Audrey Hall
@mylifeiswrite.bsky.social
poet, scholar, megafauna enthusiast. poems in Atlanta Review, Cola Literary Review, Okay Donkey, Alaska Quarterly Review, and others.
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Audrey Hall
@mylifeiswrite.bsky.social
· Oct 14
Thrilled for this poem’s publication with Cola Literary Review 🥳 My thanks as well to Peg Boyers with the NY State Summer Writers Institute whose prompt brought this poem to life!
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"I start drawing the spiral on the back of my hand in crusty ballpoint pen, refreshing it whenever it fades, so when the aliens come back they'll know right away who to trust."
"Spirals" by @narwhallington.bsky.social, new flash fiction out today at OKD:
"Spirals" by @narwhallington.bsky.social, new flash fiction out today at OKD:
Spirals by Natalie Wallington
I am nine when I see the lights in the sky. I crow to Mom from the back seat that there’s a triangle over the field, moving away from us. She says she needs to keep her eyes on the road, but …
okaydonkeymag.com
October 31, 2025 at 3:05 PM
"I start drawing the spiral on the back of my hand in crusty ballpoint pen, refreshing it whenever it fades, so when the aliens come back they'll know right away who to trust."
"Spirals" by @narwhallington.bsky.social, new flash fiction out today at OKD:
"Spirals" by @narwhallington.bsky.social, new flash fiction out today at OKD:
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It’s a great day to send us your ✨chapbook manuscript!✨
🚨🚨 By extremely popular
demand, The Sarabande Chapbook Prize is back! During the month of October, we're reading your poetry and hybrid chapbook submissions. One winner selected by the editors will be awarded publication, $1000, and a standard royalty contract.
Details and past winners in bio!
demand, The Sarabande Chapbook Prize is back! During the month of October, we're reading your poetry and hybrid chapbook submissions. One winner selected by the editors will be awarded publication, $1000, and a standard royalty contract.
Details and past winners in bio!
October 15, 2025 at 4:21 PM
It’s a great day to send us your ✨chapbook manuscript!✨
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
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Happy Halloween, from us, and Katherine Oung, and the blood moon!!
👻 🎃 🩸 🌑 💀
https://www.havehashad.com/ll0sy
👻 🎃 🩸 🌑 💀
https://www.havehashad.com/ll0sy
October 31, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Happy Halloween, from us, and Katherine Oung, and the blood moon!!
👻 🎃 🩸 🌑 💀
https://www.havehashad.com/ll0sy
👻 🎃 🩸 🌑 💀
https://www.havehashad.com/ll0sy
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"Perhaps in the distance waves sweep across the sand, or someone walks barefoot on the floor above. "
A poem by 𝗡𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝗭𝘂́𝗻̃𝗶𝗴𝗮 (transl. 𝗠𝗲𝗴 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗿) in the Fall 2025 issue
bit.ly/AmsterdamReview
#poetry #poetrycommunity #translation
A poem by 𝗡𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝗭𝘂́𝗻̃𝗶𝗴𝗮 (transl. 𝗠𝗲𝗴 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗿) in the Fall 2025 issue
bit.ly/AmsterdamReview
#poetry #poetrycommunity #translation
October 31, 2025 at 3:52 PM
"Perhaps in the distance waves sweep across the sand, or someone walks barefoot on the floor above. "
A poem by 𝗡𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝗭𝘂́𝗻̃𝗶𝗴𝗮 (transl. 𝗠𝗲𝗴 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗿) in the Fall 2025 issue
bit.ly/AmsterdamReview
#poetry #poetrycommunity #translation
A poem by 𝗡𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝗭𝘂́𝗻̃𝗶𝗴𝗮 (transl. 𝗠𝗲𝗴 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗿) in the Fall 2025 issue
bit.ly/AmsterdamReview
#poetry #poetrycommunity #translation
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The entire point of doing reviews is for us, the scholars, to THINK and read, and write and learn at the same time.
Why are we devaluing all of that in academia?
Shameful piece.
Why are we devaluing all of that in academia?
Shameful piece.
New @nature.com, ever feel like it takes way too long for you to peer-review a manuscript? AI, plus some voice-control tools, may be able to help. By Dritjon Gruda 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Three AI-powered steps to faster, smarter peer review
Tired of spending countless hours on peer reviews? An AI-assisted workflow could help.
www.nature.com
March 5, 2025 at 1:09 PM
The entire point of doing reviews is for us, the scholars, to THINK and read, and write and learn at the same time.
Why are we devaluing all of that in academia?
Shameful piece.
Why are we devaluing all of that in academia?
Shameful piece.
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Psst: 👇
Target is facing a 40-day consumer boycott starting Wednesday over the company’s shift away from diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies.
A 40-day Target boycott starts today. It couldn’t come at a worse time for the company | CNN Business
Target is facing a 40-day consumer boycott starting Wednesday over the company’s shift away from diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies.
www.cnn.com
March 5, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Psst: 👇
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Today on #BetwixtTheSheets I am talking to the utterly spectacular Emily Van Duyne about her research on the legendary poet, Sylvia Plath.
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November 8, 2024 at 10:45 PM
Today on #BetwixtTheSheets I am talking to the utterly spectacular Emily Van Duyne about her research on the legendary poet, Sylvia Plath.
shows.acast.com/betwixt-the-...
shows.acast.com/betwixt-the-...
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LOVING SYLVIA PLATH by Emily Van Duyne appeared on @readbookpage.bsky.social's list of 12 best biographies of 2024.
Available now wherever books are sold.
wwnorton.com/books/loving...
Available now wherever books are sold.
wwnorton.com/books/loving...
December 18, 2024 at 9:07 PM
LOVING SYLVIA PLATH by Emily Van Duyne appeared on @readbookpage.bsky.social's list of 12 best biographies of 2024.
Available now wherever books are sold.
wwnorton.com/books/loving...
Available now wherever books are sold.
wwnorton.com/books/loving...
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the millennial experience of living in America
February 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
the millennial experience of living in America
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The first Senators to actually do anything about the Trump admin
NEW - Ottawa Senators fans booed the American national anthem at the beginning of tonight’s hockey game.
February 2, 2025 at 1:07 AM
The first Senators to actually do anything about the Trump admin
I would love some recommendations for ecologically and environmentally-focused poems, poets, and collections! Anyone got anything for me?
February 2, 2025 at 5:18 AM
I would love some recommendations for ecologically and environmentally-focused poems, poets, and collections! Anyone got anything for me?
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yeet | interjection | used to express surprise, approval, or excited enthusiasm
February 2, 2025 at 4:51 AM
yeet | interjection | used to express surprise, approval, or excited enthusiasm
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May this pup bring you good luck
February 2, 2025 at 3:58 AM
May this pup bring you good luck
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THIS (some of) IS WHAT CLERGY ARE TO DO NOW
(video at link)
You don't cozy up to power
You speak prophetic truth to those who have power when you have the mic
You use your voice and position to demand moral reckoning, safety, care, love, protection.
YOU. TAKE. RISKS.
It's your damn job.
(video at link)
You don't cozy up to power
You speak prophetic truth to those who have power when you have the mic
You use your voice and position to demand moral reckoning, safety, care, love, protection.
YOU. TAKE. RISKS.
It's your damn job.
Bishop at inaugural service pleads for Trump to ‘have mercy' on LGBTQ people, migrants
At the inaugural prayer service, the Right Rev. Mariann Budde, the Episcopal bishop of Washington, made a direct appeal to President Donald Trump to have mercy on the LGBTQ community and undocumented ...
www.nbcwashington.com
January 21, 2025 at 11:35 PM
THIS (some of) IS WHAT CLERGY ARE TO DO NOW
(video at link)
You don't cozy up to power
You speak prophetic truth to those who have power when you have the mic
You use your voice and position to demand moral reckoning, safety, care, love, protection.
YOU. TAKE. RISKS.
It's your damn job.
(video at link)
You don't cozy up to power
You speak prophetic truth to those who have power when you have the mic
You use your voice and position to demand moral reckoning, safety, care, love, protection.
YOU. TAKE. RISKS.
It's your damn job.
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they should invent unprecedented times that are good
January 21, 2025 at 10:46 PM
they should invent unprecedented times that are good
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the world feels impossibly heavy for all *the reasons* and a few more, but there's always Wendy Cope's lovely poem
January 21, 2025 at 7:50 PM
the world feels impossibly heavy for all *the reasons* and a few more, but there's always Wendy Cope's lovely poem
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Over the course of the year, I looked through hundreds of poetry books to write my monthly roundups for @literaryhub.bsky.social. It was immensely rewarding and pleasurable and time-consuming. I approached each book I reviewed as a conundrum to be transformed into a reflection of some kernel
.@davidwoo.bsky.social looks back on 2024’s best poetry collections (and shares new poetry recommendations for December).
Some of Our Favorite Poetry Collections of the Year
If a moral catastrophe and a sense of impending disorder have befallen our country, this moment differs from the modernist era, when some important writers found common ground with the fascism of t…
buff.ly
December 5, 2024 at 2:53 PM
Over the course of the year, I looked through hundreds of poetry books to write my monthly roundups for @literaryhub.bsky.social. It was immensely rewarding and pleasurable and time-consuming. I approached each book I reviewed as a conundrum to be transformed into a reflection of some kernel
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Looking to do more poetry book reviews in 2025! If you’ve recently had a book published or have one forthcoming in the new year, please drop it in the replies! I’d love to consider your work and will reach out for an ARC if I think it’s a good fit! 🥰📚
December 11, 2024 at 7:59 PM
Looking to do more poetry book reviews in 2025! If you’ve recently had a book published or have one forthcoming in the new year, please drop it in the replies! I’d love to consider your work and will reach out for an ARC if I think it’s a good fit! 🥰📚
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"It's not a test, you say, but
what would you do with me
as a worm, as a single ice cube,
an escaping gas, a fleck of glitter
on your thumb. I know it's hard."
❤️🔥❤️🔥 today from Ashley Varela
https://www.havehashad.com/w58nc
what would you do with me
as a worm, as a single ice cube,
an escaping gas, a fleck of glitter
on your thumb. I know it's hard."
❤️🔥❤️🔥 today from Ashley Varela
https://www.havehashad.com/w58nc
The Test by Ashley Varela
It's not a test, you say, but what would you do with me as a worm, as a single ice cube, an escaping gas, a fleck of glitter on your thumb. I know it's hard. You couldn't introduce me,
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December 11, 2024 at 4:07 PM
"It's not a test, you say, but
what would you do with me
as a worm, as a single ice cube,
an escaping gas, a fleck of glitter
on your thumb. I know it's hard."
❤️🔥❤️🔥 today from Ashley Varela
https://www.havehashad.com/w58nc
what would you do with me
as a worm, as a single ice cube,
an escaping gas, a fleck of glitter
on your thumb. I know it's hard."
❤️🔥❤️🔥 today from Ashley Varela
https://www.havehashad.com/w58nc
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We lived in the house of poetry, which was also the house of love and grief; the house of solitude and art; the house of Jane’s depression and my cancers and Jane’s leukemia.
Donald Hall
Donald Hall
The Third Thing: Poet Donald Hall on the Secret to Lasting Love
“Third things are essential to marriages, objects or practices or habits or arts or institutions or games or human beings that provide a site of joint rapture or contentment.”
www.themarginalian.org
December 11, 2024 at 4:26 PM
We lived in the house of poetry, which was also the house of love and grief; the house of solitude and art; the house of Jane’s depression and my cancers and Jane’s leukemia.
Donald Hall
Donald Hall