Riot in Your Throat

08/22/2025

Write poems with our EIC!!

I'm teaching a bunch of workshops at The Writer's Center this fall/winter, both in-person and on Zoom! Register at the link below and come write poems with me, learn how to organize a manuscript, or learn how to promote your newest collection!

https://writer.org/organizer/courtney-leblanc

08/17/2025

Read RIYT poet, Melissa Fite Johnson's new poem, published by HAD!!

Purposefully broken lock. Too much trouble, and who would read. I trusted my mother. Later I blacked out each reference to a boy, pages and pages gone. Since this wasn’t for my mother’s benefit, it must’ve been for mine. Strike the evid

08/15/2025

It feels a bit like this lately -- our country, our world, is crumbling around us but the poets are here, writing our way through it.

We the Destroyers by Laura Passin is a collection of poems that tackles climate change, the pandemic, death, and loss. But with the poems there's also light and hope and the drive to survive. It is the collection we need, especially right now.

We the Destroyers is available for pre-order and will begin shipping in just over a month. Head to the link below to pre-order!

https://riotinyourthroat.com/product/we-the-destroyers-by-laura-passin/

08/13/2025

Another beautiful blurb for We the Destroyers by Laura Passin, this one from Brittney Corrigan. Head to the link below to pre-order your copy!!

Pre-order here: https://riotinyourthroat.com/product/we-the-destroyers-by-laura-passin/

08/12/2025

Write and move with our EIC!!

Join Shannon Belle Cody and I on Saturday, 25 October, 12-4pm for Gather & Release: a Poetry & Yoga Mini-retreat at Jess Purtell Yoga in Alexandria.

Info & registration: https://app.arketa.co/jesspurtellyoga/checkout/pWPRtBGs3ccFBSm8RHEc

08/08/2025

Write with our EIC next week!!

Join me next Tuesday, 12 August, 7-9pm ET (in-person) or Wednesday, 13 August, 7-9pm ET (zoom) this month's Poetry Coven!! Write poems and build community with me!

Register here: https://courtneyleblanc.com/poetry-coven/

08/04/2025

The blurbs for We the Destroyers by Laura Passin are as brilliant as the book itself. This one, written by Claire Wahmanholm, is no exception. We the Destroyers is available for pre-order, head to the link below to snag your copy!

Order here: https://riotinyourthroat.com/product/we-the-destroyers-by-laura-passin/

07/31/2025

Today in the LAST DAY you can snag all our books for only $10!!! Get your orders in today!!

Shop here: https://riotinyourthroat.com/book-catalog/

07/30/2025

Catch our EIC next week in Philly!!

Up first on the Philly leg of my book tour: Live at Fergie's!! Join me next Wednesday, 6 August at 7pm at Fergie's Pub!

07/29/2025

Catch our EIC in Philly next week!!

Philly!! I'm headed your way next week and there are THREE chances to hear me read. Come out!!

07/28/2025

Join our EIC for a Poetry & Yoga Mini-retreat in October!!

07/27/2025

The newest issue of Asterales Journal features 2 RIYT poets, Melissa Fite Johnson and Frances Klein!!

Issue Three: July 2025 Editors’ Note Kerry Trautman “Totality” Read Jared Beloff “Sasquatch mourns those who died trying to find him” Read Melissa Fite Johnson "An Old Friend Posts His Mother’s Death” Read Meghan Sterling “Spring is for Remembering” Read Frances Klein "How I Met My...