#amidsummernightspress

Today’s poem is “Twelve Dancing Princesses” from Francesca Lia Block. If you were a girl in the 90s, you may remember Block from Weetzie Bat, and this poem was the most Weetzie out of a collection of retellings of myths, fairy tales, and fables. From the lovely A Midsummer Night’s Press. . . #deadgirls #francescaliablock #amidsummernightspress #poetry #nationalpoetrymonth #apoemaday #twelvedancingprincesses https://www.instagram.com/p/B-kVvTvgTNF/?igshid=wps1scujkuer

It was an honor to be a part of this phenomenal @split_this_rock 2018 panel on Sister Love: The Letters of Audre Lorde and Pat Parker with my brilliant friends @alexisdeveaux & @meccasullivan! I learned so much from each of them in their generous & thoughtful presentations. Huge thanks to @julierenszer for bringing us together, moderating our panel & for editing this book. Thanks to all the attendees who filled our conference room and asked thought provoking questions. Buy the book from #AMidSummerNightsPress y’all! #SplitThisRock #SisterLove (at Split This Rock)

#AWP18 Tampa come through if you can! Thurs 3.8 ~ 1:30pm-2:45pm AWP 2018 Poets of Color on Parenting reading & discussion Fri 3.9 ~ 7-9pm Reading Queer: Poetry in a Time of Chaos AWP off-site reading Sat 3.10 ~ 9-10:15am (bring coffee please! 😛) AWP~The Thing Builders Building Literary Communities That Matter panel Sat 3.10 ~ 11am-12pm #AWPBookfair @sinister_wisdom & #amidsummernightspress table 1717 signing copies of Sinister Wisdom: Black Lesbians- We Are the Revolution! Issue 107 (proud co-editor) Sat 3.10 ~ 1:30-2pm #Bookfair @anhinga_press table #1602 signing copies of Reading Queer: Poetry in a Time of Chaos Anthology (Anhingha Press, 2018) (proud queer contributor of 5 poems) or email me at [email protected] if we don’t get to connect at one of the above, but you’re at the conference! Salon members please share your #AWP panels/readings/booksignings with links or flyers on Women Writers in Bloom Poetry Salon @womenwritebloom FB page so we can find you!