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Bryan Borland @bryanborland.bsky.social · 5h

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Assaracus Issue 26: A Journal of Gay and Queer Poetry (THE RETURN ISSUE!)

Assaracus 26 A Journal of Gay and Queer Poetry The Return Issue - October 2025 978-1-943977-87-1 140 Pages Publication Date: October 28, 2025...

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Bryan Borland @bryanborland.bsky.social · 5h

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Bryan Borland @bryanborland.bsky.social · 5h

I'm PUMPED to share a celebratory reading launching ASSARACUS ISSUE 26! Click on this link to jump into our bedroom and join nine poets featured in our relaunch sharing their work, their favorite songs, dirty jokes, serious business, and above all #queer JOY. #poetry vimeo.com/1134236524?f...

Assaracus Issue 26: A Queer Dive Bar Launch Party Reading

After years away, Assaracus roars back to life: fluid, defiant, unapologetic, and gloriously multiple. Assaracus Issue 26 revives the journal that never played it…

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Jack Drago - Vast Country Hypnosis @vasthypno.bsky.social · 18h

Read this one at @bryanborland.bsky.social Assaracus #Poetry reading tonight. it's called "Back Alley Gods" (2019)

Back Alley Gods
Worshipped in secret,
Image emblazoned On
the wrong side of town.

Back Alley Gods
Stolen from savages!
It seems no one was proud
To have these deities around.

A Aztec Mexican diety painted on the back side of a building in the Fruitvale district of Oakland.

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Father Marc 𖤐 @fathermarc.bsky.social · 1d

LISTEN TO THE VOICE…DO YOU RECOGNIZE IT???

HE HAS LED MANY OF US INTO HYPNO BLISS!!! I LOVE THIS MAN @vasthypno.bsky.social AND I LOVE HIS PUBLISHER @bryanborland.bsky.social

THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU BOTH DO!!!

Jack Drago - Vast Country Hypnosis @vasthypno.bsky.social · 12d

Reading my #poetry in #Leather
"WAYSTATION OF THE DAMNED"
Published by @bryanborland.bsky.social in Assaracus no 26

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kathyincanada.bsky.social @kathyincanada.bsky.social · 2d

Happy Margaret Atwood's memoir is released today to those who celebrate. (Surely I am not the only one who CANNOT WAIT to read this).

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Bryan Borland @bryanborland.bsky.social · 3d

Loved loved loved sharing stories and #poetry at the Hot Springs (Arkansas) Poetry Festival over the weekend with a good group of very talented people and a great audience!

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Bryan Borland @bryanborland.bsky.social · 5d

I co-sign on this #halloween playlist 🎃

Kris Kosach 🦋 @kosach.bsky.social · 5d

I made y oh a spooky moody #Halloween playlist #bluesky! Hopefully you don’t know any of these: open.spotify.com/playlist/3Yy...
#musicaky #Howl-a-ween #musicchallenge 🎃

Haunted Roadhouse

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Bryan Borland @bryanborland.bsky.social · 5d

Love this!

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Bryan Borland @bryanborland.bsky.social · 9d

I feel this sometimes too. It’s bizarre.

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snow @ssnowsball.bsky.social · 9d

Keith Haring & Juan Dubose

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Bryan Borland @bryanborland.bsky.social · 11d

This man / wolf loves you back!

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Bryan Borland @bryanborland.bsky.social · 11d

🐺 🌕

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The Booker Prizes @thebookerprizes.com · 12d

Have you watched the Booker Prize 2025 shortlist films?

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Watch the Booker Prize 2025 shortlist films | The Booker Prizes

Stormzy, Katherine Parkinson, Rory Kinnear, Arlo Parks, Shazad Latif and Gabrielle Creevy star in our new films showcasing the 2025 shortlist

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Bryan Borland @bryanborland.bsky.social · 12d

When I brought Assaracus back, I wanted to make sure I included voices that aren’t afraid to be subversive - just like the poets I first fell in love with in books like An Outlaw Bible of American #Poetry. Jack Drago is one of those voices. 🔥 😈 🔥 ✊🔥 His work reminds me of John Giorno.

Jack Drago - Vast Country Hypnosis @vasthypno.bsky.social · 12d

Reading my #poetry in #Leather
"WAYSTATION OF THE DAMNED"
Published by @bryanborland.bsky.social in Assaracus no 26

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Andrew Hahn @andrewhahn.bsky.social · 15d

I have 9 new poems in @bryanborland.bsky.social’s revival of Assaracus! 😈⛓️

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Leo Herrera @herreraimages.bsky.social · 19d

Illegals.
Page 3 in SENTENCES.

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Bryan Borland @bryanborland.bsky.social · 19d

One of the last things Jubi said to me: “Spiritually I don’t know where I’m headed, but I feel the need to explore beyond. That’s as much as I know right now.”

Explore, my friend. Take it all in. As of today, it’s all yours to discover. Love you forever, Jubi Arriola-Headley. (Poet, Original Kink)

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Bryan Borland @bryanborland.bsky.social · 21d

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The Publishing Triangle Presents LGBTQ+ Publishing 101: A Virtual Panel Discussion Thursday, November 6, 2025 | 6:00–7:30 PM EST Register to attend Join The Publishing Triangle for an engaging convers...

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Bryan Borland @bryanborland.bsky.social · 23d

So much love to Kai Coggin for curating a spirit-lifting night of storytelling with the Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival. My most common “performing” pose is unconsciously placing my hand on my chest, somewhere around my heart. Hand on heart, it was a magical space. ❤️ #poetry #gaypoetry

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Bryan Borland @bryanborland.bsky.social · 24d

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Bryan Borland @bryanborland.bsky.social · 24d

As part of the Hot Springs (Arkansas) Documentary Film Festival, I’ll be sharing the story of Sibling Rivalry Press tomorrow night at a campfire storytelling event. Excited to be with some of my favs. #queerpoetry #gaypoetry #poetry hsdfi.org