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#ATTENTION! Are you a Texas based poet? Are you a poet writing about Texas? Texas Observer is looking for new poems four next four issues! July/August September/October November/December January/February Submissions close 5/9/25 Send me your poem to [email protected]

The conversations I have with writers are always my favorite part of getting together with the Texas Institute of Letters, this time in Brownsville. (Elizabeth Crook, Octavio Quintanilla, Ruben Degollado, Chris Tomlinson.)Thank you for the camaraderie and inspiration. #texas

This such a great year for poetry 🤗🤗🤗

Zadie Smith signed against genocide in UK with others; a turnaround after her puppet work for the new yorker attacking students on US campuses; the new yorker went on to award itself a pultizer & Zadie in restoration mode. What about U? What Palestinian face are U wearing today

Few things radicalized me like people who don’t want to be friends with me and don’t particularly find my company delightful looking out for my wellbeing in ways that materially changed my life. Community is about shared survival (among other things).

So excited to collaborate my TX Social Studies TSSLA colleagues later this week re: #voicesinhistory #txcss2025 . Tx social studies edus, if you have any suggestions for the year/conference email [email protected] Amy Marshall Mariah Davis Webster Susan Haynes 🌵 Susan Gorman-Pullin

Thrilled to announce my forthcoming collection, THE LAST GREAT ADVENTURE IS YOU (Alice James Books, 2027) A sequel to If This Is the Age We End Discovery, this new work reveals the possibilities of tomorrow already here, as a mysterious, extraterrestrial presence slowly emerges…

🚨NEW: Zohran Mamdani has won the democratic primary for Mayor of New York, beating Andrew Cuomo and stunning the nation with this victory. RETWEET to congratulate Zohran Kwame Mamdani on making history!

A pretty good deal, if I do say so myself.

We are back-to-back champions! 🏆🔥 We beat the United States and retained the Gold Cup title at home. Incondicionales, enjoy this victory, as it is for you. #PorMéxicoTodo 🇲🇽

¡Somos Bicampeones! 🏆🔥 Vencimos a Estados Unidos y mantenemos el título del área en casa. Incondicionales, disfrútenlo que es para ustedes. AT&T Mx 💚🤍❤️ #PorMéxicoTodo

So…. Let me see if I understand this… The Marines are being sent to L.A to help round up & deport Mexicans… While Mexicans are volunteering in Texas to help save Americans ? What a time to be alive. 😳

"... they never secured the $1 million they estimated would be needed to implement it – despite asking for help from state officials at least three separate times." Kerr Co. asked Texas to help pay for a flood warning system for 8 yrs. Can it happen now? shorturl.at/XwOeu

This is on you Greg Abbott and other State officials: "local officials never secured the $1 MIL they estimated would be needed to implement it [an early warming system] – despite asking for help from state officials at least three separate times." shorturl.at/CL2tR

And then there was one! Sign up for our in person and virtual event plus get CPE hours! #txcss2025 #VoicesInHistory Matt Campbell, Ed.D. Matt Cone Dr. Lute Croy Lupe Mendez The Madwoman in the Classroom Illiana Gonzales Ethnic Studies Network of Texas Humanities Texas Texas Alliance for Geographic Education Susan Gorman-Pullin

Finally understood I am the conductor of my own life, and will be even after I die. I, like the trees, will decide what I become: —Andrea Gibson, 1975–2025 poets.org/poem/how-worst…

Literally, Greg Abbott signs bills into laws that tell Texans what they can't do anymore.

In the future, when someone says poetry doesn't matter, I will remind them of the time after Andrea Gibson’s passing when my all of my social media was filled with poetry and tributes.

Pro tip: for newer writers it can be hard to decide where to submit work. One thing I did at the beginning of my writing career was look at poet's/author's acknowledgment's pages for literary magazines to submit to. For ex, I used to always have the goal of getting in as many lit

texas make sure to really enjoy your weekend bc the legislature is back on monday