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WRJ is a community for visual & literary art. We're interested in creativity & nature & connections. Check out our website and open submissions / wildroofjournal.com / wildroofjournal.substack.com / EIC @aaronlelito.bsky.social

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Wild Roof Journal @wildroofjournal.bsky.social · 14d

It's pub day for our new issue!
Poetry | Fiction | Nonfiction | Visual Art
Check it out: wildroofjournal.com/issue-31

#poetry #creativecommunity #litmag

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Tricycle: The Buddhist Review @tricyclemag.bsky.social · 22h

Congratulations to Arthur Sze, who was just named the 25th Poet Laureate of the United States! To celebrate his appointment, we're revisiting this 2024 episode of Tricycle Talks. @coppercanyonpress.bsky.social

US Poet Laureate Arthur Sze on Translating Loss and Renewal

Arthur Sze’s translations illustrate the vitality and versatility of the Chinese poetic tradition across nearly two millennia.

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Genrepunk Magazine @genrepunkmag.bsky.social · 23h

5 collages by James Diaz!

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5 Collages – James Diaz

James Diaz (They/Them) is the founding editor of the literary arts intentional community and healing space Anti-Heroin Chic, as well as the author of three full length poetry collections; This Some…

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The Winged Moon Literary Magazine SUBS OPEN @thewingedmoon.bsky.social · 1d

This time, our poetry excerpt lands in the fragility of the ecosystem with ‘Weight of the Vine’ by Aaron Lelito @aaronlelito.bsky.social

You can read the poem in full, as well as the whole Biophilia issue, here: wingedmoon.com/biophilia

Please let us know what resonates

#poetrycommunity #poetry

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Wild Roof Journal @wildroofjournal.bsky.social · 1d

ISSUE 31 | Fall 2025

Here's another selection from the new issue: "Garden of Verse" by Amber Penney

Beautifully done 💚📖🌱

See the full issue at wildroofjournal.com

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Porcupine Literary @porcupinelit.bsky.social · 6d

Read this amazing interview with our amazing editors Judy McClure and Rachel Becker about their work here at Porcupine with @wildroofjournal.bsky.social

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The Anything-But-Perfect World of Teaching: An Interview with Porcupine Literary

A conversation with Editors Rachel Becker & Judy McClure

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Wild Roof Journal @wildroofjournal.bsky.social · 6d

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Today, I have the pleasure of sharing an interview with Rachel Becker (Asst. Poetry Editor) & Judy McClure (Asst. CNF Editor), who share their insights about Porcupine Literary, a publication by and for teachers.

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Cheryl Pappas @cherylpappas.bsky.social · 8d

Oh, this one is fun. My October installment of From the Bookshelf is up. This month's writing prompt is inspired by Russell Edson. Enjoy!

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From the Bookshelf

October 2025

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Aaron Lelito @aaronlelito.bsky.social · 8d

Plant People: An Anthology of Environmental Artists, Vol. 5

Thanks to the editors for including my haiku series "corporeal kin" in this collection. Well done!

It is available to view online, as well as PDF & print versions for purchase at plantsandpoetry.org.

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Justin Karcher @justinkarcher.bsky.social · 8d

I got a new poem published in Wild Roof Journal

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Wild Roof Journal @wildroofjournal.bsky.social · 9d

Get the new issue here: wildroofjournal.com/issue-31

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Samuel Day Wharton @fakeourway.bsky.social · 14d

Awesome news, friends! Issue 31 of @wildroofjournal.bsky.social of live today: wildroofjournal.com with great art & writing by lots of very cool people, including me.

Find my poem, "Rewilding," in Gallery 1 but make sure to check out the rest of the journal as well!

#poetry

Cover of Wild Roof Journal Issue 31: an art collage with butterflies, pressure gauges, chain jewelry & other things titled "If This Is A Book" by Sarah Walko.

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Ben Brindise @benbrindise.bsky.social · 14d

Thanks to @wildroofjournal.bsky.social for publishing my flash fiction story Bonus Land in their Fall 2025 issue today.

If you like dark comedy about the absurdities of modern economic life, find the full story in the issue.

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Jessica Whipple @jessicawhippl17.bsky.social · 14d

I'm happy to share "Poem on the Last Day of My Thirties," appearing in the current issue of @wildroofjournal.bsky.social Feedback always welcome. Thanks for perhaps reading. There is lots of other excellent work in this issue too, so check it out.

Screen capture of the poem, which reads:

Poem on the Last Day of My Thirties

I find a can of beans in the kitchen.
Great Northern, left open the night before.
They’re past their prime now. Into the trash they go.

I’m ashamed of the waste. I didn’t intend to wake
wondering if I’ve spent well the years in this vessel
but sometimes a question needs to be left out on the counter
to know what should be done with it in the morning.

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Wild Roof Journal @wildroofjournal.bsky.social · 14d

It's pub day for our new issue!
Poetry | Fiction | Nonfiction | Visual Art
Check it out: wildroofjournal.com/issue-31

#poetry #creativecommunity #litmag

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Wild Roof Journal @wildroofjournal.bsky.social · 15d

From Summer 2025 issue | Read the full essay: wildroofjournal.com/issue-30-gallery-2/#RachelBunting

Wild Roof Journal @wildroofjournal.bsky.social · 16d

Check out our new batch of lit mag and small press listings, including @adroitjournal.bsky.social @reckonreview.bsky.social @fourwaybooks.bsky.social @passionfruitlit.bsky.social @abodepress.bsky.social @seanminogue.bsky.social @k-gray.bsky.social & more. wildroofjournal.substack.com/p/saturday-s...

Saturday Shout-Out ~ September 20, 2025

Share your recently published work with the WRJ community

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Ben Brindise @benbrindise.bsky.social · 16d

Looking forward to checking out the Fall issue of @wildroofjournal.bsky.social later this month

It includes my flash fiction story Bonus Land which follows a guy working in collections

I appreciate them taking a chance on this one that gets a little weird

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Wild Roof Journal @wildroofjournal.bsky.social · 20d

This week’s Substack feature is a preview of WRJ contributor Jennifer Handy's book DIRT: wildroofjournal.substack.com/p/a-cautiona...

"When I wrote DIRT, I had been camping and living outdoors on undeveloped land for several years. During that time, dirt, dust, and mud became a constant..."

A cautionary narrative of exoticism and the disruption of intergenerational memory: An Excerpt of Dirt by Jennifer Handy

Preview the human and environmental consequences of growing up in a spiritual and cultural wasteland in Jennifer Handy’s ecopoem Dirt

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Wild Roof Journal @wildroofjournal.bsky.social · 21d

Awesome new edition from @santafereview.bsky.social - digital copy available at www.sfcc.edu/santa-fe-lit...

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Wild Roof Journal @wildroofjournal.bsky.social · 23d

From our new book review: wildroofjournal.substack.com/p/navigating...
Organic Matter paints a luminous portrait of the rural ecosystem that feeds the city and explores one perceptive young woman’s relationship with faith, labor, love, family, the body, and the ground. @autofocusbooks.bsky.social

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Wild Roof Journal @wildroofjournal.bsky.social · 26d

Read our new book review: wildroofjournal.substack.com/p/navigating...
Organic Matter paints a luminous portrait of the rural ecosystem that feeds the city and explores one perceptive young woman’s relationship with faith, labor, love, family, the body, and the ground. @autofocusbooks.bsky.social

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Wild Roof Journal @wildroofjournal.bsky.social · 28d

WRJ contributors Nico Gargiulo and @ejoylevinson.bsky.social joined @aaronlelito.bsky.social to read some poems.

Justin Karcher @justinkarcher.bsky.social · Sep 8

Poetry tonight at Fitz Books

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Wild Roof Journal @wildroofjournal.bsky.social · 28d

In our new podcast episode, we learn about Marybeth Holleman's diverse background that bridges the arts and sciences, as well as her new novel, Bloom Again. Watch the full episode: youtu.be/1IsuB-yzWbk?...

#litmag #books #writers

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Prairie Schooner @prairie-schooner.bsky.social · 29d

Our newest issue is now available for purchase! Featuring work by @feliciazamorapoet.bsky.social, @nadeemzaman.bsky.social, @mlynxqualey.bsky.social, @kgapoetwriter.bsky.social, @abbiekiefer.bsky.social, @riggstah.bsky.social, and more.

Order the issue here: prairieschooner.unl.edu/issue/winter...

Volume 98
Number 4
Contributors

Marilyn Hacker
Catherine DeNardo
Deema K. Shehabi
Emily Black
Chase Twichell
Danielle Weeks
Orlando Ricardo Menes
Tom Laichas
Felicia Zamora
Alonso Llerena
Cyril Dabydeen
Matthew Lippman
Nadeem Zaman
Christine Marshall
Mary Morris
Wes Matthews
Marcia Lynx Qualey
Genevieve Payne
Sabina Urraca
Rachel Ephraim
J.P. White
Esi W. Nkeyekyer
Matthew Gellman
Abbie Kiefer
Karan Kapoor
Joanne Clarkson
Keisha-Gaye Anderson
Avia Tadmor
Brian Francis
Chris Watkins
Andrea L. Hackbarth
Adam J. Gellings
Jay Kophy
Mariah Rigg
Nicholas Samaras
Brittany Perham
Enzo Silon Surin
Gracie Newman
Robert Thomas

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