Cover of Patricia Henley's Apple & Palm: Stories. Gray background with a table containing four red apples in the foreground.

Just finished reading this wonderful collection by @trix6911.bsky.social. As an admirer of her work for 25 years and someone who grew up in Cumberland, MD, I couldn't get enough of these stories, set in Whistle Pig, MD.

I love that! It's great knowing that stories that aren't from the latest publishing cycle can still be noticed and discussed.

Illustrated cover of Jon Raymond’s story collection Livability.

Many thanks to @aaronburch.bsky.social for recommending this collection. Finished it yesterday, and it’s amazing. Love reading about Aaron’s daily story-reading practice!

Congrats to @mooncityreview.bsky.social's 2025 @pushcartprize.bsky.social nominees: Mikaela Hagen, @gabrielwelsch.bsky.social, @jstewartmiller.bsky.social, @duffusmatthew.bsky.social, Claire Hero, and @kellypedro.bsky.social.

Good luck!

Fierce Love in “Lullaby for the Grieving” A review of Ashley M. Jones’ new poetry collection, “Lullaby for the Grieving.”

“This collection is filled with love, caution, correction, and ferocity.”

@duffusmatthew.bsky.social reviews LULLABY FOR THE GRIEVING by Ashley M. Jones. @hubcitypress.bsky.social

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R – Lullaby for the Grieving A review of Ashley M. Jones’ new poetry collection, “Lullaby for the Grieving.”

So pleased to be able to highlight Ashley M. Jones's wonderful new collection for @southrevbooks.bsky.social: southernreviewofbooks.com/2025/09/12/l...

Just saw that Cubs' great Ryne Sandberg has passed away. He's been my favorite player since 1984 and will be missed by many, I'm sure. RIP, Ryno.

You won't regret adding ANY Bull City titles to your collection, not matter the occasion.

Excited to share that I'm the new Fiction Editor for Orison Books (co-editor coming soon?). Already getting started on the wonderful submissions from the annual fiction book contest.

ENCOUNTERS FOR THE LIVING AND THE POEMS DEAD JAMEELA F. DALLIS Cover design by Alban Fischer Image of a Dutch still life with lemon, oysters, grape and orange

E.G. CUNNINGHAM POEMS FTELD NOTES Cover design by Alban Fischer Image of a Great Plains, photographed by author

Psst—BOTH of our fall poetry 2025 titles are available for preorder! And you can use our summer sale code, SUMMER2025 for an additional 20% discount! 💙📚

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W.S. Merwin's "Ash" Thoughts on remembering.

What a beautiful, timely piece from Devin Kelly this morning: substack.com/home/post/p-...

I admire this book so much. Anyone interested in reviewing nonfiction should jump on this offer.

The Poems in “All Is The Telling” Ask: “What’s burned into my DNA?” Rosa Castellano’s All in the Telling provides one of the most thought-provoking explorations of biracial life in recent memory.

Excited to share my enthusiasm for Rosa Castellano's new book of poems, ALL IS THE TELLING, in @southrevbooks.bsky.social:

southernreviewofbooks.com/2025/06/05/a...

Pattern-book: Éireann Lorsung Éireann Lorsung on gesturing towards an ethics of the simile

perhaps you would like to read a long essay on the simile: carcanet.substack.com/p/pattern-bo...

(perhaps you would not? but perhaps,,,)

Memorializing Miles An honest reckoning with a genius

For Miles Davis’ 99th birthday, here’s a searching attempt to harmonize his life with his art.

Poetry Daily is trying to add 1000 subscribers to their poem-a-day newsletter this month—it’s free, it’s a diverse reading experience, it’s an email you’ll actually be happy to see. 💫 @poetrydaily.bsky.social

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Absolutely! I've read most of them once but haven't embarked on any rereads. Perhaps a summer project...

Man, have I been in a reading slump lately. Might be time to fall back on the Break Glass In Case of Emergency case filled with my remaining unread Henry James novels.

Opening paragraphs of my story "Hiatus," published in Moon City Review 2025: My brother's partners all but blindfolded me before they took me to his homestead. He was squatting on a huge tract of land in the mountains near Asheville, and the two people who helped him with the operation, as they called it, were jumpy. My brother had gone into the woods to live deeply and suck out all the marrow of life. Then he disappeared.

Thanks to @mooncityreview.bsky.social for publishing my latest story in the 2025 issue. Hoping it will one day be part of the collection I'm trying to finish. Big shout out to @bettysueblue.bsky.social for her edits before submission!

A Matter of Words | The Point Magazine Over the course of the past two years, university committees focused on the impact of artificial intelligence have assembled across the country.

To come up with a good AI policy for a university, one first has to have an idea of which skills and formative experiences they are prepared to lose for the sake of AI use, and which ones they will fight to retain. And it’s here that we have discovered that consensus is most importantly lacking.

I’ve been getting so many fundraising emails (understandably, of course!) from orgs that have lost NEA grants. Idk how many I can donate to, but I’m trying!

So excited to see @rosswhite.com 's name in the ToC of the latest Poetry Magazine. I can't wait to read the poem!

If you’ve never created anything yourself—only bought or stolen other people’s work and pretended you made it—then AI makes perfect sense to you. The rest of us, not so much.

Today is one of those days when I wish I lived in a big city with a vinyl shop. #RecordStoreDay

From Broadsides to Full-Lengths and most things in between--our National Poetry Month sale is running NOW! bullcitypress.com/product-cate...

Baptist Bombers and Broken Curses - The Twin Bill Matthew Duffus writes about the 2016 Cubs and watching local baseball with his daughter.

Great idea! Here’s one of mine from the excellent Twin Bill: thetwinbill.com/baptist-bomb...

Sorry to hear that. They’ve definitely hoovered up as much as possible.

Been sitting with the Meta AI news. My novel is in the database. I spent 4 years writing it. The press is defunct, so the book is out-of-print and homeless. But thankfully a massive company was able to benefit from it, even if I only have memories of the optimism I had for it as I was writing it.

When we use "the future of work" to solely drive decisions in education, we prepare students solely for a future as "workers" rather than a future as citizens, community members, & unique individuals. We prepare them to be exploited by those with money & power rather than to shape their own future.

Thank YOU. It was a wonderful, generative workshop. Looking forward to taking another one in the future.