toby tegrotenhuis

he/they | queer | 2nd gen 🇵🇭/🇺🇲 | BLM/ACAB/🇵🇸 | '22 @LambdaLiterary Fellow | words @glassmtmag, @alleghenyreview, @collisionlitmag, @BoothAJournal

[toby tegrotenhuis @tobionn]

decorating at work

[toby tegrotenhuis @tobionn]

@cgicowboy jangles my carabiner all over the place like a priest dispersing incense

[the lickety~split @olicketysplit]

Haunt

These days I talk to spiders, bless
the moths chewing on my sheets.
I won’t call a plumber
for the pipes that clank
and sigh throughout the night.
Come as anything––
a flicker, a draft of wet air.
My window gapes open.
I’ve always taken you
as you are.

[toby tegrotenhuis @tobionn]

ok NOW i've got free time, i'll work on something for poetry month

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@nbeerpoet YES!!!!! Huge congrats, Nicky!!

[Nic Anstett @NicAnstett]

Hey cis writer friends, who are interested in attending AWP 2024 in Kansas City, please keep an eye on MO bills SB429 and HB498, which would effectively criminalize Trans* writers in attendance from reading or speaking in any capacity at the conference. We’re going to need you.

[toby tegrotenhuis @tobionn]

lambda brunch proving this universal constant true yet again

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I got the "Dead Names Stay Dead" sweatshirt I wore to the Lambda reception from here! check silas's stuff out - you might find something that amazes you.

[The Allegheny Review @alleghenyreview]

Last chance to pick up some free copies of The Allegheny Review at our table today! Stop by table 1334 :) #AWP23

[toby tegrotenhuis @tobionn]

no longer at the booth but am wandering the fair!!! flag me down or dm me if you want to say hi!!

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I'm at the Lambda Literary booth (908) today until 11 am!!! come say hi!! (and get some dope stickers!!! seriously they're kickass)

[toby tegrotenhuis @tobionn]

we are now hobbling around the target on union looking for Dr Scholls inserts and better sneakers. lessons have been learned

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(grandparent talking to kids voice) well when I went to AWP when I was ur age, I walked uphill to the convention center BOTH ways,

[HAD @havehadhavehad]

a wild one from @alex_tretbar that immediately grabbed me as a sub (& also made me google "ignis fatuus")

"I have lived in cold apartments, it did not bother me.
I have fallen asleep at wheels and falsified documents,

testimonies, it did not bother me."
https://t.co/oWG0ibHxSM

[Clara Bush Vadala @doctorVpoetry]

Becoming Totoro’s Veterinarian – my ode to the creature/spirit of my childhood! Thanks ⁦@dailydrunkmag⁩ for publishing it! ❤️ https://t.co/vQcVEZzhEX

[Lena Crown @which_is_to_say]

icymi, i have a poem about grief in the most recent issue of @WhaleRoadReview ❤️‍🩹

[toby tegrotenhuis @tobionn]

Anyone going to AWP this year?

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@BenHN99 bet

[toby tegrotenhuis @tobionn]

Finally, after my flimsy but hardy folding music stand called it quits, a deserved upgrade. Printer ink for actual sheet music is still pending.

It feels weird but good to be back at this again. Creaky-ass thing reminds me of grade school band rooms - all it needs is rust.