Executive Editor, @TrioHousePress.bsky.social; Board member, AWP. Lover of literary poetry and prose. Opinions are my own.https://bsky.app/profile/krisbigalk.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/krisbigalk.bsky.social/post/3mihrtyf4b227Please join me in donating to ensure The Water~Stone Review can continue publishing beautiful magazines with the work of both established and new writers. Every dollar helps!. ❤️ https://www.givecampus.com/schools/HamlineUniversity/2026-piper-funding-week/pages/support-water-stone-journal01 Apr 2026 22:53 +0000at://did:plc:3o7b5tl2eone6l5cfeivs5c2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mihrtyf4b227https://bsky.app/profile/krisbigalk.bsky.social/post/3mdaxq7dgqs2mSnowed in today? email and call your national, state, and local representatives and demand an end to funding for DHS, impeachment and firing of Trump, Noem, Patel, Bondi & Bovino, an end to tolerating murder, lies, bullying,and authoritarianism. https://www.commoncause.org/find-your-representative/25 Jan 2026 14:44 +0000at://did:plc:3o7b5tl2eone6l5cfeivs5c2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdaxq7dgqs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/krisbigalk.bsky.social/post/3mdat4wybgs2bhttps://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/01/24/us/minneapolis-shooting-alex-pretti-timeline.html?smid=url-share25 Jan 2026 13:21 +0000at://did:plc:3o7b5tl2eone6l5cfeivs5c2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdat4wybgs2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/krisbigalk.bsky.social/post/3md43tclzoc2l@cbsnews.com.web.brid.gy @nbcnews.com @cnn.com Your lead story today was the weather. The largest general strike in recent memory is happening today in Minneapolis. Why are you burying this story? Because the corporations who are silent are your advertisers? Be journalists.23 Jan 2026 16:14 +0000at://did:plc:3o7b5tl2eone6l5cfeivs5c2/app.bsky.feed.post/3md43tclzoc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/krisbigalk.bsky.social/post/3mavn5r7qbk2eAnnual holiday family photo! Wishing you all a happy holiday season! 🎄⛄️❄️❤️26 Dec 2025 15:45 +0000at://did:plc:3o7b5tl2eone6l5cfeivs5c2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mavn5r7qbk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/krisbigalk.bsky.social/post/3m7pzptxj6k22Mark your calendar for January 29 at The Loft - Poets Laureate are gathering!! [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Dec 2025 16:48 +0000at://did:plc:3o7b5tl2eone6l5cfeivs5c2/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7pzptxj6k22https://bsky.app/profile/krisbigalk.bsky.social/post/3m6rp372eyk2yWinter Wonderland in Minneapolis this morning!29 Nov 2025 15:18 +0000at://did:plc:3o7b5tl2eone6l5cfeivs5c2/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6rp372eyk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/krisbigalk.bsky.social/post/3m4g2wahnhs2yContest season is about to start! Read some cover letter tips and check out my other posts on submitting on my Substack, Letters From the Editor. https://open.substack.com/pub/krisbigalk/p/the-art-of-the-cover-letter?r=30i5in&utm_medium=ios30 Oct 2025 13:28 +0000at://did:plc:3o7b5tl2eone6l5cfeivs5c2/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4g2wahnhs2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/krisbigalk.bsky.social/post/3lyndk4hzrk2hEver wonder if you need an agent to submit to small presses? Here’s a small press editor’s perspective — read and please subscribe to Letters From the Editor! https://open.substack.com/pub/krisbigalk/p/agents-and-small-presses12 Sep 2025 13:10 +0000at://did:plc:3o7b5tl2eone6l5cfeivs5c2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyndk4hzrk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/krisbigalk.bsky.social/post/3luylso67x22qCome to Normandale this fall and take my poetry writing class on campus M/W 12-1:20, starting August 25! I’d love to see you there!28 Jul 2025 02:56 +0000at://did:plc:3o7b5tl2eone6l5cfeivs5c2/app.bsky.feed.post/3luylso67x22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/krisbigalk.bsky.social/post/3lsybepg36k22Hey poets -- who among us hasn't grumbled about submission fees and response times when we are submitting our manuscripts? This Letter from the Editor is for you! Please read, share, and subscribe (free option available!). https://open.substack.com/pub/krisbigalk/p/submisson-fees-response-times-and?r=1p00d9&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true02 Jul 2025 12:59 +0000at://did:plc:3o7b5tl2eone6l5cfeivs5c2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsybepg36k22https://bsky.app/profile/krisbigalk.bsky.social/post/3lmvem3ki5k2n16 Apr 2025 00:48 +0000at://did:plc:3o7b5tl2eone6l5cfeivs5c2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmvem3ki5k2n