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S. Salazar @writessalazar.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Some book recs for this month! open.substack.com/pub/writessa...

S. Salazar @writessalazar.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

So thrilled to announce I'm one of 15 finalists for the Louise Bogan Award! So grateful for all I've learned in writing my thesis-turned-manuscript and the journey toward these lessons in (in)learning

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S. Salazar @writessalazar.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

I had the pleasure of reviewing the craft of Sarah Carey's 2nd collection of poems, Bloodstream. Check out the review and my Substack: open.substack.com/pub/writessa...

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The Healing Shelf: Bloodstream by Sarah Carey

A series where I dive into a book on my shelf that addresses grief and/or healing. This week: Bloodstream by Sarah Carey.

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SWWIM @swwim.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Join us Thursday, April 16 at 7pm (EST) for a reading & conversation with @joankwonglass.bsky.social & @clayrebenz.bsky.social at The Betsy Hotel’s B Bar. This event will be live-streamed from The Betsy on our Instagram & Facebook pages. Join us in person or from wherever you are. XO SWWIM Team

Flyer advertising A Poetry Reading & Conversation, SWWIM, Joan Kwon Glass and Clayre Benzadón, April 16, 7:00 PM The B Bar, The Betsy SouthBeach, Livestream on IG/FB, crearte, with images of a dark haired woman with glasses looking at the camera with a black long sleeved top, and a woman with a black hat with buckles and chin-length brown hair over a spaghetti strapped dress also looking at the camera.

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S. Salazar @writessalazar.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Today's Substack is free for everyone and contains my AWP bingo results and some #awp26 reflections! Read the full post here: open.substack.com/pub/writessa...

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What Was (and Wasn't) on My AWP Bingo Card

And other AWP26 reflections!

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S. Salazar @writessalazar.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

#awp26 almost broke my backpack and my shoulders 🎒 but oh boy I would trade this experience and these connections with talented authors for for anything 🤗

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S. Salazar @writessalazar.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

My last day at #awp26 was a day of foraging connections with folks I'd only ever known online. Writing is often considered a solitary process, but with lovely folks like these supporting me, I'm anything but alone 🥹

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S. Salazar @writessalazar.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

#awp26 day 3 made me melt. So much support and love from women I admire. I met Victoria Chang @victoriachang.bsky.social (one of my all time favorite poets), met Elise Powers (lives up to her last name of being a poetic power house!). 🥹 Went to a speakeasy off-site and did hella line dancing 🤣

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S. Salazar @writessalazar.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

#awp26 day 2 started with the off-site Poetry in the Woods hike, followed by panels on experimental writing and after the debut. Lots of book fair fun and hanging out with pals @susanlleary.bsky.social @cromaguerawrite.bsky.social An off-site with @wcsu.mfa and MFA friends filled my cup 💕

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S. Salazar @writessalazar.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

#awp26 day 1 was jam packed full of volunteering! Also @rozenwrites and I attended a "cringe and being earnest" off-site with poets al-ism, Jardana Peacock, Chen Chen, Steffan Triplett, Lydi Conklin, Jenny Xie, Kailah Figueroa, Sarah Wang! So great to start the conference out with vulnerability 🙏

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Susan L. Leary @susanlleary.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Honored to have a new poem in The McNeese Review, a journal I absolutely love! Thanks to editor, Michael Robins, and poetry editor, Gwenyth Wheat, for giving “Copyist” such a kind home and for inviting me to speak about my process in crafting it (included in the replies)! Check it out, friends! 💙

Copyist

Susan L. Leary

After we give the animal a writing utensil, what 1s needed next: a mind or a piece of paper? This is not a question
or a riddle but an argument of practicality. The idea of a brother is not a brother. The idea of freedom is made tangible in the hands
of arbitrarily good men. How to invent the after-life? How to absolve oneself of hierarchy while kissing another man's feet?
On the outside, my brother passes me the clippers. He passes the dog a coin & I hide the dog in my purse. If I must remember
for him, must I remember accurately? On the questionnaire, my sister gets shit done. I count the fan blades. I call the public
defender. I leave a message for the 29* time. No one gives a fuck, my brother says—& all I can do is listen. All I can do is thumb
through the pages & continue to learn his whereabouts. Bunk 22.
Bunk 32. Where against the false pretense of sunrise, he dreams from an unidentified bed & I dream in the bed of his language.
If you are someone who is likeable only in comparison to your captor, What are we doing? he says. If we hold the state accountable, do we do it through language or through love? On the outside, my brother
passes. I take his pen & invent the mouth of his archive. I am delegate.
I am yammerer. Of myself, my brother should get the credit.

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S. Salazar @writessalazar.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

💞 Connect with me at AWP this year! I'm a featured reader for an Off-Site on 3/5/26, 4 PM EST at 1204 W. Mt. Royal Ave. ❤️ I'll have copies of my book; purchase one for $20 cash/Venmo. ❤️ Need a sub for a panel/off-site/open mic? Want to grab coffee or something? Let's meet up!

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donated words poetry @donatedwords.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

DAYLIGHT & TENFOLD ORIOLES is here! this free PDF is packed with writing created by 17 authors that incorporates words contributed by many people! lots of thanks to all involved! everyone who took part is tagged in this thread! get the PDF here: tinyurl.com/2025daylight

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daylight & tenfold orioles (2025)

DAYLIGHT & TENFOLD ORIOLES is here! It includes 17 poems and 1 work of microfiction by 17 authors. In total, this collection was created by 49 participants & their 55 contributed words. The…

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S. Salazar @writessalazar.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

When you reject the trauma/attachment patterns handed down to you & refuse to contort into something that makes you feel ill in misalignment, you find beautiful things! Thank you Jane Wong for writing How to Not Be Afraid of Everything! This collection is meant to be paired with sunsets & jammies

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S. Salazar @writessalazar.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

#nationalpoetrymonth Why do you write or read poetry? Tell me in the comments!

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S. Salazar @writessalazar.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

I had so much fun at #awp25 this year! So grateful I had the opportunity to learn from and read with such talented writers ☺️

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S. Salazar @writessalazar.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

I want to connect at AWP! Let me know if you're looking for readers for your off site or open mic. Let me know if you want a copy of my book. Let me know how I can promote your event, workshop, or panel. Just come say hi 😁

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

What a different world we could have.

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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

it's called throwback because if you recognize the songs you're likely to throw out your back. not many people know this

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S. Salazar @writessalazar.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

I have a sweet interview posted with @sevenstory.bsky.social ! Check it out 🤗

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S. Salazar @writessalazar.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

On 2/15, I was part of a Love Latine poetry reading at @bluecactuspress and with @claudiacastroluna @sachavez81 @pigeongirl @warshingtonian @poetruiz It was so special to hold space for pain & to promote safety/love in these bleak times. Community is the light that cuts through the dark

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Ann Rose @annmrose.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Another great day to: Buy books Call your reps Support small businesses And fight the patriarchy! Even small acts of resistance are resistance! ❤️

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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 06/02/2025

Clinical studies are frozen, “leaving people around the world with experimental drugs and medical products in their bodies, cut off from the researchers who were monitoring them.” The admin must reinstate USAID funding immediately—people will die without it. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...

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Nic Anstett @nicanstett.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

So, the National Endowment for the Arts announced today that they are reworking the guidelines for all 2026 grants and will be prioritizing projects that center the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. It's now just a propaganda fund. www.arts.gov/news/press-r...

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Updates on National Endowment for the Arts FY 2026 Grant Opportunities

The National Endowment for the Arts is updating its FY 2026 grant guidelines, with deadlines in March and July 2025. These changes impact organizations applying in the Grants for Arts Projects or Chal...

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S. Salazar @writessalazar.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Reminder #tacoma #washingtonstate ! We have a super awesome lineup of poets coming up for Valentine's weekend!

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Jory Mickelson @poetryphone.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

I loved writing this poem as an homage to @titaniayellow.bsky.social 's joyful language in her own poems.

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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Whenever I start to feel anxious I immediately have another coffee and scroll through the worst news imaginable on my phone and omg it does not help at all

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Sundress Publications @sundresspub.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Jose Hernandez Diaz' new poetry collection The Parachutist is out now! Order your copy at sundress-publications.square.site/product/the-... 🪂✒️🌵

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The Mask of the Red Jeph @ass.golf · 13/01/2025

I think instead of saying “namaste” at yoga we should say “ohhh BIG stretch” like we do with our pets

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Jose Hernandez Diaz @josehernandezdz.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Happy book birthday and launch to “THE PARACHUTIST”! …🎉 sundress-publications.square.site/product/the-...

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S. Salazar @writessalazar.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Valentine’s weekend with your honey at Blue Cactus Press on 2/15/25, at 5pm, for Love Latine: A Poetry Reading, featuring Latine poets living in the Puget Sound: Dawn Pichón Barron, Sarah A. Chavez, Claudia Castro Luna, Vincent Rendoni, Ricardo Ruiz, & me! There will be time to mingle & buy books!

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Of Poetry Podcast @ofpoetrypodcast.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

New episode this week with Abbie Kiefer, author of Certain Comfort (@juneroadpress.bsky.social)! 🎙️💙 @abbiekiefer.bsky.social www.juneroadpress.com/certain-shel...

And poems are a record making, too.
I want to say, "I was here. This is what I did. This is how I felt.
This is how it impacted the people around me."

ABBIE KIEFER, EP 65

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Jory Mickelson @poetryphone.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

Thrilled tonhave a new interview up over at @ecotheo.bsky.social with author @mgarrigan.bsky.social You can read it here: www.ecotheo.org/etreview/all...

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S. Salazar @writessalazar.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

I've been off socials for the most part until recently. I needed the time to focus on school and living in the present. Here's a little update via my SubStack! open.substack.com/pub/writessa...

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A Year of Being Debut

Reflections of 2024: my year as a debut poet and my year of rebirth as a person.

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Tara Karr Roberts @tarabethidaho.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

I won a Pacific Northwest Book Award! Now, when I do anything ridiculous, I can mutter to myself, "Way to go, award-winning author."

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Sundress Publications @sundresspub.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Meet Gertie Nevels, our newly named hen! You can name your own sheep or chicken with a tax-deductible donation to the Sundress Academy for the Arts! ow.ly/we0P50UBgil

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Kelli Russell Agodon @kelliagodon.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

from Brenda Hillman from ::[in a place with no light]::

All this life there you are
trapped in yourself
surely. you can
forgive a few more people

By Brenda Hillman

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jennyirish.bsky.social @jennyirish.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

If anyone in planning to read HATCH with students this Spring, please know that I would be happy to visit to talk about the book, writing, answer reader questions, or be part of a conversation. HATCH is available from @nupress.bsky.social

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S. Salazar @writessalazar.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

I received this sweet message from an ENGL 102 TA, and to say it made my heart swell is an understatement. I'm so grateful I get to share my words ❤️🙏

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Ryan Vine @ryanvine.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Robert Bly

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Susan L. Leary @susanlleary.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

“…he wanted me to know / that he knew I was there.” —James Davis May, “Tumult and Peace” in UNUSUALLY GRAND IDEAS (LSU Press) 💙 @jamesdavismay.bsky.social

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Kelli Russell Agodon @kelliagodon.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

"On a scale of 1 to Nature Valley Granola bar, how bad is this falling apart?" from "Alexa, Why Am I Falling Apart?" from my next book, Accidental Devotions (Copper Canyon Press, 2026) #poetry

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Patrycja @patrycjasara.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

35. aging is a funny, gorgeous, achy little miracle. 🌀 here’s a poem from We Contain Landscapes, forthcoming with @tinhouse.bsky.social in March

Beloved,

you gather me. I am not petals, though I have eaten wildflowers on greens in that glow particular to the other planet, as Mitosz described it, that is California, where I walked through salt and fog and found Mary enshrined in chalk on a gash of rock and watched the waves devour themselves til my phone died, so that I was forced to rely on the generosity of strangers, and I did take a photo later of said plate, marveling while sending it to you from the aloneness I'd traveled there to make something out of. Please send a photo of your face. Is it not my purpose to see where, exactly, laughter has rivered around the eyes I adore? There was a donkey in Petaluma with a soft, steady gaze. I will not turn away from the ache of this world. I'm trying to feel my feet. Let's cry enough to submerge, up to our ankles at least. Don't keep your grief from me.

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S. Salazar @writessalazar.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Feels good to part ways with X! If you're an author, poet, press/mag/journal, or literary agent, let's connect! 👋

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