Official 🐦 for the @Rutgers_Newark MFA Program in Creative Writing. Fully-funded 2-year program in the heart of Newark 🌆. Visit alumni-run ➡ @lampblack_lit.
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In 2020 @lampblack_lit was founded by several MFA alum to support the direct needs of Black writers. Now in their 2nd year of programming Lampblack runs a reading series, a magazine, and an interview series. Read more about them in @poetswritersinc 🎊
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Happy Pub Day to Professor Akil Kumarasamy (@chillakiles)🎉
"Kumarasamy has braided together stories that are original, fresh, and breathtakingly imaginative. I love this book." —@cathyparkhong
Order MEET US BY THE ROARING SEA from @fsgbooks today!
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Now for the #kurtbrownprize Poetry winner and finalists! Congrats to our winner @huiyingb! And congrats to @Elline_Lipkin and @arhmchoiwild our finalists! Learn more about the winners and Kurt Brown Prize here: awpwriter.org/contests/kurt_…
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It’s a pleasure to have @gregslibrary hang out with us this month! Hosted by @AhmoseGrace, we continue to hold conversations with those who amplify and center works of Black artists. Tune in June 5th at 1pm to catch the discussion live on our Instagram!
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Lampblack has been committed to providing aid to poets, storytellers, and essayists in need. As we grow, we hope we can continue to provide funding for writers each week. Apply today by visiting our website: lampblacklit.com
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Reminder: Register for the Virtual Statewide Education Conference on 6/11. Aimed at educators, community stakeholders, youth & researchers, it is the first in a series of meetings intended to produce an #educationalequity agenda for the state.
Register: cvent.me/LkEzDk
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Lampblack has been committed to providing direct aid to poets, storytellers, & essayists in need. We are still providing micro-grants for Black writers each week. Apply through our website: lampblacklit.com
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very excited to have received @SRPR_News 46.2 issue ft poems from the editors’ prize!
my ars poetica “It Take 3 Minutes to Steep Green Tea” is a runner-up ✨ & my first pushcart nomination ✨
big thank you to srpr editor kirstin hotelling zona, @sevencorners , & @aimeenez
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Excerpt from "Eject" by Tracy Fuad. Read the rest of this poem in the forthcoming Mizna: The Experimental Issue, guest-edited by Tarik Dobbs.
@tracyfuad @mxrlevant
Pre-order today at mizna.org/shop
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so, so happy that @PhoebeJournal chose my story "We Can't Live Without the Birds and Animals" as a finalist for their 2022 short fiction contest. This contest issue is 🔥🔥🔥
this story began, as the editors stated, "a fight for a new beginning"...
phoebejournal.com/we-cant-li…
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Congratulations to Salamishah Tillet (@salamishah) for winning the Pulitzer Prize in criticism! Check out our conversation with the @NewarkMFA professor and @nytimes cultural critic about her book “Search of The Color Purple” w/ @NaomiExtra
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.@BurrowPress nature issue is now live with part 1 offerings, including my eco-poem "kanji lesson" 🌿
Today BP Review kicks of our special issue, WHAT'S MINE OF WILDERNESS? with poetry and prose by Heather Dobbins, Wilson Peden, Shannon Pulusan & @BrigitYoung. Two more installments coming on Tuesdays. Get wild at burrowpress.com/review
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I'm so happy to be featured in the spring 2022 issue of @MoriaOnline ! there's some lovely work in here on grief, love & longing.
I wrote this prose piece way back when I was still heartsick for L.A. this weekend, I dreamt of L.A. again--a sign? 💕
moriaonline.com/issue-nine-g…
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.@NewarkMFA alum Dimitri Reyes on @WNYC talking about poetry and reciting one of his!
"If I could tell young people anything about poetry, it's that you speak poetry, you speak in music." Poet Dimitri Reyes speaks with @MichaelHillNJ
on @wnyc, coming up this hour. wnyc.org/story/poetry-month-…
READER FEATURE: M. Elizabeth Scott is a poet and esotericist based in NY. She is co-founder of experimental arts collective Cixous72. Her poetry and works have been featured in The Poetry Project, @BOMBmagazine, Blazing Stadium, @hobartpulp, F Magazine, and elsewhere.
Next Friday 📣 join our 2nd year students in #Newark for a second night of poetry & fiction🎉
Readers include @AhmoseGrace, @PanielDope, @phil_eep, @vinegar_feet, Elizabeth Scott, & Lia Lewine.
📅April 29, 5:30-7 PM at 1180 Raymond Blvd. Masks required! @RutgersSASN @RutgersGSN
READER FEATURE: Lia Lewine is a writer from Seattle who received her BA from Sarah Lawrence College. Lia’s work has appeared in McSweeney’s, Points in Case, Women’s Health, and elsewhere. She likes writing about death, dogs, and snacks.
Next Friday 📣 join our 2nd year students in #Newark for a second night of poetry & fiction🎉
Readers include @AhmoseGrace, @PanielDope, @phil_eep, @vinegar_feet, Elizabeth Scott, & Lia Lewine.
📅April 29, 5:30-7 PM at 1180 Raymond Blvd. Masks required! @RutgersSASN @RutgersGSN
READER FEATURE: Daniel Pope is a writer and musician from Seattle. His work has been published in @NarrativeMag. As a drummer, he has gone on two tours with the punk band Peach Kelli Pop. Follow him @PanielDope
Next Friday 📣 join our 2nd year students in #Newark for a second night of poetry & fiction🎉
Readers include @AhmoseGrace, @PanielDope, @phil_eep, @vinegar_feet, Elizabeth Scott, & Lia Lewine.
📅April 29, 5:30-7 PM at 1180 Raymond Blvd. Masks required! @RutgersSASN @RutgersGSN
READER FEATURE: Shannon Pulusan is a Fil-Am writer, educator, and illustrator. Her poetics explore how foodways, superstition, and the natural world can offer reparative insight and joy. Her work has been published in @PigeonPagesNYC and @underblong. Follow @vinegar_feet
Next Friday 📣 join our 2nd year students in #Newark for a second night of poetry & fiction🎉
Readers include @AhmoseGrace, @PanielDope, @phil_eep, @vinegar_feet, Elizabeth Scott, & Lia Lewine.
📅April 29, 5:30-7 PM at 1180 Raymond Blvd. Masks required! @RutgersSASN @RutgersGSN
READER FEATURE: Attorious Renee Augustin is a nonbinary, queer, philosopher, poet, filmmaker, and educator from Wanamassa, NJ. Their work focuses on transformation and community. Attorious is an artist-in-residence at @NJPACArtsEd. Follow them @AhmoseGrace
Next Friday 📣 join our 2nd year students in #Newark for a second night of poetry & fiction🎉
Readers include @AhmoseGrace, @PanielDope, @phil_eep, @vinegar_feet, Elizabeth Scott, & Lia Lewine.
📅April 29, 5:30-7 PM at 1180 Raymond Blvd. Masks required! @RutgersSASN @RutgersGSN