Asheville area friends! Check out this amazing event hosted by UNCA and facilitated by the indefatigable Erica Abrams Locklear. I can't wait to be in conversation with Dr. Nico Zegre (and the audience). Come if you can (and please register first)!
Jessica Cory
@jessicascory.bsky.social
Editor of Appalachian Journal. Scholar, educator, writer. Books with WVU Press and U of Georgia Press. Lover of gardening, living with MCAS/hEDS/other immune wonkiness. https://www.jessicascory.com/
Come grab a pint and listen to some poetry! Tomorrow night I'll be reading from 6-7 at The Blind Elk Tap Room as part of the Appalachians on Tap series hosted by Lees-McRae's Stephenson Center for Appalachian Studies. A HUGE thank you to Catherine Pritchard Childress for making this happen!
Hey friends! If you missed the Sheila-Na-Gig reading to introduce Disposable to the world, you can check it out on YouTube: youtu.be/HxqlsGCPZPM?...
Author copies arrived today! And pre-orders are open until June 15, so head on over to Sheila-Na-Gig to get discounted pricing. sheilanagigblog.com/shop-sheila-...
My spouse on my lack of brevity in writing (and life, really): "You're like the Grateful Dead of academia. Here, listen to this 25-minute guitar solo, except that solo is a footnote." 🤣 I can put "Grateful Dead of academia" on my business cards, right?
I'm beyond thrilled to contribute to @reckonreview.bsky.social as a Wind & Root columnist. Many thanks to @meaganlucas.bsky.social and Charlotte Smith Hamrick for this opportunity! reckonreview.com/chronically-...
CHRONICALLY WRITING: Making Time to Write with Chronic Illness | by Jessica Cory – Reckon Review
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Hey friends, I just learned that the upcoming print issue of North Carolina Literary Review with a special section on NC military writing is in press and will be out next month.
Big news, friends! My new chapbook, Disposable, is now available for pre-order from Sheila-Na-Gig editions! HUGE thanks to Hayley Mitchell Haugen for her support and to Julia WD Harrison for the phenomenal cover art. sheilanagigblog.com/shop-sheila-...
Jessica Cory
Coming Soon! Disposableby Jessica CoryISBN: 9781962405805$14.00 (+ $4.63 US Shipping) PRE-ORDER DISCOUNT: $11.20 ($4.63 Shipping)through June 15. Please check your SHIPPING ADDRESS on PayPal when p…
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I really wish Appalachian Journal and As the Crow Flies contributors (and potential contributors) could see the happy dances and hear the "oohs" and "ahhs" when I read y'all's work. Seriously. I'd post video, but I'd embarrass myself.
Had such a fun time at the ETSU Literary Festival yesterday (which was also Earth Day--hooray)! So wonderful to hear amazing works by emerging student writers alongside Nickole Brown, Rose McLarney, and Juan Martinez!
Look at this beautiful cover, friends! The spring edition of Appalachian Journal should be hitting mailboxes beginning next week.
📚Nonfiction reviews in Journal of Appalachian Studies 31.2: @jessicascory.bsky.social reviews "Reading, Writing, and Queer Survival." Plus, reviews of "Hillbilly Highway" (@princetonupress.bsky.social), "No Son of Mine," and "Troublesome Rising." scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jas/issu...
I'm thrilled to have a chapter, “Violence against the Land is Violence against the People: Land Management Tactics in Linda Hogan’s Solar Storms" included in this exciting volume edited by Jada Ach and Kristen Brown. Pre-orders are open now with a June 2026 release. www.routledge.com/Redefining-L...
Redefining Land Management in North American Literature and Culture: From Resource to Reciprocity
Exploring the ongoing histories of human-centered ecosystem management in the lands and waters that comprise what is now known as North America, this book tracks the diverse ways in which human-enviro...
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Friends and colleagues in Native and Indigenous lit, the fantastic English Dept at App State is hiring: english.appstate.edu/news/we-are-...
We Are Hiring an Assistant Professor of North American Indigenous Literatures
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We need a bigger national spotlight on this building raid, fam. Agents dropped from helicopters onto the roof. Citizens and non-citizens alike were dragged from their homes in the night. People who weren't kidnapped during the raid had their belongings seized after the fact. This is madness.
Puff the Magic Hater@mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 10mo ago"Jones, 27, is among the residents left at 7500 S. South Shore Drive who are trying to piece together what remains after an early morning, high-powered federal immigration raid led to the arrests of dozens of their neighbors at their South Shore apartment building."
SUPER thankful to the brilliant Brian Railsback for editing a special issue of AmLit on American Literatures, Living and Dying in the Anthropocene: Responses in Contemporary Literature from the Western Hemisphere,
Friends and neighbors, As the Crow Flies, the open-access expansion of Appalachian Journal, is now live if you wanna go take a peek: as-the-crow-flies.pubpub.org
As the Crow Flies
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The husband and kiddo have birthdays next week, so today we're heading to Scarowinds to celebrate. In related news, I just saw the tracking update that my CBD-infused arthritis salve is also arriving today. #perfecttiming
I had a blast talking with @thejeremybjones.bsky.social about his new book, Cipher, with @blairpub.bsky.social. A huge thanks to Jeremy and @reckonreview.bsky.social for putting this conversation out into the world!
Reckon Review@reckonreview.bsky.social · 11mo agoHead over to Reckon to read this fantastic interview by Jessica Cory of Jeremy B. Jones.
Why, yes, I did just write an angry version of "This Is Just to Say" to the squirrels who cleared our entire peach tree before I could can a single one.
In a landmark case brought by the sinking Pacific island nation of Vanuatu, the ICJ’s 15 judges decided unanimously that governments have a legal duty to protect the climate.
World's top court opens door to compensation from countries responsible for climate crisis
International Court of Justice rules that governments have a legal duty to prevent and repair damage to the climate system
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App Studies friends, check out the newest map by Tribal Nations Maps/Aaron Carapella: www.tribalnationsmaps.com/store/p3946/...
Indigenous Nations of Appalachia Map - 18"x24"
Reservations of Montana, List of Indian Tribes, Location of Indian Tribes, Original Native Indian Tribes
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Excited to attend the launch of the NC Poetry Society's 2025-26 Poetry in Plain Sight Program in Durham today! My poem "Ode to the Pill Bug" will be featured in May.
Breaking News! Code UFB!!! The daily CO2 number from Mauna Loa exceeded 430 ppm yesterday. This is the first reading above 430 ever recorded. CO2 levels have not been this high since the Pliocene epoch, 3 to 5 million years ago.
University presidents are staying quiet as Trump tries to destroy their institutions. It won’t work, writes @gregggonsalves.bsky.social
Universities Are Under Attack. Silence Is Not an Option.
University presidents are staying quiet as Trump tries to destroy their institutions. It won't work.
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Thought I heard a car door slam outside. Nope, just this furry beast jumping the 14 inches from lounger to floor.
🎶 Working 8 to 6, but they call you after hours Barely gettin’ by, lots of crying in the shower You might prequalify, won’t even hurt your credit Ran out of sick days--well, I hope y'all don’t catch it 🎶
Dolly Parton’s “9 to 5” Adjusted for Late-Stage Capitalism
In case you need help with the tune. - - -Come in on a Sunday? You’ve gotta be jokin’ Christmas bonus was a car wash token Startin’ to think our sy...
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