Reposted by olive franklinGranta @grantamag.bsky.social · 21/01/2026We are pleased to reveal the cover and contributors to Granta 174: Therapy. We live in a therapeutic age. In this issue, writers explore the talking cure and alternative forms of therapy. The issue publishes 12 February 2026. 2219
Reposted by olive franklinberlin lit @berlinlit.bsky.social · 17/01/2026Issue ten is out now! berlinlit.com 0124
Reposted by olive franklinMaureen Thorson @maureenthorson.bsky.social · 16/12/2025“We fall into this rhythm of silence.” A poem by Dorianne Laux. 13818
Reposted by olive franklinLRB Bookshop @londonreviewbookshop.co.uk · 04/12/2025something is rattan in the state of denmark 1192
Reposted by olive franklinPropel Magazine @propelmagazine.bsky.social · 31/07/2025> jake stefan ferguson @jakestefan181.bsky.social > Christopher Lloyd @cilloyd.bsky.social > Billie Manning > Gayathiri Kamalakanthan @unembarrassable.bsky.social > Freya Jackson > Olive Franklin @usuallyolive.bsky.social > Stephen de Búrca @sdeburca.bsky.social (2/3)propelmagazine.co.ukPropel Sixteen, edited by Richard Scott — Propel MagazinePropel Sixteen, edited by Richard Scott, July 2025 152
Reposted by olive franklinrosamundtaylor.bsky.social @rosamundtaylor.bsky.social · 27/05/2025This gorgeous ghazal has taken up residence on my head since I heard @usuallyolive.bsky.social read it aloud! 031
Reposted by olive franklinJess Traynor @jesstraynor.bsky.social · 23/05/2025BANSHEE 19 POETS 1 Campbell McGrath| Alex Wong| Cal O'Reilly |Emily R. Daniel | @eoghancarrick.bsky.social | @oliviaheggarty.bsky.social | Lesley-Anne Evans | Adamu Yahuza Abdullahi @usuallyolive.bsky.social | @annpedone.bsky.social | 2217
Reposted by olive franklinChen Chen @chenchenwrites.bsky.social · 28/02/2025thinking of Mary Oliver writing, "We will be known as a culture that feared death and adored power"—and there really is so much in how a culture responds to loss, to mortality & vulnerability. do we try (endlessly, violently) to "conquer" it? suppress/erase/export it? or do we face it? do we grieve? 06315
Reposted by olive franklinVictoria Chang @victoriachang.bsky.social · 26/02/2025Thanks to Oxford Poetry and Godelieve de Bree for reviewing With My Back to the World 0102
Reposted by olive franklinCherish 🧶 @smalljoys-tinywins.bsky.social · 11/01/2025Day 10 - Blue #Januarty #Januarty2025 🧶 I debated when to post this one again because it is my fav punch needle piece (Day 1) & it is the most textured I’ve done (Day 9), but it is also mainly blue. I guess Blue won 😅 “Aeolian” 3ft x 4ft Nov 2024 #punchneedleart #punchneedle #fiberart #abstractart 4415
Reposted by olive franklinChen Chen @chenchenwrites.bsky.social · 19/01/2025in my next life i want to be a bookmark 0828
olive franklin @usuallyolive.bsky.social · 11/01/2025new poem : www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...poetryfoundation.orgEileenEileen, my hilltop-hike, my lucky-strike, watching from the other side of every woman I’ve kissed—leather-bombed, corner-bound, Eileen, you never left me lonely. Leave an Eileen -sized hole in the cit... 070