Reposted by jessijamie loftus @jamieloftus.bsky.social · 30/09/2026feeling this hard -- i am so glad that there is an actual conversation that's taking place around cornell, and that survivors coming forward isn't being dismissed as 'woke 1' or whatever the fuck. and it's also hard to ignore that we've been here before, in the recent past, and nothing changed. 388596
Reposted by jessiRyan Hendrickson @imaginaryhistories.bsky.social · 30/09/2026One of the greatest essays of the last couple decades was this one by Elizabeth Schambelan connecting the dots of rape, frats, hazing, American militarism, and counterinsurgency www.nplusonemag.com/issue-34/ess...nplusonemag.comSpecial Journey to Our Bottom Line | Elizabeth SchambelanWe had staggered through hell, and came out to look at the world with the jaded, contemptuous eyes of the combat veteran. Some people might think it’s hyperbolic to describe a frat initiation as a hel... 154
Reposted by jessiAnthony Oliveira @meakoopa.bsky.social · 30/09/2026oh sorry you don’t like STAR TREK?? just bc most of it is bad??? grow up 835759
Reposted by jessiRyan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 30/09/2026George Saunders on using AI: "Writing is the most precious way one person can communicate their essence to another person. I’ve spent a lifetime trying to get better at making myself present in my writing. Why would I want to sacrifice even one iota of that?" 5533143
Reposted by jessisupastaaarz @supastaaarz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026When men see no consequences from committing sexual assault, no societal isolation from talking or joking about it, and men never publicly held accountable, you end up with entire generations of men who don’t see it as actually wrong, just inconvenient if caught. 1628
Reposted by jessiRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 28/09/2026One thing I end up going back to over and over again is: while the criminal justice system could do so much better in protecting rights, the only thing that can adequately address a pervasive problem like this is social/cultural change. Rape arises from and reasserts rape culture/patriarchy. 5676115
jessi @jessisays.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I was surprised and honoured to find my name, alongside my essay “Les huîtres sauvage,” on this shortlist! 020
Reposted by jessijessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 31/07/2026I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful 193126047998
Reposted by jessiperiodicities : a journal of poetry and poetics @periodicities.bsky.social · 03/09/2026newly posted: Jessi MacEachern : The Ways of Retreat: Jampolis Cottage, Summer 2026 / @jessisays.bsky.social ; periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2026/09/jess...periodicityjournal.blogspot.comJessi MacEachern : The Ways of Retreat: Jampolis Cottage, Summer 2026l-r: Jessi MacEachern, Adam Haiun, Holly Vestad, and Kasia Van Schaik : photo credit: Canning Library le lundi 20 juillet, 9h18 ... 055
Reposted by jessiQuebec Writers' Federation @officialqwf.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Looking to navigate the world of money as a writer? Join us for FOLLOW THE MONEY. Led by D.M. Bradford, this two-part workshop offers a series of creative and practical opportunities to think about money out in the open. Learn more: qwf.org/product/foll... 162
Reposted by jessiking's co-op bookstore @kingsbookstore.bsky.social · 13/08/2026ordinaryabundance.comordinaryabundance.comOrdinary AbundanceA walk through a modern apartment, through the eyes of the people for whom everything in it was new. 073
jessi @jessisays.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Montreal poetry enthusiasts! I will be reading from my chapbook The Nose on Her! for NDG Arts Week. The event will include fellow Turret House Press authors Stephen Morrissey and KJ Munro and be hosted by publisher James Hawes. Join us Wed Aug 19 at 7 PM in Café 92 degrés (6703 Sherbrooke O). 000
Reposted by jessiRoss Sayers @rosssayers.bsky.social · 27/07/2026[James Stewart as Odysseus] now listen here, Agamemnon, I'm going home, y'see. You keep your fancy armour, I'm getting off this crummy ol' beach. [Spotting the Cyclops] now here's a curious fella, he's only got one peeper 7264731573
jessi @jessisays.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Late to the Sealey challenge, so reading two chapbooks a day… 1. Emma Rhodes, Razor Burn (Anstruther, 2023) 2. Janice Colman, Playing Cello for a Dead Bird (Turret House, 2025) 140
Reposted by jessiAnna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 03/08/2026"Artificial intelligence is not just a market product or a scientific achievement. It is a political theory. And it is gobbling up our democracy." connect the dots! Dr. McMillan Cottom has homework! go to the library, host a reading group, organize your neighbors www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/o...nytimes.comOpinion | A Reading List for Our Age of A.I. (Gift Article)A.I. is a political theory. And it is gobbling up our democracy. 219683
jessi @jessisays.bsky.social · 30/07/2026static.klipy.comGobAlt: GIF of David Bowie as Jareth, the Goblin King, in Jim Henson’s Labyrinth. Jareth is sitting bisexually in a throne (i.e., sideways, one leg over an arm of the chair) while tapping a cane on the shin of his black leather boot. 020
jessi @jessisays.bsky.social · 29/07/2026I delight in nothing more than setting out to devour two scoops of ice cream on a deadly summer day. 130
jessi @jessisays.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Maritime friends! If you’re in Nova Scotia, Canning Library is the place to be this Thursday, July 23 at 7 PM. Four writers — Kasia Van Schaik, Jessi MacEachern, Adam Haiun, and Holly Vestad — will be reading to the public for free. Join us and tell your friends! 021
Reposted by jessijessi @jessisays.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Hi #NovaScotia! I’ll be at Jampolis Cottage with three fantastic writers this week. On Thursday, July 23, we’d like to share our poetry, fiction, and personal essays with you! Join us at the Canning Library at 7 PM for a free public reading. #canlit #poetry #writers #canning #wolfville #avonport 141
jessi @jessisays.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Hi #NovaScotia! I’ll be at Jampolis Cottage with three fantastic writers this week. On Thursday, July 23, we’d like to share our poetry, fiction, and personal essays with you! Join us at the Canning Library at 7 PM for a free public reading. #canlit #poetry #writers #canning #wolfville #avonport 141
Reposted by jessiTricia Lockwood @tricialockwood.bsky.social · 03/07/2026wondering if the idea that we shouldn’t talk about work in progress because we’ll “lose the juice” is in fact a semen-retentive piece of boylunacy we should be rejecting 1215313
Reposted by jessialex manley @alexicon.bsky.social · 24/06/2025last night as i was falling asleep a thought came to me. which was: "what if there was a sufjan stevens 50 states album, but for quebec." so this morning... 3163
Reposted by jessijessi @jessisays.bsky.social · 17/06/2026The extraordinary Canthius literary magazine is back and has published a conversation between me and Sarah Burgoyne about childhood, autobiography, and “spying through the keyholes”: www.canthius.com/feed-3/2026/...canthius.comJessi MacEachern in Conversation with Sarah Burgoyne — Canthius"Flay your influences! Veer into the future(s)!" exclaims Jessi MacEachern midway through this delightful, brilliant conversation with fellow poet Sarah Burgoyne. The phrase serves as an apt invitatio... 043
jessi @jessisays.bsky.social · 17/06/2026The extraordinary Canthius literary magazine is back and has published a conversation between me and Sarah Burgoyne about childhood, autobiography, and “spying through the keyholes”: www.canthius.com/feed-3/2026/...canthius.comJessi MacEachern in Conversation with Sarah Burgoyne — Canthius"Flay your influences! Veer into the future(s)!" exclaims Jessi MacEachern midway through this delightful, brilliant conversation with fellow poet Sarah Burgoyne. The phrase serves as an apt invitatio... 043
Reposted by jessiAssembly Press @pressassembly.bsky.social · 16/06/2026📣 Fall 2026 📣 We’ve got a perfect pair of books lined up for fall: essays by Erin Wunker and poetry by Dani Spinosa! Read all about ‘em over on our website - you can preorder there now, or do so via your favourite independent bookstore. 1156
Reposted by jessiPaul Vermeersch @paulvermeersch.bsky.social · 10/06/2026The Canadian Griffin Prize is reinstated! I am so pleased! Thanks to everyone who rallied behind Canadian poets, and to the Griffin Trust for hearing us. griffinpoetryprize.com/press/2026-a... 0346
Reposted by jessijessi @jessisays.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Montréal friends and colleagues! ACCUTE conference attendees! Spend your Wednesday afternoon at our book launch in Concordia’s 4th Space. June 3 4 PM www.concordia.ca/cuevents/off...concordia.caShelter in Text | Events - Concordia University 031
jessi @jessisays.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Montréal friends and colleagues! ACCUTE conference attendees! Spend your Wednesday afternoon at our book launch in Concordia’s 4th Space. June 3 4 PM www.concordia.ca/cuevents/off...concordia.caShelter in Text | Events - Concordia University 031
Reposted by jessiMaggie Hennefeld @hennefem.bsky.social · 30/05/2026HBD to the legendary joyful/angry feminist and superlative filmmaker Agnès Varda (1928-2019)!!! 🎊🎞️ 51050192
Reposted by jessijessi @jessisays.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Rowdy prose poems for sale! Purchase The Nose on Her! at turrethousepress.ca 021
jessi @jessisays.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Rowdy prose poems for sale! Purchase The Nose on Her! at turrethousepress.ca 021
Reposted by jessiliz ten eleven @selectric.space · 20/05/2026never fucking forgive them for what they've done to the computer 2136591100
Reposted by jessijessi @jessisays.bsky.social · 19/05/2026New poems in a surreal, prose, and hybrid mode — inflected both by the Language poetry of Lyn Hejinian and the New Narrative prose of Gail Scott — available in THE NOSE ON HER! Purchase my new chapbook (or a 12-month subscription to Montréal’s best micro-press) here: turrethousepress.caturrethousepress.caTurret House PressThe hippest micro-press dedicated to experimental and avant-guard poetry, located in Montreal! 112
jessi @jessisays.bsky.social · 19/05/2026New poems in a surreal, prose, and hybrid mode — inflected both by the Language poetry of Lyn Hejinian and the New Narrative prose of Gail Scott — available in THE NOSE ON HER! Purchase my new chapbook (or a 12-month subscription to Montréal’s best micro-press) here: turrethousepress.caturrethousepress.caTurret House PressThe hippest micro-press dedicated to experimental and avant-guard poetry, located in Montreal! 112
Reposted by jessiNeglected Books @neglectedbooks.com · 19/05/2026Dorothy Richardson on awakening as a return to life. From Interim, chapter-volume 5 of Pilgrimage, which the Reading Pilgrimage group will be discussing on Monday, 1 June, with special guest Dr. Adam Guy. Join the ReadingPilgrimage.com email list to receive the Zoom link. 082
Reposted by jessiThe Saint of Sinners! @thesaintofsinn1.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Good evening 534123729
Reposted by jessiChaudiere Books @chaudierebooks.bsky.social · 30/04/2026National Poetry Month : Maleea Acker, / @emaleea.bsky.social @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social ; chaudierebooks.blogspot.com/2026/04/nati...chaudierebooks.blogspot.comNational Poetry Month : Maleea Acker,Carpaccio I’m under the blue tarp. My feet hidden in polyester onesie pajamas, Max’s wolf suit but without the trap door. Climbing... 013
Reposted by jessiChaudiere Books @chaudierebooks.bsky.social · 29/04/2026National Poetry Month : Junie Désil, / @talonbooks.bsky.social ; chaudierebooks.blogspot.com/2026/04/nati...chaudierebooks.blogspot.comNational Poetry Month : Junie Désil,Cento for a Beautiful Broken World Friends will you bear with me today I took a chair outside and – some things on this earth are uns... 083
Reposted by jessiChaudiere Books @chaudierebooks.bsky.social · 28/04/2026National Poetry Month : Jordan Davis, / @jordandavis.bsky.social ; chaudierebooks.blogspot.com/2026/04/nati...chaudierebooks.blogspot.comNational Poetry Month : Jordan Davis,from Free Throws Get away from the gold city and you feel naked without your chain “ Naked, in chains ” does that excite you It ’ s o... 033
Reposted by jessiChaudiere Books @chaudierebooks.bsky.social · 27/04/2026National Poetry Month : Cole Swensen, / @alicejamesbooks.bsky.social ; chaudierebooks.blogspot.com/2026/04/nati...chaudierebooks.blogspot.comNational Poetry Month : Cole Swensen,Trees in Mist To ghost an oak once lost—an oak beyond all thought—and the haunt, a fact. We crushed aloft what a ghost creates o... 023
Reposted by jessiChaudiere Books @chaudierebooks.bsky.social · 26/04/2026National Poetry Month : Chris Johnson, / @ceeeejohnson.bsky.social ; chaudierebooks.blogspot.com/2026/04/nati...chaudierebooks.blogspot.comNational Poetry Month : Chris Johnson,drought left the leaner birds after Ellen Chang-Richardson’s “rain brings the angler fish” from Blood Belies (Wolsak & Wynn, 2024) ... 024
Reposted by jessiChaudiere Books @chaudierebooks.bsky.social · 26/04/2026National Poetry Month : Catriona Strang, / @talonbooks.bsky.social ; chaudierebooks.blogspot.com/2026/04/nati...chaudierebooks.blogspot.comNational Poetry Month : Catriona Strang,A Wee Dram At the risk of my new teeth and reconfigured woolen borders plated in the rhythm and structures of an imagined rural life, le... 034
Reposted by jessiChaudiere Books @chaudierebooks.bsky.social · 25/04/2026National Poetry Month : Noah Sparrow, chaudierebooks.blogspot.com/2026/04/nati...chaudierebooks.blogspot.comNational Poetry Month : Noah Sparrow,Excessive Positioning (excerpts) I am hungry most of the time and I’m not always wanting sex. This is a fact. One of my many favouri... 024
Reposted by jessiChaudiere Books @chaudierebooks.bsky.social · 23/04/2026National Poetry Month : Eve Luckring, chaudierebooks.blogspot.com/2026/04/nati...chaudierebooks.blogspot.comNational Poetry Month : Eve Luckring,NOTE POEM FOR JOHN LEVY ON A POEM FROM JOHN LEVY We sat on your roof; Leslie, you and I with pizza boxes in our laps gazing out into the... 034