Dr. Taylor Byas, Ph.D.
@TaylorByas3
I DONE CLICKED MY HEELS THREE TIMES (‘23) & RESTING BITCH FACE (‘25) @softskull | #FreePalestine | repped by @ng_rosenzweig at @_triangle_house | she/her
Resting Bitch Face comes out in just a FEW months with an August 26th release (and don't forget, it's a September pick for Roxane Gay's Audacious Book Club)! Want me to come read in your city, talk to your students, perform at your school/venue, chat about my work? Email me!!
Put the WPLS on your calendar for the remainder of 2025! #poetry #poets #writers #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity
CALL OUT FOR SUBMISSIONS! @williekinardiii Lola Oh and @cloudscholar are excited to invite submissions for Magma 94: REMIX How will you interpret this theme? #magma #magmapoetry #poetrysubmissions More info & to submit: magmapoetry.com/call-for-submi… Image: Edson Ramos
Check out 7 Poetry Collections to Read in July in @literaryhub including Splice by Anthony Borruso! lithub.com/ghetto-koans-p…
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EIGHT POEMS and an interview in the new issue of American Poetry Review. Available only in print. Here's one of the poems. …-american-poetry-review.myshopify.com/collections/is…
EIGHT POEMS and an interview in the new issue of American Poetry Review. Available only in print. Here's one of the poems. …-american-poetry-review.myshopify.com/collections/is…
Experienced my first Zoom bombing today. Really sad that people have nothing better to do than ruin poetry readings!
THE INTENTIONS OF THUNDER by Patricia Smith (@pswordwoman) is a collection of the finest new and selected poems from one of the most groundbreaking voices in contemporary poetry, a “masterful performer and poet of voices too little heard” @PoetryFound We're giving away copies on…
Ajanaé Dawkins 💜 from BLOOD-FLEX (New Delta Review) @MoonsAtDusk @ndrmag
Congratulations to @kwamedawes and Lorna Dawes. With $2 million Mellon grant, Brown scholars will unearth a treasure trove of African poetry | Brown University brown.edu/news/2025-05-2…
What poets are currently based in Chicago? I feel like I don't remember where anyone is anymore!
"It's so easy to get lost in comparison. What we don't see and what people don't post is all the blood, sweat, and tears that it took to get there." @TaylorByas3 gives excellent advice for writers on the Page Count podcast. Listen now: bit.ly/3HrUftk
We're clicking our heels three times with @TaylorByas3 on the Page Count podcast! #ohioauthors #poetry #ohiopoets #thewiz #therumpus #poetrycollection
The penetrating latest from Byas addresses the conflict between the observer and the observed. This astute and ingenious collection shines. @softskull buff.ly/69pvSd9
RESTING BITCH FACE received a Starred Review from @PublishersWkly!!!!! 😭😭😭😭 Feeling so so grateful for this early love today!!
The penetrating latest from Byas addresses the conflict between the observer and the observed. This astute and ingenious collection shines. @softskull buff.ly/69pvSd9
i am only these jangling night lights fixed to a spirit pleading for the next break of dawn ––Dior J. Stephens @dolphinneptune #PoemADay poets.org/poem/letter-ch…
outrageously grateful to have my piece “a letter to charlie parker” featured today on @POETSorg ! a huge thanks to the powerhouse creative force that is @OmotaraJames for thinking of me and selecting one of my (favorite) newer works. 💜
i am only these jangling night lights fixed to a spirit pleading for the next break of dawn ––Dior J. Stephens @dolphinneptune #PoemADay poets.org/poem/letter-ch…
So excited to share @OurCultureOC's summer list which features 39 incredible books!! 🔥🔥 ourculturemag.com/2025/05/30/our…