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Nimrod Journal @nimrodjournal.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Reach for your tools of the trade! We’re open for business. nimrodjournal.substack.com/p/tools-of-t...

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Boris Dralyuk @bdralyuk.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Come one, come all!

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Nimrod Journal @nimrodjournal.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

We’re opening our free submission window in October, and we cannot wait to read your poems and stories! nimrod.utulsa.edu/submissions-...

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Nimrod Journal @nimrodjournal.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Today our newsletter readers received a story by Kashona Notah from the Summer 2026 issue. “‘Yá’át’ééh shik’is.’ An older man with an uncombed gray ponytail stuck his head out the window. With the window open, the music became clearer, it was a round dance song.“ nimrodjournal.substack.com/p/hoka

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Hoka!

A story by Kashona Notah

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Boris Dralyuk @bdralyuk.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Poems that stun me on each read. Here is the one by @zinagomezliss.bsky.social. Click through for the one by Paula Bohince.

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Nimrod Journal @nimrodjournal.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Today our newsletter readers received poems from the Summer 2026 issue by @zinagomezliss.bsky.social and Paula Bohince. Both touch, in different tones but with related images, on the wonders and sacrifices of birth and motherhood. nimrodjournal.substack.com/p/under-a-ma...

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“Under a Maternal Light”

Poems on the landscape of motherhood by Zina Gomez-Liss and Paula Bohince

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Sarah Wolfson @sarahwolfson.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Pleased to have a new poem (my first abecedarian) in the summer 2026 issue of @nimrodjournal.bsky.social. Gratitude to Boris Dralyuk @bdralyuk.bsky.social for his fine editorial stewardship. Thanks also to my neighbours for giving away such whacky items online, which first inspired the poem.

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Nimrod Journal @nimrodjournal.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Today our newsletter readers received three pinpoint sharp poems by Javier Salvago, translated from the Spanish by John R. Sesgo. nimrodjournal.substack.com/p/good-in-hi...

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Boris Dralyuk @bdralyuk.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Charles Martin, one of my favorite poets, shares a story about his mother’s brush with history. For the other poem, by @azforeman, click through: nimrodjournal.substack.com/p/history-ad...

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Nimrod Journal @nimrodjournal.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Today we bring you two portrait sonnets from our Summer 2026 issue. Both depict figures associated with the Soviet Union, the first focusing on an early architect of the state, the second on a major poet who transcended its boundaries. nimrodjournal.substack.com/p/history-ad...

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“History Advancing Its Great Plot”

Sonnets by Charles Martin and A. Z. Foreman

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Boris Dralyuk @bdralyuk.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

One of these two devastating lyrics—this one by Arthur Solway.

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Nimrod Journal @nimrodjournal.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

In time for Father’s Day, two poems from our latest issue, by Arthur Solway and Alex Rettie. nimrodjournal.substack.com/p/how-any-hu...

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“How Any Human Heart Learns”

Poems on fathers, lost and found, by Arthur Solway and Alex Rettie

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Sarah Wolfson @sarahwolfson.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Looking forward to receiving this issue, which has a new poem of mine in it. Thanks to @bdralyuk.bsky.social and the editorial team at Nimrod.

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Nimrod Journal @nimrodjournal.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

The new issue has reached the office.

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Boris Dralyuk @bdralyuk.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Hachi is brilliant. Don’t miss this chance!

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Nimrod Journal @nimrodjournal.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

This July we are offering a special opportunity to submit fiction to our journal and receive detailed developmental feedback and line edits from our Managing Editor, Hachi Chuku. See the poster for details and bookmark our Submittable page for July 1st!

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Michael Bazzett @mikhailbazharov.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Damn happy to have this poem land in the gorgeous new issue of @nimrodjournal.bsky.social! It's from my next book, The MORPHOLOGIST, which is about reading & death, among other things, forthcoming from Milkweed in 2027. 💀Grateful to editor @bdralyuk.bsky.social & all involved...

BURIAL DIRECTIVE

I thought to start this note with a fervent wish, then backed off.
Not from the wish but the phrasing. Fervent seems the wrong word
for the hopes of a dead man. As does wish. There is something florid
about the former, empty about the latter. So let us be succinct –
this a directive – to be heeded: 1.) Upon the event of my passing,
I would like the bones of my body to be salvaged from what remains.
2.) I would like them preserved in the appropriate lacquers, preferably
an oiled matte finish to withstand the weather yet allow the sun
to continue with its bleaching work. 3.) I would like these bones
re-assembled in a seated pose and placed outdoors, holding a book
in my left hand, its pages opened like a gull’s wings in the breeze.
4.) I would like one of my pipes cupped in my right hand. Whichever,
it doesn’t matter. My lungs and tongue will no longer be with me,
as such the pipe is ornament. 5.) The seated pose may be either
right leg over left or left over right – dealer’s choice – but the legs
should be elegantly crossed, my torso slightly reclined. 6.) If anyone
should pay a visit, I would prefer a pinch of tobacco pressed into
the pipe bowl – and lit! – in lieu of flowers. 7.) It would be good
to have me looking up from the book and into the trees. 8.) Those
were my favorites: those books that had me looking out the window
or gazing at the sea. The ones that were so good, I had to look away.

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Boris Dralyuk @bdralyuk.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

What a lineup!

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Nimrod Journal @nimrodjournal.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

We are delighted to announce the winners of our 2026 literary competitions! Rachel Hadas has awarded the top Neruda Poetry Prize to Tristram Fane Saunders, and Adam Johnson has awarded the top Porter Fiction Prize to Alexa T. Dodd. 1/4

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Boris Dralyuk @bdralyuk.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

A great essay by one of my favorite practitioners of the genre, focusing on Ellison’s own extraordinary nonfiction.

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Sarah Wolfson @sarahwolfson.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Pleased to have a poem forthcoming in this issue!

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Boris Dralyuk @bdralyuk.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

A beautifully realized story. Neffson’s first novel, NO FUN, is forthcoming from @milkweededitions.bsky.social.

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Nimrod Journal @nimrodjournal.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Today our readers received a piece from our Summer 2026 issue, Clifford Thompson’s essay on Oklahoma’s own Ralph Ellison, whose INVISIBLE MAN is nearing its 75th anniversary. nimrodjournal.substack.com/p/ralph-elli...

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Ralph Ellison and the Wholeness of American Life

An essay by Clifford Thompson

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Nimrod Journal @nimrodjournal.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Today our newsletter readers received Talia Neffson’s (@talianeffson.bsky.social) “Cenacolo,” which was awarded first place in the 2025 Katherine Anne Porter Prize competition by Nancy Jooyoun Kim (@nancyjooyounkim.bsky.social). nimrodjournal.substack.com/p/cenacolo

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Cenacolo

A story by Talia Neffson, winner of the Katherine Anne Porter Prize

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Boris Dralyuk @bdralyuk.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

“I want to say Go on, take what I love. Just try. Darkness and rain. The heart, the breath.” Michael Lavers, first-place winner of @nimrodjournal.bsky.social’s 2025 Pablo Neruda Prize, judged by @randallmann.bsky.social. The results of the 2026 competition will be announced in July!

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Nimrod Journal @nimrodjournal.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Today our newsletter readers received two poems by Michael Lavers, who took first place in the 2025 Pablo Neruda Prize for Poetry competition. nimrodjournal.substack.com/p/go-on-take...

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Boris Dralyuk @bdralyuk.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Another dream team assembled!

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Nimrod Journal @nimrodjournal.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

We are excited to share the cover of our Summer 2026 issue, which will reach subscribers in June!

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Nimrod Journal @nimrodjournal.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

We could not be more proud of our contributors Jennifer Reeser (Winter 2025) and Anne Milano Appel (Summer 2025), whose translations were chosen by the great Emily Wilson for inclusion in BLT 2027! @annemilanoappel.bsky.social @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social @deepvellum.bsky.social

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Boris Dralyuk @bdralyuk.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Today is Giving Day at @utulsa.bsky.social, a special opportunity to help @nimrodjournal.bsky.social survive this difficult time for cultural institutions. If you appreciate the work we do, consider making a donation. Every penny counts. givingday.utulsa.edu/campaigns/ni...

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Nimrod Journal - TU Giving Day

Since its founding in 1956 at The University of Tulsa, Nimrod has shared with its readers exciting new writing from around the world. Nimrod is published twice a year. Each issue features a stimulati...

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Nimrod Journal @nimrodjournal.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Today our newsletter readers received a preview of the Summer 2026 issue—a poem by David Mason, who will read from his new book, COLD FIRE (@redhenpress.bsky.social) in Tulsa on April 9: nimrodjournal.substack.com/p/a-history

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Nimrod Journal @nimrodjournal.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

This morning our newsletter readers received a poem by Ruby Hansen Murray and an announcement about an exciting opportunity for young Indigenous writers: nimrodjournal.substack.com/p/speaking-n...

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Speaking Native Books to Life

A poem by Ruby Hansen Murray, and a new opportunity for young Indigenous writers in Tulsa

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Boris Dralyuk @bdralyuk.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

The hole we’re in gets deeper, scoop by scoop. Ernest Hilbert takes its measure.

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Nimrod Journal @nimrodjournal.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

This morning our newsletter readers received Ernest Hilbert’s “Dig,” from our Winter 2026 issue. “You’ll dig your hole with teaspoons, thimbles, pins. / Get started soon. It’s going to take a while.”

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Nimrod Journal @nimrodjournal.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Shane McCrae, one of the nation’s finest poets—and a contributor to the Winter 2026 issue—joins editor Boris Dralyuk in conversation about John Berryman, 152 of whose uncollected “Dream Songs” he has recently gathered in ONLY SING (FSG, 2025).

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Boris Dralyuk @bdralyuk.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Two piercing poems, beginning with this one, by Will Wells.

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Nimrod Journal @nimrodjournal.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Today we shared poems by Will Wells and Brooke Clark that treat, with light, sensitive hands but clear eyes, the moment of summing up, when we take account of what we will leave behind us, and, if we are lucky, accept it for what it is and what it isn’t. nimrodjournal.substack.com/p/make-peace...

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“Make Peace, Make Peace”

Poems by Will Wells and Brooke Clark

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Boris Dralyuk @bdralyuk.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

One of those moments an editor—this editor, at least—dreams of.

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Nimrod Journal @nimrodjournal.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

The Summer 2026 issue of NIMROD will carry this previously unpublished sonnet by Weldon Kees (1914-1955), one of the subjects of @mortenhoijensen.bsky.social’s essay from our Summer 2025 issue. It was discovered by Dana Gioia. nimrodjournal.substack.com/p/night-in-j...

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Nimrod Journal @nimrodjournal.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

This morning our newsletter readers received Mays Kuhail’s mstory “Between the Seas,” which was awarded second place in our annual Katherine Anne Porter Prize for Fiction competition by Nancy Jooyoun Kim (@nancyjooyounkim.bsky.social). nimrodjournal.substack.com/p/between-th...

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Between the Seas

A story by Mays Kuhail

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Eric T. Racher @ericracher.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Contributor's copies of the Winter 2026 issue of @nimrodjournal.bsky.social have arrived in Latvia. Many thanks to @bdralyuk.bsky.social and the team for including my humble poem among such luminaries.

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Anna Lena @aproflection.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Thank you, @bdralyuk.bsky.social. The newly remade @nimrodjournal.bsky.social is so good, and I'm glad this anti-to-do-list has a home there. 💚

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Boris Dralyuk @bdralyuk.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

“The list won’t last.” A slim villanelle by Anna Lena Phillips Bells (@aproflection.bsky.social).

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Nimrod Journal @nimrodjournal.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Today our newsletter readers received two poems from our Winter 2026 issue by Anna Lena Phillips Bells. These took second place in our annual Pablo Neruda contest, judged by @randallmann.bsky.social and are featured in the poet’s new Anthony Hecht Prize-winning collection, MIGHT COULD.

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Anna Lena @aproflection.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Here's the new @nimrodjournal.bsky.social, looking ✨✨✨. It has two poems from MIGHT COULD, including this one. Thanks to editor @bdralyuk.bsky.social, and to @randallmann.bsky.social, judge for the Neruda Prize, for naming this poem second place and for his comments. 💚

A copy of the winter 2026 issue of Nimrod atop a blue USPS mailbox. The cover displays the magazine's nameplate, its date, and the names of contributors, in colorblocked shades of brown.

A page from Nimrod Winter 2026 with the following text:
ANNA LENA PHILLIPS BELL / Undoing / The list, / though long, / won't last, // though, loosed / to sing, / the list // spools past / even evening. / Won't last, // you, this fast, / unpausing— / you list, // creased, / task-stung. / To last, // rest, persist / in ceasing. / The list / won't last.

SScreenshot with text on a pale yellow-orange background reading: Mann on Anna Lena Phillips Bell: I love the economy yet fecundity of language in these poems, the sidelong wit and sense of wonder. My favorite of these is the villanelle "Undoing," the scrupulous pleasures and refusals therein: the play and pathos "spools past," slow but fast. And there is much to note in other poems too, the "style and stigma" of flowers; the unexpected elegy for a hat, a hat a proxy for us all as we inevitably fall apart. In knowing, winning ways, the poet transforms the everyday into a kind of open secret.

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Jen Calleja @jencalleja.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Excellent essay - a translator nightmare, and a not uncommon scenario. If you think translators ‘just’ translate, read this for a sense of the levels of research and responsibility we’re often tasked with, and how much can be at stake.

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Boris Dralyuk @bdralyuk.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

A beautiful sight, if I do say so myself…

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