Dr. Taylor Byas, Ph.D.
@TaylorByas3
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I DONE CLICKED MY HEELS THREE TIMES (‘23) & RESTING BITCH FACE (‘25) @softskull | #FreePalestine | repped by @ng_rosenzweig at @_triangle_house | she/her
Cincinnati, OH
Joined April 2019
Resting Bitch Face comes out in just a FEW months with an August 26th release (and don't forget, it's a September pick for Roxane Gay's Audacious Book Club)! Want me to come read in your city, talk to your students, perform at your school/venue, chat about my work? Email me!!
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happy #smallpoemsunday
happy #smallpoemsunday! 💜 feel free to participate by posting small poems you wrote, +/or small poems you love by somebody else :) here’s one by Matsuo Bashō in Lucien Stryk’s translation~
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What an honor to be the featured for @BrooklynPoets days ahead of getting to celebrate my book in the beautiful space, in person! Thank you for having me!!
It was a gala, we made ourselves anonymous with lace masks and rhinestones. The backdrop was a hurricane of triplicate tulle. —#PoetoftheWeek @TaylorByas3 reads her feature poem "Formal" https://t.co/ahglbmXyv9
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I was out of practice, then, of being gentle after so much cruelty. —Our #PoetoftheWeek, @TaylorByas3. Join us for the launch of her latest collection, Resting Bitch Face, this Saturday! https://t.co/jpzNo3xSfi
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Featured for Book Launch Event
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Leonard Cohen Poetry Prize is now open for submissions! We’ve also increased the prize to $3500 (from $2K last year) so we can celebrate more poems/poets🌻
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.@TaylorByas3, Ashley M. Jones, & @djvorreyer: Thank you for sharing your poetry with us last night! #poets #poetry #writers
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Loving this conversation between @TaylorByas3 and @rgay about the incredible collection RESTING BITCH FACE 📚📚
RESTING BITCH FACE is an Audacious Book Club pick! 📚 Join @TaylorByas3 and @rgay for a virtual conversation on September 23 at 5PM PT/8PM ET. Register here: https://t.co/UjE62Me5Xi
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.@TaylorByas3 joins the WPLS on 9/24/25. The Zoom room opens at 7:15pm (EST), & the reading starts at 7:30pm. Order RESTING BITCH FACE from @softskull: https://t.co/ja5QgjVcLK.
#poetry #poets #writers
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Join us on Saturday, 10/11 @ 7 PM to celebrate @TaylorByas3's newest collection, Resting Bitch Face (Soft Skull Press, 2025) at 144 Montague Street & via Zoom! Reading with @deesoulpoetry & jason b. crawford before book signing. Tickets on sale @ https://t.co/xNDKDc5Khk
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Happy publication day to @TaylorByas3's latest poetry collection RESTING BITCH FACE! ✨"Stunning in scale and ensnaring in its lyricism, Byas remains at the top of her game." — @ChicagoRevBooks
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We're back from our summer hiatus! Register to join us for a star-studded reading on September 18 with @TaylorByas3, Nadia Alexis, Allison Blevins, Travis Chi Wing Lau, & Kimberly Ann Priest. https://t.co/A0HTNqLEXf
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What places do you guys pitch for poetry interviews?
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the day could do without me. The ice outside glitters around my car’s tires like a pageant dress. Only digital utterances between myself and the world for at least a week. ––Taylor Byas @TaylorByas3
#PoemADay
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the day could do without / me. The ice outside glitters around
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Have you listened to “I begin the day thinking” by Taylor Byas on our daily #PoemADay podcast? @TaylorByas3
https://t.co/7gBYzOVNr3
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Books Podcast · Updated Daily · Poem-a-Day is the original, daily poetry series featuring new poems by today’s poets. Produced by the Academy of American Poets, this free digital series is made...
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I’m thrilled to be curating Poem-a-Day for August @POETSorg. We are kicking the month off with @TaylorByas3. I love the melancholic enjambment and hard-won hope of this piece. 🥹❤️
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An honor to open the month of August over at @POETSorg!!!! Thank you @randallmannpoet!!!
the day could do without me. The ice outside glitters around my car’s tires like a pageant dress. Only digital utterances between myself and the world for at least a week. ––Taylor Byas @TaylorByas3
#PoemADay
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