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Farah 🌿
@farahghafoor.bsky.social
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poet and author of Shadow Price (House of Anansi, 2025) 🌿 | she/her | Tkaronto | farahghafoor.com | farah.substack.com | IG @/shadowpricepoems
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Poet Talk about Trees featuring @farahghafoor.bsky.social!

Tune in for talk about trees, snails, time and more. Available where you listen to podcasts: poettalk.buzzsprout.com/2362005/epis...
so happy that it was cancelled!
✨SHADOW PRICE FALL SCHEDULE ✨

she's back and cooler than ever

www.farahghafoor.com/events.html
i actually don't respect anyone who uses AI. it's another selfish plaything for the global north, which will not face the consequences of its actions until it's the last one standing, all because we are taught that our convenience and pleasure trumps any remaining ethical thought we have.
i just find this so bizarre. searching through texts and doing the reading for myself is how i actually think through ideas! trying to put together a sentence is how i figure out what i actually want to say!
Everyone Is Using A.I. for Everything. Is That Bad?
www.nytimes.com
virtual launch this sunday!
virtual launch attendees will be entered into a giveaway to receive a free signed copy of Shadow Price! registration is linked in my bio, on my website, and here:
us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
hope to see you there!!! <3
SUNDAY, 5/18, 6PM CST: come help me celebrate the virtual launch of @farahghafoor.bsky.social's collection Shadow Price (@houseofanansi.bsky.social)! @sarahali.bsky.social and I will be reading a couple poems to kick things off 💛

Register here: tinyurl.com/ywx5dn6p
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While you highlight it, please note is the product of local journalism, which has been carrying a lot of the burden in an environment where national outlets simply can't cover everything everywhere all at once. Support your local journalists!
Please highlight this story.

ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.

kfor.com/news/local/w...
'We're citizens!': Oklahoma City family traumatized after ICE raids home, but they weren't suspects
A woman says her family’s fresh start in Oklahoma turned into a nightmare after federal immigration agents raided their home, taking their phones, laptops, and life savings – even though they were …
kfor.com
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Likewise thrilled! Can’t wait to hear you read, Farah!
thrilled to be reading Lit Live this Sunday May 4th in Hamilton at 7pm alongside Adnan Khan @amandaleduc.bsky.social and @robertjsawyer.com 🐾♥️
thrilled to be reading Lit Live this Sunday May 4th in Hamilton at 7pm alongside Adnan Khan @amandaleduc.bsky.social and @robertjsawyer.com 🐾♥️
tonight!!
thrilled to be reading at @vancouverwritersfest next tuesday april 29 at 7:30pm
inshallah!! with @tawahum @estlinmcphee evelyn lau and hosted by billeh nickerson buy your tickets via the link in their bio or writersfest.ba.ca
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The wait is over: our May 2025 issue is here. Discover the latest reporting on Canada’s private surgery boom, the collapse of big media, the fight against pollution, and more.

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🔎 Inside the issue: thewalrus.ca/category/issues/...
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GritLit in Hamilton was *chef’s kiss*!

Literary festivals are such a vital part of our cultural landscape. Thank you to everyone who attended and immense respect to my fellow panelists and the organizers. ♥️

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#hamilton #canlit #literaryfestival #bookish
I'm doing three readings at Mayworks Festival of Labour and the Arts this year!

Friday May 2: Festival Launch, Steelworkers Hall at 6pm
Saturday May 3: Who's Afraid of Labour Justice exhibition reception, Charles Street Video at 6pm
Sunday May 25: Solo Performance, Charles Street Video at 2pm
my pike and chisel!
On point:

Poetry was attractive to me because it’s concise and conceptually precise.
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virtual launch attendees will be entered into a giveaway to receive a free signed copy of Shadow Price! registration is linked in my bio, on my website, and here:
us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
thrilled to be reading at @vancouverwritersfest next tuesday april 29 at 7:30pm
inshallah!! with @tawahum @estlinmcphee evelyn lau and hosted by billeh nickerson buy your tickets via the link in their bio or writersfest.ba.ca
my (one and only) cat poem
"Admission" was selected for Poem in Your Pocket Day, April 24 🌞 print out the postcards found on the League of Canadian Poets website! here’s my muse and the leader of the cult that l'm in