Linda Mills Woolsey
@lmwoolsey.bsky.social
She/her. Poetry & other slow food for thought. Reading for solace, challenge, hope. Western PA native in rural NY. Poems in Northern Appalachia Review, Windhover, One Art, Quartet, Christian Century. Reads for River Heron Review. Occasional reviews.
How do we calibrate the "frequencies of our loss"? Three stunning prose poems of personal and ecological loss from Jared Beloff.
"My daughter pulls animals out of the head of a large plastic bear like a magic trick, holds them up, asks “What’s this?”"
#TodaysPoem #poetry
Animal Crackers by Jared Beloff (@readinstead.bsky.social) (2021 Contrary Magazine) tinyurl.com/33tvk74s
#TodaysPoem #poetry
Animal Crackers by Jared Beloff (@readinstead.bsky.social) (2021 Contrary Magazine) tinyurl.com/33tvk74s
Three Poems by Jared Beloff | Contrary Magazine
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November 20, 2024 at 5:42 PM
How do we calibrate the "frequencies of our loss"? Three stunning prose poems of personal and ecological loss from Jared Beloff.
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November 10, 2023 at 12:00 PM
A fine riff on anxiety, almost coping.
My prose poem “My Friend Tells Me My Brain is Like a Hollywood Movie” is live on Rust & Moth. Grateful to the editors! Let me know what you think! 💕 🍿 🎥 🎦 #poetry
My Friend Tells Me My Brain is Like a Hollywood Movie | Rust & Moth
I’m at the gym when a strong thunderstorm rolls through, rain angry-lashing the asphalt and I look up, consider the building’s height—am I strong enough to cling to the rafters when the deluge c...
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November 10, 2023 at 3:35 PM
A fine riff on anxiety, almost coping.
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It is a serious thing just to be alive ✨️
November 10, 2023 at 3:18 PM
It is a serious thing just to be alive ✨️
Love the way the lines of thought bend and converge in this poem.
Really grateful to everyone at The Shore for including a poem from my series based on Francesca Woodman’s work in their stellar new issue 19. 🙏🏻 www.theshorepoetry.org/jack-b-bedel...
Jack B Bedell "Crux" — THE SHORE
www.theshorepoetry.org
September 22, 2023 at 3:57 PM
Love the way the lines of thought bend and converge in this poem.
In a bookstore, writing & a woman asks if we can talk. As her story unfolds--pain of dislocation (from south India to Queens to Rochester), loneliness of a cancer journey, desire to cling to faith that religions teaches us "to harm no one"--her sadness lifts a little. We all just want to be heard.
September 4, 2023 at 2:44 PM
In a bookstore, writing & a woman asks if we can talk. As her story unfolds--pain of dislocation (from south India to Queens to Rochester), loneliness of a cancer journey, desire to cling to faith that religions teaches us "to harm no one"--her sadness lifts a little. We all just want to be heard.
Trait shared by ideological & narcissistic imaginations: the need to deny the reality of anything or person who does not fit their narrative. Labelling a grieving mother an actress is a way of refusing to acknowledge one's own inhumane obsessions/lack of human empathy.
September 4, 2023 at 2:33 PM
Trait shared by ideological & narcissistic imaginations: the need to deny the reality of anything or person who does not fit their narrative. Labelling a grieving mother an actress is a way of refusing to acknowledge one's own inhumane obsessions/lack of human empathy.
"I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once the hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain." James Baldwin, Notes from a Native Son
September 4, 2023 at 2:30 PM
"I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once the hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain." James Baldwin, Notes from a Native Son
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Here's some heartbreaking, heartmending beauty: @readinstead.bsky.social's Who Will Cradle Your Head? reviewed by @lmwoolsey.bsky.social for Plume Poetry.
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Jared Beloff's "Who Will Cradle Your Head" reviewed by Linda Mills Woolsey - Plume
Jared Beloff’s Who Will Cradle Your Head? reviewed by Linda Mills Woolsey Who Will Cradle Your Head? ELJ Editions, Ltd., 2023 ISBN: 978-1-942004-52-3 In A Sand County Almanac (1949), Aldo Leop...
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September 1, 2023 at 8:39 PM
Here's some heartbreaking, heartmending beauty: @readinstead.bsky.social's Who Will Cradle Your Head? reviewed by @lmwoolsey.bsky.social for Plume Poetry.
plumepoetry.com/jared-beloff...
plumepoetry.com/jared-beloff...
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Lauren Camp and Jennifer Sutherland’s poetry book launch is tomorrow @ 7pm EDT! Email media@riverriverbooks.org for meeting code. 🎙️✨ #poetry
We are so excited to host our first ever POETRY LAUNCH for River River Books authors Lauren Camp and Jennifer A Sutherland on Fridays, Sept 1, 7pm EDT! There will be door prizes! And poems! It’s a party! Email your RSVP to us at riverriverbooksevents@gmail.com to receive a link and code. #poetry
August 31, 2023 at 8:38 PM
Lauren Camp and Jennifer Sutherland’s poetry book launch is tomorrow @ 7pm EDT! Email media@riverriverbooks.org for meeting code. 🎙️✨ #poetry
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Places open for subs today:
AGNI
River Teeth
The Kenyon Review
The Cincinnati Review
New England Review
The Southern Review
The Yale Review
Bellevue Literary Review
AGNI
River Teeth
The Kenyon Review
The Cincinnati Review
New England Review
The Southern Review
The Yale Review
Bellevue Literary Review
September 1, 2023 at 5:11 PM
Places open for subs today:
AGNI
River Teeth
The Kenyon Review
The Cincinnati Review
New England Review
The Southern Review
The Yale Review
Bellevue Literary Review
AGNI
River Teeth
The Kenyon Review
The Cincinnati Review
New England Review
The Southern Review
The Yale Review
Bellevue Literary Review
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I'm delighted to share that I have donated half of the amount that I received from my settlement with the British Museum to Modern Poetry in Translation.
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Announcement of MPT partnership with Yilin Wang – new MPT Labs series - Modern Poetry in Translati...
Modern Poetry in Translation is delighted to announce a partnership between ourselves and writer-translator Yilin Wang, thanks to Yilin’s kind generosity. We intend the resulting MPT Labs (workshops...
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August 29, 2023 at 5:56 PM
I'm delighted to share that I have donated half of the amount that I received from my settlement with the British Museum to Modern Poetry in Translation.
modernpoetryintranslation.com/announcement...
modernpoetryintranslation.com/announcement...
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hello. friends
THE DEADLANDS is once again open to submissions.
fiction | poetry | nonfiction
send us your deathy works.
ALL the info you need is on the guidelines page:
**if you 🖤 please repost/quote post to help spread the word across these vast Alivelands...
THE DEADLANDS is once again open to submissions.
fiction | poetry | nonfiction
send us your deathy works.
ALL the info you need is on the guidelines page:
**if you 🖤 please repost/quote post to help spread the word across these vast Alivelands...
Guidelines - The Deadlands
This is the dead landThis is cactus landHere the stone imagesAre raised, here they receiveThe supplication of a dead man's handUnder the twinkle of a fading
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September 1, 2023 at 2:00 PM
hello. friends
THE DEADLANDS is once again open to submissions.
fiction | poetry | nonfiction
send us your deathy works.
ALL the info you need is on the guidelines page:
**if you 🖤 please repost/quote post to help spread the word across these vast Alivelands...
THE DEADLANDS is once again open to submissions.
fiction | poetry | nonfiction
send us your deathy works.
ALL the info you need is on the guidelines page:
**if you 🖤 please repost/quote post to help spread the word across these vast Alivelands...
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We're open for submissions! Send us environmental speculative fiction & non-fiction. We put a lot of care into the publishing process and our reviews, award noms and wins demonstrate this. We are writers who care about writers. Find more info here: www.stelliform.press/index.php/su...
September 1, 2023 at 2:14 PM
We're open for submissions! Send us environmental speculative fiction & non-fiction. We put a lot of care into the publishing process and our reviews, award noms and wins demonstrate this. We are writers who care about writers. Find more info here: www.stelliform.press/index.php/su...
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Huge thanks to Shome Dasgupta for posting this on the other site: "Here are some literary journals opening up for submissions at some point in September! Genres vary—please note that some of these journals have fees & that these are all tentative dates."
August 19, 2023 at 1:48 PM
Huge thanks to Shome Dasgupta for posting this on the other site: "Here are some literary journals opening up for submissions at some point in September! Genres vary—please note that some of these journals have fees & that these are all tentative dates."
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As his alarm sounded the Minotaur realized he had no love left for guarding the maze the rest of his life. Things needed to change. #grickledoodle #minotaur #maze #change #life #cartoon #art #drawing #funny
August 31, 2023 at 3:10 PM
As his alarm sounded the Minotaur realized he had no love left for guarding the maze the rest of his life. Things needed to change. #grickledoodle #minotaur #maze #change #life #cartoon #art #drawing #funny
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Would anyone be interested in a zoom version of my Philosophy & Fiction creative writing workshop?
Approx. 1 hour.
Pay what you can to make it available to all.
A little philosophy, writing tips, a whole chunk of prompts.
#philsky #academicsky #sf
Approx. 1 hour.
Pay what you can to make it available to all.
A little philosophy, writing tips, a whole chunk of prompts.
#philsky #academicsky #sf
August 31, 2023 at 5:39 PM
Would anyone be interested in a zoom version of my Philosophy & Fiction creative writing workshop?
Approx. 1 hour.
Pay what you can to make it available to all.
A little philosophy, writing tips, a whole chunk of prompts.
#philsky #academicsky #sf
Approx. 1 hour.
Pay what you can to make it available to all.
A little philosophy, writing tips, a whole chunk of prompts.
#philsky #academicsky #sf
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There’s an incredible story about Dungeons & Dragons players on death row in today’s NYT, from Keri Blakinger. Well-reported, compassionate, and keen to the kinds of wonder and companionship that can be found in the hardest places.
The Dungeons & Dragons Players of Death Row
For a group of men in a Texas prison, the fantasy game became a lifeline — to their imaginations, and to one another.
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August 31, 2023 at 3:19 PM
There’s an incredible story about Dungeons & Dragons players on death row in today’s NYT, from Keri Blakinger. Well-reported, compassionate, and keen to the kinds of wonder and companionship that can be found in the hardest places.
Jane Hirshfield in Sept/Oct Poets & Writers: "To write poetry is to cultivate surprise. Any good poem will have surprise in its pocket." #writing
August 30, 2023 at 8:25 PM
Jane Hirshfield in Sept/Oct Poets & Writers: "To write poetry is to cultivate surprise. Any good poem will have surprise in its pocket." #writing
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PAID WRITING OPPORTUNITY: @unbounders are looking for essays for #OneinFive - an anthology about the realities of living in poverty. They are particularly keen to hear from writers of colour. £200 per essay. E-mail aliya@unbound.co.uk for more information. unbound.com/books/one-in...
August 29, 2023 at 4:19 PM
PAID WRITING OPPORTUNITY: @unbounders are looking for essays for #OneinFive - an anthology about the realities of living in poverty. They are particularly keen to hear from writers of colour. £200 per essay. E-mail aliya@unbound.co.uk for more information. unbound.com/books/one-in...
When things pile up in life--husband's cancer, challenges of being HOH in a hearing world, slow healing of a hip injury--writing feels like pushing against a door with something heavy blocking it--a body? a bureau? Maybe this morning I will push into a sliver of light. #writing
August 29, 2023 at 2:49 PM
When things pile up in life--husband's cancer, challenges of being HOH in a hearing world, slow healing of a hip injury--writing feels like pushing against a door with something heavy blocking it--a body? a bureau? Maybe this morning I will push into a sliver of light. #writing
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“You ought to know
I’m never weeding, on my knees, pulling
clumps of clover from the flower beds: in fact
I’m looking for courage, for some evidence
my life will change”
—Louise Glück
I’m never weeding, on my knees, pulling
clumps of clover from the flower beds: in fact
I’m looking for courage, for some evidence
my life will change”
—Louise Glück
August 29, 2023 at 4:31 AM
“You ought to know
I’m never weeding, on my knees, pulling
clumps of clover from the flower beds: in fact
I’m looking for courage, for some evidence
my life will change”
—Louise Glück
I’m never weeding, on my knees, pulling
clumps of clover from the flower beds: in fact
I’m looking for courage, for some evidence
my life will change”
—Louise Glück
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On writing: 115. “Don’t bend; don’t water it down; don’t try to make it logical; don’t edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.” – Franz Kafka #writer(s)
August 29, 2023 at 11:13 AM
On writing: 115. “Don’t bend; don’t water it down; don’t try to make it logical; don’t edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.” – Franz Kafka #writer(s)