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rachaelboast.bsky.social
Disability advocate, editor and author. Recent publications: Hotel Raphael (Picador, 2021) and TIMESLIPS (Clutag Press, 2024)
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Coming soon! Versus Versus: 100 Poems by Deaf, Disabled & Neurodivergent Poets. Three months until official publication in the UK and Europe (22 July elsewhere), this anthology is up on the Bloodaxe Books website, with pre-orders via Amazon now available. www.bloodaxebooks.com/ecs/product/...

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PREORDER (28.02.2025): Opening Line is a £3.99 poetry anthology built on the principle that access to the arts should not be a privilege. This anthology dismantles economic barriers that too often limit audiences from engaging with contemporary poetry. www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page...

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This column has been the second most read on the whole Guardian site today and it’s all credit to Rosy who literally used her last voice to speak out about this country’s care crisis. Please do continue to read and share. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Looking forward to Stanza! Really interesting programme, including a live recording of The Lantern poetry podcast. byretheatre.com/shows/stanza...

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Mulatu Astatke can help you out today www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgmi...

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how is that even possible

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Join us for our Poetry Review reading groups, where you will be guided through standout pieces, enjoy thoughtful discussions, and come to a deeper appreciation of the issue’s poems. Online: poetrysociety.org.uk/event/online... In-person: poetrysociety.org.uk/event/in-per...

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I cannot stop thinking about every disabled person who can’t evacuate these SoCal fires, whether it’s because they physically can’t leave or they don’t have the resources to. When we say our systems are designed to leave disabled folks behind to die, this is a prime example.

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Delighted to have a poem in the new @poetrysociety.bsky.social Poetry Review. With immense love to @rachaelboast.bsky.social for choosing it.

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Looking forward to this collection from Chisom Okafor. Chisom's work is featured in the Winter edition of The Poetry Review, out now. All I Know About a Heavy Heart Is How to Carry It – Chisom Okafor (University of Nebraska Press). Expected Release: Fall, 2025. www.afrocritik.com/afrocritik-a...

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Thank you for reading!

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Happy new year to all you extremophiles [literally, the starter pack of the human race... on we go....]

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Warm wishes to you all for the solstice. This is a still - very still - from a short local history film for my postcode area. The BFI Player now has a Britain on Film Map in its free section - just type in a postcode: player.bfi.org.uk/britain-on-f...

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All too often crippled poets are not thought of as being an important part of diversity and inclusion in contemporary literature even though disability is everywhere once we learn to see it. www.ninemile.org/fall-2024-se...

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In the (European) Winter issue of Poetry Review: a folio of ten fabulous poets from an anthology of 100 deaf, disabled and neurodivergent poets due next May, which I've edited for Bloodaxe Books. Thanks to all those featured here, to The Poetry Society, and to the Royal Society of Literature.

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Highly recommend Naomi Ortiz, Sustaining Spirit, self-care for social justice - now in a second edition from Booklocker [Image via author]

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THIS arrived today! A new anthology from Puncher and Wattmann, edited by Andy Jackson, Esther Ottaway and Kerri Shying - poems and essays written collaboratively and in conversation. Can't wait to spend time with this.

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Launching tonight, 8pm, in the company of Katy Evans-Bush, Adam Horovitz and Tiffany Atkinson. Free, but booking required: www.tickettailor.com/events/katye... www.clutagpress.com/product/no-1...

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