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Jessica E. Johnson

@jessejohnson.bsky.social

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Poetry and nonfiction / art and communit(ies) / plants, animals, kids /community college / co-host Constellation Reading Series / she/they In Absolutes We Seek Each Other (Diagram ‘14) Metabolics (Acre Books ‘23) Mettlework (Acre Books ‘24)

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Jessica E. Johnson @jessejohnson.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Portland! Constellation is celebrating our 2nd birthday tomorrow with some of our big loves including @armintolentino.bsky.social Might want to get there early and save room for a minicupcake 🎂 If we haven’t met, please say hello. ✨

Constellation Reading announcement showing portraits of Jaye Nasir, Armin Tolentino, and Eric Tran. Reading is Thursday January 9, 7:00 -9:00 p.m. at Bishop & Wilde /Tin House, 2601 NW Thurman St. Portland OR 97201

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Jessica E. Johnson @jessejohnson.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Delighted and delighted listening to the brilliant Olivia Cronk on WZRD especially her particular conception of the poetry novel: the interesting things you can do in poetry, but with the novel’s provision of “glass after glass of water. My favorite page of Gwenda, Rodney so far.

The cover of the poetry novel Gwenda, Rodney by Olivia Cronk

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Narrator, in love with the beautiful man
Carla, confidante to the Narrator
Rodney, the beautiful man
Gwenda, mother to Rodney

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The beautiful man had been Rodney in Indiana.

The beautiful man had lived for a long time with his mother Gwenda and with sometimes a wayward cousin or some friend of the family. Someone to accompany him on his long June walks, pushing Gwenda’s wheelchair around the neighborhood,

smoking long-smoke and side-eyeing the neighbors some.

The usual narratives apply: Gwenda had been a beauty. The family’s wealth had decayed. Yellow sun roared around a room with a tiny electric fan on a dresser. Gwenda dominated Rodney down to his very rivers. But also Gwenda was brilliant, Rodney was madly delighted by her jokes, cousins fell into deep enchantment in their summer visits, the side-eyed neighbors were sad-eyed dopes, deep down envious of Gwenda’s long laugh and Rodney’s long legs as he bitterly lounged on the front porch reading his specially ordered books.

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Jessica E. Johnson @jessejohnson.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Lit bro colleagues rejoice, “the humanities” are BACK

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Jessica E. Johnson @jessejohnson.bsky.social · 13/01/2024

Girls’ first snowstorm!

Siamese cat looks out at a white window with apparent interest and anticipation.

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Jessica E. Johnson @jessejohnson.bsky.social · 11/01/2024

AWP last year with Sara. We recently discovered we’re arriving at this upcoming one on the same flight despite starting in different cities.

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Jessica E. Johnson @jessejohnson.bsky.social · 08/01/2024

If you happen to be on the fence about adopting two sibling kittens, my advice is do it.

A black cat (L) and a siamese cat (R) sleep facing each other.

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Jessica E. Johnson @jessejohnson.bsky.social · 21/11/2023

Morning “run,” no filter.

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Jessica E. Johnson @jessejohnson.bsky.social · 25/09/2023

School starts tomorrow. This is me a year ago super excited to teach in person for the first time in 2.5 years. AY 22-23 turned out to be heartbreaking—signs of severe administrative malpractice and neglect at every turn. Currently working without a contract after 200+ days of negotiations.

Jessica smiling at the camera in a gray cubicle.

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Jessica E. Johnson @jessejohnson.bsky.social · 09/09/2023

I woke up in San Francisco and am settling in tonight in Missoula. Long day! If you happen to be in Missoula come see me tomorrow at the Montana Book Festival at 12:15 for The Poetry of Process: Rituals and Subversions!

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Jessica E. Johnson @jessejohnson.bsky.social · 06/09/2023

In SF and reading at Green Apple on the Park tomorrow (9/7, 7:00 pm with stars Preeti Vangani and Jenny Qi) & it’ll be live-streamed: www.greenapplebooks.com/event/9th-av...

Jessica E. Johnson Feat. Jenny Qi + Preeti Vangani Thursday September 7, 7 pm pt, 1231 9th Ave (inner sunset)

Jessica reflected in round mirror hung on. Mint green wall with mint green lamp and chairs.

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Jessica E. Johnson @jessejohnson.bsky.social · 16/08/2023

The sisters are here!

A black kitten in the foreground looks at the camera while hanging off the edge of her bed with a siamese kitten in lying down in the background.

A fluffy Siamese kitten sits with her body facing right with her face turned up and left.

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Jessica E. Johnson @jessejohnson.bsky.social · 07/08/2023

Guess who is coming to restore joy to my petless home?

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Jessica E. Johnson @jessejohnson.bsky.social · 02/08/2023

This week only, you can get the ebook of Metabolics for 75% off (!!!) from the distributor. NGL, I’ve been thrilled to see it in a couple of Sealey Challenge stacks. (Paper copies at places including Powells, Bookshop, Annie Bloom’s, Bishop & Wilde) press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/virt…

The cover of Metabolics: poems in soft light against a concrete wall.

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