Jeremy Michael Reed
@jeremymichaelreed.bsky.social
writer, editor, professor | creative writing, 20/21C US lit & cultural studies | edits @swiftslitmag.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/jeremymichaelreed
"The past is a cloud, and like all clouds, / it must descend in the form of rain." "what we forget when we talk about forever" by @caitlint.bsky.social closes out our most recent issue reflecting on all the past can be over the long-term. swiftslitmag.com/caitlin-thom...
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"a small gesture from a strange / hand can redact green horizons" Read Ken Taylor's "it is a fool who looks at a finger that points to the sky" in our newest issue: swiftslitmag.com/ken-taylor
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I haven't been able to stop thinking about Kristina Erny's poems since I first heard them at the Louisville Conference several years ago. So glad that we're able to publish five of them here at @swiftslitmag.bsky.social this year, and that her second collection is set to be published!
s w i f t s: a literary magazine@swiftslitmag.bsky.social · 2w ago"my love, you are a pinch of sugar turned in a metal drum, passed from my fingers to dissolve, placed delicate on your precious tongue" We're excited to have published five poems by the inimitable Kristina Erny in the most recent issue of @swiftslitmag.bsky.social! swiftslitmag.com/kristina-erny
Our nominations for @bestofthenet.bsky.social are here! We couldn't be more thrilled to have published these pieces and support them in this way. Be sure to go to our archive page and read (or reread!) them all: swiftslitmag.com/archive
"Time only seems to slow down in a collision." "The Bruises on Tabitha's Arm" by Scott Coykendall is one of the great poems we published in our most recent issue. Read the full issue at the link in our bio! swiftslitmag.com/scott-coyken...
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The fragment of the earth that is now me is only on its way through me. It is on its way from having been a tree, a school of fish, a terrapin, a flock of birds. It will pass through all those forms again. —Wendell Berry, from Farming, A Hand Book (1970)
Thrilled to have my first translation published by Asymptote Journal today! This story, like Palacio’s others, mixes Modernist short story writing with genres like detective fiction and horror to investigate social taboos. Link below! www.asymptotejournal.com/blog/2026/08...
Translation Tuesday: “A Man Kicked to Death” by Pablo Palacio - Asymptote Blog
When you know little, you have to induce.
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"They should make people anxiety jackets, she says, covering her ears." So proud to publish two fantastic flash pieces by @heyhaylimay.bsky.social in our summer issue. You can read both pieces here: swiftslitmag.com/hayli-may-cox
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So excited to write on this song for the @marchxness.bsky.social Xmas Edition!
Kermit the Frog Dancing on Stage
Alt: Kermit the Frog flailing his arms around on stage
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March Xmas 2026@marchxness.bsky.social · 2mo ago40. @jeremymichaelreed.bsky.social, Kermit the Frog / The Muppets, One More Sleep Til Christmas (1992): www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfws...
Chris Elliot: It's Me! I'm The Guy!
Alt: Character Roland Schitt from tv show Schitt’s Creek pointing to himself excitedly, saying: It's Me! I'm The Guy!
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March Xmas 2026@marchxness.bsky.social · 2mo agoMore Lottery picks including some OGs in this one and the next in the thread: 39. @suburbanprairie.bsky.social 40. @twonnet.bsky.social 41. @nikolisanastasia.bsky.social 42. @bluemargaritas.bsky.social 43. @jeremymichaelreed.bsky.social 44. Jim Hanas
“Closing the Writing Center and removing its leadership now sends a disturbing signal about how seriously Harvard actually takes [its] mission.” Closing a writing center or library or dept or program or university press—an attack on one is an attack on all. www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...
In Defense of the Harvard College Writing Center | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson
As current and former Harvard College Writing Center tutors, we write to condemn the dissolution of the Writing Center as an independent entity and the laying off of its director, Jane Rosenzweig.
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"soon the older men could hear waves / inside the whale’s stomach, the cadences of their mother singing" "What Was Found Inside the Whale" by @readinstead.bsky.social starts off Issue Three of @swiftslitmag.bsky.social: swiftslitmag.com/jared-beloff
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I'm happy to have a poem published in @elysiumreview.bsky.social today! My poem's titled "A Layering of Other Worlds," it's from my new manuscript-in-progress, & I'm glad it found such a good home in this issue alongside so many great poems! www.elysiumreview.com/jeremy-micha...
The new issue of Elysium Review is out! Check out these poems celebrating pleasure, delight, wonder, and joy if you need a little dopamine pick-me-up for the afternoon. www.elysiumreview.com/issue-9.html
5 authors who died while you were alive who you've read five books by each Toni Morrison C.D. Wright Philip Levine Lucille Clifton Denis Johnson
Noah Berlatsky@nberlat.bsky.social · 2mo ago5 authors who died while you were alive who you've read five books by each Jean Valentine James Baldwin Tanith Lee Chester Himes Dr. Seuss
five living writers that you've read five books by each Joy Harjo Adrian Tomine Marilynne Robinson Joe Sacco Brian Teare
Noah Berlatsky@nberlat.bsky.social · 3mo agofive living writers that you've read five books by each Rita Dove Tasha Suri Courtney Milan Grant Morrison Tom Perrotta
Many thanks to @cavar.bsky.social for interviewing me for @anmlymag.bsky.social about founding @nervetowrite.bsky.social, sustaining disabled literary community, and the importance of disabled rage. medium.com/anomalyblog/...
dis/connect: Sustaining Disabled Creativity: An Interview with Sarah Fawn Montgomery, Nerve to…
I feel like it’s common to begin these types of interviews with a question on origin. I’d prefer to begin with one of genealogy. When…
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I am so happy to see my Marquez homage poem "What Was Found Inside the Whale" published with @swiftslitmag.bsky.social swiftslitmag.com/jared-beloff
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It’s the hottest week of summer so far and here’s some new work from @swiftslitmag.bsky.social to read in the shade. I’m so grateful to work on this project & publish such great work by @readinstead.bsky.social @heyhaylimay.bsky.social @caitlint.bsky.social & more!
s w i f t s: a literary magazine@swiftslitmag.bsky.social · 3mo agoOur third issue is out! Check out work by @readinstead.bsky.social, @heyhaylimay.bsky.social, Scott Coykendall, Kristina Erny, Ken Taylor, & @caitlint.bsky.social here: swiftslitmag.com
Excited to get my copy today of this edited collection on the TV show Letterkenny that includes an essay I wrote on Indigenous Feminisms & Survivance. The book’s edited by my colleague & other chapters cover all sorts of fascinating topics. Happy to say it’s now available wherever books are sold!
If you haven’t seen, the magazine I edit is the listing of the day over at @duotrope.com! The summer issue of @swiftslitmag.bsky.social is coming out very soon, and we’re always open for submissions! swiftslitmag.com
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Duotrope@duotrope.com · 3mo agoToday's listing of the day is: s w i f t s: a literary magazine @swiftslitmag.bsky.social #WritingCommunity
We’re the listing of the day over at @duotrope.com! Our summer issue is coming soon, and we’re always open for submissions - check us out here! swiftslitmag.com
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Duotrope@duotrope.com · 3mo agoToday's listing of the day is: s w i f t s: a literary magazine @swiftslitmag.bsky.social #WritingCommunity
Today's listing of the day is: s w i f t s: a literary magazine @swiftslitmag.bsky.social #WritingCommunity
Listing of the Day
Today's listing of the day is: s w i f t s: a literary magazine @swiftslitmag.bsky.social #WritingCommunity
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"Thank god: it is not too late to tell / a new story." - Billy-Ray Belcourt @poetsorg.bsky.social poets.org/poem/bildung...
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To be saved by ideas: a fantasy I harbored. / In those days, there was always something
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Thanks to @duotrope.com for interviewing our EiC @jeremymichaelreed.bsky.social ahead of our third issue! Check out the full thing but here's a couple helpful answers to get you started - and don't forget we're always open to submissions! duotrope.com/interview/ed...
"all the years I chased fluency in the meagerest language, my ح absent in its alphabet—without it my central consonant becomes a sigh." - Safia Elhillo @poetsorg.bsky.social poets.org/poem/abeceda...
Abecedarian Beginning with Alif
أlhillo means the sweet though in the language / I married into
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"The dead artist said for a painting to move us, / it must become, not remind us of life." - Sarah Ghazal Ali poets.org/poem/kunstle...
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In a number of rooms in a number of states / I began then abandoned notebooks.
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