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Jessica Lee McMillan

@jessicaleemcmillan.com
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Poet, civil servant, music nerd | CV2, Malahat Review, QWERTY, ROOM, Crab Creek Review, The New Quarterly & others. jessicaleemcmillan.com 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘰𝘯 (Pinhole Poetry) pinholepoetry.ca/product/shine-like…

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Jessica Lee McMillan @jessicaleemcmillan.com · 01/10/2026
Finally got my hands on a copy of this double LP (at Rick Roll Records in North Burnaby!) and it's deliciously ominous for October. youtu.be/RIrLjAq8eUc #BoardsOfCanada #Inferno #NowPlaying
Boards of Canada album Inferno resting a top the reflective cover of a Technics turntable in play. Cover art is diffuse photo of people standing outdoors and a ravaged treeline silhouette at the very bottom. Predominant colours are red and yellow conveying an ominous tone.
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LibreOffice @libreoffice.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
New “LibreOffice Expert 2026/2027” magazines available to give away, for schools and local communities: blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/09...
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arsenalpulp.bsky.social @arsenalpulp.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Today is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation & Orange Shirt Day. As we reflect on the history and ongoing legacy of colonialism and the residential school system, and in support of the journey toward reconciliation, we would like to highlight a few of the Indigenous literature titles (1/8)
A collage of book cover thumbnails against an abstract orange background. Small footer text lists the publisher, Arsenal Pulp Press, and their website, arsenal pulp [dot] com, and in the top-right of the background is their logo mark (a circle with an off-centre jagged cross cut through) in semi-transparent orange. The books featured are as follows: “The 500 Years of Indigenous Resistance Comic Book: Revised and Expanded” by Gord Hill; “Tsqelmucwílc” by Celia Haig-Brown, Randy Fred, Garry Gottfriedson, and the KIRS Survivors; “Finding Otipemisiwak” by Andrea Currie; “Buffalo Is the New Buffalo” by Chelsea Vowel; “a body more tolerable” by jaye simpson; and “Together We Drum, Our Hearts Beat as One” by Willie Poll, illustrated by Chief Lady Bird.
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Jessica Lee McMillan @jessicaleemcmillan.com · 30/09/2026
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National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
24 hours of programming to honour Canada's first official National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. View the schedule on https://www.aptntv.ca
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Jessica Lee McMillan @jessicaleemcmillan.com · 30/09/2026
"Ok, so? She's a dog"
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Measuringe the value of educacioun by returne on ynvestment onlye ys lyke measuringe the value of a garden by the weight of the floweres
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Christina Shah @christinashah.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Living East Van, Writing East Van: A Literary Panel. Join me at the VPL for a lively reading and conversation with @normannawrocki.bsky.social, Evelyn Lau(!), and Nick Marino Oct 24th, 2:30 pm! 📕 Register here: vpl.bibliocommons.com/events/6a906... #poetry #eastvan #hastings-sunrise
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Living East Van, Writing East Van: A Literary Panel
What does it mean to be an East Van writer? For almost 150 years, East Vancouver has been the predominant home for Vancouver’s immigrant and working-class communities. More than a geographic location...
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Jessica Lee McMillan @jessicaleemcmillan.com · 28/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/music/2026/s...
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Stevie Wonder releases four unheard songs from Songs in the Key of Life sessions
Previously unreleased material comes as Wonder marks 50th anniversary of album with arena tour
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Jessica Lee McMillan @jessicaleemcmillan.com · 27/09/2026
Started a poem with a question and some scraps. #TWSsprints #amwriting
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Jessica Lee McMillan @jessicaleemcmillan.com · 27/09/2026
Just sat down with a "Vancouver Fog" from across the street and realized #TWSsprints is starting. Just going through a notebook of recent ideas for a poem.
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The Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
#OnThisDay in 1940, the philosopher, literary critic, and essayist Walter Benjamin died by suicide in the Spanish border town of Portbou whilst on the run from the Nazis. Here's Anca Pusca on the relevance of Benjamin’s oeuvre in a digital age: publicdomainreview.org/essay/o... #otd
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Milo @miloafc.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The Sick Man of Europe's The Intermittent Signal is a return to the Joy Division world that was so well crafted by the debut album as an analogue post-punk/krautrock world is created once again: www.stilllisteningmagazine.com/reviews/the-...
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The Sick Man of Europe - The Intermittent Signal Review — Still Listening
The Sick Man of Europe draw on Joy Division and Arthur Rimbaud for an album that urges us to disconnect from the online world and find something human in the analogue.
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Pinhole Poetry @pinholepoetry.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Big congratulations to the winners of the FOURTH PINHOLE POETRY CHAPBOOK SEARCH: Yvonne Blomer, Lorna Crozier, Zoe Dickinson, Foster Gareau, Sneha Subramanian Kanta, Marc Perez, Lee Potts and Erin Vosters.
ANNOUNCING the WINNERS of our 4th PINHOLE POETRY CHAPBOOK SEARCH!
YVONNE BLOMER

LORNA CROZIER
ZOE DICKINSON
FOSTER GAREAU
SNEHA SUBRAMANIAN KANTA
MARC PEREZ
LEE POTTS
ERIN VOSTERS
THANKS TO ALL WHO SUBMITTED!
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Jessica Lee McMillan @jessicaleemcmillan.com · 24/09/2026
WOW, what a list! Congratulations to the winners. I cannot wait to read these chapbooks.
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Jessica Lee McMillan @jessicaleemcmillan.com · 24/09/2026
Congratulations, Lee!
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Jessica Lee McMillan @jessicaleemcmillan.com · 24/09/2026
I search street-view maps of my old places just to check on the trees.
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Jessica Lee McMillan @jessicaleemcmillan.com · 23/09/2026
Woot! Congrats!
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Jessica Lee McMillan @jessicaleemcmillan.com · 23/09/2026
Yes! I was corrected that I could not be pan but rather bi by a prominent BiVisibility account back in the Twitter days and it wrecked my day.
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Harbour Publishing @harbourpublishing.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Don't miss Russell Thornton at Planet Earth Poetry this Friday evening at Russell Books in Victoria. He will read from his latest collection, Two Songs. 📚✨ Come out for an evening of poetry, conversation, and good company!
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PopMatters @popmatters.com · 22/09/2026
The attention economy is built upon passivity. Yet the Sick Man of Europe's music is a pail of cold water to wake us up in the age of complicity. 'The Intermittent Signal' is out on Friday via @theleaflabel.com
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The Sick Man of Europe Fight Against Digital Passivity » PopMatters
The attention economy is built upon passivity. Yet the Sick Man of Europe's music is a pail of cold water to wake us up in the age of complicity.
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sider0xylon press @sider0xylon.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
We were just looking though our submissions, and as a press in Canada we have not a single submission from Canada SUBMIT: sider0xylon.carrd.co
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sider0xylon press
a new press for experimental writing.
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Jessica Lee McMillan @jessicaleemcmillan.com · 21/09/2026
Chad VanGaalen is at it again with the 7th (?) EP in 2 years--released today. I hope this means an album is imminent. #ChadVanGaalen chadvangaalen.bandcamp.com/album/full-m...
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full moon bummer 'freedom is love' EP, by Chad VanGaalen
5 track album
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sider0xylon press @sider0xylon.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
We have some nifty chapbooks for $10, by @jessicaleemcmillan.com, @nberlat.bsky.social, @mreid.bsky.social, @jordandavis.bsky.social (Americans can save on shipping by buy multiple) sider0xylon.carrd.co #canlit #poetry
chapbooks
DARK PATTERNS & BATH DREAM

by Jessica Lee McMillan SUMMARIES ARE POSITIVE ON SOME LEVEL 

by Noah Berlatsky OPERATIVES 

by Monty Reid SORRY, GOD

by Jordan Davis
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Jessica Lee McMillan @jessicaleemcmillan.com · 18/09/2026
Nature is our home—not an economic zone. The federal government is proposing to steamroll ahead with major projects by weakening environmental protections. Tell them to protect nature, not treat it as red tape. 🌿 @greenpeaceca.bsky.social act.gp/3UGBqcn
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Stop Federal Environmental Rollbacks in Canada
Nature is our home—not an economic zone. The federal government wants to streamroll ahead with major projects by weakening environmental protections. Tell them to protect the nature that sustains us, ...
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Jessica Lee McMillan @jessicaleemcmillan.com · 17/09/2026
We have Peter Max's Bob Dylan poster framed on my kid's wall.
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Raoul Fernandes @raoulfernandes.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
This starts in less than a week! Well, if I get a few more students!? 😬 So doing one more push to let you know, and to let your budding (or more blossomed) writer friends know. Feel free to DM me if you have questions
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rob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Hari Alluri, Tabako on the Windowsill / @pressassembly.bsky.social ; robmclennan.blogspot.com/2026/09/hari...
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Hari Alluri, Tabako on the Windowsill
Windowsill Offering for Eric In the crematorium’s service room, taking clumsy, ginger turns around the cardboard holding your body, su...
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Jessica Lee McMillan @jessicaleemcmillan.com · 13/09/2026
Now We Are 5 still goes on rotation here. I can't find my CD burns of Eric's Trip or SIANspheric (the latter of which I found a few months ago on YouTube).
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Jessica Lee McMillan @jessicaleemcmillan.com · 13/09/2026
A7. Emails where time and distance separates the writers and there is no communication outside the written word (eg. video chat) can take the form of letters as they are less conversational. My emails to family and friends abroad are identical to letters, although not physical. #TWSOchat
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Jessica Lee McMillan @jessicaleemcmillan.com · 13/09/2026
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The Conditional Release: Holiday Issue 2025 - Volume 3.2
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Jessica Lee McMillan @jessicaleemcmillan.com · 13/09/2026
I send my newsletters to family & some friends who are far away. Even for a wider audience, I try to keep it real and warm. I wrote an essay about my newsletters that was published in the 2025 Conditional Release Newsletter (for Edmonton Institution for Women). #TWSOchat
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Jessica Lee McMillan @jessicaleemcmillan.com · 13/09/2026
A5. I have always found letters in a novel pull me in because the form instantly triggers a sense of intimacy and curiosity. It can be a much more interesting form of exposition and is also frequently used in story-rich video games. #TWSOchat
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Jessica Lee McMillan @jessicaleemcmillan.com · 13/09/2026
Darn, it's paywalled now.
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Jessica Lee McMillan @jessicaleemcmillan.com · 13/09/2026
A2. Still along the lines of holiday newsletters but relevant to the act of slowing down, I have come back to this article in The Economist a few times: www.economist.com/christmas-sp...
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Christmas newsletters are a form of slow social media
Dispatches from when the newsfeed was refreshed once a year
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Jessica Lee McMillan @jessicaleemcmillan.com · 13/09/2026
A1. I have been writing annual holiday letters for over a decade and find it a fascinating genre. I have also been writing letters to my child for when they turn 16. As for letter writing in general, I am waiting for the right moment to write an epistolary poem. #TWSOchat
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Jessica Lee McMillan @jessicaleemcmillan.com · 12/09/2026
This is so exciting to see! I hope the fair is going wonderfully and thank you so much!
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Ian LeTourneau @ianletourneau.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
When selling at a small press fair, one acquires at a small press fair. A few pick ups. So great to meet @russellcarisse.bsky.social and get the new @sider0xylon.bsky.social by @jessicaleemcmillan.com ! Plus a beautiful letterpress chap from Rabbittown Press!
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Jessica Lee McMillan @jessicaleemcmillan.com · 12/09/2026
@russellcarisse.bsky.social it's beautiful😍! thank you for making such beautiful chapbooks:)
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sider0xylon press @sider0xylon.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
ANNOUNCING!!! A new title by @jessicaleemcmillan.com Dark Patterns & Bath Dream #canlit #poetry
a white with black and red text chapbook on a black tablecloth
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Vancouver Is Awesome @viawesome.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Family-owned Japanese grocery store celebrates 50 years in Vancouver
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Family-owned Japanese grocery store celebrates 50 years in Vancouver
Fujiya is marking the occasion with special draws and limited-edition stickers.
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Jessica Lee McMillan @jessicaleemcmillan.com · 09/09/2026
One of the best things about working on Burrard for nearly 15 years was being a block from Fujiya's downtown location. I started going shortly after living in Japan and it was so nice to buy some basic ingredients there too.
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Jessica Lee McMillan @jessicaleemcmillan.com · 08/09/2026
youtu.be/12zAD0y_vT0
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Fantasia
YouTube video by Chico Buarque - Topic
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Jessica Lee McMillan @jessicaleemcmillan.com · 08/09/2026
#NowPlaying #ChicoBuarque #Vida
Photo of Chico Buarque album resting atop a Technics turntable dust cover with spinning blue-green vinyl. Album is Vida but only displays artist's name in green with a sepia-filtered portrait of a young Chico Buarque and a white background.
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Jessica Lee McMillan @jessicaleemcmillan.com · 07/09/2026
"The new math" from Bob Hicok's This Clumsy Living (2007)
The new math

There are these notions of how the world would be better. Shoot all the anti-Semites. Wear only red socks. Hunt truth like the wolf hunts elk, in packs, with relentless teeth. Make language stand up and be something like a house, give it the force of wind, the courage of a storm to destroy itself. What we think of as wild I think of as honest. Doing, not what you think, but what you are. The difference between counting the rings of a tree and finding a place in the sky. A theory toward wolf would be a fine addition to the history of advice. Train the spine to walk on fours. Claim only that which your urine can touch. Find faith in the scent of things. Humans are metaphors. Chagall was a synagogue dreaming of being a man. When his paintings meet, they lick each other like wolves. I go nowhere without alienation, I carry it like a pouch of anvils, not belonging is the way I belong.
This brings us to the strange math of our heads, the impossibility of dividing by zero. If we could solve that equation, we'd be happy. I give you pencil, I give you paper, I wish you luck. Wolf would make a better denominator. Divide any number by wolf, you get wolf.
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Hand Drawn Dracula @handdrawndracula.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
🌸🐌 @nojoy.bsky.social brand new EP ‘Big Life, Big Leaf’ is out now on one-time pressing of Rose Pedal 10” vinyl for @bandcamp.com Friday 🔗 handdrawndracula.bandcamp.com w/ @fire-toolz.bsky.social 🔥 Released on @soniccathedral.bsky.social 🇬🇧🇪🇺 and on @handdrawndracula.bsky.social 🇨🇦🇺🇸🌎 everywhere else.
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Rahat Kurd @rahat.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Lisa Kahaleole Hall, a commenter on the FB page of a mutual friend, shared a deeply thoughtful statement against #AbusiveTech she and fellow Indigenous faculty at the University of Victoria have developed. Sharing it here with their encouragement.
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Jessica Lee McMillan @jessicaleemcmillan.com · 28/08/2026
Mine are off except for Outlook at work, which I cannot alter, unfortunately.
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Jessica Lee McMillan @jessicaleemcmillan.com · 28/08/2026
Why are grammar checkers so insistent on adding a comma when a conjunction in a simple, compound sentence is already doing the work!? It is a symptom of regression in understanding the logic of syntax.
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Jessica Lee McMillan @jessicaleemcmillan.com · 27/08/2026
Tim Curry came into my life via 1986’s The Worst Witch film starring Fairuza Balk, based on Jill Murphy’s series (ripped off a few decades later by a heinous transphobe). Curry was such a huge inspiration to me in terms of self-expression and embracing camp❤️ youtu.be/-FMf8ltkCgM
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Anything Can Happen On Halloween
YouTube video by ImzadiLaren
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Jessica Lee McMillan @jessicaleemcmillan.com · 27/08/2026
Stylized poster of Tim Curry as Dr. Frank-N-Furter (in lingerie, glorious curls and luscious red lips) with the text “Don't Dream It, Be It”.
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