Diamond Forde
@PoemsAndCake
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Order Mother Body (2021): https://t.co/lK30Hkat7w PhD African American Poetics and Fat Studies No one is free until we are all free. (she/her)
Joined May 2014
This is, technically, my second time saying this but I am still just as ecstatic (terrified) delighted as my first book to announce my second full-length, THE BOOK OF ALICE, was chosen for publication by @ScribnerBooks as part of their poetry open call #Scribner300
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A decade after being a Bucknell Junie myself, I get to return as Poetry Faculty. I'm honored and thrilled. Share this app with your undergraduates. This is a truly important and life-changing space.
Introducing: our faculty for the Bucknell Seminar for Undergraduate Poets 2025! We’re so thrilled to have @jessnirvanapoet, @PoemsAndCake, and @chenchenwrites on board for the seminar! Applications open next week!
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And while you're browsing the phenomenal 8th issue, check out my interviews with the brilliant @MonicaYoun and Anastacia Renee. I am lucky to be a part of these interviews--to be surrounded by such incredible voices.
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Picture is a beautiful overlook in these here hills. If you're moved to make a birthday donation, I'll use it to get burritos. Venmo @Diamond-Forde
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Congratulations to the other winners, like pressmate @stevenespadaw and @HoneyLiterary @RuthAwad, who I am honored to be in company with. And to the phenomenal finalists whose work I deeply admire compiled here for you to admire too.
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Thank you to this year's poetry judge @CTsalazar_ (!), @d_c_demaree, @sa_chavez7, the BotN masthead, and this year's list of readers for considering my work so closely and with so much heart!
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RT @sarabandebooks: ✨MARK YOUR CALENDARS!✨ Throughout July, Sarabande is pleased to offer an open reading period for book-length manuscrip…
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RT @TianaClarkPoet: Excited to finally share the cover of my next poetry collection, SCORCHED EARTH! Pub date: March 4, 2025. Cover art by…
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@aliner @ScribnerBooks You didn't miss it! I mostly meant this was my second time announcing a book (and I'm still not great at it lol) Thank you for the support, dear friend! 💜
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@MariaZoccola @ScribnerBooks I am so honored and so excited @MariaZoccola—thanks for being #TeamEmily with me!
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