Advertisement · 728 × 90

Posts by Aaron Lelito

Post image Post image Post image

Thanks to @unearthedjournal.bsky.social for including this poem in their "Nourish" issue. See more at unearthedesf.com

2 months ago 4 1 0 0
Post image Post image

From Winter 2026 issue: wildroofjournal.com/issue-32

2 months ago 2 1 0 0
Poem on the Last Day of my Thirties, by Jessica Whipple. Found online here: https://wildroofjournal.com/issue-31-gallery-3/

Poem on the Last Day of my Thirties, by Jessica Whipple. Found online here: https://wildroofjournal.com/issue-31-gallery-3/

Did you know you can gift yourself a poem on your birthday? This one is from last year at @wildroofjournal.bsky.social (thanks, @aaronlelito.bsky.social)

2 months ago 4 2 0 0
Post image

Check out our new interview with Sophia Indelicato & Bethany Cutkomp, who share their insights into @thomasonianmag.bsky.social, a publication showcasing knowledge about the natural world from the minds who pay it the most attention.

wildroofjournal.substack.com/p/plotting-t...

2 months ago 14 4 1 1
Post image

In this episode, @rachelturney.bsky.social joins host Aaron Lelito to talk about how to maintain an organized chaos while writing, the influence of music in her new work & the dilemma of publishing poems about family. Rachel closes us out with a piece called "Meditation."
wildroofjournal.podbean.com

3 months ago 4 2 0 0
Video

On this Wild Roof Podcast episode, authors Simmons Buntin and Kathryn Wilder talk about creative nonfiction as a genre and cultivating awe in our daily lives. Get the full clip here: youtu.be/9rpOBi03c_Y?...

3 months ago 5 1 0 0
Post image

It's pub day for our new issue!
Poetry | Fiction | Nonfiction | Visual Art
Check it out: wildroofjournal.com/issue-32

3 months ago 14 4 1 2
Advertisement
Post image

For today’s post, I asked some of WRJ’s friends and collaborators to offer a few of their favorites from 2025. Check out the list here: wildroofjournal.substack.com/p/notebook-n...

3 months ago 4 2 0 0
Post image

We have new nominations to announce! Congrats to our amazing contributors.

5 months ago 6 1 0 0
Preview
Saturday Shout-Out ~ October 25, 2025 Share your recently published work with the WRJ community

wildroofjournal.substack.com/p/saturday-s...

Check out our new batch of lit mag and small press listings, including @rawheadjournal.bsky.social @okaydonkeymag.com @darrencdemaree.bsky.social @lisasticepoet.bsky.social @turningleafjournal.bsky.social @mudseasonreview.bsky.social and more!

5 months ago 9 3 0 0
Video

In this podcast episode, we learn about Marybeth Holleman's new novel, Bloom Again, and we get into the central themes of the book: climate anxiety, changing ecosystems, and the question of how to navigate it all.

youtu.be/1IsuB-yzWbk?...

6 months ago 3 1 0 0
Post image Post image Post image

This time, our poetry excerpt lands in the fragility of the ecosystem with ‘Weight of the Vine’ by Aaron Lelito @aaronlelito.bsky.social

You can read the poem in full, as well as the whole Biophilia issue, here: wingedmoon.com/biophilia

Please let us know what resonates

#poetrycommunity #poetry

6 months ago 6 2 0 0
Post image

wildroofjournal.substack.com/p/the-anythi...

Today, I have the pleasure of sharing an interview with Rachel Becker (Asst. Poetry Editor) & Judy McClure (Asst. CNF Editor), who share their insights about Porcupine Literary, a publication by and for teachers.

6 months ago 4 2 0 0
Post image

Plant People: An Anthology of Environmental Artists, Vol. 5

Thanks to the editors for including my haiku series "corporeal kin" in this collection. Well done!

It is available to view online, as well as PDF & print versions for purchase at plantsandpoetry.org.

6 months ago 1 1 0 0
Advertisement

Evening reruns

6 months ago 4 1 0 0

Thanks to @wildroofjournal.bsky.social for publishing my flash fiction story Bonus Land in their Fall 2025 issue today.

If you like dark comedy about the absurdities of modern economic life, find the full story in the issue.

6 months ago 2 2 1 0
Cover of Wild Roof Journal Issue 31: an art collage with butterflies, pressure gauges, chain jewelry & other things titled "If This Is A Book" by Sarah Walko.

Cover of Wild Roof Journal Issue 31: an art collage with butterflies, pressure gauges, chain jewelry & other things titled "If This Is A Book" by Sarah Walko.

Awesome news, friends! Issue 31 of @wildroofjournal.bsky.social of live today: wildroofjournal.com with great art & writing by lots of very cool people, including me.

Find my poem, "Rewilding," in Gallery 1 but make sure to check out the rest of the journal as well!

#poetry

6 months ago 7 3 0 0
Preview
A cautionary narrative of exoticism and the disruption of intergenerational memory: An Excerpt of Dirt by Jennifer Handy Preview the human and environmental consequences of growing up in a spiritual and cultural wasteland in Jennifer Handy’s ecopoem Dirt

This week’s Substack feature is a preview of WRJ contributor Jennifer Handy's book DIRT: wildroofjournal.substack.com/p/a-cautiona...

"When I wrote DIRT, I had been camping and living outdoors on undeveloped land for several years. During that time, dirt, dust, and mud became a constant..."

7 months ago 2 1 0 0
Post image

It's pub day for our new issue!
Poetry | Fiction | Nonfiction | Visual Art
Check it out: wildroofjournal.com/issue-31

#poetry #creativecommunity #litmag

6 months ago 13 3 1 2
Post image Post image Post image Post image

Awesome new edition from @santafereview.bsky.social - digital copy available at www.sfcc.edu/santa-fe-lit...

7 months ago 6 2 0 0
Post image

Read our new book review: wildroofjournal.substack.com/p/navigating...
Organic Matter paints a luminous portrait of the rural ecosystem that feeds the city and explores one perceptive young woman’s relationship with faith, labor, love, family, the body, and the ground. @autofocusbooks.bsky.social

7 months ago 3 2 0 0

WRJ contributors Nico Gargiulo and @ejoylevinson.bsky.social joined @aaronlelito.bsky.social to read some poems.

7 months ago 4 2 0 1
Video

In our new podcast episode, we learn about Marybeth Holleman's diverse background that bridges the arts and sciences, as well as her new novel, Bloom Again. Watch the full episode: youtu.be/1IsuB-yzWbk?...

#litmag #books #writers

7 months ago 2 1 0 0
Post image

From Summer 2025 issue | Read the full story: wildroofjournal.com/issue-30-gal...

7 months ago 2 1 0 0
Advertisement
Wild Roof Podcast, Episode 42: Marybeth Holleman, Author of Bloom Again
Wild Roof Podcast, Episode 42: Marybeth Holleman, Author of Bloom Again YouTube video by Wild Roof Journal

NEW Wild Roof Podcast: youtu.be/1IsuB-yzWbk?...

WRJ contributor Marybeth Holleman returns to talk about her new novel Bloom Again. We get into the central themes of the book: climate anxiety, changing ecosystems, and the question of how to navigate it all.

7 months ago 1 1 0 0
Video

Here's a clip of the August episode with Fr. Isaac Slater, author of "Do Not Judge Anyone": Desert Wisdom for a Polarized World.

Listen to the full episode on any podcast app or watch on YouTube (youtu.be/Ev8fGCidTL4?...)

7 months ago 3 1 0 0
Post image

Wonderful new piece up on the WRJ Substack. Check it out here: wildroofjournal.substack.com/p/the-wisdom...

@ellisedenauthor.bsky.social #thehobbit #tolkien #books

7 months ago 3 1 0 0
Preview
Smart Search List of the Day The Smart Search List of the Day is: General Experimental Short Stories feat. @epochliterary.com @wildroofjournal.bsky.social @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social et al. https://duotrope.com/search/smart/fiction/general-experimental-short-stories-q60H128w

The Smart Search List of the Day is: General Experimental Short Stories feat. @epochliterary.com @wildroofjournal.bsky.social @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social et al. https://duotrope.com

7 months ago 2 2 0 0
Post image

Our lit mag features are great ways to learn more about the publication process and editors behind the scenes. Our new post is an interview with @redbranchreview.bsky.social out of Knoxville, TN. @noahsoltau.bsky.social

Read here: wildroofjournal.substack.com/p/kaleidosco...

8 months ago 5 3 0 0