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Amanda Earl @amandaearl.bsky.social · Mar 4

i write about dear friend and amazing artist michèle provost. thanks to rob mclennan for publishing my note on Many Gendered Mothers: themanygenderedmothers.blogspot.com/2024/03/aman...

Amanda Earl on michèle provost

For many years I have adored michèle provost. She is my kindred in whimsy, imagination, play and versatility. In her artistic statement, G...

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Amanda Earl @amandaearl.bsky.social · Jan 11

a reminder that many gendered mothers has a Patreon page, all of which goes towards paying contributors,
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many gendered mothers @mgenderedmums.bsky.social · May 11

happy mother's day to all the many gendered mothers, wherever you might be,

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Susan Johnston @joycuriosity.bsky.social · Apr 20

From today’s adventure —“there are some in every crowd” (Natalie Hanna, in lisan al’asfour, ARP Books 2022) - thank you to @battleaxepress.bsky.social for joining us today to explore #Ottawa in Verse, with many thanks also to @versefest-ottawa.bsky.social; #AwesomeOttawa; #WriteOttawa

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periodicities : a journal of poetry and poetics @periodicities.bsky.social · Apr 15

a reminder that periodicities is perpetually open to submissions of previously unpublished poetry-related book/chapbook reviews, interviews, essays + translation. Please send submissions as .doc with author biography to [email protected] ; periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2020/03/subm...

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periodicities is open to submissions of previously unpublished poetry-related reviews, interviews and essays. Please send submissions as .d...

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Chaudiere Books @chaudierebooks.bsky.social · Apr 5

National Poetry Month via Chaudiere Books day five! with a new poem by Salem Paige, / @salempaige.bsky.social ;
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National Poetry Month : Salem Paige,

poet as a software engineer I made God in my processor saw his face in my graphics card he fried my CPU, left my motherboard...

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Chaudiere Books @chaudierebooks.bsky.social · Apr 7

National Poetry Month via Chaudiere Books day seven! with a new poem by (now) Montreal-based poet Julie Paul, / @juliepaulwrites.bsky.social @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social ;
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National Poetry Month : Julie Paul,

Lacrimal Report, 2025 Lodged in my chest like a paid-for Mirage Bar, my tears won’t leave the machine They grow wings, legs, a...

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Chaudiere Books @chaudierebooks.bsky.social · Apr 1

National Poetry Month via Chaudiere Books begins! with a new poem by Jaclyn Desforges, @jaclyndesforges.bsky.social ;
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National Poetry Month : Jaclyn Desforges,

LETTER HOME FROM A NOWHERE MOON Mother, your work is not important Mother, your planet’s aura is orange and getting orange-er Have y...

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VERSe Ottawa / VERSeFest (prior account lost, @versefest-ottawa.bsky.social · Mar 14

newly posted at @periodicities.bsky.social : Jen Jakob : 2025 VERSeFest interviews: Salem Paige / @salempaige.bsky.social @flolitmag.bsky.social ;
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Jen Jakob : 2025 VERSeFest interviews: Salem Paige

Salem Paige (they/them) is a transgender poet and designer based on Algonquin Anishinaabe territory (so-called Ottawa, Ontario). Their ...

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VERSe Ottawa / VERSeFest (prior account lost, @versefest-ottawa.bsky.social · Mar 17

newly posted at @periodicities.bsky.social : Amanda Earl : 2025 VERSeFest interviews: Jessica Hiemstra / @gooselane.bsky.social @amandaearl.bsky.social ;
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Amanda Earl : 2025 VERSeFest interviews: Jessica Hiemstra

Jessica Hiemstra [photo credit: Cory Lavender] is an award-winning artist, writer, and designer. Her writing has appeared in chap...

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VERSe Ottawa / VERSeFest (prior account lost, @versefest-ottawa.bsky.social · Mar 21

newly posted: nina jane drystek @textcurious.bsky.social : 2025 VERSeFest interviews: Oana Avasilichioaei / @talonbooks.bsky.social ;
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nina jane drystek : 2025 VERSeFest interviews: Oana Avasilichioaei

Oana Avasilichioaei interweaves sound, poetry, performance, and translation to expand and trouble ideas of language, histories, p...

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VERSe Ottawa / VERSeFest (prior account lost, @versefest-ottawa.bsky.social · Mar 21

new from above/ground press: Teenage Whales, by Eileen Myles
, produced for their appearance next week at VERSeFest: Ottawa's International Poetry Festival,
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new from above/ground press: Teenage Whales, by Eileen Myles

Eileen Myles Teenage Whales $5 the birds push the diamonds the reddish weave of my knee Honey’s heh heh that shakes her belly & her back it ...

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rob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · Feb 26

above/ground press as part of the Riverbed Year-End Fundraiser! / @textcurious.bsky.social ;
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above/ground press as part of the Riverbed Year-End Fundraiser!

above/ground press has donated a whole stack of chapbook titles for the sake of a fundraiser that Riverbed Reading Series , an Ottawa-based ...

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many gendered mothers @mgenderedmums.bsky.social · Jan 8

from the archives: Emily Izsak on Mina Loy themanygenderedmothers.blogspot.com/2017/02/emil...

Emily Izsak on Mina Loy

The first time I met Victor Coleman, poet and founding editor of Coach House Press (who would later become my mentor, editor, and frien...

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VERSe Ottawa / VERSeFest (prior account lost, @versefest-ottawa.bsky.social · Feb 5

save the date(s): VERSeFest: Ottawa's International Poetry Festival! March 25-29, 2025 : Eileen Myles! Chelene Knight! Pamela Mosher! Oana Avasilichioaei! etc (with more information to come) www.verseottawa.ca/en/versefest

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VERSe Ottawa / VERSeFest (prior account lost, @versefest-ottawa.bsky.social · Jan 28

As 2025 kicks into gear, VERSe Ottawa is grateful for all who contributed to VERSeFest’s rebuilding year in 2024. The 40 poets who graced our stages and the wonderful audience all had a hand in keeping VERSeFest a going concern. 1/2

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Eva Langston @evalangston.bsky.social · Jan 24

The beautiful new issue of Literary Mama is up and ready for you to read!

Poetry, fiction, CNF, and more exploring the physical, psychological, intellectual, and spiritual experiences of #motherhood.

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January/February 2025

I didn’t fully realize the power of this journal until everyone thought it was gone for good.

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many gendered mothers @mgenderedmums.bsky.social · Jan 8

from the archives: Claudia F. Saleeby Savage on Alice Notley themanygenderedmothers.blogspot.com/2019/11/clau...

Claudia F. Saleeby Savage on Alice Notley

I met Alice Notley by accident. I’d applied to the Atlantic Center for the Arts artist residency but got the year wrong. When I looked ...

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Christine McNair @christinemcnair.bsky.social · Jan 16

Random stuff around Toxemia in 2024 —summaries and events and nice stuff. A couple links to online readings, and some upcoming events. christinemcnair.com/2025/01/11/t...

Toxemia 2024: reviews & interviews & mentions

I’m a few months into the launch of Toxemia, my hybrid poetic memoir with Book*hug Press and feel lucky to have had a few readings and reviews along with some private messages and corresponde…

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rob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · Jan 14

Tuesday poem #615 : Maria Hardin : Devotion IV
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Tuesday poem #615 : Maria Hardin : Devotion IV

be your own pony your own mother birth a world without fathers lose yourself in the holy ghost the cosmos is withdrawing but we just...

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rob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · Jan 14

There will be an Ottawa memorial to celebrate the life and writing of writer Elisabeth Harvor (1936-2024) on Sunday, February 2nd, from 12:30 to 4 pm in the multipurpose room at the Glebe Community Centre, 175 Third Avenue. All are welcome. thefiddlehead.ca/content/elis...

Elisabeth Harvor (1936-2024) | The Fiddlehead

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