Phil Spotswood
@biometrash.bsky.social
Poet | Instructional Assistant Professor at Illinois State University | https://www.philspotswood.com
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"this chain to the throat
which tightens not
unlike lichen.
encroaching
encircle. collared
from heaven."
—Temperance Aghamohammadi
which tightens not
unlike lichen.
encroaching
encircle. collared
from heaven."
—Temperance Aghamohammadi
Temperance Aghamohammadi – ANMLY
anmly.org
March 25, 2025 at 12:02 PM
"this chain to the throat
which tightens not
unlike lichen.
encroaching
encircle. collared
from heaven."
—Temperance Aghamohammadi
which tightens not
unlike lichen.
encroaching
encircle. collared
from heaven."
—Temperance Aghamohammadi
1. Joined @stevehalle.bsky.social this week as assistant director of the Publications Unit at ISU (!)
2. Today is a fundraising day at ISU, and it'd be rad if you were able to throw some $$ at the Pub Unit so we can continue to support the excellent:
February 27, 2025 at 4:39 PM
1. Joined @stevehalle.bsky.social this week as assistant director of the Publications Unit at ISU (!)
2. Today is a fundraising day at ISU, and it'd be rad if you were able to throw some $$ at the Pub Unit so we can continue to support the excellent:
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Proofs! Excitement is in the air at the Acre offices with @cdeskilson.bsky.social's SCREAM / QUEEN soon set to debut! Preorder your copy of this examination queerness, mental illness, and transgender identity -- all through the lens of thrillers and B movies -- at press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
Scream / Queen
A debut poetry collection drawing on horror-movie tropes to examine the body—both its traumas and its possibilities.Scream / Queen, CD Eskilson’s debut poetry collection, examines queerness, mental il...
press.uchicago.edu
January 29, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Proofs! Excitement is in the air at the Acre offices with @cdeskilson.bsky.social's SCREAM / QUEEN soon set to debut! Preorder your copy of this examination queerness, mental illness, and transgender identity -- all through the lens of thrillers and B movies -- at press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
Stoked to be part of this split chapbook project with the brilliant Candice Wuehle! Pre-order info coming soon 📡
📣 HAPPY 2025, BEDHEADS! Thrilled to announce our inaugural BEDFELLOWS SPLIT series winners! These writers will be published in paired chapbooks:
WINTER '25 Candice Wuehle & Phil Spotswood
FALL '25 Kawai Shen & Kyra Simone
Pre-order info coming soon! 💌 Get our newsletter @ bedfellows.substack.com
WINTER '25 Candice Wuehle & Phil Spotswood
FALL '25 Kawai Shen & Kyra Simone
Pre-order info coming soon! 💌 Get our newsletter @ bedfellows.substack.com
January 8, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Stoked to be part of this split chapbook project with the brilliant Candice Wuehle! Pre-order info coming soon 📡
And some more open circuits recently published in the very cool Broken Lens Journal 📹
www.brokenlensjournal.com/issue-9-9
These poems make up a majority of a manuscript, "It Bears Repeating," that was a series of strange encounters in making
www.brokenlensjournal.com/issue-9-9
These poems make up a majority of a manuscript, "It Bears Repeating," that was a series of strange encounters in making
Broken Lens Journal - Issue 9 — Broken Lens Journal
www.brokenlensjournal.com
November 17, 2024 at 5:52 PM
And some more open circuits recently published in the very cool Broken Lens Journal 📹
www.brokenlensjournal.com/issue-9-9
These poems make up a majority of a manuscript, "It Bears Repeating," that was a series of strange encounters in making
www.brokenlensjournal.com/issue-9-9
These poems make up a majority of a manuscript, "It Bears Repeating," that was a series of strange encounters in making
Late to sharing with the sky but I have three poems up in the newest issue of the brilliant mercury firs 📡🌱
www.mercuryfirs.org/5-phil-spots...
Desktop viewing recommended!
Have been calling these poems "open circuits" and thinking about Renee Gladman's incredible writing-drawings 🙏
www.mercuryfirs.org/5-phil-spots...
Desktop viewing recommended!
Have been calling these poems "open circuits" and thinking about Renee Gladman's incredible writing-drawings 🙏
5 - Phil Spotswood, 3 Open Circuits — m er c ur y f i r s
www.mercuryfirs.org
November 15, 2024 at 4:31 PM
Late to sharing with the sky but I have three poems up in the newest issue of the brilliant mercury firs 📡🌱
www.mercuryfirs.org/5-phil-spots...
Desktop viewing recommended!
Have been calling these poems "open circuits" and thinking about Renee Gladman's incredible writing-drawings 🙏
www.mercuryfirs.org/5-phil-spots...
Desktop viewing recommended!
Have been calling these poems "open circuits" and thinking about Renee Gladman's incredible writing-drawings 🙏
Dreamt last night that Wayne Koestenbaum was teaching me how to paint blue circles with my feet. Seems like a good omen for the year to me.
January 1, 2024 at 8:13 PM
Dreamt last night that Wayne Koestenbaum was teaching me how to paint blue circles with my feet. Seems like a good omen for the year to me.
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Absolutely tickled pink to have my chapbook included in this smart, generous review essay by @biometrash.bsky.social in the latest issue of SRPR. And alongside two other poets whose work I admire so much!
December 12, 2023 at 5:24 PM
Absolutely tickled pink to have my chapbook included in this smart, generous review essay by @biometrash.bsky.social in the latest issue of SRPR. And alongside two other poets whose work I admire so much!
Very grateful for space in SRPR to think about some poetry I care deeply about 💕
And to share in Steve Halle’s inaugural issue as editor!
I hope you consider reading these poets’ crucially disruptive work 🔥
And to share in Steve Halle’s inaugural issue as editor!
I hope you consider reading these poets’ crucially disruptive work 🔥
December 1, 2023 at 5:44 PM
Very grateful for space in SRPR to think about some poetry I care deeply about 💕
And to share in Steve Halle’s inaugural issue as editor!
I hope you consider reading these poets’ crucially disruptive work 🔥
And to share in Steve Halle’s inaugural issue as editor!
I hope you consider reading these poets’ crucially disruptive work 🔥
Have a new review up in Fecund of DM Closet's "Offal Opacities" — I was excited to engage this strange work published through the very rad CLOAK, a press of digital experimentations into issues of surveillance.
fecundmag.com/dust-gathers...
cloak.wtf
fecundmag.com/dust-gathers...
cloak.wtf
"Dust Gathers in Boils" — Fecund
fecundmag.com
October 31, 2023 at 7:41 PM
Have a new review up in Fecund of DM Closet's "Offal Opacities" — I was excited to engage this strange work published through the very rad CLOAK, a press of digital experimentations into issues of surveillance.
fecundmag.com/dust-gathers...
cloak.wtf
fecundmag.com/dust-gathers...
cloak.wtf
Looking for theories of writing (poetry) that understand the writer as a simultaneous reader, or that try to hold these two positions together in one subject. Any suggestions?
September 11, 2023 at 7:22 PM
Looking for theories of writing (poetry) that understand the writer as a simultaneous reader, or that try to hold these two positions together in one subject. Any suggestions?
Very adorable that the URL for this app reads like a pet name for biscuit
September 1, 2023 at 9:04 PM
Very adorable that the URL for this app reads like a pet name for biscuit
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Places open for subs today:
AGNI
River Teeth
The Kenyon Review
The Cincinnati Review
New England Review
The Southern Review
The Yale Review
Bellevue Literary Review
AGNI
River Teeth
The Kenyon Review
The Cincinnati Review
New England Review
The Southern Review
The Yale Review
Bellevue Literary Review
September 1, 2023 at 5:11 PM
Places open for subs today:
AGNI
River Teeth
The Kenyon Review
The Cincinnati Review
New England Review
The Southern Review
The Yale Review
Bellevue Literary Review
AGNI
River Teeth
The Kenyon Review
The Cincinnati Review
New England Review
The Southern Review
The Yale Review
Bellevue Literary Review
Seeping into bluesky with a new website for poems, reviews, maybe some audio recordings down the line: www.philspotswood.com
Phil Spotswood | Poetry
A website for the poetry and publishing of Phil Spotswood.
www.philspotswood.com
September 1, 2023 at 6:52 PM
Seeping into bluesky with a new website for poems, reviews, maybe some audio recordings down the line: www.philspotswood.com