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kellydumar.bsky.social
Poet. Playwright. Workshop facilitator. Photographer. I live on the Charles River. http://www.kellydumar.com
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The Oval Office meeting today between Trump and Zelensky “reeked of a planned attack,” @radiofreetom.bsky.social writes. “The Ukrainian leader did his best to stand up to the bullying, but Trump and Vance were playing to the cameras and the MAGA gallery at home.” theatln.tc/5tozgdyn

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The Journal of Expressive Writing Featured Author series I host will have a challenging & moving presentation Thurs 7 p.m. ET featuring Louis Bourgeois Exec Dir of the Mississippi Prison Writes Initiative to discuss writings from Unit 29, Parchman Prison. Reg free www.eventbrite.com/e/featured-a...

NEW: If people like Alexei Navalny "are willing to risk imprisonment, torture, and death to resist an evil empire, there is no excuse for us to back down from standing up for truth and principle" in the United States. www.thebulwark.com/p/even-in-de...

My new book Trash Witch is available for presale! lilypoetryreview.blog/lily-poetry-...

So grateful for this feature of beach photos & interview about my #images & #poetry in @kelpbooks The Wave today www.kelpjournal.com/post/photogr... #miamibeach #lucyvincentbeach #longboatkey

"'Patriot' sometimes reads like a thriller in which the narrative opens with 'If you’re reading this, I’m already dead.'" And so he is, but he speaks from beyond the grave, and we should listen. @cathyyoung63.bsky.social on Navalny's posthumous memoir:

Merry Christmas from the #charlesriver #writinglife

@coolbeanslit.bsky.social OH- you have the loveliest issues! I am grateful to have my #Yutori themed #art included again in Winter 2024 issue. Great design! Wonderful to read & look at! Especially see poem "Cue the Barbizon" by John Muro www.coolbeanslit.com/volume2-issue1 #literaryjournal

Would love to see you at my #monologueshowcase Wed. Dec. 11, 2024 7 p.m. ET - FREE & Open to all, featuring actors performing the #newmonologues for the stage written in my Play Lab Showcase #newplays #monologues #stageplays Reg. here: www.tlanetwork.org/event-5964284

family—and maybe especially parents—is one of the great subjects of literature. imagine telling a novelist not to write about parents, about families

"Most Days I Want to Live" #poetry by Gabrielle Carvocoressi

It's my son's birthday, so I'm sharing this poem about #hummingbirdblood, published awhile ago in Thimble Lit Journal #sons #weeds #poetry #poem #literaryjournal www.thimblelitmag.com/2023/08/16/c...

I’m still unpacking so much #insight #inspiration & #poetry & #presence #wholeness from this interview in Rattle of poet Li-Young Lee by Alan Fox - “Presence is the grail”

My Saturday morning #substack on #stageplays #writingforthestage #creativerisk #nerves #performanceanxiety #theater kellydumar.substack.com/p/risk-and-n...

Yay! My first #pushcartnomination Feels like a #baptism. I'm grateful to Poetose & editor Meia Geddes #poetry www.poetose.com/pub/child-as...

Are you in a poetry field of mind? #li-youngllee #poetry #poetrypractice #poetryfieldofmind This morning, I am grateful for my poetry field of mind

Good morning, thanks giving #poetry #joyharjo #conflictresolution #gratitude #holybeings

Good morning. It's the day before the day of the #feast of whatever you are #feasting on. I want to eat poems. #gratitude #poetryfeast #li-younglee #meal #familydinner

Just read this excerpt from a first Sylvia Plath poem thanks to blog shared by @themarginalian.org.web.brid.gy Today, trying to let mine sing. #humanheart #poetry #sylviaplath

Submissions are open. Send us your best short fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction. Before submitting, please review our guidelines at the link below: ​https://buff.ly/3a4dEgn #writingcommunity

Friends, I'm so happy to be on Bluesky & to intro myself esp to poets/writers/creatives/naturephotographers. I'm from the Boston area just returning from a trip to Arizona/for refreshment, perspective & a deep dive into #spaciousness #li-younglee

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Grateful to be on the scenic #arizona highway having a #spiritualawakening about #poetry and #spaciousness

Listen: #saynothing #podcast www.nytimes.com/2024/11/15/b... #books #literarynonfiction #narrativehistory

I'm grateful to Anna Brunner, Assoc. Ed of Dulcet Lit Mag for this interview about my image on the cover of Issue 1 & to ed @KristinHelms www.dulcetlitmag.com/kelly-dumar #literarymagazine #art #digitalphotography

www.dulcetlitmag.com/issues ‪Kelly DuMar‬ ‪@kellydumar.bsky.social‬ I am so pleased to have my image "River of Stars" featured on the cover of this delicious issue one og Dulcet #literaryjournal www.dulcetlitmag.com/issues