Lisa Ampleman
@lisaampleman.bsky.social
Poet (Mom in Space), parent, editor (Cincinnati Review; Acre Books), space nerd.
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Thank you @cincinnatireview.bsky.social for this chat with christopher oscar peña about my ‘True Story: A Trilogy’ @dalkeyarchive.bsky.social and chris‘s ‘Three Plays’ @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social — & thank you @markarmstrong4.bsky.social @scavengerjunta.bsky.social @lisaampleman.bsky.social 🙏🏻
October 10, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Thank you @cincinnatireview.bsky.social for this chat with christopher oscar peña about my ‘True Story: A Trilogy’ @dalkeyarchive.bsky.social and chris‘s ‘Three Plays’ @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social — & thank you @markarmstrong4.bsky.social @scavengerjunta.bsky.social @lisaampleman.bsky.social 🙏🏻
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"I dare you to read this book and not fall a little in love with all these husbands, generic, specific, optimistic, self-taught, and otherwise.”—Nancy Reddy
Happy #pubday to Rebecca Hazelton's witty new collection,"Generic Husband." https://bit.ly/generichusband
Happy #pubday to Rebecca Hazelton's witty new collection,"Generic Husband." https://bit.ly/generichusband
Generic Husband
Generic Husband presents a queer take on an old, beloved, and troublesome subject: the husband. While the “generic husband” of the cultural imagination h...
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October 8, 2025 at 8:01 PM
"I dare you to read this book and not fall a little in love with all these husbands, generic, specific, optimistic, self-taught, and otherwise.”—Nancy Reddy
Happy #pubday to Rebecca Hazelton's witty new collection,"Generic Husband." https://bit.ly/generichusband
Happy #pubday to Rebecca Hazelton's witty new collection,"Generic Husband." https://bit.ly/generichusband
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Please join us as we celebrate the publication of @marthasilano.bsky.social's posthumous collection. Friends and admirers will read via Zoom from TERMINAL SURREAL Tues, Sept 2, at 8 p.m. Register at tinyurl.com/b4vvc6ju. Hosted by Acre's #Poetry Editor @lisaampleman.bsky.social. 📚🎉💜
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Terminal Surreal launch . After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Friends of Martha Silano read from her posthumous collection, Terminal Surreal, newly released by Acre Books
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September 1, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Please join us as we celebrate the publication of @marthasilano.bsky.social's posthumous collection. Friends and admirers will read via Zoom from TERMINAL SURREAL Tues, Sept 2, at 8 p.m. Register at tinyurl.com/b4vvc6ju. Hosted by Acre's #Poetry Editor @lisaampleman.bsky.social. 📚🎉💜
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We are once again OPEN for submissions to both our print journal and miCRo! We strongly encourage you to submit to the print journal within the next day or so, as we tend to reach our cap just days after opening up.
September 1, 2025 at 11:02 AM
We are once again OPEN for submissions to both our print journal and miCRo! We strongly encourage you to submit to the print journal within the next day or so, as we tend to reach our cap just days after opening up.
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Keep those August #prose submissions coming! 📚🖊️
In less than two weeks, Acre Books will be open to #submissions of #fiction and #nonfiction! Stay tuned for details. And, in the meantime, visit www.acre-books.com to learn more about our editors, authors, and titles. #prose #booksky
August 18, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Keep those August #prose submissions coming! 📚🖊️
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A little secret is that you can’t know who buys (and doesn’t buy) your book because of your online presence.
But being kind probably helps.
But being kind probably helps.
August 2, 2025 at 3:00 PM
A little secret is that you can’t know who buys (and doesn’t buy) your book because of your online presence.
But being kind probably helps.
But being kind probably helps.
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Delighted to see Acre #poet @cdeskilson.bsky.social's SCREAM QUEEN among the recommended reads for this year's @sealeychallenge.bsky.social! 🎉🎉🎉 press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo... #booksky
August 2, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Delighted to see Acre #poet @cdeskilson.bsky.social's SCREAM QUEEN among the recommended reads for this year's @sealeychallenge.bsky.social! 🎉🎉🎉 press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo... #booksky
I have work in the latest issue of @kenyonreview.bsky.social! It's an amazing issue--check it out on their site (behind a sign-in):
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August 2, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I have work in the latest issue of @kenyonreview.bsky.social! It's an amazing issue--check it out on their site (behind a sign-in):
kenyonreview.org/piece/from-s...
kenyonreview.org/piece/from-s...
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New title, same great editor! To better reflect all she does for CR, Assistant Managing Editor @bess-winter.bsky.social is now our Web and Media Editor!
June 3, 2025 at 7:45 PM
New title, same great editor! To better reflect all she does for CR, Assistant Managing Editor @bess-winter.bsky.social is now our Web and Media Editor!
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The next installment of our series on copyediting from @lisaampleman.bsky.social, this time on our practices and how we make choices as we edit: the Five C's, campfires, and more. Link in first comment.
May 30, 2025 at 3:10 PM
The next installment of our series on copyediting from @lisaampleman.bsky.social, this time on our practices and how we make choices as we edit: the Five C's, campfires, and more. Link in first comment.
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Congrats to @thejs3.bsky.social on the publication of DEFIANT ACTS! “Chicago is a forge for literary realism. Just for starters, Dreiser, Farrell, Brooks, Algren, Wright—a fierce tradition that James Stewart III extends with his debut #novel.” (Stuart Dybek) press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo... 🎉🎉🎉
Defiant Acts
Drawing on the author’s experiences, this debut novel follows an interracial blended family living in Chicago in the 1990s. James Stewart III’s powerful debut novel documents the life of a working-c...
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May 23, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Congrats to @thejs3.bsky.social on the publication of DEFIANT ACTS! “Chicago is a forge for literary realism. Just for starters, Dreiser, Farrell, Brooks, Algren, Wright—a fierce tradition that James Stewart III extends with his debut #novel.” (Stuart Dybek) press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo... 🎉🎉🎉
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Thanks to @cincinnatireview.bsky.social for saying YES to my work again. Thanks to my friend @mfitejohnson.bsky.social whose own abcedarians inspired me. Thanks to @lisaampleman.bsky.social + to @ericadawsonpoet.bsky.social for their support of this poem. It's in my mms ORDINARY SPLENDOR
#grateful
#grateful
May 13, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Thanks to @cincinnatireview.bsky.social for saying YES to my work again. Thanks to my friend @mfitejohnson.bsky.social whose own abcedarians inspired me. Thanks to @lisaampleman.bsky.social + to @ericadawsonpoet.bsky.social for their support of this poem. It's in my mms ORDINARY SPLENDOR
#grateful
#grateful
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I was happy to review a great novel in this folio. Thanks @lisaampleman.bsky.social for the opportunity. I am loving @jscheng.bsky.social ‘s craft essay here and looking forward to reading the others.
Every family has them.
Issue 22.1's accompanying folio is all about FAMILY SECRETS, featuring work by @jscheng.bsky.social , Sadia Hassan, @jessejohnson.bsky.social , @sharalessley.bsky.social and @thejs3.bsky.social .
Issue 22.1's accompanying folio is all about FAMILY SECRETS, featuring work by @jscheng.bsky.social , Sadia Hassan, @jessejohnson.bsky.social , @sharalessley.bsky.social and @thejs3.bsky.social .
Folio: Family Secrets
In this folio to accompany issue 21.2, five writers explore the craft of writing about sex.
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May 13, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I was happy to review a great novel in this folio. Thanks @lisaampleman.bsky.social for the opportunity. I am loving @jscheng.bsky.social ‘s craft essay here and looking forward to reading the others.
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I'm no longer letting fear, shame, or power holders police my writing. Thanks @lisaampleman.bsky.social at @cincinnatireview.bsky.social for the invitation to say something about creative #nonfiction & disclosure. Craft #essay includes models & reading list. 💜
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"Let Me Whisper in Your Ear: A Craft Essay" by Shara Lessley
Shara Lessley on the craft of writing about family secrets in literary nonfiction
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May 14, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I'm no longer letting fear, shame, or power holders police my writing. Thanks @lisaampleman.bsky.social at @cincinnatireview.bsky.social for the invitation to say something about creative #nonfiction & disclosure. Craft #essay includes models & reading list. 💜
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Roses are redde
Noble are the manatees
Yf we wante a bettir future
Teach artes & humanityes
Noble are the manatees
Yf we wante a bettir future
Teach artes & humanityes
May 12, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Roses are redde
Noble are the manatees
Yf we wante a bettir future
Teach artes & humanityes
Noble are the manatees
Yf we wante a bettir future
Teach artes & humanityes
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SNEAK PREVIEW! We're excited to unveil parts of the new look you'll be seeing very soon as part of our website redesign! Assistant Managing Editor Bess Winter walks us through those choices in another installment of NOTES FROM THE (RE)DESIGN STUDIO. Link in comments.
May 2, 2025 at 3:10 PM
SNEAK PREVIEW! We're excited to unveil parts of the new look you'll be seeing very soon as part of our website redesign! Assistant Managing Editor Bess Winter walks us through those choices in another installment of NOTES FROM THE (RE)DESIGN STUDIO. Link in comments.
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The debut of our new web series on copyediting! Our managing editor @lisaampleman.bsky.social explains the philosophy behind our choices as copyeditors. Spoiler: We strive to keep all changes in the writer’s style and to have an ethos of collaboration rather than criticism. Link in thread.
April 25, 2025 at 3:10 PM
The debut of our new web series on copyediting! Our managing editor @lisaampleman.bsky.social explains the philosophy behind our choices as copyeditors. Spoiler: We strive to keep all changes in the writer’s style and to have an ethos of collaboration rather than criticism. Link in thread.
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Fellow authors, I love you, and I know it feels like we don’t have a choice, but B&N and Am*zon both scheduled sales this week to preempt Independent Bookstore Day, a hugely vital source of income for indie bookstores. Please don’t promote their sales; please promote your local indie this week.
April 23, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Fellow authors, I love you, and I know it feels like we don’t have a choice, but B&N and Am*zon both scheduled sales this week to preempt Independent Bookstore Day, a hugely vital source of income for indie bookstores. Please don’t promote their sales; please promote your local indie this week.
Going to offer another session on describing your poetry work-in-progress soon! Visit here to find out more and express interest:
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Course on Describing your WIP
Get ideas on how to write a strong description of your poetry manuscript!
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April 22, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Going to offer another session on describing your poetry work-in-progress soon! Visit here to find out more and express interest:
lisaampleman.com/course-on-de...
lisaampleman.com/course-on-de...
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April 17, 2025 at 4:20 PM
So bad about posting here.
a hamster is standing on its hind legs and looking at the camera .
ALT: a hamster is standing on its hind legs and looking at the camera .
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April 1, 2025 at 10:49 AM
So bad about posting here.
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Thank you so much @cincinnatireview.bsky.social and @lisaampleman.bsky.social for sharing this with your readers. We need art as much as ever--this is about the littlest artist I know 💕
An essay by contributor @cdonosowriter.bsky.social (Cristi Donoso) on encouraging her son's creativity: "I take it as a sacred duty to create the necessary conditions for his art to exist, for nurturing his creative life, whatever form that will take." Link in thread:
March 14, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Thank you so much @cincinnatireview.bsky.social and @lisaampleman.bsky.social for sharing this with your readers. We need art as much as ever--this is about the littlest artist I know 💕
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It's that time once again, shoppers! We're OPEN for your miCRo submissions. Send us your best work of 500 words or fewer.
February 1, 2025 at 12:45 PM
It's that time once again, shoppers! We're OPEN for your miCRo submissions. Send us your best work of 500 words or fewer.
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always a good day to buy your next read from an independent bookstore or borrow it from the library
January 24, 2025 at 11:30 AM
always a good day to buy your next read from an independent bookstore or borrow it from the library