13th Wedding Anniversary. Chicago 2026.
@bryanborland
Poet / Writer / Publisher of Sibling Rivalry Press & Queer Punk Collective / Very Gay / π¦ / Latest Books: Crow in the Desert & Brotherful / Editor of Assaracus: A Journal of Gay and Queer Poetry www.bryanborland.com
13th Wedding Anniversary. Chicago 2026.
You post the best stuff. Thank you so much. β€οΈ
Magical! π₯
You donβt need to sound like anyone else. Be uniquely you. If it moves YOU it will move someone else.
Pup! Check out our journal of gay and queer poetry, Assaracus! Jack is in Issue 26. Weβll open for submissions next month, but I encourage you to check out issues 26 and 27. www.siblingrivalrypress.com
Really beautiful. As a book publisher Iβd love a use something like this (not this but like it - no copyright infringement! for cover art). Really solid work!
Words alone canβt explain the mountains of gratitude, wonder, and love I feel after spending the first half of February in Nepal.
Vibes today
I see you New Year,
standing there, looking around
all full of potential,
ready to take your turn at the wheel,
naive and ready to go.
Let me give you some advice
if you want to go down as a hero
how not to be cursed come December
like so many of your predecessors
cursed down the centuries 1/6
Sending all the love to you this holiday season. β€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈ
When Bari Weiss and CBS decided to censor the report on El Salvadorβs brutal prison, they didnβt realize that bootlegged copies would surface. Please share it with everyone you know and drive these fascists crazy.
If poetry is dead weβre haunting you. Introducing Assaracus Issue 27: A Journal of Gay and Queer Poetry. Pre-orders are open - ships in January. #poetry #gay #lgbtq siblingrivalrypress.bigcartel.com/product/assa...
In high school in south Arkansas in the late 90s, I saw a triangular formation of lights hovering in 1 spot for a long time. After a bit, it made rapid zig zag motions & zoomed off in a way that was incomprehensible. I saw this 2 times, about a year apart. Both times I was with another person. #UAP
Itβs quite the space! Iβm honored to have visited it.
A #poem by Bryan Borland on the occasion of being infected with respiratory gunk at the hands of nephew Oliver. (Click the link to hear this performed in full-on sick voice.) #poetry
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Iβm the lucky one in this equation. Iβm proud to build bridges and save lives with Father Marcβs story of survival - turning shame into JOY and SELF-ACCEPTANCE. Watch this space for details. SRP has always been about honoring the people who broke the doors down. Marc did just that! #indiepublishing
To get your copy: siblingrivalrypress.bigcartel.com/product/assa...
To view with transcription, use this link/passcode:
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Passcode: %Vc1K2Ys
I'm PUMPED to share a celebratory reading launching ASSARACUS ISSUE 26! Click on this link to jump into our bedroom and join nine poets featured in our relaunch sharing their work, their favorite songs, dirty jokes, serious business, and above all #queer JOY. #poetry vimeo.com/1134236524?f...
A Aztec Mexican diety painted on the back side of a building in the Fruitvale district of Oakland.
Read this one at @bryanborland.bsky.social Assaracus #Poetry reading tonight. it's called "Back Alley Gods" (2019)
Back Alley Gods
Worshipped in secret,
Image emblazoned On
the wrong side of town.
Back Alley Gods
Stolen from savages!
It seems no one was proud
To have these deities around.
LISTEN TO THE VOICEβ¦DO YOU RECOGNIZE IT???
HE HAS LED MANY OF US INTO HYPNO BLISS!!! I LOVE THIS MAN @vasthypno.bsky.social AND I LOVE HIS PUBLISHER @bryanborland.bsky.social
THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU BOTH DO!!!
Happy Margaret Atwood's memoir is released today to those who celebrate. (Surely I am not the only one who CANNOT WAIT to read this).
Loved loved loved sharing stories and #poetry at the Hot Springs (Arkansas) Poetry Festival over the weekend with a good group of very talented people and a great audience!
I co-sign on this #halloween playlist π
Love this!
I feel this sometimes too. Itβs bizarre.
Keith Haring & Juan Dubose
This man / wolf loves you back!
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