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Jon Bishop
@jonjosephbishop.bsky.social
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Author of SCRATCHING LOTTERY TICKETS ON A STREET CORNER (@FLPress, OCT. 2018) and HOME LIFE (OFTD, 2025) WIP: second collection, essay collection. Poet, writer, educator, friend.
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Jon Bishop @jonjosephbishop.bsky.social · Aug 31
Today’s must-read: www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture....
Two Years After Cormac McCarthy's Death, Rare Access to His Personal Library Reveals the Man Behind the Myth
The famously reclusive novelist amassed a collection of thousands of books ranging in topics from philosophical treatises to advanced mathematics to the naked mole-rat
www.smithsonianmag.com
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Jon Bishop @jonjosephbishop.bsky.social · Aug 11
What’s everybody reading right now?
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Jon Bishop @jonjosephbishop.bsky.social · Aug 11
I should be more present on this app.
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Jon Bishop @jonjosephbishop.bsky.social · May 8
I’m honored to be featured in this issue!
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New Verse Review @newversereview.bsky.social · May 8
I'm honored to release a special issue featuring the poetry grads of the MFA program of University of St Thomas, Houston. This issue is edited by @dacooperpoet.bsky.social and Mary Grace Mangano. Read work by @jwyoung.bsky.social, @tnichollsmith.bsky.social, @jonjosephbishop.bsky.social, and others.
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Jon Bishop @jonjosephbishop.bsky.social · Feb 10
Did anyone else find that Mountain Dew Seal commercial to be kind of unsettling?
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Jon Bishop @jonjosephbishop.bsky.social · Jan 31
Sad to see you leave Boston, but congratulations!
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Jon Bishop @jonjosephbishop.bsky.social · Nov 15
Is there a term of art for posts here? Obviously, with Twitter, you “tweeted.”
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Jon Bishop @jonjosephbishop.bsky.social · Nov 15
Me, too! It’s bad.
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Jon Bishop @jonjosephbishop.bsky.social · Nov 12
This really does have the relaxed, open vibe Twitter used to have.
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Jon Bishop @jonjosephbishop.bsky.social · Nov 12
@aoc.bsky.social, a question I’ve always wanted to ask: favorite hangout spot in the Allston-Brighton area? A lot of my BU friends liked Tavern in the Square and the Sunset.
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Jon Bishop @jonjosephbishop.bsky.social · Sep 30
How’s everybody’s Saturday?
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Jon Bishop @jonjosephbishop.bsky.social · Sep 22
My philosophy of teaching is this: I love the things that I love, and I share them with you, in the hope that you will love them, too.
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Jon Bishop @jonjosephbishop.bsky.social · Sep 21
Ha! No problem!
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Jon Bishop @jonjosephbishop.bsky.social · Sep 20
Just here to say @upfromsumdirt.bsky.social is a great poet and great person. Follow him!
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Jon Bishop @jonjosephbishop.bsky.social · Sep 20
Anyone start the new Zadie Smith?
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Jon Bishop @jonjosephbishop.bsky.social · Sep 20
Should Bluesky just change its name to Twitter?
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Jon Bishop @jonjosephbishop.bsky.social · Sep 20
Also, I like that they have clear character limits. It’s good for concision!
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Jon Bishop @jonjosephbishop.bsky.social · Sep 20
Well, I’ve recreated my Twitter profile here. Now—where are my poet and writer friends?
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