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Chris L. Butler 💎 🍉 @clbpoetry.bsky.social · 13h

It was a blast I had a lovely time thank you @readinstead.bsky.social for hosting plus @mitchnobis.bsky.social and @djvorreyer.bsky.social for reading and performing with me tonight 💙🙌🏽

Chris L. Butler 💎 🍉 @clbpoetry.bsky.social · 16h

Tonight! 7pm eastern
Register below ⬇️

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A NAWP Reading: Chris L. Butler, Mitch Nobis & Donna Vorreyer

A NAWP Reading: Chris L. Butler, Mitch Nobis & Donna Vorreyer. Hosted by Jared Beloff.

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Chris L. Butler 💎 🍉 @clbpoetry.bsky.social · 16h

RIP DAngelo

Chris L. Butler 💎 🍉 @clbpoetry.bsky.social · 16h

Tonight! 7pm eastern
Register below ⬇️

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A NAWP Reading: Chris L. Butler, Mitch Nobis & Donna Vorreyer

A NAWP Reading: Chris L. Butler, Mitch Nobis & Donna Vorreyer. Hosted by Jared Beloff.

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Chris L. Butler 💎 🍉 @clbpoetry.bsky.social · 1d

See y’all tomorrow! Register below ⬇️

Mitchell Nobis @mitchnobis.bsky.social · 1d

This is tomorrow, so RSVP now! I think this is my first live online reading since the book came out believe it or not, so I'd be honored if you joined the crowd. Plus, @clbpoetry.bsky.social & @djvorreyer.bsky.social are the BEST!

NAWP @notatawp.bsky.social · 25d

Announcement time! October 14th, 7:00 Eastern: Hear poems from @clbpoetry.bsky.social, @mitchnobis.bsky.social, and @djvorreyer.bsky.social! Hosted by the amazing @readinstead.bsky.social!

Hit the eventbrite link to register. NAWP!

www.eventbrite.com/e/a-nawp-rea...

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Mitchell Nobis @mitchnobis.bsky.social · 1d

This is tomorrow, so RSVP now! I think this is my first live online reading since the book came out believe it or not, so I'd be honored if you joined the crowd. Plus, @clbpoetry.bsky.social & @djvorreyer.bsky.social are the BEST!

NAWP @notatawp.bsky.social · 25d

Announcement time! October 14th, 7:00 Eastern: Hear poems from @clbpoetry.bsky.social, @mitchnobis.bsky.social, and @djvorreyer.bsky.social! Hosted by the amazing @readinstead.bsky.social!

Hit the eventbrite link to register. NAWP!

www.eventbrite.com/e/a-nawp-rea...

Promo graphic with author photos of Donna Vorreyer, Chris Butler, and Mitchell Nobis. And the NAWP ostrich, of course.
The text says:
A NAWP Reading
Chris L. Butler
Mitch Nobis
Donna Vorreyer
Hosted by
Jared Beloff
October 14, 2025
7:00-8:00PM EST

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NAWP @notatawp.bsky.social · 1d

Tomorrow!

Chris L. Butler 💎 🍉 @clbpoetry.bsky.social · 22d

Can’t wait to share poems with everyone on October 14th! #NAWP

NAWP @notatawp.bsky.social · 25d

Announcement time! October 14th, 7:00 Eastern: Hear poems from @clbpoetry.bsky.social, @mitchnobis.bsky.social, and @djvorreyer.bsky.social! Hosted by the amazing @readinstead.bsky.social!

Hit the eventbrite link to register. NAWP!

www.eventbrite.com/e/a-nawp-rea...

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NAWP @notatawp.bsky.social · 20d

NAWP!

Chris L. Butler 💎 🍉 @clbpoetry.bsky.social · 22d

Can’t wait to share poems with everyone on October 14th! #NAWP

NAWP @notatawp.bsky.social · 25d

Announcement time! October 14th, 7:00 Eastern: Hear poems from @clbpoetry.bsky.social, @mitchnobis.bsky.social, and @djvorreyer.bsky.social! Hosted by the amazing @readinstead.bsky.social!

Hit the eventbrite link to register. NAWP!

www.eventbrite.com/e/a-nawp-rea...

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Chris L. Butler 💎 🍉 @clbpoetry.bsky.social · 22d

Can’t wait to share poems with everyone on October 14th! #NAWP

NAWP @notatawp.bsky.social · 25d

Announcement time! October 14th, 7:00 Eastern: Hear poems from @clbpoetry.bsky.social, @mitchnobis.bsky.social, and @djvorreyer.bsky.social! Hosted by the amazing @readinstead.bsky.social!

Hit the eventbrite link to register. NAWP!

www.eventbrite.com/e/a-nawp-rea...

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Chris L. Butler 💎 🍉 @clbpoetry.bsky.social · Sep 11

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Electric Literature @electricliterature.com · Sep 2

Get those poems, graphic narratives, and flash prose pieces ready! The Commuter will be open for submissions from 9/15 - 9/21, or until our submission cap is reached ⚡ 💡 We can't wait to read your work!

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Chris L. Butler 💎 🍉 @clbpoetry.bsky.social · Sep 7

Thank you

Chris L. Butler 💎 🍉 @clbpoetry.bsky.social · Sep 6

Agreed. Whenever people try to say Trump is from Florida, I quickly remind them that he is from QUEENS.

Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · Sep 6

When I see people online, even in jest, suggest that people living in Republican-controlled states should be abandoned because of their politicians, I feel a deep heartache. New York CREATED Donald Trump and none of y’all are ever talk about it the way you disparage Alabama or Mississippi.

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Fahmidan Group @fahmidangroup.bsky.social · Sep 6

Issue 23 Contributors 🧡

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Fahmidan Group @fahmidangroup.bsky.social · Sep 6

Autumn Issue 23 Cover Reveal
By Tara Toni 🐈‍⬛️

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Chris L. Butler 💎 🍉 @clbpoetry.bsky.social · Sep 6

Read below

Breezy (they/them) @abitchislive.bsky.social · Sep 6

Ok so in case yall missed the memo like I did. David Lehman, series editor of Best American Poetry is a Zionist ass. Literally feel embarrassed that I wound up in this situation. I was literally the only person of color in a room of 50+ people. It was terrifying.
#poetry #bestamericanpoetry

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · Sep 6

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Chris L. Butler 💎 🍉 @clbpoetry.bsky.social · Sep 6

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Workshops4Gaza @workshops4gaza.bsky.social · Sep 6

Sodexo has denied T Hoxha her library job, 27 days into her hunger strike. The ask now is to call local UK embassies and pressure them to contact the UK ministry of justice, in addition to keeping up calls to the jail. Casey is on Day 11 without food.

tinyurl.com/FREETHOXHA

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · Sep 6

The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city.

This is not a joke. This is not normal.

Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.

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Workshops4Gaza @workshops4gaza.bsky.social · Sep 6

To save T. Hoxha's life:

email:
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]

call:
011 +44 20 7404 0110 (from US)
+44 20 7404 (from elsewhere)

Contact journalists and major news outlets

Organize a protest at your local UK embassy w/T Hoxha's demands

To save T. Hoxha's life:

email:
RALPH.LUBKOWSKI@sodexogov.co.uk
patrick.forbes@sodexo.com
karen.reid@sodexo.com

call:
011 +44 20 7404 0110 (from US)
+44 20 7404 (from elsewhere)

Contact journalists and major news outlets

Organize a protest at your local UK embassy w/T Hoxha's demands

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Chris L. Butler 💎 🍉 @clbpoetry.bsky.social · Sep 6

😂 🦛

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Chris L. Butler 💎 🍉 @clbpoetry.bsky.social · Sep 6

Just sent work to the Nati Review for the first time

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Julia Rose Kraut @juliarosekraut.bsky.social · Sep 5

“We stayed because we did not just want to win the battle. We wanted to win the war.”

Rest in Peace and Power, Joseph McNeil 🗃️

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Joseph McNeil, Young Spark in a Civil Rights Battle, Dies at 83

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Workshops4Gaza @workshops4gaza.bsky.social · Sep 5

Match our $20 please?

Dr. Divya 🇵🇸🧿 (offline) @divyampersaud.com · Sep 5

Just 16 hours left, but we're close. Meeting and exceeding this goal will help support 19 families in north Gaza who desperately need food, shelter, supplies, and transportation. The situation is increasingly catastrophic. You can help.

3958/4100. chuffed.org/project/hope...

Keep Hope Alive: a Gaza Giving Circle

We are a team of volunteers in the US and UK, led by two sisters passionate about helping our friends on the ground keep their families and neighbors alive with food, water, & shelter. We saw that…

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