1/? Currently working through a lot of feelings about growing up rural and working class while recovering from a potentially life-threatening asthma flare. First time I’ve ended up in ER, rushed through in 17 minutes. (I responded to all the drugs and am ok but… can’t sleep.)
Jennifer Baker
@jenniferbaker.bsky.social
Canadian lit and agriculture scholar; poetry editor, Arc Magazine; poet. Abject Lessons (above/ground press, 2014), Groundling (Trainwreck Press, 2021; above/ground press, 2023), Memento Mishka (Apt. 9 Press, 2023).
I know it's not that remarkable, but I'm feeling kind of chuffed to find out that Groundling is going to be available at the University of Victoria library. That's so nice!
Perennial tweet: Life is pretty weird and sad sometimes, no?
Superintendent here because I did not remember to ignore the inner voice that said “YES I am a Doctor I can do things involving plumbing myself.” Anyway, we just won’t have a bidet then.
Look, these all have the ring of truth to them so I think the poets' job is done.
If People in Other Professions Talked About Their Jobs Like Poets Talk About Poetry
I am the fire that I fight. You don’t craft customized soap bars made from organic goat’s milk because you want to craft customized soap bars made ...
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Genuinely going to try to make my online presence less about my cat this time. (But this post is, tacitly, about cats. Have I already failed?)