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WRJ is a community for visual & literary art. We're interested in creativity & nature & connections. Check out our website and open submissions / wildroofjournal.com / wildroofjournal.substack.com / EIC @aaronlelito.bsky.social
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Wild Roof Journal @wildroofjournal.bsky.social · Sep 24
It's pub day for our new issue!
Poetry | Fiction | Nonfiction | Visual Art
Check it out: wildroofjournal.com/issue-31

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Check out our new guest post from Issue 31 contributor Ingrid Brown, who shares how she brings her love for natural landscapes into the studio
November 20, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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November 18, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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Thank you to @wildroofjournal.bsky.social for inviting me to share this essay and revisit the strange beauty of String Theory, Quantum Mechanics, and those vibrating filaments of energy that make the universe feel poetic. That fine line where science starts to sound like mythology. ⚛️🪬
November 18, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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What is a book that’s been with you for decades? Which author speaks to you, offering insights & advice?

In this new guest post, @tebean.bsky.social tells us about the role that Brian Greene’s The Elegant Universe has played in his life & writing.

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Strange Magic in The Elegant Universe
A guest post by T.E. Bean
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November 12, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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Author Michael Engelhard joins the WRJ Podcast to talk about his essay collection No Place Like Nome: The Bering Strait Seen Through Its Most Storied City.

*Listen on any podcast app or web (wildroofjournal.podbean.com)

*Watch on Wild Roof Journal's YouTube channel
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November 11, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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Check out our new batch of lit mag and small press listings (with submission opportunities too!)
@novellum.bsky.social @sorrynotsorry.bsky.social @dishsoapquart.bsky.social @thecitronreview.bsky.social & more

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Saturday Shout-Out ~ November 8, 2025
Share your recently published work with the WRJ community
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November 10, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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New podcast episode >>> check it out for an interesting conversation about a one of a kind place, writing narrative nonfiction, and what we can learn from a grizzly bear mother protecting her cubs.
#43 - Wild Roof Podcast: Michael Engelhard, Author of No Place Like Nome | Wild Roof Podcast
In the November episode, author Michael Engelhard joins host Aaron Lelito to talk about his essay collection No Place Like Nome: The Bering Strait Seen Through Its Most Storied City. In this chat, we ...
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November 6, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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We have new nominations to announce! Congrats to our amazing contributors.
November 4, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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We're open for Issue 32 & beyond

Here's a wonderful piece from the Fall 2025 issue
October 31, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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Find your next favorite writer in our latest roundup of lit mags! Our October roundup features new issues from more than 25 magazines: www.clmp.org/news/october...
October 2025 Roundup of Member Magazines - Community of Literary Magazines and Presses
We’re proud to share this list of literary journals—all members of CLMP—publishing new poetry, fiction, nonfiction, artwork, and more in October 2025.   After Dinner Conversation | October 2025…
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October 29, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Check out our new batch of lit mag and small press listings, including @rawheadjournal.bsky.social @okaydonkeymag.com @darrencdemaree.bsky.social @lisasticepoet.bsky.social @turningleafjournal.bsky.social @mudseasonreview.bsky.social and more!
Saturday Shout-Out ~ October 25, 2025
Share your recently published work with the WRJ community
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October 27, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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We're open for Issue 32 and beyond
October 22, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Please stop defacing my poetry with your red squiggly lines.

-me, to Microsoft Word
October 22, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Check out our new submission listings here: wildroofjournal.substack.com/p/saturday-s...
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October 21, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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Haibun anyone? This new piece investigates the popular poetic form:
"In her Feb. 2014 essay, 'More than the Birds, Bees, and Trees,' poet Aimee Nezhukumatathil explains that a haibun juxtaposes a poetic prose journey or landscape description..."
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October 16, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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In this podcast episode, we learn about Marybeth Holleman's new novel, Bloom Again, and we get into the central themes of the book: climate anxiety, changing ecosystems, and the question of how to navigate it all.

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October 16, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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Here’s our new listing of litmag & small press publications, including @uncwcrw.bsky.social @middlecreek.bsky.social @codhillpress.bsky.social @dalegoingpoet.bsky.social @thomasonianmag.bsky.social @ellisedenauthor.bsky.social @psmokejournal.bsky.social
Saturday Shout-Out ~ October 11, 2025
Share your recently published work with the WRJ community
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October 13, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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New guest post from @nicholastrandahl.bsky.social
Road Trip to Ketchum, Idaho: Writing a Poem About an Iconic Author
Travel with poet Nicholas Trandahl and read his poem "Hemingway"
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October 9, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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Congratulations to Arthur Sze, who was just named the 25th Poet Laureate of the United States! To celebrate his appointment, we're revisiting this 2024 episode of Tricycle Talks. @coppercanyonpress.bsky.social
US Poet Laureate Arthur Sze on Translating Loss and Renewal
Arthur Sze’s translations illustrate the vitality and versatility of the Chinese poetic tradition across nearly two millennia.
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October 8, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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5 collages by James Diaz!

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5 Collages – James Diaz
James Diaz (They/Them) is the founding editor of the literary arts intentional community and healing space Anti-Heroin Chic, as well as the author of three full length poetry collections; This Some…
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October 8, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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This time, our poetry excerpt lands in the fragility of the ecosystem with ‘Weight of the Vine’ by Aaron Lelito @aaronlelito.bsky.social

You can read the poem in full, as well as the whole Biophilia issue, here: wingedmoon.com/biophilia

Please let us know what resonates

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October 7, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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ISSUE 31 | Fall 2025

Here's another selection from the new issue: "Garden of Verse" by Amber Penney

Beautifully done 💚📖🌱

See the full issue at wildroofjournal.com
October 7, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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Read this amazing interview with our amazing editors Judy McClure and Rachel Becker about their work here at Porcupine with @wildroofjournal.bsky.social

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The Anything-But-Perfect World of Teaching: An Interview with Porcupine Literary
A conversation with Editors Rachel Becker & Judy McClure
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October 2, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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Today, I have the pleasure of sharing an interview with Rachel Becker (Asst. Poetry Editor) & Judy McClure (Asst. CNF Editor), who share their insights about Porcupine Literary, a publication by and for teachers.
October 2, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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Oh, this one is fun. My October installment of From the Bookshelf is up. This month's writing prompt is inspired by Russell Edson. Enjoy!

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From the Bookshelf
October 2025
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October 1, 2025 at 9:27 AM