Mike Ingram
@mikeingram.bsky.social
Editor at Barrelhouse. Professor at Temple University. Union rep. Author of Notes from the Road (Awst Press). World’s #1 Cat Dad.
Speaking of Barrelhouse submission calls run by my students (that's what everyone's talking about today, right?) we've got another one coming VERY SOON. This semester, a cohort of MFA students at Temple will be editing an online issue of the journal, and they've settled on a theme: The Aftermath
February 10, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Speaking of Barrelhouse submission calls run by my students (that's what everyone's talking about today, right?) we've got another one coming VERY SOON. This semester, a cohort of MFA students at Temple will be editing an online issue of the journal, and they've settled on a theme: The Aftermath
There’s a house on our block with a camera that actually talks at you, every time you pass by, to remind you that you’re being recorded, and that family is sitting on the world’s largest archive of my wife’s middle finger, in case anyone is looking for an art project
February 10, 2026 at 4:16 PM
There’s a house on our block with a camera that actually talks at you, every time you pass by, to remind you that you’re being recorded, and that family is sitting on the world’s largest archive of my wife’s middle finger, in case anyone is looking for an art project
It’s here! The online issue of @barrelhouse.bsky.social edited by my students at Temple, who chose all these pieces, and the accompanying art. And the theme (The Dirty Issue)
www.barrelhousemag.com/online-lit/t...
www.barrelhousemag.com/online-lit/t...
The Dirty Issue — Barrelhouse
For this special online issue, we asked for your dirtiest work: scandalous rivalries, dirty jobs, meditations on the muck and mire of everyday life, plain old sediment, and musings on humanity’s more ...
www.barrelhousemag.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:17 PM
It’s here! The online issue of @barrelhouse.bsky.social edited by my students at Temple, who chose all these pieces, and the accompanying art. And the theme (The Dirty Issue)
www.barrelhousemag.com/online-lit/t...
www.barrelhousemag.com/online-lit/t...
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We have a new online issue! Selected and edited by students at Temple University, under the guidance of @mikeingram.bsky.social
www.barrelhousemag.com/online-lit/t...
www.barrelhousemag.com/online-lit/t...
The Dirty Issue — Barrelhouse
For this special online issue, we asked for your dirtiest work: scandalous rivalries, dirty jobs, meditations on the muck and mire of everyday life, plain old sediment, and musings on humanity’s more ...
www.barrelhousemag.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:02 PM
We have a new online issue! Selected and edited by students at Temple University, under the guidance of @mikeingram.bsky.social
www.barrelhousemag.com/online-lit/t...
www.barrelhousemag.com/online-lit/t...
I let out a little involuntary yelp, like when a character in a movie says the title of the movie
February 9, 2026 at 1:55 PM
I let out a little involuntary yelp, like when a character in a movie says the title of the movie
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Clapping my flippers together and honking like a harbor seal when a Super Bowl ad for a condiment or gambling app featuring two celebrities unexpectedly reveals a third celebrity as its punchline. Bouncing a ball around on my snout. My wife has to throw me a herring to get me to calm down.
February 6, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Clapping my flippers together and honking like a harbor seal when a Super Bowl ad for a condiment or gambling app featuring two celebrities unexpectedly reveals a third celebrity as its punchline. Bouncing a ball around on my snout. My wife has to throw me a herring to get me to calm down.
Nobody knows what capers are, and If they tell you they do they’re lying
February 8, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Nobody knows what capers are, and If they tell you they do they’re lying
Looking back, it's kind of wild that a big part of being in any kind of high school activity or club involved talking the club's female members into wearing bikinis and holding "car wash" signs out by the road. Not great!
Before internet crowdfunding, the only way to save a beloved small business was a sexy car wash
February 7, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Looking back, it's kind of wild that a big part of being in any kind of high school activity or club involved talking the club's female members into wearing bikinis and holding "car wash" signs out by the road. Not great!
Before internet crowdfunding, the only way to save a beloved small business was a sexy car wash
February 7, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Before internet crowdfunding, the only way to save a beloved small business was a sexy car wash
could honestly watch a feature-length film of just the audience shots
guys. the kid rock performance is uh. well it’s exactly what you’d expect
February 5, 2026 at 4:44 PM
could honestly watch a feature-length film of just the audience shots
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and coming up next at the national prayer breakfast we have this golden calf that we’re all worshiping now, lets get those hands in the air for the golden calf everybody
February 5, 2026 at 2:39 PM
and coming up next at the national prayer breakfast we have this golden calf that we’re all worshiping now, lets get those hands in the air for the golden calf everybody
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I don’t know, I think the world may have been better when people had to work harder to find things, and by “things” I mean underground music and films but also racist conspiracy theories
February 4, 2026 at 10:35 PM
I don’t know, I think the world may have been better when people had to work harder to find things, and by “things” I mean underground music and films but also racist conspiracy theories
You know what? I'm dropping Bezos from the Bald Guys Club. If I see him in the street, or on a hike somewhere, I'm not giving him the nod. He's out!
February 5, 2026 at 1:02 AM
You know what? I'm dropping Bezos from the Bald Guys Club. If I see him in the street, or on a hike somewhere, I'm not giving him the nod. He's out!
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A large CAVA bag stuffed with what it says is $50,000 for White House Border Czar Tom Homan.
It’s been reported Homan took bribery money when he was recorded by the FBI accepting a bag full of $50,000 in cash.
“ICE GTFO OF MN”
Minneapolis February 4, 2026
It’s been reported Homan took bribery money when he was recorded by the FBI accepting a bag full of $50,000 in cash.
“ICE GTFO OF MN”
Minneapolis February 4, 2026
February 4, 2026 at 11:07 PM
A large CAVA bag stuffed with what it says is $50,000 for White House Border Czar Tom Homan.
It’s been reported Homan took bribery money when he was recorded by the FBI accepting a bag full of $50,000 in cash.
“ICE GTFO OF MN”
Minneapolis February 4, 2026
It’s been reported Homan took bribery money when he was recorded by the FBI accepting a bag full of $50,000 in cash.
“ICE GTFO OF MN”
Minneapolis February 4, 2026
I don’t know, I think the world may have been better when people had to work harder to find things, and by “things” I mean underground music and films but also racist conspiracy theories
February 4, 2026 at 10:35 PM
I don’t know, I think the world may have been better when people had to work harder to find things, and by “things” I mean underground music and films but also racist conspiracy theories
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if i was thrown into a volcano, i’d simply drink all the lava
February 2, 2026 at 4:57 PM
if i was thrown into a volcano, i’d simply drink all the lava
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We gotta come up with a better system than “everything rests on whether these twelve billionnaires are nice”
February 4, 2026 at 7:41 PM
We gotta come up with a better system than “everything rests on whether these twelve billionnaires are nice”
I think everybody should get a second run-through of their own life. Not even to improve, necessarily, but just to notice more things. Like when you re-read a novel, or re-watch a movie, and you're not so focused on how the plot will work out
February 4, 2026 at 3:58 PM
I think everybody should get a second run-through of their own life. Not even to improve, necessarily, but just to notice more things. Like when you re-read a novel, or re-watch a movie, and you're not so focused on how the plot will work out
Oh, you don’t think the ultra wealthy are good at running publications? Sounds like someone needs an adjustment to their Perception Box™️
February 4, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Oh, you don’t think the ultra wealthy are good at running publications? Sounds like someone needs an adjustment to their Perception Box™️
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Honestly I would just like to go back to posting my stupid little bits and having seasonal depression.
January 16, 2026 at 4:28 AM
Honestly I would just like to go back to posting my stupid little bits and having seasonal depression.
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don’t open those, they’re my scream jars
February 3, 2026 at 2:19 PM
don’t open those, they’re my scream jars
Just googled "do post-it notes go bad," I think there's a very good chance my brain isn't going to make it till the end of the semester
February 3, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Just googled "do post-it notes go bad," I think there's a very good chance my brain isn't going to make it till the end of the semester
Remake of How the Grinch Stole Christmas in which the Grinch's heart grows three sizes too large, then four, then five, then bursts, and the final scene is a 45-minute, roving single shot of Whoville's fevered partying: ecstatic dancing, drum circles, close-ups of rapturous faces, no dialogue
February 3, 2026 at 1:54 PM
Remake of How the Grinch Stole Christmas in which the Grinch's heart grows three sizes too large, then four, then five, then bursts, and the final scene is a 45-minute, roving single shot of Whoville's fevered partying: ecstatic dancing, drum circles, close-ups of rapturous faces, no dialogue
when I spend a long time intricately planning out the details of a class, it feels wrong somehow that I still have to actually teach it
February 2, 2026 at 6:36 PM
when I spend a long time intricately planning out the details of a class, it feels wrong somehow that I still have to actually teach it