Sign in

Jake Reynolds

@jakeareynolds.bsky.social
80 followers 122 following 33 posts

Poet. Author of We Both Say (2026, Broken Sleep Books). Bio doesn't even rhyme. www.jarpoetry.com

PostsRepliesMedia
Reposted by Jake Reynolds
Alison Brackenbury @abrackenbury.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It seems oddly fitting to read these 2 fine books from @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social in a dimly lit pub, forgetting a looming appointment... I particularly recommend @jakeareynolds.bsky.social 's dream-like journeys & G B Clarkson's imagined holiday with George Eliot!
2104
Jake Reynolds @jakeareynolds.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
If you're in Norwich and are a literary translator/are interested in literary translation/know NOTHING but are curious, this from @writerscentre.bsky.social looks a good way to spend a Wednesday evening in a couple of weeks. More info/book here: nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/events/itd-2...
010
Jake Reynolds @jakeareynolds.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
News I very much did not expect. Delighted that We Both Say has been selected as the Autumn '26 pamphlet choice by the Poetry Book Society!
262
Jake Reynolds @jakeareynolds.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
The Madonna album. Actually great!! nice
100
Reposted by Jake Reynolds
Jeremy Noel-Tod @jntod.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Long shot, but are there any Literature academics out there who would be willing to part with their print copy of the journal English from Spring 2025? It's the special issue I edited on poetry archives, but it is proving very difficult to obtain an extra copy from the publisher...
1718
Jake Reynolds @jakeareynolds.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Genuinely the first paragraph of a Guardian review of... a TV show by Larry David
100
Jake Reynolds @jakeareynolds.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Fantastic
000
Jake Reynolds @jakeareynolds.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
This new Bedouine album. Yes please!
000
Jake Reynolds @jakeareynolds.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Out now 🗣️🗣️ Thank you @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social @godzillakent.bsky.social for publishing this & for believing in it Thank you to anyone who has/might/will spend their hard-earned money on this little book. It blows my mind that anyone would & I hope v much you find something in it that you like
152
Reposted by Jake Reynolds
Broken Sleep Books @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
We Both Say maps a long-distance relationship across difference, distance, & the interference of the world's crises. The poems move between letters, storms, & time zones, finding in the gap between two people a space intimate & politically charged www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page...
Book cover for We Both Say by Jake Reynolds, published by Broken Sleep Books.Book cover for We Both Say by Jake Reynolds, published by Broken Sleep Books. The background is a muted taupe, with the title and author name in dark olive-green serif type at the top left. Centred on the cover is a watercolour illustration of a corked glass terrarium jar containing green leafy plants, small rocks, soil, and a layer of sand at the base, with visible white roots beneath the surface.
2103
Jake Reynolds @jakeareynolds.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Rumours that my book is still set to come out at the end of the month, and that author copies arrived today, are devastatingly true www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page...
020
Jake Reynolds @jakeareynolds.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
A pleasure to be joining this wonderful lineup on May 29th for the online @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social May launch. Pay-what-you-want tix available here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/broken-sle...
095
Jake Reynolds @jakeareynolds.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
poem idea: start every line with "Richard Dawkins concludes" and basically it's just a litany of things that make him sound deeply friendless
020
Jake Reynolds @jakeareynolds.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
My first book, We Both Say, will be out in the world on May 31st. Pre-order here: www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page... While you're there, have a browse & grab something else. There are few publishers where there truly is something for everyone, but @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social is one of them
020
Reposted by Jake Reynolds
Jake Reynolds @jakeareynolds.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
My first book of poems, We Both Say, is out on May 31st with the good folks at @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social. You can pre-order it right now: www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page...
032
Jake Reynolds @jakeareynolds.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
My first book of poems, We Both Say, is out on May 31st with the good folks at @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social. You can pre-order it right now: www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page...
032
Jake Reynolds @jakeareynolds.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
new Geese song 'Taxes' is great
120
Jake Reynolds @jakeareynolds.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Very happy to have a new poem, 'Someone You Know and Someone You Don't', in the latest issue of @poetrybrum.bsky.social, which is full of treats and can (and should) be bought from their website
030
Jake Reynolds @jakeareynolds.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Happily, I passed my viva with minor corrections yesterday afternoon and am now the sort of doctor who will be of no use at all if you're, say, bleeding out on a plane. Thank you to my supervisors Tiffany Atkinson & Jeremy Noel-Tod, and examiners Luke Kennard & Holly Corfield Carr!
060
Jake Reynolds @jakeareynolds.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
World Poetry Day seems as good a time as any to announce that my debut pamphlet of poetry will be published by @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social in 2026 📖
030
Jake Reynolds @jakeareynolds.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Excellent, I hate small talk. To me, every social interaction should open with something like this
040
Jake Reynolds @jakeareynolds.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Submitted a PhD today. If I was interesting enough to have haters, boy - what a bad day for them this would be. Or, depending on their hater ethos, a great day. Would the haters and I perhaps be on the same side today? Sadly, we'll never know
140
Jake Reynolds @jakeareynolds.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
2025 is difficult
020
Jake Reynolds @jakeareynolds.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
Really happy that Peter Gizzi won the TS Eliot Prize. The new Ela Minus album is great. New Perfume Genius song is too. I hand in my PhD very soon and will be able to read books for 'pleasure' again
000
Jake Reynolds @jakeareynolds.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
What a crossover
110
Jake Reynolds @jakeareynolds.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Arooj Aftab on Colbert is what we like to see: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaGu...
youtube.com
"Raat Ki Rani" - Arooj Aftab (LIVE on The Late Show)
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
010