Cassie Premo Steele

Cassie Premo Steele wearing the fifth of six hand-knit sweaters she made before the AWP

#AWP #OOTD

The first marine being to narrate my new novel is Carlotta, a green sea turtle who lays her eggs 130 miles from where the coastline was before sudden sea level rise.

But magnanimous in the face of calamitous is her motto, and she’s really good at math, so she lays 130 eggs.

#vss365 #magnanimous

Navigating Eco-Anxiety: Creating Calm in a Climate Collapsed World REGISTER at link above

In this 4-session class, participants will learn concrete strategies to cope with and heal from their anxiety and grief in a world that feels increasingly difficult to navigate due to climate crises. Based on twenty years of work as an author and teacher on the themes of environmental awareness, trauma, healing, and creativity, Dr. Cassie Premo Steele will teach a variety of lessons that will create a safe and nurturing space for participants to hold their emotions around environmental destruction while also learning creative ways to self-regulate so new forms of connection and community can begin to grow.

I’ve been talking to folks here at AWP about the class I’m teaching in April that incorporates writing, mindfulness and trauma-informed practices to help navigate climate change and eco-anxiety, so I thought I’d share the link in case you’re interested. 💚
consciousdyingcollective.com/navigating-e...

Cassie Premo Steele in a fuchsia hand knit sweater and jeans

#AWP #OOTD

This article is nuanced and complex.

Texas 25th Congressional District Primary Election Results

Dione Sims won the Democratic nomination for the 25th congressional district in Texas yesterday. Ms. Sims is the granddaughter of Ms. Opal Lee, the grandmother of Juneteenth.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Oh, how bountiful is
The night after poets
Laid down the light
(Puerto Rican Dominican
Filipina Korean South Indian
South African Black White And Feathered Friends) to
Cross the street and show
It’s “not too late to change
Your mind.” Everyone has
Justice in their sight.

#vss365 #bountiful #AWP

What the world needs now is fierce poetry and good friends. Thank you for being both. 💜

Cassie Premo Steele signs her poetry book Swimming in Gilead after the Yellow Arrow Publishing 10th Anniversary Celebration

My first night at #AWP story:

Photo from my new friend @mustachebabs.com when a woman on the street thanked me for my reading and asked me to sign my book — and then the woman across the street also at the @yellowarrowpub.bsky.social event offered to share her ride with me.

Poets. Women. Believe.

Cassie Premo Steele in a hand knit sweater she made to celebrate Yellow Arrow Publishing

#AWP #OOTD

Night, actually — heading out to the 10-year anniversary poetry reading with @yellowarrowpub.bsky.social 💛

A graphic with a photo of Barbara and the information that she is a featured reader at the AWP Off Site event "Yellow Arrow Publishing 10 Year Anniversary Celebration" happening on March 4, 2026 4-6pm at Barcocina in Baltimore

Tonight, the first of my #AWP26 events, see you at Barcocina! This is free and open to the public, join us! 🙌

@awpwriter.org

As soon as I made it through the first-class cabin, the smell of poet washed over me, a sultry smell, earthy, redolent of suits in need of a dry clean. We’re doing this! We’re going to #AWP! #AWP26

Yes 😊

Cassie Premo Steele wearing a handknit fish-themed sweater at the National Aquarium in Baltimore

#AWP #OOTD

YELLOW ARROW PUBLISHING 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION CASSIE PREMO STEELE FEATURED READER March 4, 2026 6:00 - 8:00 PM Barcocina Baltimore, MD AWP Off Site

YELLOW ARROW 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY READING FEATURING: TAÍNA EMILY DECKER MICHELE EVANS ISABEL CRISTINA LEGARDA BARBARA PEREZ MARQUEZ ANN QUINN CASSIE PREMO STEELE SARA STREETER CANDACE WALSH KESHNI NAICKER WASHINGTON MARCH 4 2026 6-8PM yellowarrowpublishing.com AWP oft-site @Barcocina, Fells Point

Looking forward to tonight!

#AWP #AWP26
#poetry #women #LGBTQ+ #indiepress
@yellowarrowpub.bsky.social @awpwriter.org

Lethargy is not an option
For beings with wings
And webbed feet; neither
Is it for we with legs who
Want to do more than float
And are determined to grow

#vss365 #lethargy

Before and After the Trigger Press That Killed Renee Good Regardless of whether deadly force was legally justified, Renee Nicole Good’s death was preventable.

In light of Kristi Noem’s testimony, I’m re-upping this piece about the murder of Renee Good.

I proudly wore a badge for almost my entire adult life; I’m not someone unsympathetic to law enforcement, to say the least. Consider what it means, then, when I support this sentiment: Abolish ICE.

Cassie Premo Steele in a handmade sweater and jeans at the airport

#AWP #OOTD

He thought he could attract
Voters with promises of
Cheap carrots on sticks
It was just a trick
To line his pockets
Be Vlad and Bibi’s bitch
Act as they wish
Attack on whim
Never harm the rich

He forgot we read a book
About taking
The cataract
From our own eyes.
We see the lies.

#vss365 #cararact

Why scientists should read more poetry

Poetry News →

unherd.com/2026/02/why-...

#PoetryNews #PoetrySky

Thanks so much, Rebekah! For all your work! 💚

Baltimore Convention Center, site of the Association of Writing Programs conference held this week

As I head to Baltimore
For the AWP, it’s not
The fluorescent glare
Of the book fair or the
Swarms of wannabeseens
I’m excited for — but the
Splendor of small words
That rise above corporate
Carpeted floors to soar
On wings of truth in a
Time of lies and war

#vss365 #splendor #AWP26
@awpwriter.org

Persepolis (film) - Wikipedia

Highly recommend if you haven’t seen it before. Even if you have.
#Iran

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This is great! I wonder if you could add Bluesky links for folx who aren’t on X?

That’s true for the Meta platforms, too. Especially as a queer person given their new policies. I’ve been off them since January 20 of last year and felt tremendous support and community here on Bluesky. 🩵

Lenny Bruce camouflaged in bed with his frog and puppy friends

No, he’s not timid.
He just wants to stay in bed.

#vss365 #timid
#DogsofBluesky
#SundayScaries

Sunrise over the marshes along the South Carolina coast

Her quest to find
The perfect sunrise
Ended when she
Finally turned within
And allowed herself
To soar freely inside

#vss365 #quest

In case you need something else to be obsessed with other than
politics/ fascist/ pedo/
racist/ tech-bro/gynophobic/ testosterone/
humanity-hating/
earth-destroying
themes in your feed,
here is our daughter’s bunny dreaming with her eyes open and making little noises in her sleep.

#vss365 #obsessed

Thank you for your leadership. I wish you all the best! 🩵

BLM Announces Plan to Fell Oregon's Last Great Forests One billion board feet per year... 30 days to make your voice heard.

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