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Jory Mickelson @poetryphone.bsky.social · Mar 11

Friends, you can now get a copy of my new book PICTURING directly from me! I will even sign it for you.

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PICTURING (Splash)

Poet. Writer. Educator

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Jory Mickelson @poetryphone.bsky.social · 8d

Thank you to @tupelopress.bsky.social for publishing a conversation with me about my new book PICTURING in Tupelo Quarterly!

Check it out at the link:
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"Picturing: A conversation with Jory Mickelson" – curated by Esteban Rodríguez

Jory Mickelson talks with Esteban Rodríguez about his poetry collection Picturing and more.

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Jory Mickelson @poetryphone.bsky.social · Aug 7

Happy to see my poem in print over at broadkill review in their summer issue, just in time for Warhol's birthday.

Warhol's first Pop Art paintings appeared in 1961 in the department store windows of Bonwit Teller. Warhol's paintings served as a backdrop to mannequins dressed in the latest fashions.

Jory Mickelson @poetryphone.bsky.social · Jul 10

I've been pretty quiet here as the world has been so loud lately.

How are you caring for yourself right now?

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Jory Mickelson @poetryphone.bsky.social · Jul 2

Hurrah!

Jory Mickelson @poetryphone.bsky.social · Jul 2

thank you.

Jory Mickelson @poetryphone.bsky.social · Jun 30

I have two poems in the new Washington State Queer Poetry Anthology. Thank you to Arianne True the former WA State Poet Laureate for putting this project together.

Here is one of my poems!
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Self-Portrait of a Boy Pretending to Be a Boy · WA Queer Anth

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AltYellostoneNatPar @altyellonatpark.org · Jan 4

The censorship algorithm on Twitter reduced our audience by roughly 95%, and seriously, who does that to a wildlife biology & advocacy group ?
So we moved 😇 over here to BlueSky

If you could, please help us regain our following
Follow
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Together we can change the world.

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Psaltery & Lyre @psalteryandlyre.bsky.social · Jun 13

"Collecting Little Found Things": A Conversation Between Jory Mickelson & Stacy Boe Miller

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“Collecting Little Found Things”: A Conversation Between Jory Mickelson and Stacy Boe Miller

Stacy Boe Miller and Jory Mickelson

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Jory Mickelson @poetryphone.bsky.social · Jun 13

Shout out to @psalteryandlyre.bsky.social and Stacy Boe Miller for our coversation about poetry and life. Read it here!

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“Collecting Little Found Things”: A Conversation Between Jory Mickelson and Stacy Boe Miller

Stacy Boe Miller and Jory Mickelson

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Jory Mickelson @poetryphone.bsky.social · Jun 11

Hi folks, this Sunday June 15th at 1pm Pacific, I will be giving a reading and offering some writing prompts from my new book Picturing with the folks over at Lordship House on zoom.

I hope you can come!

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Jory Mickelson @poetryphone.bsky.social · Jun 6

Something from an ongoing dream of mine...

Liminal Spaces @liminalplaces.bsky.social · Jun 6

Liminal space L209C

Jory Mickelson @poetryphone.bsky.social · Jun 6

Nooooooo

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · Jun 4

Edmund White, the groundbreaking man of letters who documented and imagined the gay revolution through journalism, essays, memoirs and novels, has died at 85.

Edmund White, a groundbreaking gay author, dies at 85

Edmund White, the groundbreaking man of letters who documented and imagined the gay revolution through journalism, essays, memoirs and novels, has died. He was 85.

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Dr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social · Jun 4

It’s always sad when an old friend passes, back in the day we used to write to each other weekly. I loved getting his free-flowing & reminiscing dispatches from Paris. Good night Edmund ❤️

Edmund White (1940-2025)
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Edmund White, Novelist and Pioneer of Gay Literature, Dies at 85

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TEX DAW’S MOBY DICK: “Whales. With fangs.” @texdaw.bsky.social · Jun 4

Novelist Edmund White, RIP.
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Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · Jun 4

RIP

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · Jun 4

Edmund White, novelist and great chronicler of gay life, dies aged 85

The American essayist, playwrightauthor of books including A Boy’s Own Story and The Married Man, has died

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Lawrence Schimel @lawrenceschimel.bsky.social · Jun 4

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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · Jun 4

Farewell to Edmund White.

❤️

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Jory Mickelson @poetryphone.bsky.social · Jun 4

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Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street - Wikipedia

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Jory Mickelson @poetryphone.bsky.social · Jun 4

Did you watch the film or the documentary Scream Queen?

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Jory Mickelson @poetryphone.bsky.social · May 28

Thank you to @newwordspress.bsky.social for publishing a poem of mine in their new issue!

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𝕳𝖔𝖗𝖗𝖔𝖗𝖈𝖚𝖑𝖙𝖚𝖗𝖎𝖘𝖙 🇨🇦🦇🥀🕸 The Tower, The Moon, The Gun @horrorculturist.bsky.social · May 27

Happy Birthday to Siouxsie Sioux, you beautiful creature, you. Oh, do I adore you.

Here's me pretending there's any chance whatsoever that she's lurking on Bluesky.

Who else would sell their soul for Siouxsie and the Banshees to announce a world tour?

Dementia Von Grimm @dementiavongrimm.bsky.social · May 27

Happy birthday to the iconic Siouxsie Sioux. 🖤👑💋

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Jory Mickelson @poetryphone.bsky.social · May 27

Sorry to hear this. Just catching up with your posts. Hoping you are out soon.

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Catherine Rockwood @martin65.bsky.social · May 12

blackberries wild currants
desiccate on the vine

O Lady Miriam Lady Mary mare mer Mère
remember Your aspect as sea-mother

not only of tears, not only salt-bitter
but basin bringer

--Jennifer Bullis

Psaltery & Lyre @psalteryandlyre.bsky.social · May 12

"O Lady Miriam Lady Mary mare mer Mère"

"Our Lady of the Cascades" by @jenniferbullis.bsky.social

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Our Lady of the Cascades

by Jennifer Bullis

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Jory Mickelson @poetryphone.bsky.social · May 19

I like big rhodies and I cannot lie...