Jeremy Michael Reed
@jeremymichaelreed.bsky.social
poet, writer, editor, teacher, interested in all things books. He/him.
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Amazing poem by Joy Harjo.
October 13, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Amazing poem by Joy Harjo.
Reposted by Jeremy Michael Reed
I don’t sometimes think this, I always think this. Like this is one of the six things I think every day before breakfast
sometimes i think we lost something with the disappearance of not just cheap but cheap *looking* mass market paperback versions of "prestige" books
October 13, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I don’t sometimes think this, I always think this. Like this is one of the six things I think every day before breakfast
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Happy publication week to @djvorreyer.bsky.social and Unrivered (@sundresspub.bsky.social)! 🎉🎉🎉
Listen here: share.transistor.fm/s/efda5033
Unrivered here: sundress-publications.square.site/product/unri...
Listen here: share.transistor.fm/s/efda5033
Unrivered here: sundress-publications.square.site/product/unri...
October 8, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Happy publication week to @djvorreyer.bsky.social and Unrivered (@sundresspub.bsky.social)! 🎉🎉🎉
Listen here: share.transistor.fm/s/efda5033
Unrivered here: sundress-publications.square.site/product/unri...
Listen here: share.transistor.fm/s/efda5033
Unrivered here: sundress-publications.square.site/product/unri...
"I, civil, lift my arms, balance." - Zeina Hashem Beck
The mirroring/self-investigating in this poem.
poets.org/poem/standup...
The mirroring/self-investigating in this poem.
poets.org/poem/standup...
Standup Sonnet
Imported, my given name barely sounds
poets.org
October 6, 2025 at 3:17 PM
"I, civil, lift my arms, balance." - Zeina Hashem Beck
The mirroring/self-investigating in this poem.
poets.org/poem/standup...
The mirroring/self-investigating in this poem.
poets.org/poem/standup...
Still thinking about the piece I read this morning by @selahannsaterstrom.bsky.social at @thecreativeindependent.com:
"We carry the archive in our blood."
thecreativeindependent.com/people/write...
"We carry the archive in our blood."
thecreativeindependent.com/people/write...
Writer and diviner Selah Saterstrom on taking turns to light our passageway through disaster – The Creative Independent
Writer and diviner Selah Saterstrom discusses academia, the importance of communal storytelling, and investing in your mental health to support radical creative risks
thecreativeindependent.com
September 23, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Still thinking about the piece I read this morning by @selahannsaterstrom.bsky.social at @thecreativeindependent.com:
"We carry the archive in our blood."
thecreativeindependent.com/people/write...
"We carry the archive in our blood."
thecreativeindependent.com/people/write...
Really enjoying the new issue of @theshorepoetry.bsky.social this morning, and this poem by Caitlin Scarano in particular:
"My organizing principle keeps slipping / off in the night, a fox silently piercing a series / of fencelines."
www.theshorepoetry.org/caitlin-scar...
"My organizing principle keeps slipping / off in the night, a fox silently piercing a series / of fencelines."
www.theshorepoetry.org/caitlin-scar...
Caitlin Scarano "Mud Season with Her Glass Flowers" — THE SHORE
www.theshorepoetry.org
September 22, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Really enjoying the new issue of @theshorepoetry.bsky.social this morning, and this poem by Caitlin Scarano in particular:
"My organizing principle keeps slipping / off in the night, a fox silently piercing a series / of fencelines."
www.theshorepoetry.org/caitlin-scar...
"My organizing principle keeps slipping / off in the night, a fox silently piercing a series / of fencelines."
www.theshorepoetry.org/caitlin-scar...
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In a note to herself, Octavia E. Butler wrote, “Tell stories filled with facts. Make people touch and taste and know. Make people feel!“
Good writing advice for academics and researchers. All writing is a form of creative writing.
Good writing advice for academics and researchers. All writing is a form of creative writing.
September 20, 2025 at 2:32 PM
In a note to herself, Octavia E. Butler wrote, “Tell stories filled with facts. Make people touch and taste and know. Make people feel!“
Good writing advice for academics and researchers. All writing is a form of creative writing.
Good writing advice for academics and researchers. All writing is a form of creative writing.
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“It’s extremely important for me to keep the reality of film craft alive. I want real sets. I don’t want digital. I don’t want AI. I don’t want simulation. I want old fashioned craftsmanship. I want people painting, building, hammering, plastering. I go in and paint props myself.“
Guillermo del Toro Unpacks ‘Frankenstein’: The 30-Year Journey to Make It, Getting a Netflix Theatrical Release and Why He Axed the Plan for Two Movies
Guillermo del Toro tells all to Variety about the 30 year process of bringing his 'Frankenstein' to life, plus casting Oscar Isaac in the title role.
variety.com
September 20, 2025 at 8:42 PM
“It’s extremely important for me to keep the reality of film craft alive. I want real sets. I don’t want digital. I don’t want AI. I don’t want simulation. I want old fashioned craftsmanship. I want people painting, building, hammering, plastering. I go in and paint props myself.“
What’s better than @blackbirdjournal.bsky.social on BlueSky? A Diane Seuss poem to start them off.
Read "In every religion, a purifying" by the legendary Diane Seuss in our latest Flight 23.4. Link in bio and below! 🐦⬛
blackbird.vcu.edu/in-every-rel...
blackbird.vcu.edu/in-every-rel...
September 15, 2025 at 3:49 PM
What’s better than @blackbirdjournal.bsky.social on BlueSky? A Diane Seuss poem to start them off.
Can’t wait to check out this convo w @aliciawright.bsky.social!
Really, really interesting conversation about book reviews, the state of criticism today, etc—from a perspective that centers poetry & the renegade genres for discussing it. I really like this podcast! podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/i...
Episode 25: Alicia Wright - “The Ecstatic State of Making the Point”
Podcast Episode · Index for Continuance · 2025-09-08 · 1h 21m
podcasts.apple.com
September 9, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Can’t wait to check out this convo w @aliciawright.bsky.social!
"This interactive map explores five centuries of Indigenous histories on the land now known as Chicago. Stretching across time, it emphasizes that Chicago is, and has always been, an Indigenous place."
map.indigenous-chicago.org/pr/indigenou...
map.indigenous-chicago.org/pr/indigenou...
Indigenous Chicago
This interactive map explores five centuries of Indigenous histories on the land now known as Chicago. Stretching across time, it emphasizes that Chicago is, an
map.indigenous-chicago.org
August 29, 2025 at 3:45 PM
"This interactive map explores five centuries of Indigenous histories on the land now known as Chicago. Stretching across time, it emphasizes that Chicago is, and has always been, an Indigenous place."
map.indigenous-chicago.org/pr/indigenou...
map.indigenous-chicago.org/pr/indigenou...
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Stunned and absolutely thrilled that Nonbinary Bird of Paradise (@uakronpress.bsky.social, 2024) is a finalist for the LGBTQ+ Poetry Lammy (@lambdaliterary.bsky.social)! Congrats to all the finalists in all categories 🏳️🌈
July 31, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Stunned and absolutely thrilled that Nonbinary Bird of Paradise (@uakronpress.bsky.social, 2024) is a finalist for the LGBTQ+ Poetry Lammy (@lambdaliterary.bsky.social)! Congrats to all the finalists in all categories 🏳️🌈
I mentioned this to friends recently as one of the few tools I use every semester without fail (for years!) & they didn’t know about it to my surprise so now I’m making sure to spread the word. I truly appreciate @wcaleb.org putting it online for everyone so long ago!
Another semester, another moment to thank that guy from Rice University who made that syllabus maker thing. I love you
wcaleb.rice.edu/syllabusmake...
wcaleb.rice.edu/syllabusmake...
Generic Syllabus Maker
wcaleb.rice.edu
July 29, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I mentioned this to friends recently as one of the few tools I use every semester without fail (for years!) & they didn’t know about it to my surprise so now I’m making sure to spread the word. I truly appreciate @wcaleb.org putting it online for everyone so long ago!
I just backed Bird Watching by Eileen Myles: An Archival Collection (!) from @fonografeditions.bsky.social & you probably should too on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/bir...
Bird Watching by Eileen Myles: An Archival Collection
Support Fonograf Editions in publishing a volume of four early Eileen Myles books, including the never-before-published Bird Watching
www.kickstarter.com
July 22, 2025 at 10:57 PM
I just backed Bird Watching by Eileen Myles: An Archival Collection (!) from @fonografeditions.bsky.social & you probably should too on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/bir...
me and my book project
July 19, 2025 at 1:50 AM
me and my book project
Ten authors by whom I've read more than five books:
1. Toni Morrison
2. Joy Harjo
3. C.D. Wright
4. Gabriel García Márquez
5. Marilynne Robinson
6. Virginia Woolf
7. Sandra Cisneros
8. Joe Sacco
9. James Welch
10. Annie Dillard
1. Toni Morrison
2. Joy Harjo
3. C.D. Wright
4. Gabriel García Márquez
5. Marilynne Robinson
6. Virginia Woolf
7. Sandra Cisneros
8. Joe Sacco
9. James Welch
10. Annie Dillard
July 13, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Ten authors by whom I've read more than five books:
1. Toni Morrison
2. Joy Harjo
3. C.D. Wright
4. Gabriel García Márquez
5. Marilynne Robinson
6. Virginia Woolf
7. Sandra Cisneros
8. Joe Sacco
9. James Welch
10. Annie Dillard
1. Toni Morrison
2. Joy Harjo
3. C.D. Wright
4. Gabriel García Márquez
5. Marilynne Robinson
6. Virginia Woolf
7. Sandra Cisneros
8. Joe Sacco
9. James Welch
10. Annie Dillard
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now in Blackpitts in Dublin, if the rain holds off they'll be there a while (you are not alone)
June 23, 2025 at 8:39 PM
now in Blackpitts in Dublin, if the rain holds off they'll be there a while (you are not alone)
"How ridiculous now to think we were happy in the quick shelter / we sought from truth." - Joy Harjo, "Overwhelm" at @newyorker.com
“Overwhelm”
“How ridiculous now to think we were happy in the quick shelter / we sought from truth.”
www.newyorker.com
June 24, 2025 at 1:25 AM
"How ridiculous now to think we were happy in the quick shelter / we sought from truth." - Joy Harjo, "Overwhelm" at @newyorker.com
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"From the tawny light
from the rainy nights
from the imagination finding
itself and more than itself
alone and more than alone
at the bottom of the well where the moon lives,
can you pull me ..."
— Denise Levertov
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/42525/...
from the rainy nights
from the imagination finding
itself and more than itself
alone and more than alone
at the bottom of the well where the moon lives,
can you pull me ..."
— Denise Levertov
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/42525/...
Everything that Acts Is Actual
From the tawny light from the rainy nights from the imagination finding itself and more than itself alone and more than alone at the bottom of the well where the moon lives, can you pull me into Decem...
www.poetryfoundation.org
June 23, 2025 at 11:45 PM
"From the tawny light
from the rainy nights
from the imagination finding
itself and more than itself
alone and more than alone
at the bottom of the well where the moon lives,
can you pull me ..."
— Denise Levertov
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/42525/...
from the rainy nights
from the imagination finding
itself and more than itself
alone and more than alone
at the bottom of the well where the moon lives,
can you pull me ..."
— Denise Levertov
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/42525/...
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We're especially seeking more work by Indigenous queer writers outside of the US!
Deadline extended!
ALOCASIA is open for creative writing for an all-Indigenous issue to be published this summer. ALOCASIA publishes writing about plants by Indigenous queer writers from around the world.
Deadline: June 25th.
alocasia.org/about-send-w...
ALOCASIA is open for creative writing for an all-Indigenous issue to be published this summer. ALOCASIA publishes writing about plants by Indigenous queer writers from around the world.
Deadline: June 25th.
alocasia.org/about-send-w...
June 6, 2025 at 12:12 PM
We're especially seeking more work by Indigenous queer writers outside of the US!
I'm honored to be a featured artist at the Missouri Arts Council this month & join the incredible roster of artists they've spotlit over the last five years! You can see the whole 200+ artist archive at missouriartscouncil.org !
June 3, 2025 at 12:00 AM
I'm honored to be a featured artist at the Missouri Arts Council this month & join the incredible roster of artists they've spotlit over the last five years! You can see the whole 200+ artist archive at missouriartscouncil.org !
"because its sound
was closest to her love, because two syllables
are an easier loss to bear, because
like all our matriarchs, she wanted me named
for a man none of us could save." - Julia Kolchinsky
poets.org/poem/naming-0
was closest to her love, because two syllables
are an easier loss to bear, because
like all our matriarchs, she wanted me named
for a man none of us could save." - Julia Kolchinsky
poets.org/poem/naming-0
Naming
For the first month of life, I was
poets.org
May 23, 2025 at 2:28 PM
"because its sound
was closest to her love, because two syllables
are an easier loss to bear, because
like all our matriarchs, she wanted me named
for a man none of us could save." - Julia Kolchinsky
poets.org/poem/naming-0
was closest to her love, because two syllables
are an easier loss to bear, because
like all our matriarchs, she wanted me named
for a man none of us could save." - Julia Kolchinsky
poets.org/poem/naming-0