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Jill Kitchen

@jillkitchen.bsky.social

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poems, stories, music & landscape. in DC. co, nyc, & london still hold pieces of my heart. writing in ecotone, crab creek review, four way review, iowa review, night heron barks, poet lore, split lip, soon in asterales. social media manager @ SWWIM she/her

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Jill Kitchen @jillkitchen.bsky.social · Apr 24

I am so grateful to the editors for choosing two poems of mine to include in the latest issue of Four Way Review. I hope you find some comfort in reading the lovely work in this issue, as I did. fourwayreview.com/two-poems-by...

TWO POEMS by Jill Kitchen

unearth paper husk of bittersweet, a berry all too bright to summon a child. crisp of snow crust edge before foot weight sinks beneath, into soft. stone wall formed by calloused hands over t…

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Jake Rudh @jakerudh.bsky.social · 1d

Happy 56th birthday to the brilliant PJ Harvey.

What are some of your favorite Polly Jean tracks?

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Jill Kitchen @jillkitchen.bsky.social · 1d

One of my favorite lines.

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David Wojo @mrwojorising.bsky.social · 1d

“You’re right. No human being would stack books like this.”

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Hannah Grieco @writesloud.bsky.social · 2d

NY friends, come hang November 16th!

@camilleuadams.bsky.social @michelleghenry.bsky.social @aubreyhirsch.bsky.social @raxkingisdead.bsky.social @saralippmann.bsky.social @katetooley.bsky.social

A flyer for a street side lit reading, featuring Camille U. Adams, Michelle Guerrero Henry, Aubrey Hirsch, Rax King, Sara Lippmann, Kate Tooley, and me! It shows the covers of our books and includes info about the reading: November 16 at 2pm at "Store Front West" (367 E 10th St, NY NY 10009)

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Jill Kitchen @jillkitchen.bsky.social · 3d

Congrats, Eman! I can't wait to read this.

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Eman Quotah @emanquotah.bsky.social · 3d

THE NIGHT IS NOT FOR YOU is out!

This spooky novel is inspired by folk traditions of the Arabian Peninsula and the Maldives, rural SW Saudi, psychological suspense, and our effed up world.

@orbitbooks.bsky.social @headlinebooks.bsky.social @wildfirebooks.bsky.social @hachetteaudio.bsky.social

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Melissa Llanes Brownlee @lumchanmfa.bsky.social · 3d

I remember the darkness of our room at night, orange-checked curtains shuttered tight, the watery blue of the television flickering across my mother’s lined face, lips razor-thin...

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Dan Crawley @danbillyc.bsky.social · 3d

"If you ask me about love, I’ll show you late winter light on the farmland—some liminal thing."

I really love this extraordinary piece by @dinalrelles.bsky.social in @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social 💙💙💙

Dina L. Relles @dinalrelles.bsky.social · 3d

it’s been a minute since i’ve published anything, so i’m especially grateful that @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social gave this little musing on love + leavings a home.

you can read the full piece here: matchbooklitmag.com/mb/relles/departures

Departures
by Dina L. Relles
handed you the promised coffee with an apology: no sugar, no milk, I’m sorry.

I don’t need those things, you said, and I fell in impossible love with you all over again.

I’d come from my room carrying everything I wanted to happen that didn’t. Now the lobby was too bright and smelled like grapefruits and your face was weary in a way that felt intimate.

You spoke quietly to me in the taxi, then held me twice at the terminal, which I took to mean you loved me too, despite.

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Jill Kitchen @jillkitchen.bsky.social · 3d

Always! I hope one day to hold a book of yours in my hands.

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Jill Kitchen @jillkitchen.bsky.social · 3d

It's always a beautiful day when there is new @dinalrelles.bsky.social work in the world. "If you ask me about love, I’ll show you late winter light on the farmland—some liminal thing."

Dina L. Relles @dinalrelles.bsky.social · 3d

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Jill Kitchen @jillkitchen.bsky.social · 3d

Isn't it? I love when the cover is so beautiful, you have to admire it for a long time before evening opening the pages.

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Jill Kitchen @jillkitchen.bsky.social · 3d

Beautiful mail just in from Ireland. Thank you @poetryireland.bsky.social!

Image of a copy of Poetry Ireland Review issue 146 Edited by Stephen Sexton with a jar full of bright colored flowers.

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Jill Kitchen @jillkitchen.bsky.social · 4d

Oh no, I'm so sorry!

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Michael Shaw @mrmichaelshaw.bsky.social · 4d

Sad to hear the news about Jilly Cooper. She was one of those rare public figures who was exactly as you’d hoped she would be in real life.

Back when she was writing her 2006 school-set novel Wicked! she phoned up The Times Educational Supplement for advice on inspections and got put through to me.

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Jill Kitchen @jillkitchen.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you SO very much! @majda.bsky.social - we need a coconut cake date soon since no one in my household but me eats coconut!

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Jill Kitchen @jillkitchen.bsky.social · 4d

If you’d share the recipe, I would be most grateful. I’m constantly searching for the best coconut cake. A coconut custard cake in Colorado came close.

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Jill Kitchen @jillkitchen.bsky.social · 4d

Oh my gods, I wish I lived next door.

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Donna Vorreyer @djvorreyer.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you for sharing! You really take care of your contributors!

Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 4d

Anyone ready for a new book on ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY? Contributor @djvorreyer.bsky.social has a new poetry collection coming out next week from @sundresspub.bsky.social 😍 You can still pre-order: buff.ly/2SEJlXW

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Jill Kitchen @jillkitchen.bsky.social · 4d

I used to wake up on weekends and drive straight out to Joshua Tree.

Jill Kitchen @jillkitchen.bsky.social · 5d

Baby poet in the desert.

A woman with sunglasses and a denim jacket standing in front of a Joshua Tree and California desert landscape.

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Donna Vorreyer @djvorreyer.bsky.social · 5d

I have long admired @janezwart.bsky.social's poetry, and I am thrilled to be paired with her for the Verse Virtual reading next Saturday. Thanks to Robbi Nester for inviting and pairing us!

Details here:
www.facebook.com/events/14239...

Verse Virtual, Oct. 11, 2025, Verse Virtual Poetry, featuring Donna Vorreyer and Jane Zwart

Event by Robbi Nester on Saturday, October 11 2025

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Jill Kitchen @jillkitchen.bsky.social · 5d

I am feeling the same! So grateful for this small triumph.

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G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 5d

I want one

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 6d

Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.

2 million rally in Italy for Gaza as general strike halts key services

Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.

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Jake Rudh @jakerudh.bsky.social · 6d

Starting at 8pm central tonight via my Twitch channel twitch.tv/djjakerudh, I play 5+ hours of classic alternative music videos spotlighting The Cure.

Hits, deep cuts, b-sides, rarities, side projects, influences, peers, live material & more.

Tonight’s show is definitely for the BIG Cure fans!

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Jill Kitchen @jillkitchen.bsky.social · 6d

Shadow poem, DC morning light falling across a closet door.

Shadows of morning light fanning out across a door

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