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.
First the college athletes seem too young, then the pro athletes, then the movie stars, then your surgeon, then the politicians, then the people in the obituaries, then uh oh
February 14, 2026 at 12:05 AM
First the college athletes seem too young, then the pro athletes, then the movie stars, then your surgeon, then the politicians, then the people in the obituaries, then uh oh
Every few days I have one of those vague, middle-aged-white-guy “this could be a think piece” ideas, usually while watching tv or on my commute, and I think I deserve financial compensation for not writing any of them
February 13, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Every few days I have one of those vague, middle-aged-white-guy “this could be a think piece” ideas, usually while watching tv or on my commute, and I think I deserve financial compensation for not writing any of them
My possibly unhinged belief is that The Pitt and The OC exist in the same cinematic universe and Oliver Trask is still up to some evil shit!
February 13, 2026 at 3:21 PM
My possibly unhinged belief is that The Pitt and The OC exist in the same cinematic universe and Oliver Trask is still up to some evil shit!
Reposted by Mike Ingram
I wish I had followers so I could tell people to read @graycious.bsky.social poem.
She’s so talented!
She’s so talented!
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 13, 2026 at 12:32 AM
I wish I had followers so I could tell people to read @graycious.bsky.social poem.
She’s so talented!
She’s so talented!
Reposted by Mike Ingram
my name is dr richard cornholio and i’m a practicing oncologist here at mount sinai. i’m sure you’re wondering: yes my name is spelled like that and yes i do occasionally need toilet paper for my butthole. but my need is no greater than yours or most anyone else’s
February 13, 2026 at 12:06 AM
my name is dr richard cornholio and i’m a practicing oncologist here at mount sinai. i’m sure you’re wondering: yes my name is spelled like that and yes i do occasionally need toilet paper for my butthole. but my need is no greater than yours or most anyone else’s
career advice I wish someone had given me in my 20s
watching the 500m speed skating and it looks to me like the best strategy is just to stay way out ahead of everyone the whole time so you don't get involved in any crashes. More skaters should try this
February 13, 2026 at 12:44 AM
career advice I wish someone had given me in my 20s
Maybe AI writing will eventually make people seek out the weird idiosyncrasies of human writing, like when all the cool young people got really into cassingles several years ago
February 13, 2026 at 12:42 AM
Maybe AI writing will eventually make people seek out the weird idiosyncrasies of human writing, like when all the cool young people got really into cassingles several years ago
My favorite part of the movie Melania is when she unzips her coat and hundreds of tiny Melanias come tumbling out
February 12, 2026 at 10:10 PM
My favorite part of the movie Melania is when she unzips her coat and hundreds of tiny Melanias come tumbling out
It's probably best I don't live in one of the states where they're collecting syllabi for searchable fascist databases, because I'd spend way too much time making a passive-aggressive course titled something like America: Why Is She So Beautiful? or What We Talk About When We Don't Talk About Race
February 12, 2026 at 2:22 PM
It's probably best I don't live in one of the states where they're collecting syllabi for searchable fascist databases, because I'd spend way too much time making a passive-aggressive course titled something like America: Why Is She So Beautiful? or What We Talk About When We Don't Talk About Race
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I wrote a poem about sitting in pee on the subway and it’s featured in here!!!! Thank you @barrelhouse.bsky.social!
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 11, 2026 at 10:14 PM
I wrote a poem about sitting in pee on the subway and it’s featured in here!!!! Thank you @barrelhouse.bsky.social!
Reposted by Mike Ingram
Reposted by Mike Ingram
Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground
February 11, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground
Reposted by Mike Ingram
No son, they are not "magically delicious." The workers made them delicious. This is a slogan meant to mystify the social conditions of labor
February 11, 2026 at 1:46 AM
No son, they are not "magically delicious." The workers made them delicious. This is a slogan meant to mystify the social conditions of labor
Reposted by Mike Ingram
Very grateful to have my poem “Our Survey of Western Dirt” be a part of the latest issue of Barrelhouse. Many thanks to Mike Ingram and his students at Temple (see next post for their names) for including it. www.barrelhousemag.com/online-lit/o...
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February 11, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Very grateful to have my poem “Our Survey of Western Dirt” be a part of the latest issue of Barrelhouse. Many thanks to Mike Ingram and his students at Temple (see next post for their names) for including it. www.barrelhousemag.com/online-lit/o...
@mikeingram.bsky.social
@barrelhouse.bsky.social
@mikeingram.bsky.social
@barrelhouse.bsky.social
Considering a new course policy where if you use AI to write your response to the reading, I assign you zero points and leave a poop emoji in the comment box by way of explanation
February 11, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Considering a new course policy where if you use AI to write your response to the reading, I assign you zero points and leave a poop emoji in the comment box by way of explanation
Reposted by Mike Ingram
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
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...
Reposted by Mike Ingram
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
Reposted by Mike Ingram
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