The Slowdown

slowdownshow.org

27 October 2025 14:11

“Today’s poem is a poem that inspires me to ask better questions about the world, and about the soul, and about the idea of God," shares @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social in today’s episode. Read "Soot" by Kaveh Akbar: bit.ly/4n0LAxi 📷: Charles Bakofsky 📖: @alicejamesbooks.bsky.social

AWP

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27 October 2025 14:11

Add this amazing #AWP26 featured event to your schedule in Baltimore: “Rewriting the Archive: Poetic Voices on Who Defines History, Sponsored by @alicejamesbooks.bsky.social” featuring Natalie Diaz, Kondwani Fidel, Tyehimba Jess, Iain Haley Pollock, and @leighsugar.bsky.social, on Friday, March 6!

Christina Daub

christinadaub.bsky.social

27 October 2025 14:11

Someday, if I am Lucky #poetry by Matthew Nienow @alicejamesbooks.bsky.social

Community of Literary Magazines & Presses (CLMP)

clmporg.bsky.social

27 October 2025 14:11

According to Aracelis Girmay, these poems depict “other past and simultaneous selves changed by injury, intimacy, notions of citizenship, and nation.” Read Janine Joseph’s DECADE OF THE BRAIN (@alicejamesbooks.bsky.social) this #FilipinoAmericanHistoryMonth: www.alicejamesbooks.org/bookstore/de...

Emilia Phillips

emdashphillips.bsky.social

27 October 2025 14:11

Now Reading: Theophanies by @sarahali.bsky.social (@alicejamesbooks.bsky.social, 2024) #nowreading #poetry #poems