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Michael Todd Cohen
@michaeltoddcohen.bsky.social
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aka "saltpeter"; queer writer, artist and adoptee living in New England. michaeltoddcohen.com
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Michael Todd Cohen @michaeltoddcohen.bsky.social · 1d
Cruisin.'...
black and white illustration of a male figure standing in the forest waving
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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 17h
Last call to check out our SEPTEMBER ISSUE before it hits the archive💕

WORDS by Max Wheeler, JR Fenn, Kimaya Diggs, & Michal ‘MJ’ Jones
ART by Valerie Marshall
AND Benjamin Selesnick reviews Katie Lynn Johnston
PLUS Matthew Groff reviews Gabe Montesanti
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Technical-style drawing with an isometric view of industrial buildings on a square plot of land, surrounded by a crevasse on all sides, enmeshed with tree roots. A wonky forest with striped antelopes forms a desolate stronghold around the complex.
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Nicole Tallman @natallman.bsky.social · 19h
In breaking news, I will be hosting A Very Gay Literary Happy Hour in Baltimore on 3/6 of AWP from 5-7 pm. More details coming soon.
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NAWP @notatawp.bsky.social · 20h
Tonight night!

Wait, that didn't sound right.

To-night?

Too-nightnight?

2nite night?

Whatever, see you at 7:00.
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Jared Beloff @readinstead.bsky.social · 1d
Tomorrow Night!
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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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Michael Todd Cohen @michaeltoddcohen.bsky.social · 17h
👋 today's hand studies from "Book of 100 Hands" (Bridgman)
three small pencil sketches of hands in various positions: one clenched, another with fingers spread, another with focus on the back of the hand
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ANMLY @anmlymag.bsky.social · 5d
"Young, we shapeshifted. We made our bodies. Corporate grandiosity / couldn’t claim us. Our manager was one rabid man afraid of wet places, trained to gain from every grand / opening..."

—Erin Vachon

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Erin Vachon – ANMLY
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Michael Todd Cohen @michaeltoddcohen.bsky.social · 1d
a day or two ago... i am skeptical of the socials but missed folks in our community. I am OH SO HAPPY to see YOU my friend!! ♥️
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Michael Todd Cohen @michaeltoddcohen.bsky.social · 1d
Cruisin.'...
black and white illustration of a male figure standing in the forest waving
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ALOCASIA @alocasiamag.bsky.social · 1d
Celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day with queer planty IndigiLit!
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ALOCASIA @alocasiamag.bsky.social · Aug 15
Our ALOCASIA has unfurled a new leaf! And we're so proud!

It's our first all-Indigenous issue! This is a showcase of the work of 20 writers from around the world, curated by our guest editors Yasmine Bolden, tripp j Crouse, and Sarah Clark. We hope you are as delighted by it as we are

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Alocasia leaf background. Text reads "Plantcestors: The Indigenous Issue"
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Michael Todd Cohen @michaeltoddcohen.bsky.social · 1d
today's sketch, working on highlights, lowlights and texture...
sketch of curly-haired man with towel over shoulder, some gold highlights pick out aspects of the figure. it is signed "sp."
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Dr. Prakash Kashwan @pkashwan.bsky.social · 2d
On the Indigenous Peoples' Day 2025: how should we act on Indigenous wisdom & praxis? In Decolonization Environmentalism, we celebrate the confluence of the movements of Black, Indigenous, People of Color & youth worldwide. Building cross-movement solidarities is more important than ever before. ✊🏽🌎⚖️
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Dr. Prakash Kashwan @pkashwan.bsky.social · Dec 10
Hi, BlueSky! Delighted to📣 Decolonizing Environmentalism (bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social) is hitting the virtual book-shelf later this month & the bookstores in the new year. We wrote it esp. for the youth environmental & climate activists. Plz help spread the word. www.bloomsbury.com/us/decoloniz...
Decolonizing Environmentalism
We live in a moment rife with mixed emotions-existential anxieties about catastrophic climate change, presumptuous confidence in planet-hacking geoengineering t…
www.bloomsbury.com
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Michael Todd Cohen @michaeltoddcohen.bsky.social · 2d
digitally sampled yesterday's grape ink, thoughts on his name?
digital pencil portrait of a man with a long face, washed in blues and purples; he has a gold earring on the right side; it is signed "sp" in white
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Michael Todd Cohen @michaeltoddcohen.bsky.social · 2d
today's sketches (H/T Bob Mizer 🏳️‍🌈)
sketches of five hands featuring alternately knuckles or thumbs; a hand-drawn label reads: knuckles plus thumbs. pencil sketch of two hands clasped over a person's lower back; another, larger hand in foreground is blurred with erasure marks.
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Jared Beloff @readinstead.bsky.social · 2d
Have you signed up yet? It's this Tuesday!
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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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Adrian Dallas Frandle @adrianf.bsky.social · 3d
I agree with most of this glowing review of @amiesouzareilly.bsky.social's excellent book "Human/Animal" EXCEPT that I think it would make a better prestige drama for HBO rather than Netflix slop.

In all seriousness: read the review and read the book:

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Human/Animal: A Bestiary in Essays by Amie Souza Reilly Review by Irene Cooper - The Los Angeles Review
Human/Animal: A Bestiary in Essays by Amie Souza Reilly Review by Irene Cooper Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier University Press Publication Date: 4/22/2025 ISBN: 9781771126809 Pages: Illustrated | 194 page...
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Michael Todd Cohen @michaeltoddcohen.bsky.social · 3d
"I've always lived with the belief that monogamy is against nature and nothing is taboo." - Wakefield Poole
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Alina Stefanescu @alinaetc.bsky.social · 3d
The music that is inside me.
The music that is in silence, in possibility
May it come and amaze me.

— Paul Valery, Notebook VI
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Michael Todd Cohen @michaeltoddcohen.bsky.social · 3d
ink from the humble blue table grape! wonderful for hand shadows. 🍇
a single blue table grape on a white background In the foreground is a drawing of two hands in twisted positions, they are painted in blues, purples and light brown. In the background is a labeled bottle partially visible "table grape ink." two sketched hands in twisted positions, colored in purples, blues and some brown.
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Michael Todd Cohen @michaeltoddcohen.bsky.social · 4d
shadow studies with foraged inks: stag horn sumac, pin oak acorn cap, black walnut 🍂
two drawings side by side of a muscular arm, reaching backward, palm upturned. on the left the image is painted with dark tones. on the right, the image is painted with a three-color mix of browns and reds. At the top of the frame are three ink bottles.
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