Misha Solomon

Thanks for this fun interview, @robmclennan.bsky.social. Honoured to be part of this great series.

Thanks to @robmclennan.bsky.social and his @periodicities.bsky.social for posting this poem from My Great-Grandfather Danced Ballet. It's in some ways a preview of the whole book-length project, a kinda thesis-statement poem, although the book has both many and no theses.

Misha Solomon : The Male Dancer Billy Elliot was the first movie to make me cry from an emotion other than fear, but that was because, if I recall correctly, o...

newly posted at @periodicities.bsky.social : Misha Solomon : The Male Dancer / @mishasolomon.bsky.social ;
periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2026/03/mish...

Misha Solomon : The Male Dancer Billy Elliot was the first movie to make me cry from an emotion other than fear, but that was because, if I recall correctly, o...

newly posted: Misha Solomon : The Male Dancer / @mishasolomon.bsky.social ;
periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2026/03/mish...

some author activity: Wells, Myles, Barwin, Sawyer, Solomon + Macdonald, forthcoming author Christina Wells has a poem up in the "Tuesday poem" series ; Eileen Myles has a new poem up at Discordia Review ; a new i...

some above/ground press author activity: Christina Wells, Eileen Myles, Gary Barwin, Larry Sawyer, Misha Solomon + Dawn Macdonald, / @garybarwin.bsky.social @mishasolomon.bsky.social ;
abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2026/02/some...

A thrill to see this first review of my forthcoming debut.

Thank you, rob, for this generous and insightful review! I’m thrilled and grateful. Looking forward to more above/ground STUFF soon.

middle daughter has an appointment, so attempting to begin reading new poetry titles by Andrea Rexilius, J.R. Carpenter + Misha Solomon, // @jrcarpenter.bsky.social @mishasolomon.bsky.social @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social @clashbooks.bsky.social

"one lover’s hands upon
another’s ribs, in flagrant dereliction of
the horror known as truth"

Excerpt from @mishasolomon.bsky.social's poem "Ernest Dances Siegfried in 𝑆𝑤𝑎𝑛 𝐿𝑎𝑘𝑒" + early decor design for Tchaikovsky's 𝑆𝑤𝑎𝑛 𝐿𝑎𝑘𝑒

Read Misha's two poems in ISSUE 2.3: longconmag.com/issue-2-3/mi...

Thanks to @alllitupcanada.bsky.social for sharing this sneak peek from my book!

thank you 🥰💗

🤭 unboxing 💗
overwhelmed and grateful
My Great-Grandfather Dance Ballet is available for pre-order from Brick Books or wherever good books are sold.

www.brickbooks.ca/shop/my-grea...

VERSeFest: Ottawa's International Poetry Festival 2026 : March 24-29,
Misha Solomon! Karen Solie! Isabella Wang! Sheri-D Wilson! Jérôme Melançon! Kacper Bartczak! Paul Vermeersch! Alexandre Yergeau! Jumoke Verissimo!
full schedule to be announced soon
www.verseottawa.ca/en/versefest

some author activity: Berlatsky, Archer, Solomon, Ladouceur, Robinson + Smith, Noah Berlatsky has a new poem up at smols ; Sacha Archer and Misha Solomon have work up at long con magazine ; Ben Ladouceur is interviewed...

some above/ground press author activity: Noah Berlatsky, Sacha Archer, Misha Solomon, Ben Ladouceur, Elizabeth Robinson + Steven Ross Smith, / @nberlat.bsky.social @sachaarcher.bsky.social @mishasolomon.bsky.social ;
abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2026/01/some...

Contributors to follow on Bluesky: Courtney Bates-Hardy (@poetcourtney.bsky.social), Madelaine Caritas Longman (@effervescentvoid.bsky.social), & Misha Solomon (@mishasolomon.bsky.social)

ISSUE 2.3 Ablo | Abu-Bakare | Anderson | Archer | Bates-Hardy | Bradley | Caritas Longman | Fermor | Gareau | Gungor | Hilton | Hull | Moss Brender | Simon | Solomon

ISSUE 2.3 (longconmag.com/issue-2-3/) is Elle D. Ablo, jamila malika abu-bakare, L. R. Anderson, Sacha Archer, Courtney Bates-Hardy, Nicholas Bradley, Madelaine Caritas Longman, Louie Fermor, Foster Gareau, Duru Gungor, Sarah Hilton, David Hull, Emma Moss Brender, Emily Simon, & Misha Solomon

It was an honour to write a blurb for @mishasolomon.bsky.social's debut collection, My Great-Grandfather Danced Ballet, coming out in the spring with Brick Books. Can't wait to see this book out in the world! Pre-order it!

Today (Dec. 10) is my 35th birthday, which feels like an apt time to share some inconceivably kind and generous and astute things four of my favourite writers said about my book (Mar. 17).
Profound gratitude to Danez Smith, Liz Howard, @lisarichter.bsky.social, and @helloiamben.bsky.social!

thank you!!!!

MY GREAT-GRANDFATHER DANCED BALLET, my debut full-length collection, comes out on March 17, 2026. You can pre-order it now, from all the usual places, or ideally from your favourite local indie! Thanks to Brick Books for bringing this into the world.

Come on out!

some author activity: O'Connor, Hall, Solomon, Browne + McCann, Wanda O'Connor is interviewed about her garden for an article on the BBC ; Phil Hall has new work up at Discordia Review ; Misha Solomon has...

some above/ground press author activity: Wanda O'Connor, Phil Hall, Misha Solomon, Laynie Browne + Marcus McCann, / @mishasolomon.bsky.social ;
abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2025/08/some...

Excerpt from Misha Solomon's poem "Yesterday Down at the Canal", published in Issue 175 of The New Quarterly.

Featured this week in The New Quarterly is Misha Solomon's "Yesterday Down at the Canal", from Issue 175! Click here to read the full poem: tnq.ca/story/yester...

filling Station #84 : let slip the dogs Hey America, How Are Your Stones? Sometimes the bicycle swirl of a landscape unfurls hot butter – edge – white – wax – smear – mushed  i...

filling Station #84 : let slip the dogs / @fillingstation.bsky.social @mishasolomon.bsky.social ;
robmclennan.blogspot.com/2025/08/fill...

The New Quarterly's latest issue for the summer of 2025, Issue 175: The Lives of Others is now available at tnq.ca.

Our summer issue is now LIVE!

Step into the extraordinary lives of others—where each story, poem, and essay is an intimate invitation driven by curiosity, admiration, love, or even bereavement: tnq.ca/issue/issue-...

#canlit #fiction #nonfiction #poetry #reading

Thanks @robmclennan.bsky.social for asking me to write about how a poem begins (spoiler alert: I don’t really know). (and thanks to @sarahwolfson.bsky.social for her incisive suggestions — read her amazing @periodicities.bsky.social piece from yesterday!)

Misha Solomon : How Does a Poem Begin? How does a poem begin?         A poem, for me, does not so much begin as end. Once I start writing, the poem is over. Nothing fe...

newly posted at @periodicities.bsky.social : Misha Solomon : How Does a Poem Begin? / @mishasolomon.bsky.social ;
periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2025/08/mish...

Touch the Donkey : new interviews with Straumsvåg, ryan, Solomon, Lockhart, Dulin, Davis + Higgins, Anticipating the release next week of the forty-sixth issue of Touch the Donkey [a small poetry journal] , why not check out the interviews ...

Touch the Donkey : new interviews with Straumsvåg, ryan, Solomon, Lockhart, Dulin, Davis + Higgins, / @brandyryan.bsky.social @mishasolomon.bsky.social @jordandavis.bsky.social ;
robmclennan.blogspot.com/2025/07/touc...

Flyer for an online writing workshop facilitated by Misha Solomon, with the following text: ONLINE WORKSHOP JUNE 14 – AUGUST 2 email: misha.solomon@gmail.com or DM @mishasolomon IS THIS PROMPT ABOUT ME? participants will receive FOUR personalized prompts kick-off: sat, june 14 wrap-up: sat, aug 2 11 a.m – 1 p.m group meetings

Starting Saturday, June 14, the amazing @mishasolomon.bsky.social is facilitating another iteration of his popular online writing workshop:

—"IS THIS PROMPT ABOUT ME?"

Misha doesn't need me to vouch for him, but I will: you'll never regret attending this! ❤️‍🔥

some author activity: Stebner, Martin, Berlatsky, Banks, Mohammadi, Moure + Solomon, Kevin Stebner answers the '12 or 20 questions' interview ; Camille Martin has a series of photographs newly posted online ; Noah Berlatsky h...

some above/ground press author activity: Kevin Stebner, Camille Martin, Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social , Chris Banks @chrisbanks6625.bsky.social , Khashayar "Kess" Mohammadi, Erín Moure + Misha Solomon @mishasolomon.bsky.social ,
abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2025/05/some...