new book: THE ANXIETY WORKBOOK (@pittpoetry). author of THE LAST MASTODON (@rattlemag). former director, @poetrycircuit. tweets, mine.
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absolutely gobsmacked to be holding THE ANXIETY WORKBOOK in my hands this morning. and the flutter I felt when I turned it over and saw my face next to the same logo so many of my favorite books have … !
order here: upittpress.org/books/9780822…
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Christina Olson went to the blue sky place retweeted
16 Oct 2024
A little Wonder Years ekphrasis. And if you like poems about TV shows, there's more where that came from! juneroadpress.com/certain-sh…
16 Oct 2024
My mom reassured her with statements
of fact: You’ll never be an orphan. We’ll never own a dog.
—Abbie Kiefer @heyAbbieK, from her new book, Certain Shelter (@juneroadpress, 2024).
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I appreciate the faculty member who has an entire pint of the Ben and Jerry’s non-dairy The Tonight Dough in the office fridge. I like to imagine that they teach their classes and then they just go to town on it. Someone knocks on the door and they’re like BUSY, COME BACK LATER
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gritty and I are absolutely chuffed to be holding the @heyAbbieK debut full-length collection, CERTAIN SHELTER, out from @juneroadpress! happy publication month, Abbie! this book slaps
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Christina Olson went to the blue sky place retweeted
9 Oct 2024
THE FIRE WILL NOT BE SNUFFED OUT BY HURRICANE. THE SWAMP BURNS AGAIN THIS FRIDAY, 4 PM. Spread the word. We've got a whole lot of kindling that needs to go.
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it's actually adorable that more than one student yesterday, when asked what they did while the uni was closed because of #Helene and they didn't have power, told me that they wrote poems
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happy 46th (!!!!) to this absolute stunner from the shores of lake superior, love you @thedrevlow and am glad that you’re with us
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fellow Georgians, today is the LAST day to register to vote in Georgia. even if you think you’re registered, check your status today here: mvp.sos.ga.gov/s/
(it’s … it’s almost like our peach state has a wild and wooly history of voter shenanigans!!!!) 🍑🍑🍑🍑🍑🍑🍑
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Christina Olson went to the blue sky place retweeted
1 Oct 2024
The "big lake" is seeing water temperatures that are warmer than ever recorded at this time of year. It’s worth noting, water temperature records only go back to 1995 @LakeSuperior #GreatLakes
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29 Sep 2024
Today's Featured Poet:
Christina Olson is the author of The Anxiety Workbook (Pitt Poetry Series, 2023) and The Last Mastodon (Rattle, 2019). Other work appears in The Atlantic, The Missouri Review, The Nation, and Scientific American.
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feels sort of strange to post this while we have a giant tree laying on its side in our front yard, but I had the poem of the day up at Poetry Daily yesterday! I still like poison dart frogs. their toxicity depends on what they’ve been consuming, which seems like a metaphor
28 Sep 2024
Today's Featured Poem:
"Reptile House" by @olsonquest, from The Anxiety Workbook, published by @UPittPress.
Read here:
poems.com/poem/reptile-house…
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hey sorry I was late logging into the zoom meeting, I was watching two mantises fucking on my window screen and hoping I’d see her tear off his head and eat it
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Christina Olson went to the blue sky place retweeted
20 Sep 2024
Hey all, did not know that my love for Point Break, Road House, and Red Dawn was gonna lead to a book of pomes, but here it is, a gift to y'all. Get your hands on it. Learn some stuff about the man, the myth, the Swayze Mane: tinyurl.com/mrx78ccf
In Praise of the Swaze, the new tribute chapbook by (@thedrevlow) Benjamin Drevlow is now available. Check out the link below where you can read Drevlow defend what is essentially less of a mere hairstyle, and more of a phenomenon in TO MULLET OR NOT TO MULLET: AN ASIDE. Below that is a link to the paperback.
alienbuddhapress.wordpress.c…
amazon.com/PRAISE-SWAYZE-Ben…
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that was a blast. big poet hugs to Jim May & @chelsearathburn for bringing me to yesterday, and to their amazing students who lined up nearly to the door (!!!) to say hello, get a book signed, talk about anxiety, or just let me know that they enjoyed my work 🔥🧠♥️
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somehow it is already Tuesday so I’m telling you that in TWO DAYS I’ll be reading at Mercer in Macon as part of the Third Thursday Poetry Reading Series! also today I am wearing long pants to teach in! truly autumn has arrived
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here’s a reminder that LANGUAGE IS ULTIMATELY IN THE HANDS OF ITS USERS
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Are y’all ready for the 2024-2025 Georgia Poetry Circuit? We’ll host the amazing writers Leslie Sainz, Shane McCrae, and Camonghne Felix at ten member schools all around the state of Georgia. See berry.edu/gpc for the school closest to you and come out!
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I’ll just leave this here
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