Derek Mong
@derekmong.bsky.social
Poet, essayist, editor, & translator. Latest poetry collection: When the Earth Flies into the Sun. Cont. Ed. at Zocalo Public Square. Prof. of English at Wabash College. Married to the inimitable Anne O. Fisher.
I'm very pleased to host David Baker at Wabash College on Tuesday, Feb. 17 (next week)! I've been at Wabash for a decade now, and it's a delight to finally bring my old prof and friend to our little campus for a poetry reading.
Please do mark this one in your calendars. You won't regret it.
Please do mark this one in your calendars. You won't regret it.
February 11, 2026 at 6:55 PM
I'm very pleased to host David Baker at Wabash College on Tuesday, Feb. 17 (next week)! I've been at Wabash for a decade now, and it's a delight to finally bring my old prof and friend to our little campus for a poetry reading.
Please do mark this one in your calendars. You won't regret it.
Please do mark this one in your calendars. You won't regret it.
This semester's Humanities Colloquia at Wabash College will feature a poet, a pirate, and a professor. I'll be playing the poet. Come join me this coming Monday for a reading. Lunch provided!
February 5, 2026 at 7:17 PM
This semester's Humanities Colloquia at Wabash College will feature a poet, a pirate, and a professor. I'll be playing the poet. Come join me this coming Monday for a reading. Lunch provided!
The Wabash College English Department has an open Visiting Assistant Professor position. If you or someone you know would be a good fit--we're looking for a candidate in Rhet-Comp who can teach Business Writing--please forward this ad!
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www.wabash.edu/employment/?...
Visiting Assistant Professor of English | Employment | Wabash College
Wabash College is a small, private, liberal arts college for men, located in Crawfordsville, Indiana, United States.
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January 27, 2026 at 5:25 PM
The Wabash College English Department has an open Visiting Assistant Professor position. If you or someone you know would be a good fit--we're looking for a candidate in Rhet-Comp who can teach Business Writing--please forward this ad!
www.wabash.edu/employment/?...
www.wabash.edu/employment/?...
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If there’s a better obituary for an evil cartoonist than an A.I. generated version of his character that fucks up the defining detail of its design, I can’t think of it. No notes. 👨🏻🍳 💋
January 13, 2026 at 6:47 PM
If there’s a better obituary for an evil cartoonist than an A.I. generated version of his character that fucks up the defining detail of its design, I can’t think of it. No notes. 👨🏻🍳 💋
My short essay is part of the "Centennial Reflections" on Jeffers's Roan Stallion, Tamar, and Other Poems. Check out essays here by my pal Jesse Nathan, as well as Brenda Hillman, Christopher Benfey, David Lehman, Dana Gioia, and many others! (2/2)
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January 13, 2026 at 1:46 PM
My short essay is part of the "Centennial Reflections" on Jeffers's Roan Stallion, Tamar, and Other Poems. Check out essays here by my pal Jesse Nathan, as well as Brenda Hillman, Christopher Benfey, David Lehman, Dana Gioia, and many others! (2/2)
ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/cgi/viewcont...
ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/cgi/viewcont...
The world's falling apart, but I'm still revelling in this bucket list appearance in a scholastic journal: Jeffers Studies. I'm more of a poet & critic than a scholar, so it's a real joy to publish an essay on Robinson Jeffers's "Continent's End." (1/2)
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ir.library.illinoisstate.edu
January 13, 2026 at 1:45 PM
The world's falling apart, but I'm still revelling in this bucket list appearance in a scholastic journal: Jeffers Studies. I'm more of a poet & critic than a scholar, so it's a real joy to publish an essay on Robinson Jeffers's "Continent's End." (1/2)
ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/cgi/viewcont...
ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/cgi/viewcont...
I could rewatch this video of an ICE officer falling on his ass thanks to Minnesota ice all goddamn day.
ICE officers slipping on ice while trying to terrorize communities is the most accurate metaphor imaginable. No balance. No footing. No moral ground. Just cruelty, incompetence, and gravity doing its thing.
January 11, 2026 at 11:07 PM
I could rewatch this video of an ICE officer falling on his ass thanks to Minnesota ice all goddamn day.
Giving up on the Nobel Peace Prize in favor of a Wag the Dog slide into the foreign policy of 2003. What could POSSIBLY go wrong?!
January 3, 2026 at 11:16 PM
Giving up on the Nobel Peace Prize in favor of a Wag the Dog slide into the foreign policy of 2003. What could POSSIBLY go wrong?!
Attention Poets: we'll be reading for At Length in January! See below:
One last reminder before the new year: At Length will be open for new long poem submissions during the month of January! See our submission guidelines below for details:
atlengthmag.com/submissions/
atlengthmag.com/submissions/
Submissions
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December 29, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Attention Poets: we'll be reading for At Length in January! See below:
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weiss does not know how to run a news organization, and so she's doing what she does best: hosting fatuous "debates" involving the people in her group chats www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
Bari Weiss’ Next CBS News Move: Town Halls With JD Vance, Sam Altman and Debates About God and Feminism
The news division is also planning a town hall with Maryland Gov. Wes Moore in the 'Things That Matter' series, with Bank of America lined up as a sponsor.
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December 18, 2025 at 3:11 PM
weiss does not know how to run a news organization, and so she's doing what she does best: hosting fatuous "debates" involving the people in her group chats www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
If you're a law enforcement agent, and you're intimidated by snowballs, it's time for a new fucking line of work.
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ICE vehicle hits protester, agents use pepper spray in Minneapolis
YouTube video by Washington Post
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December 15, 2025 at 11:04 PM
If you're a law enforcement agent, and you're intimidated by snowballs, it's time for a new fucking line of work.
www.youtube.com/shorts/eTEQC...
www.youtube.com/shorts/eTEQC...
Thanks to those GOP State Senators here in Indiana who voted for democracy tonight! And for the Democrats who needed no convincing whatsoever.
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Indiana Lawmakers Reject Trump’s New Political Map
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December 12, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Thanks to those GOP State Senators here in Indiana who voted for democracy tonight! And for the Democrats who needed no convincing whatsoever.
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Poets! We'll be opening up @atlengthmag.bsky.social for submissions on January 1!
Attention All Poets: we'll be open for long poems starting on January 1, 2026! Submissions open for at least one month--perhaps longer, depending on volume.
December 9, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Poets! We'll be opening up @atlengthmag.bsky.social for submissions on January 1!
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Walt Whitman’s epic long poem, Promotion of Myself
Poets are bad at self-promotion because so much of poetry is self-promotion to begin with
December 5, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Walt Whitman’s epic long poem, Promotion of Myself
As the season of rampant consumerism commences, let us remind you that At Length is a free and widely accessible literary journal. No cost to read and no cost to submit. Let us be your long-form oasis as the mayhem begins.
November 30, 2025 at 2:30 PM
As the season of rampant consumerism commences, let us remind you that At Length is a free and widely accessible literary journal. No cost to read and no cost to submit. Let us be your long-form oasis as the mayhem begins.
And let's not forget the casual racism of these "Speaker Hakeem" posters; his title would be "Speaker Jeffries." Gotta blow that Islamophobic dog whistle.
I don't even like Deery--that wiener gave us SB 202, an attack on higher ed. But at least he believes in the constitution on this issue. 2/2
I don't even like Deery--that wiener gave us SB 202, an attack on higher ed. But at least he believes in the constitution on this issue. 2/2
November 20, 2025 at 2:04 PM
And let's not forget the casual racism of these "Speaker Hakeem" posters; his title would be "Speaker Jeffries." Gotta blow that Islamophobic dog whistle.
I don't even like Deery--that wiener gave us SB 202, an attack on higher ed. But at least he believes in the constitution on this issue. 2/2
I don't even like Deery--that wiener gave us SB 202, an attack on higher ed. But at least he believes in the constitution on this issue. 2/2
Micah Beckwith might be the most loathsome guy in Hoosier politics, what with his book-banning mania and his campaign of "retribution" (his word) against Spencer Deery (W. Lafayette, R) for not joining in an undemocratic, off-cycle re-districting. 1/2
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Pro-redistricting crowd presses Indiana lawmakers for ‘9-0’ map at Statehouse rally • Indiana Capital Chronicle
Hoosiers gathered under the Indiana Statehouse rotunda Tuesday morning to call on lawmakers to approve new congressional district maps.
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November 20, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Micah Beckwith might be the most loathsome guy in Hoosier politics, what with his book-banning mania and his campaign of "retribution" (his word) against Spencer Deery (W. Lafayette, R) for not joining in an undemocratic, off-cycle re-districting. 1/2
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indianacapitalchronicle.com/2025/11/19/p...
Friends--we've got more long-form literature for you!
@affisher.bsky.social, Preeta Samarasan,
@carsonwirtz0.bsky.social, and I put lots of sweat and effort into getting these gems out into the world every couple of months. Take a gander when you've got a chance!
@affisher.bsky.social, Preeta Samarasan,
@carsonwirtz0.bsky.social, and I put lots of sweat and effort into getting these gems out into the world every couple of months. Take a gander when you've got a chance!
Readers: At Length's November issue is now live! We're got a novella, ”Ace Annunication," from Trudy Lewis; Suo Er's blend of memoir and fiction, "Coming Around," translated by Grace Najmulski; and Kristi Maxwell's extension of Inger Christensen's poem, Alfabet: "[o]."
Read 'em all: atlengthmag.com
Read 'em all: atlengthmag.com
literature that looks good on a laptop
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November 18, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Friends--we've got more long-form literature for you!
@affisher.bsky.social, Preeta Samarasan,
@carsonwirtz0.bsky.social, and I put lots of sweat and effort into getting these gems out into the world every couple of months. Take a gander when you've got a chance!
@affisher.bsky.social, Preeta Samarasan,
@carsonwirtz0.bsky.social, and I put lots of sweat and effort into getting these gems out into the world every couple of months. Take a gander when you've got a chance!
This is happening next week at Wabash College! Hopefully it's the first of many: Hoosier poets reading in triplicate on campus. Free and open to all!
November 13, 2025 at 6:22 PM
This is happening next week at Wabash College! Hopefully it's the first of many: Hoosier poets reading in triplicate on campus. Free and open to all!
Thanks to @ronslate.bsky.social and Jonathan Farmer for this interview about When the Earth Flies into the Sun! The book celebrated its first birthday last month!
"I encounter a lot of overly long and under-edited books, many weighed down by prose poems. Some feel strident. These books sound like they began with a thesis, not a question": @derekmong.bsky.social in convo w/Jonathan Farmer via On The Seawall bit.ly/47vs87k
November 9, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Thanks to @ronslate.bsky.social and Jonathan Farmer for this interview about When the Earth Flies into the Sun! The book celebrated its first birthday last month!
Tim Hunt recently invited me to chat about three Robinson Jeffers poems alongside my own. Our conversation, which you can read (or listen to) below, was a total delight.
Thanks for this, Tim, and for your Selected Jeffers, which has accompanied for over 20 years.
huntt.substack.com/p/robinson-j...
Thanks for this, Tim, and for your Selected Jeffers, which has accompanied for over 20 years.
huntt.substack.com/p/robinson-j...
Robinson Jeffers Now: A Conversation with Derek Mong
TH: Welcome to the second installment of Robinson Jeffers Now, a series of interviews with contemporary poets exploring their varied engagements with the California poet Robinson Jeffers (1887-1962), ...
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November 6, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Tim Hunt recently invited me to chat about three Robinson Jeffers poems alongside my own. Our conversation, which you can read (or listen to) below, was a total delight.
Thanks for this, Tim, and for your Selected Jeffers, which has accompanied for over 20 years.
huntt.substack.com/p/robinson-j...
Thanks for this, Tim, and for your Selected Jeffers, which has accompanied for over 20 years.
huntt.substack.com/p/robinson-j...
Hoosier writers old and young (including students!): we've got a chapter of Writers for Democratic Action (@indianawda.bsky.social) up and running, and we'd love for you to join! Resist authoritarianism--like Orwell did before you--with your pen. DM me to join.
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Indiana-WDA
Indiana Writers for Democratic Action is a community of writers and readers committed to the core American principle that civil liberties exist for all. Our freedoms include the right to vote and have...
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November 1, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Hoosier writers old and young (including students!): we've got a chapter of Writers for Democratic Action (@indianawda.bsky.social) up and running, and we'd love for you to join! Resist authoritarianism--like Orwell did before you--with your pen. DM me to join.
sites.google.com/view/indiana...
sites.google.com/view/indiana...
I'm so proud of Lafayette and West Lafayette, where the #NoKings crowds were so huge that hundreds were turned back from crossing the Myers Pedestrian Bridge.
And big love to the "Hoosier Hogs Stand with Portland Frogs" guy. Yes to this. All of this. All the goddamn time.
And big love to the "Hoosier Hogs Stand with Portland Frogs" guy. Yes to this. All of this. All the goddamn time.
October 19, 2025 at 3:50 PM
I'm so proud of Lafayette and West Lafayette, where the #NoKings crowds were so huge that hundreds were turned back from crossing the Myers Pedestrian Bridge.
And big love to the "Hoosier Hogs Stand with Portland Frogs" guy. Yes to this. All of this. All the goddamn time.
And big love to the "Hoosier Hogs Stand with Portland Frogs" guy. Yes to this. All of this. All the goddamn time.
This administration is authoritarian--kicking journalists out of the Pentagon, unleashing the Army on our cities, and disappearing people into its ICE-sponsored police state. Join us at the No Kings Rally in Lafayette, IN at 2 PM. Meet at the Margerum Fountain. Stand up for democracy
www.nokings.org
www.nokings.org
No Kings
As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...
www.nokings.org
October 16, 2025 at 1:09 PM
This administration is authoritarian--kicking journalists out of the Pentagon, unleashing the Army on our cities, and disappearing people into its ICE-sponsored police state. Join us at the No Kings Rally in Lafayette, IN at 2 PM. Meet at the Margerum Fountain. Stand up for democracy
www.nokings.org
www.nokings.org