Jennifer Ruth Jackson
@jenruthjackson.bsky.social
I'm a disabled poet and short story writer. I make greeting cards, beaded jewelry, and bad digital art. Domestic Bodies, my debut poetry collection, came out in 2023 from Querencia Press.
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Promotion Commotion (for writers): How to Steer Clear of Scam Artists
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Celestial Poetry Illuminates Astronomy
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Celestial Poetry Illuminates Astronomy
A lyrical observation in verse turns out to be a glimpse at a star’s last gasp
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Celestial Poetry Illuminates Astronomy
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The Trump administration plans major shift away from long-term housing for homelessness
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The Trump administration plans major shift away from long-term housing for homelessness
The overhaul shifts funds to transitional housing requiring work and addiction treatment. The administration says it promotes "self-sufficiency," but critics warn many will risk losing housing again.
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November 29, 2025 at 12:41 PM
The Trump administration plans major shift away from long-term housing for homelessness
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"Redactions of Self"
The red of the heart has the blue and black (depression/grief) seep in and make it purple. The white inside the heart is correction fluid, the attempts we make at trying to plug the holes others leave behind.
The red of the heart has the blue and black (depression/grief) seep in and make it purple. The white inside the heart is correction fluid, the attempts we make at trying to plug the holes others leave behind.
November 29, 2025 at 12:24 PM
"Redactions of Self"
The red of the heart has the blue and black (depression/grief) seep in and make it purple. The white inside the heart is correction fluid, the attempts we make at trying to plug the holes others leave behind.
The red of the heart has the blue and black (depression/grief) seep in and make it purple. The white inside the heart is correction fluid, the attempts we make at trying to plug the holes others leave behind.
69 Calls for Submissions in December 2025 - Paying markets
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69 Calls for Submissions in December 2025 - Paying markets
This December there are more than five dozen calls for submissions. All of these are paying markets, and none charge submission fees. As alw...
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November 27, 2025 at 4:38 AM
69 Calls for Submissions in December 2025 - Paying markets
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43 Writing Contests in December 2025 - No entry fees
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43 Writing Contests in December 2025 - No entry fees
This December there are more than three dozen free writing contests for short fiction, novels, poetry, CNF, nonfiction, and plays. Prizes ra...
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43 Writing Contests in December 2025 - No entry fees
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78 Opportunities for Historically Underrepresented Writers (November 2025)
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78 Opportunities for Historically Underrepresented Writers (November 2025)
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Mini-Reviews of Christmas Books
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Mini-Reviews of Christmas Books
Note: These titles were all offered through Freebooksy . The Naughty List by L. A. Kelley: When Saint Nick's son has the Naughty or Nice ...
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November 24, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Mini-Reviews of Christmas Books
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OpenAI lost a copyright infringement case in a lower German court for using popular song lyrics in its ChatGPT language model without paying royalties.
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OpenAI loses song lyrics copyright case in German court – DW – 11/11/2025
OpenAI lost a copyright infringement case in a lower German court for using popular song lyrics in its ChatGPT language model without paying royalties.
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November 24, 2025 at 10:43 AM
OpenAI lost a copyright infringement case in a lower German court for using popular song lyrics in its ChatGPT language model without paying royalties.
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The Publishing Industry Gambled on Me... and Lost
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The Publishing Industry Gambled on Me… and Lost
Eight years ago, when I sold two books to an imprint of a Big Five, I was on top of the world. I was thirty-one and eight weeks pregnant, a recent graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. My agent s…
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November 24, 2025 at 10:42 AM
The Publishing Industry Gambled on Me... and Lost
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AI Has Sent Copyright Laws Into Chaos. What You Need to Know About Your Rights Online
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AI Has Sent Copyright Laws Into Chaos. What You Need to Know About Your Rights Online
Copyright is one of the most important legal issues in the age of AI, and it affects all of us.
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November 24, 2025 at 10:41 AM
AI Has Sent Copyright Laws Into Chaos. What You Need to Know About Your Rights Online
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African Artist Collective Calls on Museums to Rectify Their Debt to Plantation Workers
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African Artist Collective Calls on Museums to Rectify Their Debt to Plantation Workers
The African artists' collective CATPC has published a guide for museums to address their debt to plantation workers.
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November 18, 2025 at 4:47 PM
African Artist Collective Calls on Museums to Rectify Their Debt to Plantation Workers
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Reading Around the World: 17 Great Books in Translation From University Presses
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Reading Around the World: 17 Great Books in Translation From University Presses
Want to travel around the world without leaving your house? Just pick up a book that was translated from another language. Whether you are reading a novel originally written in French, a memoir ori…
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November 18, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Reading Around the World: 17 Great Books in Translation From University Presses
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And just like that, #writers can now use document attachments when they submit!
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November 18, 2025 at 4:23 PM
And just like that, #writers can now use document attachments when they submit!
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Shocked Pikachu face:
He Vowed to “Protect the Unborn.” Now He’s Blocking a Bill to Expand Medicaid for Wisconsin’s New Moms.
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He Vowed to “Protect the Unborn.” Now He’s Blocking a Bill to Expand Medicaid for Wisconsin’s New Moms.
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He Vowed to “Protect the Unborn.” Now He’s Blocking a Bill to Expand Medicaid for Wisconsin’s New Moms.
Splitting with anti-abortion members of his own party, Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos has refused to join 48 other states in ensuring that vulnerable women have access to potentially lifesaving ...
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November 18, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Shocked Pikachu face:
He Vowed to “Protect the Unborn.” Now He’s Blocking a Bill to Expand Medicaid for Wisconsin’s New Moms.
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He Vowed to “Protect the Unborn.” Now He’s Blocking a Bill to Expand Medicaid for Wisconsin’s New Moms.
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Poet Kate Baer explores the beauty and tension of mid life in 'How About Now'
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Poet Kate Baer explores the beauty and tension of mid life in 'How About Now'
NPR's Scott Detrow sat down with poet Kate Baer at Midtown Scholar, a bookstore in Harrisburg, Penn., to talk about her new book of poetry, How About Now.
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November 17, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Poet Kate Baer explores the beauty and tension of mid life in 'How About Now'
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Creating Without Inhibition: In Praise of Making Bad Art
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Creating Without Inhibition: In Praise of Making Bad Art
Last spring, I was waiting to hear from my agent and editors about the fate of my second novel. I knew full well this was not, really, a big deal in the least; it wasn’t as if my health were at sta…
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November 17, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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It just feels like everything is being flattened. Rape, genocide, wildfires, etc etc is all just fodder for internet discourse rather than turning points that lead to… something, anything better or different.
It’s so true. It’s actually horrifying to see the memes and jokes about this.
November 15, 2025 at 3:21 AM
It just feels like everything is being flattened. Rape, genocide, wildfires, etc etc is all just fodder for internet discourse rather than turning points that lead to… something, anything better or different.
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In Praise of Librarians in Dangerous Times
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In Praise of Librarians in Dangerous Times
Librarians are on the front lines of history and current events, when news and change arrive at a furious clip that only quickens every day. And without libraries, my work would simply not exist. I…
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November 14, 2025 at 2:39 PM
In Praise of Librarians in Dangerous Times
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A new fund will route millions to the literary arts
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A new fund will route millions to the literary arts
A coalition of charitable foundations are creating the Literary Arts Fund, which will distribute at least $50 million to various organizations over 5 years.
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November 14, 2025 at 2:37 PM
A new fund will route millions to the literary arts
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Patreon is adding a discovery feed to help creators avoid social media platforms
Patreon is adding a discovery feed to help creators avoid social media platforms
Patreon is adding a discovery feed to help creators avoid social media platforms
Patreon is adding a bunch of new social features for its creators in an attempt to make its platform more of a viable alternative to mainstream social media.
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November 14, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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Patreon is adding a discovery feed to help creators avoid social media platforms
Patreon is adding a discovery feed to help creators avoid social media platforms