Split This Rock cultivates, teaches & celebrates poetry bearing witness to injustice & provokes social change. Find us on BlueSky: https://xitter.cf/t.co/6ySl2OJjOT

Washington, D.C.
Joined July 2009
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Happening in November: WRITING LYRIC INSTABILITY IN AN AGE OF POLYCRISIS, a DC-area workshop on writing through multiple crises. Led by A.D. Lauren-Abunassar on 11/5, 6:30-8 pm ET. Open to all levels. Learn more & register online: bit.ly/4xswE04 #Poetry #DCarts #DCpoets
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Next week! UNTRUE BLUE: AN INTRO TO EKPHRASTIC WRITING, a virtual workshop where we will explore writing with rather than about images & visual art. Facilitated by Tala Khanmalek on 10/20, 6:30-8 pm ET. Take $10 off tickets with code: UNTRUEBLUE: bit.ly/3UUQALn #Poetry
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Our new slate of program offerings is LIVE! Join us for virtual/in-person workshops with Tala Khanmalek, A.D. Lauren-Abunassar, Kay Ulanday Barrett, Camisha L. Jones & Rob Macaisa Colgate! PLUS the free Stubborn Roots Book Launch in DC! Learn more: bit.ly/3Vren5N #Poetry
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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. Full update: bit.ly/3TnY358
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In 2025, Split This Rock & @shoutmousepress 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. Support their work by preordering your copy today: bit.ly/3Sbd2Pk
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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!).
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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: bit.ly/3RiPtDQ This #DisabilityPrideMonth, join us in sharing poems by disabled poets! #Poetry #DisabilityPride
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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: bit.ly/4eQjh2o This #DisabilityPrideMonth, join us in sharing poems by disabled poets! #Poetry
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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, join us in celebrating & sharing poems by disabled poets!
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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 celebrating & sharing poems by disabled poets! #Poetry #DisabilityPride
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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 celebrating & sharing poems by disabled poets! #Poetry #DisabilityPride
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We are 85% of the way to our fundraising goal! We will continue our efforts to raise the remainder—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/GiveSplitThisRock Get virtual reading tickets: bit.ly/3QsFaMC
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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 & talent you contributed to allow us to keep doing our necessary work. [Cont.]
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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
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Golden (@goldenthem) reads from “UNDERGROUND” for the Trans Day of Visibility Collection in The Quarry: A Social Justice Poetry Database: bit.ly/4cxv44y This #NationalPoetryMonth, join us in joyfully sharing poems by trans poets! #Poetry #Poets #NPM26 #TransPoets
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Jimena Lucero reads “All of This Is Ours” for the Trans Day of Visibility Collection in The Quarry: A Social Justice Poetry Database: bit.ly/3Oq7Yos This #NationalPoetryMonth, join us in joyfully sharing poems by trans poets! #Poetry #Poets #NPM26 #TransPoets
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Zuggie Tate reads “The Days On Which Trans Women (I) win” for the Trans Day of Visibility Collection in The Quarry: A Social Justice Poetry Database: bit.ly/4ct5AoP This #NationalPoetryMonth, join us in joyfully sharing poems by trans poets! #Poetry #NPM26 #TransPoets
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Get your $5 ticket to Resist & Revel: An Asian & Pacific Islander Poetry Celebration on May 28! The virtual reading features Kay Ulanday Barrett, Aliah Lavonne Jahan-Tigh, Isa Borgeson, Lehua M. Taitano, Noah Arhm Choi, Noʻu Revilla & S. J. Ghaus. More: bit.ly/3QsFaMC
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Cai Sherley (@crsed_poet) reads “[every trans boi i know looks like his mother]” for the Trans Day of Visibility Collection in The Quarry: A Social Justice Poetry Database: bit.ly/4erNLJo This #NationalPoetryMonth, join us in sharing poems by trans poets! #Poetry #Poets
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Ezra Fox reads “All My Names Are Living” for the Trans Day of Visibility Collection in The Quarry: A Social Justice Poetry Database: bit.ly/48ISimX This #NationalPoetryMonth, join us in joyfully sharing poems by trans poets! #Poetry #Poets #NPM26 #TransPoets
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