Jessica Sherburn
@jessicasherburn.bsky.social
Michigan farm girl at heart. Chicago Public Schools English teacher. Poet & writer. Clumsy hiker. She/her/hers.
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I’m so freaking excited to talk through poems with Marcus and Brett, two of my very favorite teachers.
You should join us! #PoetryPeople
#PoemADayJuly
You should join us! #PoetryPeople
#PoemADayJuly
Illuminate, Ruminate, Integrate. Together.
#PoemADayJuly is officially going to be a thing! 😎
@heymrsbond.com, @thevogelman.bsky.social and myself will be sharing and discussing one poem each day throughout the month of July here on Bluesky! All are welcome to join in!
#PoemADayJuly is officially going to be a thing! 😎
@heymrsbond.com, @thevogelman.bsky.social and myself will be sharing and discussing one poem each day throughout the month of July here on Bluesky! All are welcome to join in!
June 24, 2025 at 1:10 PM
I’m so freaking excited to talk through poems with Marcus and Brett, two of my very favorite teachers.
You should join us! #PoetryPeople
#PoemADayJuly
You should join us! #PoetryPeople
#PoemADayJuly
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The more I read about people experimenting with process tracking to curb AI misuse, the more I’m convinced we’re headed down a dark path where we cede more of our agency to machines with the promise that they will ensure our words are human. open.substack.com/pub/emilypit...
The Complexities of Process Tracking
Experimenting with a new accountability measure for the age of AI
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May 24, 2025 at 7:36 PM
The more I read about people experimenting with process tracking to curb AI misuse, the more I’m convinced we’re headed down a dark path where we cede more of our agency to machines with the promise that they will ensure our words are human. open.substack.com/pub/emilypit...
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I know I've been sharing a lot of poems lately, but I promise (!) these will be it for a while: two more Stephenville poems in the latest SRPR (Spoon River Poetry Review)--one about our beloved neighbor dog, Rex, and one about being gay in public.
May 9, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I know I've been sharing a lot of poems lately, but I promise (!) these will be it for a while: two more Stephenville poems in the latest SRPR (Spoon River Poetry Review)--one about our beloved neighbor dog, Rex, and one about being gay in public.
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THRILLED to have a little poem (the final poem!) in the latest issue of @epochliterary.com. It's about, uh, the joys of workshop:
February 18, 2025 at 9:37 PM
THRILLED to have a little poem (the final poem!) in the latest issue of @epochliterary.com. It's about, uh, the joys of workshop:
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I know I posted this earlier but I kinda think this is one of the best two fiction pieces I’ve ever written, forgive me for boosting it again.
“I keep talking about how people died. But the story of a family is always also the story of death. It’s what families do: die off, one at time usually, sometimes in bunches.”
Super proud of this story, published today by Bright Flash Literary Review— brightflash1000.com/2025/02/04/b...
Super proud of this story, published today by Bright Flash Literary Review— brightflash1000.com/2025/02/04/b...
Backstory
By Amorak Huey Twenty-some years since the drowning and we all still struggle to breathe. So when my brother tells me we’re running out of money and could lose the property, well, it just feels sor…
brightflash1000.com
February 14, 2025 at 1:15 AM
I know I posted this earlier but I kinda think this is one of the best two fiction pieces I’ve ever written, forgive me for boosting it again.
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This is where you go to tell the National Park Service to restore the word "transgender" in its entry on the Stonewall monument.
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Stonewall National Monument (U.S. National Park Service)
Before the 1960s, almost everything about living openly as a lesbian, gay, bisexual (LGB) person was illegal. The Stonewall Uprising on June 28, 1969 is a milestone in the quest for LGB civil rights a...
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February 13, 2025 at 10:53 PM
This is where you go to tell the National Park Service to restore the word "transgender" in its entry on the Stonewall monument.
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I have a post up today at the lovely Ethical ELA, which hosts a monthly Open Write for teacher-writers. Check out my post here, www.ethicalela.com/this-is-the-... then subscribe to join us in February www.ethicalela.com/openwrite/!
This is the Year - Ethical ELA
A very special "thank you" to the educators who hosted this January's Open Write out of pure generosity. We deeply appreciate our volunteer hosts and the care they take in responding to our poems. Tha...
www.ethicalela.com
January 22, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I have a post up today at the lovely Ethical ELA, which hosts a monthly Open Write for teacher-writers. Check out my post here, www.ethicalela.com/this-is-the-... then subscribe to join us in February www.ethicalela.com/openwrite/!
First poetry submission of 2025 is on the books!
January 2, 2025 at 1:18 AM
First poetry submission of 2025 is on the books!
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🚨The Blue Frog is now open!
Theme: Voice
Guest Judge: Gina Chung
Guest Artist: @jiksuncheung.bsky.social
$5 entry fee // $700 in prizes!!
flash-frog.com/contest/
Theme: Voice
Guest Judge: Gina Chung
Guest Artist: @jiksuncheung.bsky.social
$5 entry fee // $700 in prizes!!
flash-frog.com/contest/
January 1, 2025 at 5:27 PM
🚨The Blue Frog is now open!
Theme: Voice
Guest Judge: Gina Chung
Guest Artist: @jiksuncheung.bsky.social
$5 entry fee // $700 in prizes!!
flash-frog.com/contest/
Theme: Voice
Guest Judge: Gina Chung
Guest Artist: @jiksuncheung.bsky.social
$5 entry fee // $700 in prizes!!
flash-frog.com/contest/
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Let’s stop doomscrolling and get some writing done.
November 10, 2024 at 11:35 PM
Let’s stop doomscrolling and get some writing done.