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"They rush past the periphery / in sunlight. What was that, / a friend asks, as if briefly / my torso had begun to slip / from my legs..." From "A Scurry" by ASU English alum @dustinkpearson.bsky.social Read the poem in Waxwing: ow.ly/5fhj50XpBUJ #ASUHumanities

Jumpin' jubilation! I just got my cream city review, with the poem "On a Planet of Gas and Dust and Smoky Mountains, Bird Calls" Steve Castro, Dustin Pearson, & I wrote together. Thank you to all at CCR for the beautiful things that you do! @creamcityreview.bsky.social @dustinkpearson.bsky.social

The University of Toledo is hiring an Assistant Lecturer to teach in the Composition Program. This position has a start date of Fall 2026. Please see this link for the complete job listing, which I learned was posted yesterday: careers.utoledo.edu/cw/en-us/job...

I have two poems in the new Waxwing. I so much love the art by Dora Ilce. I've included screens of one poem and of the issue art, but here's a link to the full issue: waxwingmag.org/index.php#top

The magic of oven cooking in conjunction with food ya hafta flip at half time. Ya grab the oven mitt and reach in to get the food and that wave of heat feels like it singes all the hair off yr arm but it remains there if ya have it in the first place and that's not even the half of what can happen.

Had it in my mind to get a dirty chai in a coffee shop yesterday. It rung up as $8.50. Decided to get some dinner at home instead.

Friends!! Today I WEAR A TOP HAT WHEN I GO INTO THE FOREST, a micro e-chapbook of collaborative prose poetry I wrote with Dustin Nightingale (@dustinnightingale.bsky.social ) has been released by Ghost City Press!!! It's free or pay whatever you want! HUGE thanks to @ghostcitypress.bsky.social

Two poems in Denver Quarterly

Love that finally replaced all the lightbulbs in the fixture brightness and feeling.

The Third Birthday

My glasses are some of the best company I can keep. My glasses get on my last fkn nerve.

A new poem in the latest issue of Sixth Finch. Here’s a link to the entire issue: sixthfinch.com

Our spring issue is live: sixthfinch.com Featuring @meganalpert.bsky.social @mikhailbazharov.bsky.social @timothyliupoet.bsky.social @thatjanemorton.bsky.social @katnuernberger.bsky.social @lisaallenortiz.bsky.social @dustinkpearson.bsky.social @dia-roth.bsky.social @pagestar.bsky.social and more

So happy seeing the Hell poems get some shine here. electricliterature.com/9-poetry-col...

So happy seeing the Hell poems get some shine here. electricliterature.com/9-poetry-col...

I asked my students to tell me one of their staple foods. This eventually became them telling me one of their favorite foods. One student said "dippy eggs." I said: What's that?!? 💀

It’s officially socially acceptable to cry for the rest of the year.

It's almost declaration season

Was playing Fortnite the other day with folk and said: I really look forward to the supermarket scenes and when folk eat cans of beans in post apocalyptic movies.

Wow! Laurel Review accepted 3 of the collaborative poems Dustin Pearson, Steve Castro, and I wrote: "We End and the World Begins, Where?" "A Change of Occupation" and "Three Deaths near a Body of Water." HUGE thank you to Editor John Gallaher! @dustinkpearson.bsky.social @laurelreview.bsky.social

The Inflectionist Review just published 2 collaborative prose poems Steve Castro, Dustin Pearson, and I wrote together. This is one of them. Please visit inflectionismDOTcom to read the other one! Huge thanks to Editors Anatoly Molotkov & John Sibley Williams! @dustinkpearson.bsky.social

Even as grown as I am, I still sleep like a baby in comparison at my mother's house.

Two new poems written with Christopher Citro and Steve Castro in The Inflectionist Review this afternoon. www.inflectionism.com/19-steve-cas...

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Thanks, @splitlipthemag.bsky.social !

My student was awarded honors for his thesis this afternoon. I don’t think he knows this, but he’s the first student I chose to mentor in this capacity. It’s something I intend to remember.

I've entered the stage of my life where people who love me want to play matchmaker. It's funny. It's kind of fun.

Thrilled to share the stunning poem I curated for Zócalo Public Square, written by the incredible @dustinkpearson.bsky.social. Immense gratitude to Connie Voisine for the opportunity to highlight such inspirational voices, & to Dustin for trusting me with his work!

A new poem in Zócalo Public Square this morning. An honor, too, that this poem is one curated by Aldo Amparán for the month of December. www.zocalopublicsquare.org/dustin-pears...

I'm very good at hurting my back

Booked a hotel for an event late last month for April 2025. Got a confirmation and everything. Today, that hotel sent me a new confirmation saying they discovered an event that weekend that entitles them to raise my rate close to double. I'm still able to type. Stress supplements work well.

Heading to the post office on Saturday with signed copies of So Much More. Let me know if you'd like one. They're hardcover and they're $24.

please call your reps, you can find your rep’s contact info here: www.house.gov/representati...

I’ve spent this semester teaching a course focused exclusively on the works of Charles Chesnutt. It’s been the best time. My students seemingly apply this final sentence of his novel The Marrow of Tradition to all their hopes and aspirations. They’ve made me keep it close too.

One of my students shared her birthday donuts with me today. 🥹

2 acceptances in 1 day!!, of poems written collaboratively w/ Steve Castro & Dustin Pearson! Heavy Feather Review accepted "Placatory Congregation" (thanks Bill Lessard!) & The Boiler accepted "Smoke Moving Out of the Way as It Rises" (thanks Diana Cao & Todd Dillard)! @dustinkpearson.bsky.social

I’m not teaching in the fall of 2025. Send me a note if you’d like me to be your magical writer in residence.

In addition to everything else you need to heal, get yourself a great friend you can text at any time to let them know you hurt your back / your back is hurting. Their world will slow just as much as yours for feeling for you.

🚨 Republicans are scheduling another vote on H.R. 9495, the bill that would give Trump new powers to unilaterally go after his political opponents. We need everyone reading this to contact their representatives and tell them to vote no on H.R. 9495: indivisible.org/resource/tel...

See these fine folks' work in our inaugural issue coming out this Thursday, November 21st!! Mark your calendars, set phone reminders, write on the palm of your hand. You don't want to miss this issue.

Bell's double cream stout and coconut Lacroix is a very compelling combination.

A new poem in the latest North American Review.

No context custard

Every successful collaboration is a miracle. Every happy successful collaboration is more. Here's to having more. 🙂🤣

I always think of this poem by David Ignatow when I think to write poems for friends who also write. I love that feeling of writing to the friend and to their writing. I also love William Carlos Williams’ poem “Waiting.”

These are the space heater days.