Judith Vollmer
@jtreev.bsky.social
Poet. Forthcoming from Alice James Books, THE PAVESE STONE March 2026.
The Sound Boat: New & Selected Poems, University of Wisconsin Press Four Lakes Prize 2022; editor, teacher
The Sound Boat: New & Selected Poems, University of Wisconsin Press Four Lakes Prize 2022; editor, teacher
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Trump just attacked a woman reporter for the sixth time in the span of a month.
December 8, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Trump just attacked a woman reporter for the sixth time in the span of a month.
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Please don't lose focus of what's on the ground: russia's targeted attacks continue to plunge Ukrainians into severe power outages, aiming to freeze us this winter. Here's what I experience today.
The Int'l Criminal Court called russian attacks on Ukraine's energy grid a crime against humanity.
The Int'l Criminal Court called russian attacks on Ukraine's energy grid a crime against humanity.
December 7, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Please don't lose focus of what's on the ground: russia's targeted attacks continue to plunge Ukrainians into severe power outages, aiming to freeze us this winter. Here's what I experience today.
The Int'l Criminal Court called russian attacks on Ukraine's energy grid a crime against humanity.
The Int'l Criminal Court called russian attacks on Ukraine's energy grid a crime against humanity.
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Surprise! Our Fall 2025 season just got a little bit bigger. We're excited to announce that AJB will publish Judith Vollmer's 7th poetry collection, THE PAVESE STONE, in March 2026. Welcome to AJB, @jtreev.bsky.social 💜
Visit buff.ly/rxzyv1F for more info!
Visit buff.ly/rxzyv1F for more info!
May 1, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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Democrats' 2025 election wins go beyond the big races:
In Pennsylvania, Dems swept the top "row offices" in Bucks County, electing the county's first-ever Democratic DA and defeating an incumbent Republican sheriff.
Dems notched victories in county executive races in Erie, Lehigh and Northampton.
In Pennsylvania, Dems swept the top "row offices" in Bucks County, electing the county's first-ever Democratic DA and defeating an incumbent Republican sheriff.
Dems notched victories in county executive races in Erie, Lehigh and Northampton.
November 9, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Democrats' 2025 election wins go beyond the big races:
In Pennsylvania, Dems swept the top "row offices" in Bucks County, electing the county's first-ever Democratic DA and defeating an incumbent Republican sheriff.
Dems notched victories in county executive races in Erie, Lehigh and Northampton.
In Pennsylvania, Dems swept the top "row offices" in Bucks County, electing the county's first-ever Democratic DA and defeating an incumbent Republican sheriff.
Dems notched victories in county executive races in Erie, Lehigh and Northampton.
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Couldn't we use a breath of fresh air from abroad? If you're in Tucson on Thurs., 11/6, come to a reading of translated literature! I'll be reading poems by Souad Labbize, an Algerian-French writer and translator whose poems focus on themes of exile and love. Friends & colleagues reading as well!
November 4, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Couldn't we use a breath of fresh air from abroad? If you're in Tucson on Thurs., 11/6, come to a reading of translated literature! I'll be reading poems by Souad Labbize, an Algerian-French writer and translator whose poems focus on themes of exile and love. Friends & colleagues reading as well!
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For 10th time, the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is in blackout now.
russia is a nuclear terrorist who keeps Europe's largest nuclear power plant hostage and no one gives a sh*t to do anything. Complete impotence of international law.
Radiation has no borders
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
russia is a nuclear terrorist who keeps Europe's largest nuclear power plant hostage and no one gives a sh*t to do anything. Complete impotence of international law.
Radiation has no borders
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
Safety fears as external power to Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant still out after three days
Ukrainian officials among those concerned Russia is manufacturing crisis to keep hold of frontline plant
www.theguardian.com
September 27, 2025 at 2:12 PM
For 10th time, the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is in blackout now.
russia is a nuclear terrorist who keeps Europe's largest nuclear power plant hostage and no one gives a sh*t to do anything. Complete impotence of international law.
Radiation has no borders
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
russia is a nuclear terrorist who keeps Europe's largest nuclear power plant hostage and no one gives a sh*t to do anything. Complete impotence of international law.
Radiation has no borders
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
“crime in the White House”
—Neil Young
—Neil Young
September 21, 2025 at 3:59 AM
“crime in the White House”
—Neil Young
—Neil Young
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Labor Day. I thought of the lines from Shelley’s poem “Ozymandias”, as I contemplated the poster of Donald Trump that now decorate the Department of Labor in Washington, DC. I thought of labors of creation, and of destruction.
snyder.substack.com/p/look-on-my...
snyder.substack.com/p/look-on-my...
Look on my works, ye Mighty
Labors of Destruction and Creation
snyder.substack.com
September 3, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Labor Day. I thought of the lines from Shelley’s poem “Ozymandias”, as I contemplated the poster of Donald Trump that now decorate the Department of Labor in Washington, DC. I thought of labors of creation, and of destruction.
snyder.substack.com/p/look-on-my...
snyder.substack.com/p/look-on-my...
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Surprise! Our Fall 2025 season just got a little bit bigger. We're excited to announce that AJB will publish Judith Vollmer's 7th poetry collection, THE PAVESE STONE, in March 2026. Welcome to AJB, @jtreev.bsky.social 💜
Visit buff.ly/rxzyv1F for more info!
Visit buff.ly/rxzyv1F for more info!
April 30, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Surprise! Our Fall 2025 season just got a little bit bigger. We're excited to announce that AJB will publish Judith Vollmer's 7th poetry collection, THE PAVESE STONE, in March 2026. Welcome to AJB, @jtreev.bsky.social 💜
Visit buff.ly/rxzyv1F for more info!
Visit buff.ly/rxzyv1F for more info!
Surprise! Our Fall 2025 season just got a little bit bigger. We're excited to announce that AJB will publish Judith Vollmer's 7th poetry collection, THE PAVESE STONE, in March 2026. Welcome to AJB, @jtreev.bsky.social 💜
Visit buff.ly/rxzyv1F for more info!
Visit buff.ly/rxzyv1F for more info!
May 1, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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Sen. Jon Ossoff has signaled support for impeaching Trump.
On Trump's meme coin last week: “When the sitting president of the United States is selling access for what are effectively payments directly to him, there is no question that that rises to the level of an impeachable offense."
On Trump's meme coin last week: “When the sitting president of the United States is selling access for what are effectively payments directly to him, there is no question that that rises to the level of an impeachable offense."
April 28, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Sen. Jon Ossoff has signaled support for impeaching Trump.
On Trump's meme coin last week: “When the sitting president of the United States is selling access for what are effectively payments directly to him, there is no question that that rises to the level of an impeachable offense."
On Trump's meme coin last week: “When the sitting president of the United States is selling access for what are effectively payments directly to him, there is no question that that rises to the level of an impeachable offense."
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'Days become longer' by Olga Kvasha, contemporary Ukrainian painter #WomensArt
April 27, 2025 at 11:51 AM
'Days become longer' by Olga Kvasha, contemporary Ukrainian painter #WomensArt
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Today's Featured Poet:
Grace Schulman was inducted as a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2019 and was awarded the Frost Medal for Distinguished Lifetime Achievement in American Poetry, presented by the Poetry Society of America, in 2016.
Grace Schulman was inducted as a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2019 and was awarded the Frost Medal for Distinguished Lifetime Achievement in American Poetry, presented by the Poetry Society of America, in 2016.
April 24, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Today's Featured Poet:
Grace Schulman was inducted as a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2019 and was awarded the Frost Medal for Distinguished Lifetime Achievement in American Poetry, presented by the Poetry Society of America, in 2016.
Grace Schulman was inducted as a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2019 and was awarded the Frost Medal for Distinguished Lifetime Achievement in American Poetry, presented by the Poetry Society of America, in 2016.
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Sen. Van Hollen says the Salvadoran government will NOT facilitate a meeting with Kilmar Abrego Garcia and that it doesn't plan to release him because "the Trump administration is paying … the government of El Salvador."
Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen says he's landed in San Salvador as he attempts to "talk to people here about the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia."
April 16, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Sen. Van Hollen says the Salvadoran government will NOT facilitate a meeting with Kilmar Abrego Garcia and that it doesn't plan to release him because "the Trump administration is paying … the government of El Salvador."
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Biden: Why are these guys taking aim at social security now? They are following that old line from tech startups. The quote is move fast, break things. Well, they are certainly breaking things… They want to wreck it so they can rob it
April 15, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Biden: Why are these guys taking aim at social security now? They are following that old line from tech startups. The quote is move fast, break things. Well, they are certainly breaking things… They want to wreck it so they can rob it
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▪️Will Ukraine become a member of NATO?
Rutte: "Yes, absolutely. This was the result of the Washington Summit: Ukraine's path to NATO is irreversible. And nothing has changed."
Rutte: "Yes, absolutely. This was the result of the Washington Summit: Ukraine's path to NATO is irreversible. And nothing has changed."
April 15, 2025 at 5:06 PM
▪️Will Ukraine become a member of NATO?
Rutte: "Yes, absolutely. This was the result of the Washington Summit: Ukraine's path to NATO is irreversible. And nothing has changed."
Rutte: "Yes, absolutely. This was the result of the Washington Summit: Ukraine's path to NATO is irreversible. And nothing has changed."
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BREAKING: An immigration court determined our client Mahmoud Khalil to be removable from the U.S. based solely on his political speech.
The fight isn't over — we'll keep fighting for Mahmoud's freedom and all of our First Amendment rights in federal court.
The fight isn't over — we'll keep fighting for Mahmoud's freedom and all of our First Amendment rights in federal court.
April 11, 2025 at 7:59 PM
BREAKING: An immigration court determined our client Mahmoud Khalil to be removable from the U.S. based solely on his political speech.
The fight isn't over — we'll keep fighting for Mahmoud's freedom and all of our First Amendment rights in federal court.
The fight isn't over — we'll keep fighting for Mahmoud's freedom and all of our First Amendment rights in federal court.
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If the US had continued to support Ukraine, we may have been months away from the end of the war. The Russians would not have been able to continue to fight for much longer. They were making almost no progress, taking huge casualties.
March 5, 2025 at 3:19 PM
If the US had continued to support Ukraine, we may have been months away from the end of the war. The Russians would not have been able to continue to fight for much longer. They were making almost no progress, taking huge casualties.
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Just call it surrender. Stop playing word games. The United States of America is surrendering to Russia.
The U.S. Army is pulling forces out of a site near Poland’s border with Ukraine that has been instrumental in getting Western arms into the war-torn country, military officials said this week.
www.stripes.com/branches/arm...
www.stripes.com/branches/arm...
US forces’ exit from Polish city key to arming Ukraine is latest shift of burden to Europe
The U.S. Army is pulling forces out of a site near Poland’s border with Ukraine that has been instrumental in getting Western arms into the war-torn country, military officials said this week.
www.stripes.com
April 8, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Just call it surrender. Stop playing word games. The United States of America is surrendering to Russia.
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"Jesse Huddleston, board chair at Durham’s Pauli Murray Center, said they first noticed the website page deletion yesterday. The edits are part of a federal sweep of NPS content related to LGBTQ+ history; an NPS page for Pauli Murray’s home appears untouched so far."
indyweek.com/culture/fede...
indyweek.com/culture/fede...
Federal Agency Deletes Website Page On Durham's Pauli Murray; Censors Other References to Queer History
Numerous National Park Service websites have been censored in recent weeks in response to an executive order.
indyweek.com
April 7, 2025 at 8:38 PM
"Jesse Huddleston, board chair at Durham’s Pauli Murray Center, said they first noticed the website page deletion yesterday. The edits are part of a federal sweep of NPS content related to LGBTQ+ history; an NPS page for Pauli Murray’s home appears untouched so far."
indyweek.com/culture/fede...
indyweek.com/culture/fede...
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Kryvyi Rih bids farewell to 15yo Alina and Danylo, a teenage couple murdered by russia during their date. russia stole their lives, their dreams, their youth, their future… leaving their families' hearts hollow.
April 7, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Kryvyi Rih bids farewell to 15yo Alina and Danylo, a teenage couple murdered by russia during their date. russia stole their lives, their dreams, their youth, their future… leaving their families' hearts hollow.
Pirates defeat Yankees 5-4🏴☠️⚾️❤️🖤
April 6, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Pirates defeat Yankees 5-4🏴☠️⚾️❤️🖤
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Trump's antisemitism agenda isn't about the Jews. I wrote about how the president and his allies are using the pretext of protecting Jews to protect their policies from criticism, while advancing an agenda that most American Jews oppose. Gift link:
Trump’s Jewish Cover Story
The administration claims to be protecting Jews while advancing an agenda that most Jews oppose.
www.theatlantic.com
April 4, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Trump's antisemitism agenda isn't about the Jews. I wrote about how the president and his allies are using the pretext of protecting Jews to protect their policies from criticism, while advancing an agenda that most American Jews oppose. Gift link:
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PUT THIS ON BLAST:
Trump’s tariffs just pushed the risk of a U.S. and global recession this year up to 60%—up from 40%, according to J.P. Morgan.
THATS NOT ALL:
The White House made up the numbers—Trump Math 🤡
Trump’s tariffs just pushed the risk of a U.S. and global recession this year up to 60%—up from 40%, according to J.P. Morgan.
THATS NOT ALL:
The White House made up the numbers—Trump Math 🤡
April 4, 2025 at 11:01 AM
PUT THIS ON BLAST:
Trump’s tariffs just pushed the risk of a U.S. and global recession this year up to 60%—up from 40%, according to J.P. Morgan.
THATS NOT ALL:
The White House made up the numbers—Trump Math 🤡
Trump’s tariffs just pushed the risk of a U.S. and global recession this year up to 60%—up from 40%, according to J.P. Morgan.
THATS NOT ALL:
The White House made up the numbers—Trump Math 🤡
Reposted by Judith Vollmer
The Lion Rock Visiting Writers Series is excited to host Jesse Lee Kercheval virtually at CWU on Thursday, April 10th, which will take place on Zoom. Craft Talk about how she started drawing then, she'll read from her fantastic graphic novel, French Girl.
Thursday, April 10th, 2025
5-6:00pm PST
Thursday, April 10th, 2025
5-6:00pm PST
April 4, 2025 at 12:39 AM
The Lion Rock Visiting Writers Series is excited to host Jesse Lee Kercheval virtually at CWU on Thursday, April 10th, which will take place on Zoom. Craft Talk about how she started drawing then, she'll read from her fantastic graphic novel, French Girl.
Thursday, April 10th, 2025
5-6:00pm PST
Thursday, April 10th, 2025
5-6:00pm PST