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Therese Gleason @theresegleason.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Thank you to The Poetry Shop for partnering with me to raise awareness about migraine, an often invisible neurological disease that impacts 1 in 6 households in the US. The Poetry Shop is donating 15% of sales of HEMICRANIA in June to @milesformigraine.bsky.social, as am I (dm for signed copy) 🧠💜

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Therese Gleason @theresegleason.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

June is Migraine and Headache Awareness Month, and I'm donating 15% my sales of signed author copies of my poetry collection, HEMICRANIA, to @milesformigraine.bsky.social a non-profit advocacy organization. Order your copy from my website, theresegleason.com, or dm me. thank you! 💜 🧠

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Therese Gleason @theresegleason.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

3 poems from Hemicrania are included in the 2025 New England Poetry Club’s Prize Winners Anthology - thank you so much to the NEPC and contest judge @mehpoeting.bsky.social Huge congratulations to the all the finalists and prize winners 🤩 nepoetryclub.org/hemicrania-by-therese-gleason/

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Therese Gleason @theresegleason.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

I'm thrilled to share that HEMICRANIA has won the 2025 Jean Pedrick Chapbook Prize from the New England Poetry Club, selected by Matthew E. Henry, a phenomenal poet I have long admired. A thousand thank yous to him, NEPC, and Chestnut Review for publishing it.🤩 Congrats to the incredible finalists!!

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Therese Gleason @theresegleason.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Thank you again, Jeannie E. Roberts and Halfway Down the Stairs, for selecting my poems for publication in 2020 - and again for this 20th anniversary feature. Your generous comments on each poem mean the world to me. Congratulations on 20 years of curating beautiful writing, art, and community!

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Therese Gleason @theresegleason.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Congratulations to Halfway Down the Stairs on 20 years of publishing! I have such gratitude and affection for this wonderful journal, and it's such an honor to have two poems included in "Best of HDS 2005-2025." - special thanks to ed. Jeannie E. Roberts halfwaydownthestairs.net/2025/09/01/t...

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The Best of Halfway Down the Stairs, 2005-2025

For this special occasion of our twentieth anniversary, we are pleased to pull the band back together, giving editors past and present the chance to highlight some of our absolute favorite submissi…

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Dawn Tasaka Steffler @dawnsteffler.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

even if we won’t let ICE inside, we can’t prevent them from hanging around the family health center, flexing in the Stop ‘n Shop parking lot, or lurking in the street. Absolutely chilling CNF @theresegleason.bsky.social @pitheadchapel.bsky.social

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Black Ice

Therese Gleason Central Massachusetts, U.S.A. February, 2025 Last night I slipped off the bottom step onto the front walk, leash in hand, yanking the poor dog with me—thank God for the hooded d…

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Chestnut Review @chestnutreview.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

It’s Chapbook Saturday! Today’s feature is Therese Gleason’s Hemicrania. Therese dives headfirst into chronic pain and gender inequality in her work. You can find Hemicrania on our website now! chestnutreview.com/chapbooks-2/

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Chestnut Review @chestnutreview.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

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Therese Gleason @theresegleason.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

Tons of gratitude to @literarymama.bsky.social and @ajfields.bsky.social for the beautiful, deeply engaged, and super smart review of my chap - which made me feel not only less invisible and lonely, but also so seen😍💕

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Therese Gleason @theresegleason.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

Thank you, thank you, @ajfields.bsky.social and @literarymama.bsky.social for this dream-come-true review of my chapbook HEMICRANIA. From the perspective of another migraineur-writer-mother, it's beautifully written, deeply insightful, and so generous. What a gift. So grateful! 💛 🖤 #migraine

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Therese Gleason @theresegleason.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

The virtual launch party and reading of my chapbook HEMICRANIA is now available! So grateful to my ⭐ co-presenters Cynthia Hoffman, Sarah M. Sala, Rita Maria Martinez, and cover artist Shee Gomes, and @chestnutreview.bsky.social editor Maria S. Picone. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ho0F... #Migraine

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Hemicrania Launch Party (Therese Gleason)

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Therese Gleason @theresegleason.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

So happy to learn that my story, “Motherlode,” was longlisted for the Wigleaf Top 50! With gratitude to @cincinnatireview for publishing it last spring in the miCRo series - which was an honor in itself🤩 congrats to all!

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Dan Crawley @danbillyc.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

"In pictures my students draw of themselves with mami and papi, baby brothers and sisters, it’s always sunny with a blue sky." Wow, this powerful piece of writing by @theresegleason.bsky.social in @pitheadchapel.bsky.social 💙💙💙 pitheadchapel.com/black-ice/

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Black Ice

Therese Gleason Central Massachusetts, U.S.A. February, 2025 Last night I slipped off the bottom step onto the front walk, leash in hand, yanking the poor dog with me—thank God for the hooded d…

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Therese Gleason @theresegleason.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Grateful to have my flash essay, "Black Ice," a glimpse into how I've observed the immigration crackdown impact the young multilingual learners I teach (and their families) in @pitheadchapel.bsky.social's latest issue. Many thanks to the editorss, especially Kate Gehan. pitheadchapel.com/black-ice/

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Therese Gleason @theresegleason.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

My absolute pleasure!!! Must-read - grab this gem today!

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Therese Gleason @theresegleason.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Thank you so much to New Ohio Review, especially Bridget Rexhausen, for a lovely, generous, and insightful review of Hemicrania! What a gift to have your words read and considered so deeply. Love that it's out just in time for #migraineawareness month this June. 🤩 newohioreview.org/2025/06/01/p...

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New Ohio Review

Poetry, Pain, and the Power of Expression in Therese Gleason’s Hemicrania By Bridget Rexhausen Therese Gleason’s latest book, Hemicrania (Chestnut Review Chapbooks, 2024), focuses on migraine…

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Therese Gleason @theresegleason.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Getting excited for the Mass Poetry Festival this weekend in Salem!!

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Therese Gleason @theresegleason.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Thanks so much to Deep South Magazine, especially editor Erin Z. Bass, for featuring my poem, "Deathplace Pastoral," in Southern Voice. deepsouthmag.com/2025/04/29/d...

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Therese Gleason @theresegleason.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Happy to share one more recent piece in my bounty of April showers: after a dry spell, it's wonderful to have new work out in the world. Thank you much Midwest Review editors Tara Sparbel, Jeff Snowbarger, Jill Stukenberg for including "Photophobia," a version of which is in my chap, Hemicrania.

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Therese Gleason @theresegleason.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Grateful to have a travel flash essay published in the (aptly) survival-themed Panorama: The Journal of Travel, Place, and Nature, about visiting Wli Waterfalls in Ghana's Volta region in 2023. Thank you to Matthew Webb and team for giving this piece a home. panoramajournal.org/issues/issue...

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Therese Gleason @theresegleason.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

My essay on a couple of Anne Sexton's poems in the dance-themed New Ohio Review Issue 35 is available online, along with an array of stellar work. With gratitude to the editors for their awesomeness (they are so great to work with), and for including this piece. newohioreview.org/2025/03/01/d...

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“Doing the Undoing Dance”: Anne Sexton’s Brutal—and Brave—Struggle for Agency

By Therese Gleason Dance imagery abounds in Anne Sexton’s ouevre, but the waltzes and allusions to fairy-tale-inspired ballets in her poems are characterized by compulsion and madness like that of …

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Therese Gleason @theresegleason.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Thrilled to present the incredible process of artist Shee Gomes, who printed and collaged hundreds of my MRI brain pics to create the cover of my dreams for my chapbook, Hemicrania. Second photo shows her "Resonance" series. Obrigada, Shee!!! xoxo😍 #louisvilleconference

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Therese Gleason @theresegleason.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Before - and after - our presentation, “Exploding Head: Writing Migraine and Other Manifestations of the Wayward Brain” 🧠 at the Louisville Conference on Literature and Culture. Thanks to Cynthia Marie Hoffman, Sarah M. Sala, Maria S. Picone, and Shee Gomes for their brilliant contributions!

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Therese Gleason @theresegleason.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Getting excited to present "Exploding Head: Writing Migraine and Other Manifestations of the Wayward Brain," with Shee Gomes, Cynthia Marie Hoffman, Sarah M. Sala, and Maria S. Picone at the Louisville Conference on Literature and Culture in my hometown next week!

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Therese Gleason @theresegleason.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

So saddened to learn of the death of @daniellelegrosgeorges - I had the pleasure of attending her talk and reading at the American Antiquarian Society this past June. She was brilliant, gracious, and warm and I’m so grateful I had the chance to meet her, and to have her work in the world.

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Elizabeth Sylvia @esylviapoet.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Poetry Book Club last night with @angelacv.bsky.social, @theresegleason.bsky.social, @joseph-landi.bsky.social and @ruthhoberman (who maybe closed her account?) was a delight as always!

Book cover for Something about Living by Lena Khalaf Tuffaha, featuring abstract mixed blues and cream in rough squares and with a National Book Award Finalist sticker.

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Therese Gleason @theresegleason.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

I LOVE Worcester Public Library! Many favorite things, not listed in order: extensive poetry holdings, including contemporary; Evening with the Authors annual fundraiser; free books giveaway to public educators; and coolest children's area ever. Check it out:) www.mywpl.org

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Therese Gleason @theresegleason.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

A happy mail day: New Ohio Review Issue 35 arrived with my essay, "Doing the Undoing Dance:" Anne Sexton's Brutal–and Brave–Struggle for Agency in the feature "Dance as Joy and Resistance." Currently devouring the contents by all these fantastic contributors :). Thx eds. Dave, Clayton, and Colleen!

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ronslate.bsky.social @ronslate.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

The Jan/Feb edition of ON THE SEAWALL has just been published. Please stop by the gallery for a look. ronslate.com

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Therese Gleason @theresegleason.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Prayer against headache to the patron saint of migraines for anyone who needs it, invoking Teresa of Avila. I love how humans are referred to as ‘worldlings’! Having insurance issues getting my monthly injectable preventive, so this comes in handy. #migrainechat

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Therese Gleason @theresegleason.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

St. Teresa of Avila, Patron Saint of Headaches - and one of my namesakes. 💕 thanks to my dear friend Carolyn for this apt gift

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Therese Gleason @theresegleason.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Poets for Science "is a participatory project and installation exploring the connection between science and poetry." Check out this incredible project poetsforscience.org#featured

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Poets for Science

Poetry and science are allies, not opposites.

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Therese Gleason @theresegleason.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Grateful to the editors of The Nature of Our Times online gallery and companion to the www.globalchange.gov/our-work/nat... Luisa A. Igloria, Aileen Cassinetto, and David Hassler at The Wick Poetry Center. Submit your work to this wonderful opportunity🌍

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National Nature Assessment

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Therese Gleason @theresegleason.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

(2/2) Thrilled to have 2 poems in the online gallery for "The Nature of Our Times: Poems on America’s Lands, Waters, Wildlife, and Other Natural Wonders." Such a cool project integrating science, poetry, and advocacy for our planet. 🐦🦋🌏. natureofourtimes.poetsforscience.org/salve-regina/

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Salve Regina - The Nature of Our Times

All hail the monarch who has fed for millennia on the plant named for a Greek god who could raise the dead, teaching her body to survive the bitter sap, who glues her eggs on the underside of a weed t...

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Therese Gleason @theresegleason.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

(1/2) Thrilled to have 2 poems in the online gallery for "The Nature of Our Times: Poems on America’s Lands, Waters, Wildlife, and Other Natural Wonders." Such a cool project integrating science, poetry, and advocacy for our planet. 🐦🦋🌏. natureofourtimes.poetsforscience.org/elegy-for-a-...

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Elegy for a Thousand Warblers - The Nature of Our Times

“The 977 birds killed were mostly warblers…”. –New York Times, June 18, 2024 Snuffed overnight, their song died with them: a throng of palm and yellow-rumped warblers, indigo buntings, wood thrushes...

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Therese Gleason @theresegleason.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

I am so grateful that someone took the time to post this review of my chapbook, Hemicrania, on Amazon - and that they could relate. One of my hopes for this collection was that it would find its way to others that live with migraine - and that they would feel seen and validated. 🥰🤩🥹

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Therese Gleason @theresegleason.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Hemicrania is available on Bookshop in addition to Amazon. I'm also selling my own copies if anyone wants a signed one - dm me! 💜 Would love to send a copy gratis if anyone is interested in writing a book review, or knows a person/journal/mag that might be. Thanks! . 🙌 bookshop.org/p/books/hemi...

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Hemicrania a book by Therese Gleason

In Hemicrania, poet Therese Gleason reaches out through the "half-headed pain" of the migraineur, despite (or rather, because of) "her head a cracked bell/ that wouldn't stop ringing." Like the two ha...

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Therese Gleason @theresegleason.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

This might have been my favorite quote from the Van Gogh immersive exhibit, which I loved!

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Therese Gleason @theresegleason.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

It’s my birthday, buy my book?😉 DM me if you’d like a signed copy or get it on Amazon - I’m working on getting it into some independent booksellers near me. 💛🖤💛🖤 If you’d like a review copy I’ll gift it 🎁. 🙏🏻🙌🏻

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Neha Sampat @nehas.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

“[A] hope too daring can be dangerous and destructive when your illness is chronic and without a cure.” Please help me amplify this piece I wrote on #grief and #chronicillness #chronicpain #chronicmigraine #spoonie #migraine #invisibleillness #invisibledisability. medium.com/@NehaMSampat...

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Grief: Loss in the Land of the Living

By Neha M. Sampat

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Therese Gleason @theresegleason.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

So grateful for this wonderful blurb for my chapbook, Hemicrania, from Rita Maria Martinez, sister migraineur/chronic daily headache - she is not only an advocate for those with headache disorders but also an incredible poet who writes powerfully on the subject. 🧠 #migrainechat

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Therese Gleason @theresegleason.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Thrilled to share this beautiful response to Hemicrania by Sarah M. Sala, who is at work on her own collection about exploring migraine (and its strange sensory impacts) through a lens of play. I'm honored and so grateful, Sarah. ❤️ #migrainechat #poetry

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Therese Gleason @theresegleason.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Carolyn Oliver is my dear friend - and a brilliant poet. Not only did she write me a beautiful blurb, but she also has provided insightful editorial input on Hemicrania. She's every bit as astute and sensitive an editor as she is a talented poet. I'm overwhelmed with gratitude 💕 #migraine

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