depression isn’t always looking and feeling sad. sometimes it’s lack of motivation, excessive sleeping, poor eating habits, unexplainable anger/easily irritated, low self-esteem, no strive to do things you normally do.

#THEBOOKCHAT is excited to bring you a series of poetry lessons on LatiNext. Today’s is on the poem “Afro-Latinx Manifesto” by Gabriel Ramirez & was created by Julia E. Torres (MAEd., MA, MLIS), co-founder of #DisruptTexts Interactive image: bit.ly/Ramirez_Manife… Lesson: bit.ly/Ramirez_Lesson

Wallace Stevens, who availed himself of every derogatory name for Blacks that he could find, should be grateful to have his name associated with such a luminous talent. In my book, he would never qualify for a Nikky Finney Award. #BlackPoemsMatter lithub.com/nikky-finney-h…

Today is going to be a raucous political sh**storm, I can feel it. But meanwhile, I'm preparing to teach the work of mahogany l browne Founder of WWOC, Jason Reynolds News and Elizabeth Acevedo, and can we all stop to give thanks that there is such brilliance among us?

This man literally told white supremacists to “stand by.”

You can’t use reason to convince anyone out of an argument that they didn’t use reason to get into.

SUBMIT! uapress.com/millerwilliams…

Y’all don’t wanna go to Canada y’all just don’t want to commit to doing the work it takes to demolish this system

If his "proud boys" are on "stand by" so are these hands. #Debate2020

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How often do we write to hold up the light within us? Join us for Gabriel Ramirez's 8 week class--open and FREE to Philly writers in 19104, 19131, 19139, 19143, 19151, 19133, 19140, 19142, 19132, 19124. Apply by 8/30 💙⁠! bluestoop.org/classes

I ain’t been on here in 2 years but I came back with poems that I’m tryna send out! Any suggestions? Any solicitors?

Where da homies at on here? Self Portrait as FKA twigs scrolling down my feed

Celebrate #HispanicHeritageMonth with these 11 FREE interactive poetry lessons created in collaboration with #THEBOOKCHAT, Latinx educators across the country, and the poets themselves! And check out LatiNext from Haymarket Books! Click here: bit.ly/LatiNext_Lesso…

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This series features new poems by Melissa Cardoza, Xiomara M. Cacho Caballero, @BessieFlores, Sheila Maldonado, Yolany Martínez, @yaddyrap, Gabriel Ramirez, and Mercy Tullis-Bukhari.

So honored to have these poems at BOMB Magazine

Walking home last night in Philly after that loss taught me that folk out here got Emotional Support Guns

So happy and honored!