we lost my dad suddenly on Thursday. gonna have to revise this poem because the saddest thing I know has changed - it's not that my dad was once not my dad, but that he was, and I will miss him always. everyone crank up the live version of "sweet jane" for Chris. www.havehashad.com/hadposts/my-...

On Halloween, sharing one of my very favorite spooky pieces: @mcarphil.bsky.social’s “Final Girl Slumber Party” in @barrelhouse.bsky.social. Don’t miss this one! www.barrelhousemag.com/online-lit/f...

There's just a few days left and we've already raised a combined $410 for the ACLU! I'm planning to donate on behalf of all of us -- any ideas for a good collective name? The Writing Weirdos?

Carnival of Souls

Daylight savings ends this weekend in the US...so watch out for DEER. Yes. REALLY. Deer. www.sciencenews.org/article/deer...

tonight I saw Lucy Dacus play her cover of "dancing in the dark," a song have I cried to too many times, and like, you can't tell me anything now

In PA, nearly 2 million people depend on SNAP. In both urban and rural areas, percentages are high (Philadelphia is over 30%, rural Fayette county is over 24%) . www.wgal.com/article/snap...

hey, I have one in here but honestly, @megpillow.bsky.social's is the star imho

tic tac toe chicken, atlantic city, new jersey, 1978

how then can this one small heart beat

do u like art? do u like helping? If so…

doorway to hell actor haunted house, casino pier, seaside heights, new jersey, 1978

upped my sustaining membership because radio is one of the last things that allows for the joy of random discovery, plus I love XPN so so much

“I don’t hate hardly ever, and when I love, I love for miles and miles. A love so big it should either be outlawed or it should have a capital and its own currency.” HBD Carrie Fisher, sorely missed ... 📷 Harry Benson, 1978

my kid just yelled a request for a Silver Jews song at me like a drunk guy yelling "Free Bird" at a concert. I've peaked as a parent.

It’s day 2 of the Fall fund drive. Thank you for your support. As you are aware, a rescission package eliminating all funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting was passed by Congress. Federal support was important but your support is crucial. xpn.my.salesforce-sites.com/donate?c=701...

anyway, it's payday aka fancy sandwich day and there is so much to live for

didn't fully understand how little treats have become the bedrock of my mental well-being until the stickers I thought had been delivered were not in fact in my mailbox, and I sat on the ground and cried

when I started really going for it with my writing, Amber was who I looked to (literally, subbing work where she had been published), and she continues to be someone I deeply admire as a writer and as a person in the world. cannot wait to read this!

just switched to Tidal, and am trying to move past the embarrassment of waiting so long to make a change

update: here's today's behavioral issue that I will have to address with a straight face

bury me at fun pier

no one prepares you for the part of parenting when your kid gets in trouble for drawing a butt on the whiteboard during class, and you have to act really serious about it

maybe an okay time (lol, there is no okay time) to mention that I'll be at AWP in Baltimore and would love to read at your reading/hang out at your hang out

got 400lbs of tootsie rolls in my garage ama

more haunted house workers

Okay, I'm doing three more and I'll print them all together next week and see how that goes.

zine zine zine

maybe an okay time (lol, there is no okay time) to mention that I'll be at AWP in Baltimore and would love to read at your reading/hang out at your hang out

matchbook has been so good to me & I'm grateful for the care & support they've shown this sad space sex experiment story www.matchbooklitmag.com/mb/phillips/...

my office is so quiet that I could hear my thighs slapping together as I walked past everyone's cubicles. happy monday.

friends don't text friends "can I ask you a question"

dick dunkle gulf, bedford, pennsylvania, 1977

sportland pier supersonic roller coaster, wildwood, new jersey, 1978

Call her Kate the way her Bush has me "runnin' up that hill"

Robert Redford, 1936-2025 📷 John Dominus, 1969

are you even reading a dual timeline novel if you don't have a favorite p.o.v.?

Happy Star Trek Day! forever grateful to @barrelhouse.bsky.social for taking a chance on my sad-jeans Star Trek poem all those years ago www.barrelhousemag.com/online-lit/y...

He was big, dumb, and attractive, just like the moon

red caboose motel, strasburg, pennsylvania, 1989

wwwwwwwwwwell my buckle makes impressions on the inside of her thigh

swiss bob ride, seaside heights, new jersey, 1978

nothing but respect for my world champion (forbidden door on ppv sunday)

Fallow Deer, Charles Tunnicliffe.

always more 🫣 about sharing the art, but it was so fun to spend time with Gwen's story and an honor to make some collages for it

in baseball i like when the catcher is throwing signs like "do this, pls do this" and the pitcher shakes their head like "absolutely not"

Publishing in Electric Literature is a dream, and I am so grateful for this opportunity to talk about unnamed characters and pernicious nostalgia