Justin Carter
@juscarts.com
Author of Brazos (Belle Point Press, 2024) // women's basketball & motorsports writer // Texan living in Iowa // juscarts.com
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Justin Carter
@juscarts.com
· Nov 8
Brazos
Brazos, by Justin Carter Publication Date: August 6, 2024 A stark and lonely voice rings clear in Justin Carter's debut collection. Brazos teems with ghosts, bloodlines, and gas flares, tracing a "riv...
bellepointpress.com
Hey. I wrote a book. You can buy it directly from the publisher. It's poems about growing up on the Texas Gulf Coast & touches on the political divide between me & the conservative world I grew up in.
Buy it here: bellepointpress.com/products/bra...
#booksky
Buy it here: bellepointpress.com/products/bra...
#booksky
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3 poems in Michigan City Review of Books:
"Listening To The DVD Menu For Red Vs. Blue Repeat All Night At Joey’s Birthday Party"
"Thinking About The Tim McGraw Album Set This Circus Down (2001)"
"Hearing Booty Wurk While Walking My Son Down The Greenbelt Trail"
mcrb.neocities.org/ThreePoems_J...
"Listening To The DVD Menu For Red Vs. Blue Repeat All Night At Joey’s Birthday Party"
"Thinking About The Tim McGraw Album Set This Circus Down (2001)"
"Hearing Booty Wurk While Walking My Son Down The Greenbelt Trail"
mcrb.neocities.org/ThreePoems_J...
Three Poems by Justin Carter
mcrb.neocities.org
January 7, 2026 at 3:03 PM
3 poems in Michigan City Review of Books:
"Listening To The DVD Menu For Red Vs. Blue Repeat All Night At Joey’s Birthday Party"
"Thinking About The Tim McGraw Album Set This Circus Down (2001)"
"Hearing Booty Wurk While Walking My Son Down The Greenbelt Trail"
mcrb.neocities.org/ThreePoems_J...
"Listening To The DVD Menu For Red Vs. Blue Repeat All Night At Joey’s Birthday Party"
"Thinking About The Tim McGraw Album Set This Circus Down (2001)"
"Hearing Booty Wurk While Walking My Son Down The Greenbelt Trail"
mcrb.neocities.org/ThreePoems_J...
3 poems in Michigan City Review of Books:
"Listening To The DVD Menu For Red Vs. Blue Repeat All Night At Joey’s Birthday Party"
"Thinking About The Tim McGraw Album Set This Circus Down (2001)"
"Hearing Booty Wurk While Walking My Son Down The Greenbelt Trail"
mcrb.neocities.org/ThreePoems_J...
"Listening To The DVD Menu For Red Vs. Blue Repeat All Night At Joey’s Birthday Party"
"Thinking About The Tim McGraw Album Set This Circus Down (2001)"
"Hearing Booty Wurk While Walking My Son Down The Greenbelt Trail"
mcrb.neocities.org/ThreePoems_J...
Three Poems by Justin Carter
mcrb.neocities.org
January 7, 2026 at 3:03 PM
3 poems in Michigan City Review of Books:
"Listening To The DVD Menu For Red Vs. Blue Repeat All Night At Joey’s Birthday Party"
"Thinking About The Tim McGraw Album Set This Circus Down (2001)"
"Hearing Booty Wurk While Walking My Son Down The Greenbelt Trail"
mcrb.neocities.org/ThreePoems_J...
"Listening To The DVD Menu For Red Vs. Blue Repeat All Night At Joey’s Birthday Party"
"Thinking About The Tim McGraw Album Set This Circus Down (2001)"
"Hearing Booty Wurk While Walking My Son Down The Greenbelt Trail"
mcrb.neocities.org/ThreePoems_J...
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2025 publications thread — I published some things, so here are the things
First, two poems in Trampoline. One's about the XFL & the other is about the Cleveland Browns. @trampolinepoetry.bsky.social
www.trampolinepoetry.com/issue-26
First, two poems in Trampoline. One's about the XFL & the other is about the Cleveland Browns. @trampolinepoetry.bsky.social
www.trampolinepoetry.com/issue-26
Issue 26 — TRAMPOLINE
www.trampolinepoetry.com
December 31, 2025 at 12:52 PM
2025 publications thread — I published some things, so here are the things
First, two poems in Trampoline. One's about the XFL & the other is about the Cleveland Browns. @trampolinepoetry.bsky.social
www.trampolinepoetry.com/issue-26
First, two poems in Trampoline. One's about the XFL & the other is about the Cleveland Browns. @trampolinepoetry.bsky.social
www.trampolinepoetry.com/issue-26
2025 publications thread — I published some things, so here are the things
First, two poems in Trampoline. One's about the XFL & the other is about the Cleveland Browns. @trampolinepoetry.bsky.social
www.trampolinepoetry.com/issue-26
First, two poems in Trampoline. One's about the XFL & the other is about the Cleveland Browns. @trampolinepoetry.bsky.social
www.trampolinepoetry.com/issue-26
Issue 26 — TRAMPOLINE
www.trampolinepoetry.com
December 31, 2025 at 12:52 PM
2025 publications thread — I published some things, so here are the things
First, two poems in Trampoline. One's about the XFL & the other is about the Cleveland Browns. @trampolinepoetry.bsky.social
www.trampolinepoetry.com/issue-26
First, two poems in Trampoline. One's about the XFL & the other is about the Cleveland Browns. @trampolinepoetry.bsky.social
www.trampolinepoetry.com/issue-26
Thinking of picking an early 20th century novelist to read a lot of in 2026. Right now I’m between Cather, Hemingway, & Fitzgerald.
December 28, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Thinking of picking an early 20th century novelist to read a lot of in 2026. Right now I’m between Cather, Hemingway, & Fitzgerald.
2026 writing goals:
- give novel #1 a final pass through & start querying agents
- figure out the structure of novel #2 & try to have a first draft done by the end of 2026
- write at least two poems every week
- work on some longer (4-6k word) short stories
- give novel #1 a final pass through & start querying agents
- figure out the structure of novel #2 & try to have a first draft done by the end of 2026
- write at least two poems every week
- work on some longer (4-6k word) short stories
December 28, 2025 at 2:36 PM
2026 writing goals:
- give novel #1 a final pass through & start querying agents
- figure out the structure of novel #2 & try to have a first draft done by the end of 2026
- write at least two poems every week
- work on some longer (4-6k word) short stories
- give novel #1 a final pass through & start querying agents
- figure out the structure of novel #2 & try to have a first draft done by the end of 2026
- write at least two poems every week
- work on some longer (4-6k word) short stories
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doing a special call for football pieces
December 23, 2025 at 10:32 PM
doing a special call for football pieces
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Read a new poem by me here: somewords.boards.net/thread/27/sa...
"No Religion Has Found Me," title from Ruth Baumann's "Medley, Societal" from "One Thousand Ars Poeticas," available from @sixthfinch.bsky.social .
Thanks to @somewordslit.bsky.social & @juscarts.com for giving this one a home!
"No Religion Has Found Me," title from Ruth Baumann's "Medley, Societal" from "One Thousand Ars Poeticas," available from @sixthfinch.bsky.social .
Thanks to @somewordslit.bsky.social & @juscarts.com for giving this one a home!
somewords.boards.net
December 16, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Read a new poem by me here: somewords.boards.net/thread/27/sa...
"No Religion Has Found Me," title from Ruth Baumann's "Medley, Societal" from "One Thousand Ars Poeticas," available from @sixthfinch.bsky.social .
Thanks to @somewordslit.bsky.social & @juscarts.com for giving this one a home!
"No Religion Has Found Me," title from Ruth Baumann's "Medley, Societal" from "One Thousand Ars Poeticas," available from @sixthfinch.bsky.social .
Thanks to @somewordslit.bsky.social & @juscarts.com for giving this one a home!
If the last place I taught had this rule, I would have been suspended because a student couldn't find the right classroom & complained to my department that I must have secretly moved the entire class to a different room.
From the Oklahoma U student paper: the school is now saying it will automatically suspend faculty (with pay) in response to student complaints
www.oudaily.com/news/ou-poli...
www.oudaily.com/news/ou-poli...
December 13, 2025 at 4:07 PM
If the last place I taught had this rule, I would have been suspended because a student couldn't find the right classroom & complained to my department that I must have secretly moved the entire class to a different room.
send your words to my journal!!
we have a few spots to fill still for January
want to be considered?
email one piece (poem/story/essay/whatever) & a bio to somewordslit@gmail.com
help us fill up January so we can then start working on filling up February
want to be considered?
email one piece (poem/story/essay/whatever) & a bio to somewordslit@gmail.com
help us fill up January so we can then start working on filling up February
December 13, 2025 at 3:32 PM
send your words to my journal!!
New short story out today. It’s about poker & drugs & a swimming pool.
hawkeyemag.com/stories/poke...
hawkeyemag.com/stories/poke...
Poker Night 1987
Sometimes I think the only thing I’m good at is destroying everything beautiful.
We met Lopez and Rita out at Bowie Beach. They were a couple of city slickers who didn’t know that you can’t drive a Co...
hawkeyemag.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:08 PM
New short story out today. It’s about poker & drugs & a swimming pool.
hawkeyemag.com/stories/poke...
hawkeyemag.com/stories/poke...
Eulogy Press
A literary magazine that rejects what's safe to create something meaningful.
eulogy.press
December 6, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Clover County’s Finer Things.
What's the best album of 2025?
December 1, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Clover County’s Finer Things.
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THIS WEEK'S SOME WORDS SCHEDULE
November 30, 2025 at 6:33 PM
THIS WEEK'S SOME WORDS SCHEDULE
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BLACK FRIDAY SPECIAL.
Send us some of your words by the end of the day & I promise to eventually read the words & get back to you.
somewords.boards.net/thread/4/sub...
Send us some of your words by the end of the day & I promise to eventually read the words & get back to you.
somewords.boards.net/thread/4/sub...
somewords.boards.net
November 28, 2025 at 7:14 PM
BLACK FRIDAY SPECIAL.
Send us some of your words by the end of the day & I promise to eventually read the words & get back to you.
somewords.boards.net/thread/4/sub...
Send us some of your words by the end of the day & I promise to eventually read the words & get back to you.
somewords.boards.net/thread/4/sub...
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My new lit journal has launched. It's hosted on a message board. We've got five pieces up for the launch — send us some work, because I'm hoping next week to start publishing one piece per day M-F.
Some Words is live with new work by:
John Waddy Bullion
Never Angeline Nørth
Travis Shosa
James Tadd Adcox
Sara Hovda
Check out all the work here: somewords.boards.net/board/3/work
John Waddy Bullion
Never Angeline Nørth
Travis Shosa
James Tadd Adcox
Sara Hovda
Check out all the work here: somewords.boards.net/board/3/work
somewords.boards.net
November 25, 2025 at 1:04 PM
My new lit journal has launched. It's hosted on a message board. We've got five pieces up for the launch — send us some work, because I'm hoping next week to start publishing one piece per day M-F.
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Welcome to Some Words, a literary journal hosted on a message board.
Want to send us work? Here are the guidelines.
somewords.boards.net/thread/4/sub...
Want to send us work? Here are the guidelines.
somewords.boards.net/thread/4/sub...
somewords.boards.net
November 25, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Welcome to Some Words, a literary journal hosted on a message board.
Want to send us work? Here are the guidelines.
somewords.boards.net/thread/4/sub...
Want to send us work? Here are the guidelines.
somewords.boards.net/thread/4/sub...
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I have a new story which contains the phrase "fuckboy with a heart of gold" in the just-launched Some Words, a literary journal shaped like a message board.
Many thanks to @juscarts.com for taking this piece and for starting up such a beautiful strange thing
Many thanks to @juscarts.com for taking this piece and for starting up such a beautiful strange thing
Some Words is live with new work by:
John Waddy Bullion
Never Angeline Nørth
Travis Shosa
James Tadd Adcox
Sara Hovda
Check out all the work here: somewords.boards.net/board/3/work
John Waddy Bullion
Never Angeline Nørth
Travis Shosa
James Tadd Adcox
Sara Hovda
Check out all the work here: somewords.boards.net/board/3/work
somewords.boards.net
November 25, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I have a new story which contains the phrase "fuckboy with a heart of gold" in the just-launched Some Words, a literary journal shaped like a message board.
Many thanks to @juscarts.com for taking this piece and for starting up such a beautiful strange thing
Many thanks to @juscarts.com for taking this piece and for starting up such a beautiful strange thing
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Who will send the first submission since our launch? Will it be YOU?
Welcome to Some Words, a literary journal hosted on a message board.
Want to send us work? Here are the guidelines.
somewords.boards.net/thread/4/sub...
Want to send us work? Here are the guidelines.
somewords.boards.net/thread/4/sub...
somewords.boards.net
November 25, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Who will send the first submission since our launch? Will it be YOU?
My new lit journal has launched. It's hosted on a message board. We've got five pieces up for the launch — send us some work, because I'm hoping next week to start publishing one piece per day M-F.
Some Words is live with new work by:
John Waddy Bullion
Never Angeline Nørth
Travis Shosa
James Tadd Adcox
Sara Hovda
Check out all the work here: somewords.boards.net/board/3/work
John Waddy Bullion
Never Angeline Nørth
Travis Shosa
James Tadd Adcox
Sara Hovda
Check out all the work here: somewords.boards.net/board/3/work
somewords.boards.net
November 25, 2025 at 1:04 PM
My new lit journal has launched. It's hosted on a message board. We've got five pieces up for the launch — send us some work, because I'm hoping next week to start publishing one piece per day M-F.
Doing an online reading Tuesday. Hit me up for the link if you want to watch.
November 22, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Doing an online reading Tuesday. Hit me up for the link if you want to watch.
Looking at my novel for the first time in a couple of weeks & I suddenly think it's actually extremely good.
November 20, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Looking at my novel for the first time in a couple of weeks & I suddenly think it's actually extremely good.
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okay so...
"theoretically"
if you like this idea & would be interested in being published in it at launch before submissions open
then you should like this post
"theoretically"
if you like this idea & would be interested in being published in it at launch before submissions open
then you should like this post
What if I started a literary journal that was hosted on a 2000s-style message board.
November 18, 2025 at 7:26 PM
okay so...
"theoretically"
if you like this idea & would be interested in being published in it at launch before submissions open
then you should like this post
"theoretically"
if you like this idea & would be interested in being published in it at launch before submissions open
then you should like this post