One of the things I announced in my newsletter is this new (fundraising!) zine making workshop for kids and their adults in the DMV. Hope you can join us!

Just sent out my (not so regular) email! DM me your email address if you’d like to be added to receive these. I have some DC area readings and events coming in August, as well as two classes with open seats. I hope to see you soon! mailchi.mp/614756d7d562...

Taking a brief break on Substack! See you in August! I also share some upcoming readings and classes - chloeyelenamiller.substack.com

This week's Writing Jar post is a writing prompt to keep you writing all summer. Subscribe today for full access to insider writing tips all year. chloeyelenamiller.substack.com

#RandomWritingPrompt from Brown Bag Lit: Is it hot where you are? Work to describe temperature through description (the effects of heat, the colors, the light, etc.)

Thank you to Indran Amirthanayagam for sharing his poem's origin story with us today. chloeyelenamiller.substack.com/p/poems-orig...

In today's Writing Jar writing prompt for subscribers, I nudge readers to time travel. Subscribe for more details and weekly posts. chloeyelenamiller.substack.com

#RandomWritingPrompt Brown Bag Lit co-founder @chloeyelenamiller.bsky.social is in Italy and loves to marvel at the supermarket aisles dedicated to pasta. Today, write about food shopping. What do you always look for or enjoy exploring in the supermarket? What feels like home in these aisles?

Thank you to Nixes Mate for publishing two of my poems about (my mother's - with her permission) breast cancer: Dear St. Agatha, and Radiation It is a great issue! Be sure to check it out: nixesmate.pub/issue-3839-w...

Thank you to Mel Edden for sharing her poem's Origin Story about her poem “The Policeman and I Watch the Final Downton Abbey” published in Slant Poetry Journal. chloeyelenamiller.substack.com/p/poems-orig...

If you missed the MER (Mom Egg Review) launch reading on June 7, you can find it here! I very much appreciate being included in such a gorgeous issue. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTjz...

Tonight at 18:00 in Florence, Italy! What Light Reveals: poetry reading and screening Monday, June 22, 2026 18:00 CEST NYU Florence - Villa Sassetti Vito Adriaensens & Chloe Yelena Miller Register here: events.nyu.edu/event/400023...

Happy Father's Day to all of the fathers/parents out there! I share this week's Writing Jar writing prompt early in celebration of fathers/parents! Subscribe to my Substack for access: chloeyelenamiller.substack.com

Thank you to Naomi Thiers for sharing her poem's origin story! "Release" was first published in Northern VA Review and later in her poetry collection, Like A Bird Released (Sligo Creek Publishing, 2026) chloeyelenamiller.substack.com/p/poems-orig...

In this week's edition of The Writing Jar, I share a writing prompt based on occasional poems. Become a subscriber to my Substack for access! chloeyelenamiller.substack.com

Thank you for the skull, @havehashad.com ! Today "THE INCREDIBLE SADNESS OF FOOD SHOPPING," is out! This (run-on sentence) is a prose poem about, well, the title says it all (remembering food shopping with a wee one now that he's less wee.) Read it here: www.havehashad.com/hadposts/the...

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Thank you to @hiramlarew.bsky.social for sharing the origin of his poem, "Magic" (first published in Orbis), as well as his collaboration with ASL translator Eric Epstein! chloeyelenamiller.substack.com/p/poems-orig...

I’m very excited to be moderating a poetry reading at @politicsprose.bsky.social (Union Market) on Saturday, June 13! Come at 6 pm to hear Lisa Russ Spaar, Anne Marie Macari and @careysalerno.bsky.social (all Persea Books)! Come on out, DMV! politics-prose.com/poetry-readi...

So much of me - who I am, how I parent, how I love - comes from Aunt Dora. And Aunt Dora is present in so many of my poems. How could she not be? Today is her birthday and I'm thinking of her. Tonight we'll toast her over pizza with black olives and sausage, which we often used to eat together.

#RandomWritingPrompt from Brown Bag Lit: Close your eyes and think of a color - or many colors! What color draws you in? What do you think of or feel while you immerse yourself in that color?

Today's Writing Jar post is a (very specific and focused) prompt! Subscribe to my Substack for weekly insider posts about writing! chloeyelenamiller.substack.com

Congratulations to Brown Bag Lit Co-Founders @chloeyelenamiller.bsky.social and @shastagrant.bsky.social for being on A Fresh Story Podcast about their books! Listen here: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Thank you to Olivia Howell for interviewing me about Perforated (Lily Poetry Review Books) for A Fresh Story, A Fresh Starts Registry Production! How to listen here: chloeyelenamiller.substack.com/p/perforated...

Thank you to @joeynicoletti.bsky.social for a most wonderful review of Perforated (Lily Poetry Review Books) in the latest issue of VIA (Vol 37.1) published by Bordighera Press! Grazie mille. bordigherapress.org/via/

Read co-founder Shasta Grant's piece in Literary Hub about her hometown and writing her debut novel, When We Were Feral (Regal House Publishing) lithub.com/a-love-lette...

Will you be in Florence, Italy, on June 22? I'll be reading at NYU in Florence, where I worked from 2000 - 2003 as a residence hall manager! Very excited to return as a poet! RSVP here: events.nyu.edu/event/400023...

We were so proud to publish @dustinbrookshire.bsky.social's “Poem In Which I Never Had Low Self-Esteem,” and we were so moved by this brave and beautiful piece about its origin story on @chloeyelenamiller.bsky.social's Substack.

Thank you to Tina Cane for sharing my reading from Perforated (Lily Poetry Review Books) for Poetry Is Bread, a distance reading series. www.facebook.com/share/v/1GH3...

Thank you to @dustinbrookshire.bsky.social for sharing the origin of his poem, "Poem In Which I Never Had Low Self-Esteem," first published in @screendoorreview.bsky.social! chloeyelenamiller.substack.com/p/poems-orig...

I look forward to reading with MER online on Sunday at 3 pm to celebrate the new issue! I’ll be reading my poem they published, “Why can’t I,” alongside some wonderful poets! Details: merliterary.com/2026/05/30/m...

We sent out an email update! Let us know if you'd like to be added to our mailing list. While we're pausing our writing accountability group and events for the summer, you can read our Milk Journal pieces for recommendations, check out our recordings & register for a fall poetry workshop!

What is the "why" behind your writing? What is the spark? Join The Writing Jar for weekly reflections on the writing life, writing prompts and more! chloeyelenamiller.substack.com/p/the-writin...

#RandomWritingPrompt from Brown Bag Lit: Start with an expression and see where it takes you. For example, "Bless your heart" or "Aren't you precious?" What are some of your favorites? Find more here englishlive.ef.com/en/blog/engl...

Thank you to DMQ Review for featuring my reading from Perforated in their June Salon! Hear from Stevie Edwards (The Weather Inside, @uarkpress.bsky.social) and Marcela Sulak (trans. of Music of the Wide Lane: Poems by Sharron Hass @utexaspress.bsky.social ), too! www.dmqreview.com/salon/2026/5...

TODAY! Hope to see you, friends in the DMV! (I was happy to help organize the event through our local chapter of Writers for Democratic Action.)

Last call! This is tonight! Hope you can join us!

Tomorrow! Let's raise all the money for Smith College's trans/nonbinary students AND have a fun time writing about belonging! Join us: chloeyelenamiller.substack.com/p/beyond-the...

We'll miss our Lunch Break Writers over the summer! Thanks for a great open mike yesterday! See you in the fall! www.brownbaglit.com/lunch-break with @shastagrant.bsky.social and @chloeyelenamiller.bsky.social

Let's write together on Thursday evening (7-8:30 pm EST) online! I'm offering a generative writing workshop - on the topic of belonging - to benefit Smith College and its protection of trans and nonbinary students. Details: chloeyelenamiller.substack.com/p/beyond-the...

Thank you to Jessica Genia Simon for sharing not one, but three Poems' Origin Stories! She writes about three poems first published in Day Eight's Mid-Atlantic Review. chloeyelenamiller.substack.com/p/poems-orig...

#RandomWritingPrompt: Write the most human thing you can write - use all of your senses - that is to say, don't use AI. Remember your body, our planet and all of our human sensations. Go outside and stand in the rain. Look up. Look at trees. Look at your hands. You are here. Write.

Is today another rainy day by you? Maybe it is a good day to write! Today I share some encouragement and examples of ways to work with another poet or in more than one art form. Subscribe for full access to weekly posts on The Writing Jar! chloeyelenamiller.substack.com/p/the-writin...

Hope to see local friends at the Writer's Center one week from today for Reimagining America: Toward a Poetry of the Demos by Writers for Democratic Action - DC/MD Chapter www.eventbrite.com/e/reimaginin...

I just sent out my (irregular) email with some upcoming and recent events and joys! I also note that I'm not staying cool and professional about it. All true. Let me know if you'd like to be added to the mailing list. mailchi.mp/b96d788b2ed9...

Let's support Smith College and trans students! I'm offering a generative writing workshop as a thank you for donations to Smith College. We're almost halfway to our goal of raising $500.00! Will you join us?

Congratulations to @shastagrant.bsky.social , my friend and @brownbaglit.bsky.social co-founder! HER DEBUT NOVEL IS HERE! It officially releases in June but my pre-order is HERE! www.shastagrant.com

Fresh poetry on offer today at Washington Unbound. Contributing Writer Naomi Thiers says of Chloe Yelena Miller’s new collection : "[D]escriptions of daily moments widen into deeper explorations.” www.washington-unbound.com/bookreviews/...

Thank you to Naomi Thiers for such a close reading and review of Perforated (Lily Poetry Review Books) published in Washington Unbound! www.washington-unbound.com/bookreviews/...

Fresh poetry on offer today at Washington Unbound. Contributing Writer Naomi Thiers says of Chloe Yelena Miller’s new collection : "[D]escriptions of daily moments widen into deeper explorations.” www.washington-unbound.com/bookreviews/...