Emily M Goldsmith, PhD (they/them)
@emilymgoldsmith.bsky.social
Louisiana Creole Writer, Poet, Educator, and Researcher • MFA, PhD • Poems in the Penn Review, Witch Craft Mag, LaCreole Journal, Eucalyptus Lit, and elsewhere • here & queer 🌈 • Views are my own!
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I’m new here and glad to join you in this space. My name is Emily (they/them) & I’m a Louisiana Creole person who was raised in S. Louisiana. I’m queer and nonbinary.
I’m a poet! I received an MFA in poetry from UKY and I’m currently an English PhD candidate at USM in Hattiesburg, MS.
I’m a poet! I received an MFA in poetry from UKY and I’m currently an English PhD candidate at USM in Hattiesburg, MS.
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December 7, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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Once I spoke up about someone’s racist published poem that was anti-Southern with no nuance and I was told to make that critique via “professional avenues,” so anyway—I have an essay and a poem forthcoming about the complex reality of the South. Keep an eye out for those pieces!
December 7, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Once I spoke up about someone’s racist published poem that was anti-Southern with no nuance and I was told to make that critique via “professional avenues,” so anyway—I have an essay and a poem forthcoming about the complex reality of the South. Keep an eye out for those pieces!
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"I assure her still body, we will bury you first. You will have someone to haunt."
ICYMI: poetry reader @emilymgoldsmith.bsky.social published two poems in Midway Journal! buff.ly/FMvQ0YV
ICYMI: poetry reader @emilymgoldsmith.bsky.social published two poems in Midway Journal! buff.ly/FMvQ0YV
December 5, 2025 at 6:05 PM
"I assure her still body, we will bury you first. You will have someone to haunt."
ICYMI: poetry reader @emilymgoldsmith.bsky.social published two poems in Midway Journal! buff.ly/FMvQ0YV
ICYMI: poetry reader @emilymgoldsmith.bsky.social published two poems in Midway Journal! buff.ly/FMvQ0YV
We must not succumb to hopelessness. We must hold the line. Show up for your neighbors. Chinga la migra ✊🏼
December 4, 2025 at 1:54 AM
We must not succumb to hopelessness. We must hold the line. Show up for your neighbors. Chinga la migra ✊🏼
Solo el Pueblo salva al Pueblo!
December 4, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Solo el Pueblo salva al Pueblo!
AGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH
December 4, 2025 at 1:31 AM
AGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH
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“That perhaps our / universe exists as one fabric weaved / into a shirt and our beyond just wool.”
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This poem appeared in Vagabond City Literary Journal, 2020. Shared here with deep gratitude.
— Emily M. Goldsmith
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This poem appeared in Vagabond City Literary Journal, 2020. Shared here with deep gratitude.
November 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM
“That perhaps our / universe exists as one fabric weaved / into a shirt and our beyond just wool.”
— Emily M. Goldsmith
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This poem appeared in Vagabond City Literary Journal, 2020. Shared here with deep gratitude.
— Emily M. Goldsmith
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This poem appeared in Vagabond City Literary Journal, 2020. Shared here with deep gratitude.
Sometimes people tell me who I am. They tell me (usually unprompted): “this is what a Cajun is” or “this is what a Creole is” and usually also “these are the languages they spoke.” These people are ALWAYS wrong. Let Creoles speak for themselves. I know who I am, my blood tells the story. I remember.
November 24, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Sometimes people tell me who I am. They tell me (usually unprompted): “this is what a Cajun is” or “this is what a Creole is” and usually also “these are the languages they spoke.” These people are ALWAYS wrong. Let Creoles speak for themselves. I know who I am, my blood tells the story. I remember.
Got roasted by a doctor today for coming into urgent care for allergies 😝
November 21, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Got roasted by a doctor today for coming into urgent care for allergies 😝
Nobody can yearn like a Creole.
November 21, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Nobody can yearn like a Creole.
I chalant a lot actually—you can call me oui-chalant
November 20, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I chalant a lot actually—you can call me oui-chalant
Anyway, kids—don’t join a cult
November 19, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Anyway, kids—don’t join a cult
Get rid of Spotify bc they support ICE & genocide ✅
Before choosing more responsible service, temporarily use your old downloaded to iPod songs ✅
Oh, but you were in a cult ✅
All your music is outdated teen angst or CULT CHRISTIAN or Zumba from when you taught it ✅
Have a crisis of self ✅
Before choosing more responsible service, temporarily use your old downloaded to iPod songs ✅
Oh, but you were in a cult ✅
All your music is outdated teen angst or CULT CHRISTIAN or Zumba from when you taught it ✅
Have a crisis of self ✅
November 19, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Get rid of Spotify bc they support ICE & genocide ✅
Before choosing more responsible service, temporarily use your old downloaded to iPod songs ✅
Oh, but you were in a cult ✅
All your music is outdated teen angst or CULT CHRISTIAN or Zumba from when you taught it ✅
Have a crisis of self ✅
Before choosing more responsible service, temporarily use your old downloaded to iPod songs ✅
Oh, but you were in a cult ✅
All your music is outdated teen angst or CULT CHRISTIAN or Zumba from when you taught it ✅
Have a crisis of self ✅
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Alice Wong taught us that disabled people don’t just leave memories behind—they leave infrastructure. Lineages of care. Methods of collectivity, survival. She named the connective tissue that holds our communities together, even across death, even across the losses that come too fast and too often.
November 16, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Alice Wong taught us that disabled people don’t just leave memories behind—they leave infrastructure. Lineages of care. Methods of collectivity, survival. She named the connective tissue that holds our communities together, even across death, even across the losses that come too fast and too often.
Today I said “you remember what it was like after 9/11” in class because we were talking about TSA. Then I realized: “Oh, haha no. None of y’all were born yet!”
November 15, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Today I said “you remember what it was like after 9/11” in class because we were talking about TSA. Then I realized: “Oh, haha no. None of y’all were born yet!”
Not enough of you (Microsoft engineers) are haunted by Clippy.
November 15, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Not enough of you (Microsoft engineers) are haunted by Clippy.
Chat GPT essays are gonna be the death of me
November 14, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Chat GPT essays are gonna be the death of me
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every few years it's revealed that the NYT was sitting on information about some horrific thing that public knowledge of would have changed the country's course and for some reason a ton of people still give them money. you can play those games on other sites
November 12, 2025 at 10:41 PM
every few years it's revealed that the NYT was sitting on information about some horrific thing that public knowledge of would have changed the country's course and for some reason a ton of people still give them money. you can play those games on other sites
You talk about parents revealing their lore when you’re older…but I just found I have more aunts and uncles over breakfast.
November 11, 2025 at 1:23 PM
You talk about parents revealing their lore when you’re older…but I just found I have more aunts and uncles over breakfast.
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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We're loving this beautiful poem on ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY 💗 Contributor @inacarino.bsky.social has a poem in @theoffingmag.bsky.social we know you'll enjoy: buff.ly/bKHLWnl
November 9, 2025 at 6:05 PM
We're loving this beautiful poem on ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY 💗 Contributor @inacarino.bsky.social has a poem in @theoffingmag.bsky.social we know you'll enjoy: buff.ly/bKHLWnl
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10/10 take. No notes.
November 7, 2025 at 5:49 PM
10/10 take. No notes.
I’m quoted here, “Exploring wants and fears, turning a light on dark places, and exposing inner thoughts will emotionally resonate…Work that emotionally resonates is complex, sincere, and self-assured. The work that stands out in the queue … is wholly itself: brave, authentic, and unshrinking.”
What connects people to anything, anyway? Check out our latest blog to dive into all things emotional resonance. 💕 buff.ly/5yydIBZ
November 3, 2025 at 10:57 PM
I’m quoted here, “Exploring wants and fears, turning a light on dark places, and exposing inner thoughts will emotionally resonate…Work that emotionally resonates is complex, sincere, and self-assured. The work that stands out in the queue … is wholly itself: brave, authentic, and unshrinking.”
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What connects people to anything, anyway? Check out our latest blog to dive into all things emotional resonance. 💕 buff.ly/5yydIBZ
November 3, 2025 at 2:31 PM
What connects people to anything, anyway? Check out our latest blog to dive into all things emotional resonance. 💕 buff.ly/5yydIBZ
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...and less than 24 hours later Condé Nast has fired Lex and the rest of the Teen Vogue political desk, even as stories like this were bringing huge numbers of readers to the site
dissatisfied by the New York Times coverage of Zohran Mamdani?
great news! I talked to the guy Thursday about his campaign’s success at bringing community together beyond this election, and contextualized how it’s potentially shifted youth engagement with politics by simply listening @teenvogue.com
great news! I talked to the guy Thursday about his campaign’s success at bringing community together beyond this election, and contextualized how it’s potentially shifted youth engagement with politics by simply listening @teenvogue.com
Zohran Mamdani's Establishment-Fighting Campaign Built Community for Young People
“What Mamdani has done is not only inspire and mobilize young people, but he has exposed the establishment and some of their calcified views of participation and inclusion.”
www.teenvogue.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:16 PM
...and less than 24 hours later Condé Nast has fired Lex and the rest of the Teen Vogue political desk, even as stories like this were bringing huge numbers of readers to the site