Irene Cooper

Delighted to see poet @alex_tretbar sliding into the photos posted by @EduardoCCorral at @sewaneewriters. Feel like I'm there. Made @CPhillipsPoet say my name once in a zoom room, so.

Due to wildfire mayhem, Steph will be sticking close to the chickens and beasties, while I fill her shoes on the sign up sheet at The Commons Cafe & Tap Room tonight. Bring your words! Bring them!! #openmicbend #osucascadesmfa

👨‍👩‍👧 VOL. 3: FAMILY is OUT NOW. 👨‍👩‍👧 People have killed in the name of family; its ‘sanctity’ is a motivator for far right violence across the world. Even when we break away, we remake found families. So—what IS the family? What’s so good about it? readtower.itch.io/family

@read_tower "Two Boys," herein, is arguably the darkest story in the collection from which it comes. Thank you, @read_tower for giving it a home! Can't wait to read everything.

That special part of low residency first day when everyone shows each other pictures of their dog 🥰

Have you listened yet? Warning: two listeners told me they needed to pull over to cry. 🩷🩶💙💚💛💜

We are thrilled to announce that the Le Guin family has donated their family home to Literary Arts to turn into a writers residency. This generous gift will fulfill Ursula K. Le Guin’s lifelong mission to elevate historically underrepresented voices in literature.

This piece on small press publishing by my colleague Jeff Alessandrelli contains many salient points that a lot of writers don’t think about starting out, like how they have a range of mostly unspoken aims, funding models, strengths, and business practices.

Congrats to these poets! What an amazing group. Kaveh Akbar Jos Charles Elaine Equi Vievee Francis Airea D. Matthews Robyn Schiff Safiya Sinclair Tracy K. Smith Mai Der Vang

Between child school carlines right now and!!! and!!! So grateful to be a finalist and selected by @chanda_feldman; thank you for reading. Y’all, I know this is so hard, but listen to your heart & gut. Listen to your poems. 💗

poems.com/poem/and-the-m… by @shellthief, available from @airliepress2

Alaska, Hawaii, Oregon, California and Washington poets...this message is for you

@elsewheremag @magnoliasnmud Yesss, all finalists, and whoo-hoo🎉

we're thrilled to announce the FINALISTS for elsewhere’s annual chapbook contest! judged this year by the lovely Monica Brashears @magnoliasnmud, the winner will receive $250 and print publication through our micro-press! congratulations to our finalists! ✨

"The short story is the name we have chosen to describe the production of the cultural and social space in which something hidden becomes visible, and therefore shared, but still a secret." —Cristina Rivera Garza, leaving me breathless once again

I love the LCD Soundsystem essay by @KateCarmody8 but the “coxswained” line from Avery Ferin on Destiny’s Child’s “Bootylicious”is all 4 me today marchxness.com/final4-destiny…

Congratulations to @MonicaYoun for winning the @AnisfieldWolf Book Award in Poetry for From From! One of my highlight conversations and reads of last year ICYMI here is the audio of our conversation— Audio📻: tinhouse.com/podcast/monica… @NTrethewey @GraywolfPress