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Today's excerpt comes from #JackStrawWriter @stayseajackson.bsky.social‬.

The Dim (Excerpt)

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June 13, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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It's #WorldOrcaDay! Listen to #JackStrawWriter Catherine DeNardo's writing about orcas.

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July 14, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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Here’s a sample of #JackStrawWriter Sylvia Byrne Pollack’s work.

Word Work (Excerpt)

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Black text on a white background. Text is an excerpt from #JackStrawWriter Sylvia Byrne Pollack. Text is “Your voice is important. When the day comes to let it fly, watch where it soars.”
December 19, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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#JackStrawWriters2025 #Poetry #RecordingStudio #SeattleRecordingStudio #Seattle #PoetryMonth @billhollands.bsky.social
April 18, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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Here's a look at #JackStrawWriter Natalie Pascale Boisseau's work.

Exiles and Desire: A Beginning (Excerpt)

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Black text on a white background. Text is an excerpt from #JackStrawWriter Natalie Pascale Boisseau. Text is “Instead, she discovers lavender, the scent rising in the warmth, and the sunlight buzzing with bees."
July 10, 2026 at 7:15 PM
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Here's an excerpt from #JackStrawWriter Vincent Rendoni.

Songbird With Plums (Excerpt)

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Black text on a white background. Text is an excerpt from #JackStrawWriter Vincent Rendoni. Text is “I ask Abuela how she caught them.  She cuts a cube of lard over a cast-iron pan. Their music betrays them."
September 19, 2026 at 12:49 AM
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Check out this powerful poem from #JackStrawWriter Monique Ouk. Hear more at the Jack Straw May Reading Series, happening the first three Fridays of this month!

Cambodia Remembers Gaza

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Black text on a white background. Text is an excerpt from #JackStrawWriter Monique Ouk. Text is “This is what stays with me: my mother, barefoot, crying on the street.”
May 2, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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Here's a peek at #JackStrawWriter Gabriella Garcia's poetry ahead of her reading on May 1st. Swing by and hear more!

Topographies (Excerpt)

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Black text on a white background. Text is an excerpt from #JackStrawWriter Gabriella Garcia. Text is “Milky river, the color of memory as you dip your ear to it."
April 17, 2026 at 7:00 PM
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We've got an excerpt from Leanne Dunic's work to kick off the weekend.

Wet (An Excerpt)

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Black text on a white background. Text is an excerpt from #JackStrawWriter Leanne Dunic. Text is “A woman behind the counter traces the mane of her companion."
March 21, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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We've got an excerpt for you from #JackStrawWriter Daemond Arrindell.

Unchaining

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Black text on a white background. Text is an excerpt from #JackStrawWriter Daemond Arrindell. Text is “I opened the lock with the hammer of my voice and out came a sigh."
February 21, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Let this poem from #JackStrawWriter @ejbatiste.bsky.social resonate with you.

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Black text on a white background. Text is an excerpt from #JackStrawWriter E.J. Batiste. Text is “Goddess, goddess, goddess, I shall be.”
December 5, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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We've got an excerpt from #JackStrawWriter Alison Stagner for you today.

Marchpast

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Black text on a white background. Text is an excerpt from #JackStrawWriter Alison Stagner. Text is “If you walk backwards long enough, does the moon dim?"
September 5, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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We've got an excerpt from #JackStrawWriter José Luis Montero today.

Uprooted (Excerpt)

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Black text on a white background. Text is an excerpt from #JackStrawWriter José Luis Montero. Text is “Each region in Mexico has its own distinctive oral cadence and pronunciation"
October 3, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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We're closing out the month with an excerpt from #JackStrawWriter Brandon Young.

Jane Wong (Excerpt)

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Black text on a white background. Text is an excerpt from #JackStrawWriter Brandon Young. Text is “What was left was outfits. What was left was her."
June 27, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Let's close out the month of May with this excerpt from #JackStrawWriter Diane Nguyen.

Viewing Windows (Excerpt)

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Black text on a white background. Text is an excerpt from #JackStrawWriter Diane Nguyen. Text is "I’ve always imagined myself as having a daughter. Maybe this is why."
May 29, 2026 at 2:30 PM
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#AAPIMonth is coming to an end. Let's close out with an excerpt from a poem by #JackStrawWriter Brian Dang.

Dear Grandma,

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Black text on a white background. Text is an excerpt from #JackStrawWriter Brian Dang. Text is "We threw away the unsalvageable shards."
May 30, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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We’ve got an excerpt from #JackStrawWriter Amontaine Aurore today.

Yes Ruby, There Is a Black Santa Claus, 1969 (Excerpt)

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Black text on a white background. Text is an excerpt from #JackStrawWriter Amontaine Aurore. Text is “I had never seen a Black Santa before ours, and always wanted to believe we started the trend.”
January 9, 2026 at 3:31 PM
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Today's excerpt comes to us from #JackStrawWriter Emily Parzybok.

An Easier Story (Excerpt)

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Black text on a white background. Text is an excerpt from #JackStrawWriter Emily Parzybok. Text is “It’s not unlike the relief of throwing up food you wish you hadn’t eaten."
March 8, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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Ahead of #WorldOrcaDay, here's a little bit about how they communicate, courtesy of #JackStrawWriter Catherine DeNardo

A Killer Whale Calls (Excerpt)

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Black text on a white background. Text is an excerpt from #JackStrawWriter Catherine DeNardo. Text is "Some calls sound like squeaky shoes or a clown bending balloons."
July 11, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Let's kick off #BlackHistoryMonth with an excerpt from #JackStrawWriter Helen K. Thomas.

Maybe This Time (Excerpt)

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Black text on a white background. Text is an excerpt from #JackStrawWriter Helen K. Thomas. Text is “For what it’s worth, no matter what, you’ll never be a ghost to me.” 
February 7, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Here's an excerpt from #JackStrawWriter Mia Tong's work. Hear more at the last night of the Jack Straw May Reading Series, happening tonight at 7pm!

The Parasol Maker (Excerpt)

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Black text on a white background. Text is an excerpt from #JackStrawWriter Mia Tong. Text is “A woman’s hands on a boy. What use is that in the fields?"
May 16, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Here's an excerpt from one of #JackStrawWriter Dujie Tahat's sonnets.

sonnet on fatherhood with Mahmoud Darwish (Excerpt)

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Black text on a white background. Text is an excerpt of a poem from #JackStrawWriter Dujie Tahat. Text is “There isn’t much I’m proud of my father for, but his refusal to fit into the caricature made of him is surely one"
January 24, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Let's kick off #PoetryMonth with an excerpt from #JackStrawWriter @robertlashley.bsky.social.

Pyrrhic Victory at the Corner Exhibition Match
(I flip a title of a Jean Toomer poem)

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Black text on a white background. Text is an excerpt from #JackStrawWriter Robert Lashley. Text is “The glory, not for you but your whippings, your blood trials by fire with you on top the cards stacked so heavy in your favor."
April 4, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Have you read this poem by #JackStrawWrite @gabriellebates.bsky.social?

Ignorance (Excerpt)

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Black text on a white background. Text is an excerpt from #JackStrawWriter Gabrielle Bates Text is “I raked the cold white detritus of the Gulf’s dead towards me, assuming it simple, the space I made.”
September 4, 2026 at 9:14 PM
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We’re looking back at #JackStrawWriter afrose fatima ahmed’s work.

goddess of gold (Excerpt)

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Black text on a white background. Text is an excerpt from #JackStrawWriter afrose fatima ahmed. Text is “only the high priestess knows the power of a line.”
August 21, 2026 at 9:12 PM