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John Burroughs @jburroughs.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

More books I'm pleased to have gotten my hands on recently: Hutsulka by Nicole Yurcaba, Have Your Eyes by Nicole Yurcaba, Growl & Mud: Collected Poems 2021-2023 by Mick Parsons, Vehicular Tankacide by Raven Mack, The Unaccounted for Circles of Hell by Lynne Schmidt, Bluets by Maggie Nelson.

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John Burroughs @jburroughs.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Crisis Chronicles Press is pleased to announce the publication of Trump Stamp, an essential new collection of poems by John Dorsey. Available for $10 at ccpress.blogspot.com/2026/10/trum... Contents include "Redneck Shaman," "Ramen & Canned Corn," "Ode to the New Confederate Dead," and more.

John Burroughs @jburroughs.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Some great books I picked up recently in Frostburg. Dearest, Disaster by Jennifer Browne; LIM[I]NAL: a tiny wren anthology ed. by Jennifer Browne & Dana Knott; Girl, Drowning by Dana Knott; Rothko's Gospels by Kip Knott; A Mob of Kangaroos by Kip Knott; Backbone Mountain Review 2026.

Cleveland Review of Books @clereviewbooks.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

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"former Cleveland Mayor Anthony Celebrezze, asked levy, “You write poetry...do you sell it?” levy replied, "About 89 cents worth a day,”" -Alex Benedict on d.a. levy. First of a three part series. clereviewofbooks.com/the-lion-lyi...

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The Lion Lying On His Back - Cleveland Review of Books

to my knowledge this poem is the first poem of any length to be written about cleveland in 150 years.

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Ohio Poetry Association @ohiopoetry.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Join the Ohio Poetry Day Association, @theartscommission.bsky.social, @toledolibrary.bsky.social, and friends on October 16-17 for the 90th Annual Ohio Poetry Day celebration. Full details at ohiopoetryday.blogspot.com

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John Burroughs @jburroughs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Really glad to have picked these lit goodies up recently: Rambling Meditations of Bone-Weary Wandering by Morgan DePue, Written in Blood: Courage and Corruption in the Appalachian War of Extraction ed. by Wess Harris, 'Cross the Pond ed. by Wess Harris, 11:11 by J Ian Bush, Paris Review, & Poetry.

Ohio Poetry Association @ohiopoetry.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

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Meet some our new OPA Regional Poet Ambassadors! ohiopoetryassn.blogspot.com/2026/09/ohio...

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Ohio Poetry Association @ohiopoetry.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Meet some our new OPA Regional Poet Ambassadors! ohiopoetryassn.blogspot.com/2026/09/ohio...

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John Burroughs @jburroughs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

So this happened. Though I recently completed my term as @ohiopoetry.bsky.social vice president, I remain committed to the organization's mission and work and am excited about serving in a new, more locally-focused role as OPA's Northeast Ohio Regional Poet Ambassador.

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John Burroughs @jburroughs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I was happy to receive these books in the mail from Crying Heart Press: Phantoms of the Park by John Dorsey, The Main Even by Vaughn Ross, Small Things Like These by James Lawson Moore, Climb into the Sun by Mike Zone, Bruxism by Keiron Lee Higgins. Get 'em at cryingheartpress.bigcartel.com

John Burroughs @jburroughs.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The Western Maryland Independent Literature Festival continued tonight with a wonderful reading by Stephen Haven at Clatter.

Ohio Poetry Association @ohiopoetry.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

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We are thrilled to see that our NW Ohio Regional Poetry Ambassador @sandragill.bsky.social has been selected as the New Lucas County (Toledo) Poet Laureate. Congratulations! sandrariversgill.com

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Sandra Rivers-Gill

Lucas County Poet Laureate . Performer . Playwright

John Burroughs @jburroughs.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The festival also includes an SMPA/CLA Poetry Slam on Thursday, a Kickoff Reading Featuring Stephen Haven on Friday, and an array of readings, workshops, and panels followed by an open mic and punk show (by The Downstrokes with Subtastics) on Saturday. More info at www.facebook.com/groups/17470...

John Burroughs @jburroughs.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I am looking forward to being part of the Western Maryland Indie Lit Fest in Frostburg this week. I'll be representing Crisis Chronicles Press in the book fair Saturday with the revised edition of my The Wrest of the Worthwhile and other favorite titles. More info at www.facebook.com/groups/17470...

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John Burroughs @jburroughs.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

One of my favorites! They're in the process of moving across the street into a larger space, where City Buddha used to be.

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John Burroughs @jburroughs.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

So sorry for the cone, buddy. (The vet had to put a drain in his swollen ear yesterday)

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John Burroughs @jburroughs.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Mac's Backs Books on Coventry in Cleveland Heights is having one heck of a sale. Today I picked up about 100 poetry books I didn't already have. And there are plenty more (not only poetry) waiting there for you. They even have a handful of Crisis Chronicles Press titles.

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John Burroughs @jburroughs.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Was wonderful to see and hear Colson Whitehead tonight at the conclusion of Literary Cleveland's Inkubator conference.

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John Burroughs @jburroughs.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Seen at the Cleveland Armenian Festival today

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John Burroughs @jburroughs.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

So grateful for these new arrivals! Bread and Drugs by John Dorsey (2026, Scumbag Press), A True Story by Bill Gainer (2021, Spartan Press), The Happy Birthday of Death by Gregory Corso (1960, New Directions), These Fragments I Have Shored by Jason Irwin (2026, Apprentice House).

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Ohio Poetry Association @ohiopoetry.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

With great pride and pleasure we learn that our own Chuck Salmons has been selected as Ohio Poet of the Year!!! We're thrilled to see him and his beautiful collection by Sheila-Na-Gig, Surviving the Eremocene, receive this well deserved recognition. sheilanagigblog.com/poetry-archi...

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Chuck Salmons

Surviving the Eremoceneby Chuck SalmonsISBN: 978-1-962405-32-4 $16.00 (+$4.63 US Shipping) Also available as an Ebook from online retailers. ISBN 978-1-962405-33-1 Please check your SHIPPING ADDRES…

John Burroughs @jburroughs.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

A galaxy of poets in this wondrous new anthology, edited by Sandra Feen and Dianne Borsenik and forthcoming from Sheila-Na-Gig. A poem of mine appears in it as well. Pre-order now and get $5 off. sheilanagigblog.com/shop-sheila-...

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You’ve Been Poemed!

SHEILA-NA-GIG EDITIONS’ 100TH TITLE COMING IN NOVEMBER! You’ve Been Poemed!Edited by Sandra Feen and Dianne BorsenikISBN: 978-1-962405-93-5$20.00 (+ $4.63 US Shipping) Pre-order discoun…

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John Burroughs @jburroughs.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Another great event coming up in October! @ohiopoetry.bsky.social's fall quarterly workshop will feature Affrilachian poet Torli Bush from Webster Springs, West Virginia.

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John Burroughs @jburroughs.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Looking forward to the Writers Association of Northern Appalachia conference, October 16-17 in Wheeling, West Virginia! They have a wonderful array of presenters lined up and there's still time to register at writersassociationofnorthernappalachia.org

Literary Cleveland @literarycleveland.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

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🎉 Announcing Literary Cleveland’s Inkubator Writing Conference #Cleink26 is the 𝗟𝗔𝗥𝗚𝗘𝗦𝗧 free writing conference in the country and this year we’ve made it 𝗕𝗜𝗚𝗚𝗘𝗥 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗕𝗘𝗧𝗧𝗘𝗥 than ever with keynote speaker Colson Whitehead! September 9-12. SPREAD THE WORD. inkubator.litcleveland.org

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John Burroughs @jburroughs.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Join us Saturday, September 19th near Richwood, West Virginia, for wild and wonderful poetry hosted by Bob Henry Baber, author of Pure Orange Sunshine. All are welcome.

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John Burroughs @jburroughs.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Grateful to be among those being honored this weekend by the National Beat Poetry Foundation. Please email Debbie at NBPF15@gmail.com if you're interested in participating in the Saturday open mic.

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John Burroughs @jburroughs.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

That was pretty cool! And I loved the show.

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John Burroughs @jburroughs.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Haircut 100, Adam Ant, and Squeeze at Nautica

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John Burroughs @jburroughs.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Happy to recommend: the pain diary by John Compton & Tommy Sheffield (2026, Ethel), The Notebook of Cherry Androgynous by Alex Benedict (2026 Jagged Edge), Cherries from a Pail by Adrian Lime & Victor Adam Clevenger (2025, Dark Heart), Residency Review by Katie Dozier Green (2026, Fungible).

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John Burroughs @jburroughs.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

More recently procured lit goodies! :) ZONG! by N. NourbeSe Philip & Setaey Adamu Boateng [2008, Wesleyan], Masked Avenger by Douglas DeMars [1986, Acheron], Secretary of the Invisible Thing by Lance Larsen [2026, Rattle], Details of Flesh by Cortney Davis [1997, Calyx], Rattle & Poetry.

Ohio Poetry Association @ohiopoetry.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

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Ohio Poetry Day celebration: October 16-17th in Toledo. See more info about the Friday night kickoff at www.facebook.com/events/21904...

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John Burroughs @jburroughs.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I love the cover. Ethel is always fantastic. Congratulations!

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John Burroughs @jburroughs.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

This new Pure Sleeze Press chapbook bundle! Sometimes I Hear a Train by Dean McClain, Pothos by Hiromi Yoshida, Roots, Seeds, Stems, & Leaves by Anjelica Wren, Pareidolia by April Ridge, Juke Poetry Ball by Joan Hawkins, Left the Stove on by Tom Stuckey, Still Here: A Tribute by Heather Kays.

John Burroughs @jburroughs.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Thanks so much to Scot Young and Rusty Truck for including my poem "Random Rules" in their All American Poetry Parade. Read my poem at rustytruck.wordpress.com/2026/08/28/j.... Watch a video of me reading it at substack.com/profile/1160.... View the entire parade at rustytruck.wordpress.com

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John Burroughs @jburroughs.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I misspoke. It was actually very early 2017.

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John Burroughs @jburroughs.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

My David Berman-inspired poem, "Random Rules," appears in this digital anthology on the @ohiopoetry.bsky.social website.

John Burroughs @jburroughs.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Co-editors Jeanne Bryner and Gerry Gorman invite you to please consider submitting to this important anthology responding to the recent community hospital closures that are adversely affecting so many people.

John Burroughs @jburroughs.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Hey, y'all! Let's celebrate @jenniferabrowne.bsky.social's birthday today by picking up a copy of her superb new chapbook, *Dearest, Disaster*, from dancing girl press & studio! dulcetshop.myshopify.com/products/bro...

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Dearest, Disaster | Jennifer Browne

Jennifer Browne is the author of American Crow and the poetry chapbooks Before: After; In a Period of Absence, a Lake; whisper song; and The Salt of the Geologic World. Find more of her work at linktr...

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John Burroughs @jburroughs.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Great show by the Mountain Goats last night at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

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Ohio Poetry Association @ohiopoetry.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

If you missed our recent program about the poetry of Toni Morrsion, the video is now online. Thanks again to the Ohioana Library, the Toni Morrison Society, and Literary Cleveland. youtu.be/qN_hf2X3FKU

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5 on 5 Celebrating the Poetry of Toni Morrison Virtual Event

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John Burroughs @jburroughs.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

More books I've brought home recently: Cosmic American Music by Scott Silsbe, Object Permanence by Michelle Gil-Montero, To Anacreon in Heaven and Other Poems by Graham Foust, Two-Headed Nightingale by Shara Lessley, The Secret of Clocks by Thomas Lux, The Dig and Hotel Fiesta by Lynn Emanuel.

John Burroughs @jburroughs.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

It was good to chat recently with Geoff Anderson of diVERSES. Though I love @ohiopoetry.bsky.social, I recently stepped away from my vice president role with them to focus more on other priorities. At this stage of my life, I find I have more questions than answers. youtu.be/oMbKUSaFONM

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Why I Left Ohio's Biggest Poetry Organization

YouTube video by diVERSES

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John Burroughs @jburroughs.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

A few scenes from last night's excellent Hemingway's Summer Poetry Series at Hop Farm Brewing in Pittsburgh. So glad I made the trip. The evening's featured poets were Jennifer Browne, Michelle Gil-Montero, Alexi Morrissey, Michael Simms, and Patricia Jabbeh Wesley.