Therese Gleason
@theresegleason.bsky.social
(she/her) poems, essays, a lil fiction, chronic migraineur, public school teacher, poetry chaps HEMICRANIA (Chestnut Review, 2024); MATRILINEAL (Finishing Line, 2021); LIBATION (Co-Winner, South Carolina Poetry Initiative, 2006)
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I'm thrilled to share that HEMICRANIA has won the 2025 Jean Pedrick Chapbook Prize from the New England Poetry Club, selected by Matthew E. Henry, a phenomenal poet I have long admired. A thousand thank yous to him, NEPC, and Chestnut Review for publishing it.🤩 Congrats to the incredible finalists!!
October 3, 2025 at 1:44 AM
I'm thrilled to share that HEMICRANIA has won the 2025 Jean Pedrick Chapbook Prize from the New England Poetry Club, selected by Matthew E. Henry, a phenomenal poet I have long admired. A thousand thank yous to him, NEPC, and Chestnut Review for publishing it.🤩 Congrats to the incredible finalists!!
Thank you again, Jeannie E. Roberts and Halfway Down the Stairs, for selecting my poems for publication in 2020 - and again for this 20th anniversary feature. Your generous comments on each poem mean the world to me. Congratulations on 20 years of curating beautiful writing, art, and community!
September 3, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Thank you again, Jeannie E. Roberts and Halfway Down the Stairs, for selecting my poems for publication in 2020 - and again for this 20th anniversary feature. Your generous comments on each poem mean the world to me. Congratulations on 20 years of curating beautiful writing, art, and community!
So happy to learn that my story, “Motherlode,” was longlisted for the Wigleaf Top 50! With gratitude to @cincinnatireview for publishing it last spring in the miCRo series - which was an honor in itself🤩 congrats to all!
July 2, 2025 at 5:57 PM
So happy to learn that my story, “Motherlode,” was longlisted for the Wigleaf Top 50! With gratitude to @cincinnatireview for publishing it last spring in the miCRo series - which was an honor in itself🤩 congrats to all!
Grateful to have my flash essay, "Black Ice," a glimpse into how I've observed the immigration crackdown impact the young multilingual learners I teach (and their families) in @pitheadchapel.bsky.social's latest issue. Many thanks to the editorss, especially Kate Gehan. pitheadchapel.com/black-ice/
July 1, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Grateful to have my flash essay, "Black Ice," a glimpse into how I've observed the immigration crackdown impact the young multilingual learners I teach (and their families) in @pitheadchapel.bsky.social's latest issue. Many thanks to the editorss, especially Kate Gehan. pitheadchapel.com/black-ice/
Getting excited for the Mass Poetry Festival this weekend in Salem!!
May 29, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Getting excited for the Mass Poetry Festival this weekend in Salem!!
Happy to share one more recent piece in my bounty of April showers: after a dry spell, it's wonderful to have new work out in the world. Thank you much Midwest Review editors Tara Sparbel, Jeff Snowbarger, Jill Stukenberg for including "Photophobia," a version of which is in my chap, Hemicrania.
April 5, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Happy to share one more recent piece in my bounty of April showers: after a dry spell, it's wonderful to have new work out in the world. Thank you much Midwest Review editors Tara Sparbel, Jeff Snowbarger, Jill Stukenberg for including "Photophobia," a version of which is in my chap, Hemicrania.
Grateful to have a travel flash essay published in the (aptly) survival-themed Panorama: The Journal of Travel, Place, and Nature, about visiting Wli Waterfalls in Ghana's Volta region in 2023. Thank you to Matthew Webb and team for giving this piece a home.
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April 5, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Grateful to have a travel flash essay published in the (aptly) survival-themed Panorama: The Journal of Travel, Place, and Nature, about visiting Wli Waterfalls in Ghana's Volta region in 2023. Thank you to Matthew Webb and team for giving this piece a home.
panoramajournal.org/issues/issue...
panoramajournal.org/issues/issue...
Thrilled to present the incredible process of artist Shee Gomes, who printed and collaged hundreds of my MRI brain pics to create the cover of my dreams for my chapbook, Hemicrania. Second photo shows her "Resonance" series. Obrigada, Shee!!! xoxo😍 #louisvilleconference
February 22, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Thrilled to present the incredible process of artist Shee Gomes, who printed and collaged hundreds of my MRI brain pics to create the cover of my dreams for my chapbook, Hemicrania. Second photo shows her "Resonance" series. Obrigada, Shee!!! xoxo😍 #louisvilleconference
Before - and after - our presentation, “Exploding Head: Writing Migraine and Other Manifestations of the Wayward Brain” 🧠 at the Louisville Conference on Literature and Culture. Thanks to Cynthia Marie Hoffman, Sarah M. Sala, Maria S. Picone, and Shee Gomes for their brilliant contributions!
February 22, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Before - and after - our presentation, “Exploding Head: Writing Migraine and Other Manifestations of the Wayward Brain” 🧠 at the Louisville Conference on Literature and Culture. Thanks to Cynthia Marie Hoffman, Sarah M. Sala, Maria S. Picone, and Shee Gomes for their brilliant contributions!
Getting excited to present "Exploding Head: Writing Migraine and Other Manifestations of the Wayward Brain," with Shee Gomes, Cynthia Marie Hoffman, Sarah M. Sala, and Maria S. Picone at the Louisville Conference on Literature and Culture in my hometown next week!
February 17, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Getting excited to present "Exploding Head: Writing Migraine and Other Manifestations of the Wayward Brain," with Shee Gomes, Cynthia Marie Hoffman, Sarah M. Sala, and Maria S. Picone at the Louisville Conference on Literature and Culture in my hometown next week!
So saddened to learn of the death of @daniellelegrosgeorges - I had the pleasure of attending her talk and reading at the American Antiquarian Society this past June. She was brilliant, gracious, and warm and I’m so grateful I had the chance to meet her, and to have her work in the world.
February 17, 2025 at 2:30 PM
So saddened to learn of the death of @daniellelegrosgeorges - I had the pleasure of attending her talk and reading at the American Antiquarian Society this past June. She was brilliant, gracious, and warm and I’m so grateful I had the chance to meet her, and to have her work in the world.
A happy mail day: New Ohio Review Issue 35 arrived with my essay, "Doing the Undoing Dance:" Anne Sexton's Brutal–and Brave–Struggle for Agency in the feature "Dance as Joy and Resistance." Currently devouring the contents by all these fantastic contributors :). Thx eds. Dave, Clayton, and Colleen!
February 10, 2025 at 8:21 PM
A happy mail day: New Ohio Review Issue 35 arrived with my essay, "Doing the Undoing Dance:" Anne Sexton's Brutal–and Brave–Struggle for Agency in the feature "Dance as Joy and Resistance." Currently devouring the contents by all these fantastic contributors :). Thx eds. Dave, Clayton, and Colleen!
Prayer against headache to the patron saint of migraines for anyone who needs it, invoking Teresa of Avila. I love how humans are referred to as ‘worldlings’! Having insurance issues getting my monthly injectable preventive, so this comes in handy. #migrainechat
January 16, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Prayer against headache to the patron saint of migraines for anyone who needs it, invoking Teresa of Avila. I love how humans are referred to as ‘worldlings’! Having insurance issues getting my monthly injectable preventive, so this comes in handy. #migrainechat
St. Teresa of Avila, Patron Saint of Headaches - and one of my namesakes. 💕 thanks to my dear friend Carolyn for this apt gift
January 16, 2025 at 2:14 AM
St. Teresa of Avila, Patron Saint of Headaches - and one of my namesakes. 💕 thanks to my dear friend Carolyn for this apt gift
I am so grateful that someone took the time to post this review of my chapbook, Hemicrania, on Amazon - and that they could relate. One of my hopes for this collection was that it would find its way to others that live with migraine - and that they would feel seen and validated. 🥰🤩🥹
January 11, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I am so grateful that someone took the time to post this review of my chapbook, Hemicrania, on Amazon - and that they could relate. One of my hopes for this collection was that it would find its way to others that live with migraine - and that they would feel seen and validated. 🥰🤩🥹
This might have been my favorite quote from the Van Gogh immersive exhibit, which I loved!
January 8, 2025 at 9:23 PM
This might have been my favorite quote from the Van Gogh immersive exhibit, which I loved!
It’s my birthday, buy my book?😉 DM me if you’d like a signed copy or get it on Amazon - I’m working on getting it into some independent booksellers near me. 💛🖤💛🖤 If you’d like a review copy I’ll gift it 🎁. 🙏🏻🙌🏻
December 30, 2024 at 12:57 PM
It’s my birthday, buy my book?😉 DM me if you’d like a signed copy or get it on Amazon - I’m working on getting it into some independent booksellers near me. 💛🖤💛🖤 If you’d like a review copy I’ll gift it 🎁. 🙏🏻🙌🏻
Happy holidays!! 😂
December 25, 2024 at 12:56 PM
Happy holidays!! 😂
So grateful for this wonderful blurb for my chapbook, Hemicrania, from Rita Maria Martinez, sister migraineur/chronic daily headache - she is not only an advocate for those with headache disorders but also an incredible poet who writes powerfully on the subject. 🧠
#migrainechat
#migrainechat
December 11, 2024 at 11:06 PM
So grateful for this wonderful blurb for my chapbook, Hemicrania, from Rita Maria Martinez, sister migraineur/chronic daily headache - she is not only an advocate for those with headache disorders but also an incredible poet who writes powerfully on the subject. 🧠
#migrainechat
#migrainechat
Thrilled to share this beautiful response to Hemicrania by Sarah M. Sala, who is at work on her own collection about exploring migraine (and its strange sensory impacts) through a lens of play. I'm honored and so grateful, Sarah. ❤️ #migrainechat #poetry
December 11, 2024 at 11:04 PM
Thrilled to share this beautiful response to Hemicrania by Sarah M. Sala, who is at work on her own collection about exploring migraine (and its strange sensory impacts) through a lens of play. I'm honored and so grateful, Sarah. ❤️ #migrainechat #poetry
Carolyn Oliver is my dear friend - and a brilliant poet. Not only did she write me a beautiful blurb, but she also has provided insightful editorial input on Hemicrania. She's every bit as astute and sensitive an editor as she is a talented poet. I'm overwhelmed with gratitude 💕 #migraine
December 9, 2024 at 10:38 PM
Carolyn Oliver is my dear friend - and a brilliant poet. Not only did she write me a beautiful blurb, but she also has provided insightful editorial input on Hemicrania. She's every bit as astute and sensitive an editor as she is a talented poet. I'm overwhelmed with gratitude 💕 #migraine
In anticipation of my chap launch this week, I'm thrilled, and humbled, to share the generous blurbs provided by several poets whose work I deeply admire. I am deeply grateful to Cynthia Hoffman for her stunning memoir-in-verse, Exploding Head, and for her kind and beautiful words here.
December 9, 2024 at 3:54 AM
In anticipation of my chap launch this week, I'm thrilled, and humbled, to share the generous blurbs provided by several poets whose work I deeply admire. I am deeply grateful to Cynthia Hoffman for her stunning memoir-in-verse, Exploding Head, and for her kind and beautiful words here.
So excited for my soon-to-be-released chapbook on living with chronic migraine. Stay tuned for virtual launch details! thanks, @chestnutreview.bsky.social 😍
November 25, 2024 at 1:57 AM
So excited for my soon-to-be-released chapbook on living with chronic migraine. Stay tuned for virtual launch details! thanks, @chestnutreview.bsky.social 😍