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Lisa Zerkle

@lisazerkle.bsky.social
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Poet•Editor•Reader •Senior Editor at Painted Bride Quarterly •Podcast Manager for PBQ Slush Pile •Editor at Iron Oak Editions •MFA from Warren Wilson 📖 my work  ⤵ www.chillsubs.com/profile/lzerkle

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West Trade Review @westtradereview.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
“Better find my pound of flesh the world owes me.” Excerpt from Jordan Bailey’s “Hip Hop Contrapuntal for Dummies.” It appears in the Summer 2026 collection of Online Exclusives. Read Jordan’s full poem at the link below: buff.ly/ftlQG5p #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #Poetry
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Lisa Zerkle @lisazerkle.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
I’m stoked to have a poem among the “Exhibition of Strange Offerings” in Unbroken #50. Huge thanks to Ken Chau, Katherine DiBella Seluja, Tom Fugalli, Tina Carlson, and Dale Wisely. Lots of excellent work in this issue. Check it out at www.theunjournals.com/unbroken50
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EMILY WILSON @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
My Odyssey and Iliad translations are available as audiobooks, read/ performed by very talented real people: Claire Danes and Audra MacDonald. They do a much better job than the robots! www.audible.com/pd/The-Iliad...
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The Odyssey
Check out this great listen on Audible.com. Acclaimed actress Claire Danes burnishes an epic story of heroes, gods, and monsters in a groundbreaking translation of The Odyssey, the first great adventure story in the Western literary tradition. When the wily warrior-king Odysseus sets off for home ...
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West Trade Review @westtradereview.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Send us a flash fiction piece of up to 704 words that engages the reader intellectually, packs an emotional punch, and has something important to teach us about a deep human truth. Details at the link below: buff.ly/voVEsN8 #WritingCommunity #AmWriting
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Lisa Zerkle @lisazerkle.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Thrilled to have a poem in this latest issue! Thank you to @katiemanningpoet.bsky.social for this heroic editorial effort.
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Iron Oak Editions @ironoakeditions.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Iron Oak Editions seeks fiction and CNF queries and full poetry manuscripts. Submission guidelines at the link below: buff.ly/qhzDbs4 #WritingCommunity #AmWriting
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Lisa Zerkle @lisazerkle.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
New pod featuring @scbrock.bsky.social ! Listen at pbqmag.org/podcast/20247/
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Lisa Zerkle @lisazerkle.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
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Copper Canyon Press @coppercanyonpress.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Congratulations to JENNIFER CHANG, whose collection AN AUTHENTIC LIFE is the winner of the 2026 Kingsley Tufts Award! AN AUTHENTIC LIFE was also a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry. Get your copy at bit.ly/3WHsRwV
Book cover and author photo. Text reads, "Winner of the Kingsley Tufts Award -- An Authentic Life by Jennifer Chang"
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Lisa Zerkle @lisazerkle.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Episode 154, Danse Macabre, is live! Join us as we explore haunting imagery, lyrical tension, and the power of stillness in two unforgettable poems by Zachary Kluckman. Find out more about Zachary: zacharykluckman.org
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Koreen Brennan @koreen.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
France passed a law requiring solar panels on every parking lot with more than 80 spaces. Equals 10 nuclear reactors Reduces heat island, shades cars The US -- 800 million parking spaces. Most of them are uncovered asphalt sitting in direct sunlight. Why aren't we doing this?
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Lisa Zerkle @lisazerkle.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
The brilliant, as ever, Kathy Nelson! Farewell with Potato Blight and Moose by Kathy Nelson oneartpoetry.com/2026/04/12/f...
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Farewell with Potato Blight and Moose by Kathy Nelson
Farewell with Potato Blight and Moose I’m no good at saying goodbye. Not to the water aerobics ladies bobbing in that cool blue—I give a vague wave to no one in particular, hoisting myself up the l…
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Lisa Zerkle @lisazerkle.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Back from AWP and back at the table! We’re diving into poems by Jane Zwart where memory loops, history lingers, and even words like “hypotenuse” somehow work. It’s all about finding that sweet spot between sentiment and sentimental. Welcome spring and cheers to having Eric Baker at the table!
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Lisa Zerkle @lisazerkle.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
We’re bringing back an encore episode, Collective Effervescence, where we dive into poems by @hanvanderhart.bsky.social , who’ll be reading at the Virginia Festival of the Book the weekend after this episode drops. Info about festival : vahumanities.cventevents.com/event/bookfe...
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Lisa Zerkle @lisazerkle.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
New Slush Pile episode up now with poems from Erin Evans! pbqmag.org/podcast/epis...
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Lisa Zerkle @lisazerkle.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
New pod out now! Fiction edition with @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social pbqmag.org/latest-podca...
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Lisa Zerkle @lisazerkle.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
New podcast episode up over at pbqmag.org/podcast/epis...
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Peggy Stuart @peggystuart.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Border Patrol left Charlotte. The damage stayed behind www.npr.org/2025/12/10/g...
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Border Patrol left Charlotte. The damage stayed behind
The Border Patrol's enforcement surge in Charlotte, N.C. lasted just about a week. Residents picking up the pieces in its aftermath say doing so is going to take a lot longer than that.
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Lisa Zerkle @lisazerkle.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Today is double feature day on the One Poem Only podcast. I’m thrilled to have two poems read by the magical Maggie Devers. Maybe give a listen as you’re cooking for Thanksgiving? These poems were also featured as Poetry in Plain Sight broadsides. #booksky player.captivate.fm/episode/aaa5...
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My Son in the Sea by Lisa Zerkle
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Lisa Zerkle @lisazerkle.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Check out the latest Slush Pile podcast from Painted Bride Quarterly! pbqmag.org/latest-podca...
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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 30/10/2025
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House. Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity. They are not the same.
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 27/10/2025
The earliest known example of ‘brain rot’ comes from Henry David Thoreau in his 1854 book “Walden.” “While England endeavors to cure the potato-rot, will not any endeavor to cure the brain-rot, which prevails so much more widely and fatally?”
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Susurrus @susurrusmag.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
🔔🔔🔔 #SubsOpen for our Winter 2025 issue! Submit your #poetry, #flash, #fiction, #CNF, and #photography to @susurrusmag.bsky.social! Send us your gorgeous and compelling, your thoughtful and tender--all open to artists across the American South. Learn more at susurrusthemagazine.com/submit
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Glass Poetry Press @glasspoetry.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Casual reminder that we're open for chapbook submissions all month long. Send in your loves and rages, your scars and scares, your humors and porpoises. Your weird visions of the future. We're here for it all, fam! www.glass-poetry.com/submissions....
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Lisa Zerkle @lisazerkle.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
I’m thrilled my poem “High Sierra Incantation” is featured over at Glass Poetry today. Huge thanks to Tony for his generosity. #booksky #poetrysky
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
The Atlantic Announces Free Digital Subscriptions for All U.S. Public High Schools www.theatlantic.com/press-releas...
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The Atlantic Announces Free Digital Subscriptions for All U.S. Public High Schools
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Susurrus @susurrusmag.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
"as we walk past neat green lawns. Bless you, I say, clearly, with emphasis. This speaking to creatures who do not respond is an echo of something earned, of time spent teaching." "I Bless the Dog When He Sneezes" by Lisa Zerkle (@lisazerkle.bsky.social)
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I Bless the Dog When He Sneezes — Susurrus
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Lisa Zerkle @lisazerkle.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
New pod available! pbqmag.org/podcast/epis... #booksky
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Lisa Zerkle @lisazerkle.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Huge thanks to @susurrus editors CJ, Maddie, & Michelle for launching this poem into the world alongside such fine company. And check out that gorgeous cover!
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Lisa Zerkle @lisazerkle.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
What a delight to return to Kelly Hoffer’s debut “Undershore.” It’s unlike any collection I’ve read—a unique and creative elegy that hits hard. If you’re looking for your next Sealey Challenge read, reach out to Lightscatter Press and add this one to your stack. #poetrysky #booksky
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Lisa Zerkle @lisazerkle.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
A new episode of Painted Bride Quarterly’s Slush Pile is out now, featuring three ekphrastic poems by Janée Baugher. Listen now wherever you find podcasts! pbqmag.org/podcast/epis...
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Glass Poetry Press @glasspoetry.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Let's show 'em how it's done, poets 😎
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West Trade Review @westtradereview.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
We are looking for poems that perform Olympic feats with language that leave a reader in wonder while still referring back to the basic things that make us human. Send us work that uniquely explores August’s upcoming theme of bravery. Details below: buff.ly/DAqhZOi #writingcommunity
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Lisa Zerkle @lisazerkle.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Today’s used book store find. Definitely worth four dollars. Thank you, gods of poetry!🤩 (Bonus vintage Prairie Lights book mark) #booksky
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Lisa Zerkle @lisazerkle.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Painted Bride Quarterly is open for poetry submissions. Visit PBQ.org for details.
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Lisa Zerkle @lisazerkle.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Where I Learned the Power of Looking at Everything www.nytimes.com/2025/06/30/o...
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Opinion | Where I Learned the Power of Looking at Everything
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West Trade Review @westtradereview.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Need honest, constructive criticism? Consider working with one of our professional editors that can offer detailed feedback. The @‌ironoakeditions.bsky.social team is here to help you refine a short piece or a full manuscript. Meet the team and get details here: buff.ly/AxPccv2 #writingcommunity
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
"On Tyranny" free resources to use and to share, now or any time snyder.substack.com/p/on-tyranny...
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On Tyranny free resources
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Lisa Zerkle @lisazerkle.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Mother’s Day is a tough day for those of us who have/had complicated relationships with our mothers. I’m grateful to the editors and readers over @raleighreview for putting this poem out into the world #writersky #poetsky
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Lisa Zerkle @lisazerkle.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Big Table Press put out a call to write about one day in your life. Their idea is, by year’s end, to gather a snapshot of how people spend their time. Link below to see how I spent my time with St. Vincent and on the AT. Thank you, Mo & Big Table! bigtablepress.com @this_year_project #writerssky
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Lisa Zerkle @lisazerkle.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Same👇👇👇
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Lisa Zerkle @lisazerkle.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
My favorite novel of the year so far—sweeping in scope, charming, funny, and heartbreaking. A testament to what the novel can do. Well done, Daniel Mason.
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Emily Carter @emilycurates.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Kenyan #journalist Alvin Kaunda was reporting live from Nairobi when a curious baby #elephant, Kindani, decided to join the broadcast. The playful elephant stuck her trunk in Alvin's mouth, making for a hilarious moment! A joyful reminder of wildlife's charm and the work of the Sheldrick Trust!
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Lisa Zerkle @lisazerkle.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Farmer’s market eggs. No dye needed!🙂
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Lisa Zerkle @lisazerkle.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
New Slush Pile pod out now featuring gorgeous poems by @hanvanderhart.bsky.social
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Karen L. Cox 📚🏳️‍🌈 @drkarenlcox.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
This deserves more attention. The yahoos on the right are trying to steal the election from this justice in NC. After two vote counts, it was clear she won. But that's not enough. Her opponent is fighting to disenfranchise voters by tossing out their votes so he can have the seat.
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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
In the 90s, Toni Morrison found out that one of her books had been banned in a men’s prison because they were afraid it would incite a riot. And she was absolutely delighted. In an interview she smiled and said “how powerful is that?” I want to write books that incite riots and tear down prisons.
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Lisa Zerkle @lisazerkle.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Delighted and honored to be featured in the 10th anniversary issue of Rogue Agent alongside such talented artists and writers. Thank you, Jill, Jen, and Kate!
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Lisa Zerkle @lisazerkle.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
In these strange days, spending time with 10,000 writers does a soul good. I brought some of their books back home to keep me company. Not pictured--Brian Teare’s “Poem Bitten by a Man” (too big for my suitcase). Thanks, LA! See you next year, Baltimore!
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 30/03/2025
Staffers at 18 rape crisis centers told ProPublica that payments were delayed for months after North Carolina’s state Legislature directed $15 million for sexual assault survivors away from Democratic-led agencies that had long overseen such money. By @dougbockclark.bsky.social
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A Political Power Grab Redirected Funds for North Carolina’s Sexual Abuse Survivors. Women in Crisis Paid the Price.
The move, which led to disruptions in services for sexual assault and domestic violence survivors, provides a glimpse of the consequences when a branch of government assumes unprecedented control.
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