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A journal by and for teachers. ​We publish writing about the hard, the beautiful, the exhausting, the outrageous, the moving, the maddening, the anything-but-perfect teaching and teacher world. Read us: https://www.porcupineliterary.com/

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We are in search of a social media manager for Porcupine! Email our EIC Jared Beloff at Porcupinesubmissions at Gmail if you are interested!!

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We are always open for submissions!!

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We are always open for submissions!!

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Come join our team!

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We are in search of a social media manager for Porcupine! Email our EIC Jared Beloff at Porcupinesubmissions at Gmail if you are interested!!

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Check out this new poem by our EIC!

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Check out this new poem by our EIC!

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Recent Publications | Porcupine Literary

Hey, it is our co-founder's birthday today. Show @writesloud.bsky.social a little love and visit one of her babies (our site) and share something you love.

If you are a teacher, please submit your poems, stories and CNF about teaching!

www.porcupineliterary.com/blog

19.11.2025 13:45 👍 8 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
Porcupine Literary Submission Manager ​We publish fiction, nonfiction, and poetry about the hard, the beautiful, the exhausting, the outrageous, the moving, the maddening, the ugly, the loving, the grieving, the anything-but-perfect teach...

We could use some more submissions! Give our editors @mehpoeting.bsky.social and @mfitejohnson.bsky.social some great things to read!

porcupineliterary.submittable.com/submit

16.11.2025 14:35 👍 12 🔁 12 💬 0 📌 0
Porcupine Literary Submission Manager ​We publish fiction, nonfiction, and poetry about the hard, the beautiful, the exhausting, the outrageous, the moving, the maddening, the ugly, the loving, the grieving, the anything-but-perfect teach...

We could use some more submissions! Give our editors @mehpoeting.bsky.social and @mfitejohnson.bsky.social some great things to read!

porcupineliterary.submittable.com/submit

16.11.2025 14:35 👍 12 🔁 12 💬 0 📌 0
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If you’re in NYC and want to see an awesome reading, this is this afternoon!

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The Issue With The Bee Christina M. Rau, The Yoga Poet, leads Meditate, Move, & Create workshops for various organizations worldwide. Her collections include How We Make Amends and the Elgin Award-winning Liberating The Ast...

Thanks to Porcupine Literary, for sharing my #poem “The Issue With The Bee.” I don’t often write about teaching, so this is a fun one. @porcupinelit.bsky.social
#academia #highered #englishprofessorproblems #writingcommunity #theyogapoet
#poetrycommunity
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15.11.2025 19:05 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Porcupine Literary Submission Manager ​We publish fiction, nonfiction, and poetry about the hard, the beautiful, the exhausting, the outrageous, the moving, the maddening, the ugly, the loving, the grieving, the anything-but-perfect teach...

Teachers! Send us your best work about teaching.

porcupineliterary.submittable.com/submit

01.11.2025 23:40 👍 15 🔁 12 💬 0 📌 1
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The Issue With The Bee Christina M. Rau, The Yoga Poet, leads Meditate, Move, & Create workshops for various organizations worldwide. Her collections include How We Make Amends and the Elgin Award-winning Liberating The Ast...

@christinamrau.bsky.social has a wonderful new poem in Porcupine! Come read it!

www.porcupineliterary.com/post/the-iss...

04.11.2025 22:26 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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Teaching Students How to Read Online J.D. Isip’s collections include Reluctant Prophets (Moon Tide Press, 2025), Kissing the Wound (Moon Tide Press, 2023), and Pocketing Feathers (Sadie Girl Press, 2015). He is the editor for the upcomin...

Read this great new poem by JD Islip

www.porcupineliterary.com/post/teachin...

04.11.2025 22:24 👍 7 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0

Still true! Keep sending your work!

02.10.2025 13:58 👍 2 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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Rural Teachers Laurie King Billman is a poet and essayist. Her written work draws on her life experiences with diverse people and places, as a licensed professional counselor in schools, group homes, and on Native r...

Check out this great new fiction piece by Laurie King Billman!

www.porcupineliterary.com/post/rural-t...

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Rural Teachers Laurie King Billman is a poet and essayist. Her written work draws on her life experiences with diverse people and places, as a licensed professional counselor in schools, group homes, and on Native r...

Check out this great new fiction piece by Laurie King Billman!

www.porcupineliterary.com/post/rural-t...

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MS. MARGERY’S LAST DAY David Rosenthal is a public school teacher in Berkeley, California. His poems and translations have appeared in Rattle, HAD, Rust & Moth, Birmingham Poetry Review, Eclectica Magazine, Teachers & Write...

Thrilled to have a new teacher poem up at this week at @porcupinelit.bsky.social.

(The linebreaks are best on a non phone screen.)

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The Anything-But-Perfect World of Teaching: An Interview with Porcupine Literary A conversation with Editors Rachel Becker & Judy McClure

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

open.substack.com/pub/wildroof...

02.10.2025 22:46 👍 8 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
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The Anything-But-Perfect World of Teaching: An Interview with Porcupine Literary A conversation with Editors Rachel Becker & Judy McClure

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

open.substack.com/pub/wildroof...

02.10.2025 22:46 👍 8 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
A NAWP Reading: Chris L. Butler, Mitch Nobis & Donna Vorreyer A NAWP Reading: Chris L. Butler, Mitch Nobis & Donna Vorreyer. Hosted by Jared Beloff.

You need to register for this event! Seriously, who wouldn't want to see @mitchnobis.bsky @djvorreyer.bsky.social and Chris L Butler read from their new books!?

www.eventbrite.com/e/a-nawp-rea...

02.10.2025 13:40 👍 6 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 2

Still true! Keep sending your work!

02.10.2025 13:58 👍 2 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

I'm Poetry Editor at @porcupinelit.bsky.social, and I just got to give someone their first acceptance! I think that's a first for me, so it's just a very exciting night all around

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Porcupine Literary Submission Manager ​We publish fiction, nonfiction, and poetry about the hard, the beautiful, the exhausting, the outrageous, the moving, the maddening, the ugly, the loving, the grieving, the anything-but-perfect teach...

Teachers! We need your words (now more than ever)! Send us your poems, CNF, and stories. We want your protests, your triumphs, your adoration, and your care.

porcupineliterary.submittable.com/submit

23.09.2025 12:54 👍 11 🔁 12 💬 0 📌 3

Send us your work!

23.09.2025 14:32 👍 5 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0

I'm the poetry editor of this terrific journal by and for teachers, and I'd love to read your poems.

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Porcupine Literary Submission Manager ​We publish fiction, nonfiction, and poetry about the hard, the beautiful, the exhausting, the outrageous, the moving, the maddening, the ugly, the loving, the grieving, the anything-but-perfect teach...

Teachers! We need your words (now more than ever)! Send us your poems, CNF, and stories. We want your protests, your triumphs, your adoration, and your care.

porcupineliterary.submittable.com/submit

23.09.2025 12:54 👍 11 🔁 12 💬 0 📌 3
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Teaching Romeo & Juliet Violeta Garcia-Mendoza is a Spanish-American poet, teacher, and suburban wildlife photographer. Her poetry has appeared in numerous literary journals, and in 2022, she received a grant from the Sustai...

We came back this week after a short hiatus with this amazing poem from Violeta Garcia Mendoza titled "Teaching Romeo & Juliet"

www.porcupineliterary.com/post/teachin...

23.09.2025 12:51 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
A college classroom with empty brown chairs.

A college classroom with empty brown chairs.

A visceral poem on ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY ❤️‍🔥 Poetry reader @emilymgoldsmith.bsky.social published this piece in @porcupinelit.bsky.social on the frustrations of teaching through censorship: buff.ly/CWNbSZc

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