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Genevieve DeGuzman
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Poet & writer based in Portland, OR. Tin House Workshop. StoryStudio. Oregon Lit Fellowship. KARAOKE AT THE END OF THE WORLD (out 3.2026, JackLeg Pres). PRE-ORDER on Bookshop.org & Amazon. Links here: https://genevievedeguzman.carbonmade.com/karaoke
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Genevieve DeGuzman @gendeguzman.bsky.social · 7d
BOOM. ⚡️🧨 Consider a pre-order! My debut collection explores grief for our mothers and ourselves.💥The vibe: end times in the multiverse, tender apocalypses, music, the extinct, ancient, alien, and animal. A bit speculative, a bit strange. Links in bio & here genevievedeguzman.carbonmade.com/karaoke
Cover for Karaoke at the End of the World, a debut poetry collection by Genevieve DeGuzman, out from JackLeg Press in March 2026. Cover is an illustration of a lit stick of dynamite and rays of light emanating around it with frenetic energy. Pink and orange and beige yellow. Links here: https://genevievedeguzman.carbonmade.com/karaoke
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🗓️Monthly reminder - the Circle is always open. Submit a poem today. There's no fee and we promise a quick turnaround. Submission guidelines: stonecirclereview.com/submissions-...

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A round hole in a weathered brick wall looks out onto very blue sky, with a faint, shadow of the Stone Circle logo stretching across the opening.
November 30, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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It’s that time of year when the ground tells fairytales. 🍄
Close up of the Amanita muscaria mushroom in brilliant red with blotchy spots. Set of three amanitas with very round red caps and spots. They look like technicolor Mexican pastry breads. A series of four Amanitas, some bright red, some orange, arrayed on the leaf covered ground.
November 30, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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me, begging, tears in my eyes: please. please just tell me what the book is about. the plot. please a book annotation on the cover, unfazed: A Subversive Masterpiece. A Deep And Touching Story. The New York Times Bestseller. Go Fuck Yourself
November 30, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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#caturday splits and toe bean stretches
Cat in a compromising pose doing the splits, legs on either side Close up of raised back leg and her hairy toe beans
November 30, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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How
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"oh, don't forget to highlight, in bright red, the two-letter word in the tagline! the two letter word that's kind of the whole point of this clever ad campaign! the two letter word that links this show to the horror movie of the same name!"

"no problem boss. i'm on it"
an ad for the new series “welcome to derry” with the tagline “go back to where IT all began“, except somehow, they highlighted the word “to“ instead of “it“
November 30, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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If you're looking for a gift for you or the writer in your life, the @barrelhouse.bsky.social DC conference on 4/18/26 is just $95 & includes the full day conference focusing on craft and publishing, 1 book, 1 workshop w an editor, more lit stuff from our partners! www.barrelhousemag.com/conference
The Barrelhouse Conference: Conversations and Connections, Practical Advice on Writing — Barrelhouse
Conversations and Connections is a one-day conference organized by Barrelhouse in person at American University in Washington, DC on April 18, 2026.
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November 29, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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“Except the sky has the vague look /
of a person who has said too much at a dinner party.“
November 29, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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Fun Fact: KARAOKE is an 8X8 inch square meant to evoke a vinyl album. What music genre? you ask. Some poems feel melancholy punk or flex power ballad. Some go 90s Björk. In any case, it will look pretty sweet on your bookshelf.

Bookshop has free shipping:
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Book flyer for KARAOKE AT THE END OF THE WORLD, a poetry collection releasing 3.16.2026. Crazy gradient pink to yellow to complement the lit dynamite illustration in the cover art. Pre-orders are available on Bookshop (yay) and Amazon (boo).
November 29, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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✨ Support small press authors. Some Bookshop.org recommendations:

Chloe Clark, EVERY GALAXY A CIRCLE
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Taylor Byas, RESTING BITCH FACE
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Michelle Peñaloza, ALL THE WORDS I CAN REMEMBER ARE POEMS

Asa Drake, MAYBE THE BODY
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Book cover for EVERY GALAXY A CIRCLE (stories) by Chloe N. Clark Book cover for RESTING BITCH FACE (poems) by Taylor Byas Book cover for ALL THE WORDS I CAN REMEMBER ARE POEMS by Michelle Peñaloza Book cover for MAYBE THE BODY (poems) by Asa Drake
November 28, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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When grief feels like a tender apocalypse, you don’t just cry. You sing at the top of your lungs.

BTW, there's FREE SHIPPING on pre-orders at Bookshop for all books (including mine). Have a Very Bookish Black Friday!
Karaoke at the End of the World
Check out Karaoke at the End of the World - <em>Karaoke at the End of the World </em>by Genevieve DeGuzman is a mesmerizing poetry collection that takes readers on an intergalactic journey through the...
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November 28, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Did you know @bookshop.org has free shipping today? And that it works on pre-orders? Just being helpful over here... Oh look, what's this link for?
Every Galaxy a Circle
Check out Every Galaxy a Circle - <p>An Intriguing Journey through the Cosmos of Human Experience</p><p></p><p>In <em>Every Galaxy a Circle</em>, Chloe N. Clark masterfully intertwines memories, ghost...
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November 28, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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To visit a cozy bookstore today is probably more fun, but you can pre-order my book and support a small press from the cozy comfort of your own bed:

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The Divide, on sale from Cornerstone Press
November 28, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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gracelp.bsky.social Grace Loh Prasad @gracelp.bsky.social · 2d
If you’re lonely on Thanksgiving, mourning a loved one, or don’t have the kind of support you hoped for whatever reason, I wrote this for you. It’s also included in my book The Translator’s Daughter theoffingmag.com/insight/the-...
The Orca and the Spider: On Motherhood, Loss, and Community - The Offing
Insight - The Offing Magazine
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November 28, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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Happy Thanksgiving!
November 28, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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In Sonoma at the Poet’s Corner Book Shop, the cutest edge of the world bookstore, with KARAOKE AT THE END OF THE WORLD (pulled up on my phone). Who wants to read here with me in 2026?
Genevieve stands in front of the Poet's Corner Book Shop, a bookstore on the Sonoma coast. She holds her phone with a picture of Karaoke at the End of the World pulled up.
November 28, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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BOOM. ⚡️🧨 Consider a pre-order! My debut collection explores grief for our mothers and ourselves.💥The vibe: end times in the multiverse, tender apocalypses, music, the extinct, ancient, alien, and animal. A bit speculative, a bit strange. Links in bio & here genevievedeguzman.carbonmade.com/karaoke
Cover for Karaoke at the End of the World, a debut poetry collection by Genevieve DeGuzman, out from JackLeg Press in March 2026. Cover is an illustration of a lit stick of dynamite and rays of light emanating around it with frenetic energy. Pink and orange and beige yellow. Links here: https://genevievedeguzman.carbonmade.com/karaoke
November 23, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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continuing my walkthrough of DAYLIGHT & TENFOLD ORIOLES over at @donatedwords.bsky.social!

PAGE 14/"Shadowcast” by @melissacuisine.bsky.social

words donated by
@gendeguzman.bsky.social
Patrick Dorsey
@madelinksi.bsky.social

author took on a “light word” challenge

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DAYLIGHT & TENFOLD ORIOLES walkthrough!

PAGE 14: “Shadowcast” by @melissacuisine.bsky.social

donated words
@gendeguzman.bsky.social SIPHON
Patrick Dorsey SYMPHONIC
@madelinksi.bsky.social HARBINGER

word challenge: light word
word choice: dawn

free PDF collection: tinyurl.com/2025daylight
square image with black background and black border. a digital book page is at the center. the page is white with black text. the title of a poem, “Shadowcast,” is at the top left of the page. poem text is as follows: Shadowcast Siphon the heat of the day Into the palm of your hand Close your fingers around the warmth Press it to my skin To ward off the desert dip down The glow once stayed through the night But now fades before dawn returns And I shiver in the gray, gleaning The sun rises across the foothills Casts symphonic shadows Across the plaster that holds the walls intact Hollow inside, termites eating through the studs A sluggish harbinger of destruction It is not us entangled Just the outline of empty bedsheets Miniature dunes of dust along the baseboards Melissa Flores Anderson long rectangular box, longer horizontally, is at the bottom of the page. has a black border and white background. black text reads the donated words author used: siphon symphonic harbinger and then a blue underlined jump link to the donated words list. then the name of the challenge “include a word related to light" and the author’s word choice: dawn page number 14 is in black text at bottom center of page white square image with black text reads: Melissa Flores Anderson's work has been featured in more than 40 literary venues and anthologies, including swamp pink, Chapter House and HAD. Her flash "Nesting Doll" has been selected for inclusion in the 2025 Best Small Fictions Anthology. She is the EIC of the Broken Hearts Gallery Literary, an Instagram project that features photos and micro stories (@brokenheartsliterary) and a reader/editor with Roi Fainéant Press. Her first full-length short story collection All and Then None of You is out now (Cowboy Jamboree). Follow her on Twitter/Bluesky @melissacuisine or IG/Threads @theirishmonths. Read her work at melissafloresandersonwrites.com white square image with black text reads: Page 14 features the poem "Shadowcast" by Melissa Flores Anderson. Melissa incorporated the following words into this piece: SIPHON donated by Genevieve DeGuzman SYMPHONIC donated by Patrick Dorsey HARBINGER donated by Madeleine Corley word challenge: light word word choice: dawn "Shadowcast" has such fresh imagery. there's much warmth throughout and the landscapes and surroundings are rich with abundant detail. there is also a sense of safety and beauty and illumination in many forms. then, the poem takes a turn and not just in tone. sudden, surprising moments reflect a coolness in temperature and emotion. the poem becomes a meditation on opposites. that final image of "dunes of dust" is so striking. it takes us a long way from the glow and welcome heat that was introduced at the beginning. white square image with black text reads: Melissa Flores Anderson's work has been featured in more than 40 literary venues and anthologies, including swamp pink, Chapter House and HAD. Her flash "Nesting Doll" has been selected for inclusion in the 2025 Best Small Fictions Anthology. She is the EIC of the Broken Hearts Gallery Literary, an Instagram project that features photos and micro stories (@brokenheartsliterary) and a reader/editor with Roi Fainéant Press. Her first full-length short story collection All and Then None of You is out now (Cowboy Jamboree). Follow her on Twitter/Bluesky @melissacuisine or IG/Threads @theirishmonths. Read her work at melissafloresandersonwrites.com get the free PDF here: tinyurl.com/2025daylight or via the link in my bio
November 20, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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November 17, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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(words/word donors 2 of 3)

MIRACLE - @karenmsteiger.bsky.social
PERMISSION - Melinda Farrar
PROLIX - Meesh Montoya
REGENT - @stonespiral.bsky.social
SIMULTANEOUS - @norbaikin.bsky.social
SIPHON - @gendeguzman.bsky.social SYMPHONIC - Patrick Dorsey
TIDE - @krislindbeck.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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DAYLIGHT & TENFOLD ORIOLES walkthrough!

PAGE 6: & DAYLIGHT/intro to the project featuring 17 authors & 17 donated words

this resulted in 16 poems & 1 microfiction work! credits in thread!

i will be focusing on 1 poem at a time in the 17 posts ahead!

get the free PDF: tinyurl.com/2025daylight
white square image. a page of a digital book appears at the center. the book page has a close-up of the cover art in the background. the attention is mostly on the yellow shading but there is orange shading in a small sliver to the right vertically (but not straight) down the page. “& daylight” heading text is at the top left of the page in bold white font black text reads discusses more about how the project (alt text won’t fit - msg me if you need help!) a white box with a black border and two columns contains the following black text: APRICITY - Marie Marchard DAYLIGHT - Oswald Perez FREQUENCY - Julia Beach GOSSAMER - Linda Crate HARBINGER - Madeleine Corley HEARTSICK - K Weber KERFUFFLE - Elizabeth Fletcher MIRACLE - Karen Steiger PERMISSION - Melinda Farrar PROLIX - Meesh Montoya REGENT - m klein SIMULTANEOUS - Norb Aikin SIPHON - Genevieve DeGuzman SYMPHONIC - Patrick Dorsey TIDE - Kris Lindbeck VERIFY - Kim Mannix WOMB - Kashiana Singh The following appears in black text outside of the box at the end of the page: I am really excited for all to read these poems... for the authors to see who contributed the words they were assigned... and for the word donors to see how their words inspired the authors! The page number six appears in black text at the bottom center white square image with black text reads: on page 6 we have the intro to a new series of donated words writing. i called this section & DAYLIGHT. the background is a simple zoom-in of the front cover but with more attention paid to the yellow-shaded area. this portion of the book contains 17 original pieces - 16 poems & 1 microfiction - by 17 authors. i received 17 donated words for this project. i got creative in how i assigned words randomly to each author from the pool of 17 words. revisiting the WELCOME section (pages 2 & 3) you can find more detail as to the methods and tools i used. i decided to give each author 3 words, from those provided to us, to infuse into our writing. no 2 authors share more than one of the same donated words with the exception of one writer - who i gave 4 words - as she participated as an author in the first donated words collection, THIS ASSEMBLY, in 2019. each author was given an optional, unique challenge wherein they chose a word to incorporate into their piece. pages 7-24 contain these new works and show which words and challenges were weaved into them. i am so excited to take a deeper look into all of the resulting writing and the donated words and tie it all together! this has been a beautiful collaboration! you can get the free PDF here: tinyurl.com/2025daylight white square image with black text reads: here are the words & word donors who made this project so vibrant: APRICITY - Marie Marchand DAYLIGHT - Oswald Perez FREQUENCY - Julia Beach GOSSAMER - Linda M. Crate HARBINGER - Madelinksi HEARTSICK - Kristi Weber KERFUFFLE - Elizabeth Fletcher MIRACLE - Karen Steiger PERMISSION - Melinda Farrar PROLIX - Meesh Montoya REGENT - m klein SIMULTANEOUS - Norb Aikin SIPHON - Genevieve DeGuzman SYMPHONIC - Patrick Dorsey TIDE - Kris Lindbeck VERIFY - Kim Mannix WOMB - Kashiana Singh white square image with black text reads: our amazing authors who took on new challenges and created fantastic poems & microfiction: Julie Luepke K Weber Karen Steiger Kiley Lee Marie Marchand Melissa Flores Anderson Michael Metivier Millie H Misty D. Hudson Oswald Perez Preston Danvers Sara Matson Sarah O’Brien Scott Nickell Steph Patterson Tiffany Sciacca Will Davis
November 11, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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Here are all the birds you need to worry about this week
Collage of five stolid birds on top of five worried heads
November 7, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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"Chimera/ of passion flowers running into Lady Banks/barely keeping pace with the sampaguitas." 💖
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“Honestly, it's the wrong year / to write a love poem.”

— Asa Drake (@asaldrake.bsky.social)

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This poem appeared in Sierra Magazine, 2022. Shared here with deep gratitude.
November 9, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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Reunited and it feels so good. Dropped by HOCUS Live for the PBF Cover to Cover series and read with local poet/writer besties, Andrea Deeken & Theresa Tran. We managed to channel Moon, Tower, & Fool energy for the night's Major Arcana theme, helped with some hot toddies. #pdxbookfest
Selfie of Andrea Deeken, Theresa Tran, and Genevieve DeGuzman. We read at HOCUS Live, a reading series in Portland held at the Rose City Book Pub that emphasizes poetry and prose and literary games and community. Theresa Tran, Genevieve DeGuzman, and Andrea Deeken squeeze onto a bench at the Rose City Book Pub behind our hot toddies and HOCUS Live programs. Shelf of books lines the wall behind us.
November 9, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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Pre-game this weekend’s #PDXBookFest. Come by Rose City Book Pub on NE Fremont, 7pm TONIGHT 11/7 for some tarot-themed poetry & prose and literary games with local writers. Hosted by HOCUS as part of the Cover to Cover series. #PBF25
November 7, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Mamdani: "Yes, aunties."
November 5, 2025 at 4:25 AM