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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

We're starting ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY with a poetry lab 💕 Contributor @taylorbyas.bsky.social was named this year’s final judge and mentor for The Poetry Lab's 2026 Manley Award 😍 Get more info or apply here: buff.ly/mvJ8dej

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Philippa Bowe @philippabowe.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Today's #LiftToTheSky goes to this poem by @taylorbyas.bsky.social. The sense data and concrete details pulled me in while the arc of emotions resonates in the way you want a poem to do. 💜 @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk poets.org/poem/i-begin...

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I begin the day thinking

the day could do without / me. The ice outside glitters around

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Kevin A. Risner @mrdecember.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Catching up on my poetry. Two of them are old Variant pals 😁 @jasonbcrawford.bsky.social @taylorbyas.bsky.social

A stack of poetry books: YEET! by jason b. crawford, I done clicked my heels three times by Dr Taylor Byas, and A Film in which I Play Everyone by Mary Jo Bang on top of a side table!

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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

We love to hear it: contributor @taylorbyas.bsky.social’s poetry collection RESTING BITCH FACE was listed one of the TOP FIVE poetry collections of 2025 by @electricliterature.com! 👏 🎉

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Wild Willow Magazine @wildwillowmagazine.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

🖤 Dr. Taylor Byas, PhD (@taylorbyas.bsky.social) “Resting Bitch Face” 🤎 Angela Shanté (instagram.com/authorangela...) “The Unboxing of a Black Girl” 🖤 Tramaine Suubi (instagram.com/tramainesuubi) “Stages” 🤎 Mia S. Willis (instagram.com/poetinthehat) “the space between men” (+)

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Donna Vorreyer @djvorreyer.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Reach out & ask... I've been on podcasts, interview/reading series that I didn't know much about until I started watching/listening before I sent queries. Look at what peers are doing... For instance, I found out about @mybadpoetrythepod.bsky.social from listening to @taylorbyas.bsky.social .

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Genevieve DeGuzman @gendeguzman.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

✨ Support small press authors. Some Bookshop.org recommendations: Chloe Clark, EVERY GALAXY A CIRCLE @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social Taylor Byas, RESTING BITCH FACE @taylorbyas.bsky.social Michelle Peñaloza, ALL THE WORDS I CAN REMEMBER ARE POEMS Asa Drake, MAYBE THE BODY @asaldrake.bsky.social

Book cover for EVERY GALAXY A CIRCLE (stories) by Chloe N. Clark

Book cover for RESTING BITCH FACE (poems) by Taylor Byas

Book cover for ALL THE WORDS I CAN REMEMBER ARE POEMS by Michelle Peñaloza

Book cover for MAYBE THE BODY (poems) by Asa Drake

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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

We love starting the day with spotlights. Contributor @taylorbyas.bsky.social’s poetry collection RESTING BITCH FACE was featured in a @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social must-read list! 📚 buff.ly/Exncjv6

Resting Bitch Face. Poems by Taylor Byas.

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Jared Beloff @readinstead.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

This is tomorrow night! Register here to see @victoriawrites.bsky.social @taylorbyas.bsky.social and @toosiewatson.bsky.social www.eventbrite.com/e/a-nawp-rea...

A NAWP reading with Victoria Buitron, Taylor Byas ans Daniella Toosie Watson. Nov. 17th 7 to 8pm EST

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SWWIM @swwim.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

TONIGHT! Join us at 7pm (EST) for a reading and conversation with Taylor Byas and Rosa Sophia Godshall at The Betsy Hotel’s B Bar. This event will be live-streamed from The Betsy on SWWIM’s Instagram and Facebook pages. @taylorbyas.bsky.social #SWWIMEveryDay #SWWIMWithUs #SWWIMReadingSeries

A Poetry Reading & Conversation, SWWIM, images of two women, Taylor Byas and Rosa Sophia Godshall, TONIGHT TONIGHT TONIGHT, November 13th 7:00 PM The B Bar

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NAWP @notatawp.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Join us next week for NAWP's incredible November reading with @victoriawrites.bsky.social, @taylorbyas.bsky.social, and @toosiewatson.bsky.social! Hit the RSVP link! www.eventbrite.com/e/a-nawp-rea...

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A NAWP Reading

Victoria Buitron
Taylor Byas
Daniella Toosie-Watson

Hosted by Jared Beloff

November 17, 2025
7:00pm - 8:00pm EST

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Aarik Danielsen (he/him) @aarikdanielsen.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

This week's Friday Five is live! Music from Snocaps, Claire Rousay, @chatpileband.bsky.social + Hayden Pedigo Words by @taylorbyas.bsky.social and Annie Proulx aarikdanielsen.com/blog/novembe...

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November 7, 2025 — Aarik Danielsen

The first sign of Snocaps and a poet’s ‘Resting Bitch Face.’

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SWWIM @swwim.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Join us Thursday, November 13 at 7pm (EST) for a reading and conversation with Taylor Byas and Rosa Sophia Godshall at The Betsy Hotel’s B Bar. This event will be live-streamed from The Betsy on SWWIM’s Instagram and Facebook pages. XO SWWIM Team @taylorbyas.bsky.social #SWWIMEveryDay

Flyer saying SWWIM "A Poetry Reading & Conversation" with images of two women, Taylor Byas and Rosa Sophia Godshall, November 13 / 7:00 PM / The B Bar / Livestream on IG/FB / The Betsy Southbeach

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Thank you, New York City. Together we made history. Now let’s get to work. transition2025.com

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Dr. Taylor Byas, Ph.D. @taylorbyas.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Need anymore motivation?? It’s my BIRTHDAY! Come hang out with us!!!

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Dr. Taylor Byas, Ph.D. @taylorbyas.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Very very excited for this!!!!!!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

An astonishingly large crowd! Chicago

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Ell Huang ♠️🩶🤍💜 @nocturnalxlight.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

“There is a moment when my aloneness / is flayed down to something animal, the bullish man in my mind for years. My / body still capable of rising to a cold wind or a warm hand. I’m sorry, / where are my / manners?” This poem “A Grammar of Loneliness” by @taylorbyas.bsky.social gets me, gutted me.

The poem “A Grammar of Loneliness” by Dr. Taylor Byas in paperback, annotated all over enthusiastically in pen. One of the annotations say “Can I just…highlight this whole poem.” Another annotation is a heart. Another is all caps “OMG BARS BARS BARS.” There are many underlined lines and brackets and notes. At the top is a heart drawing and multiple stars.

(Apologies, I can’t just paste the poem’s text here in its original intended format).

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My Bad Poetry @mybadpoetrythepod.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Always love seeing guest's works out in the wild!! Spotted @taylorbyas.bsky.social twice while walking around Lawrence, KS.

A picture of the book "Poemhood: Out Black Revival" edited in part by Taylor Byas. The book is sitting on a toystore shelf.

Picture of "Resting Bitch Face" by Taylor Byas. Held in hand at a bookstore.

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DeeSoul 🙂‍↕️ @deesoulpoetry.com · 13/10/2025

First installment of e•pon•y•mous available on my Substack! Was so honored to have this convo with my good friend @taylorbyas.bsky.social , please give it a listen when you have the chance! open.substack.com/pub/deesoulp...

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Eponymous | "Resting Bitch Face" by Dr. Taylor Byas

Listen now | Talking with Dr. Byas about sophomore collections, the freedom of form, and why we love the pantoum

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Griffin Rockwell (xe/they) @daftrockwell.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

“I had worked hard for nearly two years…” Author copies are here and I’m thrilled!! Grateful to @mickmakesmagic.bsky.social for the cover, @taylorbyas.bsky.social / @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social / Warren Longmire for blurbs, and of course Holly at @interstellarflight.bsky.social for picking it up!!

Griffin’s new chapbook, “LISTEN—“, lays on top of a collection of science fiction-related patches on a black background.

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Dr. Taylor Byas, Ph.D. @taylorbyas.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Me and RESTING BITCH FACE hit NY this weekend! I hope to see you at Books Are Magic and/or Brooklyn Poets!!

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The Notebooks Collective @notebookscltv.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

If you miss any of our In Conversations, we have them on our YouTube channel... Most recent event with @taylorbyas.bsky.social & @jasonbcrawford.bsky.social up now! youtu.be/MYV3LJ2Vj8Q

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In Conversation: Taylor Byas and jason b. crawford

YouTube video by The Notebooks Collective

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Wild & Precious Life Series @wplseries.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

@taylorbyas.bsky.social joins the WPLS tonight (9/24). The Zoom room opens at 7:15pm (EST), and the reading starts at 7:30pm. Order RESTING BITCH FACE from Soft Skull Press: softskull.com/books/restin.... #poetrysky #poetrynews #poets #poetry

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Beronda L. Montgomery @berondam.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Great convo between @taylorbyas.bsky.social on her most recent poetry book "Resting Bitch Face" with @roxanegay.bsky.social for the Audacious Book Club. Great insights on demands on Black women & their bodies—erasure, politicization, expectation of performative acceptability (e.g., smiling vs RBF).

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Wild & Precious Life Series @wplseries.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

@taylorbyas.bsky.social joins the WPLS on 9/24/25. The Zoom room opens at 7:15pm (EST), and the reading starts at 7:30pm. Order RESTING BITCH FACE from Soft Skull Press: softskull.com/books/restin.... #poetrysky #poetrynews #poets #poetry

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BOMB Magazine @bombmag.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Poet Rosa Castellano interviewed poet @taylorbyas.bsky.social whose second collection RESTING BITCH FACE is out now. “I had to make myself vulnerable in a way first before asking my reader to make themselves vulnerable in a similar way.” —Taylor Byas tinyurl.com/yysfvhup

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BOMB Magazine | Taylor Byas by Rosa Castellano

On ekphrasis, persona, and second poetry collections.

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Dr. Taylor Byas, Ph.D. @taylorbyas.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

It’s CRAZY that I get to chat with @roxanegay.bsky.social about RESTING BITCH FACE tomorrow night!!! AHHHH!!!

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Perugia Press @perugiapress.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Check out our latest newsletter: Apostasies Is OUT! * Summer Intern Kamali Williams * Perugia Press Prize Is Open * Perugia at Brooklyn Book Fest 9/21 * Perugia Poet News! @hollicarrell.bsky.social @taylorbyas.bsky.social @joankwonglass.bsky.social @chotchandani.bsky.social @gthomaspoet.bsky.social

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APOSTASIES Release & Press * Summer Intern * Contest Open * Brooklyn Book Fest * Poet News

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A Hundred Pitchers of Honey Reading Series @hphseries.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

This Thursday! @taylorbyas.bsky.social! @nadiaalexis.bsky.social! @travisclau.bsky.social! Kimberly Ann Priest! Register now to hear stunning new work from these four poets. us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Jill Kitchen @jillkitchen.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

I just started reading this collection by @taylorbyas.bsky.social today and it's stunning! Order one today if you haven't already.

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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

We're finishing ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY with a double accomplishment 🎉 Contributors @taylorbyas.bsky.social and @jasonbcrawford.bsky.social will be discussing friendship and poetry with @notebookscltv.bsky.social Sept. 16th! 🙌 Get your free tickets to this virtual event here: buff.ly/tAs68NP

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Poets & Writers @pw.org · 03/09/2025

“For every book that I read, I collect words for a word bank, take notes on meaningful quotes, and write down any ideas that come to me,” writes @taylorbyas.bsky.social, author of Resting Bitch Face (Soft Skull Press @catapultbooks.bsky.social). Read on: at.pw.org/WRByas

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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Oh, we're so grateful for new books 💕 Contributor @taylorbyas.bsky.social’s poetry collection RESTING BITCH FACE was published Aug 26th from Soft Skull Press! Get your copy here: buff.ly/Ym7Ew6W

Two black women mirror each other on a green background with white font.

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The Notebooks Collective @notebookscltv.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Do you have your copy of @taylorbyas.bsky.social's newest collection, Resting Bitch Face, yet? You still have time before our September In Conversation! Find registration info here: thenotebookscollective.com/event/in-con...

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In Conversation: Taylor Byas & jason b. crawford

We welcome Taylor Byas & jason b. crawford to The Notebooks Collective in September. We are thrilled to have these two brilliant poets join us to talk about craft, friendship, using poetry as a means…

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Donna Vorreyer @djvorreyer.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Excited to moderate this discussion of form as aspect of manuscript construction at AWP with @rebeccalehmann.bsky.social @lesleymwheeler.bsky.social @taylorbyas.bsky.social and Chris Santiago!

How Form Informs the Form: Received & Original Forms in Manuscript Organization

Experimental and traditional forms shape individual poems, but they can also provide key organizing principles in manuscripts. In this panel, writers will discuss how form (sonnet, underpoem, villanelle, contrapuntal, erasure, and more) played a major role in the creation and organization of recent collections. They will also present ways of generating structural elements that can make a book stand out in a crowded field. After moderated conversation, there will be time for audience questions.

Poetry Craft & Criticism

Panel Discussion

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A Hundred Pitchers of Honey Reading Series @hphseries.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

We're back from our summer hiatus! Register for the Zoom link to join us on September 18 for @taylorbyas.bsky.social, @nadiaalexis.bsky.social, @travisclau.bsky.social, Allison Blevins, & Kimberly Ann Priest. us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Dr. Taylor Byas, Ph.D. @taylorbyas.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

What places do you guys pitch for poetry interviews?

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Jill Kitchen @jillkitchen.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

"But sometimes, the day heckles, with its high- bitch sun and melting snow." Start August off right with a beautiful poem by @taylorbyas.bsky.social poets.org/poem/i-begin...

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I begin the day thinking

the day could do without / me. The ice outside glitters around

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Charles Jensen @charlesjensen.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Love a @taylorbyas.bsky.social poem!!!! poets.org/poem/i-begin... I begin the day thinking by Taylor Byas - Poems | Academy of American Poets

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I begin the day thinking

the day could do without / me. The ice outside glitters around

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