Josette Akresh-Gonzales
@Vivakresh
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(she/her) https://t.co/F4smnfxw2p @poetrylily
Waltham, MA
Joined February 2009
If you’re leaving Twitter, find me and my poems and announcements at my website
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Our Contributors are not just an essential part of our conference, they offer a brilliant range of writing. On the afternoon of Friday, June 23, we hope you'll join us for this introduction to their work! Register here: https://t.co/XBlqEEFrSi
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Worrye not about being productyve, for thou art not a product. Thou art a star daunsinge yn a hopeful skye. Thou art a signal blinking across centuryes and worldes. Thou art a song performid onlye once but perfectlye. Thy tyme ys unquantifiable.
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Toad and Frog went for a long walk. They walked across a large meadow. They walked in the woods. They walked along the river
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Second answer is from Janelle Monáe, who sings: “everything is sex except sex which is power”
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Answer 1 is a quote from @JoyLadin: “the immanent, female aspect of God…the divine Shekhinah is invisible and dwells within human bodies that do not reflect or express who she is, and persists no matter how little she is recognized or welcomed in the world.”
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I’m so excited and happy to be included in this inaugural event!
BIG CONFERENCE NEWS: Join us in welcoming our inaugural conference cohort! Alicia Ostriker will be our keynote, w/ Jacqueline Osherow joining @Jewinthelotus & @ilya_poet as faculty. A schedule of public readings & events TBA soon. Learn more: https://t.co/GZ3hBAqHun
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I’ve done all of these at various times … probably should pick one strategy and try it for a while 🤷🏻♀️
Various SUBMISSION STRATEGIES for literary magazines, with their pros & cons. 🧵
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My local library has at least one copy, and I’m sure you can find one in yours. If you’re interested in buying this important first-of-its-kind anthology, here’s a link to it:
haymarketbooks.org
A landmark literary anthology of poems, stories, and essays, Choice Words collects essential voices that renew our courage in the struggle to defend reproductive rights. Twenty years in the making,...
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Many many thanks to Annie Finch @anniefinchpoet for creating this book — I feel so lucky that she included my poem in it.
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I wish I could invite all of you, but the organizers are only allowing students and faculty to attend. The organizers, who are librarians (!) just emailed all the readers to let us know that that the anti-abortion group "Created Equal" happens to be protesting on campus.
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I’m doing a reading and Q&A tonight online with SUNY Buffalo’s Social Justice Book Club, called “Choice Words: A Conversation with Contributors”!
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SCOOP: Ben & Jerry’s workers at the company’s flagship ice cream shop are filing for a union election today They could be the 1st corporate-owned B&J’s to unionize The union drive will be a test of the company’s progressive values, workers say https://t.co/BPL4GXinVa
washingtonpost.com
The company has built a reputation on serving up zany ice cream flavors and unapologetically supporting social justice causes. The union drive serves as a test of its values, workers say.
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Be the one who, when you walk in, blessing shifts to the one who needs it most. Even if you've not been fed, be bread. —Rumi
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In this organisation, women's median hourly pay is 26.4% lower than men's. The pay gap is 25.7 percentage points wider than the previous year.
Reducing the ‘intent impact gap’ needs commitment at all levels and a strategy that uses metrics, technology, and engagement. Read this article by Richard Lobo, Infosys, to learn how the company takes a focused approach to improve its gender diversity.
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