Libre
@librelit.bsky.social
A southern literature & arts mag bent on brain pain, taking the narrative back, jiggling it open, extracting the oyster from its background of compressed pain to reexamine what it means to scavenge for agency in liminal states of illness.
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Poetry today by E. A. Midnight
“how much of love is seeing
someone else’s mental illness as a quirk / and not failure, not a dent, not
something that must be fixed”
librelit.com/2025/09/20/m...
“how much of love is seeing
someone else’s mental illness as a quirk / and not failure, not a dent, not
something that must be fixed”
librelit.com/2025/09/20/m...
September 20, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Poetry today by E. A. Midnight
“how much of love is seeing
someone else’s mental illness as a quirk / and not failure, not a dent, not
something that must be fixed”
librelit.com/2025/09/20/m...
“how much of love is seeing
someone else’s mental illness as a quirk / and not failure, not a dent, not
something that must be fixed”
librelit.com/2025/09/20/m...
We’re all walking around in dreams on a daily basis. Read our poets below. We’re proud of them.
August 23, 2025 at 3:26 PM
We’re all walking around in dreams on a daily basis. Read our poets below. We’re proud of them.
It fails us a good deal, too, and as I’m up past midnight working on these, I wonder whether that’s for our own benefit in the long run. Having access to the complete story of ourselves would come at some great, dear cost to the crucial cushioning of delusion we take for granted as our everyday.
August 23, 2025 at 3:26 PM
It fails us a good deal, too, and as I’m up past midnight working on these, I wonder whether that’s for our own benefit in the long run. Having access to the complete story of ourselves would come at some great, dear cost to the crucial cushioning of delusion we take for granted as our everyday.
10 more pieces by poets we’ve had the honor of previously hosting. Memory’s weird and flexible and holds time in its tissues, in case anyone’s out there looking for the source of the stuff.
August 23, 2025 at 3:26 PM
10 more pieces by poets we’ve had the honor of previously hosting. Memory’s weird and flexible and holds time in its tissues, in case anyone’s out there looking for the source of the stuff.
FEATURING:
🧠https://librelit.com/read/year-one/archive/
Courtney LeBlanc
Stacey C. Johnson
Lydia Rae Bush
Chrissy Stegman
David Cazden
Merlin Flower
Sam Floyd
Claude Clayton Smith
Joshua Kulseth
Liz DiGregorio
🧠https://librelit.com/read/year-one/archive/
Courtney LeBlanc
Stacey C. Johnson
Lydia Rae Bush
Chrissy Stegman
David Cazden
Merlin Flower
Sam Floyd
Claude Clayton Smith
Joshua Kulseth
Liz DiGregorio
August 23, 2025 at 3:25 PM
FEATURING:
🧠https://librelit.com/read/year-one/archive/
Courtney LeBlanc
Stacey C. Johnson
Lydia Rae Bush
Chrissy Stegman
David Cazden
Merlin Flower
Sam Floyd
Claude Clayton Smith
Joshua Kulseth
Liz DiGregorio
🧠https://librelit.com/read/year-one/archive/
Courtney LeBlanc
Stacey C. Johnson
Lydia Rae Bush
Chrissy Stegman
David Cazden
Merlin Flower
Sam Floyd
Claude Clayton Smith
Joshua Kulseth
Liz DiGregorio
August 20, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Reposted by Libre
“I will say my goodbyes to each room. Remember our newborn snuggling on a sheepskin rug, hear the creaking herringbone parquet floors, relive my postpartum vigil at the bedroom window, the slow-motion clouds.”
Delighted to see my piece In Between in @librelit.bsky.social
Delighted to see my piece In Between in @librelit.bsky.social
August 16, 2025 at 7:13 PM
“I will say my goodbyes to each room. Remember our newborn snuggling on a sheepskin rug, hear the creaking herringbone parquet floors, relive my postpartum vigil at the bedroom window, the slow-motion clouds.”
Delighted to see my piece In Between in @librelit.bsky.social
Delighted to see my piece In Between in @librelit.bsky.social
Months lapsed make mild critique more interesting to look at. I offer you 10 more previously published pieces from our archives today, and I hope they’ll bring—at best—the satisfaction of Full Circle.
August 16, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Months lapsed make mild critique more interesting to look at. I offer you 10 more previously published pieces from our archives today, and I hope they’ll bring—at best—the satisfaction of Full Circle.
Glimpsing a name I’ve had correspondence with months ago jogs certain feelings: the integral slant of morning sunlight on the first Friday of Libre’s publication schedule, or how the contributor punctuated, responded in gladness or anxiety.
August 16, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Glimpsing a name I’ve had correspondence with months ago jogs certain feelings: the integral slant of morning sunlight on the first Friday of Libre’s publication schedule, or how the contributor punctuated, responded in gladness or anxiety.
There’s a space in memory I like referring to as ‘the pigmented remains’. It’s the stuff we half-remember or the impressions that are press-able, full to their diaphanous widths with spongy recall. Revisiting and re-formatting these archival YEAR ONE pieces has been a bloodbath of color.
August 16, 2025 at 3:28 PM
There’s a space in memory I like referring to as ‘the pigmented remains’. It’s the stuff we half-remember or the impressions that are press-able, full to their diaphanous widths with spongy recall. Revisiting and re-formatting these archival YEAR ONE pieces has been a bloodbath of color.
FEATURING:
MICHELLE MCMILLAN-HOLIFIELD
NA ASHELEY ASHITEY
LAUREN MCGOVERN
JENNIFER JONES
EMMA ROTH
EDWARD MICHAEL SUPRANOWICZ
JIANNA HEUER
IVAN DE MONBRISON
KUSHAL PODDAR
TAYLA NADEN
librelit.com/read/year-on...
MICHELLE MCMILLAN-HOLIFIELD
NA ASHELEY ASHITEY
LAUREN MCGOVERN
JENNIFER JONES
EMMA ROTH
EDWARD MICHAEL SUPRANOWICZ
JIANNA HEUER
IVAN DE MONBRISON
KUSHAL PODDAR
TAYLA NADEN
librelit.com/read/year-on...
Year One Archive – LIBRE
PROSE SALENA CASHA OLIVER CATES Udochukwu Chidera AMY L. EGGERT SCOTT HOLSTAD JACK JENKINS PURBASHA ROY KETI SHEA SALENA CASHA “Her Better Half” OLIVER CATES “Deception of Beauty (or Eclipsed by Rot)”...
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August 16, 2025 at 3:27 PM
FEATURING:
MICHELLE MCMILLAN-HOLIFIELD
NA ASHELEY ASHITEY
LAUREN MCGOVERN
JENNIFER JONES
EMMA ROTH
EDWARD MICHAEL SUPRANOWICZ
JIANNA HEUER
IVAN DE MONBRISON
KUSHAL PODDAR
TAYLA NADEN
librelit.com/read/year-on...
MICHELLE MCMILLAN-HOLIFIELD
NA ASHELEY ASHITEY
LAUREN MCGOVERN
JENNIFER JONES
EMMA ROTH
EDWARD MICHAEL SUPRANOWICZ
JIANNA HEUER
IVAN DE MONBRISON
KUSHAL PODDAR
TAYLA NADEN
librelit.com/read/year-on...
“The velocity of water molecules determines their form—from mist to sea to glacier. In Scandinavia, people plunge into ice baths after saunas to improve their circulation. In the past, insane asylums used cold water torture as a ‘treatment’ to subdue psychiatric patients.”
August 16, 2025 at 2:54 PM
“The velocity of water molecules determines their form—from mist to sea to glacier. In Scandinavia, people plunge into ice baths after saunas to improve their circulation. In the past, insane asylums used cold water torture as a ‘treatment’ to subdue psychiatric patients.”
August 16, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Fiction today by @ilanamiral.bsky.social
“And the shorter your hair, the closer they are to your skull.”
librelit.com/2025/08/13/i...
“And the shorter your hair, the closer they are to your skull.”
librelit.com/2025/08/13/i...
August 13, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Fiction today by @ilanamiral.bsky.social
“And the shorter your hair, the closer they are to your skull.”
librelit.com/2025/08/13/i...
“And the shorter your hair, the closer they are to your skull.”
librelit.com/2025/08/13/i...
Good morning! We’re pleased present a video reading by Ace Boggess for his Issue Three: Cinema piece “How Much Do You Plan to Splurge in the Coming Year?”
Link to website: librelit.com/issue-three/...
Link to YouTube: youtu.be/VsgWwlCJ9w8?...
Link to website: librelit.com/issue-three/...
Link to YouTube: youtu.be/VsgWwlCJ9w8?...
August 10, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Good morning! We’re pleased present a video reading by Ace Boggess for his Issue Three: Cinema piece “How Much Do You Plan to Splurge in the Coming Year?”
Link to website: librelit.com/issue-three/...
Link to YouTube: youtu.be/VsgWwlCJ9w8?...
Link to website: librelit.com/issue-three/...
Link to YouTube: youtu.be/VsgWwlCJ9w8?...
Poetry today by Adrienne Marie Barrios:
“I learned that you built a wall, but the wall has windows, maybe even a door with hinges I can pry off with my teeth…”
librelit.com/2025/08/09/a...
“I learned that you built a wall, but the wall has windows, maybe even a door with hinges I can pry off with my teeth…”
librelit.com/2025/08/09/a...
August 9, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Poetry today by Adrienne Marie Barrios:
“I learned that you built a wall, but the wall has windows, maybe even a door with hinges I can pry off with my teeth…”
librelit.com/2025/08/09/a...
“I learned that you built a wall, but the wall has windows, maybe even a door with hinges I can pry off with my teeth…”
librelit.com/2025/08/09/a...
Poetry by Andrew Cox today on the site:
“Before the bobcats adopted my mother and made her queen.”
librelit.com/2025/08/06/a...
“Before the bobcats adopted my mother and made her queen.”
librelit.com/2025/08/06/a...
August 6, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Poetry by Andrew Cox today on the site:
“Before the bobcats adopted my mother and made her queen.”
librelit.com/2025/08/06/a...
“Before the bobcats adopted my mother and made her queen.”
librelit.com/2025/08/06/a...
Reposted by Libre
Incredibly grateful and thrilled to have an interview out with Libre. Thank you so much to the lovely Mary B. Sellers for featuring me!
You should definitely check out the rest of Libre Lit’s publications. They are doing captivating and important work for the mental health and literary community.
You should definitely check out the rest of Libre Lit’s publications. They are doing captivating and important work for the mental health and literary community.
August 4, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Incredibly grateful and thrilled to have an interview out with Libre. Thank you so much to the lovely Mary B. Sellers for featuring me!
You should definitely check out the rest of Libre Lit’s publications. They are doing captivating and important work for the mental health and literary community.
You should definitely check out the rest of Libre Lit’s publications. They are doing captivating and important work for the mental health and literary community.
August 4, 2025 at 10:31 AM
“people i’ve outgrown” by Salem Paige
“surely you recognize the
migratory patterns of your
whims”
librelit.com/2025/08/02/s...
“surely you recognize the
migratory patterns of your
whims”
librelit.com/2025/08/02/s...
August 3, 2025 at 11:09 AM
“people i’ve outgrown” by Salem Paige
“surely you recognize the
migratory patterns of your
whims”
librelit.com/2025/08/02/s...
“surely you recognize the
migratory patterns of your
whims”
librelit.com/2025/08/02/s...
Featuring:
CHARLOTTE COLE
ROBERT NERSESIAN
PATTY SOMLO
HAROLD LIMINAL
E.H. JACOBS
MARK ANTONY ROSSI
MARK SHAPIRO
TERRY SANVILLE
R.M. DAVENPORT
LAUREN MCGOVERN
CHARLOTTE COLE
ROBERT NERSESIAN
PATTY SOMLO
HAROLD LIMINAL
E.H. JACOBS
MARK ANTONY ROSSI
MARK SHAPIRO
TERRY SANVILLE
R.M. DAVENPORT
LAUREN MCGOVERN
July 27, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Featuring:
CHARLOTTE COLE
ROBERT NERSESIAN
PATTY SOMLO
HAROLD LIMINAL
E.H. JACOBS
MARK ANTONY ROSSI
MARK SHAPIRO
TERRY SANVILLE
R.M. DAVENPORT
LAUREN MCGOVERN
CHARLOTTE COLE
ROBERT NERSESIAN
PATTY SOMLO
HAROLD LIMINAL
E.H. JACOBS
MARK ANTONY ROSSI
MARK SHAPIRO
TERRY SANVILLE
R.M. DAVENPORT
LAUREN MCGOVERN
I’m looking Change in the eye as I write this and welcoming it over, but before it fully takes effect, we have a job to do. The archives is still underway, and after weekend work, I offer you 10 more pieces by previous contributors, now available on the site.
🧠: librelit.com/read/year-on...
🧠: librelit.com/read/year-on...
Year One Archive – LIBRE
PROSE SALENA CASHA OLIVER CATES Udochukwu Chidera AMY L. EGGERT SCOTT HOLSTAD JACK JENKINS PURBASHA ROY KETI SHEA SALENA CASHA “Her Better Half” OLIVER CATES “Deception of Beauty (or Eclipsed by Rot)”...
librelit.com
July 27, 2025 at 10:03 PM
I’m looking Change in the eye as I write this and welcoming it over, but before it fully takes effect, we have a job to do. The archives is still underway, and after weekend work, I offer you 10 more pieces by previous contributors, now available on the site.
🧠: librelit.com/read/year-on...
🧠: librelit.com/read/year-on...
Site updates for anyone who’s bored enough to want them. Updated daily in hopes of getting the word out there.
librelit.com/log
librelit.com/log
Log – LIBRE
the daily log 7/27/25Today was about additions. August drafts are now complete thanks to teamwork and spare-change time. MB will battle September's tomorrow in sanctioned time for all things only Libr...
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July 26, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Site updates for anyone who’s bored enough to want them. Updated daily in hopes of getting the word out there.
librelit.com/log
librelit.com/log
🧠 librelit.com/read/year-on...
SANDRA MARILYN
KELLIE BROWN
BRANNON O’BRENNAN
ISIOMA NGOZI
BRETT STUCKEL
GEOFFREY AITKEN
JANET HELLER
WILLIAM MILLER
SANDRA MARILYN
KELLIE BROWN
BRANNON O’BRENNAN
ISIOMA NGOZI
BRETT STUCKEL
GEOFFREY AITKEN
JANET HELLER
WILLIAM MILLER
Year One Archive – LIBRE
PROSE SALENA CASHA OLIVER CATES Udochukwu Chidera AMY L. EGGERT SCOTT HOLSTAD JACK JENKINS PURBASHA ROY KETI SHEA SALENA CASHA “Her Better Half” OLIVER CATES “Deception of Beauty (or Eclipsed by Rot)”...
librelit.com
July 24, 2025 at 2:04 PM
🧠 librelit.com/read/year-on...
SANDRA MARILYN
KELLIE BROWN
BRANNON O’BRENNAN
ISIOMA NGOZI
BRETT STUCKEL
GEOFFREY AITKEN
JANET HELLER
WILLIAM MILLER
SANDRA MARILYN
KELLIE BROWN
BRANNON O’BRENNAN
ISIOMA NGOZI
BRETT STUCKEL
GEOFFREY AITKEN
JANET HELLER
WILLIAM MILLER
We’ll keep them always in the newly safe net of the Archives. Even if Libre doesn’t last forever, I’ll continue paying the fees towards keeping the website open. Enjoy these early pieces of prose and poetry below:
July 24, 2025 at 2:04 PM
We’ll keep them always in the newly safe net of the Archives. Even if Libre doesn’t last forever, I’ll continue paying the fees towards keeping the website open. Enjoy these early pieces of prose and poetry below: