Erin Fitzgerald
@embfitz.bsky.social
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Speaking of Barrelhouse submission calls run by my students (that's what everyone's talking about today, right?) we've got another one coming VERY SOON. This semester, a cohort of MFA students at Temple will be editing an online issue of the journal, and they've settled on a theme: The Aftermath
February 10, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Speaking of Barrelhouse submission calls run by my students (that's what everyone's talking about today, right?) we've got another one coming VERY SOON. This semester, a cohort of MFA students at Temple will be editing an online issue of the journal, and they've settled on a theme: The Aftermath
Trust me, I love it more. That sucker WEIGHED on me.
February 10, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Trust me, I love it more. That sucker WEIGHED on me.
@aaronburch.bsky.social, reading the upcoming HAD sub call made me realize what's wrong w/ a piece I've been messing with for so long, I was going to put in my last will & testament for some unfortunate soul to try fixing. As always, don't know how/why these things happen, but thanks all the same 🍺
February 10, 2026 at 7:37 PM
@aaronburch.bsky.social, reading the upcoming HAD sub call made me realize what's wrong w/ a piece I've been messing with for so long, I was going to put in my last will & testament for some unfortunate soul to try fixing. As always, don't know how/why these things happen, but thanks all the same 🍺
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We have a new online issue! Selected and edited by students at Temple University, under the guidance of @mikeingram.bsky.social
www.barrelhousemag.com/online-lit/t...
www.barrelhousemag.com/online-lit/t...
The Dirty Issue — Barrelhouse
For this special online issue, we asked for your dirtiest work: scandalous rivalries, dirty jobs, meditations on the muck and mire of everyday life, plain old sediment, and musings on humanity’s more ...
www.barrelhousemag.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:02 PM
We have a new online issue! Selected and edited by students at Temple University, under the guidance of @mikeingram.bsky.social
www.barrelhousemag.com/online-lit/t...
www.barrelhousemag.com/online-lit/t...
Drinking diet Mountain Dew Baja Blast, fondly remembering the Barrelhouse Writer Camp where no one could explain what it tastes like. I still can’t. (The can now says “tropical lime” but, no.)
February 9, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Drinking diet Mountain Dew Baja Blast, fondly remembering the Barrelhouse Writer Camp where no one could explain what it tastes like. I still can’t. (The can now says “tropical lime” but, no.)
My dad’s presided over more than a thousand weddings and agrees that one definitely topped being in a helicopter over Niagara Falls
February 9, 2026 at 2:22 AM
My dad’s presided over more than a thousand weddings and agrees that one definitely topped being in a helicopter over Niagara Falls
“So there’s an eagle, and it’s sitting on the horse, and it goes all Pegasus, freeeeeebiiiiird yeahhhhh”
Uh Huuuuuuh... GIF
ALT: Uh Huuuuuuh... GIF
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February 9, 2026 at 2:11 AM
“So there’s an eagle, and it’s sitting on the horse, and it goes all Pegasus, freeeeeebiiiiird yeahhhhh”
When you let the other cat be a little toolshed for way too long this morning and the subsequent penalty is providing a hand pillow for the affected party
February 7, 2026 at 12:57 PM
When you let the other cat be a little toolshed for way too long this morning and the subsequent penalty is providing a hand pillow for the affected party
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i have been made aware that an Olympic figure skater for Kazakhstan does a Dune themed routine in a full stillsuit and he is now my personal hero
February 2, 2026 at 5:22 PM
i have been made aware that an Olympic figure skater for Kazakhstan does a Dune themed routine in a full stillsuit and he is now my personal hero
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10/10 ICE protest sign
January 31, 2026 at 10:20 PM
10/10 ICE protest sign
Today’s thrift store catch-and-release about which I’ll have the most regret
February 1, 2026 at 1:31 AM
Today’s thrift store catch-and-release about which I’ll have the most regret
Avoided 28 Years for a while because I’m not really a horror person. Saw it, absolutely loved it, looking forward to Bone Temple. (soon!)
January 31, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Avoided 28 Years for a while because I’m not really a horror person. Saw it, absolutely loved it, looking forward to Bone Temple. (soon!)
I don’t remember class names so I’ll do 5 things from college I refer back to a lot.
1. Everything from a week long campus protest
2. How GC/MS testing works
3. Don’t apologize for what you’re about to say
4. Irish revolutionary James Connolly was a badass
5. Context, context, context
1. Everything from a week long campus protest
2. How GC/MS testing works
3. Don’t apologize for what you’re about to say
4. Irish revolutionary James Connolly was a badass
5. Context, context, context
January 31, 2026 at 9:01 PM
I don’t remember class names so I’ll do 5 things from college I refer back to a lot.
1. Everything from a week long campus protest
2. How GC/MS testing works
3. Don’t apologize for what you’re about to say
4. Irish revolutionary James Connolly was a badass
5. Context, context, context
1. Everything from a week long campus protest
2. How GC/MS testing works
3. Don’t apologize for what you’re about to say
4. Irish revolutionary James Connolly was a badass
5. Context, context, context
Another takeaway here: There's enough fluency of vocation/aspiration here that if it matters to you, you may want to ask the cool kid you meet at AWP who they work for.
January 30, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Another takeaway here: There's enough fluency of vocation/aspiration here that if it matters to you, you may want to ask the cool kid you meet at AWP who they work for.
WRT (2), a little like like how the shopping malls that are still successful in the 21st are usually the ones that have gone upscale.
January 30, 2026 at 11:06 PM
WRT (2), a little like like how the shopping malls that are still successful in the 21st are usually the ones that have gone upscale.
Having been on the seller side of this for a while, I think it's because they're trying to (1) shape the applicant pool as much as is possible (2) grab some literary meritocracy while there's still a thread of hope for that.
January 30, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Having been on the seller side of this for a while, I think it's because they're trying to (1) shape the applicant pool as much as is possible (2) grab some literary meritocracy while there's still a thread of hope for that.
I get that there's jokes here. There should be jokes!
But as someone who no longer statistically counts as unemployed because it's been so long? I'm VERY fortunate that (so far) I haven't had to consider this.
I also have some depressing theories about why the "requirements" are what they are.
But as someone who no longer statistically counts as unemployed because it's been so long? I'm VERY fortunate that (so far) I haven't had to consider this.
I also have some depressing theories about why the "requirements" are what they are.
X is hiring a creative writing specialist at $40 an hour to make Grok better at writing and a true LOL at the qualifications
January 30, 2026 at 10:57 PM
I get that there's jokes here. There should be jokes!
But as someone who no longer statistically counts as unemployed because it's been so long? I'm VERY fortunate that (so far) I haven't had to consider this.
I also have some depressing theories about why the "requirements" are what they are.
But as someone who no longer statistically counts as unemployed because it's been so long? I'm VERY fortunate that (so far) I haven't had to consider this.
I also have some depressing theories about why the "requirements" are what they are.
Going through Royal Family trading cards from 1993 and we definitely are living in the future in more ways than one
January 23, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Going through Royal Family trading cards from 1993 and we definitely are living in the future in more ways than one
Once I stepped on a bus and the bottom hem of my dress, popping 75% of the buttons that held it closed. Clutched the dress around me, scrambled to a seat. Woman silently reached into her purse, handed me a tin of safety pins. It’s been years but I think of her often and hope she is doing well.
TIMELINE CLEANSE
When's a time that a stranger helped you in an unexpected, maybe even small way?
When's a time that a stranger helped you in an unexpected, maybe even small way?
January 19, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Once I stepped on a bus and the bottom hem of my dress, popping 75% of the buttons that held it closed. Clutched the dress around me, scrambled to a seat. Woman silently reached into her purse, handed me a tin of safety pins. It’s been years but I think of her often and hope she is doing well.
One of the great things about not watching sportsball is picking teams to like and hate based purely on spite
January 18, 2026 at 1:25 AM
One of the great things about not watching sportsball is picking teams to like and hate based purely on spite
where is my deeply discounted DD coffee
January 18, 2026 at 1:21 AM
where is my deeply discounted DD coffee
I grew up in WNY so for at least the next week and even though I don’t really watch sportsball, I’m a Patriots fan
January 18, 2026 at 1:20 AM
I grew up in WNY so for at least the next week and even though I don’t really watch sportsball, I’m a Patriots fan
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Area Woman Said ‘Sorry’ 118 Times Yesterday https://theonion.com/area-woman-said-sorry-118-times-yesterday-1819576089/
January 15, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Area Woman Said ‘Sorry’ 118 Times Yesterday https://theonion.com/area-woman-said-sorry-118-times-yesterday-1819576089/
Brewster’s back, but now he knows his patrons are anywhere from 0 to 100 percent full of crap.
January 15, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Brewster’s back, but now he knows his patrons are anywhere from 0 to 100 percent full of crap.