasley @sandrabeasley.bsky.social · 13/08/2026C'mon, we're in the August lull and there's no good TV. You've already watched all of Widow's Bay twice. Watch our poetry reading tonight instead! Thursday, 8/13, 7 PM ET, on Zoom—Frost Place celebration w/ Adam Giannelli, James Davis May, Lillian-Yvonne Bertram, & me. frostplace.org/dpir-contest...frostplace.orgOnline Reading Featuring the Winner and Finalists for the Dartmouth Poet-in-Residence at the Frost Place 2026 - The Frost PlaceJoin us for an evening of poetry, featuring this year's winner, Adam Giannelli, and finalists James Davis May, Lillian-Yvonne Bertram, and Sandra Beasley, for the Dartmouth Poet-in-Residence at The Fr... 030
Sandra Beasley @sandrabeasley.bsky.social · 12/08/2026I once walked away from a grocery store in Kansas having purchased two items: a bottle of gin and a pack of razor blades for a mat knife. And while they were both items that I legitimately needed, I thought, “Way to make them wonder, Sandra.” 260
Reposted by Sandra BeasleyNerve to Write @nervetowrite.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Today on the site we’ve got a fresh new interview with Emily Lapomardo and @sandrabeasley.bsky.social about disabled literary community, tectonic shifts in identity and representation, and ways to show up for crip community! www.nervetowrite.com/post/an-inte...nervetowrite.comAn Interview with Sandra BeasleySandra Beasley is a prominent DC-based writer and activist who has published four poetry collections and a memoir. She often centers disability at the forefront of her work, combining personal experie... 032
Sandra Beasley @sandrabeasley.bsky.social · 03/08/2026News: In July, I became the Editorial & Digital Content Manager for The Phi Beta Kappa Society. I'm thrilled to join a comms team making the case for the arts and sciences all day, every day. I've worked for Phi Beta Kappa twice before, and my office (back to Dupont Circle!) already feels like home. 030
Sandra Beasley @sandrabeasley.bsky.social · 21/05/20263 contemporary food memoirs—3 Mondays evenings in June. Come discuss these amazing books by John T Edge & Bee Wilson & Michelle Zauner with us through @politicsprose.bsky.social via Zoom! I don't know about you, but reading is what gets me writing. politics-prose.com/list/online-...politics-prose.comONLINE CLASS: Reading Contemporary Memoirs of Food & Culture (2646) 000
Sandra Beasley @sandrabeasley.bsky.social · 04/01/2026I know I’m from the last generation that did cold calls, but sometimes I wish there was a rule that you had to try calling one random friend, to catch up, before going online. I think it would save me hours of time. I’m usually looking for connection and end up with distraction & depression instead. 181
Sandra Beasley @sandrabeasley.bsky.social · 02/01/2026I closed out last year by writing a little post for Chicks Dig Poetry (keeping the lights on, stubbornly) and sending out four applications for creative writing residencies. 2025 was a brutal year! But you're here. I'm here. Let's try to change our luck together. sbeasley.blogspot.comsbeasley.blogspot.com__Chicks Dig Poetry__...occasional postcards from Washington, D.C. writer Sandra Beasley... 060
Reposted by Sandra Beasley Night of the living D. A. Hosek @dahosek.bsky.social · 01/01/2026My favorite reads of 2025 with books by (among others) @israelbonilla.bsky.social @sandrabeasley.bsky.social @juliafspa.bsky.social @nnedi.bsky.social @morgantalty.bsky.social @agustinabazterrica.bsky.social @thelincoln.bsky.socialdahosek.comMy favorite reads of 2025In no particular order, my favorite reads of the year: Sleep Decades by Israel A. Bonilla The History of Sound by Ben Shattuck The Seven Storey Mountain by Thomas Merton Made to Explode: Poems by Sand... 294
Sandra Beasley @sandrabeasley.bsky.social · 02/12/2025Misread “December” as “remember” and I thought, “same friend, same.” 130
Sandra Beasley @sandrabeasley.bsky.social · 01/12/2025Hooray for All These Ghosts! Silas House's collection is the Top Book of 2025 at Fountain Bookstore in Richmond, VA (H/T for their photo). This kind of recognition is so important in independent publishing—congrats to Silas & the @blairpub.bsky.social team, where I'm proud to serve as poetry editor. 0103
Sandra Beasley @sandrabeasley.bsky.social · 14/11/2025Just sent out an advance reading packet with a knockout array of poems about food. Want a look? My seminar, "An Appetite for the Page," is this Sunday (11/16), 1-4 PM ET online with the wonderful @poetcamp.bsky.social. Sliding scale registration & a couple of seats left! poetcamp.com/an-appetite-...poetcamp.comAn Appetite for the Page with Sandra Beasley | Poet Camp 032
Sandra Beasley @sandrabeasley.bsky.social · 12/11/2025It's time, poets! Last chance to submit for the Wren Poetry Prize. Winner receives $1K advance against royalties and gets to work with Blair. No reading fee. Send in by Saturday, Nov 15—but note, the portal will close early if we reach 300 submissions first! 021
Sandra Beasley @sandrabeasley.bsky.social · 25/10/2025Hey there! I'm the final judge of this year's Wren Poetry Prize for @BlairPublisher, and we're looking to give a 1st, 2nd, or 3rd collection of poems a great home. Is it yours? NO reading fee. Get your entry in soon—at 300 submissions, we close the Submittable portal. blair.submittable.com/submitblair.submittable.comBlair / Carolina Wren Press Submission Manager 042
Sandra Beasley @sandrabeasley.bsky.social · 21/07/2025Looking for book-ish community & convo in August? Join our @politicsprose.bsky.social seminar on contemporary memoir—we'll read Kiese Laymon's HEAVY, Chloé Cooper Jones's EASY BEAUTY, and Hua Hsu's STAY TRUE. 3 Mondays (8/11, 8/18, 8/25), 6:30-8 PM ET over Zoom. politics-prose.com/list/online-...politics-prose.comONLINE CLASS: Powerful Life Stories - Reading Contemporary Memoir (25100)Welcome to our new website! We're excited to see you. *** RETURNING USERS WILL NEED TO RESET THEIR PASSWORD FOR THIS NEW SITE. CLICK HERE TO RESET YOUR PASSWORD.*** 011
Sandra Beasley @sandrabeasley.bsky.social · 19/05/2025Baltimore friends—tonight at 6 PM ET (Monday, 5/19) I'll get to be in conversation with the stellar poet @stevenleyva.bsky.social at The Ivy Bookshop to celebrate Leyva's collection, The Opposite of Cruelty (H/T @blairpub.bsky.social). Please join us on The Ivy's patio at 6 PM! 061
Reposted by Sandra BeasleyEleanor’s Trousers @eleanorstrousers.bsky.social · 15/05/2025I was sitting on my porch in the rain and remembered my favorite poem with a veranda in the rain, and I initially couldn’t find it, so here it is for the good of everyone. Vocation by @sandrabeasley.bsky.social 14312
Sandra Beasley @sandrabeasley.bsky.social · 15/05/2025The only thing better than having my book in a vending machine of DC authors would be if our books were piled in a big heap and you had 15 seconds to manipulate a claw to pick one at random. (LitBox 2.0?) Looking forward to the LitBox launch this Saturday (5/17) with Martha Anne Toll & Kyoko Mori! 150
Sandra Beasley @sandrabeasley.bsky.social · 04/03/2025"I can't decide which / catfish is frying, history or memory, in the skillet." Happy pub day to @stevenleyva.bsky.social for THE OPPOSITE OF CRUELTY from @blairpub.bsky.social!blairpub.comThe Opposite of Cruelty, poems by Steven Leyva — Blair PublisherSteven Leyva’s second collection of poetry renders beauty through a Black man’s lens in a post-pandemic world populated with superheroes and characters from ancient mythology. 041
Sandra Beasley @sandrabeasley.bsky.social · 19/02/2025Thanks for this, as awful as it is. I couldn’t join in real time, but figured I’d be searching out the recording this week. I also followed the process to submit a question beforehand, and asked for clarification regarding application of the EOs to individual fellowships. This is…an answer, I guess. 110
Reposted by Sandra BeasleySimeon Berry @simeonberry.bsky.social · 17/02/2025“You hit on me. You hit on everyone. / You pour gallons of lightning punch / into a trash bag, explaining that sobriety / is just a 2 AM Waffle House away.” — @sandrabeasley.bsky.social, “Love Poem for College” www.angelfire.com/zine/bluefif...angelfire.com<br>Featured Poet 041
Sandra Beasley @sandrabeasley.bsky.social · 05/02/2025Was heading home last night from hearing Anne Carson read in Georgetown University and saw this tree. It's about to get worse. We need to fight. But also, there is still joy in the world, and we need to honor that too. Thank you to whoever makes sure this tree is doing what it is doing. 050
Sandra Beasley @sandrabeasley.bsky.social · 30/01/2025What gets me is the familiarity of being in that exact place in the curve of approaching to land at DCA. The cumulative memory of, so many times over so many years, looking out the window and (in my case) thinking, "Home safe." 140
Sandra Beasley @sandrabeasley.bsky.social · 30/01/2025Pableaux Johnson had many gifts—cooking skills, generosity of spirit—and absolutely irreplaceable talent as a photographer. People lit up for his camera (like I did, at a Southern Foodways Symposium) because of who was behind the camera. You are so missed, friend. www.foodandwine.com/pableaux-joh... 040
Sandra Beasley @sandrabeasley.bsky.social · 20/01/2025* Waves * I was just asking Maureen for an update about you! 000
Sandra Beasley @sandrabeasley.bsky.social · 20/01/20252025 might seem like a very weird time to resolve to spend MORE time on social media, but life circumstances put me on relative hiatus back in 2022, and I miss y'all's voices. Kicking off by sharing an essay, "I Am Cat Lady," which I published in VQR late last year: www.vqronline.org/fall-2024/be...vqronline.orgI Am Cat LadyAbyssinians are to tabbies as caviar is to salmon roe: the expensive version. I was determined to find an Abyssinian as I walked the floor of The Cotillion Ballroom in Wichita, Kansas, on what was als... 0111