Alex Carrigan
@carriganak.bsky.social
Poet, critic, editor. Author of "Now Let's Get Brunch" (Querencia Press, 2023) and "May All Our Pain Be Champagne" (Alien Buddha Press, 2022)
Can't wait!
November 21, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Can't wait!
I have two poems live in the new Vernacular Journal. The first is "Eating Goldfish Crackers at Crush Dance Bar," found here: vernacularjournal.com/Eating-Goldf...
November 16, 2025 at 11:20 PM
I have two poems live in the new Vernacular Journal. The first is "Eating Goldfish Crackers at Crush Dance Bar," found here: vernacularjournal.com/Eating-Goldf...
Reposted by Alex Carrigan
Thank you to my reviewers, and an extra special thank you to @carriganak.bsky.social, who wrote a poem for @havehashad.com inspired by the book, which is the greatest honor of all. 💜
Trying to Write a Poem Inspired by Nicole Tallman’s FERSACE by Alex Carrigan
After Nicole Tallman
I had so many ideas for what I could have made this poem about. How I’ve never been to Miami. Darren Criss and Penelope Cruz. My Florida relatives. Something about the seasons ...
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November 11, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Thank you to my reviewers, and an extra special thank you to @carriganak.bsky.social, who wrote a poem for @havehashad.com inspired by the book, which is the greatest honor of all. 💜
Reposted by Alex Carrigan
Two tiny , delightful poems by @carriganak.sky.social in this issue of Right Hand Pointing. There’s a lot of good stuff in this issue!
#EpistemicLitFamily
www.issues.righthandpointing.net/161
#EpistemicLitFamily
www.issues.righthandpointing.net/161
Right Hand Pointing #161 Fall 2025
Short poetry and short fiction since 2004. This year, we'll be old enough to drink.
www.issues.righthandpointing.net
November 9, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Two tiny , delightful poems by @carriganak.sky.social in this issue of Right Hand Pointing. There’s a lot of good stuff in this issue!
#EpistemicLitFamily
www.issues.righthandpointing.net/161
#EpistemicLitFamily
www.issues.righthandpointing.net/161
Reposted by Alex Carrigan
Check out my poem "Ars Poetica: Lace" in @havehashad.com!
November 5, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Check out my poem "Ars Poetica: Lace" in @havehashad.com!
I'm going to spend all of November writing sonnets/crowns of sonnets/sonetas for my November writing challenge. Full details here: x.com/carriganak/s...
Alex Carrigan on X: "Alright, November starts tomorrow, which means I have another month-long writing challenge set. This one is going to be quite different from my previous ones, but I'm very excited to attempt it. This month, I'm going to be exploring the sonnet, but with a twist /🧵" / X
Alright, November starts tomorrow, which means I have another month-long writing challenge set. This one is going to be quite different from my previous ones, but I'm very excited to attempt it. This month, I'm going to be exploring the sonnet, but with a twist /🧵
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October 31, 2025 at 5:59 PM
I'm going to spend all of November writing sonnets/crowns of sonnets/sonetas for my November writing challenge. Full details here: x.com/carriganak/s...
The new issue of @varietypack.bsky.social is out! My review of @natallman.bsky.social's "Dolce Vita/Let There Be a Little Light" is included, so check it out here (pgs 58-59): varietypack.net/issue-xiii/
iSSUE XIII
Masthead Editor-in-Chief/Interim Visual Arts Editor – J.B. Stone Non-Fiction Editor – Skyler Jaye Rutkowski Poetry Editor – Asela Lee Kemper Flash Fiction Editor – Ben Brindise Flash Fiction Reader…
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October 31, 2025 at 2:53 PM
The new issue of @varietypack.bsky.social is out! My review of @natallman.bsky.social's "Dolce Vita/Let There Be a Little Light" is included, so check it out here (pgs 58-59): varietypack.net/issue-xiii/
My poem "Companionship" was planted in Detroit Lakes, MN this summer as part of the Detroit Lakes Poetry Walk, and look how beautiful it is in the wild.
October 30, 2025 at 2:33 AM
My poem "Companionship" was planted in Detroit Lakes, MN this summer as part of the Detroit Lakes Poetry Walk, and look how beautiful it is in the wild.
I have two "I Saw the TV Glow" inspired poems in the "fairglow" anthology: one based off a line from the film, and another that uses the name of every song off the film's soundtrack. Check out "A Show for Girls" and "Anthems" below:
the issue of fairglow, works inspired by Jane Schoenbrun's films "I Saw The TV Glow" and "We're All Going To The World's Fair", is out now!! check it out~
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October 29, 2025 at 2:10 AM
I have two "I Saw the TV Glow" inspired poems in the "fairglow" anthology: one based off a line from the film, and another that uses the name of every song off the film's soundtrack. Check out "A Show for Girls" and "Anthems" below:
My poem "His Face was as Vague as That of a Ghost" will be appearing in @pinehillsreview.bsky.social. This is one of my favorites of my unpublished pieces, so I can't wait to share it.
October 25, 2025 at 4:36 PM
My poem "His Face was as Vague as That of a Ghost" will be appearing in @pinehillsreview.bsky.social. This is one of my favorites of my unpublished pieces, so I can't wait to share it.
My poem "Estrangement Bop" is now live in Vagabond City Lit. It's the first Bop poem I've ever written and was written immediately after Election 2024. Read it here: vagabondcitylit.com/2025/10/20/e...
Estrangement Bop by Alex Carrigan
I’m not sure how to talk to my father anymore.I know how to reach out to him, but I don’t thinkI can make that effort after this election. I have tothink about what’s on his TV and the circles hefi…
vagabondcitylit.com
October 20, 2025 at 5:54 PM
My poem "Estrangement Bop" is now live in Vagabond City Lit. It's the first Bop poem I've ever written and was written immediately after Election 2024. Read it here: vagabondcitylit.com/2025/10/20/e...
Reposted by Alex Carrigan
Love this piece! Thanks again Alex!🤩
October 15, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Love this piece! Thanks again Alex!🤩
My poem "Fed Herself" is in the new issue of @the-engine-idling.bsky.social! Check it and the rest of the new issue out here:
@chiaroscuro1897.bsky.social, @talkinghyphae.bsky.social, @carriganak.bsky.social, @whole-human.bsky.social, @oxgarnet.bsky.social, @cursetheground.bsky.social, Yuna Kang, Megan O'Patry, Lilly Purdy, @gr8earlofhell.bsky.social, Jacqueline Rosado, Em Roth, @pleomorphic2.bsky.social, Brennan Thomas, ⬇️
October 15, 2025 at 4:41 PM
My poem "Fed Herself" is in the new issue of @the-engine-idling.bsky.social! Check it and the rest of the new issue out here:
I've got two micro poems live in the new issue of Right Hand Pointing. Read "How I Find You in the March" and "About the Silver Cross Pendant She Willed Me" here: www.issues.righthandpointing.net/161
Right Hand Pointing #161 Fall 2025
Short poetry and short fiction since 2004. This year, we'll be old enough to drink.
www.issues.righthandpointing.net
October 15, 2025 at 1:50 PM
I've got two micro poems live in the new issue of Right Hand Pointing. Read "How I Find You in the March" and "About the Silver Cross Pendant She Willed Me" here: www.issues.righthandpointing.net/161
I've got three new poems live in The Crawfish. Check out "I Cannot Save Myself for Better Times When I Only Have Seven Minutes," "I Couldn't Remember the Name of the Patsy Cline Song," and "Nape" here: www.the-crawfish.com/features/3-p...
3 Poems//Alex Carrigan — THE CRAWFISH
I Can’t Save Myself for Better Times When I Only Have Seven Minutes After Maureen Seaton I have seven minutes to write something that will make you remember me long after I’m gone. To be the pa...
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October 3, 2025 at 5:41 PM
I've got three new poems live in The Crawfish. Check out "I Cannot Save Myself for Better Times When I Only Have Seven Minutes," "I Couldn't Remember the Name of the Patsy Cline Song," and "Nape" here: www.the-crawfish.com/features/3-p...
My prose poem "He Seemed to Reach the Moon with His Laugh" is live in @feralpolecat.bsky.social. Check it out here: feralpoetry.net/he-seemed-to...
‘He Seemed to Reach the Moon with His Laugh’ by Alex Carrigan – FERAL: A Journal of Poetry and Art
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October 2, 2025 at 1:18 AM
My prose poem "He Seemed to Reach the Moon with His Laugh" is live in @feralpolecat.bsky.social. Check it out here: feralpoetry.net/he-seemed-to...
My Florence + The Machine-inspired golden shovel is live in @sageciggs.bsky.social. Read "Cosmic Love" here: sagecigarettes.com/cosmic-love/...
Cosmic Love - sage cigarettes magazine
Alex Carrigan's poem "Cosmic Love"
sagecigarettes.com
October 2, 2025 at 1:18 AM
My Florence + The Machine-inspired golden shovel is live in @sageciggs.bsky.social. Read "Cosmic Love" here: sagecigarettes.com/cosmic-love/...
My poem "Yahweh in a Can" is live in @rowanglassworks.bsky.social. Read it here (pgs 62-63): issuu.com/glassworksma...
Glassworks Fall 2025
Issue 31: a publication of Rowan University's Master of Arts in Writing
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October 2, 2025 at 1:17 AM
My poem "Yahweh in a Can" is live in @rowanglassworks.bsky.social. Read it here (pgs 62-63): issuu.com/glassworksma...
My poem "Dinner Bell" has been selected by @sageciggs.bsky.social as one of their #BestOfTheNet nominations! It's my 2nd nod ever and my 2nd time being chosen by Sage Cigs, and I couldn't be more thrilled.
Read the poem here: sagecigarettes.com/dinner-bell/
Read the poem here: sagecigarettes.com/dinner-bell/
Dinner Bell - sage cigarettes magazine
Alex Carrigan's poem "Dinner Bell"
sagecigarettes.com
September 29, 2025 at 9:06 PM
My poem "Dinner Bell" has been selected by @sageciggs.bsky.social as one of their #BestOfTheNet nominations! It's my 2nd nod ever and my 2nd time being chosen by Sage Cigs, and I couldn't be more thrilled.
Read the poem here: sagecigarettes.com/dinner-bell/
Read the poem here: sagecigarettes.com/dinner-bell/
My poem "Ars Poetica: Gravity" is now live in the Stargazer issue of @sageciggs.bsky.social. Read the poem here (pg. 16 in the e-reader): sagecigarettes.com/stargazer-20...
Stargazer 2025 - sage cigarettes magazine
Our fall 2025 issue, Stargazer, was released September 22, 2025 & included work from: Tinamarie Cox, Jessica Heron, John RC Potter, Molly McGill, Alex Carrigan, Sam Bartle, Mirjana M., Katrina J. Padd...
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September 25, 2025 at 11:08 PM
My poem "Ars Poetica: Gravity" is now live in the Stargazer issue of @sageciggs.bsky.social. Read the poem here (pg. 16 in the e-reader): sagecigarettes.com/stargazer-20...
Reposted by Alex Carrigan
"[Ram] presents a revealing and heartbreaking collection that asks the reader to think about what they remember the most about those they have lost." Read @carriganak.bsky.social's full review. @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/verses-of-mo...
Verses of Mourning: in the aftermath by Jessica Nirvana Ram
"[Ram] presents a revealing and heartbreaking collection that asks the reader to think about what they remember the most about those they have lost." Read Alex Carrigan's full review.
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September 18, 2025 at 7:06 PM
"[Ram] presents a revealing and heartbreaking collection that asks the reader to think about what they remember the most about those they have lost." Read @carriganak.bsky.social's full review. @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/verses-of-mo...
My poem "Fed Herself" will be in the next issue of @the-engine-idling.bsky.social! It was based off this work of art by Katherine Ruckle, so look for it soon!
September 18, 2025 at 2:18 PM
My poem "Fed Herself" will be in the next issue of @the-engine-idling.bsky.social! It was based off this work of art by Katherine Ruckle, so look for it soon!
My review of @jessnirvanapoet.bsky.social's "in the aftermath" is now live in @phillychapbook.bsky.social. Read about it here: phillychapbookreview.org/verses-of-mo... @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social
Verses of Mourning: in the aftermath by Jessica Nirvana Ram
"[Ram] presents a revealing and heartbreaking collection that asks the reader to think about what they remember the most about those they have lost." Read Alex Carrigan's full review.
phillychapbookreview.org
September 18, 2025 at 2:08 PM
My review of @jessnirvanapoet.bsky.social's "in the aftermath" is now live in @phillychapbook.bsky.social. Read about it here: phillychapbookreview.org/verses-of-mo... @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social
I have a new poem in Smoky Blue Literary and Arts Magazine. Read "I Am Starting to Root for Him, On His Way to Dust" here (go to pg. 83 in the flipbook) sblaam.com/issues/#flip...
Issues – SBLAAM
Smoky Blue Literary and Arts Magazine
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August 29, 2025 at 10:39 PM
I have a new poem in Smoky Blue Literary and Arts Magazine. Read "I Am Starting to Root for Him, On His Way to Dust" here (go to pg. 83 in the flipbook) sblaam.com/issues/#flip...