Kirsh (she/her)
@kirshwords.bsky.social
Writer, bookseller, publishing professional, former young.
A co-host of Wax Poetic on CFRO 100.5.
A co-host of Wax Poetic on CFRO 100.5.
God did we fuck up when we made takes the currency of the internet.
October 9, 2026 at 8:30 PM
God did we fuck up when we made takes the currency of the internet.
I see the pandemic literature that nobody wanted a few years ago is apparently ready for market. Interested to watch how it goes.
October 1, 2026 at 4:57 PM
I see the pandemic literature that nobody wanted a few years ago is apparently ready for market. Interested to watch how it goes.
I think it's interesting that stealing faces, words, and voices were behaviours historically ascribed to literal demons in various cultural myths across the world but somehow when AI does it, there are people going "isn't this neat?"
August 7, 2026 at 5:24 PM
I think it's interesting that stealing faces, words, and voices were behaviours historically ascribed to literal demons in various cultural myths across the world but somehow when AI does it, there are people going "isn't this neat?"
Somebody needs to take the word "quietly" away from the journalists.
August 6, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Somebody needs to take the word "quietly" away from the journalists.
The piping plover is in real danger. Please write to your MP and to Minister Julie Dabrusin asking that a federal emergency protection order be issued. Let's do our very best to not let a species go extinct.
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Tell Ottawa to protect Wasaga Beach piping plovers
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July 24, 2026 at 5:19 PM
The piping plover is in real danger. Please write to your MP and to Minister Julie Dabrusin asking that a federal emergency protection order be issued. Let's do our very best to not let a species go extinct.
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And I will recommend you The Wager by David Grann. Have you read The Wager by David Grann? You should read The Wager by David Grann.
July 23, 2026 at 4:56 PM
And I will recommend you The Wager by David Grann. Have you read The Wager by David Grann? You should read The Wager by David Grann.
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I want people to understand the full impact of the devastation that First Nations in Canada are facing. It's NOT just that people and wildlife are losing their homes...it's the history that is being lost for generations to come.
July 17, 2026 at 8:13 AM
I want people to understand the full impact of the devastation that First Nations in Canada are facing. It's NOT just that people and wildlife are losing their homes...it's the history that is being lost for generations to come.
I'm so excited for this book!
My creative nonfiction/essay book Ace Theory comes out this fall with @bookhugpress.bsky.social and if you preorder now you can get 10% off using the code PREORDER10. bookhugpress.ca/shop/books/f...
July 9, 2026 at 5:31 PM
I'm so excited for this book!
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July 1, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Need a new beach read*? Get 30% off of these Talon titles that have made book prize lists in 2026 when you order them from our site! Enter the code SUMMER2630 at checkout.
Offer is valid until July 31, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. PT.
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*We like unconventional beach reads best!
Offer is valid until July 31, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. PT.
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*We like unconventional beach reads best!
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Hajer Mirwali has won the 2026 Trillium Book Award for Poetry for her debut book Revolutions! This powerful work looks at the linking forces of shame, pleasure, and surveillance. Congratulations on this well-deserved win, Hajer! Go Revolutions! 🌀📚️ #Poetry #Booksky💙📚
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June 11, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Hajer Mirwali has won the 2026 Trillium Book Award for Poetry for her debut book Revolutions! This powerful work looks at the linking forces of shame, pleasure, and surveillance. Congratulations on this well-deserved win, Hajer! Go Revolutions! 🌀📚️ #Poetry #Booksky💙📚
www.ontariocreates.ca
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We are thrilled to share that ᑳᐯᓵᑳᐢᑌᐠ reuben quinn has won the @writersguildab.bsky.social 2026 Wilfrid Eggleston Award for Nonfiction for his incredible book ᑭᐢᑭᓱᒥᑐᐠ kiskisomitok: ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐤ to remind each and one another!
#Nonfiction #IndigenousLiterature #TBRList
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#Nonfiction #IndigenousLiterature #TBRList
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June 9, 2026 at 6:21 PM
We are thrilled to share that ᑳᐯᓵᑳᐢᑌᐠ reuben quinn has won the @writersguildab.bsky.social 2026 Wilfrid Eggleston Award for Nonfiction for his incredible book ᑭᐢᑭᓱᒥᑐᐠ kiskisomitok: ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐤ to remind each and one another!
#Nonfiction #IndigenousLiterature #TBRList
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A January 6 rioter now has a top-secret clearance in the Pentagon. It’s the latest example of a dangerous trend in the Trump administration, @willgottsegen.com argues in The Atlantic Daily.
The J6 Rioter Now Working at the Pentagon
His hiring is part of a dangerous trend in the Trump administration.
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June 6, 2026 at 12:23 AM
A January 6 rioter now has a top-secret clearance in the Pentagon. It’s the latest example of a dangerous trend in the Trump administration, @willgottsegen.com argues in The Atlantic Daily.
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June is Indigenous History Month! If you want to mark the occasion with a book, we’ve put together a reading list of some truly excellent titles that range from personal to public, funny to unsettling, and deep to the whimsical.
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June 3, 2026 at 5:24 PM
June is Indigenous History Month! If you want to mark the occasion with a book, we’ve put together a reading list of some truly excellent titles that range from personal to public, funny to unsettling, and deep to the whimsical.
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If you grew up in Toronto feeling like a loser whose link to belonging was music, consider signing this petition to save Sneaky Dee's. It's a cultural institution and a hub for all good misfits. Also: they have dope french toast. Please don't let developers turn it into $$$condos.
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Sign the Petition
SAVE SNEAKY DEE'S
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May 27, 2026 at 11:08 PM
If you grew up in Toronto feeling like a loser whose link to belonging was music, consider signing this petition to save Sneaky Dee's. It's a cultural institution and a hub for all good misfits. Also: they have dope french toast. Please don't let developers turn it into $$$condos.
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URGENT: Trump has lost it, and we need to stop him NOW.
He threatened to erase Iran's entire civilization tonight. That's genocide, plain and simple.
We only have a couple hours to act before it's too late:
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He threatened to erase Iran's entire civilization tonight. That's genocide, plain and simple.
We only have a couple hours to act before it's too late:
action.eko.org/a/impeach-tr...
Impeach Trump NOW
Over a month ago, while Washington D.C. was asleep, Donald Trump pushed the button. He didn't ask Congress, he didn't show proof of a threat, and he didn't care about the consequences. He just selfish
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April 7, 2026 at 5:43 PM
URGENT: Trump has lost it, and we need to stop him NOW.
He threatened to erase Iran's entire civilization tonight. That's genocide, plain and simple.
We only have a couple hours to act before it's too late:
action.eko.org/a/impeach-tr...
He threatened to erase Iran's entire civilization tonight. That's genocide, plain and simple.
We only have a couple hours to act before it's too late:
action.eko.org/a/impeach-tr...
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You're invited to the Talonbooks spring 2026 launch! On May 1, join us at the Martha Lou Henley Rehearsal Hall to celebrate this season's stellar new titles. Attendance is free! A live stream will be available on the Talonbooks YouTube channel.
More details here:
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April 5, 2026 at 7:35 PM
You're invited to the Talonbooks spring 2026 launch! On May 1, join us at the Martha Lou Henley Rehearsal Hall to celebrate this season's stellar new titles. Attendance is free! A live stream will be available on the Talonbooks YouTube channel.
More details here:
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More details here:
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Listen, I love complaining but even I cannot believe some of the things people will complain about. Oh, are there skippable ads in this fun, free podcast? Oh, are there three paragraphs of personal narrative prior to a nice recipe someone has decided to share with you also for free? Good lord.
March 26, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Listen, I love complaining but even I cannot believe some of the things people will complain about. Oh, are there skippable ads in this fun, free podcast? Oh, are there three paragraphs of personal narrative prior to a nice recipe someone has decided to share with you also for free? Good lord.
I guess I just don't feel 100% positively that everyone feels empowered and encouraged to review everything.
March 7, 2026 at 12:26 AM
I guess I just don't feel 100% positively that everyone feels empowered and encouraged to review everything.
Just received an unsolicited email about receiving medically supported weight loss treatment from a telecommunications company that has taken control of a portion of healthcare. I am not a customer of this telecommunications company. Everything about this is so grim it's unbearable.
February 18, 2026 at 9:58 PM
Just received an unsolicited email about receiving medically supported weight loss treatment from a telecommunications company that has taken control of a portion of healthcare. I am not a customer of this telecommunications company. Everything about this is so grim it's unbearable.
There's a special irk in my heart for this & its converse messaging, "this is how you age when you're unproblematic," often said about wealthy celebs.
There are many creative, incisive, earned insults we can level against fascists & transphobes without leaning on a philosophy of Imperative Beauty.
There are many creative, incisive, earned insults we can level against fascists & transphobes without leaning on a philosophy of Imperative Beauty.
I see "hate ages you" a lot, about fascists and transphobes who are looking old. You know what else ages you? Aging.
I'm just going to say a thing.
What a person looks like is not reflective of their soul. Insulting the appearance of bad people who do bad things as an outcome or indication of their rotten hearts perpetuates the notion that conventional beauty = virtue, a myth that's led to untold human damage.
What a person looks like is not reflective of their soul. Insulting the appearance of bad people who do bad things as an outcome or indication of their rotten hearts perpetuates the notion that conventional beauty = virtue, a myth that's led to untold human damage.
February 13, 2026 at 5:40 PM
There's a special irk in my heart for this & its converse messaging, "this is how you age when you're unproblematic," often said about wealthy celebs.
There are many creative, incisive, earned insults we can level against fascists & transphobes without leaning on a philosophy of Imperative Beauty.
There are many creative, incisive, earned insults we can level against fascists & transphobes without leaning on a philosophy of Imperative Beauty.
... but my horoscope seemed so positive??
February 12, 2026 at 11:23 PM
... but my horoscope seemed so positive??
So grateful to have had the opportunity to chat about this poetry collection I loved so much!
Read the latest review by Erin Kirsh @kirshwords.bsky.social on the debut poetry collection 'I feel that way too' by jaz papadopoulos. 📖
#book #review #poetry
#book #review #poetry
I Feel That Way Too, Too | Femme Art Review
i feel that way too jaz papadopoulos Nightwood Editions, 2024 Reviewed by Erin Kirsh jaz papadopoulos’ debut poetry collection i feel that way too (Nightwood Editions, 2024) draws “lipliner runes for…
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February 10, 2026 at 5:43 PM
So grateful to have had the opportunity to chat about this poetry collection I loved so much!
Toronto! Get your poetry!
January 28, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Toronto! Get your poetry!
Oh no, my targeted ads think I'm a man on a self-improvement kick.
January 27, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Oh no, my targeted ads think I'm a man on a self-improvement kick.
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et tu, libby?!
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January 13, 2026 at 2:00 PM
et tu, libby?!
libby users, you can give them feedback on their new fuckery of an ai policy by pressing the bottom-center button in the app & scrolling down
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