I am a poet, scholar, fiber artist, watercolor sketcher, and aspiring naturalist. ThD and MDiv. Previously, a professor and higher ed admin. www.margaretleepoems.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/margaretleeauthor.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/margaretleeauthor.bsky.social/post/3mjrhpl5rv22lHope you'll join me and 70+ other authors at the LitFest Book Fair this Sunday at OSU-Tulsa, sponsored by the Center for Poets and Writers! Check out the long list of events, starting Wednesday!18 Apr 2026 12:43 +0000at://did:plc:aewlfsctwxpvmi2qbrs32egv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjrhpl5rv22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/margaretleeauthor.bsky.social/post/3mihhdzakdk2yCheck out this article in Tulsa People about LitFest, coming soon during National Poetry month!! I'll be at the book fair with all my books at a discount! https://www.tulsapeople.com/city-desk/the-write-stuff-tulsa-litfest-returns-april-23-26/article_9d1773a2-3812-4a8c-b9b1-450218e56ee4.html01 Apr 2026 19:45 +0000at://did:plc:aewlfsctwxpvmi2qbrs32egv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mihhdzakdk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/margaretleeauthor.bsky.social/post/3mi2q6mkzcs2gSo excited to share my first ever publication in @eMerge-magazine.com in their March issue! I hope you'll enjoy my short poem and explore all the authors in this new edition of eMerge!! https://emerge-magazine.com/inside-the-milky-way/27 Mar 2026 18:19 +0000at://did:plc:aewlfsctwxpvmi2qbrs32egv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi2q6mkzcs2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/margaretleeauthor.bsky.social/post/3mhu3zaljok2gDo you know the NDN Girls Book Club? If not, please check out this marvelous organization and consider supporting their goal to acquire their own bookmobile to make book drops for young Native readers and writers! https://givebutter.com/ndngirlsbookmobile25 Mar 2026 03:02 +0000at://did:plc:aewlfsctwxpvmi2qbrs32egv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhu3zaljok2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/margaretleeauthor.bsky.social/post/3mhl7z74krc2gIt's Women's History month so I took the opportunity to read about some remarkable contemporary women and to share my reflections: https://margaretleeauthor.com/what-im-reading-march-2026/21 Mar 2026 14:19 +0000at://did:plc:aewlfsctwxpvmi2qbrs32egv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhl7z74krc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/margaretleeauthor.bsky.social/post/3mgwxxqosrk2gLooking forward to the Scissortail Creative Writing Festival in Ada, Oklahoma in just a few weeks! The festival is free and open to the public - all reading! A celebration of writers and writings with face-to face connections! And a book fair! ecuscissortail.blogspot.com https://ecuscissortail.blogspot.com/13 Mar 2026 13:02 +0000at://did:plc:aewlfsctwxpvmi2qbrs32egv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgwxxqosrk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/margaretleeauthor.bsky.social/post/3mgs2atttik2gSo grateful to Aubrey Green and eMerge Unchained for inviting me to interview for their podcast, we discussed my new poetry collection, Sappho Prompts, and other subjects. Hope you'll listen in, and follow eMerge Unchained for other conversations with creative writers! emergeunchained.buzzsprout.com https://emergeunchained.buzzsprout.com/11 Mar 2026 14:00 +0000at://did:plc:aewlfsctwxpvmi2qbrs32egv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgs2atttik2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/margaretleeauthor.bsky.social/post/3mglppynn622cLooking forward, looking back: Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas were the "frontier" around the time of the Civil War and Reconstruction. Their stories shed light on where we are now and tell cautionary tales. Here are my reflections: https://margaretlee.tempurl.host/what-im-reading-february-2026/09 Mar 2026 01:35 +0000at://did:plc:aewlfsctwxpvmi2qbrs32egv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mglppynn622chttps://bsky.app/profile/margaretleeauthor.bsky.social/post/3mgdx6lnjgs2mIs LitFest on your calendar? This annual festival on April 23-26 sponsored by the OSU Center for Poets and Writers in Tulsa, OK includes events all over Tulsa, and a Book Fair (I'll be there with books!)! Don't miss it! https://tulsa.okstate.edu/poets-writers/litfest05 Mar 2026 23:27 +0000at://did:plc:aewlfsctwxpvmi2qbrs32egv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgdx6lnjgs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/margaretleeauthor.bsky.social/post/3mfwnhcjgvc2mSo many books, so little time! With so much to read, it's easy to let books fly by. That's why I have begun a series of blog posts about What I'm Reading. The reflection helps me process the wealth in all these pages. Hope you'll check it out! https://margaretleeauthor.com/innovative-women-poets-a-response-2/28 Feb 2026 16:29 +0000at://did:plc:aewlfsctwxpvmi2qbrs32egv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfwnhcjgvc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/margaretleeauthor.bsky.social/post/3mfpqd4bo5k2mIf you know and love Tulsa, Oklahoma, I hope you know about The Tulsa Flyer, a new, non-profit, local press. They started a book club to read and discuss in person books by and about Tulsa and Oklahoma. Last night's first meeting was impressive. Don't miss it!! https://tulsaflyer.org/sign-up/flyer-book-club/?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=📚You%20re%20invited&utm_campaign=Marketing%3A%20Book%20club%20launch%2001%2F15%2F2525 Feb 2026 22:31 +0000at://did:plc:aewlfsctwxpvmi2qbrs32egv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfpqd4bo5k2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/margaretleeauthor.bsky.social/post/3mfjvaebquc2lLife and death - timeless subjects that can still be explored in imaginative ways. I hope you will take a look at my review of a marvelous poetry collection by Canadian poet and book artist, Jessica Bebenek: https://compulsivereader.com/2026/02/23/a-review-of-no-one-knows-us-there-by-jessica-bebenek/23 Feb 2026 14:43 +0000at://did:plc:aewlfsctwxpvmi2qbrs32egv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfjvaebquc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/margaretleeauthor.bsky.social/post/3mfdrrdxivc23Leave it to The Pickup in Tulsa (of This Land Press) to publish this stunning review of Elise Paschen's new poetry collection - https://thepickup.com/elise-paschens-blood-wolf-moon-is-an-unflinching-look-at-identity-and-inheritance21 Feb 2026 04:25 +0000at://did:plc:aewlfsctwxpvmi2qbrs32egv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfdrrdxivc23https://bsky.app/profile/margaretleeauthor.bsky.social/post/3mdy5rx267c2vThe wide interest nowadays in the ancient Greek poet Sappho has the support of poets, novelists, classicists and others. Why care about a woman who lived 2,500 years ago? Check out my blog post about why I wrote my most recent poetry collection, Sappho Prompts! margaretleeauthor.com/why-sappho/ https://margaretleeauthor.com/why-sappho/03 Feb 2026 20:03 +0000at://did:plc:aewlfsctwxpvmi2qbrs32egv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdy5rx267c2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/margaretleeauthor.bsky.social/post/3mdjehiudss2vI'm glad to say that preorders of my poetry collection, Sappho Prompts, have shipped. Some folks have asked me about my writing process for this rather unusual book, so I have a brief blog post on my website with the backstory. I hope you check it out!! https://margaretleeauthor.com/the-story-behind-sappho-prompts/28 Jan 2026 22:53 +0000at://did:plc:aewlfsctwxpvmi2qbrs32egv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdjehiudss2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/margaretleeauthor.bsky.social/post/3mcvtfb6bns2eSo grateful for this recognition in the list of latest releases by the Community of Literary Magazines! My new poetry collection, Sappho Prompts, is now out and shipping orders! https://www.clmp.org/news/books-launching-in-january-2026/21 Jan 2026 04:27 +0000at://did:plc:aewlfsctwxpvmi2qbrs32egv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcvtfb6bns2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/margaretleeauthor.bsky.social/post/3mbyt2wuyk22ySo excited to announce that my full-length poetry collection, Sappho Prompts, is now available, featuring new poems and original artwork and translations! https://www.finishinglinepress.com/product/sappho-prompts-by-margaret-lee/09 Jan 2026 15:34 +0000at://did:plc:aewlfsctwxpvmi2qbrs32egv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbyt2wuyk22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/margaretleeauthor.bsky.social/post/3m7qgrlrlr22nSo happy to share the link to the review in The Compulsive Reader of Leslie Ullman's brilliant books! https://compulsivereader.com/2025/12/11/creative-imagination-unruly-tree-and-self-portrait-as-vanishing-act-by-leslie-ullman/ Hope you check it out, and even more, that you read her books!11 Dec 2025 20:42 +0000at://did:plc:aewlfsctwxpvmi2qbrs32egv/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7qgrlrlr22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/margaretleeauthor.bsky.social/post/3m4dxxu7f322pEven if you don't like poetry, you will LOVE two new books by Leslie Ullman, Unruly Tree: Poems (UNM 2024), and Self-Portrait as Vanishing Act (Lily Poetry Review Books 2025). Both books explore identity and creativity. Watch for my upcoming review of both in The Compulsive Reader!!!29 Oct 2025 17:30 +0000at://did:plc:aewlfsctwxpvmi2qbrs32egv/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4dxxu7f322phttps://bsky.app/profile/margaretleeauthor.bsky.social/post/3m46ualaybk2pMarvelous event in Santa Fe yesterday at Collected Works Bookstore and Coffeeshop - a reading by local poets included in the new ecopoetry anthology, Attached to the Living World! (L to R) Lauren Camp, Pam Uschuk, Sawnie Morris, Elizabeth Jacobson. Absent from the photo is Anne Haven McDonnell.27 Oct 2025 16:40 +0000at://did:plc:aewlfsctwxpvmi2qbrs32egv/app.bsky.feed.post/3m46ualaybk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/margaretleeauthor.bsky.social/post/3m2po7qbnkk2aSo excited that Finishing Line Press has made available a poem from my forthcoming poetry collection called Sappho Prompts! Preorders are open now! https://paddockreview.com/2025/10/08/a-poem-by-margaret-lee-2/08 Oct 2025 22:17 +0000at://did:plc:aewlfsctwxpvmi2qbrs32egv/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2po7qbnkk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/margaretleeauthor.bsky.social/post/3lzesjz55zk2sMy review of "Goat, Goddess, Moon" now available in the Taos Journal of Poetry. "The collection is a love story, or perhaps a love song, since its first poem, “Seed,” declares: This is not a story,/more the truth." https://www.taosjournalofpoetry.com/issue-15s/goat-goddess-moon-a-review21 Sep 2025 21:09 +0000at://did:plc:aewlfsctwxpvmi2qbrs32egv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzesjz55zk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/margaretleeauthor.bsky.social/post/3lyyblys3452yExcited for the publication of my first full-length work crafting poetry inspired by Sappho. Pre-order available now: https://www.finishinglinepress.com/product/sappho-prompts-by-margaret-lee/ [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Sep 2025 21:34 +0000at://did:plc:aewlfsctwxpvmi2qbrs32egv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyyblys3452y