NightBlock

Online poetry journal edited by Erin J. Mullikin & Robert Whitehead. + animals. + ghosts. + tea.

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"two months slide by like thin paint./ I strain from bed to desk, climb/ hour by hour out of dread. what/ came first, the hope or the pain? mime/ of thirst or mime of rain?" - from "lushi for Wuhan" by Jody Chan, winner of the NightBlock Poetry Contest. https://t.co/Gr8n6DP36a

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We completely agree.

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#Nightblock awarded their poetry prize to Jody Chan for "lushi for Wuhan" the best pandemic poem I've ever read.
https://t.co/8axIHhXfvg

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And The NightBlock Poetry Contest Winner Is... - https://t.co/6w6bVAgVcM

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Congratulations to Jody Chan, the winner of NightBlock’s First Annual Poetry Contest!

Check out their poem “lushi for Wuhan” at our website, where you can also hear Jody read their poem, watch a video chat with Jody… https://t.co/QKPNGaQL2A

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@gradychambers87 @ColeHenri @Milkweed_Books we stan

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Remember: we are still open for general submissions for NightBlock Edition 14! Check us out: https://t.co/rbnYn8K2io

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The Way One Animal Trusts Another https://t.co/FVMVubuHkb

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@MrWojoRising hey

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@likaluca backup singer for @ArianaGrande

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@theamandashow16 @gros__pipi submit submit submit! https://t.co/THHsApxcLo

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@alyssawaking @moonmoonmother um, this is the greatest idiom I've ever heard.

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Also, the contest is FREE for BIPOC to enter. Deadline is this Saturday, June 6 at 11:59PM EST.

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Reminder: our poetry contest deadline has been extended for BIPOC poets only! Everyone else, find other ways to spend your $13 submission fee. May we suggest: https://t.co/N1pNwDJn3Y

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@Coffee_House_ glad to help. we'll keep watching this space and boosting your work. thank you for all you & your staff are doing.

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For members of the literary community that are able to provide material support for Minneapolis:

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Thanks to everyone everyone who submitted to our poetry contest, we just sent a $166 donation to Black Art Futures Fund. Thank you to @delana_writes, BAFF Executive Director, and the board (esp @rckylrnts ❤️) for their work to amplify and strengthen the future of Black art.

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@csferreira08 @tweetsbykelsi i promise we’re only here to defend the defensible. a white poet bickering with POC poets about virtue signaling is indefensible.

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@csferreira08 @tweetsbykelsi hey where is this happening?

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✊ Poetry Contest deadline extended for BIPOC poets! - https://t.co/H67ufnBtSl

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A reminder from @GrantaMag that one-third of American homicide victims who are killed by strangers are killed by cops. #DefundThePolice https://t.co/aHdLnpWDJb