Jessica Cory
@jessicascory.bsky.social
Editor of Appalachian Journal. Scholar, educator, writer. Books with WVU Press and U of Georgia Press. Lover of gardening, living with MCAS/hEDS/other immune wonkiness.
https://www.jessicascory.com/
https://www.jessicascory.com/
Friends and colleagues in Native and Indigenous lit, the fantastic English Dept at App State is hiring: english.appstate.edu/news/we-are-...
We Are Hiring an Assistant Professor of North American Indigenous Literatures
english.appstate.edu
October 2, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Friends and colleagues in Native and Indigenous lit, the fantastic English Dept at App State is hiring: english.appstate.edu/news/we-are-...
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We need a bigger national spotlight on this building raid, fam. Agents dropped from helicopters onto the roof. Citizens and non-citizens alike were dragged from their homes in the night. People who weren't kidnapped during the raid had their belongings seized after the fact. This is madness.
"Jones, 27, is among the residents left at 7500 S. South Shore Drive who are trying to piece together what remains after an early morning, high-powered federal immigration raid led to the arrests of dozens of their neighbors at their South Shore apartment building."
Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'
The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.
chicago.suntimes.com
October 2, 2025 at 4:23 PM
We need a bigger national spotlight on this building raid, fam. Agents dropped from helicopters onto the roof. Citizens and non-citizens alike were dragged from their homes in the night. People who weren't kidnapped during the raid had their belongings seized after the fact. This is madness.
SUPER thankful to the brilliant Brian Railsback for editing a special issue of AmLit on American Literatures, Living and Dying in the Anthropocene: Responses in Contemporary Literature from the Western Hemisphere,
October 1, 2025 at 4:32 PM
SUPER thankful to the brilliant Brian Railsback for editing a special issue of AmLit on American Literatures, Living and Dying in the Anthropocene: Responses in Contemporary Literature from the Western Hemisphere,
Friends and neighbors, As the Crow Flies, the open-access expansion of Appalachian Journal, is now live if you wanna go take a peek: as-the-crow-flies.pubpub.org
As the Crow Flies
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September 15, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Friends and neighbors, As the Crow Flies, the open-access expansion of Appalachian Journal, is now live if you wanna go take a peek: as-the-crow-flies.pubpub.org
The husband and kiddo have birthdays next week, so today we're heading to Scarowinds to celebrate. In related news, I just saw the tracking update that my CBD-infused arthritis salve is also arriving today.
#perfecttiming
#perfecttiming
September 13, 2025 at 12:06 PM
The husband and kiddo have birthdays next week, so today we're heading to Scarowinds to celebrate. In related news, I just saw the tracking update that my CBD-infused arthritis salve is also arriving today.
#perfecttiming
#perfecttiming
I had a blast talking with @thejeremybjones.bsky.social about his new book, Cipher, with @blairpub.bsky.social. A huge thanks to Jeremy and @reckonreview.bsky.social for putting this conversation out into the world!
Head over to Reckon to read this fantastic interview by Jessica Cory of Jeremy B. Jones.
September 12, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I had a blast talking with @thejeremybjones.bsky.social about his new book, Cipher, with @blairpub.bsky.social. A huge thanks to Jeremy and @reckonreview.bsky.social for putting this conversation out into the world!
Appalachian Journal readers, check this out!
Psst! You can read our inaugural issue of Appalachian Journal, FREE for 1 month on @projectmuse.bsky.social 👇
muse.jhu.edu/journal/899
muse.jhu.edu/journal/899
July 31, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Appalachian Journal readers, check this out!
Why, yes, I did just write an angry version of "This Is Just to Say" to the squirrels who cleared our entire peach tree before I could can a single one.
July 30, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Why, yes, I did just write an angry version of "This Is Just to Say" to the squirrels who cleared our entire peach tree before I could can a single one.
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In a landmark case brought by the sinking Pacific island nation of Vanuatu, the ICJ’s 15 judges decided unanimously that governments have a legal duty to protect the climate.
World's top court opens door to compensation from countries responsible for climate crisis
International Court of Justice rules that governments have a legal duty to prevent and repair damage to the climate system
buff.ly
July 25, 2025 at 9:11 AM
In a landmark case brought by the sinking Pacific island nation of Vanuatu, the ICJ’s 15 judges decided unanimously that governments have a legal duty to protect the climate.
App Studies friends, check out the newest map by Tribal Nations Maps/Aaron Carapella: www.tribalnationsmaps.com/store/p3946/...
Indigenous Nations of Appalachia Map - 18"x24"
Reservations of Montana, List of Indian Tribes, Location of Indian Tribes, Original Native Indian Tribes
www.tribalnationsmaps.com
July 19, 2025 at 11:20 AM
App Studies friends, check out the newest map by Tribal Nations Maps/Aaron Carapella: www.tribalnationsmaps.com/store/p3946/...
Excited to attend the launch of the NC Poetry Society's 2025-26 Poetry in Plain Sight Program in Durham today! My poem "Ode to the Pill Bug" will be featured in May.
March 29, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Excited to attend the launch of the NC Poetry Society's 2025-26 Poetry in Plain Sight Program in Durham today! My poem "Ode to the Pill Bug" will be featured in May.
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Breaking News!
Code UFB!!!
The daily CO2 number from Mauna Loa exceeded 430 ppm yesterday. This is the first reading above 430 ever recorded.
CO2 levels have not been this high since the Pliocene epoch, 3 to 5 million years ago.
Code UFB!!!
The daily CO2 number from Mauna Loa exceeded 430 ppm yesterday. This is the first reading above 430 ever recorded.
CO2 levels have not been this high since the Pliocene epoch, 3 to 5 million years ago.
March 8, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Breaking News!
Code UFB!!!
The daily CO2 number from Mauna Loa exceeded 430 ppm yesterday. This is the first reading above 430 ever recorded.
CO2 levels have not been this high since the Pliocene epoch, 3 to 5 million years ago.
Code UFB!!!
The daily CO2 number from Mauna Loa exceeded 430 ppm yesterday. This is the first reading above 430 ever recorded.
CO2 levels have not been this high since the Pliocene epoch, 3 to 5 million years ago.
Fiction-writing friends!
Attention new writers! Submissions are open for works of fiction from emerging writers for publication in our Fall 2025 issue.
Learn more and submit your work at oxfordamerican.org/submit
Learn more and submit your work at oxfordamerican.org/submit
March 3, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Fiction-writing friends!
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University presidents are staying quiet as Trump tries to destroy their institutions. It won’t work, writes @gregggonsalves.bsky.social
Universities Are Under Attack. Silence Is Not an Option.
University presidents are staying quiet as Trump tries to destroy their institutions. It won't work.
www.thenation.com
March 3, 2025 at 4:42 PM
University presidents are staying quiet as Trump tries to destroy their institutions. It won’t work, writes @gregggonsalves.bsky.social
Thought I heard a car door slam outside. Nope, just this furry beast jumping the 14 inches from lounger to floor.
March 3, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Thought I heard a car door slam outside. Nope, just this furry beast jumping the 14 inches from lounger to floor.
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🎶 Working 8 to 6, but they call you after hours
Barely gettin’ by, lots of crying in the shower
You might prequalify, won’t even hurt your credit
Ran out of sick days--well, I hope y'all don’t catch it 🎶
Barely gettin’ by, lots of crying in the shower
You might prequalify, won’t even hurt your credit
Ran out of sick days--well, I hope y'all don’t catch it 🎶
Dolly Parton’s “9 to 5” Adjusted for Late-Stage Capitalism
In case you need help with the tune. - - -Come in on a Sunday? You’ve gotta be jokin’ Christmas bonus was a car wash token Startin’ to think our sy...
buff.ly
March 1, 2025 at 2:19 AM
🎶 Working 8 to 6, but they call you after hours
Barely gettin’ by, lots of crying in the shower
You might prequalify, won’t even hurt your credit
Ran out of sick days--well, I hope y'all don’t catch it 🎶
Barely gettin’ by, lots of crying in the shower
You might prequalify, won’t even hurt your credit
Ran out of sick days--well, I hope y'all don’t catch it 🎶
Reposted by Jessica Cory
The House budget reconciliation framework that cuts $1 trillion from Medicaid has just passed.
They are literally taking from the sick and poor to give the rich tax cuts.
They are literally taking from the sick and poor to give the rich tax cuts.
February 26, 2025 at 1:17 AM
The House budget reconciliation framework that cuts $1 trillion from Medicaid has just passed.
They are literally taking from the sick and poor to give the rich tax cuts.
They are literally taking from the sick and poor to give the rich tax cuts.
Looking forward to leading a breakout session on providing feedback to writers at the NC College Media Association's conference in Boone today!
February 22, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Looking forward to leading a breakout session on providing feedback to writers at the NC College Media Association's conference in Boone today!
Y'all, I just got the printed proofs back for Appalachian Journal's first-ever full-color issue focusing on Appalachian visual art and it's GORGEOUS!
February 21, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Y'all, I just got the printed proofs back for Appalachian Journal's first-ever full-color issue focusing on Appalachian visual art and it's GORGEOUS!
As someone who has participated in clinical trials as a patient, this move is extremely reckless and unethical.
The quick shutdown of USAID abandoned patients with experimental devices and drugs in their bodies with no way to remove them in time. How many people are going to die because of the Trump/Musk mismanagement?
What’s the DOGE Death Toll?
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...
What’s the DOGE Death Toll?
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...
Abandoned in the Middle of Clinical Trials, Because of a Trump Order
The stop-work order on U.S.A.I.D.-funded research has left thousands of people with experimental drugs and devices in their bodies, with no access to monitoring or care.
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2025 at 2:38 PM
As someone who has participated in clinical trials as a patient, this move is extremely reckless and unethical.
The country may be in crisis (yet again), but the garlic I planted in November is coming up and the songbirds are returning.
February 8, 2025 at 11:29 PM
The country may be in crisis (yet again), but the garlic I planted in November is coming up and the songbirds are returning.
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I can't emphasize enough how disastrous the NIH cuts will be. If implemented as proposed, it could decimate universities and college towns. And it could mean every one of us in the US and around the world will experience shorter and less healthy lives.
February 8, 2025 at 3:12 AM
I can't emphasize enough how disastrous the NIH cuts will be. If implemented as proposed, it could decimate universities and college towns. And it could mean every one of us in the US and around the world will experience shorter and less healthy lives.
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From the Chronice of Higher Ed's daily newsletter email. The first ICE arrest on a college campus happened at Spokane Community College yesterday. The Chronicle, however, is here to tell us that in "the bigger picture," it's no big deal, even if "the loudest voices" say it is.
February 7, 2025 at 2:28 PM
From the Chronice of Higher Ed's daily newsletter email. The first ICE arrest on a college campus happened at Spokane Community College yesterday. The Chronicle, however, is here to tell us that in "the bigger picture," it's no big deal, even if "the loudest voices" say it is.