Maia Elgin
@maiaelgin.bsky.social
Poet, teacher, new mom living in Texas. Associate editor at Iron Horse Literary Review. Loves all animals.
Author of The Jennifer: https://www.dropbox.com/s/igq7g3a5r3nstaf/TheJennifer.pdf
Banner image: https://timberjournal.org/archive/the-zoo
Author of The Jennifer: https://www.dropbox.com/s/igq7g3a5r3nstaf/TheJennifer.pdf
Banner image: https://timberjournal.org/archive/the-zoo
Reading poetry for IHLR last semester was a joy—send us your stuff!
In just over one week, we will begin accepting submissions for our next Open Issue!
No theme: just send us your poems, stories, and essays. We're so excited to read your work 📖
Submit soon at ironhorse.submittable.com
No theme: just send us your poems, stories, and essays. We're so excited to read your work 📖
Submit soon at ironhorse.submittable.com
January 25, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Reading poetry for IHLR last semester was a joy—send us your stuff!
Since the semester has officially started, I should probably announce that I resigned from my tenured position at Delta State and am now an Assistant Professor of Practice at Texas Tech…
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January 20, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Since the semester has officially started, I should probably announce that I resigned from my tenured position at Delta State and am now an Assistant Professor of Practice at Texas Tech…
1/3
1/3
I went to New York and took, like, two pictures. Also, my son is 6 months old today.
December 17, 2024 at 4:15 AM
I went to New York and took, like, two pictures. Also, my son is 6 months old today.
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December by Brendan Kennelly
December 1, 2024 at 8:15 PM
December by Brendan Kennelly
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As the day approaches, we are excited to see what comes through our inbox for Shō No. 7.
Get your packets ready!
Get your packets ready!
November 28, 2024 at 1:48 PM
As the day approaches, we are excited to see what comes through our inbox for Shō No. 7.
Get your packets ready!
Get your packets ready!
Went out for the first time since I got pregnant tonight (14 months or so). Forgot how much of going out is just men telling you stuff and bathrooms that smell like pee.
November 28, 2024 at 5:04 AM
Went out for the first time since I got pregnant tonight (14 months or so). Forgot how much of going out is just men telling you stuff and bathrooms that smell like pee.
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Writers, poets, and artists: we're closing in on the final days to submit work on the theme of "Rest."
Call for submissions closes on 2024.11.20 at 11:59pm EST.
Call for submissions closes on 2024.11.20 at 11:59pm EST.
Issue 07: Rest Call for Submissions – Center for Medical Humanities & Social Medicine
hopkinsmedicalhumanities.org
November 19, 2024 at 3:12 AM
Writers, poets, and artists: we're closing in on the final days to submit work on the theme of "Rest."
Call for submissions closes on 2024.11.20 at 11:59pm EST.
Call for submissions closes on 2024.11.20 at 11:59pm EST.
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Do you have trans people in your life who you worry might be losing hope? Are you, maybe, one such person yourself?
Or, are you a fan of great writing by incredible trans people and want to read what they're thinking in this historic moment?
Assigned Media's Stay With Us package launches today.
Or, are you a fan of great writing by incredible trans people and want to read what they're thinking in this historic moment?
Assigned Media's Stay With Us package launches today.
Stay With Us — Assigned
Assigned Media wants you to live! And, what keeps us steadfast and ready to meet the moment is the example of other members of our community who refuse to let fear or hopelessness keep them from their...
www.assignedmedia.org
November 20, 2024 at 11:55 AM
Do you have trans people in your life who you worry might be losing hope? Are you, maybe, one such person yourself?
Or, are you a fan of great writing by incredible trans people and want to read what they're thinking in this historic moment?
Assigned Media's Stay With Us package launches today.
Or, are you a fan of great writing by incredible trans people and want to read what they're thinking in this historic moment?
Assigned Media's Stay With Us package launches today.
Thinking of running away and becoming a pirate again. Who’s with me?
November 19, 2024 at 3:59 PM
Thinking of running away and becoming a pirate again. Who’s with me?
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Meanwhile a marsh
November 18, 2024 at 4:52 PM
Meanwhile a marsh
Hey #writers — TTU’s brand new MFA in creative writing is now accepting applications! Come home your craft and be a part of Lubbock’s growing literary community.
November 18, 2024 at 3:34 PM
Hey #writers — TTU’s brand new MFA in creative writing is now accepting applications! Come home your craft and be a part of Lubbock’s growing literary community.
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Full Moon Haiku Contest submissions remain open tonight, winner announced tomorrow—see below for more info! 🌕✨
Alright, lovelies—time for some full moon haiku! Post your entries in response to this post to enter 🌕✨ November’s Beaver Moon (a super moon!) in Taurus tonight…
November 17, 2024 at 1:26 AM
Full Moon Haiku Contest submissions remain open tonight, winner announced tomorrow—see below for more info! 🌕✨
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Great idea! Over at @poetrysouth we are also adding poets we find to a starter pack. #poetsonbluesky
Here are my five for your list:
@maiaelgin.bsky.social
@ctsalazar.bsky.social
@carrieepenrod.bsky.social
@catherinepierce.bsky.social
@jackbedell.bsky.social
go.bsky.app/V4QKPKv
Here are my five for your list:
@maiaelgin.bsky.social
@ctsalazar.bsky.social
@carrieepenrod.bsky.social
@catherinepierce.bsky.social
@jackbedell.bsky.social
go.bsky.app/V4QKPKv
November 16, 2024 at 4:25 PM
Great idea! Over at @poetrysouth we are also adding poets we find to a starter pack. #poetsonbluesky
Here are my five for your list:
@maiaelgin.bsky.social
@ctsalazar.bsky.social
@carrieepenrod.bsky.social
@catherinepierce.bsky.social
@jackbedell.bsky.social
go.bsky.app/V4QKPKv
Here are my five for your list:
@maiaelgin.bsky.social
@ctsalazar.bsky.social
@carrieepenrod.bsky.social
@catherinepierce.bsky.social
@jackbedell.bsky.social
go.bsky.app/V4QKPKv
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It’s hard to think about love lately, but it's also the only thing worth thinking about. @honeyliterary.bsky.social, which centers marginalized writers & artists, is open for subs til 12/16. As Valentines Editor, I'd love to see any form of artistic expression touching on all types of love. ♥️
November 15, 2024 at 4:07 PM
It’s hard to think about love lately, but it's also the only thing worth thinking about. @honeyliterary.bsky.social, which centers marginalized writers & artists, is open for subs til 12/16. As Valentines Editor, I'd love to see any form of artistic expression touching on all types of love. ♥️
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The fall of the Roman Empire but very stupid and everyone has phones.
November 13, 2024 at 2:53 AM
The fall of the Roman Empire but very stupid and everyone has phones.
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Had the chance to meet Carolina Hotchandani last week and hear her read. This book has some real stunners!
November 13, 2024 at 5:51 PM
Had the chance to meet Carolina Hotchandani last week and hear her read. This book has some real stunners!
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Looking for poets, poems, and so on? Here's a place to start. No promises that it includes everyone but I tried to get a lot of y'all in here. Some room to add a few more as people show up. go.bsky.app/5oLR4YJ
November 10, 2024 at 4:44 PM
Looking for poets, poems, and so on? Here's a place to start. No promises that it includes everyone but I tried to get a lot of y'all in here. Some room to add a few more as people show up. go.bsky.app/5oLR4YJ
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New here—We still doing blue sky? Just can’t with the other one anymore. You know, because of the guy.
November 9, 2024 at 4:30 AM
New here—We still doing blue sky? Just can’t with the other one anymore. You know, because of the guy.