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They/them. Author of A Shiver in the Leaves🍃 ( @boaeditions ), available now. Founder of @ShadeLitArts . 1/3 of @PoetSalonPod . Bookings @TSP_Writing
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Wild to think that a year ago today, A SHIVER IN THE LEAVES was born. Happy 1yr my love!
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Casually came out to my dad. Said I was bringing my boyfriend over on Father’s Day bc I wanted him to meet him and he said “of course that’s fine.” It might not seem like a lot but I am very very happy. Verge of tears happy.
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I remember when someone said the tree fainted when it realized it was Beyoncé
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Woke up to a LOT of love. My heart is bursting. 😭
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One of my faves. Happy Birthday Lucille Clifton.
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Writers be like “i’m fighting demons” and the demons is the comma
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Beyonce as poetry books by black women. A thread.
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“If you’re gonna keep ordering books you need to read them”
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All your man do is criticize you and demand changes.
You dating an MFA workshop, sis.
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White English teachers teaching Black poetry.
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If you‘re up to it, reply to this tweet with your favorite poem(s) by a Black poet.
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therapist: and what do we do when triggered in our trauma?
me: write a poem about birds as an extended metaphor
editor of a journal: no
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“When do you think you’ll finish your book?”
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Dear poets, you don't have to trigger yourself into trauma to get out a good poem.
Dear poets, stop telling others to trigger themselves.
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All month I’ll be sharing poems by queer and trans black women. This tweet will be the thread.
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Queer Eye but it’s a group of queer poets of color restructuring your editorial board, journal, and practices with decent pay and health benefits.
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So they’re meeting today instead.
Also should mention here that I had to come to my mom four times, the last was telling her about my bf. My parents are divorced. My dad and I don’t have a “talking” relationship. He knew, sure. Him knowing and me telling are two diff things.
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Poets will “which is to say” you to death.
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Hey y'all, I know many queer writers of color have been impacted by COVID-19, having to cancel readings and book tours and more. It's devastating and it's nobody's fault. So I wanted to help any way I could with this Queer Writers of Color Relief Fund.
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I just need to remind y’all how fucking spectacular this poem is
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Men are so trash. I’m starting to think Prince Charming knew exactly who Cinderella was. He just wanted a reason to go around touching women’s feet.
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“Are you working on anything new?” “How’s the book doing?” “How many books have you sold?” “What’s next for you?” “Why poetry?” “Are you working on anything new?” “I heard poets don’t make a lot of money.” “Are you working on anything new?” “Are you working on any”—
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So... I did it. I created a master list of queer poets of color. You can't edit it, but you can comment. So feel free to comment more poets or changes and I'll get to them asap. Thanks to everyone who contributed via questions. This is a collaboration.
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The sluttier the poet the better the poem in my opinion
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Hi here’s a thread—possibly ongoing—of love poems by Black women to brighten our timelines.
“A Lovely Love” by Gwendolyn Brooks
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Just bc people did horrible things to you in your career claiming “that’s just the way it is” doesn’t mean you have to do the same to those who come after you
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teach
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This is so crazy to me. As the biggest poetry institute in the world it is literally your job as staff to say and do something. When has it ever not been your jobs not to say something? Did y’all not out out a BLM statement? Did y’all not publish multiple stop Asian hate pieces?
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Me: *orders a new book*
The unread books on my shelf:
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me in the beginning me by the end
of the poem of the poem
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I am excited and terrified and ecstatic and nervous to share the cover of my debut book of poems, A Shiver in the Leaves🍃 from
@boaeditions
which drops September 27th!!!
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Just remembered I have to write poems in order to have poems
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Oh, you’re a poet? How many plums did William Carlos Williams eat out the icebox?
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This poem comes into my life every few months and every few months, I must share it.
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it's the way poets make everything exponentially better
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Okay friends! As of today, here’s the list of 2022 forthcoming poetry books by queer writers of color.
If you want to be added or if I’m missing peeps, feel free to comment below or dm me. This includes chapbooks and self-published ☺️
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For a person who’s having trouble reading right now I’m sure buying a helluva lotta books
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“I want a son, / which might be weird given I am newly in love, / given that we are Black. Isn’t it irresponsible / to raise a child in this city of mammoth hills // and Mt. Rainier teething away at the sky?”
Pretty pumped to have a poem in
@parisreview
!
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I’m curious. What poetry books by black women changed your life?
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Me: I’m sort of a private person
Me in my poems:
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*on a date*
Date: So what do you do?
Me: I’m a poet.
Date: You’re a what?
Me: A poet.
Date: I’m sorry I don’t understand.
IHOb waiter: He’s a boet.
Date while eating a burger: Ooooh. Can I hear a boem?
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Yo, like this is sooooo good.
“I Walk Into Every Room and Yell Where the Mexicans At” by
@_joseolivarez
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Police are going to protests undercover. Police are going to protests undercover. Police are going to protests undercover. Police are going to protests undercover.
Don’t know if it’s happening in every city, but you should know that it’s happening in some cities.
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3yrs after this my now fiance proposed and my dad was there 😭
Casually came out to my dad. Said I was bringing my boyfriend over on Father’s Day bc I wanted him to meet him and he said “of course that’s fine.” It might not seem like a lot but I am very very happy. Verge of tears happy.
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Look at the choice of of words these literary institutions are using to talk about Mosab Abu Toha. “Arrested.” “Taken into custody.” Those are descriptions used to remove blame from Israel and the IDF and placed on Mosab.
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I cannot—CANNOT—believe today is the official pub day of A SHIVER IN THE LEAVES (
@boaeditions
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Even white animals don’t know how to act
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I wanna compile a list of poetry books by Black writers that gets you thinking about justice, abolition, racial history, and more along these lines. If y’all think of any, drop them here please. 🤗
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You will read every book you buy this yr
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Idk who needs to hear this but the way a poem is scored on the page—the structure—is the reader’s first entrance into the poem. The title is the second. Neither should be taken lightly.
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A reminder that even one publication means you’re a published writer. Own that shit and tell them hoes to google you.
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The sluttiest thing a man can do is write a sonnet
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In case y’all are wondering, it’s going great. They been talking to each other since we sat down.
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Okay but what poetry book by queer writers of color changed your life?
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Vulnerability in poetry is also craft. Vulnerability in poetry is also craft. Vulnerability in poetry is also craft. Vulnerability in poetry is also craft. Vulnerability in poetry is also craft. Vulnerability in poetry is also craft. Vulnerability in poetry is also craft. Vulnera
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I didn’t wanna come out but i found myself becoming more and more uncomfortable—i am nonbinary and my pronouns are they first he second
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I wanna edit an anthology of love poems by queer poets of color soooooo fucking bad
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Recently engaged ❤️
Can we start a thread of cute couples that AREN’T divorced/breaking up???
All this celebrity divorce news is upsetting me & my homegirls.
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Hi Editors, just reminding you that we are gatekeepers. What we decide to publish inadvertently creates trends. So diversify who you publish; don't publish the same people three times over. One of our duties is to foster the next community of writers.
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Welp it was honestly a good time. My dad talked his ear off. Lol. He was clearly very happy to meet him. Boyfriend said he had a great time. As we were leaving, my dad told him “welp I know this won’t be the last time I see you.” And then, “Y’all take care of each other.”
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What is the MFA workshop if not the CIA persevering?
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Hi, if you’re an editor of color and your journal, magazine, press, retreat, etc. is currently open for submissions, reply to this tweet with the link and a little info about it.
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So you’re telling me after my first book is published people will expect me to write another one??????
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Writing is hard and if I’m honest, it’s one of the things I love most about it—the labor, the journey, the “click” that happens when you feel the piece fall into place.
Thank god I’m a writer.
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Wow this poem hit me a little too hard this morning. “Nothing” by Krysten Hill.
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Okay my lovelies, here’s the ever-growing list of poetry books by queer writers of color dropping in 2022 ☺️
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Heavily editing a poem after submitting it is my jam.
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STOP 👏🏾 DOING 👏🏾 BEST 👏🏾 BOOKS 👏🏾 OF 👏🏾 THE 👏🏾 YEAR 👏🏾 WITHOUT 👏🏾 INCLUDING 👏🏾 POETRY 👏🏾 COLLECTIONS!
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Missionary position so I can read him a poem
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My mom read my poem in
@poetrymagazine
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Thanks for all the suggestions the other day. Here's 50 book of poetry by Black writers about justice, abolition, and Black history.
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Y’all know there are writers with full-time jobs that aren’t tied to academia, right? Please give us some time to get back to you. Please give writers who *are* teachers time. Give writers with kids time. Give. Writers. Time. I know we all have things to get done. But still.
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