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Adam Clay

@adamclay.bsky.social
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Poet and Professor at Louisiana State University. Most recent book is Circle Back (Milkweed Editions, 2024).

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E. G. Cunningham @egcunningham.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Very glad to be included in the latest issue of AUTOCORRECT. Many thanks to Adam Clay. Check out the full issue at autocorrectmag.com
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AUTOCORRECT: ISSUE THREE
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Sealey Challenge @sealeychallenge.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
10 books to celebrate 10 summers of the #sealeychallenge, courtesy of Natalie Shapero. Find all 100 poetry recommendations here: poetry.arizona.edu/files/2026_s...
with snow pouring southward past the window, Joan Naviyuk Kane 
The Upstate, Lindsay Turner 
Golden Ax, Rio Cortez 
Oh You Robot Saints!, Rebecca Morgan Frank 
Querida, Nathan Xavier Osorio  
Circle Back, Adam Clay  
The Bronze Arms, Richie Hofmann 
Zombie Vomit Mad Libs, Duy Đoàn 
Bright Thorn, Devin Johnston 
Becoming Ghost, Cathy Linh Che
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johannesg.bsky.social @johannesg.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
"A chorus of flames. I search for evidence of my adrenaline in the rubble." Very pleased to see another "adoration" - "Adoration of Winning" - from my next book, The Adorations, published. This time on @adamclay.bsky.social 's new journal, Autocorrect: autocorrectmag.com/03/goransson...
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AUTOCORRECT THREE: JOHANNES GÖRANSSON
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james o @jamesolearypoet.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Adam Clay ( @adamclay.bsky.social ) in the Bennington Review "I say all of this so I'll remember it"
AGAINST CONFUSION

I never remember a name, I always
forget a face walking around in the early morning
hours with my eyes, nose, and mouth
god knows where. Just short of twenty-five
years of teaching, and I imagine a room
filled with all of my students. They’ve
swapped names and their life stories,
all but one, and I have to figure out who
they are. I’m friends on social media
with a student who died unexpectedly. 
I don’t know why, but her profile 
is a sounding board of grief and love
and just now I looked to see when her
birthday is and it’s today, probably 
why I summoned her into the poem.
I say all of this so I’ll remember it,
a momentary wall against forgetfulness.
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Adam Clay @adamclay.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
that dreaded "your course evaluations are ready" email arrived. panic and then I logged in to find none of my students filled had out the evaluations.
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Adam Clay @adamclay.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
is there something in the water today?
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Adam Clay @adamclay.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Dreamt I made a pitch to a press for a new poetry book and promptly bumped into the editor of said press five minutes later. And it wasn’t even AWP.
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Adam Clay @adamclay.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
guy at the coffee shop just asked his friends if they've ever heard a song by Aerosmith called "Bittersweet Symphony"
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Adam Clay @adamclay.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
The second issue of AUTOCORRECT is live. Thank you to these fabulous poets and thank for reading. Send me your poems! www.autocorrectmag.com
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Ninth Letter @ninthletter.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Volume 22, Issue 1 is in PRINT! ✨ Featuring work from 23 writers, this is an issue you want on your book shelf. Check out the contents list on our website, and order your copy today! Link in bio 💚 . . . . . . . #litmag #poetry #creativenonfiction #shortstory #creativewriting #literaryjournal
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Adam Clay @adamclay.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Last night I landed an acceptance at a mag I’ve been sending to since 2005. You got to be stubborn, I guess, to be a poet.
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Adam Clay @adamclay.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Franz Wright
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Adam Clay @adamclay.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
The editors at Ninth Letter have been supportive of my work for years, and I’m grateful this new poem (from book six!) has landed in their latest issue. This issue’s TOC is full of stars—I’m lucky to be among them! ✨
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Adam Clay @adamclay.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Everette Maddox
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Adam Clay @adamclay.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Hi friends-- At LSU this year we are hiring three Assistant Professors: One in Folklore, one in Linguistics, and one in Writing and Rhetoric studies. Full guidelines can be found here: lsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/LSU Feel free to DM me if you have questions and help us spread the word!
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Louisiana State University - Careers
LSU includes institutions, facilities and programs in each of Louisiana’s 64 parishes, and its campuses stretch the length of the state from New Orleans to Shreveport. Each institution plays a vital r...
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Adam Clay @adamclay.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
wondering if there are any literary agents here that might be down to Zoom into a class? or if anyone knows an agent who might be a good match, let me know?
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Adam Clay @adamclay.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Mary Ruefle
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Dr. Han VanderHart @hanvanderhart.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Hi poetry reviewers, writers, readers: here’s a document I made of paying reviews markets. Holler at me if you see something that needs to be updated/deleted/added! 🙏 I would appreciate it. Would love this to be a community resource for freelance writers to be paid for their criticism.
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Poetry Review Submissions: Paying Markets
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Adam Clay @adamclay.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Thinking back to your MFA days, what are some things you wish you'd been taught regarding professionalization. I have a decent list going, but I'd to hear others. Thanks, friends!
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Adam Clay @adamclay.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
With four days to spare until the contract at work starts up, I finished a manuscript today.
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SIR @southerninreview.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
The next spring 2025 Ruth Awad Poetry Pick is Adam Clay's “A Photograph of a Grain of Salt”: www.usi.edu/sir/ruth-awa... @adamclay.bsky.social‬ Instagram: @tomakeroomforthesea
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Susan L. Leary @susanlleary.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Adam Clay 💙 in Southern Indiana Review @adamclay.bsky.social @southerninreview.bsky.social
ADAM CLAY

A Photograph of a Grain of Salt

Some mornings everything feels spectacular or maybe I mean everything feels like spectacle. The rain seems unbelievable on the other side of the curtains. Outside, crime scene tape whips in the wind like some twenty-first century tumbleweed. Tomorrow night so far away, I don't imagine knowing why. A hand in front of my face—my hand-disappears when I hold it up. About suffering what if the old masters had it wrong, how a frame can't hold everything or how some musings fall short to what loss can mean on a microscopic level. A look at anything up close is like looking at everything at once and then it's like nothing, nothing at all.
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Adam Clay @adamclay.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
An overdue thanks to @jackbedell.bsky.social and the @louisianalit.bsky.social team for publishing four of my poems in the latest issue. Here’s one with a nod back to Illinois—
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AUTOCORRECT @autocorrectmag.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Graham Foust in Issue One-- Read more here: www.autocorrectmag.com/01/index.html
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Open_mind_get_inside @opn-mind-get-insde.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Day 150. 5/30/25. “Some Mood”. Adam Clay. #poemaday365
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Crisosto Apache @crisosto-apache.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Here is a new Literary Online Journal project by Adam Clay. The first issue. Please give it a read. www.autocorrectmag.com/about.html
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AUTOCORRECT: ISSUE ONE
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Rob MacDonald @rhmacdonald.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Grateful to have a couple of new poems in here. Big thanks, @adamclay.bsky.social
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Adam Clay @adamclay.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Issue one of @autocorrectmag.bsky.social is live: autocorrectmag.com
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Maurice Ruffin @mauricenow.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
I had thoughts about the plantation burning. Lots of thoughts. time.com/7287295/burn...
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The Burning of Nottoway Plantation
A fire at the Nottoway Plantation raises an important question: how do we treat locations with heinous histories?
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Adam Clay @adamclay.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Wanda Coleman
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Adam Clay @adamclay.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
"Your sister has no thesis" really stuck with me. If I was teaching comp, this would be a good stock comment that 1% of my students would get.
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Adam Clay @adamclay.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
@postcardlit.bsky.social issue 3
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Postcard @postcardlit.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Issue 3 is here! 10 postcards with 10 poems by 10 amazing poets (Emma Bolden, Adam Clay, Jessica Cuello, Erin Dorney, Susan Leary, Erin Malone, Nora Nadjarian, Michael Robins, Diane Wald, and Jane Zwart). Order your copy at www.postcardlit.com/store today! Preorders and orders ship soon!
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Adam Clay @adamclay.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
You've got a few more weeks to send your poems my way for the first issue of @autocorrectmag.bsky.social -- www.autocorrectmag.com Please feel free to repost!
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Adam Clay @adamclay.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
One year VAP in poetry at Notre Dame:
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Adam Clay @adamclay.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Thank you to @poetrydaily.bsky.social for sharing this one from Circle Back—🪁🔥🏍️ poems.com/poem/some-mo...
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Adam Clay @adamclay.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Jury duty summons for Spring Break. Cool.
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Adam Clay @adamclay.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
As of yesterday, I've run 281 miles this year--had an amazing 8 miler yesterday. Woke up this morning and my now my left knee will barely bend. Right one is fine. I guess this is just late 40s living?
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Adam Clay @adamclay.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Love this generous description of Larry Levis' "system": "Extant documentation of the state in which Levis's materials were initially found following his death indicates that Levis likely maintain only a very rudimentary organizational system."
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Adam Clay @adamclay.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
overheard my son this morning talking to his sister: "even though it's not still Valentine's Day, we can still be nice to each other."
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Adam Clay @adamclay.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
widespread chaos always means profit for the rich. especially when the rich create the chaos.
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Adam Clay @adamclay.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Louise Glück
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Adam Clay @adamclay.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
safe to say those of us expecting tax refunds this year should just go ahead and stop expecting?
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Adam Clay @adamclay.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
biggest weekend plan is taking a long nap tomorrow.
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Adam Clay @adamclay.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Best audiobook platform/subscriptions? Would like to avoid Audible. I have Hoopla, but I'd like a little more diversity in books I can check out.
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Invisible Histories @invisiblehistories.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
If you're at a Southern university/institution that is closing your LGBTQ or DEI/DEIA offices please reach out to us. We are helping people preserve their department's archival history and will work with you to help ensure folks remain anonymous.
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Maurice Ruffin @mauricenow.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
New Orleans ain't done yet. time.com/7204560/the-...
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The Attack On Bourbon Street Can Never Stop New Orleans
Maurice Carlos Ruffin explores how, even in the aftermath of a violent attack, the spirit of New Orleans perseveres.
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Adam Clay @adamclay.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
tfw a journal takes the whole packet 💙💙💙
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Nick Moran @nemoran.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
Adam Clay
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Adam Clay @adamclay.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Love NEA announcement day. Congrats to the poets and translators!
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