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Jennifer Militello

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poet & memoirist πŸŒŽπŸŒ»βœ¨πŸ“š Poet Laureate of New Hampshire author of THE PACT (Tupelo Press/Shearsman Books) and KNOCK WOOD (Dzanc Books) https://jennifermilitello.com/

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A poster for the Words Like Blades event with photos of Jennifer Militello, Carey Salerno, and Bianca Stone.

A poster for the Words Like Blades event with photos of Jennifer Militello, Carey Salerno, and Bianca Stone.

The next Words Like Blades reading will feature Jennifer Militello, Carey Salerno, and Bianca Stone. Join us on Thursday, March 19, from 7 to 8:30 pm ET.
Register here: ticketbud.com/.../a693e214....

10.03.2026 00:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ty! πŸ’•

10.03.2026 22:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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We previously announced that NEPC Member Jennifer Militello’s book "Identifying the Pathogen", published by Tupelo Press, was available for preorder, but it is officially out now! Get your copy at: https://loom.ly/Yp3mzBs

03.03.2026 07:05 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Join the Poetry Society of New Hampshire (PSNH) on Wednesday, March 18th, 2026, at @gibsonsbookstorenh from 4:30-6:00 pm for an afternoon of poetry! Our headliner this month is NH State Poet Laureate, Jennifer Militello. An open mic follows her reading.

09.03.2026 14:16 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Our February β€˜26 roundup includes a pulsing poetry book that centers collective resistance, a collection of suspenseful & animalic short stories based in Texas, a lyrical lab notebook that probes gender inequity & the body, & much more.

Browse & shop the list: nereview.com/february-26-...

27.02.2026 16:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Sledders on Cedar Hill. A couple of snowmen. Tall evergreens covered in snow.

Sledders on Cedar Hill. A couple of snowmen. Tall evergreens covered in snow.

Poets Walk covered in snow with people walking on it

Poets Walk covered in snow with people walking on it

Snow has completed swallowed the park benches.

Snow has completed swallowed the park benches.

Two snowmen and a little snow dog.

Two snowmen and a little snow dog.

Another snow update! It’s absolutely glorious in Central Park.

23.02.2026 19:45 πŸ‘ 51 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0
Photo of a red highland cow laying down in hay bedding outside looking up at a white woman’s hand that is holding a fig Newton in front of her.

Photo of a red highland cow laying down in hay bedding outside looking up at a white woman’s hand that is holding a fig Newton in front of her.

β€œA fig newton? Pour MOI??”

24.02.2026 02:09 πŸ‘ 2486 πŸ” 355 πŸ’¬ 33 πŸ“Œ 21
SUPERSTITION

I have painted a picture of a ghost 
Upon my kite,
And hung it on a tree.
Later, when I loose the string 
And let it fly,
The people will cower 
And hide their heads, 
For fear of the God 
Swimming in the clouds.

SUPERSTITION I have painted a picture of a ghost Upon my kite, And hung it on a tree. Later, when I loose the string And let it fly, The people will cower And hide their heads, For fear of the God Swimming in the clouds.

Amy Lowell, for your Friday the 13th

13.02.2026 18:04 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Every instance of "AI democratizes the arts, you're classist and ableist and a gatekeeper for trying to stop it" is a slap in the face to the literally centuries of poor, disabled people making art on the margins and a crass lie in service of a machine that strips down and regurgitates dreams

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Image of a wax sculpture by Anna Morandi Manzolini of a skeletal arm along with a list of event dates and locations

Image of a wax sculpture by Anna Morandi Manzolini of a skeletal arm along with a list of event dates and locations

a few events for the new book & some #awp plans πŸ’–πŸ“šπŸŽ‰πŸ©»

@tupelopress.bsky.social @awpwriter.org

06.02.2026 16:48 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The man who is unwilling to wear a flu mask usually is of the kind who expects everybody to listen to him when he speaks

The man who is unwilling to wear a flu mask usually is of the kind who expects everybody to listen to him when he speaks

Indianapolis Star, November 22, 1918

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My love for em dashes is as old as the hills and as mighty as my inability to make a transition between thoughts literally any other way and I will be damned if I let the clankers take that from me

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a load-bearing component of β€œthe magic of Christmas” is the invisible domestic labor of moms

you are now realizing how much she was doing for you and instead of just thanking her you’ve decided it’s about the decline of civilization

03.12.2025 18:35 πŸ‘ 6697 πŸ” 1868 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 0

this is quite the detail

30.11.2025 12:41 πŸ‘ 1659 πŸ” 444 πŸ’¬ 86 πŸ“Œ 235

The sky puts on the darkening blue coat
held for it by a row of ancient trees;

Rainer Maria Rilke, Evening; tr. Stephen Mitchell

28.11.2025 20:33 πŸ‘ 33 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Blue cover with giant yellow sun with wavy rays and birds in flight in black across the rays.

Blue cover with giant yellow sun with wavy rays and birds in flight in black across the rays.

Book Cover of the Day:

25.11.2025 07:06 πŸ‘ 257 πŸ” 45 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
trees silhouetted at night with pink and green northern lights behind them

trees silhouetted at night with pink and green northern lights behind them

a little extra shine last night

12.11.2025 12:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
the lab
The trash out back is history's clock.
It stops to rot. It ranks in acts.
Its reek is scattered.
Its stink is fat.
I map it when I walk.
Interiors small. All quiet, sleek.
Xed, I eek. Driving at the speed of dark. No place to go that is not raw.
All awe. Smokes smut.
It lacks a flourish.
It's not anything that zeroes in or is born.
Linoleum catches at the doorway like a bruise.
Chapters rage and lord.

the lab The trash out back is history's clock. It stops to rot. It ranks in acts. Its reek is scattered. Its stink is fat. I map it when I walk. Interiors small. All quiet, sleek. Xed, I eek. Driving at the speed of dark. No place to go that is not raw. All awe. Smokes smut. It lacks a flourish. It's not anything that zeroes in or is born. Linoleum catches at the doorway like a bruise. Chapters rage and lord.

Two poems by Jennifer Militello badlilies.uk/jennifer-mil...

02.11.2025 12:00 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Poets, start your wild, precious engines.

27.10.2025 15:24 πŸ‘ 38 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"But when the team looked at the employees’ actual work output, they found that the developers had completed tasks 20% slower when using AI than when working without it. Researchers were stunned. β€œNo one expected that outcome. We didn’t even really consider a slowdown as a possibility.”

🎁link

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NH poet laureate Jennifer Militello, an open reading, and an open musical Interlude... frostplace.org/sundays-in-t...

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"If you want to write...you must be the most sublime fool that God ever turned out and sent rambling...You must lurk in libraries and climb the stacks like ladders to sniff books like perfume."

Ray Bradbury

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Identifying the Pathogen A hybrid collection blending historical research and contemporary essays to consider the nature of oppressive marriage and gender inequity. Composed as a lab notebook recording various surgeries, auto...

Identifying the Pathogen is available for preorder from @tupelopress.bsky.social β€”this brand new hybrid poetic fictiony set of lab notebooks ! πŸ“šπŸ©»πŸ’–

press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

02.10.2025 14:51 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Very much looking forward to my next @arvonfoundation.bsky.social class next month. Come along!

13.09.2025 11:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Congratulations to Jennifer Militello, NH's Poet Laureate, for being awarded a Poet Laureate Fellowship prize from the Academy of American Poets!

We're honored to host her for our final installment of "Sundays in the Barn with Bob" on Sunday, 8/24, starting at 3pm.
poets.org/academy-amer....

02.08.2025 04:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Ty! ❀️

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TP author Jennifer Militello, Poet Laureate Fellow of New Hampshire, has been selected as one of the American Academy 2025 Poet Laureate Fellows! Congratulations Jennifer!

poets.org/academy-amer...

31.07.2025 21:47 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits

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A pika sits on a mossy rock.

A pika sits on a mossy rock.

Tighter crop of the same pika, focusing on its head.

Tighter crop of the same pika, focusing on its head.

An even tighter crop, focusing more on the pika's eye.

An even tighter crop, focusing more on the pika's eye.

An extremely tight crop of the pika's eye, emphasizing their reflection of an early morning mountain scene.

An extremely tight crop of the pika's eye, emphasizing their reflection of an early morning mountain scene.

"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?"

Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.

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