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Jill McCabe Johnson

@jillmccabejohnson.bsky.social

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Writing about nature, science, history, & sexual violence. Multiple books, multiple mischief. TANGLED IN VOW & BESEECH (poems) last year. LEARNING TO SPAR (memoir) next year. EiC Wandering Aengus & Trail to Table Press. Here for lit community & Caturday.

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Jill McCabe Johnson @jillmccabejohnson.bsky.social · 6d

Oh my gosh! I just saw that two of my poems are this month's Amuse-Bouche feature from @lunchticket.bsky.social !

Big thanks to the editors at @antiochmfa.bsky.social for giving these poems a home!

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Scientists Confirm Visceral Reactions to Graphic Images - Lunch Ticket

Two poems by Jill McCabe Johnson

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Jill McCabe Johnson @jillmccabejohnson.bsky.social · 35m

Have you seen this @gailfolkins.bsky.social ?

Jill McCabe Johnson @jillmccabejohnson.bsky.social · 18h

Gorgeous.

Jill McCabe Johnson @jillmccabejohnson.bsky.social · 1d

Stick with echoes. 😉

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Jill McCabe Johnson @jillmccabejohnson.bsky.social · 1d

Happy Fall, y’all!

Don’t forget, beauty and art are the building blocks of resistance.

🧡🎃👻

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Wandering Aengus Press @wapress.bsky.social · 3d

The fine art of the book review is alive and thriving with @writerstevens.bsky.social!

Check out his thoughtful, beautiful review of L. Annette Binder's memoir, Child of Earth and Starry Heaven...

Mark Stevens @writerstevens.bsky.social · 20d

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L. Annette Binder, “Child of Earth and Starry Heaven”

Near the end of Child of Earth and Starry Heaven, L. Annette Binder draws solace from a poem that’s 3,000 years old. The Epic of Gilgamesh. It’s Binder’s husband who thinks there might be something…

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Jill McCabe Johnson @jillmccabejohnson.bsky.social · 3d

Drop everything and join us for this fab reading today with Jan Shoemaker reading from her essay collection, Slow Learner, and Peter Ludwin reading from his poetry collection, An Altar of Tides!

4p Pacific, 7p Eastern on Zoom. Pre-register here:
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Wandering Aengus & Trail to Table Press Online Reading Series
Thursday, October 9
Peter Ludwin & Jan Shoemaker
4-5 pm Pacific - 7-8 pm Eastern

Graphic includes a photo of Peter in a blue plaid shirt and standing in front of a tree, and a photo of Jan wearing glasses and with her hair pulled back in a ponytail.

The cover of Peter's poetry collection, An Altar of Tides, shows water flowing over rounded stones and sand. The cover of Jan's essay collection, Slow Learner, depicts a bright green fern opening in front of a black background.

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Jill McCabe Johnson @jillmccabejohnson.bsky.social · 3d

WHAT?!

Figures that I'm not going this year.

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Jill McCabe Johnson @jillmccabejohnson.bsky.social · 3d

Cheryl! I love this!

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Jill McCabe Johnson @jillmccabejohnson.bsky.social · 3d

Oh, thank you, Dan! How kind! 💙💙💙

Jill McCabe Johnson @jillmccabejohnson.bsky.social · 4d

Well, you and I seem to be haunted by birds in our poems lately, lol!

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Jill McCabe Johnson @jillmccabejohnson.bsky.social · 4d

Oh, thank you. You know how an image can haunt you? That torn wing haunted me. Thanks for reading it!

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Jill McCabe Johnson @jillmccabejohnson.bsky.social · 4d

Stop it! 😄 Sounds delish!!!

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Jill McCabe Johnson @jillmccabejohnson.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks, Samuel!

By the way, I loved your poem, "Aubade with Birds," in @stonecirclereview.bsky.social. It seems perfect for our current time and also perfect for October & Halloween!

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Aubade With Birds

by Samuel Day Wharton when the crows crack against the morning often they are chasing a hawk from some other world to this one & often the magpies in turn chase the crows back to where they c...

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Jill McCabe Johnson @jillmccabejohnson.bsky.social · 4d

Mouthwatering!

What's in the bowl?

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Jill McCabe Johnson @jillmccabejohnson.bsky.social · 4d

Rats with fluffy tails. I get it.

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Jill McCabe Johnson @jillmccabejohnson.bsky.social · 6d

Scientists Confirm Visceral Reactions to Graphic Images - Lunch Ticket

Two poems by Jill McCabe Johnson

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Jill McCabe Johnson @jillmccabejohnson.bsky.social · 6d

Thanks for reading and reposting, Frank!

Jill McCabe Johnson @jillmccabejohnson.bsky.social · 6d

Thanks for reading them, Julene, and for your kind words, too! 💙

Jill McCabe Johnson @jillmccabejohnson.bsky.social · 6d

Aww, thanks, Majda! 💙

Jill McCabe Johnson @jillmccabejohnson.bsky.social · 6d

Thanks, David! 💙

Jill McCabe Johnson @jillmccabejohnson.bsky.social · 6d

Scientists Confirm Visceral Reactions to Graphic Images - Lunch Ticket

Two poems by Jill McCabe Johnson

lunchticket.org

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Jill McCabe Johnson @jillmccabejohnson.bsky.social · 7d

Apparently, women’s medical problems are either psychological (as in not real) or because we’re overweight (as in not sexy enough for our male overlords).

Thank goodness modern medicine has answers for us while also protecting us from the benefits, I mean evils, of HRT.

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Jill McCabe Johnson @jillmccabejohnson.bsky.social · 8d

Just got great feedback from Summer Stewart at @unsolicitedpress.bsky.social on my memoir, Learning to Spar, forthcoming 2026.

It's received feedback from 2 agents, 2 dev editors, and writer friends, and undergone many revisions.

Trust me when I say editing only ends when your book is in print!

Jill McCabe Johnson @jillmccabejohnson.bsky.social · 9d

Chocolate at breakfast is always a good idea! 🤩