melissa stein

@heymissk_CA @fruitvalelocal Yup, that's what it said...

Argus is staking us out. What's happened now.

oh, just watching super flower blood moon totality from bed

This article by @melissafebos. nytimes.com/2021/03/31/mag…

@BLReview is cosponsoring an exploration of disability through dance and poetry 4/20 at 7pm EDT--dancers have created an original work based on one of my poems! tickettailor.com/events/bellevu…

"may corncrakes gnaw your sour bones a shadow fall across your shadow the mice lay their eggs in the mouths of your children your children have the blacksmith’s eyes" —@melissa_stein (from TERRIBLE BLOOMS). #Halloween2020

@vanessa_hua @lisabrowndraws @BenPurkert @adalimon @_Tongogara_ @arisaw @deanrader @BrynnSaito @devorahmajor @DanielHandler aw shucks, people! we miss it, too. one day we will again PLAY BALL!!!! @FoustRebecca

@lisabrowndraws @BenPurkert @adalimon @_Tongogara_ @arisaw @deanrader @BrynnSaito @devorahmajor @melissa_stein @DanielHandler Oh how I miss the Poetry World Series. LEGENDARY!! Ouija boards and other props. So much fun!

@nascenters nathaniel perry, nine acres

can't resist

I say-- Where is your fire? You got to find it and pass it on. You got to find it and pass it on. --Sonia Sanchez

@chenchenwrites yes.

who’s more masochistic? poets or novelists?

@susanorlean in a bubble. this country is divided into a billion little pieces. plus... it's biden.

How is this not a giant blowout for Biden? Where am I?

@pswordwoman i had the horribly painful and interminable one. i've heard that there are different types of tests requiring different specimen collection, but who knows.

Hey, I've heard hundreds of horror stories about the Covid test, how they shove that swab up your nose so far it crosses your eyes. Mine was surprisingly gentle--swipe, swipe, done. Think some of the testers are just drunk with power?

I would like to think through some ideas about a thing called “cancel culture.” Its critics often compare it to censorship and fascism, while describing its actors as a reactionary mob. Cancel culture is imperfect, but I have feelings about this particular critique.

eek! it happened. Abraham Popoola reads my poem "Anthem" on this BBC Radio program at 8:23... oooh, that accent. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

it is nice to have something to look forward to! my poem "anthem" is going to be read on the bbc this weekend (7/12) alongside work by james baldwin, adrienne rich, seamus heaney, a van jordan, d.h. lawrence, and... william wordsworth. exclamation points! bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

@msschilllax @HopeWabuke @iSmashFizzle that blew my mind to smithereens

@HopeWabuke @iSmashFizzle Oh wow he really went with the “you should be grateful you even have books” line didn’t he.

josh saunders's brilliant animated film of my poem "quarry" is mentioned in this intriguing @moving_poems article by @sarahtremlett on the use of the protagonist in poetry films

i said some things about Terrible blooms. with thanks to Tierra Damico, @PineHillsReview, and @deanrader pinehillsreview.com/2020/05/11/mel…

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📫MAILED TODAY! 1st stack of the 300 postcard stamps I bought for random Emily mailing list fans @USPS Each postcard has a tiny weirdo drawing and a secret URL :) I 🖤 EMILY FANS! #SAVETHEUSPS #art #BUYSOMESTAMPS #SaveUSPS #CatsOfTwitter #emilythestrange store.usps.com/store/results/…

@MarkAntonyOwen see my next tweet... your version completely makes sense ;)