Dr. Taylor Byas, Ph.D.

Thank you friends!!!!!

We love to hear it: contributor @taylorbyas.bsky.social’s poetry collection RESTING BITCH FACE was listed one of the TOP FIVE poetry collections of 2025 by @electricliterature.com! 👏 🎉

🖤 Dr. Taylor Byas, PhD (@taylorbyas.bsky.social) “Resting Bitch Face”
🤎 Angela Shanté (instagram.com/authorangela...) “The Unboxing of a Black Girl”
🖤 Tramaine Suubi (instagram.com/tramainesuubi) “Stages”
🤎 Mia S. Willis (instagram.com/poetinthehat) “the space between men”

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Reach out & ask... I've been on podcasts, interview/reading series that I didn't know much about until I started watching/listening before I sent queries. Look at what peers are doing... For instance, I found out about @mybadpoetrythepod.bsky.social from listening to @taylorbyas.bsky.social .

Thank you, love!!!

Book cover for EVERY GALAXY A CIRCLE (stories) by Chloe N. Clark

Book cover for RESTING BITCH FACE (poems) by Taylor Byas

Book cover for ALL THE WORDS I CAN REMEMBER ARE POEMS by Michelle Peñaloza

Book cover for MAYBE THE BODY (poems) by Asa Drake

✨ Support small press authors. Some Bookshop.org recommendations:

Chloe Clark, EVERY GALAXY A CIRCLE
@pintsncupcakes.bsky.social

Taylor Byas, RESTING BITCH FACE
@taylorbyas.bsky.social

Michelle Peñaloza, ALL THE WORDS I CAN REMEMBER ARE POEMS

Asa Drake, MAYBE THE BODY
@asaldrake.bsky.social

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Resting Bitch Face. Poems by Taylor Byas.

We love starting the day with spotlights. Contributor @taylorbyas.bsky.social’s poetry collection RESTING BITCH FACE was featured in a @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social must-read list! 📚 buff.ly/Exncjv6

Please sign up to see these three amazing poets read their work with @notatawp.bsky.social: @victoriawrites.bsky.social @taylorbyas.bsky.social and @toosiewatson.bsky.social will be reading with us on Monday at 7pm.

Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/1927099559...

A NAWP reading with Victoria Buitron, Taylor Byas ans Daniella Toosie Watson. Nov. 17th 7 to 8pm EST

This is tomorrow night!

Register here to see @victoriawrites.bsky.social @taylorbyas.bsky.social and @toosiewatson.bsky.social

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A Poetry Reading & Conversation, SWWIM, images of two women, Taylor Byas and Rosa Sophia Godshall, TONIGHT TONIGHT TONIGHT, November 13th 7:00 PM The B Bar

TONIGHT!

Join us at 7pm (EST) for a reading and conversation with Taylor Byas and Rosa Sophia Godshall at The Betsy Hotel’s B Bar. This event will be live-streamed from The Betsy on SWWIM’s Instagram and Facebook pages.

@taylorbyas.bsky.social

#SWWIMEveryDay #SWWIMWithUs #SWWIMReadingSeries

Promotional graphic with author photos that says: A NAWP Reading Victoria Buitron Taylor Byas Daniella Toosie-Watson Hosted by Jared Beloff November 17, 2025 7:00pm - 8:00pm EST

Join us next week for NAWP's incredible November reading with @victoriawrites.bsky.social, @taylorbyas.bsky.social, and
@toosiewatson.bsky.social!

Hit the RSVP link!
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November 7, 2025 — Aarik Danielsen The first sign of Snocaps and a poet’s ‘Resting Bitch Face.’

This week's Friday Five is live!

Music from Snocaps, Claire Rousay, @chatpileband.bsky.social
+ Hayden Pedigo

Words by @taylorbyas.bsky.social and Annie Proulx

aarikdanielsen.com/blog/novembe...

Flyer saying SWWIM "A Poetry Reading & Conversation" with images of two women, Taylor Byas and Rosa Sophia Godshall, November 13 / 7:00 PM / The B Bar / Livestream on IG/FB / The Betsy Southbeach

Join us Thursday, November 13 at 7pm (EST) for a reading and conversation with Taylor Byas and Rosa Sophia Godshall at The Betsy Hotel’s B Bar. This event will be live-streamed from The Betsy on SWWIM’s Instagram and Facebook pages.

XO
SWWIM Team

@taylorbyas.bsky.social

#SWWIMEveryDay

Thank you, New York City. Together we made history.

Now let’s get to work.

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NAWP November reading has a powerhouse lineup with @victoriawrites.bsky.social, @taylorbyas.bsky.social, and @toosiewatson.bsky.social!

To join us, hit that RSVP link below.

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New reviews live today in SoFloPoJo's 39th issue:
@taylorbyas.bsky.social
Resting Bitch Face

@josehernandezdz.bsky.social
The Parachutist

Jameela F. Dallis's
Encounters For the Living and the Dead
@riverriverbooks.bsky.social

and

Judith H. Montgomery's
The Ferry Keeper

Need anymore motivation?? It’s my BIRTHDAY! Come hang out with us!!!

What do you need? You need to know about this amazing @notatawp.bsky.social reading with @victoriawrites.bsky.social @taylorbyas.bsky.social and @toosiewatson.bsky.social next month! Register now:

www.eventbrite.com/e/a-nawp-rea...

Very very excited for this!!!!!!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

An astonishingly large crowd!
Chicago

The poem “A Grammar of Loneliness” by Dr. Taylor Byas in paperback, annotated all over enthusiastically in pen. One of the annotations say “Can I just…highlight this whole poem.” Another annotation is a heart. Another is all caps “OMG BARS BARS BARS.” There are many underlined lines and brackets and notes. At the top is a heart drawing and multiple stars. (Apologies, I can’t just paste the poem’s text here in its original intended format).

“There is a moment when my aloneness / is flayed down to something animal, the bullish man in my mind for years. My / body still capable of rising to a cold wind or a warm hand. I’m sorry, / where are my / manners?”

This poem “A Grammar of Loneliness” by @taylorbyas.bsky.social gets me, gutted me.

😭😭😭❤️❤️❤️

This whole thread has made my day!!! Thank you so much for reading RBF with such fervor 🥹🥹🥹❤️❤️❤️

A picture of the book "Poemhood: Out Black Revival" edited in part by Taylor Byas. The book is sitting on a toystore shelf.

Picture of "Resting Bitch Face" by Taylor Byas. Held in hand at a bookstore.

Always love seeing guest's works out in the wild!! Spotted @taylorbyas.bsky.social twice while walking around Lawrence, KS.

Omg!!

Eponymous | "Resting Bitch Face" by Dr. Taylor Byas Listen now | Talking with Dr. Byas about sophomore collections, the freedom of form, and why we love the pantoum

First installment of e•pon•y•mous available on my Substack! Was so honored to have this convo with my good friend @taylorbyas.bsky.social , please give it a listen when you have the chance!

open.substack.com/pub/deesoulp...

Griffin’s new chapbook, “LISTEN—“, lays on top of a collection of science fiction-related patches on a black background.

“I had worked hard for nearly two years…”

Author copies are here and I’m thrilled!! Grateful to @mickmakesmagic.bsky.social for the cover, @taylorbyas.bsky.social / @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social / Warren Longmire for blurbs, and of course Holly at @interstellarflight.bsky.social for picking it up!!

Ahhh thank you!!!!