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Tami Haaland @tamihaaland.bsky.social · Sep 17

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Book Review :: If I Had Said Beauty by Tami Haaland

Tami Haaland’s 'If I Had Said Beauty' explores ancestry, identity, spirituality, and self-discovery through diverse poetic form.

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Tami Haaland @tamihaaland.bsky.social · Aug 8

Check out The Slowdown today on American Public Media! www.slowdownshow.org/episode/2025...

[encore] 264: Sleeping with the Chihuahua by Tami Haaland

Today’s poem is Sleeping with the Chihuahua by Tami Haaland.

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Tami Haaland @tamihaaland.bsky.social · Jul 25

Happy to be reading with Charles Finn in Bozeman, July 31. If you're in Bozeman, I hope you can join us!

Poets Charles Finn and Tami Haaland will read at Isle of Books, Bozeman Montana, Thursday, July 31, 6:30 PM.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · Jun 19

Juneteenth is a celebration of freedom, but also a reminder: freedom delayed is freedom denied. #Juneteenth #BlackHistory #FreedomDay #NeverForget

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Nicole Caruso Garcia @nicolecarusogarcia.bsky.social · Jun 19

"What is Juneteenth and Why Does it Matter: A Short History | Journey to American Democracy" a video by Heather Cox Richardson
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a poster for juneteenth freedom day with a black red yellow and green background

ALT: a poster for juneteenth freedom day with a black red yellow and green background

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Tami Haaland @tamihaaland.bsky.social · Jun 12

Yellowstone Public Radio's Resounds: Arts and Culture in the High Plains has posted Corby Skinner's interview with me. Have a listen if you would like. It runs about 25 minutes. www.ypradio.org/show/resound...

Resounds: Arts And Culture On The High Plains

Resounds: Arts and Culture on the High Plains features interviews with individuals and organizations creating art in its myriad forms throughout our listening area. Hosts Jennifer Corning and Corby Sk...

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Tami Haaland @tamihaaland.bsky.social · Jun 3

My thanks to New Pages and Lost Horse Press. Hope you'll consider reading this collection.

NewPages @newpages.bsky.social · Jun 3

The poetry in Tami Haaland's 'If I Had Said Beauty' is dedicated to known & unknown ancestors, narratives and distant origins of what lies behind a sense of self.

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#booknews #newreleases #poetry #sponsored

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Sponsored :: New Book :: If I Had Said Beauty

Tami Haaland's "If I Had Said Beauty" reveals deep narratives of ancestry and self in a luminous collection of thought-provoking poetry.

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NewPages @newpages.bsky.social · Jun 3

The poetry in Tami Haaland's 'If I Had Said Beauty' is dedicated to known & unknown ancestors, narratives and distant origins of what lies behind a sense of self.

www.newpages.com/blog/books/n...

#booknews #newreleases #poetry #sponsored

‪@tamihaaland.bsky.social

Sponsored :: New Book :: If I Had Said Beauty

Tami Haaland's "If I Had Said Beauty" reveals deep narratives of ancestry and self in a luminous collection of thought-provoking poetry.

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Tami Haaland @tamihaaland.bsky.social · May 27

Thank you, J. P. Dancing Bear, for featuring "The Edge of Things," on Verse Daily today! www.versedaily.org

Welcome to Verse Daily!

Verse Daily, a quality web anthology of poetry. A poem a day, along with our complete archives, and poem selections from the web.

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Tami Haaland @tamihaaland.bsky.social · May 26

Lost Horse Press spring books.

Tami Haaland @tamihaaland.bsky.social · May 14

M.J. Rymsza-Pawlowska @mjrp.bsky.social · May 13

good history to be reading today. among other things, supporters of the 1965 founding of the NEH (inc. Norman Podhoretz lol) argued that the humanities were needed to "humanize industrial society" and prevent Americans from becoming the "unthinking servants of their technology.

Tami Haaland @tamihaaland.bsky.social · May 2

Congratulations Corrie!

Poetry Daily @poetrydaily.bsky.social · May 2

Today's Featured Poem:

"A Brief History of Preservation" by Corrie Williamson, from Your Mother’s Bear Gun, published by @riverriverbooks.bsky.social.

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A Brief History of Preservation

I lie on the deck on my back, listening to the cragged, woody bristle of a borer bee chewing the whole thing out from under me,

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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · Apr 26

Booksellers have faced censorship and harassment defending the freedom to read. Celebrate your local bookstore and support their ongoing role in safeguarding intellectual freedom.

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#BookstoreDay

This essay traces the long and turbulent history of American booksellers who have faced censorship, harassment, and even violence for defending the freedom to read. Through vivid anecdotes and historical cases-from undercover stings in the early 1900s and legal battles over “obscene” literature, to FBI surveillance of Black bookstores and bomb threats against feminist and LGBTQ+ shops-the author illustrates how bookstores have repeatedly become battlegrounds in the fight for civil liberties and free expression. Despite intimidation from both government and private groups, booksellers have pushed back, shaping legal precedents and rallying communities to defend First Amendment rights. The essay ultimately calls on readers to recognize bookstores as “arsenals of democracy” and to support their ongoing role in safeguarding intellectual freedom.

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Tami Haaland @tamihaaland.bsky.social · Apr 23

Sadly, many books and journals are culled and may be replaced with digital materials. While it is amazing to have broad access to so many volumes and journals online, it is not so easy to read books from many of these databases. I love the stacks and the riches tucked away there.

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Tami Haaland @tamihaaland.bsky.social · Apr 16

Thanks for posting this, @benningtonwriting.bsky.social! Upcoming readings and signings: April 26 at Elk River Books in Livingston, MT, April 30 at Billings Library (MT), May 15 Missoula Art Museum. More to come!

Bennington Writing Seminars @benningtonwriting.bsky.social · Apr 15

Congratulations to <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:d7fckrxy6ind4xtn5sj34isy" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky-mention">@tamihaaland.bsky.social, MFA '00! Her fourth poetry collection, IF I HAD SAID BEAUTY, is now available via Lost Horse Press. 🎉

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Tami Haaland @tamihaaland.bsky.social · Mar 30

First review of If I Had Said Beauty in Montana Arts Council Newspaper State of the Arts. "Tami Haaland’s new collection of poems functions as a sort of atlas for the human form." Thank you Eric Heidle! art.mt.gov/PDFs/SOA-Spr...

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Tami Haaland @tamihaaland.bsky.social · Mar 24

My new book is in the world! I'll be in Los Angeles this week at the AWP Conference. More to come about readings and signings this spring and summer.

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Tami Haaland @tamihaaland.bsky.social · Mar 15

If I Had Said Beauty is in the world!

Tami Haaland @tamihaaland.bsky.social · Mar 15

A few years ago I met Sarah Salcedo @tallfirsproductions.com, who designed my website. Sarah continues to work with me whenever it's time for updates. Here's the most recent, updated version. www.tamihaaland.com

Tami Haaland

Tami Haaland is the author of four poetry collections, If I Had Said Beauty, What Does Not Return, When We Wake in the Night, and Breath in Every Room, winner of the Nicholas Roerich First Book Award.

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Tami Haaland @tamihaaland.bsky.social · Mar 8

So sorry to see this.

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Tami Haaland @tamihaaland.bsky.social · Feb 24

Love this.

Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · Feb 24

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · Feb 22

DOGE’s expenses have risen above 40 million, with weekly costs now exceeding 10 million. We will release an updated DOGE staff list soon.

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Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · Feb 17

(1/4) Recent layoffs of federal workers has a disproportionate impact on Native Americans, but is receiving almost no media attention. In Indian Health Services, which provides healthcare to 2.8 mil NAs, 2,200 people were laid off, including 1,400 who provide direct patient care.

‘Life or Death Consequences’: Layoffs throw Indian Country into turmoil

Thousands of workers are losing their jobs in health, education and other key tribal programs and agencies

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