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Bernadette Geyer

@bernadettegeyer.bsky.social

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I write. A lot. About lots of things. Available for pre-order: What Haunts Me, my second full-length poetry collection from April Gloaming (link below). Recent writing in @lamplitmag.bsky.social. https://linktr.ee/bernadettegeyer

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Bernadette Geyer @bernadettegeyer.bsky.social · 1d

Berlin friends... You're invited! I would love to have you there with me to celebrate the Berlin launch of my new poetry collection. SAVE THE DATE! More details to come...

#booksky #booklaunch #berlinliteraryevents

Bernadette Geyer @bernadettegeyer.bsky.social · 8d

How long are you in Berlin? I am back on Monday!

Bernadette Geyer @bernadettegeyer.bsky.social · 17d

If you want a sneak peek at some of the poems from my forthcoming collection, I've posted a list here: bernadettegeyer.com/what-haunts-...

What Haunts Me

What Haunts Me travels the map of personal history through a series of immersive, quietly stunning journeys. The collection observes labor in all shapes and forms, breaking through to understanding…

bernadettegeyer.com

Bernadette Geyer @bernadettegeyer.bsky.social · 18d

Excited to have my prose poem "I waited for the bee" included in the new issue of Plant-Human Quarterly!

Plant-Human Quarterly @planthumanq.bsky.social · 19d

Happy Equinox!🌙🍁 From falling leaves to elegies, skunk cabbage to trout lilies - our new issue is here:

otherwisecollective.com/current-issue

Artwork by Candela Murillo (@kamusa_art)

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Bernadette Geyer @bernadettegeyer.bsky.social · 19d

Long Division

Mark Athitakis @mathitak.bsky.social · 19d

Technologically advance a band:

AINXS

Tim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 19d

Technologically advance a band:

The Velcro Underground

Bernadette Geyer @bernadettegeyer.bsky.social · Sep 6

I think I found my Berlin book launch venue today...

Bernadette Geyer @bernadettegeyer.bsky.social · Sep 4

I told client to send maximum 500 words. What did they send? 1,696 words. 😭

Please... if someone gives you a word limit, STICK TO IT!

Bernadette Geyer @bernadettegeyer.bsky.social · Sep 1

Submitting packets to litmags, along with everyone else today.

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Electric Literature @electricliterature.com · Aug 30

“In the morning in the kitchen on the table I see the egg. I look at the egg with a single gaze. Immediately I perceive that one cannot be seeing an egg.”

This Is Your Brain on Clarice Lispector - Electric Literature

“The Egg and the Chicken”by Clarice Lispector, Translated by Katrina Dodson In the morning in the kitchen on the table I see the egg. I look at the egg with a single gaze. Immediately I perceive that…

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Bernadette Geyer @bernadettegeyer.bsky.social · Aug 29

A little overview of all the amazing things that have happened over the past six weeks for me and a look at my #SealeyChallenge reading list so far.

bernadettegeyer.substack.com/p/reveals-an...

#BookSky

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Bernadette Geyer @bernadettegeyer.bsky.social · Aug 26

Congratulations, Donna!

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Bernadette Geyer @bernadettegeyer.bsky.social · Aug 26

My craft essay - "Circling the Drain: The Movement from Idea to Essay" - is up on the Brevity Blog!

"...My brain is quite a big sink, it seems. Maybe more a bathtub when I start looking at all the dog-eared notebook pages that have accumulated..."

Read more: brevity.wordpress.com/2025/08/25/f...

Circling the Drain: The Movement from Idea to Essay

By Bernadette Geyer My writing projects spawn and multiply in various computer folders, or huddle clipped together on my desk topped with a Post-it note that says “For editing.” There are also doze…

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Bernadette Geyer @bernadettegeyer.bsky.social · Aug 21

I am thrilled to reveal the cover of my forthcoming book, What Haunts Me, which is now available for pre-order at the link in my bio. 😜

Thanks to @cynthiamhoffman.bsky.social, @sandrabeasley.bsky.social, and @seanthomasd.bsky.social for their very thoughtful blurbs!

#booksky #poetry #newbooks

Book cover with image of rolling hills along the bottom and a river running through it, and lightning running vertically up into a stormy sky. Book title: What Haunts Me, by Bernadette Geyer

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Bernadette Geyer @bernadettegeyer.bsky.social · Aug 20

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Bernadette Geyer @bernadettegeyer.bsky.social · Aug 18

Very excited to have a craft essay accepted for publication. News to come!

Bernadette Geyer @bernadettegeyer.bsky.social · Aug 17

Rereading Loose Woman, by Sandra Cisneros, as part of the #SealeyChallenge. #BookSky

Bernadette Geyer @bernadettegeyer.bsky.social · Aug 15

1 kilo for €1.49... best time of year! I love these little plums (Zwetschgen)!

Bernadette Geyer @bernadettegeyer.bsky.social · Aug 15

Doing the work that sustains me mentally, before I get started with my day doing the work that sustains me financially...

Bernadette Geyer @bernadettegeyer.bsky.social · Aug 8

The M5 is a really shitty road. Has taken 1.5 hours to go 4 miles. Just want to get to our inn.

Bernadette Geyer @bernadettegeyer.bsky.social · Aug 6

So excited to share my new author photo! It's been about 15 years since the last one, so I was sorely overdue. The cover design will be revealed soon! #booksky

Bernadette Geyer @bernadettegeyer.bsky.social · Aug 5

Reviewers: I now have ARCs of the interior of my forthcoming poetry collection - What Haunts Me! If you are a regular reviewer for a journal or litmag, please contact me thru my website and let me know if you would like to receive an uncorrected proof! Thanks so much! 📖

Bernadette Geyer @bernadettegeyer.bsky.social · Aug 5

Yes! The subject/characters tell me what the writing is supposed to be.

Bernadette Geyer @bernadettegeyer.bsky.social · Aug 2

Holy moly, this poem by @marybid.bsky.social in Unbroken!

Read the whole thing here: www.theunjournals.com/unbroken46bd...

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Bernadette Geyer @bernadettegeyer.bsky.social · Aug 1

Four: 2 poetry manuscripts, a short story collection, and an essay collection!

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Bernadette Geyer @bernadettegeyer.bsky.social · Jul 31

All my socks have holes in them. I was expecting to be living barefoot or in sandals at this point, but it's been in the low-20s C (that's the 60s F) and/or raining almost all of July! I guess I just need to resign myself to buying new socks now instead of waiting for fall. 🧦