J Brooke
@jbrookewrites.bsky.social
Writer / Prose Book Reviews Editor at The Rumpus / Filmmaker
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I remember these sleeping on eggshell years and while relieved (again) by outcome, somehow cannot believe so many rights and freedoms are always on the line, always up for grabs… #queer
November 10, 2025 at 3:58 PM
I remember these sleeping on eggshell years and while relieved (again) by outcome, somehow cannot believe so many rights and freedoms are always on the line, always up for grabs… #queer
October 8, 2025 at 3:34 AM
September 20, 2025 at 5:57 PM
@indigogirlsmusic.bsky.social @melissaetheridge.bsky.social @amyray.bsky.social #LyrusHung @lucywr.bsky.social #emilysailers
September 17, 2025 at 11:51 AM
How something can simultaneously seem futuristic and anachronistic
August 6, 2025 at 10:40 AM
How something can simultaneously seem futuristic and anachronistic
@hcrichardson.bsky.social and @barackobama.bsky.social tonight… this is the country I recognize #church #hope
June 18, 2025 at 2:16 AM
@hcrichardson.bsky.social and @barackobama.bsky.social tonight… this is the country I recognize #church #hope
Think we just review individual #Books ? Think again — versatile #writer @emmdubb16.bsky.social offers a near survey course of John Vercher in our newest #Review @therumpus.net — maybe check it out instead of reading the news
(addl thanks to asst ed @acreegrahammacam.bsky.social )
(addl thanks to asst ed @acreegrahammacam.bsky.social )
May 20, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Think we just review individual #Books ? Think again — versatile #writer @emmdubb16.bsky.social offers a near survey course of John Vercher in our newest #Review @therumpus.net — maybe check it out instead of reading the news
(addl thanks to asst ed @acreegrahammacam.bsky.social )
(addl thanks to asst ed @acreegrahammacam.bsky.social )
Went to hear #OceanVuong read tonight @rjjulia.bsky.social — dude introduced his hs guidance counselor in the audience who took the mic and quoted Keats … #writers #poet #authors #books
May 18, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Went to hear #OceanVuong read tonight @rjjulia.bsky.social — dude introduced his hs guidance counselor in the audience who took the mic and quoted Keats … #writers #poet #authors #books
@nottinghilleds.bsky.social thank you…
May 5, 2025 at 12:36 PM
@nottinghilleds.bsky.social thank you…
Apparently “Sibling Day” is still a national holiday (probably soon to become “National Genetic Full Siblings Born to Married Cisgendered Heteronormative Parents Who Are Both U.S. Citizens Day” Anyway…
April 10, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Apparently “Sibling Day” is still a national holiday (probably soon to become “National Genetic Full Siblings Born to Married Cisgendered Heteronormative Parents Who Are Both U.S. Citizens Day” Anyway…
Excited for this #review of @thedennemichele.bsky.social ‘s debut @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social
Bless our team @therumpus.net : writer @nonbinarypapi.bsky.social & asst Ed @acreegrahammacam.bsky.social (who posted on meta but I kinda try to play @bsky.social.net )
Bless our team @therumpus.net : writer @nonbinarypapi.bsky.social & asst Ed @acreegrahammacam.bsky.social (who posted on meta but I kinda try to play @bsky.social.net )
April 9, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Excited for this #review of @thedennemichele.bsky.social ‘s debut @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social
Bless our team @therumpus.net : writer @nonbinarypapi.bsky.social & asst Ed @acreegrahammacam.bsky.social (who posted on meta but I kinda try to play @bsky.social.net )
Bless our team @therumpus.net : writer @nonbinarypapi.bsky.social & asst Ed @acreegrahammacam.bsky.social (who posted on meta but I kinda try to play @bsky.social.net )
Zero shade on pubs who don’t have the time to do this (we all juggle) But SO nice when gatekeepers root for #writers , pull for #poets. If you don’t know this class act @slipperyelmlj.bsky.social check them out ;)
April 6, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Zero shade on pubs who don’t have the time to do this (we all juggle) But SO nice when gatekeepers root for #writers , pull for #poets. If you don’t know this class act @slipperyelmlj.bsky.social check them out ;)
#AWP books… what to read first? #NightboatBooks #JacklegPress #WriteBloodyPublishing #HaymarketBooks #Mcpherson&Company #Blair #FourWayBooks #CopperCanyonPress #MuseLiterary #DriftwoodPress #YaleUniversityPress #UniversityofPittsburghPress #GetFreshBooks #Pangyrus
April 5, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Anyone else ship #AWP books and get them just in time for the weekend?? #VelizBooks #MilkweedEditions #TupeloPress #ELJEditions #UniversityofHellPress #DzancBooks #whiskeytitbooks #Milk&CakePress
To be continued next post…
To be continued next post…
April 5, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Anyone else ship #AWP books and get them just in time for the weekend?? #VelizBooks #MilkweedEditions #TupeloPress #ELJEditions #UniversityofHellPress #DzancBooks #whiskeytitbooks #Milk&CakePress
To be continued next post…
To be continued next post…
It was bring your amazing supportive spouse to #AWP week… did no one else get the memo? @beafilms.bsky.social
March 29, 2025 at 2:40 PM
It was bring your amazing supportive spouse to #AWP week… did no one else get the memo? @beafilms.bsky.social
A LOT of my favorite #writers are at #AWP this year but got to see my favorite #polymath @amandajohnston.bsky.social today ;)
March 29, 2025 at 1:47 AM
A LOT of my favorite #writers are at #AWP this year but got to see my favorite #polymath @amandajohnston.bsky.social today ;)
With gusto! #authors #writers #banned #bannedbooks #Genderqueer #ToKillaMockingbird #FunHome #OriginStory
February 25, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Missing those pre-extinction days of Tyrannosaurus Rex and the Gulf of Mexico…
#writer #writing #peabodymuseum #NewHaven #Yale #ancient #history #revisionist #extinction
#writer #writing #peabodymuseum #NewHaven #Yale #ancient #history #revisionist #extinction
February 8, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Missing those pre-extinction days of Tyrannosaurus Rex and the Gulf of Mexico…
#writer #writing #peabodymuseum #NewHaven #Yale #ancient #history #revisionist #extinction
#writer #writing #peabodymuseum #NewHaven #Yale #ancient #history #revisionist #extinction
I think this sums it up nicely…
January 20, 2025 at 4:35 AM
I think this sums it up nicely…
Today’s minutia news (aka my “safe” news) reminds me of something I wrote about literature self-soothing 2 + years ago… thefiddlehead.ca/content/j-br...
January 16, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Today’s minutia news (aka my “safe” news) reminds me of something I wrote about literature self-soothing 2 + years ago… thefiddlehead.ca/content/j-br...
Didn’t expect this…
January 11, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Didn’t expect this…