Isabelle Baafi
@IsabelleBaafi
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Writer, Editor, Critic | Author of RIPE (#ignitionpress, 2020) and CHAOTIC GOOD (@FaberBooks & @weslpress, 2025) | Reviews Editor at @Poetry_London
London
Joined May 2011
My book is officially published today! Many thanks to everyone who came to the launch last night - your presence and kind words made it so special. Huge thanks also to the entire @FaberBooks team and the @LRBbookshop for hosting. Copies available here:
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RT @lizaboth: AI being bad for the environment is obviously terrible, stealing intellectual property is also bad, but my main reasons for h….
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RT @OmarHamadD: When I gaze at the beauty of nature around the world and can only access it through a phone screen, I ask myself: is it bec….
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RT @PeninaRoth: MONDAY, JULY 14, 8PM: Super excited for this blockbuster edition of the @FranklinParkBK Reading Series featuring superstars….
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RT @JehadAbusalim: Are we now supposed to live in a world where Israel gets to kill 100 people everyday and nothing happens? Is that it?.
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RT @magmapoetry: CALL OUT FOR SUBMISSIONS!. @williekinardiii Lola Oh and @cloudscholar are excited to invite submissions for Magma 94: REMI….
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RT @CaraLisette: How is this happening simultaneously, I feel like I’m going more insane every day
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This is in two days! Come along if you're looking for fresh inspiration.
On Wednesday 2 July, I'm running a workshop with the @PoetrySociety on repetition! 🤟🤟. Perfect for anyone who has ever wanted write a ghazal, sestina or villanelle, or is curious about how anaphora, refrains and mirroring can energise your poems. ✍️.
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RT @FranklinParkBK: MONDAY, JULY 14, 8PM: The @FranklinParkBK Reading Series hosts a star-studded night of poetry & prose featuring Edwidge….
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RT @satrn_silliezzz: Remember when we told yall to stop engaging with ai trends bc it was gonna get worse and yall kept saying “let ppl hav….
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RT @NathalieRach: Start noticing other people’s “glimmers”, meaning the opposite of triggers: those little moments, words, places, situatio….
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Exciting news!! ⚡️🧡.
We're excited to announce that two new poets are joining #ignitionpress: AV Bridgwood & Meredith MacLeod Davidson! Thanks to guest editor @IsabelleBaafi for her work during the selection. We'll be publishing pamphlets by AV & Meredith in the autumn. See the thread for more. (1/3)
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RT @Poetry_London: Massive congratulations to @TomBailey97, whose pamphlet Please Do Not Touch or Feed the Horses is a winner of this year'….
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One thing about Black people, our memory is looong 😂.
Black folks will never forgive Variety for that profitability article on Sinners. 😂😂😂.
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RT @aditilrao: Hijacking an aid boat is obviously a war crime. So is besieging 2.2 million civilians and manufacturing famine. So is firing….
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RT @SketchesbyBoze: People think I'm kidding when I say there is a fascist agenda behind the promotion of AI. These devices are designed to….
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This time with feeling.
A short thread of some upcoming readings and workshops!. On Friday 27th of June, I'll be chatting with some other Ledbury Poetry Critics about diversity and the state of poetry today at the @LedburyPoetry Festival 💙🌻.
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But that's not all! For more updates, you can check out my website here: 💖✨💫.or follow me on Instagram: Hoping to see some of you around! xx.
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And on the 24th of July, I'll be leading a workshop on Poems for Survival, in partnership with Tsáa with Roma (Romalyn Ante) 💜🪻.
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