@apoetlibrarian
Poetry. Libraries. Adventures. Transformations. Author of Suture, Malocchia, field guide to autobiography, gutter rainbows, 12 chapbooks, & more. Busy mom. Poems all over. Cat butler. Dog wrangler. https://apoetlibrarian.wordpress.com/ she/they
I wrote about the first national book banning bill, which effectively seeks to erase trans people. At the end I include a link to let your reps know that you oppose this bill and all it stands for. lithub.com/why-we-must-...
ooh, good idea - thank you
Being on a self-imposed DIY writing retreat during both AWP and WW III is very distracting. Any tips?
I think it’s time for a revolution of gorgons
My college-age son’s parting words to me last night
“Good night & FUCK ICE”
REVOLUTIONARY LETTER #14 are you prepared to hide someone in your home indefinitely say, two to six weeks, you going out for food, etc.. so he never hits the street, to keep your friends away coolly, so they ask no questions, to nurse him, or her, as necessary, to know 'first aid' and healing (not to freak out at the sight of torn or half-cooked flesh) to pass him on at the right time to the next station, to cross the canadian border, with a child so that the three of you look like one family, no questions asked, or fewer, to stash letters, guns, or bombs forget about them till they are called for. to KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT not to trust ' even your truelove, that is, lay no more knowledge on him than he needs to do his part of it, a kindness we all must extend to each other in this game
diane di prima
REVOLUTIONARY LETTER #14
Chicago has opened its first food pantry inside a public library. blockclubchi.co/49TjbEH
some above/ground press author activity: Renée Sarojini Saklikar, Melissa Eleftherion, Orchid Tierney, Juliet Cook, Isabel Sobral Campos, Benjamin Niespodziany + Stan Rogal, / @orchidtierney.bsky.social ;
abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2025/09/some...
Prop 50 for dummies: It’s the X to block the 2 OOs your opponent threw down in Tic-Tac-Toe
The freedom to read is under attack. Let's do something about it. bit.ly/LetFreedomReadDay
5 minutes. That's all it takes to start fighting book bans.
It's #LetFreedomReadDay. We're asking you to do at least one thing today to fight censorship. Then keep doing it!
bit.ly/LetFreedomReadDay
We're stronger TOGETHER.
#CensorshipIsSo1984 #BannedBooksWeek
That part of Mouth for War where he talks about “hairspray to hold raw energy”
A library patron grabbed me by the tiny hole in my cardigan - “You have a hole!” #librarianlife
It’s 10pm. Do you know where the Epstein files are?
My heart, my hermit crab essay. So much late 80s metal in my queer desire
genx here & this is true for me
Re: Covid vax ban, they have backed down before in the face of pushback on medical issues. This requires outcry from the public and electeds. Use @5calls.org and @resist.bot to contact your reps. Here is a script. I'm focusing on "most vulnerable" as those move the narrative the easiest.
Got another flat tire & am reminded of how much easier my life was when I rode a bike to work everyday!
Mini midlife crisis number 6 is buying yourself stickers and an LL Cool J cd for your birthday
martial law is trending, y’all
Absolutely! Also, libraries are doing a lot of heavy lifting as one of the few 3rd spaces we have left. We need more.
Yes! The bike shop I used to hang out at in SF had punk shows.
Writing linear sentences is such a struggle for me. All these characters moving through rooms. How do novelists do this?
I love Kamala Harris & would vote for her again
The best library staff meetings include Storytime 📚📚
“In the fields, the bodies burning
As the war machine keeps turning
Death and hatred to mankind
Poisoning their brainwashed minds”
I wish this weren’t still so fucking relevant. Rip Ozzy
My teenage son called me at work instead of texting so I worried something was wrong. He just wanted to talk about Ozzy dying 😭 Rip 💖 Bark at the Moon got me through middle school
Even some of Trump's biggest media supporters are turning on him over the Epstein cover-up. app.sosha.ai/s/iRD7fmJG
Thank you! 💖
Many thanks to Sarah Ann Winn for publishing this piece in the new issue of Painted Pebble Lit Mag (formerly Little Free Lit Mag)!