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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 04/03/2026

Baltimore! Poetry for Changing the World Join us for an AWP off-site event with readings from Maya Salameh, Golden, @bardsbesidebars.bsky.social, @toosiewatson.bsky.social, Zeke Galigiuri, and C. Fausto Cabrera at @redemmas.org Friday, March 6th at 6:00 pm RSVP to attend:

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Haymarket presents "Poetry for Changing the World"

Join Haymarket poets Cortney Lamar Charleston, Golden, Maya Salameh, and Daniella Toosie-Watson for an AWP Offsite reading in collaboration with the Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop.

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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 08/12/2025

Tonight! Join @toosiewatson.bsky.social to celebrate WHAT WE DO WITH GOD with special guests @ehughespoetry.bsky.social and Hanif Abdurraqib Streams live at 7:00 pm ET RSVP to attend: events.haymarketbooks.org/events/hayma...

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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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Daniella Toosie-Watson @toosiewatson.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

The preorder link for my debut poetry collection, What We Do with God, releases this Friday 7/18! What We Do with God, forthcoming Sept 9 from @haymarketbooks.org !

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Daniella Toosie-Watson @toosiewatson.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

& with that, it is done. My debut poetry collection, What We Do with God, is finalized & off to the printer. After 8 yrs of work—from its inception in grad school (2017) to today—I have a book, my first book. What We Do with God, forthcoming Sept 9th 2025 from @haymarketbooks.org

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Daniella Toosie-Watson @toosiewatson.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

So, Vanessa Angélica Villarreal says I’m a “transformational poet” and that my debut is “a luminous collection” which means the press of my heart will no longer be accepting opinion submissions. Submissions closed, forever. What We Do with God, forthcoming Sept. 9th with @haymarketbooks.org !

Blurb of What We Do with God written by Vanessa Angélica Villarreal. Pink cloud and blue sky background. Pictured: book cover and author photo of Daniella Toosie-Watson who has dark brown curly hair, dark green dress, hand to chin.

Blurb:

"What We Do With God is a book of thresholds, with each poem mapping a divine passage in the body into language. Grounded, intimate, and embodied, these poems alchemize the mysterious tension between body and spirit—to revel in being vulnerable to become holy, to experience the tenderness of God in the mundane, to know mercy by knowing oneself. This is a luminous collection; Toosie-Watson is a transformational poet." —Vanessa Angélica Villarreal

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Chen Chen @chenchenwrites.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

What is the best Love you’ve ever had in this world? Be quiet while thinking about that Love. If someone comes along and starts talking, quietly shoo them away, you’re busy, you’re a poet… Be quiet so quiet, let the very sounds of that Love be heard in your bones. —CAConrad, from “(Soma)tic 6”

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Daniella Toosie-Watson @toosiewatson.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Vievee Francis’s blurb for my debut poetry collection, What We Do with God, forthcoming Sept 9th from @haymarketbooks.org ♥️ .

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Daniella Toosie-Watson @toosiewatson.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

WOW. Just received this email from Vievee Francis, who graciously agreed to blurb my debut poetry collection, What We Do with God, forthcoming Sept 9th from @haymarketbooks.org . I just read her blurb and I’m struck with awe and deep gratitude. Posting the blurb in the morning, look out for it!

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Daniella Toosie-Watson @toosiewatson.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

It’s 7pm Friday, it’s 52 degrees, I was supposed to send out my newsletter today but I’m having technical difficulties. On Monday look out for the link to sign up for my new newsletter, “What We Do with Newsletters”!! Stay tuned!

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Daniella Toosie-Watson @toosiewatson.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

ANNOUNCING: What We Do with Newsletters ✨ Friends! It’s been a while. But here we are, and I’m excited to announce my upcoming newsletter, What We Do with Newsletters.

A picture of my face pasted on a man holding up a sign that has been replaced my by book cover

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Daniella Toosie-Watson @toosiewatson.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Tomorrow I start my trek to Georgia to interview for a job that would literally change everything & give me stability. I’m selling my art & taking on commissions for food/transportation while I’m there. Also open to gifts: Venmo: @ danijoon Cash app: $Daniellajoon Thank you! Please share!

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Daniella Toosie-Watson @toosiewatson.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Wishing I was at AWP w/ you all, my friends. I wrote a poem yesterday—I hope that counts. Next year I’ll be at AWP. My book will have come out. The release date is this coming Sept 9. I hope you’ll read it & find goodness or rage or comfort or whatever you need from it. 🧵

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Daniella Toosie-Watson @toosiewatson.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

MY BOOK HAS A COVER! Cover reveal coming soon soon soon. What We Do with God, forthcoming with @haymarketbooks Sept 9th 2025!

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Daniella Toosie-Watson @toosiewatson.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Blurbs locked in! All four of my dream blurbers said “yes” & I’m so grateful. What We Do with God forthcoming with @haymarketbooks.org Sept 9, 2025!

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Daniella Toosie-Watson @toosiewatson.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Last night, my partner/my baby/my beloved said something to the effect of, “you mistake suffering for life. Suffering isn’t life, it’s suffering.” Today, I got a hair refresh & spent time outside. Maybe I’ll read later. Maybe I’ll nap. But I’ll remember to make the distinction.

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Little James Baldwin @nnemmanuels.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Hello Booksky, I seriously need writing/editing/teaching gigs. I’m short on funds right now, and with bills mounting like bulls on heat, the pressure is somewhat inundating. Please if you have any job for me, or know anyone who does, or come across any job opportunity, please share with me. Thanks.

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Little James Baldwin @nnemmanuels.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Please repost.

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Daniella Toosie-Watson @toosiewatson.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Just received the copy edits for my forthcoming, debut poetry collection, What We Do With God, which means I’m one step closer to having my book in the world 😭🤲🏼. What We Do With God, slated to be released w/ @haymarketbooks.org Sept 9, 2025!

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Daniella Toosie-Watson @toosiewatson.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

This café keeps replaying the classical sample of ASAP Rocky “Praise the Lord” which I think is fitting because I just landed an interview to be Associate Editor of a v cool journal. More soon!

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Daniella Toosie-Watson @toosiewatson.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Now taking commissions for book covers. Here are examples of covers I've done, for Dr. Joshua Bennett and Monica Rico. DM me or submit an inquiry on my website toosie.art !

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El Norte Recuerda @elnorterecuerda.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

SUBSTACK and NEWSLETTER WRITERS: please check your subscribers for the email addresses tracking@opm.gov a DEIAreports@opm.gov. These are email addresses that your colleagues can use to report you or track you for DEI activity. (via @jessicavalenti.bsky.social)

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Daniella Toosie-Watson @toosiewatson.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

I decided to add my photography to my website & I’m really excited to showcase it for you, friends. Go to www.toosie.art / hover over the “visual art” tab / it will give a drop down / select “photography” / & there you have it. If you like what you see, DM me to book a shoot!

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Daniella Toosie-Watson @toosiewatson.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

I just got out of my publicity handoff meeting for my debut poetry collection. Each meeting with @haymarketbooks.org makes everything feel more real. The book is officially done & out of my hands. I’m so grateful for my press. What We Do With God, forthcoming 2025!

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Little James Baldwin @nnemmanuels.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

I don’t know how many people this skeet will reach, but I want to say that I am revamping my Substack and I would love everyone to join the fussportal since I am officially a jobless quarter-lifer who indulges in spare-time flingshots to keep sane. Here’s the link: open.substack.com/pub/sparetim...

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Spare Time | Njoku Nonso | Substack

recalcitrant ramblings on books, arts, orgasms, culture, modernity etc. Click to read Spare Time, by Njoku Nonso, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.

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Daniella Toosie-Watson @toosiewatson.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

New Toosie art just dropped and is up for grabs! Your friend (me, I’m your friend) lost her job and is now going full time job searching and art-making. Share this so I can eat, please and thank you!

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Daniella Toosie-Watson @toosiewatson.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

A year or two ago, I had a photoshoot with beloved Luther Hughes at a park near my then Brooklyn apartment. We took my favorite shot I’d ever taken. Today, that photo is published as apart of Luther’s spread in Seattle Magazine for their tribute to Luther for their “Most Influential” honors.

Magazine spread. Left page:text. Right page: photo of Luther Hughes looking off to the right, touching their chin with their finger tips. Wearing yellow hat. Turquoise background.

Magazine on coffee table, with coffee and pastry.

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Daniella Toosie-Watson @toosiewatson.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

Hi, I did a thingggg 👩🏼‍🦰👩🏼‍🦰👩🏼‍🦰!

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Selfie of person with bright red, curly hair and green tank top.

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Dr. Glenn Patrick Doyle @drdoylesays.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

You get to rest. You get to need rest. You get to enjoy rest. (Or, to have mixed feelings about rest.) You're not "lazy." You're not "letting anybody down" by resting-- at least, not anybody who matters. And rest isn't "avoidance." It's rebuilding-- literally, physically.

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Aura Bogado @aurabogado.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

I was unexpectedly laid off from @motherjones.com on Friday the 13th. I’ve been deprived of direct access to my Google Drive, which contains seven years worth of work. I am also ineligible for unemployment. This is a terrible Christmas for me and my family. If you have leads for work, pls lmk.

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Daniella Toosie-Watson @toosiewatson.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

I was commissioned by Joshua Bennett for a painting to be presented at Harvard (the next day lol). He needed a painting that reflected the scene in The Souls of Black Folk when “kindergarten aged W.E.B. Du Bois ascended beyond the Veil for the first time.” Thus, my painting, “Above the Veil.” (1/2)

Book cover of Joshua Bennett’s The Study of Human Life. Lavender and beige colors. Painting centered of a Black boy wearing a transparent suit ascending into the sky.

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Daniella Toosie-Watson @toosiewatson.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

We made it to LitHub 😭. For LitHub’s “49 Contemporary Poets on the Best Poems they read in 2024,” @emilyskaja.bsky.social , author of Brute, noted my poem, “God is Dod Spelled Backwards,” as the best they had read this year and I am just delighted and uplifted with gratitude. Thank you, Emily!

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Daniella Toosie-Watson @toosiewatson.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Just left a meeting with my editor. The development edits of my book are finished! I’m feeling many feelings, mostly excitement and gratitude. Also, curiosity about what is in store for my book. My first book, What We Do with God, forthcoming with Haymarket Books Sept 2025!

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Terese Mason Pierre @teresempierre.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Creative Writing Instructors of Bluesky, I'm going to be teaching a college-level genre intro course next year (all commercial genres, not just SFF). Do you have any advice? Tips and tricks you've learned over the years? I'd love to hear them! ☺️

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Daniella Toosie-Watson @toosiewatson.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

A student just emailed me asking for an extension and sent this meme lmao.

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Daniella Toosie-Watson @toosiewatson.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

I just got this email from a student and I’m MOVED, friends. You hear me! MOVED. I really loved teaching my Wednesday night class at Pratt Institute this semester. My students were brilliant, kind, funny, and just an all around joy to teach. I’ll miss them, dearly.

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Ilya Kaminsky @ilyakaminsky.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Since I thought I'd be dead by now everything I do is fucking perfect --Morgan Parker

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Dr. Taylor Byas, Ph.D. @taylorbyas.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Galleys of Resting Bitch Face will be in so soon like oh my god

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Kyla Jenée Lacey @kylajlacey.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Honestly, I want people to be afraid to say some stupid shit to me.

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Daniella Toosie-Watson @toosiewatson.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

I had a wonderful birthday. Grateful to my beloveds for making it special.

Dark photo showing birthday cake, candles, and my face with closed eyes ready to make a wish. Black background.

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Daniella Toosie-Watson @toosiewatson.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

It’s my birthdayyyyy! 🎉♥️🥳🎂✨💁🏻‍♀️

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Rioncarnated @reeamilcarscott.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

I really dig that social media is currently full of Nikki Giovanni poems.

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Daniella Toosie-Watson @toosiewatson.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Face for the algo, but what you really need to do is see the STUNNING marketing that @framebridge.bsky.social created for my first solo art exhibition, “Of Water and Sky: An Exploration of Existential Whimsy,” coming up this Saturday, Dec 14th from 7pm-9pm. Drop a comment if you wanna come!

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Marketing post card of water-themed painting “Of Water and Sky: An Exploration of Existential Whimsy.”

Marketing post card of sky and field-themed painting “Of Water and Sky: An Exploration of Existential Whimsy.”

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