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Jessica Lee McMillan
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Poet, teacher, music nerd | Chapbook: 𝘚𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘓𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘋𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘰𝘰𝘯 via Pinhole Poetry, Spring 2026 | Poems in CV2, The Malahat Review, QWERTY, ROOM, Crab Creek Review, The New Quarterly.
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Yasiin Bey & The Alchemist Announce Collab Album As FORENSICS
Yasiin Bey (fka Mos Def) and the Alchemist are teaming up for a collaborative album under the name FORENSICS. The two hip-hop legends have been teasing the project for a while, and today they announce...
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February 6, 2026 at 9:21 PM
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John Richards mentioned my daughter and I & read part of my email for #InternationalClashDay on KEXP just now✊ I feel like I’m 13 all over again:) Then, he somehow knew to play one of her fave tunes immediately after. Made our day!!!!!
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The Clash - White Riot (Official Video)
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February 6, 2026 at 4:16 PM
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Happening today at KEXP and worldwide. Ranking Roger is toasting over “Rock the Casbah” this very moment.
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#TheClash #KEXP #MusicSky #KnowYourRights #AntiFascist #AntiRacist #AntiViolence
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February 6, 2026 at 3:42 PM
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In that space between gentleness and vigilantism. This stellar collection is on its way via eBay. And yes, I still buy DVDs because I always want to be able to watch my favourite things.
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February 6, 2026 at 7:32 AM
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A tribute to punk ladies feat:
Jordan, Siouxsie Sioux, Chrissie Hynde, Poly Styrene, Soo Catwoman, Ari Up, Viv Albertine, Tessa Pollitt, The Raincoats, Gaye Advert, Vivienne Westwood, Nina Hagen, Debbie Juvenile & Wendy O Williams.

Audio: Peel Sessions of The Slits

#womenofpunk #punkrockhistory
February 6, 2026 at 4:05 AM
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Free RCLAS Writing Workshop "to construe a frankenlang" with Winston Lê. @winstonle.bsky.social

Monday MARCH 9, 2026
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
ANVIL CENTRE | STUDIO 417,
777 Columbia Street, New Westminster

This workshop is Free BUT registration is required.
Email: [email protected]
Event poster with a lined-paper background, a portrait of Winston Le--seated--and coloured blocks highlighting key text. RCLAS Writing Workshop "to construe a frankenlang" with Winston Lê Date: Monday MARCH 9, 2026 Time: 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Location: ANVIL CENTRE | STUDIO 417, 777 Columbia Street, New Westminster. This workshop is Free BUT registration is required. Email secretary@rclas.com Workshop Description: A neologism is a new word or expression, or a new meaning for an existing word. Through this “coinage,” we’ll explore versatility and dynamic innovation of language-making. In this workshop, we will explore how morphology (texture, sound, shape), semiotics (sign-making, interpretation), and re-materiality (physical body/vessel to embody the neologism) can reshape and enhance and expand our lexical innovation onto our babbling world. This will be a workshop on innovative linguistic processes that will lead to the creation of a poem based on your newly-created word. This class will be both lecture and workshop base. We will begin by discussing the varying definitions and elements that make up a neologism, as well as how one might experiment with the concept further... Through three linked generative writing exercises, we will explore a “exquisite corpse” approach in writing a poem based on a neologism and by doing so, destabilize and decolonize the nature of the poem and language itself. We’re going to have fun stitching up some linguistic body horror!"
February 6, 2026 at 1:47 AM
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We’re accepting submissions for cover art, poetry, art, photography, short form, or hybrid pieces for Vol 4 on the theme “Waterways".

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SAPP zone poster with undulating lines and a green-blue watery background. Text and additional details: Happy 2026 everyone! With the new year, we’re happy to announce that submissions are officially open for SAPP volume 04! 🎉 Our theme for volume 04 is “waterways.” As water wends its way across the landscape, its flow lends vibrancy to the places and beings it touches. Tell us about the stuff of life, the connections you treasure and the things that bring vibrancy to your life and your community. We’re looking forward to receiving your art, photography, and writing that captures what “waterways” means in your world! Subs open from today (January 5th) to March 31, 2026. We’re accepting submissions for cover art, poetry, art, photography, short form, or hybrid pieces for our third volume. Selected contributors will be paid for their work: $30 per piece and $100 for cover art! SAPP is run entirely by volunteers, so please allow 3-4 months for response time. All funds raised from sales of SAPP go directly towards funding in-person arts events and zine production. Submissions can be sent to editor@sappzine.ca, and you can visit the 🔗 in our bio for more submission details. We can’t wait to see what you have in store for us!
January 22, 2026 at 1:55 AM
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Not coming to Vancouver but I was lucky enough to see all these bands in Tokyo and Broken Social Scene three more times. This is wonderful news and it’s going to be a great tour!
February 4, 2026 at 3:41 PM
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❤️Congrats to Renaissance Coffee, Simon Fraser University❤️

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February 4, 2026 at 3:18 PM
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“The Hill Burns” by Nan Shepherd @byleaveswelive.bsky.social

"And these pure waters
Leap from the adamantine rocks,
The granites and schists
Of my dark and stubborn country".

#NanShepherd #Poetry

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The Hill Burns
So without sediment / Run the clear burns of my country, / Fiercely pure, / Transparent as light / Gathered into its own unity, / Lucent and without colour; / Or green, / Like...
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February 1, 2026 at 6:38 PM
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Finally have a copy of No Room for Squares. #HankMobley
Now when will Blue Note press Dippin’?
Hank Mobley LP cover resting on reflective turntable (in motion). LP cover is yellow & black and features Mobley smoking.
January 30, 2026 at 8:39 PM
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We are now offering yearly subscriptions for the 2026 season! Your subscription includes ten handmade chapbooks: VOLUME FOUR SELECTED & work from ARIEL GORDON, YVETTE LECLAIR, JESSICA LEE MCMILLAN, LM ROCHEFORT, ANDREW FRENCH & ROBIN SUSANTO. 3 Fall poets still TBA!

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poetry journal published four times per year / always open for submissions, always free to read / Chapbook Press
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January 29, 2026 at 5:14 PM
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After 7 years, a new album in March. #TheTwilightSad
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THE TWILIGHT SAD - DESIGNED TO LOSE
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January 24, 2026 at 5:09 PM
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If you live in #yvr your life has been touched by Karen Ward one way or another. Hope more people can support.
leftie-diskaurs.bsky.social 💖 surrey girl 💖 @leftie-diskaurs.bsky.social · 15d
@kwardvancouver.bsky.social has become houseless in the past week. she is an incredible and badass human who has given so much life to movements rooted in care especially in the dtes. she could really use some financial support while she’s in this volatile spot.

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January 23, 2026 at 5:49 AM
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Four stills from a movie you consider a masterpiece. No title. #FilmSky
Blue-green, translucent forest spirit growing above the treeline. Princess Mononoke on giant white wolf in battle. Lady Eboshi in red hat leading a firing squad dressed in ancient Japanese attire. Kodama (small white forest spirits) in the mossy pockets of a giant tree.
January 23, 2026 at 2:24 AM
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Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen:

Taj Mahal & Toumani Diabaté
Deerhunter
Mos Def (Yasiin Bey)
Fever Ray
Tom Waits
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Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen:

Diamanda Galas
Beth Gibbons
Beth Orton
Bob Mould
Jawbox

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Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen:

Gorillaz
Tegan & Sara
Interpol
Jay Z
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January 22, 2026 at 2:34 AM
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We’re accepting submissions for cover art, poetry, art, photography, short form, or hybrid pieces for Vol 4 on the theme “Waterways".

Details at SAPP: sappzine.ca/submit-your-...
SAPP zone poster with undulating lines and a green-blue watery background. Text and additional details: Happy 2026 everyone! With the new year, we’re happy to announce that submissions are officially open for SAPP volume 04! 🎉 Our theme for volume 04 is “waterways.” As water wends its way across the landscape, its flow lends vibrancy to the places and beings it touches. Tell us about the stuff of life, the connections you treasure and the things that bring vibrancy to your life and your community. We’re looking forward to receiving your art, photography, and writing that captures what “waterways” means in your world! Subs open from today (January 5th) to March 31, 2026. We’re accepting submissions for cover art, poetry, art, photography, short form, or hybrid pieces for our third volume. Selected contributors will be paid for their work: $30 per piece and $100 for cover art! SAPP is run entirely by volunteers, so please allow 3-4 months for response time. All funds raised from sales of SAPP go directly towards funding in-person arts events and zine production. Submissions can be sent to editor@sappzine.ca, and you can visit the 🔗 in our bio for more submission details. We can’t wait to see what you have in store for us!
January 22, 2026 at 1:55 AM
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Robert Hayden masterpiece:
January 21, 2026 at 8:30 PM
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Garry Gottfriedson is the winner of the 2025 Fred Cogswell Award. Congratulations to Garry, as well as Kayla Czaga (2nd place) and Barbara Tran (3rd Place)! Deep gratitude to all who entered and especially our esteemed judge Cecily Nicholson. Details: rclas.com/2025-fred-co...
Poster with purple background announcing winners with images of books next to headshots. Text: RCLAS 12th Annual Fred Cogswell Award For Excellence in Poetry Winners Announcement 1st Place Garry Gottfriedson - THE FLESH OF ICE Caitlin Press 2nd Place Kayla Czaga MIDWAY House of Anansi Press 3rd Place Barbara Tran PRECEDENTED PARROTING Anstruther Books| Palimpsest Press
January 20, 2026 at 12:54 AM
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I’m so giddy I’ve had to go lie down at the start of my work day.
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Announcing the 2025 National Book Critics Circle Finalists for Poetry!
January 20, 2026 at 5:15 PM
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There is NewPoetry today from Jessica Lee McMillan.

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Compact Disc
Jessica Lee McMillan   you held one of the first CDs and said this is the future and the mirrored finish caught our faces through a veil of shifting rainbows, light bouncing from billions of u…
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January 19, 2026 at 1:44 PM
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Can't be a better time for International Clash Day! Coming soon via its birthplace @ KEXP February 6th & around the world. #TheClash #KnowYourRights #KEXP #MusicSky
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January 18, 2026 at 2:00 AM
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Excited to be reading again with poet laureates Kyeren Regehr @byallmeanswrite.bsky.social and Elee Kraljii Gardiner @eleekg.bsky.social Wed Jan 21 at the Britannia Library in Vancouver! Starts at 6pm, but arrive for a good seat. There will be a few spots on Open Mic

Thanks to Twisted Poets!
January 17, 2026 at 6:32 PM
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Life is truly absurd. I call it “Simulacra."
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January 17, 2026 at 6:25 PM
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Last few days to join this online poetry class I teach, so please consider and/or share with peers that might be interested! The class needs at least one more student to run 🤞
raoulfernandes.bsky.social Raoul Fernandes @raoulfernandes.bsky.social · Dec 5
Hey, if you're up for an hearty engagement with poetic forms and strategies in the New Year, do consider Poetry 1, the online, asynchronous class I run at SFU. There'll also be workshopping with a group of peers and potential one-on-one sessions with me. Check it out! www.sfu.ca/continuing-s...
Poetry 1
<p>Poetry is often described as a conversation—with the self, the world, and the work of other writers.</p><p>In this introductory course, you'll gain the tools you need to enter the conversation thro...
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January 17, 2026 at 1:19 AM