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Split This Rock cultivates, teaches & celebrates poetry for social change: https://www.splitthisrock.org/

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Community, Split This Rock has successfully raised the remaining $10,000 of our $68,750 fundraising goal! We are so grateful to everyone who responded to and shared our May fundraising update. Without you, this would not have been possible. Read the full update: bit.ly/3TnY358
September 9, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Community, Split This Rock has successfully raised the remaining $10,000 of our $68,750 fundraising goal! We are so grateful to everyone who responded to and shared our May fundraising update. Without you, this would not have been possible. Read the full update: bit.ly/3TnY358
September 9, 2026 at 5:47 PM
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In 2025, Split This Rock & @shoutmousepress.bsky.social collaborated to host youth for poetry & political education workshops. The result: Stubborn Roots: Poems to Grow a Better World, by 18 young writers of color. Let's support these young writers with a huge wave of preorder sales: bit.ly/3Sbd2Pk
Stubborn Roots -- Poems to Grow a Better World — Shout Mouse Press
This powerful anthology illuminates today’s activist experience through the poetry and essays of our most vital and essential youth.
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August 13, 2026 at 1:01 PM
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⭐ Stubborn Roots just earned a starred review in @slj.com — "a ray of hope to readers who may have a shared experience or struggle." Out Oct. 7, preorder today! shoutmousepress.org/bookstore/stubbornroots

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August 11, 2026 at 3:15 PM
In 2025, Split This Rock & @shoutmousepress.bsky.social collaborated to host youth for poetry & political education workshops. The result: Stubborn Roots: Poems to Grow a Better World, by 18 young writers of color. Let's support these young writers with a huge wave of preorder sales: bit.ly/3Sbd2Pk
Stubborn Roots -- Poems to Grow a Better World — Shout Mouse Press
This powerful anthology illuminates today’s activist experience through the poetry and essays of our most vital and essential youth.
bit.ly
August 13, 2026 at 1:01 PM
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For this year's #SealeyChallenge, we curated a list of 31 #poetry books and 3 poetry anthologies on Split This Rock's Bookshop storefront: bit.ly/4ySbavz

We're a #Bookshop affiliate, so when you buy books via our list, we earn a commission (but doesn’t cost you extra!).
2026 Sealey Challenge Reading List
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August 5, 2026 at 2:34 PM
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Grateful to be included on @splitthisrock.bsky.social's Sealey Challenge reading list! What great company to be in:

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August 5, 2026 at 2:53 PM
For this year's #SealeyChallenge, we curated a list of 31 #poetry books and 3 poetry anthologies on Split This Rock's Bookshop storefront: bit.ly/4ySbavz

We're a #Bookshop affiliate, so when you buy books via our list, we earn a commission (but doesn’t cost you extra!).
2026 Sealey Challenge Reading List
Check out this list on Bookshop
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August 5, 2026 at 2:34 PM
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Amir McClam reads “I FEEL MOST DISABLED WHEN THROWN AGAINST A CLOCKWHITE BACKGROUND” for Split This Rock’s Sick & Disabled Showcase Collection in The Quarry: A Social Justice #Poetry Database: bit.ly/3RiPtDQ

This #DisabilityPrideMonth, join us in sharing poems by disabled poets! #DisabilityPride
July 29, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Amir McClam reads “I FEEL MOST DISABLED WHEN THROWN AGAINST A CLOCKWHITE BACKGROUND” for Split This Rock’s Sick & Disabled Showcase Collection in The Quarry: A Social Justice #Poetry Database: bit.ly/3RiPtDQ

This #DisabilityPrideMonth, join us in sharing poems by disabled poets! #DisabilityPride
July 29, 2026 at 2:34 PM
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Arianna Monet reads “I’m rewatching the She Ra episode where Glimmer gets sick for the first time” for Split This Rock’s Sick & Disabled Showcase Collection in The Quarry: A Social Justice #Poetry Database: bit.ly/4eQjh2o

This #DisabilityPrideMonth, join us in sharing poems by disabled poets!
July 22, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Arianna Monet reads “I’m rewatching the She Ra episode where Glimmer gets sick for the first time” for Split This Rock’s Sick & Disabled Showcase Collection in The Quarry: A Social Justice #Poetry Database: bit.ly/4eQjh2o

This #DisabilityPrideMonth, join us in sharing poems by disabled poets!
July 22, 2026 at 2:34 PM
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MT Vallarta reads “What Happens When the Matriarch Dies” for Split This Rock’s Sick & Disabled Showcase Collection in The Quarry: A Social Justice #Poetry Database: bit.ly/4gkrSwD

This #DisabilityPrideMonth, share poems by disabled poets! It's one way to resist the erasure of disabled experiences.
July 15, 2026 at 2:34 PM
MT Vallarta reads “What Happens When the Matriarch Dies” for Split This Rock’s Sick & Disabled Showcase Collection in The Quarry: A Social Justice #Poetry Database: bit.ly/4gkrSwD

This #DisabilityPrideMonth, share poems by disabled poets! It's one way to resist the erasure of disabled experiences.
July 15, 2026 at 2:34 PM
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Tala Khanmalek reads “Of Beauty” for Split This Rock’s Sick & Disabled Showcase Collection in The Quarry: A Social Justice #Poetry Database: bit.ly/4vKLQ8O

This #DisabilityPrideMonth, join us in sharing poems by disabled poets! It's one way to resist the erasure of disabled voices & experiences.
July 1, 2026 at 2:34 PM
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Ina Cariño reads “Summer Figs” for Split This Rock’s Sick & Disabled Showcase Collection in The Quarry: A Social Justice #Poetry Database: bit.ly/4eDt2Cf

This #DisabilityPrideMonth, join us in sharing poems by disabled poets! It's one way to resist the erasure of disabled voices & experiences.
July 8, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Ina Cariño reads “Summer Figs” for Split This Rock’s Sick & Disabled Showcase Collection in The Quarry: A Social Justice #Poetry Database: bit.ly/4eDt2Cf

This #DisabilityPrideMonth, join us in sharing poems by disabled poets! It's one way to resist the erasure of disabled voices & experiences.
July 8, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Tala Khanmalek reads “Of Beauty” for Split This Rock’s Sick & Disabled Showcase Collection in The Quarry: A Social Justice #Poetry Database: bit.ly/4vKLQ8O

This #DisabilityPrideMonth, join us in sharing poems by disabled poets! It's one way to resist the erasure of disabled voices & experiences.
July 1, 2026 at 2:34 PM
TOMORROW, 5/28! Will you join us for 90 minutes of ground-breaking poetry & resistance?

All ticket sales support Split This Rock's ongoing fundraising efforts. We're 85% of the way to our goal! Will you help us raise the rest?

Tickets & more info: bit.ly/3QsFaMC
90 minutes of poems.
7 ground-breaking Asian & Pacific Islander poets.
1 community of poetry & resistance.

Get your $5 ticket to Resist & Revel: An Asian & Pacific Islander Poetry Celebration on 5/28! Learn more about our incredible line-up of readers: bit.ly/3QsFaMC
#AAPI #APIA #Poetry
May 27, 2026 at 5:45 PM
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We are now 85% of the way to our fundraising goal! We will continue our efforts to raise the remaining 15% of our goal—that’s just over $10,000—by the end of the summer. Can we count on you to help us meet our goal?

Donate online: bit.ly/GiveSplitThi...
Get virtual reading tickets: bit.ly/3QsFaMC
Resist & Revel: An Asian & Pacific Islander Poetry Celebration
Split This Rock and Kay Ulanday Barrett are back to host another spectacular virtual poetry reading! Join us for Resist & Revel: An Asian & Pacific Islander Poetry Celebration, featuring:Aliah...
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May 20, 2026 at 6:25 PM
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In August, we came to you with a rallying call to ask what support you could offer as we aimed to bridge a funding gap. We are elated to share WE ARE STILL HERE thanks to every donation of funds, time, and talent that you contributed to allow Split This Rock to keep doing our necessary work. [Cont.]
May 20, 2026 at 6:25 PM
In August, we came to you with a rallying call to ask what support you could offer as we aimed to bridge a funding gap. We are elated to share WE ARE STILL HERE thanks to every donation of funds, time, and talent that you contributed to allow Split This Rock to keep doing our necessary work. [Cont.]
May 20, 2026 at 6:25 PM
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90 minutes of poems.
7 ground-breaking Asian & Pacific Islander poets.
1 community of poetry & resistance.

Get your $5 ticket to Resist & Revel: An Asian & Pacific Islander Poetry Celebration on 5/28! Learn more about our incredible line-up of readers: bit.ly/3QsFaMC
#AAPI #APIA #Poetry
May 16, 2026 at 3:24 PM
90 minutes of poems.
7 ground-breaking Asian & Pacific Islander poets.
1 community of poetry & resistance.

Get your $5 ticket to Resist & Revel: An Asian & Pacific Islander Poetry Celebration on 5/28! Learn more about our incredible line-up of readers: bit.ly/3QsFaMC
#AAPI #APIA #Poetry
May 16, 2026 at 3:24 PM
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For just $5, gather with our poetry community for 90 minutes of brilliance from 7 incredible Asian & Pacific Islander poets! Will we see you there?
Get your $5 ticket to Resist & Revel: An Asian & Pacific Islander Poetry Celebration, a virtual reading on May 28. Featuring Kay Ulanday Barrett, Aliah Lavonne Jahan-Tigh, Isa Borgeson, Lehua M. Taitano, Noah Arhm Choi, Noʻu Revilla & S. J. Ghaus. Details: bit.ly/3QsFaMC
#AAPI #APIA #Poetry
May 13, 2026 at 5:44 PM