Marianne Worthington
@mworthington.bsky.social
I make poems sometimes. Editor at Still: The Journal. The Girl Singer: Poems (UP of KY 2021), words in Oxford American, Shenandoah, Calyx, Zone 3, Salvation South. Reformed college professor. . .
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The Girl Singer - The University Press of Kentucky
Feminism, Appalachian culture, and country music: three threads beautifully woven into one in Marianne Worthington's poetry collection The Girl Singer.The po...
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hello! My book of poems is The Girl Singer from University Press of Kentucky (2021), and my new book of poems is forthcoming from @bellepointpress.bsky.social in 2026! www.kentuckypress.com/978195056419...
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I love a Saturday issue drop because we can stay in our pajamas, drink coffee, and READ all morning! I hope you LOVE this spectacular NEW ISSUE of @splitlipthemag.bsky.social as much as I do. Thank you to our contributors & staff for all the work & love that went into making this issue shine! 💫
Our NOVEMBER ISSUE is hot off the press. ✨
WORDS by @srirachachang.bsky.social, Chloe Alberta, @dianezinna.bsky.social, & Stella Wong.
ART by Danielle Shandiin Emerson.
PLUS A.D. Lauren-Abunassar interviews @jessemechanic.bsky.social.
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WORDS by @srirachachang.bsky.social, Chloe Alberta, @dianezinna.bsky.social, & Stella Wong.
ART by Danielle Shandiin Emerson.
PLUS A.D. Lauren-Abunassar interviews @jessemechanic.bsky.social.
buff.ly/PLKRM5J
November 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I love a Saturday issue drop because we can stay in our pajamas, drink coffee, and READ all morning! I hope you LOVE this spectacular NEW ISSUE of @splitlipthemag.bsky.social as much as I do. Thank you to our contributors & staff for all the work & love that went into making this issue shine! 💫
Thrilled to offer this poetry workshop in support of the mission of Backwoods Literary Press. Come write with me on December 10! Register here and pay what you can shorturl.at/zWw2q
November 11, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Thrilled to offer this poetry workshop in support of the mission of Backwoods Literary Press. Come write with me on December 10! Register here and pay what you can shorturl.at/zWw2q
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Cincinnati, see you next weekend at Books By The Banks
November 6, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Cincinnati, see you next weekend at Books By The Banks
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Perugia’s annual prize is open for subs through 11/15 (2 MORE WEEKS) for what will be our 30th collection. Open to women poets, inclusive of gender-expansive identities, who have not published more than one full-length collection. Full guidelines & info in bio. We look forward to reading your work!
November 1, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Perugia’s annual prize is open for subs through 11/15 (2 MORE WEEKS) for what will be our 30th collection. Open to women poets, inclusive of gender-expansive identities, who have not published more than one full-length collection. Full guidelines & info in bio. We look forward to reading your work!
Look at my mail! Congrats, @upfromsumdirt.bsky.social !! I'm so happy to have your new collection. (Also, I have poems in this issue of Appalachian Review. You can read them online, but please think about supporting them with a subscription if you can: appalachianreview.net/2025/03/19/t...)
October 14, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Look at my mail! Congrats, @upfromsumdirt.bsky.social !! I'm so happy to have your new collection. (Also, I have poems in this issue of Appalachian Review. You can read them online, but please think about supporting them with a subscription if you can: appalachianreview.net/2025/03/19/t...)
So thrilled that Kathleen Driskell is featured on The Slowdown Show this morning. Her poem is from her new collection, Goat-Footed Gods, first published in Still: The Journal last year. www.slowdownshow.org/episode/2025...
1369: Six Hours Lost, Land Between the Lakes by Kathleen Driskell
Today’s poem is Six Hours Lost, Land Between the Lakes by Kathleen Driskell.
www.slowdownshow.org
October 8, 2025 at 1:59 PM
So thrilled that Kathleen Driskell is featured on The Slowdown Show this morning. Her poem is from her new collection, Goat-Footed Gods, first published in Still: The Journal last year. www.slowdownshow.org/episode/2025...
A new book club opportunity from Belle Point Press! @bellepointpress.bsky.social bellepointpress.substack.com/p/backlist-b...
Backlist Book Club
Introducing a new program at Belle Point Press
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September 25, 2025 at 1:36 PM
A new book club opportunity from Belle Point Press! @bellepointpress.bsky.social bellepointpress.substack.com/p/backlist-b...
Ooh! I'm so excited to be teaching this new class for The Makery at Hindman Settlement School in November. I hope you can think about joining me! hindman.org/events/poems...
The Makery: Poems of Hurt and Healing: Reading + Practice - Hindman Settlement School
This course combines generative writing and discussion using a book in common. Raye Hendrix’s poetry collection What Good Is Heaven will be our model for writing and reading poems that hurt us and hea...
hindman.org
August 26, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Ooh! I'm so excited to be teaching this new class for The Makery at Hindman Settlement School in November. I hope you can think about joining me! hindman.org/events/poems...
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The MAGA movement is focused on touting only the exceptional parts of our past “because having to look too closely at the disturbing parts of American history would mean having to look closely at the disturbing parts of themselves,” Clint Smith argues:
Actually, Slavery Was Very Bad
The president’s latest criticism of museums is a thinly veiled attempt to erase Black history.
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August 22, 2025 at 3:15 PM
The MAGA movement is focused on touting only the exceptional parts of our past “because having to look too closely at the disturbing parts of American history would mean having to look closely at the disturbing parts of themselves,” Clint Smith argues:
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The President cannot commandeer any local law enforcement.
The President does not run the Smithsonian.
The monthly BLS jobs report is required by law.
Release the Epstein files.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
The President does not run the Smithsonian.
The monthly BLS jobs report is required by law.
Release the Epstein files.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
August 13, 2025 at 2:09 PM
The President cannot commandeer any local law enforcement.
The President does not run the Smithsonian.
The monthly BLS jobs report is required by law.
Release the Epstein files.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
The President does not run the Smithsonian.
The monthly BLS jobs report is required by law.
Release the Epstein files.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
I'm so excited to be reading with Belle Townsend at the next Hill Writers Collective on August 23. But it's not just a reading: it's a whole thing with writing prompts and audience sharing. I hope you'll come. Here's the link to register: marianneworthingtonbelletownsend.eventbrite.com
August 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I'm so excited to be reading with Belle Townsend at the next Hill Writers Collective on August 23. But it's not just a reading: it's a whole thing with writing prompts and audience sharing. I hope you'll come. Here's the link to register: marianneworthingtonbelletownsend.eventbrite.com
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A British crow is asking passersby if they're alright.
August 2, 2025 at 6:12 PM
A British crow is asking passersby if they're alright.
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Today's Feature:
Two poems from the Like a Hammer: Poets on Mass Incarceration anthology published by @haymarketbooks.org: "Break from Madness" by Kennedy A. Gisege & "Sometimes I Wonder If God Really Fuck with Me Like That" by Sin à Tes Souhaits
Read here: poems.com/poem/two-poe...
Two poems from the Like a Hammer: Poets on Mass Incarceration anthology published by @haymarketbooks.org: "Break from Madness" by Kennedy A. Gisege & "Sometimes I Wonder If God Really Fuck with Me Like That" by Sin à Tes Souhaits
Read here: poems.com/poem/two-poe...
poems.com
July 30, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Today's Feature:
Two poems from the Like a Hammer: Poets on Mass Incarceration anthology published by @haymarketbooks.org: "Break from Madness" by Kennedy A. Gisege & "Sometimes I Wonder If God Really Fuck with Me Like That" by Sin à Tes Souhaits
Read here: poems.com/poem/two-poe...
Two poems from the Like a Hammer: Poets on Mass Incarceration anthology published by @haymarketbooks.org: "Break from Madness" by Kennedy A. Gisege & "Sometimes I Wonder If God Really Fuck with Me Like That" by Sin à Tes Souhaits
Read here: poems.com/poem/two-poe...
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Wowwee @hubcitypress.bsky.social is OPEN this weekend for single-narrative nonfiction! This is my time, my favorite stuff! Can be personal, reportage, memoir, cultural criticism, history, or a blend of the above. Ends at midnight on Sunday. Drop any questions below.
hubcity.submittable.com/submit
hubcity.submittable.com/submit
Hub City Press & Writers Project Submission Manager
Hub City Press, the publishing arm of the Hub City Writers Project, publishes books of literary fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, regional nonfiction, nature, and art. We are seeking new and extra...
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July 11, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Wowwee @hubcitypress.bsky.social is OPEN this weekend for single-narrative nonfiction! This is my time, my favorite stuff! Can be personal, reportage, memoir, cultural criticism, history, or a blend of the above. Ends at midnight on Sunday. Drop any questions below.
hubcity.submittable.com/submit
hubcity.submittable.com/submit
Kentucky State Poetry Society sponsors two poetry contests, and the deadline is coming at the end of July. Bernard Clay will judge the open contest (for any US poet), and Elaine Palencia will judge the contest for KSPS members. Details here: kystatepoetrysociety.org/poetry-conte...
July 11, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Kentucky State Poetry Society sponsors two poetry contests, and the deadline is coming at the end of July. Bernard Clay will judge the open contest (for any US poet), and Elaine Palencia will judge the contest for KSPS members. Details here: kystatepoetrysociety.org/poetry-conte...
The Kentucky State Poetry Society has two contests for poets. Both members and non-members of KSPS can enter, and when you do, you support the vital work KSPS offers the Commonwealth & beyond. Here's all the details: kystatepoetrysociety.org/poetry-conte...
Send us your poems. Deadline is July 31.
Send us your poems. Deadline is July 31.
Contests
Adult Contests SUBMISSIONS OPEN NOW! DEADLINE: JULY 31, 2025. We have two contests adults are eligble for. Grand Prix Poetry Contest: Open to all U.S. poets aged 18 and above, this contest welcomes…
kystatepoetrysociety.org
July 3, 2025 at 2:39 PM
The Kentucky State Poetry Society has two contests for poets. Both members and non-members of KSPS can enter, and when you do, you support the vital work KSPS offers the Commonwealth & beyond. Here's all the details: kystatepoetrysociety.org/poetry-conte...
Send us your poems. Deadline is July 31.
Send us your poems. Deadline is July 31.
So happy to see @williamwoolfitt.bsky.social’s poem up today at @poetrydaily.bsky.social !!
@bellepointpress.bsky.social
poems.com/poem/dry-run...
@bellepointpress.bsky.social
poems.com/poem/dry-run...
Dry Run Creek
malformed calves foaming at the mouth a creek that bubbles
poems.com
June 21, 2025 at 9:17 PM
So happy to see @williamwoolfitt.bsky.social’s poem up today at @poetrydaily.bsky.social !!
@bellepointpress.bsky.social
poems.com/poem/dry-run...
@bellepointpress.bsky.social
poems.com/poem/dry-run...
Do you have a favorite Brian Wilson composition? I love this one. It's got everything: a fugue at the end, unique melody, and that tamborine! RIP Brian Wilson. www.youtube.com/watch?v=u90b...
God Only Knows (Remastered 1999)
YouTube video by The Beach Boys - Topic
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June 11, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Do you have a favorite Brian Wilson composition? I love this one. It's got everything: a fugue at the end, unique melody, and that tamborine! RIP Brian Wilson. www.youtube.com/watch?v=u90b...
I'm so excited to be teaching another class sponsored by The Carnegie Center on August 7. It's a 2-hour online (Zoom) generative class on writing place in poetry. Cost is $35, (cheap!) and I would love to see you there. Here's the details: carnegiecenterlex.org/class/writin...
Writing Place in Poetry (ONLINE) – Summer 2025 - Carnegie Center
“Writing Place: A generative poetry class” welcomes all levels of poets/writers who want to explore how setting, context, memory, and lived experiences can be communicated in poems. We’ll study model ...
carnegiecenterlex.org
May 29, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I'm so excited to be teaching another class sponsored by The Carnegie Center on August 7. It's a 2-hour online (Zoom) generative class on writing place in poetry. Cost is $35, (cheap!) and I would love to see you there. Here's the details: carnegiecenterlex.org/class/writin...
Last call for registration. We're writing this Thursday, May 8: carnegiecenterlex.org/class/prosin...
Prosing Your Way Through Poetry: Writing the Prose Poem (ONLINE) – Spring 2025 - Carnegie Center
The prose poem as we know it today was “invented” as a type of subversive activity: to escape the rules of strict meter and rhyme that defined most poetry in […]
carnegiecenterlex.org
May 5, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Last call for registration. We're writing this Thursday, May 8: carnegiecenterlex.org/class/prosin...
@hanvanderhart.bsky.social's poem @poetrydaily.bsky.social from yesterday (yeah, I'm behind a day) is such an excellent model of living with ambiguity and mystery. ❤️ poems.com/poem/invocat...
Invocation
I do not know whether it is morning or mourning
poems.com
April 14, 2025 at 2:13 PM
@hanvanderhart.bsky.social's poem @poetrydaily.bsky.social from yesterday (yeah, I'm behind a day) is such an excellent model of living with ambiguity and mystery. ❤️ poems.com/poem/invocat...
New issue of SOUTHERN HUMANITIES REVIEW is out and I’ve got a poem there thanks to editors Rose McLarney and @jdpaden.bsky.social. Please consider supporting with a purchase. I’m so grateful to be next to writers I love and admire in this issue! www.southernhumanitiesreview.com/581-hunters-...
58.1 Hunter's Moon by Marianne Worthington
SOUTHERN HUMANITIES REVIEW
www.southernhumanitiesreview.com
April 11, 2025 at 6:03 PM
New issue of SOUTHERN HUMANITIES REVIEW is out and I’ve got a poem there thanks to editors Rose McLarney and @jdpaden.bsky.social. Please consider supporting with a purchase. I’m so grateful to be next to writers I love and admire in this issue! www.southernhumanitiesreview.com/581-hunters-...
I'm honored to be teaching in The Makery via Hindman Settlement School again! Join my 3-week course on writing in form. All are welcome--useful to those of us new to poetry as well as those of us who have more experience and want to sharpen craft skills. Details: hindman.org/themakery/
The Makery - Hindman Settlement School
The Makery ONLINE WRITING STUDIO Offering three-week intensive online writing courses. The Makery at Hindman Settlement School is an online studio designed to nurture your imagination in a neighborly, supportive community. Inside The Makery, you’ll find opportunities to study with Guggenheim Fellows, Yale’s Younger Poets, Poets Laureate, Weatherford and Chaffin Award recipients, acclaimed editors, intrepid … The Makery Read More »
hindman.org
April 7, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I'm honored to be teaching in The Makery via Hindman Settlement School again! Join my 3-week course on writing in form. All are welcome--useful to those of us new to poetry as well as those of us who have more experience and want to sharpen craft skills. Details: hindman.org/themakery/
I'm so glad two of my centos (for people I dearly loved in this life) have found a beautiful home at Appalachian Review, with thanks to editor @jasonkylehoward.bsky.social !! appalachianreview.net/2025/03/19/t...
Two Centos by Marianne Worthington – Appalachian Review
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April 3, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I'm so glad two of my centos (for people I dearly loved in this life) have found a beautiful home at Appalachian Review, with thanks to editor @jasonkylehoward.bsky.social !! appalachianreview.net/2025/03/19/t...
So happy to read @nicolecallihan.bsky.social's poem at poets.org this morning! poets.org/poem/summer-...
Summer Elegy
That you will leave, like all / things leave, that you have left,
poets.org
March 25, 2025 at 2:35 PM
So happy to read @nicolecallihan.bsky.social's poem at poets.org this morning! poets.org/poem/summer-...