Lisa Factora-Borchers

The only thing I miss abt 2020 is how honest people were about their mental health. Now the charades are back with all the social rebounding. The pace picking up. The Monday complaining. The illusion of finished grief. I miss the bluntness that came with collective discontent.

@Joseph_Fasano_ @POETSorg My heart fell out.

The Academy of American Poets held their "Gather in Poems" event tonight, and the great Patricia Smith did this. Poetry. Poetry matters.

@TaylorByas3 @Ohioana Congratulations! ✨ You look spectacular!

Got to accept my Ohio Book Award from the @Ohioana Library last night, and what a DREAM! And look! Book baby’s got a sticker now! 🥹

@stevenespadaw @ScribnerBooks What a gorgeous blurb🖤 Eager to dive in—congrats!

@Joseph_Fasano_ The place, and perhaps the only place, where perfection can exist is children’s handwritten poetry.

A nine-year-old named Lucy wrote her first poem and asked me to share it. I think the children will fix this world. ❤️

@E_Hughes_Poetry @callme_stassj Thank you for the rec!

@LFB27 Thank you so much! If you don't know @callme_stassj's work, you should. She's brilliant.

Today is PUBLICATION DAY! Ankle-Deep in Pacific Water belongs to the world now. I have carried these poems like unspeakable hymns in my chest for many decades, and today I lay them down. They are yours now.

@Dalai_Mama_ C O N G R A T S ✨🖤✨

Honored to be named to the Granum Prize Longlist ✨

@ImLaurenTheresa Abandoning class is one way to treat other poets, I guess. SMH. Sorry that was handed your way.

wow you guys just got the meanest rejection letter—

@pagan_hoetry I spent my life in & out of NYC for family; even lived there 2x. it’s one of the homes I’ve made & thus made me partial concrete devotee. But that doesn’t excuse the stress, hustle, & classism that can kill spirit, drive folx out, or harden the parts of you that should be soft.

Does anyone on this website have a normal opinion on NYC

@Joseph_Fasano_ @NicoleZezzo It’s a perfect thing. Extraordinary.

Timeline cleanse. A third-grade student of @NicoleZezzo wrote this with one of my poetry prompts, and I can't get over it. "I will wake today and run my life."

@PKhakpour Have listened closely to your voice across platforms for many, many years. Always grateful for your offerings and insights🖤

Please, literary people on Twitter, please engage with me & follow me! I am a writer nerd like all of you! 😭 Just shadowbanned a lot for being Muslim & from Iran!

@stevenespadaw I’m so sorry for your loss, and for the systemic barriers to wholly grieving. 🖤

@writesloud A very big sandwich same.

@likaluca It could be timing but both my partner and I were slapping ourselves and one another, falling over with laughter while we watched it, which is *not* a common reaction for us. Really enjoyed it.

@JeffShotts1 @GraywolfPress Some of my most memorable discussions spanning literary and racial justice have come from analyzing this specific work. CITIZEN is one of the most important publications of our time. Because that second person will never stop asking questions of both solidarity and complicity.

Ten years of Claudia Rankine’s CITIZEN. @GraywolfPress

@TheTinaVasquez TINA! 💗

BIG NEWS: A bunch of us longtime writers, journalists, and artists have decided to bring back the feminist blog. It would be lovely if you supported us in our launch!

@ToosieWatson What a momentous moment! Congratulations!

@lesbrains I am getting my chair and reading drink ready right now. I am ready to read it whenever and wherever it’s published.

Would anyone like to hire me to review Jeannine Cummins forthcoming Puerto Rican page turner? 🤠

@randajarrar 🥹🤎💕omg I’m tearing up over here. Thank you for those words.

@LFB27 i had no idea 😭🥺 you were the first good editor I ever had, and what you did transformed me forever

Hi all. I'm having a really really hard time. If anything I've written or done has helped you or brought you joy or love, can you let me know? Feeling very hopeless.