I'm thrilled to share that my poem "Here Is Where We Meet," a 28-page conversation with the stars, was a finalist for the 2025 @tupelopress.bsky.social Poetry Prize! Deeply grateful to the constellation of editors, poets & readers who walked with this poem 💜✨ www.tupeloquarterly.com/poetry/nicol...

“Today’s poem carries that same energy of self-discovery, inevitable change, and an extravagance of living,” shares Major in today’s encore episode.

Read “Nocturne” by Oliver Baez Bendorf @oliverbaezbendorf.bsky.social‬: bit.ly/3IUaqAj

When I think of my life and all its secret colors, I feel like bursting into tears.

—Albert Camus

A song from another time
survived with me.

—Dunya Mikhaïl, from THE IRAQI NIGHTS (2014), translated by Kareem James Abu-Zeid.

#sealeychallenge #womenintranslationmonth

Of course Gemini season means two poems coming out on the same day! Finally, this weird and wacky love poem is out in the world! Thank you to Waxwing Lit Journal for giving it a home, and to all the helping hands over the years 🐝⛈️🦗🌱🍭🌸

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It feels really special for this poem to have found a home in @aaww-nyc.bsky.social's #TheMargins at the tail end of #aapiheritagemonth! Many thanks to the team for looking after this little zuihitsu on the Bosphorus 🕌🫖🌹🐈 #PoetryTuesday

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First post, better late than never! I’ll be reading alongside Angela Siew, M. Cynthia Cheung, and Diana Cao in an evening of poetry as part of Massachusetts Poetry Festival’s virtual program — would love to see you there! 5-6pm ET Sun. 27th April!

Register here (free): tinyurl.com/mythsmotherl...