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Jane Huffman @janehuffman.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you for sharing!

Jane Huffman @janehuffman.bsky.social · 7d

It is October, so here is my poem, "October," published in Swamp Pink this month. Thank you to the editors, and thank you for reading. 🍁🍂 swamp-pink.charleston.edu/featured/oct...

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Simeon Berry @simeonberry.bsky.social · 10d

“The maple / tree that grows out / of his head is heavy / with the longing / of the dead. My brother’s / death is long, and heavy / as a year. I’ve mourned /my living brother all my life.” — @janehuffman.bsky.social, “Three Odes” poetrysociety.org/award-winner...

Cecil Hemley Memorial Award

The Poetry Society of America presents a number of prestigious awards each year.

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Jane Huffman @janehuffman.bsky.social · 10d

(Breaking my hiatus to say that) I would love to see you in this week's Pop-Up Poetry workshop sessions on Zoom. As a reminder, the $30.00 fee includes substantive line edits and feedback from me! You can register for all of the above sessions online here:

www.janehuffman.com/pop-up-works...

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Pop-up Workshops — Jane Huffman

www.janehuffman.com

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Jane Huffman @janehuffman.bsky.social · Jun 18

Poets: Have a new draft? I have seats open in my 2-hour poetry workshop running tomorrow, Thursday, June 18 from 5–7 p.m. MT. It is $30.00 for the session, and you'll get smart, friendly eyes on your work as well as line edits from me. Email me: janechuffman [at] gmail [dot] com

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Molly Akin @mollyakin.bsky.social · Jun 8

"Akin’s is not the language of life but the language of death, of near-death and after-death: that fragment, or moan that is whispered across the “gash // wound” between the living and the dying..." Forever grateful to @janehuffman.bsky.social for the blurb and her generous guidance 🙏

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Jane Huffman @janehuffman.bsky.social · Apr 23

🎵🎵🎵 There are currently three open seats in my spring class, taught ONLINE on ZOOM via Iowa Summer Writing Festival, called "Writing Soundly: Fine-Tuning the Acoustics of your Poetry." It begins on Saturday May 3. Register here: tinyurl.com/37jphazz

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Jane Huffman @janehuffman.bsky.social · Mar 14

A new short essay on reading Merwin, on my substack: letternews.substack.com/p/three-threes

Three Threes

"I think all this is somewhere in myself"

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Brett Stuckel @brettstuckel.com · Mar 11

“My relationship with the poems is more essential than any publishing accomplishment or lack thereof.”

Jane Huffman @janehuffman.bsky.social · Mar 11

A few thoughts I shared with Poets & Writers Magazine last fall, on submitting poetry and book manuscripts and surviving the contest "marketplace." I hope you enjoy it.

letternews.substack.com/p/poets-and-...

Poets & Writers interview: On "Winning"

A brief interview from late 2024 on submitting poems and manuscripts

letternews.substack.com

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Jane Huffman @janehuffman.bsky.social · Mar 11

Diane Seuss gets a shout-out for her evergreen wisdom. Many thanks to ed. Luciano Grigera Naón for reaching out, and for the questions, and to Elizabeth Scanlon, for facilitating.

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Jane Huffman @janehuffman.bsky.social · Mar 11

A few thoughts I shared with Poets & Writers Magazine last fall, on submitting poetry and book manuscripts and surviving the contest "marketplace." I hope you enjoy it.

letternews.substack.com/p/poets-and-...

Poets & Writers interview: On "Winning"

A brief interview from late 2024 on submitting poems and manuscripts

letternews.substack.com

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Jane Huffman @janehuffman.bsky.social · Mar 11

Light in Austin

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Eric Reinhart @eric-reinhart.com · Mar 9

+ horrifically underfunded public health systems in communities to prevent need for medical care and hospitalization

Eli Perencevich @eliowa.bsky.social · Mar 9

Aging populations + hospital closures + staffing shortages = not enough hospital beds www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/202...

U.S. is headed toward a hospital bed shortage, researchers warn

The researchers project that annual hospitalizations will rise from 36 million in 2025 to 40 million in 2035.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Jane Huffman @janehuffman.bsky.social · Mar 8

The thrift gods have smiled upon me today. 🥹

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Jane Huffman @janehuffman.bsky.social · Mar 7

lime & mezcal curd, vanilla wafer crust, blackened coriander meringue, white choco pearls 😈

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Jane Huffman @janehuffman.bsky.social · Mar 7

Look at this pie

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Jan Machielsen @janmachielsen.bsky.social · Mar 5

Spotted on campus this morning. Thanks to the person who posted this.

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Jane Huffman @janehuffman.bsky.social · Mar 5

I love it when strangers talk like the end of an MFA play. In the airport, just now —

Man: Everyone is going home, Jean.

Woman: Everyone is going somewhere.

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Jane Huffman @janehuffman.bsky.social · Mar 5

Heading to Austin, TX for a two-week residency at UT tomorrow morning –– I will share more details later. My first time in the state. Will send pics ~

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Jane Huffman @janehuffman.bsky.social · Feb 19

I’m sorry but we’re just going to have to go back to Knowing Things I’m afraid

Louisa @louisathelast.bsky.social · Feb 18

Every day it seems like another person I know casually admits to using ChatGPT for something and I feel like I’m losing my grip. Was it really that hard to Google things?

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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · Feb 18

The contempt for all public health measures is staggering with them.

Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · Feb 18

SCOOP: Trump administration has been evaluating the costs of destroying or disposing of tens of millions of coronavirus tests that would otherwise be provided free to Americans. My story w/ Carolyn Y. Johnson.

www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

U.S. weighs destroying $500 million in stockpiled covid tests

The government is reviewing proposals to shut down the program that ships free covid tests to American households and has been considering destroying 160 million tests.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Molly Akin @mollyakin.bsky.social · Feb 8

I'm so happy to share that I won the 2024 New Women’s Voices Chapbook Competition! Huge thanks to @finishinglinepress.bsky.social for this opportunity and @janehuffman.bsky.social for her guidance in and out of workshop. Another big TY to @josehernandezdz.bsky.social for his prose poem workshop!

Screengrab of FLP website announcing Molly Akin's manuscript, Hospice, as the 2024 winner of the New Women's Voices Chapbook Contest

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phillip crymble @phillipcrymble.bsky.social · Feb 7

Adrienne Rich, for your mid-winter blues

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Jane Huffman @janehuffman.bsky.social · Feb 7

With coursework, comps, and life, I managed to publish one (1) poem in 2024, and it is that one (1) poem that I will proudly send off to the races this year. Wish her luck. With thanks to the ed. who nominated me. 🐎🐎🐎

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Maya C. Popa @mayacpopa.bsky.social · Feb 2

CWC doors are open through 2/5! Join a community of nearly 200 writers from all over the world. ✨

Join Poetry:
consciouswriterscollective.circle.so/checkout/yea...

Join Fiction:
conscious-writers-collective-fiction.circle.so/checkout/cwc...

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