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Jackie Craven
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What if Hours Could Speak? — Jackie Craven reimagines time in a prize-winning poetry collection: WHISH from Press 53.
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Still flying high after an amazing weekend at the Massachusetts Poetry Festival in Salem. I loved reading with Sarah Giragosian, Maggie Greaves, and Barbara Ungar, AND the audience at our "Science and Poetry" panel asked really interesting and important questions.
June 2, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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Malia Márquez considers the similarities between being a writer and being a chicken.
You Want to Be a Better Writer? Observe Chicken Behavior
Chickens exhibit a wide range of behaviors that are vital for their well-being and survival, including foraging, preening, and complex vocalizations. You are a writer, and like a chicken, require c…
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May 16, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Thank you to Athena Kalos! I loved our conversation about surrealism and the writing process, and I'm excited to see your interview posted at the Rutgers University Journal, Writers House Review. ❤ sites.rutgers.edu/writers-hous...
An Interview with Jackie Craven – Writers House Review
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May 16, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Forever revisiting this:
April 2, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I'm attending May Day Strong's event, “May Day Rally” - 11 AM SUNY System Administration Building, 353 Broadway, Albany. Join me! www.mobilize.us/mayday/event...
May Day Rally · May Day Strong
Join us Midday May Day * International Workers Day * Thursday May 1st, 11am downtown Albany! Local organizations, workers, students, tax payers, friends and neighbors will rally and mobilize against ...
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May 1, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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Oh this hurt. By the brilliant Tess Gallagher.
April 28, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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This actually crushed my heart today.
April 26, 2025 at 7:14 PM
"Listen, he said, that’s where language ends." 💥 "Statement of Teaching Philosophy" by Keith Leonard ~ www.slowdownshow.org/episode/2025...
1290: Statement of Teaching Philosophy by Keith Leonard
Today’s poem is Statement of Teaching Philosophy by Keith Leonard.
www.slowdownshow.org
February 7, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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From 'The Weary Blues' (1926)
—Langston Hughes

#blackhistorymonth #poetry #ForgottenPoets
February 6, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Books... so much more durable than we are. ❤️ "And Yet the Books" by Czeslaw Milosz. www.georgebilgere.com/so/05P3WJ5sw
Clara Reading, Federico Faruffini, 1865.
Welcome to poet George Bilgere’s online newsletter. Every day George selects a poem by a writer he’s crazy about and he says a few words about why he picked it.
www.georgebilgere.com
February 6, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Last week in Lake George I had so much fun sharing this prompt with writers at St. Mary’s on the Lake. Amazing poetry and lots of laughter. 😃 Here's the activity: https://jackiecraven.substack.com/p/can-feelings-think
February 2, 2025 at 2:35 AM
I'm honored to have a prose piece and a playful quarrel with Siri in the newest issue of @TimberJournal . Thank you to the editors! 📷
https://timberjournal.org/archive/two-pieces-2
TIMBER — Secure
timberjournal.org
February 2, 2025 at 2:35 AM
My name is Jackie and I can't stop revising.📷 https://jackiecraven.substack.com/p/is-a-poem-ever-finished
February 2, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Thank you to the Vassar Review for including my poem in the gorgeous 2024 Design and Devotion issue.
https://vassar-review.vassarspaces.net/create-your-website-with-blocks/2024-2/
February 2, 2025 at 2:35 AM
WHISHing through the weekend. 😃
February 2, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Join me Sunday, May 5, at 2:00 ET for a reading from WHISH, a Q&A, and an open mic hosted on ZOOM by the International Women's Writing Guild. https://iwwg.org/event-5711265
IWWG - Featured Reader & Open Mic: Jackie Craven
iwwg.org
February 2, 2025 at 2:35 AM
February 2, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Just sittin’ by the Mohawk River, watching the moon nibble the sun.
#eclipse #schenectady #jackiecraven
February 2, 2025 at 2:35 AM
February 2, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Melting polar ice is changing the Earth's spin and we are losing time. And I thought I was crazy when I wrote about minutes running amok in WHISH. 😲
https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/27/climate/timekeeping-polar-ice-melt-earth-rotation/index.html
Polar ice is melting and changing Earth’s rotation. It’s ...
One day in the next couple of years, everyone in the worl...
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February 2, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Thinking of my sister, Sharon Craven Kinzer, on her birthday. Placing one of her paintings on the cover of WHISH is my small way of honoring her genius. More of her work can be seen at https://sharoncravenkinzer.com
February 2, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Checking the final proof … Books coming soon!
February 2, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Slippery Hours & Speed Writing… Remember to turn back your clocks!
February 2, 2025 at 2:40 AM
February 2, 2025 at 2:40 AM