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I know it will be quiet when you come: No wind; the water breathing steadily; A light like ghost of silver on the sea; And the surf dreamily fingering his drum. from "I Know It Will Be Quiet When You Come" by Joseph Auslander buff.ly/rdJ8vq8 #NationalPoetryMonth

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Listening to 'Hounds of Love' Today - #poetry by UNCG Creative Writing alum Dan Albergotti at THE SHORE buff.ly/BBjNGyJ #UNCGAlumni #UNCGEnglish #UNCG #UNCGWay #FindYourWayHere @mfagreensboro.bsky.social

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Art, Liberty, Diverse Voices: Six Poets on Why University Presses Are Critical for Poetry buff.ly/HW1ndj2

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Mind was a prison, ruby lined in its lipstick noir—everything woman I was expected to be, trapped between papered walls . . . from " Everyone in Me is a Bird" by Melissa Studdard buff.ly/vOwwarj #WomensHistoryMonth

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Rewind and be kind: what happens if you do one act of kindness every day? buff.ly/SStT81f

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you woman tree woman one swaying to unheard of winds uninvented air streams you woman sky with palms broad enough to hold eqypt who taught me to walk slow and deliberate like i had somewhere to go from "praise song" by Jaki Shelton Green buff.ly/znhxL3J #WomensHistoryMonth

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Gulls of the Algarve - #fiction by UNCG Creative Writing alum Matt Barrett at Flash Frog buff.ly/Npmv11A #UNCGAlumni #UNCGEnglish #UNCG #UNCGWay #FindYourWayHere @mfagreensboro.bsky.social

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She is the vessels on the table before her: the copper pot tipped toward us, the white pitcher clutched in her hand, the black one edged in red and upside down. from "Kitchen Maid with Supper at Emmaus, or The Mulata" by Natasha Trethewey buff.ly/8w4l51x #WomensHistoryMonth

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Where to Submit Roundup: March 28, 2025 courtesy of NewPages buff.ly/vNfbff0

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Today is the birthday of author Stephen Hundley. I suggest you help Stephen celebrate by asking your local library to order a copy of his knockout Hub City Press collection, BOMB ISLAND buff.ly/bbyKBd7

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The Trouble Up North by UNCG Creative Writing alum Travis Mulhauser listed by the Los Angeles Times as one of the '4 best mystery books to read right now' buff.ly/eHK66E1 #UNCGAlumni #UNCGEnglish #UNCG #UNCGWay #FindYourWayHere @mfagreensboro.bsky.social

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Before dawn, trembling in air down to the old river, circulating gently as a new season delicate still in its softness, rustling raiment of hopes never stitched tightly enough to any hour. from "All the Names We Will Not Know" by Naomi Shihab Nye buff.ly/5wBCLd2 #WomensHistoryMonth

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The Power—and Necessity—of Reading Dangerously buff.ly/1KPPLJu

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Today is the birthday of poet Carolyn Beard Whitlow. I suggest you help Carolyn celebrate by asking your local library to order a copy of her award-winning collection, VANISHED buff.ly/nsCwhnQ

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we let our hair down. It wasn't so much that we worried about what people thought or about keeping it real but that we knew this was our moment. from "Because it looked hotter that way" by Camille T. Dungy buff.ly/v4qdP4C

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Q&A: UNCG Creative Writing Alum Travis Mulhauser, Author of ‘The Trouble Up North’ buff.ly/8yLKBF2 #UNCGAlumni #UNCGEnglish #UNCG #UNCGWay #FindYourWayHere @mfagreensboro.bsky.social

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“Books Are Weapons in the War of Ideas.” - The Incendiary Power of Literature in an Era of Censorship buff.ly/QJ97X7k

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Before I knew how to fill my onyx body with slick measures, dip every curve in my skin with dark sway, I needed a picture. Before me stood a long black dress I called Woman— you stand opaque from "Bear Witness" by Tiana Clark buff.ly/D6iW41P #WomensHistoryMonth

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ICYMI - JUMP THE GUN, the latest collection from UNCG Creative Writing alum Jenny Malboeuf is available for pre-order from BOA Editions buff.ly/nAcdGey #UNCGAlumni #UNCGEnglish #UNCG #UNCGWay #FindYourWayHere @mfagreensboro.bsky.social

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Today is the birthday of poet Julia Kolchinsky. I suggest you help Julia celebrate by asking your local library to order a copy of her award-winning collection, PARALLAX buff.ly/sydFXrc

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Today is the birthday of poet Rachel Marie Patterson. I suggest you help Rachel celebrate by asking your library to purchase a copy of her knockout collection, TALL GRASS WITH VIOLENCE buff.ly/NtLdUpW

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Writing Poetry Under Stalin: Samizdat and Memorization - buff.ly/vSrqJ8G

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Darling deer, beasts of our love, we are gigantic. Wild, we wield no pitchfork, no distaff, no broom. Women are supernatural, but we are more than that—witnesses to great convulsions of nature. from "Cult of the Deer Goddess" by Caylin Capra-Thomas buff.ly/7OEF4mc #WomensHistoryMonth

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This Soviet Poet Fought Against Stalin With Her Words . . . & She Can Teach Us About Resistance. buff.ly/5ZK8Osd

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Someone had laced the pot, my date shape-shifting in the car’s plush seat. I rolled with it, his tongue, not sexy or soft, but possibly earnest. I must have bit him on purpose to regain my breath, from "Another Small Gathering" by Lindsay Bernal buff.ly/unuQBwG #WomensHistoryMonth

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Ukraine’s clandestine book club defies Russia’s push to rewrite history - Risking discovery and even prison, teenage readers meet in secret to discuss texts that Putin’s troops are trying to erase buff.ly/RBrIxrS

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you woman tree woman one swaying to unheard of winds uninvented air streams you woman sky with palms broad enough to hold eqypt who taught me to walk slow and deliberate like i had somewhere to go from "praise song" by Jaki Shelton Green buff.ly/xgrrz38 #WomensHistoryMonth

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How much poison are you willing to eat for the success of the free market and global trade? Please name your preferred poisons. For the sake of goodness, how much evil are you willing to do? from "Questionnaire " by Wendell Berry buff.ly/h7HpPvi

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“Poetry Remains Indestructible.” - On the Resilience of Art in the Face of Fascism buff.ly/l1fRi4X

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ICYMI: EVERYBODY SAYS ITS EVERYTHING, the latest novel from UNCG Creative Writing alum Xhenet Aliu is now available from Random House buff.ly/uOfEgFN #UNCGEnglish #UNCG #UNCGWay #FindYourWayHere @mfagreensboro.bsky.social

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Why I’m Replacing Doomscrolling With Poetry by Alissa Quart I have, though, found a reprieve from my anxious inattention: poetry. More specifically, the poetry of survival—verse written in the shadow of political extremity. I have noticed this is true for others I know. buff.ly/HcJ3qrx

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Happy Pub Day to UNCG Creative Writing alum Carole Boston Weatherford! RAP IT UP! launches today from Henry Holt & Co. buff.ly/KbkKEig #UNCGAlumni #UNCGEnglish #UNCG #UNCGWay #FindYourWayHere @mfagreensboro.bsky.social

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Happy Pub Day to UNCG Creative Writing faculty member Xhenet Aliu! EVERYBODY SAYS IT'S EVERYTHING launches today from Random House buff.ly/LoI1HuF #UNCGEnglish #UNCG #UNCGWay #FindYourWayHere @mfagreensboro.bsky.social

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I’ve just come from walking to and fro in the earth, Satan tells God before they make the wager standing for centuries as metaphor of man’s existence— trapped on the wheel like an insect under a microscope: from "Job" by Jospeh Millar buff.ly/b3IgDnF

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Punk, Poet, Prophet: In Praise of the Late, Great Shane MacGowan buff.ly/joKxe1P

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Monday Markets and Jobs for Writers courtesy of Erika Dreifus buff.ly/c27K56j

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It’s supposed to be prose if it runs on and on, isn’t it? All those words, too many to fall into rank and file, stumbling bareassed drunk onto the field reporting for duty, yessir . . . from "Prose in a Small Space" by Rita Dove buff.ly/QusXCLj #WomensHistoryMonth

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Today is the birthday of poet Nathaniel Perry. I suggest you help Neil celebrate by asking your local library to order a copy of his award-winning American Poetry Review collection, NINE ACRES buff.ly/XfGqLv7

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Today is the birthday of North Carolina poet Molly Rice. I suggest you help Molly celebrate by asking your local library to order a copy of her Press 53 collection, Forever Eighty-Eights buff.ly/9ZybT1t

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Today is the Birthday of North Carolina author David Gessner. I suggest you help Dave celebrate by asking your local library to order a copy of his Blair release, The Book of Flaco: The World's Most Famous Bird buff.ly/ahnr5LP

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Today is the birthday of poet Joseph Millar. I suggest you help Joe celebrate by asking your local library to order a copy of his recently released Carnegie Mellon University Press collection, SHINE buff.ly/qQUAjgO

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Happy Pub Day to poet and "good doctor," C. Dale Young! Building the Perfect Animal launches today from Four Way Books. I suggest you help C. Dale celebrate by asking your local library to order a copy. buff.ly/li2XKbI

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The Department of English at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro invites applications for a one-year visiting assistant professor position in creative writing (poetry), to begin August 1, 2025. . Application deadline is April 11, 2025. buff.ly/8Ik5iBi

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Creating art under Trump will become harder but it will remain vital: "The president’s attacks on diversity and immigration have already affected many artists and will affect many more in the coming months" buff.ly/GPtGHbb

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ICYMI - OTHERWISE, I'M FINE, a memoir by UNCG Creative Writing alum Barbara Presnell is available for pre-order from the University of South Carolina Press buff.ly/IeAWtK8 #UNCGAlumni #UNCGEnglish #UNCG #UNCGWay #FindYourWayHere @mfagreensboro.bsky.social

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Today is the birthday of North Carolina poet, visual artist, and musician, Jonathan Kevin Rice. I suggest you help Jonathan celebrate by asking your local library to order a copy his Main Street Rag release, Killing Time buff.ly/hfrVgII

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Today is the birthday of North Carolina poet AE Hines. I suggest you help Earl celebrate by asking your local library to order a copy of his Charlotte Lit release, Adam in the Garden buff.ly/xXZsP34

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Today is the birthday of poet, Paul Guest. I suggest you help Paul celebrate by asking your local library to order a copy of his Ecco release, My Index of Slightly Horrifying Knowledge buff.ly/P7HIyeA

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You’re supposed to say shoke but I like shock. Lady Shock. Who drew a spiked rope through her offering tongue to burn blood into the threads of bark paper, coax a smoke― from "Lady Xoc" by Dana Levin buff.ly/m6btmDh

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ICYMI: JUMP THE GUN, the latest collection from UNCG Creative Writing alum Jennie Malboeuf is now available for pre-order from BOA Editions buff.ly/ChrrdFA #UNCGAlumni #UNCGEnglish #UNCG #UNCGWay #FindYourWayHere @mfagreensboro @uncg_english @uncg_cas @uncg

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