Jane Huffman
@janehuffman.bsky.social
Poet and doctoral student. PUBLIC ABSTRACT (American Poetry Review 2023), winner of the APR/Honickman First Book Prize.
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Jane Huffman
@janehuffman.bsky.social
· Oct 1
It is October, so here is my poem, "October," published in Swamp Pink this month. Thank you to the editors, and thank you for reading. 🍁🍂 swamp-pink.charleston.edu/featured/oct...
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Very much looking forward to reading with @janehuffman.bsky.social and Patrick Donnelly virtually on 11/20, 7pm EST. Hosted by the wonderful @poetmercurio.bsky.social: bit.ly/HospiceBookL...
November 13, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Very much looking forward to reading with @janehuffman.bsky.social and Patrick Donnelly virtually on 11/20, 7pm EST. Hosted by the wonderful @poetmercurio.bsky.social: bit.ly/HospiceBookL...
It is October, so here is my poem, "October," published in Swamp Pink this month. Thank you to the editors, and thank you for reading. 🍁🍂 swamp-pink.charleston.edu/featured/oct...
October 1, 2025 at 4:16 PM
It is October, so here is my poem, "October," published in Swamp Pink this month. Thank you to the editors, and thank you for reading. 🍁🍂 swamp-pink.charleston.edu/featured/oct...
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“The maple / tree that grows out / of his head is heavy / with the longing / of the dead. My brother’s / death is long, and heavy / as a year. I’ve mourned /my living brother all my life.” — @janehuffman.bsky.social, “Three Odes” poetrysociety.org/award-winner...
Cecil Hemley Memorial Award
The Poetry Society of America presents a number of prestigious awards each year.
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September 28, 2025 at 12:23 PM
“The maple / tree that grows out / of his head is heavy / with the longing / of the dead. My brother’s / death is long, and heavy / as a year. I’ve mourned /my living brother all my life.” — @janehuffman.bsky.social, “Three Odes” poetrysociety.org/award-winner...
(Breaking my hiatus to say that) I would love to see you in this week's Pop-Up Poetry workshop sessions on Zoom. As a reminder, the $30.00 fee includes substantive line edits and feedback from me! You can register for all of the above sessions online here:
www.janehuffman.com/pop-up-works...
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Pop-up Workshops — Jane Huffman
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September 28, 2025 at 8:50 PM
(Breaking my hiatus to say that) I would love to see you in this week's Pop-Up Poetry workshop sessions on Zoom. As a reminder, the $30.00 fee includes substantive line edits and feedback from me! You can register for all of the above sessions online here:
www.janehuffman.com/pop-up-works...
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www.janehuffman.com/pop-up-works...
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Poets: Have a new draft? I have seats open in my 2-hour poetry workshop running tomorrow, Thursday, June 18 from 5–7 p.m. MT. It is $30.00 for the session, and you'll get smart, friendly eyes on your work as well as line edits from me. Email me: janechuffman [at] gmail [dot] com
June 18, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Poets: Have a new draft? I have seats open in my 2-hour poetry workshop running tomorrow, Thursday, June 18 from 5–7 p.m. MT. It is $30.00 for the session, and you'll get smart, friendly eyes on your work as well as line edits from me. Email me: janechuffman [at] gmail [dot] com
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"Akin’s is not the language of life but the language of death, of near-death and after-death: that fragment, or moan that is whispered across the “gash // wound” between the living and the dying..." Forever grateful to @janehuffman.bsky.social for the blurb and her generous guidance 🙏
June 8, 2025 at 9:37 PM
"Akin’s is not the language of life but the language of death, of near-death and after-death: that fragment, or moan that is whispered across the “gash // wound” between the living and the dying..." Forever grateful to @janehuffman.bsky.social for the blurb and her generous guidance 🙏
🎵🎵🎵 There are currently three open seats in my spring class, taught ONLINE on ZOOM via Iowa Summer Writing Festival, called "Writing Soundly: Fine-Tuning the Acoustics of your Poetry." It begins on Saturday May 3. Register here: tinyurl.com/37jphazz
April 23, 2025 at 10:23 PM
🎵🎵🎵 There are currently three open seats in my spring class, taught ONLINE on ZOOM via Iowa Summer Writing Festival, called "Writing Soundly: Fine-Tuning the Acoustics of your Poetry." It begins on Saturday May 3. Register here: tinyurl.com/37jphazz
A new short essay on reading Merwin, on my substack: letternews.substack.com/p/three-threes
Three Threes
"I think all this is somewhere in myself"
letternews.substack.com
March 14, 2025 at 9:20 PM
A new short essay on reading Merwin, on my substack: letternews.substack.com/p/three-threes
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“My relationship with the poems is more essential than any publishing accomplishment or lack thereof.”
A few thoughts I shared with Poets & Writers Magazine last fall, on submitting poetry and book manuscripts and surviving the contest "marketplace." I hope you enjoy it.
letternews.substack.com/p/poets-and-...
letternews.substack.com/p/poets-and-...
Poets & Writers interview: On "Winning"
A brief interview from late 2024 on submitting poems and manuscripts
letternews.substack.com
March 11, 2025 at 10:49 PM
“My relationship with the poems is more essential than any publishing accomplishment or lack thereof.”
A few thoughts I shared with Poets & Writers Magazine last fall, on submitting poetry and book manuscripts and surviving the contest "marketplace." I hope you enjoy it.
letternews.substack.com/p/poets-and-...
letternews.substack.com/p/poets-and-...
Poets & Writers interview: On "Winning"
A brief interview from late 2024 on submitting poems and manuscripts
letternews.substack.com
March 11, 2025 at 10:16 PM
A few thoughts I shared with Poets & Writers Magazine last fall, on submitting poetry and book manuscripts and surviving the contest "marketplace." I hope you enjoy it.
letternews.substack.com/p/poets-and-...
letternews.substack.com/p/poets-and-...
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+ horrifically underfunded public health systems in communities to prevent need for medical care and hospitalization
Aging populations + hospital closures + staffing shortages = not enough hospital beds www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/202...
U.S. is headed toward a hospital bed shortage, researchers warn
The researchers project that annual hospitalizations will rise from 36 million in 2025 to 40 million in 2035.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 9, 2025 at 3:20 AM
+ horrifically underfunded public health systems in communities to prevent need for medical care and hospitalization
The thrift gods have smiled upon me today. 🥹
March 8, 2025 at 8:13 PM
The thrift gods have smiled upon me today. 🥹
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Spotted on campus this morning. Thanks to the person who posted this.
March 5, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Spotted on campus this morning. Thanks to the person who posted this.
I love it when strangers talk like the end of an MFA play. In the airport, just now —
Man: Everyone is going home, Jean.
Woman: Everyone is going somewhere.
Man: Everyone is going home, Jean.
Woman: Everyone is going somewhere.
March 5, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I love it when strangers talk like the end of an MFA play. In the airport, just now —
Man: Everyone is going home, Jean.
Woman: Everyone is going somewhere.
Man: Everyone is going home, Jean.
Woman: Everyone is going somewhere.
Heading to Austin, TX for a two-week residency at UT tomorrow morning –– I will share more details later. My first time in the state. Will send pics ~
March 5, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Heading to Austin, TX for a two-week residency at UT tomorrow morning –– I will share more details later. My first time in the state. Will send pics ~
I’m sorry but we’re just going to have to go back to Knowing Things I’m afraid
Every day it seems like another person I know casually admits to using ChatGPT for something and I feel like I’m losing my grip. Was it really that hard to Google things?
February 19, 2025 at 6:32 AM
I’m sorry but we’re just going to have to go back to Knowing Things I’m afraid
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The contempt for all public health measures is staggering with them.
SCOOP: Trump administration has been evaluating the costs of destroying or disposing of tens of millions of coronavirus tests that would otherwise be provided free to Americans. My story w/ Carolyn Y. Johnson.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
U.S. weighs destroying $500 million in stockpiled covid tests
The government is reviewing proposals to shut down the program that ships free covid tests to American households and has been considering destroying 160 million tests.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 18, 2025 at 11:18 PM
The contempt for all public health measures is staggering with them.
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I'm so happy to share that I won the 2024 New Women’s Voices Chapbook Competition! Huge thanks to @finishinglinepress.bsky.social for this opportunity and @janehuffman.bsky.social for her guidance in and out of workshop. Another big TY to @josehernandezdz.bsky.social for his prose poem workshop!
February 8, 2025 at 9:24 PM
I'm so happy to share that I won the 2024 New Women’s Voices Chapbook Competition! Huge thanks to @finishinglinepress.bsky.social for this opportunity and @janehuffman.bsky.social for her guidance in and out of workshop. Another big TY to @josehernandezdz.bsky.social for his prose poem workshop!
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Adrienne Rich, for your mid-winter blues
February 7, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Adrienne Rich, for your mid-winter blues
With coursework, comps, and life, I managed to publish one (1) poem in 2024, and it is that one (1) poem that I will proudly send off to the races this year. Wish her luck. With thanks to the ed. who nominated me. 🐎🐎🐎
February 7, 2025 at 3:58 PM
With coursework, comps, and life, I managed to publish one (1) poem in 2024, and it is that one (1) poem that I will proudly send off to the races this year. Wish her luck. With thanks to the ed. who nominated me. 🐎🐎🐎
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February 2, 2025 at 5:47 PM
CWC doors are open through 2/5! Join a community of nearly 200 writers from all over the world. ✨
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On the level of a Scofield guitar lesson:
Registration is open for my spring Iowa Summer Writing Festival course, "Writing Soundly: Fine-Tuning the Acoustics of your Poetry." 🔉🔊❤️ May 3–31, 2025. The course will include seminar-style discussions and craft-focused workshops. Snag your spot! mcuw-uiowa.catalog.instructure.com/browse/iswf/...
Writing Soundly: Fine-Tuning the Acoustics of your Poetry. Jane Huffman, Instructor - ISWF Spring 2025
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January 22, 2025 at 9:35 PM
On the level of a Scofield guitar lesson:
This course will be on Zoom –– join us from anywhere.
Registration is open for my spring Iowa Summer Writing Festival course, "Writing Soundly: Fine-Tuning the Acoustics of your Poetry." 🔉🔊❤️ May 3–31, 2025. The course will include seminar-style discussions and craft-focused workshops. Snag your spot! mcuw-uiowa.catalog.instructure.com/browse/iswf/...
Writing Soundly: Fine-Tuning the Acoustics of your Poetry. Jane Huffman, Instructor - ISWF Spring 2025
mcuw-uiowa.catalog.instructure.com
January 22, 2025 at 9:08 PM
This course will be on Zoom –– join us from anywhere.