Rachel Mennies
@rmennies.bsky.social
author of THE NAOMI LETTERS & THE GLAD HAND OF GOD POINTS BACKWARDS | assistant poetry and reviews editor, AGNI | poetry, also bread | she/her
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Rachel Mennies
@rmennies.bsky.social
· Nov 14
Copper Nickel | Practice Elegy
copper-nickel.org
I've got a new poem from the new-book-in-process live at Copper Nickel --
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Hear @rmennies.bsky.social read from The Naomi Letters (BOA Editions, 2021) on Episode 73: (Of the Sapphic Epistolary Tradition, Braiding Your Work With Others’, and Having It Out With Melancholy) here: share.transistor.fm/s/6b0120b3
June 11, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Hear @rmennies.bsky.social read from The Naomi Letters (BOA Editions, 2021) on Episode 73: (Of the Sapphic Epistolary Tradition, Braiding Your Work With Others’, and Having It Out With Melancholy) here: share.transistor.fm/s/6b0120b3
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Of letters between women, of Plath and Sexton, of the organizing principle of the seasons, of the purity of what we read (and teach), of mental health & documenting medications & radical texts on women’s sexuality & health & more.
Episode 73: Rachel Mennies is now live! 🎙️📚💙 @rmennies.bsky.social
Episode 73: Rachel Mennies is now live! 🎙️📚💙 @rmennies.bsky.social
Episode 73: Rachel Mennies (Of the Sapphic Epistolary Tradition, Braiding Your Work With Others’, and Having It Out With Melancholy)
Rachel Mennies, author of The Naomi Letters (BOA Editions, 2021) Listen: On Spotify, Apple, Google, and elsewhere Purchase: The Naomi Letters (BOA Editions, 2021) Read: “Practice Elegy”…
ofpoetrypodcast.com
June 10, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Of letters between women, of Plath and Sexton, of the organizing principle of the seasons, of the purity of what we read (and teach), of mental health & documenting medications & radical texts on women’s sexuality & health & more.
Episode 73: Rachel Mennies is now live! 🎙️📚💙 @rmennies.bsky.social
Episode 73: Rachel Mennies is now live! 🎙️📚💙 @rmennies.bsky.social
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17. Earl Grey Lavender & The Naomi Letters by Rachel Mennies (@rmennies.bsky.social) from @boa-editions.bsky.social
April 18, 2025 at 5:54 PM
17. Earl Grey Lavender & The Naomi Letters by Rachel Mennies (@rmennies.bsky.social) from @boa-editions.bsky.social
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✍️ AGNI at #AWP25 ✍️
👉 Reviews editor & assistant poetry editor @rmennies.bsky.social — The Personal Is Always Political — 1:45pm — buff.ly/v0aau6E
👉 Assistant poetry editor @izineh.bsky.social — The Politics of Imagining: Poetry as Social Practice — 3:20pm — buff.ly/bmrIBrz
👉 Reviews editor & assistant poetry editor @rmennies.bsky.social — The Personal Is Always Political — 1:45pm — buff.ly/v0aau6E
👉 Assistant poetry editor @izineh.bsky.social — The Politics of Imagining: Poetry as Social Practice — 3:20pm — buff.ly/bmrIBrz
buff.ly
March 28, 2025 at 7:01 PM
✍️ AGNI at #AWP25 ✍️
👉 Reviews editor & assistant poetry editor @rmennies.bsky.social — The Personal Is Always Political — 1:45pm — buff.ly/v0aau6E
👉 Assistant poetry editor @izineh.bsky.social — The Politics of Imagining: Poetry as Social Practice — 3:20pm — buff.ly/bmrIBrz
👉 Reviews editor & assistant poetry editor @rmennies.bsky.social — The Personal Is Always Political — 1:45pm — buff.ly/v0aau6E
👉 Assistant poetry editor @izineh.bsky.social — The Politics of Imagining: Poetry as Social Practice — 3:20pm — buff.ly/bmrIBrz
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I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service.
“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion
The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 28, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service.
“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
anyone know if/how today’s freeze announcement will/could affect NEA disbursements for recently awarded grants?
January 28, 2025 at 7:44 PM
anyone know if/how today’s freeze announcement will/could affect NEA disbursements for recently awarded grants?
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the chicago rat hole is now a small cheval
January 11, 2025 at 4:03 PM
the chicago rat hole is now a small cheval
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You can't understand what the 2000s were really like without realising that the official release Paris Hilton sextape opens with a tribute to the victims of 9/11
December 16, 2024 at 7:08 AM
You can't understand what the 2000s were really like without realising that the official release Paris Hilton sextape opens with a tribute to the victims of 9/11
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Racism! Check out the relationship between the integration of higher education and the decision to increase tuition and cut state support for colleges. Public goods were only good when serving a specific version of the public.
I will never stop being aghast that the United States built a higher education system that was literally the envy of the entire world—our bitterest political enemies nonetheless sent their children to us to be educated, it was so good—& then just decided to systematically, ruthlessly dismantle it
December 17, 2024 at 5:34 AM
Racism! Check out the relationship between the integration of higher education and the decision to increase tuition and cut state support for colleges. Public goods were only good when serving a specific version of the public.
heyo what poetry books are you buying this year for your buds? your family? the “non-poetry-readers” in your circles? this is one of my most beloved self-assigned tasks each holiday season & I want to know your favorite possibilities
December 17, 2024 at 2:30 PM
heyo what poetry books are you buying this year for your buds? your family? the “non-poetry-readers” in your circles? this is one of my most beloved self-assigned tasks each holiday season & I want to know your favorite possibilities
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All my life, I have measured my days by the gestures of a beloved.
—Rachel Mennies, from The Naomi Letters (BOA Editions, 2021)
—Rachel Mennies, from The Naomi Letters (BOA Editions, 2021)
December 15, 2024 at 9:47 PM
All my life, I have measured my days by the gestures of a beloved.
—Rachel Mennies, from The Naomi Letters (BOA Editions, 2021)
—Rachel Mennies, from The Naomi Letters (BOA Editions, 2021)
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This last long year has put everything we know and rely on under pressure. As the literary world starts to gather in solidarity, we at AGNI wish to thank our community for its generous support—it has steadied and heartened us.
December 15, 2024 at 8:40 PM
This last long year has put everything we know and rely on under pressure. As the literary world starts to gather in solidarity, we at AGNI wish to thank our community for its generous support—it has steadied and heartened us.
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If you love and miss Rachel Mennies @rmennies.bsky.social oh do we have good things in store for you at @ofpoetrypodcast.bsky.social 🎙️📚 💙 #poetry #podcast
December 15, 2024 at 3:11 PM
If you love and miss Rachel Mennies @rmennies.bsky.social oh do we have good things in store for you at @ofpoetrypodcast.bsky.social 🎙️📚 💙 #poetry #podcast
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Gaza Funds features a new fundraiser every time you reload the page: gazafunds.com
Gaza Funds Spotlight Campaign
Find vetted fundraisers for Gaza here
gazafunds.com
December 3, 2024 at 6:02 PM
Gaza Funds features a new fundraiser every time you reload the page: gazafunds.com
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wow the parade this year was crazy
November 28, 2024 at 2:01 PM
wow the parade this year was crazy
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I’ve found a lot of amazing community with JFREJ — their activism for Palestine, their social justice work more broadly, and especially their families/little kids programming in NYC — and if you become a member rn you can get this VERY good tshirt shop.jfrej.org/products/dia...
Diasporist T-Shirt - Pre-Order Now
This beautiful design was created for JFREJ by the Jewish illustrator Sarah Day. The term Diasporist, as in someone who practices Diasporism, is an idea that comes originally from the Jewish Social L...
shop.jfrej.org
May 24, 2024 at 2:11 PM
I’ve found a lot of amazing community with JFREJ — their activism for Palestine, their social justice work more broadly, and especially their families/little kids programming in NYC — and if you become a member rn you can get this VERY good tshirt shop.jfrej.org/products/dia...
who is the audience for AI-generated literature? novels, poetry, nonfiction? who is actually *asking* for this?
(I don’t mean the stuff that writes your work emails or meal plans, also ethically nightmarish but I can at least picture a human being wanting such a thing—even if we shouldn’t)
(I don’t mean the stuff that writes your work emails or meal plans, also ethically nightmarish but I can at least picture a human being wanting such a thing—even if we shouldn’t)
November 25, 2024 at 1:06 PM
who is the audience for AI-generated literature? novels, poetry, nonfiction? who is actually *asking* for this?
(I don’t mean the stuff that writes your work emails or meal plans, also ethically nightmarish but I can at least picture a human being wanting such a thing—even if we shouldn’t)
(I don’t mean the stuff that writes your work emails or meal plans, also ethically nightmarish but I can at least picture a human being wanting such a thing—even if we shouldn’t)
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Have you heard? We've got a brand new prize on the horizon: aprweb.org/news/2024/10...
November 20, 2024 at 3:35 PM
Have you heard? We've got a brand new prize on the horizon: aprweb.org/news/2024/10...
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This is actually poets
![just a dragon planting cabbages and watering them with his tears, you know doing what dragons fucking do
[illustrated quite beautifully]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qvzg4lp3rvgglg7ifsyg2abd/bafkreibciiyhthcqrmjsia5tx7m6ukw2tusybgta7jsm7tckemsp6k2x7e@jpeg)
November 19, 2024 at 11:48 PM
This is actually poets
trying to imagine explaining all of this to 2007 Rachel applying to graduate school from her dorm room senior year, the trusty reliable normal MFA blog open on her laptop
November 20, 2024 at 5:45 PM
trying to imagine explaining all of this to 2007 Rachel applying to graduate school from her dorm room senior year, the trusty reliable normal MFA blog open on her laptop
everyone say hi to @agnimagazine.bsky.social !! add us to all yr lit mag lists !!
November 18, 2024 at 12:19 AM
everyone say hi to @agnimagazine.bsky.social !! add us to all yr lit mag lists !!
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AGNI Magazine is on Blue Sky! I love these lines from Paisley Rekdal's poem, "My Brother":
"I want a brother to walk with me now
through these woods, to stare with me
into Death’s eyes, those glassy,
winking flames."
Read the full poem here: agnionline.bu.edu/poetry/my-br...
"I want a brother to walk with me now
through these woods, to stare with me
into Death’s eyes, those glassy,
winking flames."
Read the full poem here: agnionline.bu.edu/poetry/my-br...
November 17, 2024 at 11:49 PM
AGNI Magazine is on Blue Sky! I love these lines from Paisley Rekdal's poem, "My Brother":
"I want a brother to walk with me now
through these woods, to stare with me
into Death’s eyes, those glassy,
winking flames."
Read the full poem here: agnionline.bu.edu/poetry/my-br...
"I want a brother to walk with me now
through these woods, to stare with me
into Death’s eyes, those glassy,
winking flames."
Read the full poem here: agnionline.bu.edu/poetry/my-br...
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what an attempt at a passive voice
A bomb dropped from an Israeli jet hits a building in Beirut
An Israeli airstrike on Friday flattened an entire building in a dense neighborhood in the Tayouneh area, a few kilometers from the center of the Lebanese capital of Beirut.
apnews.com
November 16, 2024 at 10:05 PM
what an attempt at a passive voice
love it here but still longing for the Weird. is the Weird coming? is it in the room with us and I just don’t have the tools to find it yet? show me the way weirdos
November 16, 2024 at 6:41 PM
love it here but still longing for the Weird. is the Weird coming? is it in the room with us and I just don’t have the tools to find it yet? show me the way weirdos
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moaning “yes chef” as i eat an egg mcmuffin in my car
November 15, 2024 at 2:24 PM
moaning “yes chef” as i eat an egg mcmuffin in my car