Emily Bright

Weekend Host: MPR News. Host: Ask a Bookseller podcast, Art Hounds. Author of “Fierce Delight: Poems of Early Motherhood.” Writes MG, PB. Opinions are my own.

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Now available wherever you buy books! #poetry #earthday #indie

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Coming April 14, 2026. Now on pre-sale through https://t.co/uX1rJlJ56J, Amazon, and your favorite indie bookstore.

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Vote tomorrow!!!

Minnesota friends, see who is on your ballot, here: https://t.co/HaKCercboC

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“Fierce Delight: Poems of Early Motherhood” is out now. Poetry collection “This Ground Beneath Our Feet,” about finding common ground, coming April 2026.

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Unhealthy air quality for us today. My heart aches for the forests burning in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, and all the lives and homes affected. Here’s a story from the BBC:

https://t.co/WJlUdZlfbM

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My NPR author debut! I could not have asked for lovelier. Listen here. #FierceDelight https://t.co/Sd5oCTbN3H

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It’s official: my book interview will air on NPR this afternoon during All Things Considered 5 EST/4 Central. Right now it’s scheduled in the last 15 minutes of the show. The exact timing might shift.

I’m so curious to hear what from our 30 minute interview ends up in there.

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This is my #FierceDelight. Happy Mother’s Day.

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My new book “Fierce Delight: Poems of Early Motherhood” opens with a quote from a Grace Paley poem that my mom once gave me:

“I wanted to explain tiredness is
Expected it is even appropriate
At the end of the day.”

We do a lot. My hope for this #MothersDay is a nap. #poetry

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Daily dose of beauty! More gorgeous tulips from the MN Arboretum. #NatureTherapy

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Daily dose of beauty.

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Big day for the Midwest

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What a lovely reading last night. Thank you, everyone, who came to hear my “Fierce Delight” and who found themselves remembering their own longest shortest days of early motherhood. #poetry

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CHARLIE, IN-BETWEEN
When Charlie leaves her small island to live with her aunt on the mainland & start 7th grade, she’s sure those stomachaches are homesickness. Right?
-novel in verse
-❤️ in 2 places
-chronic illness
-lacrosse

IVALEZ EXPLAINS IT ALL x GUTS

#QuestPit #MG #Q

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@ARFrederiksen Nicely written pitch

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@Drenderturmaud

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@CJVickWrites Sounds like some fun creepy elements

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At the ANY ANIMAL CAFÉ, woolly mammoths chomp grass & saber tooth cats usually don’t eat other customers. Then a stranger walks in on 2 legs, threatening the seating arrangement. They’d better find room at the table before a colossal food fight starts! #QuestPit #Q #PB #HA #STEM

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@kristenrenay Yes please

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@melodywanders Yes please