Jennifer Bullis
@jenniferbullis.bsky.social
Poet, essayist, recovering academic in Bellingham, WA. Work in Indiana Review, Iron Horse, RHINO Poetry, Terrain.org, EcoTheo, Cherry Tree, Gulf Coast, Whale Road Review. Chapbook: IMPOSSIBLE LESSONS (MoonPath Press). https://jenniferbullis.wordpress.com
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"Our Lady of the Cascades" by @jenniferbullis.bsky.social
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"Our Lady of the Cascades" by @jenniferbullis.bsky.social
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Our Lady of the Cascades
by Jennifer Bullis
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Much gratitude to @psalteryandlyre.bsky.social for publishing my poem "Our Lady of the Cascades" today!
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Hello BlueSky! Bracken Magazine is open for submissions of poetry and visual art through November 30. Browse past issues and see our guidelines here: www.brackenmagazine.com/submit
November 24, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Hello BlueSky! Bracken Magazine is open for submissions of poetry and visual art through November 30. Browse past issues and see our guidelines here: www.brackenmagazine.com/submit
An amazing and thorough resource! Scroll down for Brecht's genre-specific lists, too.
The 2026 lit mag rankings are now available from my website! They include an overall ranking, as well as separate rankings for fiction, flash fiction, non-fiction and poetry. If you find these helpful, please show your support by liking & sharing 🙏
November 9, 2025 at 8:33 PM
An amazing and thorough resource! Scroll down for Brecht's genre-specific lists, too.
Thank you so much to Millie Tullis and the editorial team for this nomination!
Announcing our Best Spiritual Literature Nominees for 2025! We are so grateful for the amazing work Orison Books does with this anthology and so excited for our nominees! 👏 AND you can read all of these poems all on our website!
October 21, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Thank you so much to Millie Tullis and the editorial team for this nomination!
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@mooncitypress.bsky.social author @tms2072.bsky.social reads this coming Wed., Sept. 24, at 7 p.m., CT, via Zoom! Or if you're in Springfield, come watch her on the big screen! Where and how on the attachment, but the Webinar link is missouristate.zoom.us/j/87080217436.
September 22, 2025 at 6:09 PM
@mooncitypress.bsky.social author @tms2072.bsky.social reads this coming Wed., Sept. 24, at 7 p.m., CT, via Zoom! Or if you're in Springfield, come watch her on the big screen! Where and how on the attachment, but the Webinar link is missouristate.zoom.us/j/87080217436.
Sherrilyn Ifill documents--and encourages--persistence with her excellent new essay: "this terrifying time of Trump must result in a true transformation of our national soul. It must create in millions more Americans an understanding that we rise or fall together."
August 16, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Sherrilyn Ifill documents--and encourages--persistence with her excellent new essay: "this terrifying time of Trump must result in a true transformation of our national soul. It must create in millions more Americans an understanding that we rise or fall together."
Absolute stunner of an essay by Tiffanie Kim weaving quantum physics with adoption in @tahomareview.bsky.social: tahomaliteraryreview.com/selections/s...
Schrödinger’s Father - Tahoma Literary Review
My father has been dead for almost a decade. For most people, this wouldn’t come as a shock. Ten years is a long time, after all. I would’ve been
tahomaliteraryreview.com
August 12, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Absolute stunner of an essay by Tiffanie Kim weaving quantum physics with adoption in @tahomareview.bsky.social: tahomaliteraryreview.com/selections/s...
"Ask ICE agents how they sleep at night. Record their actions. Ask collaborators if they recognize themselves. Emotional sabotage matters" because "fascism cannot prosper where empathy exists." Sarah Sophie Flicker on WWII-era Danes' resistance tactics:
www.thenation.com/article/acti...
www.thenation.com/article/acti...
The Danes Resisted Fascism, and So Can We
Danish resistance didn’t arrive all at once during World War II. But taken as a whole, the Danes’ actions are a testament to what’s possible when we work together to fight fascism.
www.thenation.com
August 6, 2025 at 2:31 AM
"Ask ICE agents how they sleep at night. Record their actions. Ask collaborators if they recognize themselves. Emotional sabotage matters" because "fascism cannot prosper where empathy exists." Sarah Sophie Flicker on WWII-era Danes' resistance tactics:
www.thenation.com/article/acti...
www.thenation.com/article/acti...
Grateful that my essay collection was included among the semifinalists!
And to our semifinalists!
Wes Blake @wesblake.bsky.social
Jennifer Bullis @jenniferbullis.bsky.social
Ana Caballero
Elizabeth Gray
Gail Hosking
Meg Jerit
Laurie Kutchins
Sonja Livingston
Madelyn Postman @madelynpostman.bsky.social
Anastasia Walker @staswalker22.bsky.social
Wes Blake @wesblake.bsky.social
Jennifer Bullis @jenniferbullis.bsky.social
Ana Caballero
Elizabeth Gray
Gail Hosking
Meg Jerit
Laurie Kutchins
Sonja Livingston
Madelyn Postman @madelynpostman.bsky.social
Anastasia Walker @staswalker22.bsky.social
July 31, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Grateful that my essay collection was included among the semifinalists!
"Imagine that we had no word for cancer and no recognition of the varieties of ways it manifests, so that we just had occasional lurid news stories about strange and sometimes fatal growths in various parts of various people...": Solnit's brilliant analogy about the systemic reach of rape culture.
"One of the reasons the epidemic of violence against women is so unacknowledged is because cases like these are talked about individually, and often treated as though they are shocking aberrations rather than part of a pervasive pattern that operates at all levels of society."
Epstein Is Only the Tip of the Iceberg: The Trump Protection Machine and the Epidemic of Violence Against Women
On July 2, the jury delivered a guilty verdict on some of the charges against music mogul Sean Combs for his decades of horrific sexual abuse of women with the help of his extensive staff and deep poc...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
July 30, 2025 at 5:32 PM
"Imagine that we had no word for cancer and no recognition of the varieties of ways it manifests, so that we just had occasional lurid news stories about strange and sometimes fatal growths in various parts of various people...": Solnit's brilliant analogy about the systemic reach of rape culture.
Sherrilyn Ifill on how "ICE" agents' concealing their faces recalls Klan tactics: excellent historical & legal perspective sherrilyn.substack.com/p/masked-ter...
Masked Terror
At this point, we have all seen the videos.
sherrilyn.substack.com
June 24, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Sherrilyn Ifill on how "ICE" agents' concealing their faces recalls Klan tactics: excellent historical & legal perspective sherrilyn.substack.com/p/masked-ter...
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but who is going to write the poem
June 19, 2025 at 6:55 PM
but who is going to write the poem
Love this! I wrote my dissertation on Dawn Powell 30 years ago, just as Tim Page was editing her diaries and Steerforth Press was preparing to republish her novels. Later, Powell largely disappeared from public view again. Thank you for bringing this worthy author's short stories back into print!
June 17, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Love this! I wrote my dissertation on Dawn Powell 30 years ago, just as Tim Page was editing her diaries and Steerforth Press was preparing to republish her novels. Later, Powell largely disappeared from public view again. Thank you for bringing this worthy author's short stories back into print!
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see what you need to understand is that they’re coming hard at california bc if they can take us down then it tells the smaller states there’s no point in fighting. we’re the bellwether. that’s why it’s so important we stop this shit NOW.
June 12, 2025 at 7:50 PM
see what you need to understand is that they’re coming hard at california bc if they can take us down then it tells the smaller states there’s no point in fighting. we’re the bellwether. that’s why it’s so important we stop this shit NOW.
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The comment period for this ends in 3 DAYS. Please leave a comment telling them EVERYONE should be able to get covid boosters.
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May 20, 2025 at 6:13 PM
The comment period for this ends in 3 DAYS. Please leave a comment telling them EVERYONE should be able to get covid boosters.
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“Despair, in its own strange way, is a form of false confidence. It’s a sense that the future has already been decided and there’s nothing we can do about it. In fact, the future is something we make in the present.” @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
How to stay hopeful in trying times - The Boston Globe
Rebecca Solnit, the author of "Men Explain Things to Me," says despair is a luxury.
www.bostonglobe.com
May 20, 2025 at 9:35 PM
“Despair, in its own strange way, is a form of false confidence. It’s a sense that the future has already been decided and there’s nothing we can do about it. In fact, the future is something we make in the present.” @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
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say it again:
4 million people work in higher ed, the largest employer in 10 states, second largest employer in 10 more, and in 60 of the 100 biggest cities
ROI for NIH and NSF for local economies is conservatively 4x, often close to 10x
demolishing higher education is economic sabotage
4 million people work in higher ed, the largest employer in 10 states, second largest employer in 10 more, and in 60 of the 100 biggest cities
ROI for NIH and NSF for local economies is conservatively 4x, often close to 10x
demolishing higher education is economic sabotage
There is a false dichotomy drawn between "the ivory tower" and "the real world," and I'm here to report that in a post-industrial society, your real-world economy absolutely hinges on the university.
University towns are factory towns. Universities drive economic activity, not the other way around.
University towns are factory towns. Universities drive economic activity, not the other way around.
A must read
May 18, 2025 at 1:45 PM
say it again:
4 million people work in higher ed, the largest employer in 10 states, second largest employer in 10 more, and in 60 of the 100 biggest cities
ROI for NIH and NSF for local economies is conservatively 4x, often close to 10x
demolishing higher education is economic sabotage
4 million people work in higher ed, the largest employer in 10 states, second largest employer in 10 more, and in 60 of the 100 biggest cities
ROI for NIH and NSF for local economies is conservatively 4x, often close to 10x
demolishing higher education is economic sabotage
Much gratitude to @psalteryandlyre.bsky.social for publishing my poem "Our Lady of the Cascades" today!
"O Lady Miriam Lady Mary mare mer Mère"
"Our Lady of the Cascades" by @jenniferbullis.bsky.social
psalteryandlyre.org/2025/05/12/o...
"Our Lady of the Cascades" by @jenniferbullis.bsky.social
psalteryandlyre.org/2025/05/12/o...
Our Lady of the Cascades
by Jennifer Bullis
psalteryandlyre.org
May 12, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Much gratitude to @psalteryandlyre.bsky.social for publishing my poem "Our Lady of the Cascades" today!
Rebecca Solnit on war, fast and slow: www.meditationsinanemergency.com/some-rob-you...
Some Rob You with a Six-Gun/ Some With a Fountain Pen: On Civil War By Other Means
Imagine if we were at war with a foreign power that bombed most of the federal buildings in Washington, destroying the records and functions of those departments and killing millions of federal worker...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
May 8, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Rebecca Solnit on war, fast and slow: www.meditationsinanemergency.com/some-rob-you...
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A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope
May 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope
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Rest in peace, Martha Silano, poet, editor, and friend to all who put pen to page. You'll be dearly missed.
May 7, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Rest in peace, Martha Silano, poet, editor, and friend to all who put pen to page. You'll be dearly missed.
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We're so sad to learn that Martha Silano has passed. It was an honor to publish her work.
"Because solving’s just another word for letting go."
- from "Why I'd Make a Great Chemist" by Martha Silano
www.whaleroadreview.com/silano-2/
"Because solving’s just another word for letting go."
- from "Why I'd Make a Great Chemist" by Martha Silano
www.whaleroadreview.com/silano-2/
Why I’d Make a Great Chemist
Because my father was the X in X+ -e > X- + energy. Because my sister knits plutonium sweaters. Because none of my valence shells will ever fill. Because I love figuring out what all the arrows …
www.whaleroadreview.com
May 7, 2025 at 6:37 PM
We're so sad to learn that Martha Silano has passed. It was an honor to publish her work.
"Because solving’s just another word for letting go."
- from "Why I'd Make a Great Chemist" by Martha Silano
www.whaleroadreview.com/silano-2/
"Because solving’s just another word for letting go."
- from "Why I'd Make a Great Chemist" by Martha Silano
www.whaleroadreview.com/silano-2/
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Devastated to hear the news of Martha Silano's passing. She was a wonderful person and poet. Condolences to her family and her loved ones.
May 7, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Devastated to hear the news of Martha Silano's passing. She was a wonderful person and poet. Condolences to her family and her loved ones.
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My friend @jenniferbullis.bsky.social has an amazing poem up over at Bracken Magazine. Check it out!
"Each crimson globe shining with its burden
of sweetness and regret."
www.brackenmagazine.com/issue-xii/se...
"Each crimson globe shining with its burden
of sweetness and regret."
www.brackenmagazine.com/issue-xii/se...
Self-Portrait as Eve by Jennifer Bullis — Bracken
I heard the tree groan under the weight.
Each crimson globe shining with its burden
of sweetness and regret.
www.brackenmagazine.com
May 7, 2025 at 5:34 AM
My friend @jenniferbullis.bsky.social has an amazing poem up over at Bracken Magazine. Check it out!
"Each crimson globe shining with its burden
of sweetness and regret."
www.brackenmagazine.com/issue-xii/se...
"Each crimson globe shining with its burden
of sweetness and regret."
www.brackenmagazine.com/issue-xii/se...
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The devastating, shortsighted attack on literature continues. List from Magic City Books. Who'd they miss? Note: the small publishers selected here for financial attack include (among other very worthy and important presses) @transitbooks.bsky.social, publisher of 2023 Nobel laureate Jon Fosse.
May 6, 2025 at 10:51 AM
The devastating, shortsighted attack on literature continues. List from Magic City Books. Who'd they miss? Note: the small publishers selected here for financial attack include (among other very worthy and important presses) @transitbooks.bsky.social, publisher of 2023 Nobel laureate Jon Fosse.
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9/ The tariffs are DESIGNED to create economic hardship. Why? So that Trump has a straight face rationale for releasing them, business by business or industry by industry.
As he adjusts or grants relief, it’s a win-win: the economy improves and dissent disappears.
As he adjusts or grants relief, it’s a win-win: the economy improves and dissent disappears.
April 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
9/ The tariffs are DESIGNED to create economic hardship. Why? So that Trump has a straight face rationale for releasing them, business by business or industry by industry.
As he adjusts or grants relief, it’s a win-win: the economy improves and dissent disappears.
As he adjusts or grants relief, it’s a win-win: the economy improves and dissent disappears.