Ruth Williams
@rwillsit.bsky.social
Poetizer, Professor, Person. Author of Flatlands (Black Lawrence Press), Nursewifery (Jacar Press), and Conveyance (Dancing Girl Press).
Thank you Adroit editors for publishing this poem. It’s a hard one, but I’m grateful to Ada Limon’s
poem Downhearted for the lattice work that helped me write this.
poem Downhearted for the lattice work that helped me write this.
Ruth Williams
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August 14, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Thank you Adroit editors for publishing this poem. It’s a hard one, but I’m grateful to Ada Limon’s
poem Downhearted for the lattice work that helped me write this.
poem Downhearted for the lattice work that helped me write this.
Couple of poems in The Southern Review’s winter issue. Take a listen to me and mine and others. Might as well be my cat on the cover!
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TSR Winter 2025 Audio Gallery
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Ring in the new year with the winter issue of The Southern Review. You can take a stand against the passage of time in a new story by
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April 22, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Couple of poems in The Southern Review’s winter issue. Take a listen to me and mine and others. Might as well be my cat on the cover!
on.soundcloud.com/3Z7as2j8SSMa...
on.soundcloud.com/3Z7as2j8SSMa...
My book Flatlands is one of these titles. Poetry on sale and a good cause? What’s not to love?
For Women's History Month, we are featuring titles that address women's experiences.
These titles are on sale for 25% off until March 31st. And for each copy that is sold from this roster, we will donate $1 to the National Women's Law Center.
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These titles are on sale for 25% off until March 31st. And for each copy that is sold from this roster, we will donate $1 to the National Women's Law Center.
blacklawrencepress.com/sale/
March 11, 2025 at 3:02 AM
My book Flatlands is one of these titles. Poetry on sale and a good cause? What’s not to love?
“She let me touch them one by one.”
This is a beautiful poem.
This is a beautiful poem.
After 16 tries, I got these two poems accepted in Adroit, and yeah, this is the right time, as it should be--near poets I love, with poems that are ready.
Issue Fifty-Two: Jessica Cuello - The Adroit Journal
Jessica Cuello ’s most recent book is Yours, Creature (JackLeg Press, 2023). Her book Liar was selected by Dorianne Laux for The 2020 Barrow Street Book Prize. Cuello is the recipient of a 2023 NYSCA ...
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January 31, 2025 at 2:32 AM
“She let me touch them one by one.”
This is a beautiful poem.
This is a beautiful poem.
I just started reading The Valley. The form used in these poems feels exactly right.
I hardly ever let my poem’s lines have space within them, but Rodriguez’s poems are inspiring me.
I hardly ever let my poem’s lines have space within them, but Rodriguez’s poems are inspiring me.
Jan 7: Esteban Rodríguez - author of several poetry collections including 'Lotería' (Texas Review Press), 'Limbolandia' @flowersongpress.bsky.social, 'Before the Earth Devours Us' @splitlippress.com, 'The Valley' @sundresspub.bsky.social
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Esteban Rodriguez - "Fences"
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January 7, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I just started reading The Valley. The form used in these poems feels exactly right.
I hardly ever let my poem’s lines have space within them, but Rodriguez’s poems are inspiring me.
I hardly ever let my poem’s lines have space within them, but Rodriguez’s poems are inspiring me.
I am a Febos fan. But esp. love this meditation on time and beauty and growing older.
“I want the face I had before I ever smoked a cigarette. I want the face I had before I ever broke my heart. I want the face I had before I knew it was beautiful. I would know what to do with it now.”
“I want the face I had before I ever smoked a cigarette. I want the face I had before I ever broke my heart. I want the face I had before I knew it was beautiful. I would know what to do with it now.”
I wrote a little essay about aging, social media, beauty, mortality, and the truth about snail mucin, for @yalereview.bsky.social yalereview.org/article/meli...
Melissa Febos's Object of Desire
Melissa Febos looks for her past, present, and future selves in the bathroom mirror.
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December 10, 2024 at 11:00 PM
I am a Febos fan. But esp. love this meditation on time and beauty and growing older.
“I want the face I had before I ever smoked a cigarette. I want the face I had before I ever broke my heart. I want the face I had before I knew it was beautiful. I would know what to do with it now.”
“I want the face I had before I ever smoked a cigarette. I want the face I had before I ever broke my heart. I want the face I had before I knew it was beautiful. I would know what to do with it now.”
This feels very likely. Zuck with tape over his laptop camera likely.
the rich people pushing AI on everything are going to be the same rich people who will brag they can afford to send their kids to a school with human teachers
UCLA is creating an entirely AI-generated course. Except apparently the grading won't be AI-generated. 🤔
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December 9, 2024 at 11:30 PM
This feels very likely. Zuck with tape over his laptop camera likely.
The end of a long relationship is a mix of tragedy and terror. Blame on all sides. Thank you Jet Fuel Review for taking this sad one.
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December 3, 2024 at 12:41 AM
The end of a long relationship is a mix of tragedy and terror. Blame on all sides. Thank you Jet Fuel Review for taking this sad one.
www.jetfuelreview.com
www.jetfuelreview.com
This portrait makes me wonder what would happen if my cat and I switched eyes. Most likely we’d both become seers.
Portrait by Leon Herbo (1850-1907). www.catherinelarosepoesiaearte.com/2021/09/leon...
November 24, 2024 at 10:16 PM
This portrait makes me wonder what would happen if my cat and I switched eyes. Most likely we’d both become seers.
I can vouch that Suite for Barbara Loden (Leger’s trilogy is so good) and The Taiga Syndrome are amazing. They are lyrical but also conceptual but also challenging but also also. I love books of this ilk.
Psst: just in time for the buying of bookish gifts to give, there's a week-long sale on this Dorothy "starter pack" bundle at @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social! Sale ends Nov. 28.
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Dorothy Sampler
Dorothy is a feminist publisher based in St. Louis and distributed by New York Review Books. Over the past fiften years, the press has built a celebrated list of fiction and critical writing by women,...
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November 22, 2024 at 12:00 AM
I can vouch that Suite for Barbara Loden (Leger’s trilogy is so good) and The Taiga Syndrome are amazing. They are lyrical but also conceptual but also challenging but also also. I love books of this ilk.
It was a draining day, so I keep thinking about the man who said as I passed by him running in the park “there’s a turtle crossing the road up ahead…watch out!” I didn’t see the turtle, but boy did I look for it. I looked for it so hard I almost saw it.
November 21, 2024 at 3:40 AM
It was a draining day, so I keep thinking about the man who said as I passed by him running in the park “there’s a turtle crossing the road up ahead…watch out!” I didn’t see the turtle, but boy did I look for it. I looked for it so hard I almost saw it.
Ruth Williams │ Poet, Scholar, Teacher
Poet, Scholar, Teacher
www.ruthcwilliams.com
November 19, 2024 at 11:03 PM
I took this photo at the Roosevelt el stop in Chicago. Within a minute, I noticed 2 other people take a picture of the sunset as they came on to the platform. It’s beautiful that we all saw it and it’s beautiful that we all recorded it for no other reason than it was beautiful and we saw it.
November 18, 2024 at 12:28 AM
I took this photo at the Roosevelt el stop in Chicago. Within a minute, I noticed 2 other people take a picture of the sunset as they came on to the platform. It’s beautiful that we all saw it and it’s beautiful that we all recorded it for no other reason than it was beautiful and we saw it.