Bethany Jarmul
@bethanyjarmul.bsky.social
Appalachian poet/writer, TAKE ME HOME (@BellePointPress), LIGHTNING IS A MOTHER (ELJ, 2025), Best Small Fictions 2024, Best Spiritual Literature 2023, Nominations: Pushcart, Best of the Net, Best Microfiction, 100+ pubs.
Super excited to return to @allisonkwilliams.bsky.social's Craft Talks to teach a webinar on Micro Memoirs. This tiny form combines the best parts of memoir and poetry. And the early bird price is only $15!
Learn more: writingcraft.com/event/micro-...
Learn more: writingcraft.com/event/micro-...
WEBINAR | Micro Memoirs: Writing Tiny True Stories - Craft Talks
Can you write a powerful, true story in less than 300 words? Learn how to write emotionally resonant, attention-grabbing micro memoirs.
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September 24, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Super excited to return to @allisonkwilliams.bsky.social's Craft Talks to teach a webinar on Micro Memoirs. This tiny form combines the best parts of memoir and poetry. And the early bird price is only $15!
Learn more: writingcraft.com/event/micro-...
Learn more: writingcraft.com/event/micro-...
Any other poets have a spouse who doesn't really "get" poetry?
Here's my latest published poem from The Indianapolis Review, entitled "I Take My Husband to Readings by Award-Winning Poets." Thank you, editor @nataliesolmer.bsky.social
theindianapolisreview.com/i-take-my-hu...
Here's my latest published poem from The Indianapolis Review, entitled "I Take My Husband to Readings by Award-Winning Poets." Thank you, editor @nataliesolmer.bsky.social
theindianapolisreview.com/i-take-my-hu...
August 6, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Any other poets have a spouse who doesn't really "get" poetry?
Here's my latest published poem from The Indianapolis Review, entitled "I Take My Husband to Readings by Award-Winning Poets." Thank you, editor @nataliesolmer.bsky.social
theindianapolisreview.com/i-take-my-hu...
Here's my latest published poem from The Indianapolis Review, entitled "I Take My Husband to Readings by Award-Winning Poets." Thank you, editor @nataliesolmer.bsky.social
theindianapolisreview.com/i-take-my-hu...
I was just notified that I received a 2026 Best of the Net nomination from @south85journal.bsky.social for my poem "Anxiety is a Bear." I'm honored! Thank you, editors! 😃
July 29, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I was just notified that I received a 2026 Best of the Net nomination from @south85journal.bsky.social for my poem "Anxiety is a Bear." I'm honored! Thank you, editors! 😃
I'm absolutely THRILLED to have a poem out with @chestnutreview.bsky.social today! (After many years & dozens of submissions to them.) 😃
I hope you'll read (or listen to) it here: chestnutreview.com/bethany-jarm...
I hope you'll read (or listen to) it here: chestnutreview.com/bethany-jarm...
Bethany Jarmul, Five Trees Marked for Removal – Chestnut Review
chestnutreview.com
July 15, 2025 at 11:08 AM
I'm absolutely THRILLED to have a poem out with @chestnutreview.bsky.social today! (After many years & dozens of submissions to them.) 😃
I hope you'll read (or listen to) it here: chestnutreview.com/bethany-jarm...
I hope you'll read (or listen to) it here: chestnutreview.com/bethany-jarm...
I read a 225-page book yesterday, practically in one sitting. I can't remember the last time I had the opportunity to do that. It was glorious! (Props to my husband for taking the kids to the playground for a couple hours.) 😃📖📚
July 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
I read a 225-page book yesterday, practically in one sitting. I can't remember the last time I had the opportunity to do that. It was glorious! (Props to my husband for taking the kids to the playground for a couple hours.) 😃📖📚
Today! I'm excited for this conversation about poetry! Join us at 3 p.m. EDT! Link: meet.google.com/crf-hkeb-dzk
July 6, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Today! I'm excited for this conversation about poetry! Join us at 3 p.m. EDT! Link: meet.google.com/crf-hkeb-dzk
Suffering from writer's block? Or just want to write some new drafts?
Join us! I'll provide three sets of prompts (each set will include one for poetry, fiction, CNF). We'll write for 30 minutes on each one, then a sharing time!
shorturl.at/ePpXM
Join us! I'll provide three sets of prompts (each set will include one for poetry, fiction, CNF). We'll write for 30 minutes on each one, then a sharing time!
shorturl.at/ePpXM
June 30, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Suffering from writer's block? Or just want to write some new drafts?
Join us! I'll provide three sets of prompts (each set will include one for poetry, fiction, CNF). We'll write for 30 minutes on each one, then a sharing time!
shorturl.at/ePpXM
Join us! I'll provide three sets of prompts (each set will include one for poetry, fiction, CNF). We'll write for 30 minutes on each one, then a sharing time!
shorturl.at/ePpXM
Thrilled that my piece from
@gonelawn.bsky.social
made the
@wigleaf.bsky.social
Top 50 longlist! Congratulations to all the wonderful writers who were recognized!
@gonelawn.bsky.social
made the
@wigleaf.bsky.social
Top 50 longlist! Congratulations to all the wonderful writers who were recognized!
June 30, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Thrilled that my piece from
@gonelawn.bsky.social
made the
@wigleaf.bsky.social
Top 50 longlist! Congratulations to all the wonderful writers who were recognized!
@gonelawn.bsky.social
made the
@wigleaf.bsky.social
Top 50 longlist! Congratulations to all the wonderful writers who were recognized!
It's my book's birthday! 🎉 I can't believe it's been a year since my mini-memoir TAKE ME HOME was released from @BellePointPress! I'm proud of this little book, and I'm thankful to everyone who has read it. To celebrate, use code MICRO to get 20% off: bellepointpress.com/products/tak...
June 25, 2025 at 4:11 PM
It's my book's birthday! 🎉 I can't believe it's been a year since my mini-memoir TAKE ME HOME was released from @BellePointPress! I'm proud of this little book, and I'm thankful to everyone who has read it. To celebrate, use code MICRO to get 20% off: bellepointpress.com/products/tak...
I've been so busy having summer fun with my kids, I almost forget to share that I have a new poem published in Lunch Ticket, about a childhood favorite toy: Polly Pocket!
lunchticket.org/polly-pocket/
lunchticket.org/polly-pocket/
Polly Pocket - Lunch Ticket
Jarmul's poem "Polly Pocket" reveals the persistency of childhood's often painful moments even as we become adults.
lunchticket.org
June 23, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I've been so busy having summer fun with my kids, I almost forget to share that I have a new poem published in Lunch Ticket, about a childhood favorite toy: Polly Pocket!
lunchticket.org/polly-pocket/
lunchticket.org/polly-pocket/
Reposted by Bethany Jarmul
When @mycoachart.bsky.social and I were regulars at the Tiffin Inn way back in college, I loved the random, rotating lineup of friends who would roll through! So having the interspectacular @bethanyjarmul.bsky.social drop a refill from the corner booth just makes me sooo happy (and nostalgic).
“So be encouraged that prompt writing is no less than any other kind of writing.”
@bethanyjarmul.bsky.social takes over the corner booth to give a refill on prompts! open.spotify.com/episode/6TsK...
@bethanyjarmul.bsky.social takes over the corner booth to give a refill on prompts! open.spotify.com/episode/6TsK...
REFILL: On Writing Prompts (featuring Bethany Jarmul)
Tiffin Inn Writing Workshop (with Imposter Syndrome & Unlimited Refills) · Episode
open.spotify.com
June 19, 2025 at 2:40 PM
When @mycoachart.bsky.social and I were regulars at the Tiffin Inn way back in college, I loved the random, rotating lineup of friends who would roll through! So having the interspectacular @bethanyjarmul.bsky.social drop a refill from the corner booth just makes me sooo happy (and nostalgic).
Reposted by Bethany Jarmul
"In this breathtaking, expansive poetry collection, @bethanyjarmul.bsky.social explores identity, spirituality, motherhood, and nature. This book opens in creation, unflinchingly faces the dangers and wonders of our world, and ends looking into a future bursting with possibilities."
Lightning Is a Mother | ELJ Editions
In this breathtaking, expansive poetry collection, Bethany Jarmul explores identity, spirituality, motherhood, and nature. Within these lyrically rich poems, Appalachia is a kind of Eden, a paradise s...
elj-editions.com
June 11, 2025 at 2:49 PM
"In this breathtaking, expansive poetry collection, @bethanyjarmul.bsky.social explores identity, spirituality, motherhood, and nature. This book opens in creation, unflinchingly faces the dangers and wonders of our world, and ends looking into a future bursting with possibilities."
Do you ever just stand in awe of vastness of the universe? I'm thrilled to have a new poem up with The Inflectionist Review about just that feeling!
Link: www.inflectionism.com/20-bethany-j...
Link: www.inflectionism.com/20-bethany-j...
June 10, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Do you ever just stand in awe of vastness of the universe? I'm thrilled to have a new poem up with The Inflectionist Review about just that feeling!
Link: www.inflectionism.com/20-bethany-j...
Link: www.inflectionism.com/20-bethany-j...
I've been thinking about HOPE lately. How it's a radical act. How I want to live in it, to write from it. How so often, I've failed at that. But I'll try again. And again.
June 2, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I've been thinking about HOPE lately. How it's a radical act. How I want to live in it, to write from it. How so often, I've failed at that. But I'll try again. And again.
I was asked "How can I invest in my writing if I have no money?"
My answer: read craft books & anthologies (local library & Libby app), listen to writing podcasts, look out for free events/classes, join a writing group, and most importantly: establish a regular writing practice.
My answer: read craft books & anthologies (local library & Libby app), listen to writing podcasts, look out for free events/classes, join a writing group, and most importantly: establish a regular writing practice.
May 28, 2025 at 1:14 PM
I was asked "How can I invest in my writing if I have no money?"
My answer: read craft books & anthologies (local library & Libby app), listen to writing podcasts, look out for free events/classes, join a writing group, and most importantly: establish a regular writing practice.
My answer: read craft books & anthologies (local library & Libby app), listen to writing podcasts, look out for free events/classes, join a writing group, and most importantly: establish a regular writing practice.
I have a client who is starting to submit poems for the first time. Which lit mags do you recommend?
May 26, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I have a client who is starting to submit poems for the first time. Which lit mags do you recommend?
Reminder for writers: It’s the end of the academic year, so all the university lit mags are clearing out their queues. In case it’s raining rejections over there too. 🌧️
May 23, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Reminder for writers: It’s the end of the academic year, so all the university lit mags are clearing out their queues. In case it’s raining rejections over there too. 🌧️
About 90% of the time, I write the title first when I'm writing a new piece. It's so much easier than trying to come up with a title afterwards! Anyone else?
May 20, 2025 at 1:08 AM
About 90% of the time, I write the title first when I'm writing a new piece. It's so much easier than trying to come up with a title afterwards! Anyone else?
Had a lot of fun writing this "Mad Libs" style poem, published in The Interpreter's House!
May 19, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Had a lot of fun writing this "Mad Libs" style poem, published in The Interpreter's House!
Reposted by Bethany Jarmul
An open letter that’s heavy on the open from @bethanyjarmul.bsky.social:
jakethemag.com/to-the-wendy...
jakethemag.com/to-the-wendy...
To the Wendy’s Cashier Whose Husband Is Dying
CW: Death / Illness
jakethemag.com
May 15, 2025 at 9:06 PM
An open letter that’s heavy on the open from @bethanyjarmul.bsky.social:
jakethemag.com/to-the-wendy...
jakethemag.com/to-the-wendy...
Two "Mad Libs" poems up with The Interpreter's House.
Writing is how I wrestle with and make sense of the world. I wish this topic wasn't part of that reality...
*Content Warning on this one.
theinterpretershouse.org/jarmul-83
Writing is how I wrestle with and make sense of the world. I wish this topic wasn't part of that reality...
*Content Warning on this one.
theinterpretershouse.org/jarmul-83
May 14, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Two "Mad Libs" poems up with The Interpreter's House.
Writing is how I wrestle with and make sense of the world. I wish this topic wasn't part of that reality...
*Content Warning on this one.
theinterpretershouse.org/jarmul-83
Writing is how I wrestle with and make sense of the world. I wish this topic wasn't part of that reality...
*Content Warning on this one.
theinterpretershouse.org/jarmul-83
Unpopular opinion: I love buying/reading a used book that has been annotated, underlined, well-loved by the previous owner. It feels like I'm in conversation with them. (So long as the original content is still readable, of course.)
May 12, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Unpopular opinion: I love buying/reading a used book that has been annotated, underlined, well-loved by the previous owner. It feels like I'm in conversation with them. (So long as the original content is still readable, of course.)
There’s a lot of bad news right now in the literary world, including things that affect me. Despite all, I’m feeling grateful. I’m going to spend my life writing beautiful words, supporting other writers, and being a force for hope in the midst of it all. That’s enough. 💜
May 7, 2025 at 7:25 PM
There’s a lot of bad news right now in the literary world, including things that affect me. Despite all, I’m feeling grateful. I’m going to spend my life writing beautiful words, supporting other writers, and being a force for hope in the midst of it all. That’s enough. 💜
New flash nonfiction piece up with @publishedbyjake.bsky.social today:
"To The Wendy's Cashier Whose Husband Is Dying"
jakethemag.com/to-the-wendy...
"To The Wendy's Cashier Whose Husband Is Dying"
jakethemag.com/to-the-wendy...
May 6, 2025 at 7:32 PM
New flash nonfiction piece up with @publishedbyjake.bsky.social today:
"To The Wendy's Cashier Whose Husband Is Dying"
jakethemag.com/to-the-wendy...
"To The Wendy's Cashier Whose Husband Is Dying"
jakethemag.com/to-the-wendy...
Poetry collection recommendations, please! For our anniversary, we’re doing a romantic getaway in the forest. I’d like to read poetry about love & nature while we’re there. What do you recommend? (I’ve already read most of Mary Oliver.) 💜🍃📖
May 3, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Poetry collection recommendations, please! For our anniversary, we’re doing a romantic getaway in the forest. I’d like to read poetry about love & nature while we’re there. What do you recommend? (I’ve already read most of Mary Oliver.) 💜🍃📖