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The Adroit Journal @adroitjournal.bsky.social · Aug 14

Issue Fifty-Four is here! Explore new poetry, prose, and art at the link in our bio. 🌺

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The Adroit Journal @adroitjournal.bsky.social · 21m

“Art Therapy: Kingdom Animalia” by Misha Tentser appears in Issue Fifty-Four. A playful, tender dive into childhood memory, imagination, and the messy, beautiful intersections of life and art. 🐇🎨 Read the excerpt via the link in our bio.

The Adroit Journal @adroitjournal.bsky.social · 1h

Announcing the recipients of the 2025 Adroit Prizes for Poetry & Prose, selected by Aria Aber & Danez Smith!

The Adroit Journal @adroitjournal.bsky.social · 1d

“Lucky” by Douglas W. Milliken appears in Issue Fifty-Four. A sharp, unflinching glimpse into the ritual of parties, human folly, and the dizzying symmetry of chaos and desire. 🍸🎨 Read the excerpt via the link in our bio.

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The Adroit Journal @adroitjournal.bsky.social · 2d

“When My Dad Says My Poetry Is Pornographic” by Dorsey Craft appears in Issue Fifty-Four. A poem of inheritance, faith, and the fraught intimacy of being seen—where language itself becomes both wound and witness. 🔥📖 Read the full piece through the link in our bio.

The Adroit Journal @adroitjournal.bsky.social · 3d

Last but not least, here are our editors’ art nominees for Best of the Net 2025! 🖼️

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The Adroit Journal @adroitjournal.bsky.social · 4d

Here are our editors’ fiction & creative nonfiction nominees for Best of the Net 2025!

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The Adroit Journal @adroitjournal.bsky.social · 4d

Poems by Shizuka Omori, translated by Yuki Tanaka, appear in Issue Fifty-Four.
These tanka shimmer with intimacy—small moments of contact, perception, and stillness that hold entire worlds. 🌸✨ Read the full selection via the link in our bio.

The Adroit Journal @adroitjournal.bsky.social · 6d

“Breaching” by Athena Nassar appears in Issue Fifty-Four. A poem that swells with the wonder of teaching—where meter, image, and courage break the surface like a whale coming up for air. 🌊📖 Read the full piece via the link in our bio.

The Adroit Journal @adroitjournal.bsky.social · 7d

We’re pleased to present our poetry nominations for Best of the Net 2025. Keep an eye out for our nominations in fiction, creative nonfiction, and art as the week goes on!

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The Adroit Journal @adroitjournal.bsky.social · 8d

“Archive of Absence” by Jo Bear appears in Issue Fifty-Four. Tracing desire, inheritance, and the untold histories of women in motion, Bear’s poem reimagines a lineage of strength and longing. ⚾🌙 Read the full piece via the link in our bio.

The Adroit Journal @adroitjournal.bsky.social · 9d

“Confessions” by Valencia Robin appears in Issue Fifty-Four. In this candid and restless piece, Robin blends humor, longing, and raw honesty. Read the full work via the link in our bio. 📝✨

The Adroit Journal @adroitjournal.bsky.social · 11d

“Aura Points” by Margo Steines appears in Issue Fifty-Four. In this searing work of creative nonfiction, Steines confronts beauty, motherhood, and the uneasy contradictions of raising a child in a world that commodifies appearance. Read the excerpt via the link in our bio. 💡📖

The Adroit Journal @adroitjournal.bsky.social · 13d

Jeannie Vanasco, interviewed by Marisa Siegel, appears in Issue Fifty-Four. Discussing her new memoir A Silent Treatment, Vanasco considers the ethics of writing about real people. Read the full interview via the link in our bio. 📚✨

The Adroit Journal @adroitjournal.bsky.social · 15d

“If You Weren’t Such a Good Boy, You’d Remember” by Sudha Balagopal appears in Issue Fifty-Four. A story of youth, silence, and first love, set against the rhythm of a train bound for the future. Read the excerpt via the link in our bio. 🚉💫

The Adroit Journal @adroitjournal.bsky.social · 16d

“Observer Effect” by Jacques J. Rancourt appears in Issue Fifty-Four. Love, loss, and the strange ways light refracts our lives. Read the full piece via the link in our bio. 🌅🐾

The Adroit Journal @adroitjournal.bsky.social · 18d

“Second Acts: A Second Look at Two Second Books in Poetry” by Lisa Russ Spaar appears in Issue Fifty-Four. Read via the link in our bio. ✨📖

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The Adroit Journal @adroitjournal.bsky.social · 20d

“Future Fig” by Emily Skaja appears in Issue Fifty-Four. This tender poem traces love, loss, and the small, miraculous gestures that endure when life changes everything. Read the excerpt via the link in our bio. 🌱💔

The Adroit Journal @adroitjournal.bsky.social · 22d

We are thrilled to announce the winners and finalists of the 2025 Adroit Journal Editor’s Prizes in Poetry & Fiction! Learn more at the link in our bio.

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The Adroit Journal @adroitjournal.bsky.social · 22d

“Some Pieces Are Missing” by Trisha Kostis appears in Issue Fifty-Four. This moving essay traces the fractures of memory and family as a father’s sense of self collides with the present moment. Read the excerpt via the link in our bio. 🧩🕰️

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The Adroit Journal @adroitjournal.bsky.social · 23d

Katherine Larson, interviewed by Celeste Lipkes in Issue Fifty-Four, reflects on silence and disappearance in her latest book Wedding of the Foxes (Milkweed Editions, 2025). Read the full conversation via the link in our bio. 🌿🦊

The Adroit Journal @adroitjournal.bsky.social · 24d

We’re open! Send us your best poetry, prose, and art by November 1st. For submission guidelines, visit the link in our bio. 🌀

The Adroit Journal @adroitjournal.bsky.social · 25d

“Chimera” by Rob Arnold appears in Issue Fifty-Four. A stark and unflinching poem, it confronts grief, despair, and memory with searing imagery and luminous intensity. Read it now via the link in our bio. 🩸🌌

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The Adroit Journal @adroitjournal.bsky.social · 27d

“Roof and Sky” by Valeria Parrella, translated by Sonya Gray Redi, appears in Issue Fifty-Four. This vivid, unsettling story explores pressure, absurdity, and survival. Read the excerpt via the link in our bio. 🎯📄

The Adroit Journal @adroitjournal.bsky.social · 29d

“Bird Burning” by Spencer Nitkey appears in Issue Fifty-Four. Read the full piece via the link in our bio. 🕊️🔥

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The Adroit Journal @adroitjournal.bsky.social · Sep 8

“Interim” by Carolina Hotchandani appears in Issue Fifty-Four. From downed power lines to the fragile return of light, Hotchandani’s poem hums with tension, survival, and startling clarity. Read the full piece via the link in our bio. 🕯️