It is October, so here is my poem, "October," published in Swamp Pink this month. Thank you to the editors, and thank you for reading. 🍁🍂 swamp-pink.charleston.edu/featured/oct...

“The maple / tree that grows out / of his head is heavy / with the longing / of the dead. My brother’s / death is long, and heavy / as a year. I’ve mourned /my living brother all my life.” — @janehuffman.bsky.social, “Three Odes” poetrysociety.org/award-winner...

(Breaking my hiatus to say that) I would love to see you in this week's Pop-Up Poetry workshop sessions on Zoom. As a reminder, the $30.00 fee includes substantive line edits and feedback from me! You can register for all of the above sessions online here: www.janehuffman.com/pop-up-works... JH

Poets: Have a new draft? I have seats open in my 2-hour poetry workshop running tomorrow, Thursday, June 18 from 5–7 p.m. MT. It is $30.00 for the session, and you'll get smart, friendly eyes on your work as well as line edits from me. Email me: janechuffman [at] gmail [dot] com

"Akin’s is not the language of life but the language of death, of near-death and after-death: that fragment, or moan that is whispered across the “gash // wound” between the living and the dying..." Forever grateful to @janehuffman.bsky.social for the blurb and her generous guidance 🙏

🎵🎵🎵 There are currently three open seats in my spring class, taught ONLINE on ZOOM via Iowa Summer Writing Festival, called "Writing Soundly: Fine-Tuning the Acoustics of your Poetry." It begins on Saturday May 3. Register here: tinyurl.com/37jphazz

A new short essay on reading Merwin, on my substack: letternews.substack.com/p/three-threes

“My relationship with the poems is more essential than any publishing accomplishment or lack thereof.”

A few thoughts I shared with Poets & Writers Magazine last fall, on submitting poetry and book manuscripts and surviving the contest "marketplace." I hope you enjoy it. letternews.substack.com/p/poets-and-...

Light in Austin

+ horrifically underfunded public health systems in communities to prevent need for medical care and hospitalization

The thrift gods have smiled upon me today. 🥹

Look at this pie

Spotted on campus this morning. Thanks to the person who posted this.

I love it when strangers talk like the end of an MFA play. In the airport, just now — Man: Everyone is going home, Jean. Woman: Everyone is going somewhere.

Heading to Austin, TX for a two-week residency at UT tomorrow morning –– I will share more details later. My first time in the state. Will send pics ~

I’m sorry but we’re just going to have to go back to Knowing Things I’m afraid

The contempt for all public health measures is staggering with them.

I'm so happy to share that I won the 2024 New Women’s Voices Chapbook Competition! Huge thanks to @finishinglinepress.bsky.social for this opportunity and @janehuffman.bsky.social for her guidance in and out of workshop. Another big TY to @josehernandezdz.bsky.social for his prose poem workshop!

Adrienne Rich, for your mid-winter blues

With coursework, comps, and life, I managed to publish one (1) poem in 2024, and it is that one (1) poem that I will proudly send off to the races this year. Wish her luck. With thanks to the ed. who nominated me. 🐎🐎🐎

CWC doors are open through 2/5! Join a community of nearly 200 writers from all over the world. ✨ Join Poetry: consciouswriterscollective.circle.so/checkout/yea... Join Fiction: conscious-writers-collective-fiction.circle.so/checkout/cwc...

On the level of a Scofield guitar lesson:

This course will be on Zoom –– join us from anywhere.

Registration is open for my spring Iowa Summer Writing Festival course, "Writing Soundly: Fine-Tuning the Acoustics of your Poetry." 🔉🔊❤️ May 3–31, 2025. The course will include seminar-style discussions and craft-focused workshops. Snag your spot! mcuw-uiowa.catalog.instructure.com/browse/iswf/...

sorry I can’t come to work tomorrow I’m having a rapid unscheduled disassembly

If anyone would like to chip in to keep the Guesthouse archive active on Squarespace, I'd love a little assist; healthcare bills have cost me thousands in the last six months & I'm running a bit short. Venmo at jane-huffman. I know there are more pressing causes, so no pressure.

Some poet math: Two seats left in my six-week class that begins in two weeks. I would love to see you there. Read the course description and register at the link below. 👇

Five resolutions, a visual essay: open.substack.com/pub/letterne...

Only 2/12 seats left -- now's the time to join us.

Shout out to the baristas who cook that breakfast panini into hot magma. To not come upon a frozen egg cube in the center is one of life's great joys.

MONDAY NIGHT POETRY is just around the corner, a six-week, Monday evening poetry workshop I'm leading with Hudson Valley Writers Center. Each week, my goal will be to send you off, after two hours, with renewed writing and revising ideas. 1/2

Jane has offered such insightful pushing and tender care as we got my first collection ready for submission.

I am teaching a five-week writing workshops on Monday nights, beginning in January. Two-hour evening sessions, designed for the after-work crowd. We're going to have a tremendous time. Register here: writerscenter.org/calendar/huf...

I am looking to book a handful of new manuscript clients in 2025. If you're interested in getting help developing, editing, polishing up a manuscript for submission, send me a DM or an email: janechuffman @ gmail . com. 🎄

cc/ @janehuffman.bsky.social

January 13 might feel far away, but my Monday Night Poetry workshop (over Zoom) begins in just one month. I would love to see you there and help you kickstart your new year writing projects. 🌼 Learn more about the class and register here: writerscenter.org/calendar/huf...

@janehuffman.bsky.social is a wonderful instructor and a master of the invented / inverted form. Check out her workshop happening tomorrow (12/5) 👇

Tomorrow, I'm teaching a two-hour class on writing and subverting formal poems. Read all about it and register: letternews.substack.com/p/zoom-class...

Significant poets I have found in #theflutterverse: @dseuss.bsky.social @cphillipspoet.bsky.social @janehuffman.bsky.social Who else is here poet-wise?

Tomorrow, 5-7 pm ET (date corrected), only $49.00! Sharpen up your formal and experimental awareness ahead of new year writing goals. Register below: www.mayacpopa.com/onlineclasse...

DM me if you'd like a signed copy of PUBLIC ABSTRACT shipped to you or a loved one. $20.00 for a paperback. Support a small press and small press poet this holiday season. 🎄 I hear it makes a great gift for your freakiest friend.

TIME CORRECTION: This class will be held from 5-7 pm ET!

This Thursday, join me for a two-hour online session on experimental forms via Conscious Writers Collective. Free to CWC members, $49.00 for guests. See you there?☀️ www.mayacpopa.com/onlineclasse...

Beginning on Jan. 13, I'm hosting a six-week Mon. night online poetry workshop via HVWC. My goal is for students to refine drafts and generate new work. The cost is $335.00 for twelve hours of instruction, plus weekly written feedback from me. 🫡 writerscenter.org/calendar/huf...

Two months ago I had the absolute joy of reading with @dseuss.bsky.social and @janehuffman.bsky.social. ✨ Hosted by @emilydickinson.bsky.social. These moments of connection and my poet friends feel more important than ever.

Started an 819-page novel because I'm nothing without an insurmountable project.

In all my years of teching theatre productions, “The Piano Lesson” is the play that stands out, without a doubt, as my favorite.