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Jane Zwart (she/her)

@janezwart.bsky.social

Here for poems & other beauties. Writing in Poetry, The Southern Review, Threepenny Review, Ploughshares, The Poetry Review (UK), & elsewhere. Co-editor for book reviews at Plume. First collection of poems forthcoming with Orison Books in fall 2025.

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Jane Zwart (she/her)@janezwart.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I'm so full of gratitude to Emily Updegraff & Great Lakes Review for making space for this interview about Oddest & Oldest & Saddest & Best (see first link). And here's a photo of a small treasure from this weekend, which I spent near Lake Michigan:

A very small Petoskey stone in a woman's hand. The cover of her book is almost (?) maybe (?) recognizable in the background.
Mitchell Nobis@mitchnobis.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Update: We pushed publication to Feb. 2027. While you wait, I recommend the new books from @ralpheeboi.bsky.social, @pochoboymeetsworld.bsky.social, @janezwart.bsky.social, @clairemtaylor.com, @mrdecember.bsky.social, and soooo many more but those 5 are in a stack right in front of me.

Mitchell Nobis@mitchnobis.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Good news in the sh*%storm: I have a new poetry collection coming later this year! Beginning to Sense, @matchfactoryeds.bsky.social, October 2026. (That's not the cover. I just mocked up a title page for this announcement.)

I mocked up a title page for what will soon be my forthcoming second poetry collection, Beginning to Sense, to be published by Match Factory Editions, 2026.
Meg Pillow@megpillow.bsky.social · 8mo ago

This site is one of the most beautiful things on the internet. Every time you load it, it loads a new letter written by someone who cares and who wants you to stick around. Please share, and please write a letter if you feel called to do so. www.reasonstostay.co.uk?utm_source=i...

Reasons to Stay - Mental Health

Reasons to Stay is a suicide prevention project reaching people at difficult moments through anonymous letters written by volunteers. Each letter on this site was written by a real person and delivere...

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NAWP@notatawp.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Sheesh, sorry about that! Copying the wrong link is SO NAWPstrich, y'know? To be clear, these are both amazing poets with amazing new books! @djvorreyer.bsky.social: sundress-publications.square.site/product/unri... @janezwart.bsky.social: www.orisonbooks.com/product-page...

Oddest & Oldest & Saddest & Best, poems by Jane Zwart | Orison Books

Oddest & Oldest & Saddest & Bestpoems by Jane Zwart Orison Bookspaper / 74 pp. / $18.00ISBN: 978-1-949039-68-9Publication Date: February 3, 2026 ABOUT THE BOOK As its title hints, Odde...

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Jane Zwart (she/her)@janezwart.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Hey writing kin, I'm mailing out a short stack of signed Oddest & Oldest & Saddest & Bests on Friday. If you'd like one (and live in the states), I'd be honored to join your library. Message me? $22 (covers shipping, Venmo or PayPal)

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Mitchell Nobis@mitchnobis.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Here, quick before day 1 ends, let's share one by @janezwart.bsky.social whose new book Oddest & Oldest & Saddest & Best is utterly incredible. I also love basketball (as you may have noticed), so here's a Jane hoops poem.

Jumper Mostly I applaud and jealousy is a splinter in my hand. Not that I would call it an affliction. Not that, if pressed, I wouldn’t admit the words jealousy and splinter both run wide. Nothing stings, after all. During the ovation for the actor who makes me wipe my eyes, an eyelash-sized envy; for the painter, a green bristle from a horsehair brush. Maybe this, too, can be explained: maybe the whisker of our own talent is what itches when we clap. Never, after all, have my palms tingled cheering the jumper. The girls who make high dives lamellophones, the shooting guard pedaling thin air over the key—I laud them empty- handed and flat-footed, the same as any witness to unattainable grace.
Mitchell Nobis@mitchnobis.bsky.social · 6mo ago

As day 1 of Poetry Month draws to a merciful close, I decided I'll share 30 poems on here that I've liked recently and also to write 30 new ones. Not one a day in either category because I'm on spring break & a li'l tipsy after hooping & getting some good news (cheers, eh), but sure, over the month.