Benjamin Woodard
@woodardwriter.bsky.social
Writer | Book critic | Writing Center coordinator | Adjunct | Represented by my cat, who is a horrible agent | he/him http://benjaminjwoodard.com
If you've never read an issue of Stanchion, order one today. They're beautiful little objects, and I'm sad that the magazine is coming to a close.
Stanchion@stanchion.bsky.social · 2d agoOfficially announcing the end of Stanchion Magazine, providing context as to why, answering some questions, and saying thank you. 🖤🤍 www.stanchionzine.com/post/the-end...
Two important discoveries from the last few hours:
Mowing the lawn at 9am on a Sunday, the Trainspotting soundtrack propelling me along, like a good member of the Oregon Trail generation.
Trainspotting 1996
Alt: Trainspotting 1996
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Tonight, our trivia team name is Jammin on the One Wish Willow.
Local plumbers two steps ahead of every university administrator in america 👏
Metin Seven (Moon Child's dad 🌝)@seven.eurosky.social · 3w ago
What if this sepia sky is really just to let us know we're some future person's memory of the olden days?
NBCC member Benjamin Woodard reviewed Deborah Levy's "My Year in Paris With Gertrude Stein" for On the Seawall:
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Pleased to write about Deborah Levy's latest, My Year in Paris with Gertrude Stein, for the new edition of On the Seawall. As always, my thanks to @ronslate.bsky.social for letting me be part of the gang. www.ronslate.com/on-my-year-i...
Pleased to write about Deborah Levy's latest, My Year in Paris with Gertrude Stein, for the new edition of On the Seawall. As always, my thanks to @ronslate.bsky.social for letting me be part of the gang. www.ronslate.com/on-my-year-i...
The July quarterly edition of ON THE SEAWALL has just been published, featuring Jeffrey Levine's essay on @joriegraham.bsky.social's KILLING SPREE @wwnorton.com / www.ronslate.com
The $400m flying bribe has shelves of fake books, some titled “Library”.
That vote was too close. Also, support trans kids, because the courts (in a separate vote) just made their lives even harder.
This country was one person's vote away this morning from putting any birthright citizen in danger of being deported tomorrow. We are so much closer to the abyss than we think. Man oh man.
Received a lovely story acceptance today. I'd been in a dry spell with submitting since late last year, so it feels nice to be back on the horse.
Once again, my cat did not give me anything for Father's Day. Lousy freeloader.
This coffee shop has played the same, slowed down version of "I Want You Back" three times in under an hour. It's a new type of hell.
Windows open. Cool breeze coming in. Listening to some little kid singing her heart out somewhere in the neighborhood.
Bond villain becomes world's first trillionaire.
Chatted with my friend, Melanie Pappadis Faranello, about her debut story collection, Everybody Needs Something, for Cleaver Magazine. www.cleavermagazine.com/a-conversati...
Melanie Pappadis Faranello • Interviews
Melanie Pappadis Faranello has authored numerous stories and essays that have appeared in Swamp Pink, Electric Literature, and more.
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Chatted with my friend, Melanie Pappadis Faranello, about her debut story collection, Everybody Needs Something, for Cleaver Magazine. www.cleavermagazine.com/a-conversati...
Melanie Pappadis Faranello • Interviews
Melanie Pappadis Faranello has authored numerous stories and essays that have appeared in Swamp Pink, Electric Literature, and more.
cleavermagazine.com
This guy would have failed my first-year writing course. This is freshman-level stuff. "... he defended his methods by arguing that he included a hyperlink to the pieces that inspired his own, or named the author whose words he replicated in his own writing." www.npr.org/2026/05/17/n...
New York Magazine reviewing work of writer facing plagiarism allegations
The high-profile writer, who has written a forthcoming book about New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, is being investigated by the magazine after being called out for copying the work of other writers.
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Grades submitted. Emails sent. Summer is here and I'm ready for a nap.
this graduation speech moment is notable, and her amazed shock at having failed to read the room feels instructive. when you're inside the bubble, you think everybody else is. but everybody isn't.
If you're under 25, it seems as if anyone can be referred to as "bro."
ICYMI, my LGBTQ travel book came out yesterday! The Rumpus called (Out) On the Road "thoughtful and meticulously researched" ☺️ It's an unapologetically queer guide to traveling the world as your full self, with a blend of personal stories and practical tips. 🌈
Ig Publishing@igpublishing.bsky.social · 3mo ago(Out) on the Road is now out in the world! Happy pub day @lindseydanis.bsky.social #booksky #queer #travel #lgbtq #queertravel
Currently annoying my spouse by singing my newest hit single, "Mozzarella Fella," which uses the tune from "Chattanooga Choo Choo" (if you're wondering how life is at this moment).
Stanchion Magazine ain't gonna be around forever. The 24-hour submission window tomorrow is a chance to be a part of this thing I make, to be paid a bit, printed beautifully, and championed to the best of my ability for the duration of my time in the indie lit community. 1/2
