L. Michel-Cassidy
@lmichelcassidy.bsky.social
Writer, poet, artist, houseboat-dweller, open-water swimmer. Collection, When We Were Hardcore, 2025 from Eastover Press. Senior reviews editor at Tupelo Quarterly.
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Superb mail day! My upcoming collection got an editor’s pick and a sweet little lightning bolt. Find her here (and elsewhere): eastoverpress.com/book/when-we...
A family member who says they cannot work/cannot answer emails because of long Covid, while at the same time denying Covid ever existed and questioning whether they are safe around me, as I am shedding vaccine cells (or some such). Discuss using Thanksgiving banter only.
November 1, 2025 at 6:34 PM
A family member who says they cannot work/cannot answer emails because of long Covid, while at the same time denying Covid ever existed and questioning whether they are safe around me, as I am shedding vaccine cells (or some such). Discuss using Thanksgiving banter only.
Thanks to the editors of the New Orleans Review for choosing this romp of a poem:
www.neworleansreview.org/feint-burrow/
www.neworleansreview.org/feint-burrow/
feint & burrow
www.neworleansreview.org
October 1, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Thanks to the editors of the New Orleans Review for choosing this romp of a poem:
www.neworleansreview.org/feint-burrow/
www.neworleansreview.org/feint-burrow/
Haven’t seen this in a while—a couple didn’t want me to get into the jacuzzi with them because of my tattoos (neither the tattoos nor I are even vaguely threatening).
August 11, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Haven’t seen this in a while—a couple didn’t want me to get into the jacuzzi with them because of my tattoos (neither the tattoos nor I are even vaguely threatening).
Wondering why Midway Airport, a publicly funded business is sponsoring and loudly and repeatedly advertising their onsite Christian worship services.
August 1, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Wondering why Midway Airport, a publicly funded business is sponsoring and loudly and repeatedly advertising their onsite Christian worship services.
Greetings from a dive bar in Berlin, where I am getting snippets of news back home. US friends (and strangers) PLEASE update me?!
June 5, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Greetings from a dive bar in Berlin, where I am getting snippets of news back home. US friends (and strangers) PLEASE update me?!
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I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: pathogens don’t care who you voted for or what color your passport is. This cruelty hurts us all.
Trump Budget Eliminates Funding for Crucial Global Vaccination Programs
www.nytimes.com
June 5, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: pathogens don’t care who you voted for or what color your passport is. This cruelty hurts us all.
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fun fact three fighter jets is roughly equivalent to the NEA’s 2024 budget
May 7, 2025 at 11:37 PM
fun fact three fighter jets is roughly equivalent to the NEA’s 2024 budget
Dear Monday,
Slow your roll.
Slow your roll.
April 28, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Dear Monday,
Slow your roll.
Slow your roll.
@natflashfictionday.bsky.social Happy to report my story, “Golden State” has been swooped into the flood. California, baby!
April 27, 2025 at 2:41 PM
@natflashfictionday.bsky.social Happy to report my story, “Golden State” has been swooped into the flood. California, baby!
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You can find the @prisonerlitproj.bsky.social's evolving Wish List on our website here. It's a perfect time to contribute.
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Tomorrow is Independent Bookstore Day! We would so appreciate your support via a book purchase for PLP. The dollar amount will be doubled!
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#PrisonBooksWishlists #IndieBookstoreDay #IncarceratedReaders
April 25, 2025 at 3:58 PM
You can find the @prisonerlitproj.bsky.social's evolving Wish List on our website here. It's a perfect time to contribute.
ebbooksellers.com/gift-registr...
ebbooksellers.com/gift-registr...
Did not have “thrilled to be allergic to dairy” on my The Current Regime bingo card.
April 22, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Did not have “thrilled to be allergic to dairy” on my The Current Regime bingo card.
I work with someone who is very free and loose with exclamation points in their emails. It used to bug me, but at this moment, any little positive gesture is welcome!!!
April 14, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I work with someone who is very free and loose with exclamation points in their emails. It used to bug me, but at this moment, any little positive gesture is welcome!!!
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Never let the voters forget that this administration petitioned the supreme court for permission NOT to rescue a man they mistakenly sent to a foreign elimination camp.
April 11, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Never let the voters forget that this administration petitioned the supreme court for permission NOT to rescue a man they mistakenly sent to a foreign elimination camp.
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I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.
April 2, 2025 at 1:09 AM
I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.
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Heads up, Floridians!
Dear Do Something Crowd:
Here’s something useful you can do. Bonus points if you can actually go to Florida and knock doors. If Dems win these 2 Florida seats plus the #NYCD21 seat, we take back control of the House of Representatives. #FlipTheHouse #TakeBackTheHouse #FLCD1 #CD1 #FLCD6 #CD6 #CD21
Here’s something useful you can do. Bonus points if you can actually go to Florida and knock doors. If Dems win these 2 Florida seats plus the #NYCD21 seat, we take back control of the House of Representatives. #FlipTheHouse #TakeBackTheHouse #FLCD1 #CD1 #FLCD6 #CD6 #CD21
📢 People have been asking what they can do to help in our special elections for CD 1 and 6, here is our volunteer hub, join us in this fight!
bit.ly/FDPVolunteer...
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February 17, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Heads up, Floridians!
That’s some real Willa Cather-esque weather you’ve got going, Taos.
February 14, 2025 at 8:43 PM
That’s some real Willa Cather-esque weather you’ve got going, Taos.
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this is how it's done, folks 👏
Tupelo Press’ response to new NEA restrictions is inspiring and should serve as an industry standard. @tupelopress.bsky.social
February 12, 2025 at 7:10 PM
this is how it's done, folks 👏
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Tupelo Press’ response to new NEA restrictions is inspiring and should serve as an industry standard. @tupelopress.bsky.social
February 12, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Tupelo Press’ response to new NEA restrictions is inspiring and should serve as an industry standard. @tupelopress.bsky.social
If your loud-voiced broker is at SFO yelling your full name, trade orders, and all manner of personal info into his headset but also for all of gate b12 to hear, you should probably dump him.
February 10, 2025 at 7:38 PM
If your loud-voiced broker is at SFO yelling your full name, trade orders, and all manner of personal info into his headset but also for all of gate b12 to hear, you should probably dump him.
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Happy Publication Day to @lmichelcassidy.bsky.social, MFA '15 ! Her debut story collection, WHEN WE WERE HARDCORE, is out today from EastOver Press:
https://eastoverpress.com/book/when-we-were-hardcore/
https://eastoverpress.com/book/when-we-were-hardcore/
February 8, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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Hey, look! I got to interview @lmichelcassidy.bsky.social about her amazing story collection, WHEN THEY WERE HARDCORE, for @hungermtn.bsky.social and you can read what we both said:
Hunger Mountain Review – VCFA Journal of the Arts
Hunger Mountain is the VCFA Journal of the Arts
hungermtn.netlify.app
February 10, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Hey, look! I got to interview @lmichelcassidy.bsky.social about her amazing story collection, WHEN THEY WERE HARDCORE, for @hungermtn.bsky.social and you can read what we both said:
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Happy Publication Day to @lmichelcassidy.bsky.social, MFA '15 ! Her debut story collection, WHEN WE WERE HARDCORE, is out today from EastOver Press:
https://eastoverpress.com/book/when-we-were-hardcore/
https://eastoverpress.com/book/when-we-were-hardcore/
February 3, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Happy Publication Day to @lmichelcassidy.bsky.social, MFA '15 ! Her debut story collection, WHEN WE WERE HARDCORE, is out today from EastOver Press:
https://eastoverpress.com/book/when-we-were-hardcore/
https://eastoverpress.com/book/when-we-were-hardcore/
January 28, 2025 at 9:27 PM
A little visit from the weiners.
January 26, 2025 at 10:53 PM
A little visit from the weiners.
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I'm thrilled to have 3 poems in Cutleaf about the deplorable treatment of mental illness in the 1800s. Many thanks to editor Denton Loving for giving these poems a beautiful home.
cutleafjournal.com/content/doro...
cutleafjournal.com/content/doro...
Dorothea Dix Speaks to the Massachusetts Legislature - Cutleaf Journal
Dorothea Dix Speaks to the Massachusetts Legislature About Reforming Mental Health Treatment, 1843 In cages, closets, cellars, stallsI count the ones who
cutleafjournal.com
January 24, 2025 at 3:12 AM
I'm thrilled to have 3 poems in Cutleaf about the deplorable treatment of mental illness in the 1800s. Many thanks to editor Denton Loving for giving these poems a beautiful home.
cutleafjournal.com/content/doro...
cutleafjournal.com/content/doro...