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Emma Galloway Stephens

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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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10.01.2026 01:25 πŸ‘ 13426 πŸ” 5274 πŸ’¬ 351 πŸ“Œ 233

In America you drop your kid off at school, get your brains blown out on the ride home, then the Vice President drops everything for a week to call you a terrorist, to slander your family, to protect the circumstances that led to your death so they can do it again. It is government by Alex Jones.

09.01.2026 19:24 πŸ‘ 45449 πŸ” 11655 πŸ’¬ 757 πŸ“Œ 275

Regular reminder that the majority of the people who dreamed up the stories you love are, like, BROKE broke, and that most of the money spent on their work was given to Some Guyℒ️ instead.

22.12.2025 11:28 πŸ‘ 2425 πŸ” 809 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 21

β€œI miss blockbuster video” the library has every dvd totally untouched and I never see you there

12.12.2025 20:42 πŸ‘ 7581 πŸ” 1540 πŸ’¬ 138 πŸ“Œ 135

There's some good in this world, Charlie Brown. And it's worth fighting for.

24.11.2025 15:12 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Beautiful 🀎

11.11.2025 18:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I have disability insurance for everything but my left wrist because I had a ganglion cyst at the time I was assessed.

11.11.2025 18:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

And the creature reads Ozymandias while he's living with the old man. That felt more appropriate, but I still felt a little 😬 about it

09.11.2025 13:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I physically recoiled when I saw that

09.11.2025 13:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Reporting for duty🫑

09.11.2025 03:19 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.

07.11.2025 07:39 πŸ‘ 12654 πŸ” 5521 πŸ’¬ 372 πŸ“Œ 489
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did you know the Mountain Goats have a new album out today and you can buy it or stream it and dance to it in your living room or while driving or on the subway and it's a whole vibe? well now you know that 30tgrs.ffm.to/ttfafpb

07.11.2025 13:28 πŸ‘ 1123 πŸ” 263 πŸ’¬ 57 πŸ“Œ 46

Started the new @themountaingoats.bsky.social album at 7:30 in the morning.

07.11.2025 13:19 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

While we're all out here hollering good news, I have not one, but TWO books coming out next year.

05.11.2025 12:06 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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It's Ween

31.10.2025 14:23 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I, too, considered withdrawing my poem, but I decided to hold on out of sheer curiosity πŸ˜…

27.10.2025 20:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Mine lingered for 2 years and 2 months.

27.10.2025 10:48 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Rushmore wins for me largely due to the academic setting. It feels cozier.

24.10.2025 21:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If you want to push back against tech's encroachment into every corner of our lives, you have to read books. They're eager to create a future in which most people are illiterate and hooked on slop, a world without imagination or knowledge. Reading is resistance.

20.10.2025 21:44 πŸ‘ 682 πŸ” 220 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 8

Your books are some of the few that genuinely frighten me. What Moves the Dead gave me the heebiest heebies I've ever jeebied. I sing your praises to everyone who will listen.

20.10.2025 17:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

did one of these for poets a while ago

19.10.2025 19:54 πŸ‘ 99 πŸ” 27 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 3
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14.10.2025 11:04 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Exhibit 15: Julie and Julia

14.10.2025 10:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

people should subscribe to literary magazines

13.10.2025 20:14 πŸ‘ 81 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 2

First person present tense feels like the book is trying too hard.

13.10.2025 21:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

If you're a writer in the South with a funny, irreverent novel, this is the time to send it to me. I would love to read something like that right now.

09.10.2025 17:28 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

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.

08.10.2025 10:29 πŸ‘ 27042 πŸ” 10279 πŸ’¬ 424 πŸ“Œ 184
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Prayers for Dolly. Saint of the Hills.

08.10.2025 01:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Weekends need to be 3 days long.

06.10.2025 01:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0