Jason VonGerichten
@jvongerichten.bsky.social
Librarian.
Writer.
Lives in Chicago.
Mostly woke. Open to being more woke.
Mostly cringe. Open to being less cringe, but not a priority.
My book, Icarus Is Dead: https://a.co/d/5kYoxoe
My substack: https://jasonvongerichten.substack.com/
Writer.
Lives in Chicago.
Mostly woke. Open to being more woke.
Mostly cringe. Open to being less cringe, but not a priority.
My book, Icarus Is Dead: https://a.co/d/5kYoxoe
My substack: https://jasonvongerichten.substack.com/
Pinned
Since this seems to be the place to do it, here is a link to my novella, Icarus Is Dead. Read it if you like awesome things. Or don't, and continue being sad. Totally up to you.
a.co/d/hrKJeXc
a.co/d/hrKJeXc
New poems just dropped.
Could you please pick them up for me?
If you read them you'll see my back has been a bit stiff lately.
Thank you!
#poems #poetry #writing
open.substack.com/pub/jasonvon...
Could you please pick them up for me?
If you read them you'll see my back has been a bit stiff lately.
Thank you!
#poems #poetry #writing
open.substack.com/pub/jasonvon...
On the joys of giving in to peer pressure, back pain, and pinecones
Also a little elegy for a lost cousin, a task, and trying not to laugh when that's all you want to do
open.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:20 PM
New poems just dropped.
Could you please pick them up for me?
If you read them you'll see my back has been a bit stiff lately.
Thank you!
#poems #poetry #writing
open.substack.com/pub/jasonvon...
Could you please pick them up for me?
If you read them you'll see my back has been a bit stiff lately.
Thank you!
#poems #poetry #writing
open.substack.com/pub/jasonvon...
Wait. What?
"With their bodies being the equivalent of a head, sea urchins and other echinoderms may have never needed to evolve a clump of gray matter to process everything. Maybe they have no brains because they are brains."
"With their bodies being the equivalent of a head, sea urchins and other echinoderms may have never needed to evolve a clump of gray matter to process everything. Maybe they have no brains because they are brains."
Scientists Thought This Creature Had No Brain. Turns Out It’s All Brain.
The entire body of a sea urchin is what researchers are now calling an “all-body brain,” with neurons that function as a brain throughout its anatomy.
www.popularmechanics.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Wait. What?
"With their bodies being the equivalent of a head, sea urchins and other echinoderms may have never needed to evolve a clump of gray matter to process everything. Maybe they have no brains because they are brains."
"With their bodies being the equivalent of a head, sea urchins and other echinoderms may have never needed to evolve a clump of gray matter to process everything. Maybe they have no brains because they are brains."
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Cartoon by @jesseduquette.bsky.social.
November 19, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Cartoon by @jesseduquette.bsky.social.
Wednesday = New poems.
Read em and weep!
Or just smile politely, whatever your face feels like doing is fine.
#poetry #writning #poems
open.substack.com/pub/jasonvon...
Read em and weep!
Or just smile politely, whatever your face feels like doing is fine.
#poetry #writning #poems
open.substack.com/pub/jasonvon...
On the plight of Tony Soprano, a Taskmaster task for everyone, and Gremlins
The wordle gods have also given me thoughts on the Garden of Eden, Prell shampoo, and my morning routine.
open.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Wednesday = New poems.
Read em and weep!
Or just smile politely, whatever your face feels like doing is fine.
#poetry #writning #poems
open.substack.com/pub/jasonvon...
Read em and weep!
Or just smile politely, whatever your face feels like doing is fine.
#poetry #writning #poems
open.substack.com/pub/jasonvon...
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“What can literature, or music, or film, or performance, or visual art do for us, particularly when we are struggling, individually and collectively?" asks @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social in today's episode, number 1398.
Read "A dead whale can feed an entire ecosystem" by Rachel Dillon: bit.ly/4oLpz7f
Read "A dead whale can feed an entire ecosystem" by Rachel Dillon: bit.ly/4oLpz7f
November 18, 2025 at 5:56 PM
“What can literature, or music, or film, or performance, or visual art do for us, particularly when we are struggling, individually and collectively?" asks @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social in today's episode, number 1398.
Read "A dead whale can feed an entire ecosystem" by Rachel Dillon: bit.ly/4oLpz7f
Read "A dead whale can feed an entire ecosystem" by Rachel Dillon: bit.ly/4oLpz7f
Reposted by Jason VonGerichten
Reposted by Jason VonGerichten
Dear @nytimes.com,
I don't have three people to share a subscription with.
You have reported on the male loneliness epidemic. These constant reminders aren't helping.
Sincerely,
The Lone Reader
I don't have three people to share a subscription with.
You have reported on the male loneliness epidemic. These constant reminders aren't helping.
Sincerely,
The Lone Reader
November 13, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Dear @nytimes.com,
I don't have three people to share a subscription with.
You have reported on the male loneliness epidemic. These constant reminders aren't helping.
Sincerely,
The Lone Reader
I don't have three people to share a subscription with.
You have reported on the male loneliness epidemic. These constant reminders aren't helping.
Sincerely,
The Lone Reader
Reposted by Jason VonGerichten
Wait, the man who owned teenage beauty pageants and admitted to walking into the changing rooms is a pedophile? I can't believe it.
November 12, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Wait, the man who owned teenage beauty pageants and admitted to walking into the changing rooms is a pedophile? I can't believe it.
Reposted by Jason VonGerichten
So yeah, big surprise, I wrote some more poems and I want you to read them. Who would have ever seen that plot twist coming?
But seriously, please read them!
#poems #poetry #writing
open.substack.com/pub/jasonvon...
But seriously, please read them!
#poems #poetry #writing
open.substack.com/pub/jasonvon...
November 12, 2025 at 4:18 PM
So yeah, big surprise, I wrote some more poems and I want you to read them. Who would have ever seen that plot twist coming?
But seriously, please read them!
#poems #poetry #writing
open.substack.com/pub/jasonvon...
But seriously, please read them!
#poems #poetry #writing
open.substack.com/pub/jasonvon...
Reposted by Jason VonGerichten
Reposted by Jason VonGerichten
HAPPY FOUR SEASONS TOTAL LANDSCAPING DAY TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE
November 7, 2025 at 6:44 PM
HAPPY FOUR SEASONS TOTAL LANDSCAPING DAY TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE
New poems over on ye olde Substack.
Are they safe for work? Depends where you work.
Work from home? Probably not safe.
#poems #poetry #writing #writers #poetry+
open.substack.com/pub/jasonvon...
Are they safe for work? Depends where you work.
Work from home? Probably not safe.
#poems #poetry #writing #writers #poetry+
open.substack.com/pub/jasonvon...
On my birthday, growing old, growing young, not growing at all, and Halloween
More poems inspired by the wordle gods, by my dog, and one I may have illegally included from a famous poet whose name rhymes with Nary Tolliver.
open.substack.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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RIP but you're still a war criminal
November 4, 2025 at 5:16 PM
RIP but you're still a war criminal
Reposted by Jason VonGerichten
Man Wouldn't Have Worn Costume To Work If He'd Known He Was Getting Laid Off
October 31, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Man Wouldn't Have Worn Costume To Work If He'd Known He Was Getting Laid Off
Did you read my new stuff yet?
No?
It's be a lot cooler if you did.
#poems #poetry #writing #writers
open.substack.com/pub/jasonvon...
No?
It's be a lot cooler if you did.
#poems #poetry #writing #writers
open.substack.com/pub/jasonvon...
On sinning, limbo, spoofs and gym life
In which I try to write my version of a blues poem, cats become unvilified, and a wild game of poker plays out.
open.substack.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Did you read my new stuff yet?
No?
It's be a lot cooler if you did.
#poems #poetry #writing #writers
open.substack.com/pub/jasonvon...
No?
It's be a lot cooler if you did.
#poems #poetry #writing #writers
open.substack.com/pub/jasonvon...
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I hear the Epstein Ballroom will be illuminated solely by gaslighting.
October 24, 2025 at 11:27 AM
I hear the Epstein Ballroom will be illuminated solely by gaslighting.
Reposted by Jason VonGerichten
Yep, it’s the food stamps.
October 24, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Yep, it’s the food stamps.
I’m sure the new ballroom will be an elegant addition and there’s no reason to suspect otherwise aside from decades of evidence that it absolutely won’t be.
October 23, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I’m sure the new ballroom will be an elegant addition and there’s no reason to suspect otherwise aside from decades of evidence that it absolutely won’t be.
Hello Bluesky friends!
I wrote some new poems on Substack.
Please click, read, enjoy, and make my life complete.
#poets #poems #poetry+ #writing #writers
open.substack.com/pub/jasonvon...
I wrote some new poems on Substack.
Please click, read, enjoy, and make my life complete.
#poets #poems #poetry+ #writing #writers
open.substack.com/pub/jasonvon...
On sexy libraries, grocery store faux pas, and unnecessary meetings
New poems! A lot of Midwest thrown into this batch. I hope you're all staying warm.
open.substack.com
October 22, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Reposted by Jason VonGerichten
I wrote some new poems for your amusement.
Please be amused!
#poems&poets #poetry+ #poetsofbluesky #poetry #writing #writers
Please be amused!
#poems&poets #poetry+ #poetsofbluesky #poetry #writing #writers
On surprise endings, spasms, Sydney Sweeney and parachutes
A small grouping of new poems. An amuse bouche of my writings. And there is a short amuse bouche poem included today! So, there you go.
open.substack.com
October 15, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I wrote some new poems for your amusement.
Please be amused!
#poems&poets #poetry+ #poetsofbluesky #poetry #writing #writers
Please be amused!
#poems&poets #poetry+ #poetsofbluesky #poetry #writing #writers
“Access to information means access to opportunity, and our founders knew this, which is why when they came up with this unique form of government, they recognized that an informed society would be necessary to continue and thrive, which is why they invested heavily in libraries,” Helmick explained.
Librarians sound alarm as Trump admin takes aim at IMLS
Back in March, the President signed an executive order to dismantle the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) as part of his effort to reduce the size and cost of the government.
spectrumlocalnews.com
October 14, 2025 at 3:19 PM
“Access to information means access to opportunity, and our founders knew this, which is why when they came up with this unique form of government, they recognized that an informed society would be necessary to continue and thrive, which is why they invested heavily in libraries,” Helmick explained.