Simmons Buntin
@simmonsbuntin.bsky.social
Author of Satellite: Essays on Fatherhood and Home, Near and Far. Founding editor-in-chief of Terrain.org. Tall drink of water. Dog walker. Photo taker.
Portland friends, join me for a haunted reading and signing at Rose City Book Pub tonight at 7!
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Portland Reading & Signing • Simmons Buntin
Join Simmons Buntin for a reading and book signing from Satellite: Essays on Fatherhood and Home, Near and Far, at Rose City Book Pub in Portland, Oregon, on October 27, 7 p.m.
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October 27, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Portland friends, join me for a haunted reading and signing at Rose City Book Pub tonight at 7!
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@terrainorg.bsky.social was just named one of Ten Outstanding Literary Magazines for Poetry by Poets & Writers magazine. Woot!
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October 25, 2025 at 4:08 AM
@terrainorg.bsky.social was just named one of Ten Outstanding Literary Magazines for Poetry by Poets & Writers magazine. Woot!
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We had a wonderful reading with @simmonsbuntin.bsky.social last night! Next up is @sgj.bsky.social on Oct 7 @5:30pm!
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September 19, 2025 at 4:30 PM
We had a wonderful reading with @simmonsbuntin.bsky.social last night! Next up is @sgj.bsky.social on Oct 7 @5:30pm!
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#Fall2025VirtualReadingSeries #virtualreading #reading #writers #literature #community #nature #archives
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#Fall2025VirtualReadingSeries #virtualreading #reading #writers #literature #community #nature #archives
My thanks to ASLE for sharing Satellite. On that note, I'm reading from Satellite on September 18th online with the Sowell Collection. Check my website at simmonsbuntin.com/events for details!
New book from our Member Bookshelf:
Satellite: Essays on Fatherhood and Home, Near and Far
By Simmons Buntin. Trinity University Press, 2025.
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Satellite: Essays on Fatherhood and Home, Near and Far
By Simmons Buntin. Trinity University Press, 2025.
www.asle.org/stay-informe...
September 12, 2025 at 5:11 AM
My thanks to ASLE for sharing Satellite. On that note, I'm reading from Satellite on September 18th online with the Sowell Collection. Check my website at simmonsbuntin.com/events for details!
Colorado friends, please join me at an upcoming reading next week!
Sept. 2, @ Analogue Books in Pueblo w/ Juan Morales
Sept. 3, @ Crystal Springs Brewing Co. in Louisville
Sept. 5 @ CU Denver College of Architecture and Planning
See all events at simmonsbuntin.com/events
Hope to see you there!
Sept. 2, @ Analogue Books in Pueblo w/ Juan Morales
Sept. 3, @ Crystal Springs Brewing Co. in Louisville
Sept. 5 @ CU Denver College of Architecture and Planning
See all events at simmonsbuntin.com/events
Hope to see you there!
August 28, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Colorado friends, please join me at an upcoming reading next week!
Sept. 2, @ Analogue Books in Pueblo w/ Juan Morales
Sept. 3, @ Crystal Springs Brewing Co. in Louisville
Sept. 5 @ CU Denver College of Architecture and Planning
See all events at simmonsbuntin.com/events
Hope to see you there!
Sept. 2, @ Analogue Books in Pueblo w/ Juan Morales
Sept. 3, @ Crystal Springs Brewing Co. in Louisville
Sept. 5 @ CU Denver College of Architecture and Planning
See all events at simmonsbuntin.com/events
Hope to see you there!
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Essays of the earth and how to love it.
My gratitude to @joeannhart.bsky.social for this kind review of Satellite:
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Satellite: Essays of Fatherhood and Home, Near and Far by Simmons Buntin : EcoLit Books
Terra Firma Books, Trinity University Press, 2025 This fine collection of essays by Simmons Buntin, Satellite: Essays of Fatherhood and Home, Near and Far, leads with lizards. “They are tidy, ... Read...
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August 11, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Essays of the earth and how to love it.
My gratitude to @joeannhart.bsky.social for this kind review of Satellite:
ecolitbooks.com/2025/08/06/s...
ecolitbooks.com/2025/08/06/s...
Satellite: Essays of Fatherhood and Home, Near and Far by Simmons Buntin : EcoLit Books
Terra Firma Books, Trinity University Press, 2025 This fine collection of essays by Simmons Buntin, Satellite: Essays of Fatherhood and Home, Near and Far, leads with lizards. “They are tidy, ... Read...
ecolitbooks.com
August 10, 2025 at 10:44 PM
My gratitude to @joeannhart.bsky.social for this kind review of Satellite:
ecolitbooks.com/2025/08/06/s...
ecolitbooks.com/2025/08/06/s...
Hope you’re having a vibrant summer solstice!
June 20, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Hope you’re having a vibrant summer solstice!
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When cruelty is seen as patriotic, compassion is seen as treasonous.
June 15, 2025 at 5:23 PM
When cruelty is seen as patriotic, compassion is seen as treasonous.
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"Stopver," on Sandhill cranes, fatherhood, migration, and joy, is one of 16 essays appearing in Simmons Buntin's new book, Satellite.
https://www.terrain.org/2025/nonfiction/stopover/
#essay #nonfiction #cranes #fatherhood #daughters #joy #family
https://www.terrain.org/2025/nonfiction/stopover/
#essay #nonfiction #cranes #fatherhood #daughters #joy #family
Stopover - Terrain.org
“Stopver,” on Sandhill cranes, fatherhood, migration, and joy, is one of 16 essays appearing in Simmons Buntin’s new book, Satellite.
www.terrain.org
June 4, 2025 at 12:12 PM
"Stopver," on Sandhill cranes, fatherhood, migration, and joy, is one of 16 essays appearing in Simmons Buntin's new book, Satellite.
https://www.terrain.org/2025/nonfiction/stopover/
#essay #nonfiction #cranes #fatherhood #daughters #joy #family
https://www.terrain.org/2025/nonfiction/stopover/
#essay #nonfiction #cranes #fatherhood #daughters #joy #family
Strawberry Moon, with hummingbird wind chime.
June 11, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Strawberry Moon, with hummingbird wind chime.
All I’m saying is that the signs from our alien overlords are everywhere, if you just look… 👽
May 15, 2025 at 12:12 AM
All I’m saying is that the signs from our alien overlords are everywhere, if you just look… 👽
A study in front porches, or, 4 ways of welcoming your neighbor.
May 10, 2025 at 4:42 PM
A study in front porches, or, 4 ways of welcoming your neighbor.
I am pretty sure this new view of ours will never get old.
May 8, 2025 at 2:39 AM
I am pretty sure this new view of ours will never get old.
A little evening drama to the north.
May 4, 2025 at 4:06 PM
A little evening drama to the north.
Stepping out into the backyard and looking up while the ocotillo still blooms.
May 2, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Stepping out into the backyard and looking up while the ocotillo still blooms.
It’s kind of an embarrassment of floral riches around here right now. Gratitude. 💛💚💜
April 30, 2025 at 3:31 PM
It’s kind of an embarrassment of floral riches around here right now. Gratitude. 💛💚💜
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America is not a Christian nation.
America is a nation where the rich and powerful have reduced Christianity to just another tool to exploit for their own interests at the expense of the very people Jesus called us to serve: the poor, the hungry, the sick, the stranger, and the oppressed.
America is a nation where the rich and powerful have reduced Christianity to just another tool to exploit for their own interests at the expense of the very people Jesus called us to serve: the poor, the hungry, the sick, the stranger, and the oppressed.
April 30, 2025 at 2:03 AM
America is not a Christian nation.
America is a nation where the rich and powerful have reduced Christianity to just another tool to exploit for their own interests at the expense of the very people Jesus called us to serve: the poor, the hungry, the sick, the stranger, and the oppressed.
America is a nation where the rich and powerful have reduced Christianity to just another tool to exploit for their own interests at the expense of the very people Jesus called us to serve: the poor, the hungry, the sick, the stranger, and the oppressed.
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Lovely to see this finished copy of @julianhoffman.bsky.social 's very special book, Lifelines - published by @eandtbooks.bsky.social on 15th May.
April 25, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Lovely to see this finished copy of @julianhoffman.bsky.social 's very special book, Lifelines - published by @eandtbooks.bsky.social on 15th May.
From a threatened urban shrine to the isolation of suburbs, what happens when communities are cast away? Read this excerpt of Satellite, from the essay "The Castaway," to find out!
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A Sinner’s Shrine and the Sacred City
From a threatened urban shrine to the isolation of suburbs, what happens when communities are cast away?
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April 22, 2025 at 7:21 PM
From a threatened urban shrine to the isolation of suburbs, what happens when communities are cast away? Read this excerpt of Satellite, from the essay "The Castaway," to find out!
nextcity.org/features/a-s...
nextcity.org/features/a-s...
Important reading for Earth Day, and everyday, from literary journals near and far:
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A Reading List for Earth Day 2025 - Community of Literary Magazines and Presses
This reading list of poems, essays, and stories published by CLMP member magazines includes writing about nature, the climate crisis, and more. Essays “From the Oldest Forest in Montana” by Rick B...
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April 22, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Important reading for Earth Day, and everyday, from literary journals near and far:
www.clmp.org/news/a-readi...
www.clmp.org/news/a-readi...
Is there any flower lovelier than the desert bird-of-paradise?
April 17, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Is there any flower lovelier than the desert bird-of-paradise?
I’ve been so busy I haven’t properly stopped to admire the cactus blooms. Here’s a good start—on campus today.
April 16, 2025 at 5:09 AM
I’ve been so busy I haven’t properly stopped to admire the cactus blooms. Here’s a good start—on campus today.