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mikhailbazharov.bsky.social
Goat herder. Happy poet. Rhymes w/ gazette. Five books, including The ECHO CHAMBER (Milkweed) & CLOUDWATCHER (Copper Canyon) Translator of The Popol Vuh & Humberto Ak'abal NY Times Best Poetry 2018 NEA Fellow in Poetry & Translation michaelbazzett.com
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A CONFESSION Michael Bazzet

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Wayne Miller's beautiful The End of Childhood, published by Milkweed Editions.

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Cover reveal! I'm beyond excited to share that CLOUDWATCHER, winner of the inaugrual Stern Prize from @ampoetryreview.bsky.social & forthcoming from Copper Canyon, has a cover and is now available to pre-order (link in the replies)! 🌩️ 🌩️ 🌩️

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M'aidez! M'aidez!

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Cover reveal! I'm beyond excited to share that CLOUDWATCHER, winner of the inaugrual Stern Prize from @ampoetryreview.bsky.social & forthcoming from Copper Canyon, has a cover and is now available to pre-order (link in the replies)! 🌩️ 🌩️ 🌩️

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Hey BluePoSky: there's a new magazine in town, just dropped today (M'aidez, m'aidez!) & you're going to want to check it out. Richard Siken, Rivka Clifton w/ a banger of a Minotaur poem, Sati Mookherjee, Terra Oliviera... The list goes on! Edited by Zack Strait (remember BOAAT?), check it out!

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Short Story, Long submissions open tomorrow! I updated the language on the form, trying to be as transparent as possible.

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New poem, about teaching (sort of), at @porcupinelit.bsky.social. Big thanks to editor Jared Beloff and the whole [email protected]

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Kilmar Abrego Garcia

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Why the F is Abrego Garcia still in a gulag, along with the other illegally kidnapped and trafficked hostages? Why isn't this front page news every day?

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He just looked at me. / That was when I knew. ‘The Last Time I Saw God’ by Michael Bazzett

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New poem, about teaching (sort of), at @porcupinelit.bsky.social. Big thanks to editor Jared Beloff and the whole [email protected]

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Gregory Orr @coppercanyonpress.bsky.social

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Michael Bazzett @mikhailbazharov.bsky.social @sixthfinch.bsky.social

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I've been writing for about 25 years and published 8 books so far and nearly all of them have been based on crazy/stupid ideas. Literally never sent anybody a *solicited* manuscript. Do your thing and keep it weird, friends.

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Dirty Rotten Popes

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Pontiff Python & The Holy Grail

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Twelve Angry Popes

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The Lion, The Witch, & The Wardpope

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The Seventh Pope

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The Papal Chase

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Shawshank Repope-tion

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Here's another poem from the new issue of @sixthfinch.bsky.social! Grateful and delighted to have work alongside such marvelous poets & artists...

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Here's another poem from the new issue of @sixthfinch.bsky.social! Grateful and delighted to have work alongside such marvelous poets & artists...

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It was so fun talking with @stevenkleinman.bsky.social about Antonio Machado—one of my very favorite poets—for @ampoetryreview.bsky.social's podcast!

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I'm stoked to have three news poems (from the forthcoming CLOUDWATCHER 💭) in the stellar new issue of @sixthfinch.bsky.social, and here's one of them! Big thanks to editor Rob MacDonald! (link to the whole issue 🌞 in comments)

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Our spring issue is live: sixthfinch.com Featuring @meganalpert.bsky.social @mikhailbazharov.bsky.social @timothyliupoet.bsky.social @thatjanemorton.bsky.social @katnuernberger.bsky.social @lisaallenortiz.bsky.social @dustinkpearson.bsky.social @dia-roth.bsky.social @pagestar.bsky.social and more

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Absolutely delighted to have this new poem in the stellar new issue of The Cortland Review. Many thanks to editor, @christiangullette.bsky.social 💜

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That's it. I'm calling a general strike, (somebody has to) due to the Constituional Crisis. Nobody go to work until they bring him home.

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Absolutely delighted to have this new poem in the stellar new issue of The Cortland Review. Many thanks to editor, @christiangullette.bsky.social 💜

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New poem, "On the Day I Die," in new The Cortland Review alongside a truly stellar line-up... Thanks to editor @christiangullette.bsky.social for including my work 💜

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When I see images of 'crown shyness,' I often think of a certain kind of male friendship in the upper midwest...

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Going to become an internet darling by getting on Jeopardy and answering every question with “what is Skibidi Toilet?” and then dabbing until Ken Jennings beats my ass, the episode never airs, I post the video, it gets 18 likes

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this is an actual photo of my friends and I getting together for a Grain Belt...

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When I see images of 'crown shyness,' I often think of a certain kind of male friendship in the upper midwest...

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Dwayne Betts' new book Doggeral is the book we need. I needed. Right now. To travel fiercely through this time of grief and not let it swallow fully who we are and our connection to life, joy, heart, hope.

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I love, LOVE this poem by @mikhailbazharov.bsky.social

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