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This week on @breakingformpod.bsky.social we're revisiting Louise Glück's incredible book _The Wild Iris_ (1992), winner of the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. Listen online at breakingformpod.buzzsprout.com, or wherever you go wild, Iris.

Thanks to Gabriel Fried for being a fabulous interview guest and to @anmlymag.bsky.social for publishing this conversation about queerness, poetic form, and subversive beauty.

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INHERITANCE AT CORRESPONDING PERIODS OF LIFE, AT CORRESPONDING SEASONS OF THE YEAR, AS LIMITED BY SEX “Some species invent facts about the living to explain the dead. I cannot fathom the bones I find in the woods posed themselves like this, though some species of grief find meaning in minutia, a mechanism for survival. It is hard to imagine a face for each skull.” James Allen Hall (The Adroit Journal) BEST OF THE NET 2025: POETRY SELECTION

Check out one of our 2025 Poetry Selections, "Inheritance at Corresponding Periods of Life, at Corresponding Seasons of the Year, as Limited by Sex" by @jamesallenhall.bsky.social (The Adroit Journal) selected by Ruben Quesada

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Under a Warm Green Linden, Issue 17 — Green Linden Press

“‘Are you all right,’ Duhaney asks me at the bar, / ‘You look like you just stepped on a nail.’ He bends / to my ear, ‘I have such a crush on you’” — @jamesallenhall.bsky.social, “Dirty Joke” www.greenlindenpress.com/issue17-jame...

1417: My Mother's Love by James Allen Hall Today’s poem is My Mother's Love by James Allen Hall.

A knockout poem by BlueSky poet @jamesallenhall.bsky.social
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If you missed Season 3's interviews, now's a good time to catch up. We loved each of these conversations!
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(Now playing: new, ~10 minute poetry salons as we enjoy a recharge through the new year)

Thank you, Julene! That's so kind of you to say. 💕

Can you find $5 for amazing, deserving, bright students? We're close to reaching our goal of meeting a match challenge! Every dollar would make a difference in these kids' lives.

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Can you pitch in $5 to help these youngsters get a little light? We're raising money for the Light of Day Internships, which pair students with literary organizations. Please, help us give the Light of Day.

Visit tinyurl.com/tx827sfj & select "Centers of Excellence" & "Literary House Light of Day"

Each birthday, I beg for donations for my students. It's easy to make a plea for kids whose idea of a good time is making books from scratch. If you can give $5, I'd be so grateful to pass it on!

Visit tinyurl.com/tx827sfj & select "Centers of Excellence," then "Lit House Light of Day"

Chip in $5 to help us build the Light of Day Internship Program. Please? Super please?
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Thank you for doing some good for our deserving students!

This week, we welcome former Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith to talk about poetry, democracy, fear, & poems by Joy Harjo, Francisco Márquez, Victoria Adukwei Bulley, Lucie Brock-Broido, and @dseuss.bsky.social

Listen wherever you get your fearless podcasts, or online at breakingformpod.buzzsprout.com

We get out our pair of big crystal balls and predict the 2025 National Book Award in Poetry. Tune in for the tea at breakingformpod.buzzsprout.com, or wherever you get your piping hot awards gossip served.

“Draw Me Back Again, a porn elegy” by James Allen Hall I like art best when its artifice dissolves. Pull back the curtain: It’s me, looking sheepish. Which me is almost irrelevant: I’ll answer to any name you call. Surrendering is only erotic when what…

I have a new essay (about gay porn, cicadas, internet time, and longing as mourning) up at @anotherchicagomag.bsky.social.

The piece comes from a collaborative book-length essay written alongside poets Aaron Smith & David Trinidad.

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Cherry Tree is delighted to reveal our second Pushcart Prize nomination: Julie Marie Wade's "From the Jeopardy! Category, THE SUBJUNCTIVE:" which appeared in Issue 11. We know we can always turn to Julie's work for the exact right questions!

We're revealing our Pushcart Prize nominations this week. Follow along and help us to celebrate these terrific writers!

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Check out our interview with David Duchovny, author of the poetry book _About Time_ (@akashicbooks.bsky.social).
You can listen online at breakingformpod.buzzsprout.com, or wherever you find your podcasts (& sure, we absolutely 100% coincided this release with the character Fox Mulder's birthday.👌)

The queens visit Pittsburgh for a big dose of poetry -- occasioned by a weekend of events held in tribute to Ed Ochester (1939-2023). It's a dishy episode, despite the elegiac occasion. Listen online at
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or wherever you mine your poetry.

HUUUUUGE congratulations to Lit House Associate Director Roy Kesey for winning this prestigious prize for his new book, LORE, out from Sarabande in May 2027.

Two weeks left to submit to Cherry Tree! Check out our guidelines at

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What Senior Fiction Reader @nicanstett.bsky.social is enjoying when not reading submissions: fabulous books by @riggstah.bsky.social and @tonytula.com

Cherry Tree is open for submissions until October 1!
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When she's not reading submissions, CNF Editor Sufiya Abdur-Rahman is reading recent books by Rachel L. Swarns @rachelswarns.bsky.social and by CT 9 contributor Kristin Keane.

Cherry Tree is open for submissions til October 1 at cherrytree.submittable.com/submit

We asked our editors to name 2 books they're reading (when they're not reading Cherry Tree submissions). Fiction Editor extraordinaire @sarahblackman.bsky.social recommends books by former CT contributor @alvinlu.bsky.social and by Thalia Field.

We're open til Oct 1!
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Cherry Tree logo joined by book covers for Blas Falconer's Rara Avis (poems) and Anelise Chen's Clam Down: A Metamorphosis. Other text says "what we're reading when we're not reading your work" that these picks are by Alyse Bensel, Cherry Tree poetry editor.

We asked our editors: what are 2 books you're reading when you're not reading Cherry Tree submissions?

Poetry Editor Alyse Bensel's answer: Rara Avis by former CT contributor @blasfalconer.bsky.social & Anelise Chen's Clam Down.

Cherry Tree is open til October 1
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This week's episode takes place, places place, and plants poetry in your [placeholder]. Poets mentioned include @tracibrimhall.bsky.social @joseolivarez.bsky.social & @adrianmatejka.bsky.social among others!

Listen wherever you get your poetry podcasts, or online at breakingformpod.buzzsprout.com

Cherry Tree is open for submissions through October 1. Send us your poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. All accepted pieces are considered for our special section of Literary Shade!

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Check out the whole anthology here! bestofthenetanthology.com

Many thanks to @rubenq.bsky.social for curating a terrific poetry section in Best of the Net 2025, and for including a poem of mine first published in @adroitjournal.bsky.social!
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