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Jill McCabe Johnson @jillmccabejohnson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Oh, Canada, thank you for this good news from McMaster University in the search for an antibiotic that's effective against "superbugs."

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Jill McCabe Johnson @jillmccabejohnson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Over and over, our institutions fail to protect us, especially when it comes to sexual violence. But these young journalists understood the assignment…

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Jill McCabe Johnson @jillmccabejohnson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I have a dear friend who every so often leaves a spectacular bouquet of flowers on my porch. I just had to share these with you. May you all have such wonderful friends!

A bouquet of deep pink, yellow, and orange dahlias, zinnias, and gerbera daisies, and interspersed with salal, sits on an oak table with shelves of books in the background

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Jill McCabe Johnson @jillmccabejohnson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

From Saturday’s hike. Hard to resist a trail like this!

A large Madrona (aka Arbutus) branch arches over a sun-dappled trail

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Jill McCabe Johnson @jillmccabejohnson.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Turned in five radio skits for a comedy variety show today. No idea if the scripts are at all funny, but they were a blast to write!

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Jill McCabe Johnson @jillmccabejohnson.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

This one's directed at male writers: Just looked at a successful male writer's profile and the other writers he follows. With the exception of two, they're all male. Guys, this is how you edge women out of the industry and the conversation. Stop making us beg for a seat at the table.

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Jill McCabe Johnson @jillmccabejohnson.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

From today’s hike. Almost fall, y’all!

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Alex Winter @alexwinter.com · 08/09/2026

RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open, period.

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Jill McCabe Johnson @jillmccabejohnson.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

From today’s hike… a remnant from an abandoned paper wasp nest found lying on the ground…

A torn sheet from a paper wasp nest lies on a bed of fir needles

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Jill McCabe Johnson @jillmccabejohnson.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

September at the B&B. The morning light is softer. Scent of coffee and spiced plum scones in the air. Fall is coming.

À table set for two next to a window overlooking a deck with flower pots and a hanging hummingbird feeder

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Jill McCabe Johnson @jillmccabejohnson.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

More good news. This time on the Covid front…

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Jill McCabe Johnson @jillmccabejohnson.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Stopped in Edison for a snack and absolutely devoured a blueberry lemon Bakewell tarte fresh from the oven. There went 1,000 calories I didn’t need (but no regrets)!

Sign for the Bread Farm bakery shows a barn and silo with the rising sun behind them and wheat emanating like rays of the sun

Round sign shows the face of the sun or moon and Slough Food written above

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Jill McCabe Johnson @jillmccabejohnson.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Nisi Shawl and I were guest faculty at an MFA program a decade ago. This is an incredible opportunity to be mentored by a warm, funny, immensely talented writer.

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Jill McCabe Johnson @jillmccabejohnson.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Look at the delicate coloring on this hydrangea. Isn’t it pretty?

Hydrangea blossom in sunlight with creamy, pink-tinged petals and a tiny button, pink center

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Jill McCabe Johnson @jillmccabejohnson.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Have y’all deleted this app yet? Please don’t be part of the problem.

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Jill McCabe Johnson @jillmccabejohnson.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Check out this beautiful sea anemone waiting for the tide to return…

A 3-4” wide sea anemone with spotted green body wall and purple tentacles sits on the rocks at low tide. The stray root of some plant lies along one side.

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Wandering Aengus Press @wapress.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

It's a year away, but put this amazing novel on your radar, book lovers! An incredible story with beautiful writing, not to mention deep and meticulous research. Plus, we love books that set the record straight on women's accomplishments.

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Jill McCabe Johnson @jillmccabejohnson.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Nothing makes my palms sweat like being asked Who’s your favorite poet? I don’t know. All of them?

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Timothy Boudreau @tcboudreau.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

My book baby’s publication date is today! So proud of these stories featuring former sitcom stars, haunted widowers, & heroic stepdads. Available anywhere you purchase books. I do hope you’ll consider picking up a copy. (Link to order from the fabulous @unsolicitedpress.bsky.social below!)

Cover of Stepdad on the Dance Floor by Timothy Boudreau, which shows slanted lines of shadow against light

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Jill McCabe Johnson @jillmccabejohnson.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton and JP Dancing Bear both gone? Time to log off. I’m gonna need a minute.

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rob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

don't forget: periodicities @periodicities.bsky.social is perpetually seeking submissions of previously unpublished poetry-related reviews, interviews and essays! periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2026/01/subm...

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Jill McCabe Johnson @jillmccabejohnson.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Just your friendly reminder that… Friends don’t let friends use AI.

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Jill McCabe Johnson @jillmccabejohnson.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Meet Harry. A hairy woodpecker seen looking for bugs in a grove of alders.

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Ronit Plank @ronitplank.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Do we have a responsibility to others as memoirists?: How we write about those who caused us pain Welcome to August’s Substack! ronitplankletstalkmemoir.substack.com/p/do-we-have...

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shome dasgupta @shomedasgupta.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Say, friends—here are about 84 literary journals opening for submissions in September. Some are open now or will close soon in August or September. Genres, themes, & guidelines vary—dates are tentative. These should be no-fee. There are more resources out there, too. Wish y’all well.

The Cincinnati Review
A Public Space
Wigleaf
The Fiddlehead
Kenyon Review
LIT Magazine
Glassworks
Prairie Schooner
Doubly Mad
addanomadd
Crab Creek
In Short
Last Leaves
Garfield Lake
Adroit
DarkWinter
InterrobangLit
Quartet
Kweli Journal
Inlandia
The MacGuffin
Orchards Poetry
The Spectacle
OxMag
Recenter Press Poetry
Foglifter
Passages North
Meow Meow Pow Pow Lit
The Dodge
Prime Numbers
Barely South
Apricity
Dunes Review
Long River
Atlantic Northeast
Haunter Review
Floating Acorn
MUSE Literary
Route 7
Penn Review
Think
Scattered Flock
Revolute
Paper Dragon
Wild Garlic
Valley Voices
Thirteen Bridges
Wordgathering
Mania Magazine
Pictura Journal
Rust & Moth
Southhampton
Orion
Hawkeye
Sontag Magazine
Oyster River Pages
RockPaperPoem
Ignatian Literary
Salt Hill
ROOM
Constellations
Soundings East
The Journal
The Passionfruit Review
Twisted Tongue
Louisiana Literature
The Rumpus
The New Yorker
Pine Hills Review
Compulsive Reader
Mad Persona
South Florida Poetry
Up The Staircase
Terrazo
Poetry Northwest
CRAFT
Okay Donkey
Rappahannock Review
The Quasar Review
Cosmic Daffodil
Barcelona Review
X-R-A-Y
3Elements Review
Red Ogre Review

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Jill McCabe Johnson @jillmccabejohnson.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Look what came in the mail today! Dead Uncles: Poems/Folklore/Reverie (from @driftwoodpress.bsky.social) by @benkline.bsky.social. @emmabolden.bsky.social calls it “a gorgeously searing exploration of Southern ideals of family, gender, and gentility.” Can’t wait to dive into this one!

The chapbook Dead Uncles by Ben Kile and published by Driftwood Press shows a painting of a white man in t-shirt and shorts falling and hitting the ground. Cover image by Phil Hale.

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Jill McCabe Johnson @jillmccabejohnson.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Excited to hear @gailfolkins.bsky.social and @heidiseabornpoet.bsky.social in the closing reading of Wandering Aengus Press' 2026 reading series Hope to see you there! It's going to be 🔥🔥🔥

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Jill McCabe Johnson @jillmccabejohnson.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

This is not directed at any one person and is mostly a reminder to myself… Infighting is how the opposition wins. Infighting is a method of divide and conquer. Infighting prevents us from joining forces for good. We absolutely must check ourselves and strengthen alliances instead of infighting.

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Jill McCabe Johnson @jillmccabejohnson.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Some good news: WA Dept of Fish & Wildlife reports Chinook salmon in the upper North Fork Toutle River for the 1st time since Mt. St. Helens erupted in 1980. wdfw.wa.gov/newsroom/new...

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Jill McCabe Johnson @jillmccabejohnson.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

I don’t understand Gov. Beshear demanding Mitch McConnell prove he can serve as Senator or resign. After all these weeks with zero communication or legislative work of any kind, he’s already proven he can’t serve.

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Jill McCabe Johnson @jillmccabejohnson.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

They're coming for us--one basic right at a time...

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molly tanzer (I guess!!) @mollytanzer.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

I guess I shouldn’t be surprised to see men on the internet being so upset with a woman scholar for being insufficiently awed by a popular male entertainer’s work. And after all, the Odyssey is, in part, about how men behave emotionally and destructively in response to women’s words and deeds

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Jill McCabe Johnson @jillmccabejohnson.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

My books weren't stolen by Anthropic (only a book review I don't hold the rights for), but I'm happy for all y'all who will get something out of the settlement. You deserve more, ofc. Also happy to see the lazy, technobrat, bro-ho, narci-dumbag intellectual property thieves be held accountable.

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Jill McCabe Johnson @jillmccabejohnson.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Amazing opportunity for the cross-pollination of science and poetry…

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