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Jess Melilli-Hand (she/her)
@jessmelilli-hand.bsky.social
Poet, professor, pickle-lover
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Poems in Painted Bride Quarterly, Hunger Mountain, poemmemoirstory, the minnesota review, redactions, Doctor TJ Eckleburg Review, Limp Wrist, CALYX, etc (some been a min…need to submit…some as Jessica D. Hand)
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Our sixth annual list of books by historians working off the tenure track.
2024 Contingent Book List
When you’re shopping for books this season, consider a contingent scholar.
contingentmagazine.org
December 3, 2024 at 1:29 AM
Woohoo acceptance day! Zone 3!
December 3, 2024 at 2:41 AM
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<3
November 20, 2024 at 1:23 AM
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If only you didn’t bleed said the knife I wouldn’t
have to do this.
I know said the cut I bleed too easily I hate
that I can’t help it I wish I were a knife like
you and didn’t have to bleed.

poets.org/poem/bleeding
Bleeding
Stop bleeding said the knife.
poets.org
November 21, 2024 at 1:16 AM
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poetryfoundation.org/poems/42877/...

BLACK BOYS PLAY THE CLASSICS

#poetry by Toi Derricotte
Black Boys Play the Classics by Toi Derricotte | Poetry Foundation
The most popular “act” in
https://poetryfoundation.org/poems/42877/black-boys-play-the-classics…
October 18, 2023 at 10:58 PM
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We lived happily during the war

Ilya Kaminsky
October 15, 2023 at 3:03 AM
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Thomas Lux.
October 14, 2023 at 5:40 PM
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(Pls repost) Folks who majored in history, english, or something else “useless,”what was your first job out of school? What are you doing now? I know there are plenty of online resources about jobs but I’m trying to show my students that careers are often not straight lines.Thank you!!!!
October 14, 2023 at 2:10 PM
Favorite poetry podcasts?
October 13, 2023 at 11:52 PM
October 13, 2023 at 10:07 PM