Emma Galloway Stephens
@emmagstephens.bsky.social
Poet. Professor. Appalachian. Southern. Anglican.
Poems in The Windhover, Ekstasis Mag, Thimble Lit Mag, Door is a Jar, Red Branch Review, Clayjar Review, The Christian Century and more--with work upcoming in The MacGuffin and J Journal.
Poems in The Windhover, Ekstasis Mag, Thimble Lit Mag, Door is a Jar, Red Branch Review, Clayjar Review, The Christian Century and more--with work upcoming in The MacGuffin and J Journal.
Beautiful 🤎
November 11, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Beautiful 🤎
I have disability insurance for everything but my left wrist because I had a ganglion cyst at the time I was assessed.
November 11, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I have disability insurance for everything but my left wrist because I had a ganglion cyst at the time I was assessed.
And the creature reads Ozymandias while he's living with the old man. That felt more appropriate, but I still felt a little 😬 about it
November 9, 2025 at 1:46 PM
And the creature reads Ozymandias while he's living with the old man. That felt more appropriate, but I still felt a little 😬 about it
I physically recoiled when I saw that
November 9, 2025 at 1:43 PM
I physically recoiled when I saw that
Reporting for duty🫡
November 9, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Reporting for duty🫡
Started the new @themountaingoats.bsky.social album at 7:30 in the morning.
November 7, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Started the new @themountaingoats.bsky.social album at 7:30 in the morning.
I, too, considered withdrawing my poem, but I decided to hold on out of sheer curiosity 😅
October 27, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I, too, considered withdrawing my poem, but I decided to hold on out of sheer curiosity 😅
Mine lingered for 2 years and 2 months.
October 27, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Mine lingered for 2 years and 2 months.
Rushmore wins for me largely due to the academic setting. It feels cozier.
October 24, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Rushmore wins for me largely due to the academic setting. It feels cozier.
Your books are some of the few that genuinely frighten me. What Moves the Dead gave me the heebiest heebies I've ever jeebied. I sing your praises to everyone who will listen.
October 20, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Your books are some of the few that genuinely frighten me. What Moves the Dead gave me the heebiest heebies I've ever jeebied. I sing your praises to everyone who will listen.
Exhibit 15: Julie and Julia
October 14, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Exhibit 15: Julie and Julia
First person present tense feels like the book is trying too hard.
October 13, 2025 at 9:22 PM
First person present tense feels like the book is trying too hard.