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A big thank you to everyone who entered this year's Moth Short Story competition! Entries are now closed.
Let the reading commence! We'll share Ottessa Moshfegh's winners in August.
🎨 Edward Hopper
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In conflict, civilians always pay the highest price.
War is not the answer.
We need peace.
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#FromTheArchive: “I think anyone who practices an art, whether they are a saxophonist or a watercolorist or a poet, when you are writing or creating art, you are exercising a very innate freedom.” —Major Jackson, Sept/Oct 2010 at.pw.org/ExaltedUtterance
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Today's Featured Poet:
Maureen N. McLane is a poet, memoirist, critic, and educator. She has published eight books of poetry, including This Blue, Finalist for the National Book Award. She is also the author of an experimental hybrid of memoir and criticism.
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#FromTheArchive: “I believe that writers should have a childlike sense of wonder about the world,” says @SJSindu in #WritersRecommend. “For me, renewing that sense of wonder is a cornerstone of my writing practice.” Read more: at.pw.org/Sindu
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We cannot wait! #ComingOutWest
Coming Out West: LGBTQ+ Elders Share Their Stories. Opening June 1 @ SMHM in collaboration with @outwordsarchive
We Are #SantaMonica #History
#museum #exhibition #LGBTQ #HarveyMilkDay
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This #Pride, we're celebrating the power of love — and love always wins. 🌈
ALT A photo of the back of a person with long hair. The T-shirt has text that reads: "Stories of Pride. The power of Love. The power of us."
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Today's Featured Poem:
[how \ long is the letter i] by @krasnoper_inna, from Issue 13 of @GhostProposal.
Read here:
poems.com/poem/how-long-is-t…
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We’re thrilled to announce the 2023 #GriffinPoetryPrize winner! Please join us in congratulating Roger Reeves for his collection, Best Barbarian (@wwnorton)! 🎉🎉🎉
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While the rainbow flag may be the most visible LGBTQ+ symbol, there are many different identities within these communities. While these are just a handful, there are more than 20 flags that help members of LGBTQ+ communities feel seen, heard, and celebrated. 🫶
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In the aftermath of the dam flooding in the Kherson region yesterday, WCK is continuing to provide nourishment to families with warm meals & clean water. The water level in the area continues to rise, but the smiles of the kids we get to support keep us going 💙 #ChefsForUkraine
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It's been one year since the disastrous Dobbs decision overturning Roe v. Wade, but we are still here. We are still the resistance, and this June we are rising up once more. On June 24, we take the streets.
ALT Women's March National Mobilization June 24th, 2023
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Now the poem that Amanda Gorman read at President Biden’s inauguration, entitled “The Hill We Climb,” has been banned from curriculum through 5th grade in Miami-Dade County, for not being suitable for elementary students.
For those who listened to the poem, you would know the the poem was a lecture on peace, love, unity, and freedom.
This is why laws banning critical race theory from schools are a problem. People begin categorizing anything that talks about race as falling into the realm of CRT. Or they use the law to justify removing books and curriculum that can teach real history.
This isn’t free speech. This is using the law to chill the free speech of others, in my opinion.
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So the parent who got my inaugural poem The Hill We Climb banned for elementary students @BGEC_Bobcats has ties to WHITE SUPREMACIST ORGS. Anyone surprised?@MiamiDadeCounty This is a shame for the children in your school system who deserve to have access to poetry.
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So they ban my book from young readers, confuse me with @oprah , fail to specify what parts of my poetry they object to, refuse to read any reviews, and offer no alternatives…Unnecessary #bookbans like these are on the rise, and we must fight back 👊🏿 DONATE here: instagram.com/linking/fundra…
