Laurie D. Graham

This is a poster for the Beyond Lore workshop with Laurie D. Graham, containing a brief description of what to expect and information about time, date, location, cost, and registration. At the bottom of the poster is a photo of Laurie and an image of the cover of her latest book, Calling It Back to Me—a wheat head and yellow moon-like circles feature prominently.

Poets of Nogo/Ptbo! I hope you’ll come to Take Cover Books for the first in a series of workshops @laurairock.bsky.social is putting together. You bring an heirloom, a photo, a memory, a well-worn piece of lore. Our goal: to get closer to what’s not contained in it. (See link on bio for more.)

🌾 Calling It Back to Me 🌾 by Laurie D. Graham, forthcoming with McClelland & Stewart, March 24, 2026

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An image of a advertisement for Randy Lundy's newest book, Something for the Dark.

The magazine in a window, a snowy scene beyond it, warm sunlight, and a shih tzu and some robust avocado sprouts in the foreground.

Happy to be together with @garybarwin.bsky.social, @yvonneblomerwrites.bsky.social, and many other poets’ good works. And there’s an ad for Randy Lundy’s newest book on the inside back cover, which I had the great pleasure of editing and which you should all go find and read.

The front cover Arc Poetry Magazine, containing a close-up image of a butterfly's head and body, with backdrop of snow.

An image of the interior of the magazine, the first page of my piece.

I’m thankful to Nancy Jo Cullen for inviting me to contribute to this special ecopoetics issue of @arcpoetry.bsky.social, letting me think through what the heck I do with my days. To find this lovely butterfly in the mailbox with the snow piled high all around.

"To understand that I am present here,

that I am sensed, that the soil feels me,

that the mourning dove knows my species

better than I know its species"

#TodaysPoem #poetry
from Fast Commute by @lauriedgraham.bsky.social (2022 McClelland & Stewart) poetryinvoice.ca/read/poems/f...

I want to come to your town to read from it. I am plotting my year with this new book in the world. I am plotting my spring and my summer. I want to be together with others who read and write. That the words keep coming, for me and for others, is the thing I most want to celebrate.

Calling It Back to Me by Laurie D. Graham | Penguin Random House Canada A poet’s clear-eyed witnessing of familial history, this is the most personal collection yet from two-time Trillium Book Award finalist Laurie D. Graham.

It now has a cover and a place on the teeming internet. You can preorder it, if that’s a thing you tend to do. This helps the book, but there are many ways you can help a book. It will exist in the world as of March 24. www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/807189...

Leaving home as inherited condition. Displacement as engine of industrial ag. Whatever became of my great-grandmothers. What they became when they landed here. What they thought or believed, couldn’t say, couldn’t do. Our present chews holes in shared memory. This will be my fourth book.

Long hiatus through the summer and fall, but another missive will reach you Friday morning. lauriedgraham.substack.com

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Post #3 summarizing our survey of #literarymagazines in Canada. We found that while litmags contribute significantly to writers & literary publishing, they are working with very limited resources. The large majority in our survey have no full-time paid staff. Read the full report: litmags.ca/survey/

Yellow background with black and pink text: We estimate that litmags collectively publish 3,000 to 4,000 authors per year and pay $250,000 to $500,000 in contributor fees to those authors.

Post #2 highlighting results of our survey. #Litmags are a significant contribution to writing communities and the publishing industry in Canada. We estimate that litmags publish 3,000 to 4,000 authors/yr & pay $250,000 to $500,000 in contributor fees. See full report at litmags.ca

Yellow background. Text says" We found that litmags are the foundation of literary publishing. Literary magazines are essential in helping new writers become professional writers."

How do #litmags in Canada operate? How to they support writers & publishers? What challenges do they face? We asked these questions and more in our survey. Full results are here: litmags.ca/survey/. #publishing #literary #canada

Really glad to have a piece in the newest issue of @thenewquarterly.bsky.social, with @globalecochange.bsky.social, @ronnabloom.bsky.social, and many others. Thank you to Pamela Mulloy for inviting me to contribute. Thanks also to the juvenile squirrel for coming to pose for a photo.

Excited to talk shop next week with my fellow litmag editors. All info can be found on the #TWUC website: writersunion.ca/webinars/how...