William Taylor Jr.
@williamtaylorjr.bsky.social
Writer, poet, visual artist. Cataloger of rare books. General layabout.
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Hey! You can now pre-order a signed copy of my upcoming collection from Roadside Press! I'm genuinely excited about this one. Do it and make me feel special, thanks! Also, more ordering options in the comments!
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New poem up at the always quality San Pedro River Review. Many thanks to the kind editors for having me.
August 17, 2025 at 7:31 PM
New poem up at the always quality San Pedro River Review. Many thanks to the kind editors for having me.
Hey! I've got a poem in the new issue of Trailer Park Quarterly. Always a good feeling to be included with so many of my favorite writers. Link to the full issue in the comments, well worth a look!
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William Taylor Jr. | Trailer Park Quarterly
William Taylor Jr. lives and writes in San Francisco. He is the author of numerous books of poetry, and a volume of fiction. His work has been published widely in literary journals, including Rattle, ...
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August 17, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Hey! I've got a poem in the new issue of Trailer Park Quarterly. Always a good feeling to be included with so many of my favorite writers. Link to the full issue in the comments, well worth a look!
trailerparkquarterly.com/volume-16/wi...
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I'm reading David Lynch's Room to Dream and revisiting most of his films as they're covered in the book. This gave me an excuse to pick up a copy of the Criterion Collection Eraserhead. Very much looking forward to indulging later this evening.
August 9, 2025 at 12:42 AM
I'm reading David Lynch's Room to Dream and revisiting most of his films as they're covered in the book. This gave me an excuse to pick up a copy of the Criterion Collection Eraserhead. Very much looking forward to indulging later this evening.
Hey, I've got a new poem up at The Literary Underground for Fuck-it-Friday!
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When They Finally Come for You by William Taylor Jr. - The Literary Underground
When They Finally Come for You Darling please stay alive for a little while more if only because I’m asking nice your feral madness a wildfire in the void you shame the silence with the music of your ...
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August 8, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Hey, I've got a new poem up at The Literary Underground for Fuck-it-Friday!
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I've got a poem in the new issue of The Berlin Review. Kind thanks to the editors for including my work.
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August 6, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I've got a poem in the new issue of The Berlin Review. Kind thanks to the editors for including my work.
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I've got enough hot n' ready new poems in the wings right now to allow me to send little batches out to at least three different journals, but where should they go, my friends and potential readers, where? #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity
August 5, 2025 at 3:57 AM
I've got enough hot n' ready new poems in the wings right now to allow me to send little batches out to at least three different journals, but where should they go, my friends and potential readers, where? #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity
Hey! New Orleans poet and publisher extraordinaire Todd Cirillo has kind things to say about my forthcoming book from Roadside Press. You can reserve signed copies now. Doing so will help support an awesome indie press!
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August 3, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Hey! New Orleans poet and publisher extraordinaire Todd Cirillo has kind things to say about my forthcoming book from Roadside Press. You can reserve signed copies now. Doing so will help support an awesome indie press!
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Hey, the new issue of Bull Lit features an interview with yours truly. Many thanks to @frank212.bsky.social for shooting the shit with me.
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July 25, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Hey, the new issue of Bull Lit features an interview with yours truly. Many thanks to @frank212.bsky.social for shooting the shit with me.
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ust achieved a sort of holy grail for my book collection - picked up a (relatively) affordable copy of a first edition of Cormac McCarthy's Suttree, what I currently consider to be my "favorite" book. It has some condition issues, but presents quite well. Basking in its glow.
July 20, 2025 at 11:49 PM
ust achieved a sort of holy grail for my book collection - picked up a (relatively) affordable copy of a first edition of Cormac McCarthy's Suttree, what I currently consider to be my "favorite" book. It has some condition issues, but presents quite well. Basking in its glow.
I don't currently drive, so I apparently experience my version of road rage at the grocery store. Today, a woman was lingering too long gazing upon a package of hummus, thus blocking my path to the refrigerated case, and I wanted to crush her skull.
July 13, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I don't currently drive, so I apparently experience my version of road rage at the grocery store. Today, a woman was lingering too long gazing upon a package of hummus, thus blocking my path to the refrigerated case, and I wanted to crush her skull.
Saturday night. Wine and old Herzog films as self-care.
July 13, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Saturday night. Wine and old Herzog films as self-care.
Hey! You can now pre-order a signed copy of my upcoming collection from Roadside Press! I'm genuinely excited about this one. Do it and make me feel special, thanks! Also, more ordering options in the comments!
www.magicaljeep.com/product/wolv...
www.magicaljeep.com/product/wolv...
July 12, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Hey! You can now pre-order a signed copy of my upcoming collection from Roadside Press! I'm genuinely excited about this one. Do it and make me feel special, thanks! Also, more ordering options in the comments!
www.magicaljeep.com/product/wolv...
www.magicaljeep.com/product/wolv...
Today at Whole Foods a lady was chastising her sullen toddler. She sternly told him: "You. Will. Have. Six. Minutes. Of. Consequence." So that's my new band name, Six Minutes of Consequence.
July 6, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Today at Whole Foods a lady was chastising her sullen toddler. She sternly told him: "You. Will. Have. Six. Minutes. Of. Consequence." So that's my new band name, Six Minutes of Consequence.
Far worse than Trump himself, worse than his vampiric cronies, is the fact that so many in the country actively support them and all they do, even now. This normalizing of the glorification of willful ignorance and cruelty to such a degree is disheartening, to say the least.
July 5, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Far worse than Trump himself, worse than his vampiric cronies, is the fact that so many in the country actively support them and all they do, even now. This normalizing of the glorification of willful ignorance and cruelty to such a degree is disheartening, to say the least.
I've taken performative reading to a new personal height by reading Lawrence Ferlinghetti's copy of Swann's Way on public transit to and from work.
July 4, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I've taken performative reading to a new personal height by reading Lawrence Ferlinghetti's copy of Swann's Way on public transit to and from work.
I think they did Carl Sandburg a real disservice by having "Fog" represent his work in most textbooks and anthologies. I mean, it's a nice little poem, but it's not like you're going to read it and think, "Goddamn I need to read more of this dude's shit!!!"
June 29, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I think they did Carl Sandburg a real disservice by having "Fog" represent his work in most textbooks and anthologies. I mean, it's a nice little poem, but it's not like you're going to read it and think, "Goddamn I need to read more of this dude's shit!!!"
Hey, I've got two poems in the new issue of Misfit magazine. With many thanks to the kind editors.
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June 19, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Hey, I've got two poems in the new issue of Misfit magazine. With many thanks to the kind editors.
misfitmagazine.net/archive/No-4...
misfitmagazine.net/archive/No-4...
I subscribe to the idea that no one's gonna save you but yourself, but also it's a bummer, as I'm not sure I'm up to the task.
June 19, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I subscribe to the idea that no one's gonna save you but yourself, but also it's a bummer, as I'm not sure I'm up to the task.
I officially don't enjoy listening to poems in which the reader busts out with a portion of a song at some point in the midst of the text. It's an overused schtick. Come at me.
June 15, 2025 at 8:56 PM
I officially don't enjoy listening to poems in which the reader busts out with a portion of a song at some point in the midst of the text. It's an overused schtick. Come at me.
Hey! My next poetry collection, The People are Like Wolves to Me, is due out in November from Roadside Press, just in time for my birthday. I'm excited about this one. #WritingCommunity #poetrycommunity
June 15, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Hey! My next poetry collection, The People are Like Wolves to Me, is due out in November from Roadside Press, just in time for my birthday. I'm excited about this one. #WritingCommunity #poetrycommunity
I am undertaking the project of building a WordPress website for my writing and art. Thus far, I have titled it (The Writing and Art of William Taylor Jr.) and chosen this image as the site icon. I think I'm off to a pretty good start. A satisfying day's work to be sure.
June 9, 2025 at 5:42 AM
I am undertaking the project of building a WordPress website for my writing and art. Thus far, I have titled it (The Writing and Art of William Taylor Jr.) and chosen this image as the site icon. I think I'm off to a pretty good start. A satisfying day's work to be sure.
I posted about finally listening to and liking Trout Mask Replica on an FB music group, and now the Beefheart/Zappa cultists are demanding I listen to everything Zappa's ever done and proclaim his ultimate genius or be forever declared unclean. They're worse than Jehovah's Witnesses.
June 9, 2025 at 5:01 AM
I posted about finally listening to and liking Trout Mask Replica on an FB music group, and now the Beefheart/Zappa cultists are demanding I listen to everything Zappa's ever done and proclaim his ultimate genius or be forever declared unclean. They're worse than Jehovah's Witnesses.
Hey, I just got my contributor's copy of a new anthology of work inspired by William Burroughs, including one of my paintings and an accompanying essay. It features work by a lot of cool folks. If you're a Burroughs fan, it may well be worth indulging in.
June 8, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Hey, I just got my contributor's copy of a new anthology of work inspired by William Burroughs, including one of my paintings and an accompanying essay. It features work by a lot of cool folks. If you're a Burroughs fan, it may well be worth indulging in.
I finally got around to listening to Trout Mask Replica. Its reputation for being all but unlistenable turned out to be quite hyperbolic. I mean, sure, it's weird, but it's not THAT weird. After about 3 listens, I'm a big fan. Also, David Lynch claimed it as his favorite album, so there's that.
June 7, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I finally got around to listening to Trout Mask Replica. Its reputation for being all but unlistenable turned out to be quite hyperbolic. I mean, sure, it's weird, but it's not THAT weird. After about 3 listens, I'm a big fan. Also, David Lynch claimed it as his favorite album, so there's that.
Apparently, this is my reading selection when I retire to the bedroom super high at 3 a.m.: Leaves of Grass, Bukowski, The (Immortal) Hulk, and (Ditko era) Dr. Strange. I'll stand by it.
June 7, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Apparently, this is my reading selection when I retire to the bedroom super high at 3 a.m.: Leaves of Grass, Bukowski, The (Immortal) Hulk, and (Ditko era) Dr. Strange. I'll stand by it.