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PETITION: Stop Legislative Book Bans in North Carolina saveschoollibrarians.org/hb1043?recruit… via @EveryLibrary

Federal funding for libraries supports hundreds of programs that help America's teens get ahead. Trump's proposed budget guts that funding. Take action today at SaveIMLS.org

Some Ukrainian words do not need translation. For Vyshyvanka Day, Chytomo highlights Ukrainianisms that help the world recognise Ukraine in its own words — from vyshyvanka and pysanka to borshch, kozak and surzhyk. Discover more Ukrainianisms on Chytomo chytomo.com/en/kozak-hopak…

Poetry is for Everyone I believe the world is beautiful and that poetry, like bread, is for everyone. — Roque Dalton buff.ly/F3Mz3us via @CStarrRose

Register now for Poetry & the Creative Mind Encore on June 3. Free and open to all. Register: bit.ly/4ughVo0

Able Muse is open through July 15 for poetry, fiction, essays, book reviews, art, and photography. One of the broader submission windows out there—worth a look if you have work ready. No fee. #writers #litmag #callforsubmissions @ablemuse newpages.com/guide-submissi…

Here are words that are actually acronyms BASE jumping Building, Antenna, Span, Earth CAPTCHA Completely Automatic Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart Taser Thomas A. Swift's Electric Rifle SIM card Subscriber Identity Module

Literacy skills are dropping in wealthy developed countries, including the United States, according to data from The Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development. Andreas Schleicher, the OECD Director of Education and Skills, tells Leigh Kiniry that the best thing parents can do for children to improve overall development is read to them, and that reading books over 100 pages is linked to greater digital literacy, including the ability to separate fact from fiction.

Real cool 👏 #poems #poetry #Odyssey

There is no perfect time to write. There's only #now Barbara Kingsolver #writing #writerslife #Art Eugenio #Recuenco

Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore, So do our minutes hasten to their end. (Sonnet 60, 1-2) #ShakespeareSunday #poetry

Time travels in divers paces with divers persons. (AYLI, Act2,scene 7, 303) #ShakespeareSunday #Outlander

Today's #ShakespeareSunday theme: TIME ⏰️

#Writers My new cushion has arrived. Does anyone else reward themselves after finishing a final draft. #amediting #writerslife #writingcommunity

Very excited about this ARC received from TheNewPress.org My parents met and married in Italy. It's part of my heritage and one of my favorite cuisines 😋 This should be a delicious read! "A Bite-Sized History of Italy" by Danielle Callegari, available June 2026 #books

Still think we’re understating the impact of AI on university degrees. A growing numbers of students don’t just lack the inclination to read but the *capacity*. Literally unable to read and absorb difficult sentences for an extended period. Same goes for writing.

#ShakespeareSunday The cat will mew, and dog will have his day. Hamlet Act 5 Scene 2. 🖼️ Arthur John Elsley. #FolkloreSunday

Words matter. They especially matter when talking about likelihoods. As it turns out we have different ideas what type of likelihood we link with certain descriptors. Source: jcom.sissa.it/article/pubid/…

Samuel Taylor Coleridge had a cat who reportedly sat on his manuscripts and once knocked over an ink bottle that destroyed a poem draft. Coleridge blamed it on “the universe’s editorial hand”. #FolkloreSunday

Press 53 seeks outstanding unpublished poetry manuscripts for its annual Award for Poetry. $1,000 prize, publication, & 53 copies awarded. Judge: Tom Lombardo. Deadline July 31. $30 fee. #poetrycontest newpages.com/guide-submissi…