Rebecca Lehmann
@rebeccaslehmann.bsky.social
Poet & novelist. Author of The Sweating Sickness & Ringer (University of Pittsburgh Press) & Between the Crackups (Salt). EIC @coupletpoetry.bsky.social Opinions my own.
I’m thrilled to announce my forthcoming novel, The Beheading Game, about my girl, Anne Boleyn 🎉🥳🍾🗡️
February 21, 2025 at 1:17 PM
I’m thrilled to announce my forthcoming novel, The Beheading Game, about my girl, Anne Boleyn 🎉🥳🍾🗡️
The Sweating Sickness got a mention in last weekend’s @nytbooks.bsky.social !!! @upittpress.bsky.social
February 19, 2025 at 2:07 PM
The Sweating Sickness got a mention in last weekend’s @nytbooks.bsky.social !!! @upittpress.bsky.social
Chicago!!! I am reading from The Sweating Sickness TONIGHT at 6:30pm at City Lit Books with @rubenq.bsky.social —come join us for an evening of poetry in the Windy City (but hopefully not too windy…).
February 19, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Chicago!!! I am reading from The Sweating Sickness TONIGHT at 6:30pm at City Lit Books with @rubenq.bsky.social —come join us for an evening of poetry in the Windy City (but hopefully not too windy…).
Valentine’s Day is a great day to order a copy of The Sweating Sickness, and dream about the spouse awaiting us all one day: death ☠️ University of Pittsburgh Press (link to order below)
@upittpress.bsky.social
@upittpress.bsky.social
February 14, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Valentine’s Day is a great day to order a copy of The Sweating Sickness, and dream about the spouse awaiting us all one day: death ☠️ University of Pittsburgh Press (link to order below)
@upittpress.bsky.social
@upittpress.bsky.social
It’s official!! The Sweating Sickness, my third book of poetry, is out today from @upittpress.bsky.social! I’m so proud of these poems, and hope you love them.
February 11, 2025 at 10:45 PM
It’s official!! The Sweating Sickness, my third book of poetry, is out today from @upittpress.bsky.social! I’m so proud of these poems, and hope you love them.
Let me get this straight: you can now literally take a shit in the halls of Congress, and it’s not a crime? Cool cool cool cool cool.
December 12, 2024 at 10:38 PM
Let me get this straight: you can now literally take a shit in the halls of Congress, and it’s not a crime? Cool cool cool cool cool.
For years I made inferior Chex mix; then I asked my dad, what’s your secret? Double butter, friends, double butter. Cheers.
December 1, 2024 at 9:24 PM
For years I made inferior Chex mix; then I asked my dad, what’s your secret? Double butter, friends, double butter. Cheers.
ARCs are in! The Sweating Sickness pubs from @upittpress.bsky.social in Feb. Reach out if you’d like a review copy, or to book a reading.
November 18, 2024 at 11:13 PM
ARCs are in! The Sweating Sickness pubs from @upittpress.bsky.social in Feb. Reach out if you’d like a review copy, or to book a reading.
Hi new followers! I’m a poet & novelist & parent. My 3rd book of poems, The Sweating Sickness, pubs in Feb from @upittpress.bsky.social. Hmu if you’d like an ARC to review or are looking for readers for a series. Topics include: pandemics, suicide, grief, parenting, fairytales, Mars, Van Halen &&&
November 17, 2024 at 8:47 PM
Hi new followers! I’m a poet & novelist & parent. My 3rd book of poems, The Sweating Sickness, pubs in Feb from @upittpress.bsky.social. Hmu if you’d like an ARC to review or are looking for readers for a series. Topics include: pandemics, suicide, grief, parenting, fairytales, Mars, Van Halen &&&
Weekend styles: baking muffins for this week’s breakfasts; Z matching the dog; never too early for cat Xmas tree shirt. Still to come: a face mask that promises to turn my under eye circles into something less exhausted looking lol
November 17, 2024 at 8:40 PM
Weekend styles: baking muffins for this week’s breakfasts; Z matching the dog; never too early for cat Xmas tree shirt. Still to come: a face mask that promises to turn my under eye circles into something less exhausted looking lol
Hit me up if you’d like a review copy of The Sweating Sickness (out from University of Pittsburgh Press in Feb). Topics include: pandemics, domestic violence, suicide, parenting, Mars, fairytales, the wilderness, Eurydice, Van Halen & more. It’s my 3rd book & I think it’s pretty great ❤️
November 13, 2024 at 11:06 PM
Hit me up if you’d like a review copy of The Sweating Sickness (out from University of Pittsburgh Press in Feb). Topics include: pandemics, domestic violence, suicide, parenting, Mars, fairytales, the wilderness, Eurydice, Van Halen & more. It’s my 3rd book & I think it’s pretty great ❤️
It’s been a stressful week, so it’s scones Sunday. Don’t over mix the dough! Also hung my peace wreath because I will not be letting the bastards grind me down.
November 10, 2024 at 9:48 PM
It’s been a stressful week, so it’s scones Sunday. Don’t over mix the dough! Also hung my peace wreath because I will not be letting the bastards grind me down.
After 17 months and 10 drafts, I am DONE WITH THE NOVEL!!! 💃🏻🪩💃🏻🪩💃🏻
I’m going to start querying agents tomorrow. If you are or know an agent interested in historical fiction, speculative fiction, ghost stories, the Tudors broadly or Anne Boleyn specifically, PM me.
I’m going to start querying agents tomorrow. If you are or know an agent interested in historical fiction, speculative fiction, ghost stories, the Tudors broadly or Anne Boleyn specifically, PM me.
February 13, 2024 at 3:34 PM
After 17 months and 10 drafts, I am DONE WITH THE NOVEL!!! 💃🏻🪩💃🏻🪩💃🏻
I’m going to start querying agents tomorrow. If you are or know an agent interested in historical fiction, speculative fiction, ghost stories, the Tudors broadly or Anne Boleyn specifically, PM me.
I’m going to start querying agents tomorrow. If you are or know an agent interested in historical fiction, speculative fiction, ghost stories, the Tudors broadly or Anne Boleyn specifically, PM me.
Rachel Yoder’s Nightbitch probably won’t be the last book I read in ‘23, but it’s a great book to close out the year with. Excuse me while I turn into a dog…
December 15, 2023 at 12:38 PM
Rachel Yoder’s Nightbitch probably won’t be the last book I read in ‘23, but it’s a great book to close out the year with. Excuse me while I turn into a dog…
I have made an Anne Boleyn Christmas cookie.
December 3, 2023 at 11:12 PM
I have made an Anne Boleyn Christmas cookie.
Literally the perfect morning. Homemade stollen and coffee. Happy wintertide ❄️
December 3, 2023 at 1:18 PM
Literally the perfect morning. Homemade stollen and coffee. Happy wintertide ❄️
One of my best reads of 2023. I hope this books wins all the awards.
December 2, 2023 at 1:39 PM
One of my best reads of 2023. I hope this books wins all the awards.
THEY TRIED TO MAKE ME GO TO REHAB
I SAID NO NO NO
I SAID NO NO NO
December 2, 2023 at 1:52 AM
THEY TRIED TO MAKE ME GO TO REHAB
I SAID NO NO NO
I SAID NO NO NO
My in-laws’ annual fishing trip is in question due to a booking error which is sad because I was looking forward to another opportunity to defeat all the republicans at fishing.
December 1, 2023 at 8:32 PM
My in-laws’ annual fishing trip is in question due to a booking error which is sad because I was looking forward to another opportunity to defeat all the republicans at fishing.
Truly the best part of this novel are my Cromwell insults. Some of my finest writing. How can you not insult this lumpy frump man? He has a face that says Punish me.
December 1, 2023 at 8:14 PM
Truly the best part of this novel are my Cromwell insults. Some of my finest writing. How can you not insult this lumpy frump man? He has a face that says Punish me.
Research assistant…
November 28, 2023 at 3:10 PM
Research assistant…
I encourage you all to hang a Yule tide wheel in your houses, otherwise known as a wreath. Here’s mine:
November 26, 2023 at 2:48 PM
I encourage you all to hang a Yule tide wheel in your houses, otherwise known as a wreath. Here’s mine:
Green men carvings are also common in churches. And tbh who doesn’t want a pagan animistic fertility man riding alongside Christ during church service? Here is one of the most well known (and splendid), from Norwich Cathedral.
November 25, 2023 at 11:48 PM
Green men carvings are also common in churches. And tbh who doesn’t want a pagan animistic fertility man riding alongside Christ during church service? Here is one of the most well known (and splendid), from Norwich Cathedral.
Once you start digging into green man symbolism/legend you will not be able to stop seeing them. The Green Knight? Green man. Robin Hood? Green man. Jolly Green Giant in the Macy’s Parade? Green man. And my fave: this tile at my MIL’s front entrance (entrances r common places for green men)
November 25, 2023 at 11:43 PM
Once you start digging into green man symbolism/legend you will not be able to stop seeing them. The Green Knight? Green man. Robin Hood? Green man. Jolly Green Giant in the Macy’s Parade? Green man. And my fave: this tile at my MIL’s front entrance (entrances r common places for green men)
One of the best books I’ve read in 2023–Inciting Joy by Ross Gay. If you haven’t read it, do. These are grand, sweeping, smart, heartbreaking essays on love, grief, masculinity, mental health, race, gardening, resistance, and yes, joy, and how all those things tumble together and intersect 💜
November 21, 2023 at 1:18 PM
One of the best books I’ve read in 2023–Inciting Joy by Ross Gay. If you haven’t read it, do. These are grand, sweeping, smart, heartbreaking essays on love, grief, masculinity, mental health, race, gardening, resistance, and yes, joy, and how all those things tumble together and intersect 💜