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Emma Galloway Stephens

@emmagstephens.bsky.social

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Poet. Professor. Appalachian. Southern. Anglican. Poems in The Windhover, Ekstasis Mag, Thimble Lit Mag, Door is a Jar, Red Branch Review, Clayjar Review, The Christian Century and more--with work upcoming in The MacGuffin and J Journal.

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 1d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Emma Galloway Stephens @emmagstephens.bsky.social · 1d

Prayers for Dolly. Saint of the Hills.

dolly parton is wearing a wig and smiling in a close up of her face .

ALT: dolly parton is wearing a wig and smiling in a close up of her face .

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Emma Galloway Stephens @emmagstephens.bsky.social · 3d

Weekends need to be 3 days long.

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Makkon @makkon.bsky.social · 6d

a flow-chart with 2 islands. "Do I need AI?" that flows into a final island saying "No"

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Emma Galloway Stephens @emmagstephens.bsky.social · 6d

I need a Portlandia sketch about the Portland occupation

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Boze the Library Owl @sketchesbyboze.bsky.social · 7d

Saw someone say, “Stop hoarding books, we don’t need paper books anyway” and I can’t express how misguided this is. Online libraries disappear, digital books can be altered, and with Big Tech seeking to destroy history and literacy, print media has never been more essential.

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Emma Galloway Stephens @emmagstephens.bsky.social · 10d

I strongly recommend that y'all read literary fiction and poetry from indie presses. These two books from @driftwoodpress.bsky.social are miraculous.

A copy of the book Bark On and a copy of the book Hillbilly Madonna.

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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.bsky.social · 15d

The thing about being neurodivergent is that I Like It. What I don’t like is that the world imposes numerous taxes on me for being like this.

I don’t view it as a Me problem.

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Emma Galloway Stephens @emmagstephens.bsky.social · 17d

... adding this to my list of reasons why I think I might be autistic to share with my therapist

Emma Galloway Stephens @emmagstephens.bsky.social · 18d

Oh, and here is the poem Sam mentioned:

clayjar.review/issues/mirth...

St. Joan the Opposum by Emma Galloway Stephens

St. Joan the Opposum by Emma Galloway Stephens... a work published on The Clayjar Review.

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Emma Galloway Stephens @emmagstephens.bsky.social · 18d

Hello. I'm the wife. Thank you for playing Possum by Night!! 🤎🤎🤎 I cried a little bit before I started singing along.

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Emma Galloway Stephens @emmagstephens.bsky.social · Sep 7

I finally received a rejection letter from The New Yorker for the poem I sent them in June, 2023.

Emma Galloway Stephens @emmagstephens.bsky.social · Aug 27

First day back in the classroom. I'm not emotionally ready.

Emma Galloway Stephens @emmagstephens.bsky.social · Aug 23

Their pancakes are unmatched, I fear

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scare-ah 🕸️ @sarahmillswrites.bsky.social · Aug 18

"Sorry, I can't, I'm writing a villanelle"

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Boze the Library Owl @sketchesbyboze.bsky.social · Aug 16

People are reading AI-generated synopses of books and then claiming they read 100 books in a week. This is how the abolition of books began in Fahrenheit 451: classics were condensed into five-minute summaries for those too busy to do the reading. Later came the burnings.

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Emma Galloway Stephens @emmagstephens.bsky.social · Aug 14

Poor kiddo!! 😭

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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · Aug 12

Quick everybody cast their phones into the fires of Mount Doom

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Emma Galloway Stephens @emmagstephens.bsky.social · Aug 11

We managed to find a car under 15k with less than a 100k miles in the Greenville area. I feel like we found a unicorn. The price was low because it had been in an accident but not totaled.

Emma Galloway Stephens @emmagstephens.bsky.social · Aug 10

a man in a suit stands in front of a crowd and says anyway

Alt: a man in a suit stands in front of a crowd and says "oh no! ...anyway"

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Emma Galloway Stephens @emmagstephens.bsky.social · Aug 5

But I don't think it's getting back up to 100 again. Upper 80s is merciful.

Emma Galloway Stephens @emmagstephens.bsky.social · Aug 5

Today is August 4. The high today was 70. It rained all day, making it feel more like 65.

I live in SC. This is unheard of. Felt like early fall.

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dr. hazel 🐝 @hazelmonforton.com · Jul 31

"ChatGPT is great for brainstorming!"

Actually we have a tool for that already! It's called thinking. We use our brain. It's called brainstorming! Clue is in the name.

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Emma Galloway Stephens @emmagstephens.bsky.social · Jul 30

That's so beautiful