april michelle bratten

editor-in-chief of @upthestaircase.
bi. she/her. 🌨

[april michelle bratten @aprilmbratten]

Check out 3 new poems by me in the Pride issue of Screen Door Review 🥰🏳️‍🌈
https://t.co/oUvmygS2q3

Here is one of them: "did I ever tell you I believed the oracle"

[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC]

A “fake American citizen?”

Didn’t you MOVE to Puerto Rico to avoid paying your taxes while kids across America go hungry?

Meanwhile Benito actually funds low income kids’ access to arts and sports programs, while you defund them.

Of course you’re mad. He makes you look small.

[Pop Base @PopBase]

Governor Gavin Newsom has declared today “Bad Bunny Day” in California ahead of his historic #SuperBowl performance.

[Betty Jiang @BettyWanJiang]

A thread of all the pieces I made for my 2025 solo show at Nucleus Portland ✨

[soli @solisolsoli]

Sacrilege by daveyjonsies

[simone de bolivar @_bitchsword]

“the older you get, the more conservative you get” yeah if you’re a little bitch

[Up the Staircase @upthestaircase]

We decided to sweeten your Friday with our themed summer issue. Kindred: Poems on Platonic Love is now live!

https://t.co/uK27b0VntH

[#WOMENSART @womensart1]

Masayo Fukuda, contemporary master of kirie, or Japanese paper-cutting, crafting hyper detailed creatures from single sheets of paper, an art that has been around since 700 AD #WomensArt

[Marysia @marysia_cc]

Kirsty May Hall
Blue Birds in Blossoms

[april michelle bratten @aprilmbratten]

Currently building the Kindred issue of Up the Staircase. Y'all are just damn good writers.

[兔兒神 @chenchenwrites]

Will the afterlife be harder if I remember
the people I love, or forget them?

Either way, please let me remember.

—Andrea Gibson, RIP

[RobertAllenPoet @RobertAllenPoet]

Ocean Vuong

[soli @solisolsoli]

A Sleepless Night by Chih Illustration

[ani difranco @anidifranco]

we sure did lose a good one last night. here’s a moment of @andreagibson in action. warming up the stage for me at the filmore. i love everyone a little bit more today, in your honor, andrea. deep bow.

[annie 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸 @thatssoannie_]

I remember finding this poem a few years ago exactly at a time I needed to read it. so so sad about andrea gibson's passing... thank you for all your words but especially "it's okay if you can't imagine spring" :(

[Madi 🌻 @decalcomania93]

Andrea Gibson died today and i am very sad. here’s one of their works about grief.

[Oasis @oasis]

ROUND ARE WAY THE SUN SHINES BRIGHT☀️
Manchester 12.07.25
#OasisLive25

[Up the Staircase @upthestaircase]

There are only a handful of days left to submit to our Kindred: Poems on Platonic Love issue.

Send us your poetry and art that celebrates friendship and community ✨️

https://t.co/nxqFmLD4Yn

[Brooke Harries @brookekrista]

alice notley

[Up the Staircase @upthestaircase]

Up the Staircase Quarterly is currently seeking submissions celebrating friendship and community for our special themed issue this summer! You can submit to Kindred: Poems on Platonic Love until July 1st: https://t.co/uK27b0VntH