Miss You, Love You (2026) reminds me of In the Gloaming (1997) in the best way. ❤️ Allison Janney. Andrew Rannells. --> Glenn Close. Robert Sean Leonard. ❤️

NEVER EVER EVER EVER just tilt a container of cornstarch into your pot of sauce, because you are too lazy to grab a spoon. I will not be taking any questions at this time.

Ordered two handmade chapbook today, so I'm feelin' good 🎵

I have another real world example to tell students when I suggest they download or print materials from our LMS. (Don't worry, they have access to printers & paper and costs are covered via their tech fees.)

The Jessica Fletcher reference in Laura Zigman's THE AUTHOR WEEKEND has me LOLing @blackstonepub.bsky.social

“All I want is some chicken wings, and for you all to leave me the hell alone, is that too much to ask?”

EIGHT people are waiting to read Taylor Jenkins Reid's ATMOSPHERE via the university library. There has to be a connection, right?

"I show my teeth. I cause a shiver." A stunning lyrical journey by Becca Rae Rose made possible by @smallharborpub.bsky.social

Got a diet cherry limeade from Sonic after work today, felt like it was 1995.

Maybe FLANNERY O'CONNOR is a bit dark to be reading to a child in the hospital OR? (Hannibal, 2013)

hello, good evening, my name is chen chen, i’m a poet, and you may know me from such poems as this, “i love you to the moon &”

You used to call me on my sat phone 🎵

#Moonjoy + #Nutellajoy

"Damn girl, didn't know that was your plan tonight." -- me out loud to the moon just now

Feels like I held my breath for more than 73 seconds after take off

Whew. Didn't expect to watch the #NASA Artemis II mission launch with tears streaming down my face.

For the historic @marchxness.bsky.social record: three years ago we played the final four (and I made it into the championship). I know what it feels like @cicilybennion.bsky.social & @mfitejohnson.bsky.social BEST WISHES EITHER WAY!!! The essays and songs WILL LIVE ON!

Fun fact: My seed (13) is lower than all the other seeds in the Final Four combined (1+1+6)! Voting starts at 9 PT/12 ET TODAY! #CinderellaStory

Grabbed a book from the "free to a good home" shelf today...Happy Birthday, Flannery O'Connor!

Moment of JOY this week: University increased the number of books we can borrow/hold via @libbyapp.com to 10!!!

This one is a nailbiter! You have 59 minutes to help YOU HAD TIME stay alive and make it to the Final Four of @marchxness.bsky.social! Please vote for me & Ani DiFranco! marchxness.com/elite8-colle...

How many times did I say "scenario" while teaching today? So many times I had to make sure Gen Z was aware of what got stuck in my head: youtu.be/Q6TLWqn82J4?...

TONIGHT! Join the WPLS on 3/18 to hear @smallharborpub.bsky.social authors @evelynberrywriter.bsky.social, Travis Chi Wing Lau, & @jessicawalsh.bsky.social. #poetrysky #poetrynews #poets #poetry #writers

Blocking isn’t enough anymore. I’m putting curses on people.

Those who filled out @marchxness.bsky.social brackets...how are they looking?

So why do you care if I go? 🎶

@evanhurst.substack.com did Tori get your vote yet? marchxness.com#/1stround-am...

I was not ready for this essay and I'm going to be thinking about it for a very long time.

And just like that...it's wasp spray season.

Am I getting through to you? 🎶 Not to play favorites, but I am quoted in one of these essays...

And...in true xness fashion, already voting against my own bracket. 90s sadness forever.

Get your bracket: marchxness.com/thebracket

Ah! NEVER do the math to figure out how old the 'parents' are in a movie from 'childhood.'

Saw FEAR (Reese Witherspoon / Mark Wahlberg) in the theater when it came out. About to #rewatch it for the first time.

Teaching the SQ3R method to one group of students this week and by that I mean PROSELYTIZING THE IMPORTANCE of ENGAGED, CRITICAL #READING

A student in my comp class, who is "not a big fan of reading" was so moved by Brian Doyle's 'Joyas Voladoras' they've now asked for reading recs. And as Doyle wrote in another essay, "I hold onto that."

How many times do I have to say NO to AI? Quit asking.

Has @theferocity.bsky.social watched CAROL yet?! Looking forward to his commentary as always.

Words I misspell almost every time: plagiarism convenience Yours?

I put up my spooky front door wreath over the weekend.

*casually driving around neighborhood to see if anyone has fall/spooky decor out yet*

#SealeyChallenge 21 of 31 Am/Are I (2020) by Billie R. Tadros Via Francis House an experimental tiny chapbook that adds the capital A to Art

#SealeyChallenge 20 of 31 American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin by Terrance Hayes Reread via audiobook (university library) because hearing these poems read by the author made them more powerful

#SealeyChallenge 19 of 31 Poems Are the Only Real Bodies (2013) by Jennifer Tamayo via @bloofbooks.bsky.social

#SealeyChallenge 18 of 31 SPIN (2009) by Zachary C. Bush via kendra steiner editions Limited edition handmade in cellophane by a former colleague

#SealeyChallenge 17 of 31 CRUSH (2005) by @richard-siken.bsky.social One of my favorite favorites

#SealeyChallenge 16 of 31 Wish You Were Here (2013) Matthew Dickman via SPORK PRESS

#SealeyChallenge 15 of 31 Nightsink, Faucet Me A Lullaby (2019) by Alexa Doran via Bottlecap Press An exquisite reread from a poet friend

#SealeyChallenge 14 of 31 You're My Favorite (2022) by Lauren Saxon via @thirtywestph.com