Alison Heron Hruby
@alisonheronhruby.bsky.social
Professor of English Education and Director of FCTL at Morehead State University
Poet/Fiction Writer
https://alisonhopeheron.weebly.com/
Poet/Fiction Writer
https://alisonhopeheron.weebly.com/
I’m thrilled to be in Stone Circle Review today ❤️
POEM 283: "Soft machine, you are breathing wrong" by Alison Heron Hruby (@alisonheronhruby.bsky.social)
"I thought I could breathe well,
that I could draw in my ribs like an expert,
knew the fundamentals in my heart,
to exhale what I did not need."
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#Poem #Poetry
"I thought I could breathe well,
that I could draw in my ribs like an expert,
knew the fundamentals in my heart,
to exhale what I did not need."
stonecirclereview.com/soft-machine
#Poem #Poetry
November 15, 2025 at 5:20 PM
I’m thrilled to be in Stone Circle Review today ❤️
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I sincerely hope Democrats pay attention to tonight’s results across the country. They won’t learn anything but still. Maybe. People are excited by change and original campaigns and bold ideas and candidates under the age of 50!
November 5, 2025 at 3:02 AM
I sincerely hope Democrats pay attention to tonight’s results across the country. They won’t learn anything but still. Maybe. People are excited by change and original campaigns and bold ideas and candidates under the age of 50!
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Lemons | Elena Zhang <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:pd3kwwq7oqj3lqymbyyroeai" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky-mention">@ezhang77.bsky.social | Frozen Sea - Issue Nine
September 26, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Lemons | Elena Zhang <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:pd3kwwq7oqj3lqymbyyroeai" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky-mention">@ezhang77.bsky.social | Frozen Sea - Issue Nine
I submitted poems for the first time in a year. Feels good!
August 14, 2025 at 10:57 PM
I submitted poems for the first time in a year. Feels good!
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This is a must-read/share.
All over the world lawless, brutal policing is seen as a mark of eroded democracy.So why isn’t America’s ongoing, century-old problem of police racism & brutality part of our democracy discourse? Here’s my take on the 5th anniversary of the murder of George Floyd.
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
Police Brutality Is Part of Our Democratic Crisis
So Why Is It Left Out of Democracy Discussions?
open.substack.com
May 25, 2025 at 7:49 PM
This is a must-read/share.
Great new issue! redtreereview.com/issues/issue...
Issue Five
Ron ReikkiMartha ZweigRobert S. KingGlen ArmstrongDan SicoliJane Rosenberg LaForgeKenton K. YeeKimberly WhiteJason FraleyDan RaphaelLynn DominaAustin Allen JamesPeter MladinicJacqueline H. HarrisEl…
redtreereview.com
May 20, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Great new issue! redtreereview.com/issues/issue...
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Very pleased to be a part of this issue of @barrelhouse.bsky.social - my first published poem! Lots of cool stuff in the issue, all free online (below), so check it out if you have a minute. Me, I’ll be looking up what a villanelle is - I feel like I should know that, now that I’m a poet and all. 😀
We have a new online issue up today! Inspired by Supreme Court Justice Alito's question about whether Pornhub includes highbrow literary content, like Gore Vidal, we felt it our duty to fill that void. Lots of great, surprising, weird work in here
www.barrelhousemag.com/blog/new-onl...
www.barrelhousemag.com/blog/new-onl...
New Online Issue: The Pornhub Literary Supplement — Barrelhouse
Our new online issue is tailored for the sophisticated consumer of online smut and similar, interested in elevating their online browsing habits to the highest level.
www.barrelhousemag.com
May 20, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Very pleased to be a part of this issue of @barrelhouse.bsky.social - my first published poem! Lots of cool stuff in the issue, all free online (below), so check it out if you have a minute. Me, I’ll be looking up what a villanelle is - I feel like I should know that, now that I’m a poet and all. 😀
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I'm also refusing to make a martini with Drano.
The people refusing to use AI
Worried about the environment and the loss of skills, some people are resisting the rise of AI.
www.bbc.com
May 7, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I'm also refusing to make a martini with Drano.
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Issue Two is here! We're so excited to bring you this collection of poems, prose, and artwork. Thank you to all of our contributors, who we will be highlighting for the next several weeks.
April 20, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Issue Two is here! We're so excited to bring you this collection of poems, prose, and artwork. Thank you to all of our contributors, who we will be highlighting for the next several weeks.
thejarflymagazine.weebly.com/issue-eight.... I’m so happy to have a poem in the latest issue of one of my favorite lit magazines. A poem after one of my favorite novels 🌲
Issue Eight
art credit: "Of You I Will Take Care" by Ernest Williamson III
thejarflymagazine.weebly.com
April 2, 2025 at 8:20 PM
thejarflymagazine.weebly.com/issue-eight.... I’m so happy to have a poem in the latest issue of one of my favorite lit magazines. A poem after one of my favorite novels 🌲
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This is who they want to portray as an agent of Hamas.
March 11, 2025 at 10:11 PM
This is who they want to portray as an agent of Hamas.
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“I have come to wonder whether these expressions of despair and surrender are really masking an irrational longing for a magical way out of this nightmare - a hope that some deus ex machina will swoop down and spare us what we are facing.”
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
Democracy is Crumbling. Is Anybody Doing Anything?
Yes. And You Can Too.
open.substack.com
February 11, 2025 at 2:09 AM
“I have come to wonder whether these expressions of despair and surrender are really masking an irrational longing for a magical way out of this nightmare - a hope that some deus ex machina will swoop down and spare us what we are facing.”
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
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With so much abject capitulation to Trump by rich, scared men, it’s affirming and a high honor to highlight when women have stood up firmly against him this week. My write-up on three such women: https://buff.ly/4avog60
January 23, 2025 at 5:09 PM
With so much abject capitulation to Trump by rich, scared men, it’s affirming and a high honor to highlight when women have stood up firmly against him this week. My write-up on three such women: https://buff.ly/4avog60
I love this poem in the Winter issue of @thedodgemag.bsky.social by Charlotte Newbury
January 16, 2025 at 11:01 PM
I love this poem in the Winter issue of @thedodgemag.bsky.social by Charlotte Newbury
I’m thrilled to have one of my poems in the latest issue of Thimble, along with some of my favorite poets and artists! www.thimblelitmag.com/2024/10/22/n...
Nurses Trying
www.thimblelitmag.com
December 29, 2024 at 1:41 PM
I’m thrilled to have one of my poems in the latest issue of Thimble, along with some of my favorite poets and artists! www.thimblelitmag.com/2024/10/22/n...
So proud of this recent publication! Four years of hard, wonderful work with colleagues and undergrad research fellows
December 9, 2024 at 9:20 PM
So proud of this recent publication! Four years of hard, wonderful work with colleagues and undergrad research fellows
What an amazing book 🩵
December 8, 2024 at 2:29 PM
What an amazing book 🩵
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No, I am not going to rewrite part 3 of Absolution without the fucks, but thanks for reaching out.
December 6, 2024 at 12:41 PM
No, I am not going to rewrite part 3 of Absolution without the fucks, but thanks for reaching out.
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As a writing studies person & academic (😬), I’ve honestly felt embarrassed & disappointed at how some teacher-scholars seem inclined to make peace w/ AI, trying to teach it rather than calling it out as fundamentally unethical.
But here’s an article arguing for resistance & not giving an inch.
But here’s an article arguing for resistance & not giving an inch.
Burn it down: a license for AI resistance (opinion)
Resistance is not futile, Melanie Dusseau writes.
www.insidehighered.com
November 16, 2024 at 5:29 PM
As a writing studies person & academic (😬), I’ve honestly felt embarrassed & disappointed at how some teacher-scholars seem inclined to make peace w/ AI, trying to teach it rather than calling it out as fundamentally unethical.
But here’s an article arguing for resistance & not giving an inch.
But here’s an article arguing for resistance & not giving an inch.
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“No,” I said, feeling defensive. “This is my house now.”
New flash fiction piece (by me) up at @cottonxenomorph.bsky.social.
New flash fiction piece (by me) up at @cottonxenomorph.bsky.social.
The Many People Who've Come To My Door Looking For You — Cotton Xenomorph
BY Amorak Huey The first visitor looking for you came the day after I moved in. When the doorbell rang, I was in the middle of painting the second bedroom — it had been blue, I wanted some kind of ...
www.cottonxenomorph.com
October 29, 2024 at 7:48 PM
“No,” I said, feeling defensive. “This is my house now.”
New flash fiction piece (by me) up at @cottonxenomorph.bsky.social.
New flash fiction piece (by me) up at @cottonxenomorph.bsky.social.
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I can’t write short poems. So I’m
extra impressed by little bits of perfection like this one: sixthfinch.com/amyers1.html
extra impressed by little bits of perfection like this one: sixthfinch.com/amyers1.html
November 17, 2023 at 9:26 PM
I can’t write short poems. So I’m
extra impressed by little bits of perfection like this one: sixthfinch.com/amyers1.html
extra impressed by little bits of perfection like this one: sixthfinch.com/amyers1.html
Novel #1 is about to go on submission 🎉 Novel #2 is almost at 50k. Both are #NaNoWriMo books, starting 2019!
November 16, 2023 at 12:59 PM
Novel #1 is about to go on submission 🎉 Novel #2 is almost at 50k. Both are #NaNoWriMo books, starting 2019!