Joy A. Garnett
@joyamina.bsky.social
NYer in LA.
Writer, Yaddo fellow.
Anonymous Was A Woman awardee.
Art Director: Evergreen Review; SUSPECT journal
The Bee Kingdom (forthcoming) Longlisted for the 2024 First Pages Prize in Creative Nonfiction 👇🏼
https://linktr.ee/joygarnett
Writer, Yaddo fellow.
Anonymous Was A Woman awardee.
Art Director: Evergreen Review; SUSPECT journal
The Bee Kingdom (forthcoming) Longlisted for the 2024 First Pages Prize in Creative Nonfiction 👇🏼
https://linktr.ee/joygarnett
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In the continuing story of HHS Secretary RFK Jr.'s efforts to eliminate vaccines, we look at one of his useful idiots, CBER Director Dr. Vinay Prasad, and his email laying out how FDA will weaponize dead children to justify making vaccines harder to approve. sciencebasedmedicine.org/rfk-jr-is-de...
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is definitely coming for your vaccines, part 5: VAERS and a useful idiot at the FDA
In the sadly continuing story of how Health and Human Services Secretary RFK Jr. is working to eliminate vaccines, we look at a useful idiot, Dr. Vinay Prasad, and how he is weaponizing dead children
sciencebasedmedicine.org
December 1, 2025 at 1:48 PM
In the continuing story of HHS Secretary RFK Jr.'s efforts to eliminate vaccines, we look at one of his useful idiots, CBER Director Dr. Vinay Prasad, and his email laying out how FDA will weaponize dead children to justify making vaccines harder to approve. sciencebasedmedicine.org/rfk-jr-is-de...
Day With(out) Art 2025
December 1st, World AIDS Day 🟥
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December 1st, World AIDS Day 🟥
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🎥
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Visual AIDS | Day With(out) Art 2025: Meet Us Where We're At
Watch the program here.For Day With(out) Art 2025, Visual AIDS presents Meet Us Where We’re At, a program of six vi...
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December 1, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Day With(out) Art 2025
December 1st, World AIDS Day 🟥
visualaids.org/events/detai...
🎥
video.visualaids.org
❤️🔥
December 1st, World AIDS Day 🟥
visualaids.org/events/detai...
🎥
video.visualaids.org
❤️🔥
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“My ancestors had been collecting in the house for a while already, my good vibes, my goddesses, good energy—call it whatever—and now this foolish man had brought his malevolence.”
New at Evergreen: “Wash Away” by Yewande Omotoso. Art by Sana Musasama. evergreenreview.com/read/wash-aw...
New at Evergreen: “Wash Away” by Yewande Omotoso. Art by Sana Musasama. evergreenreview.com/read/wash-aw...
Wash Away
Evergreen Review
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November 26, 2025 at 4:49 AM
“My ancestors had been collecting in the house for a while already, my good vibes, my goddesses, good energy—call it whatever—and now this foolish man had brought his malevolence.”
New at Evergreen: “Wash Away” by Yewande Omotoso. Art by Sana Musasama. evergreenreview.com/read/wash-aw...
New at Evergreen: “Wash Away” by Yewande Omotoso. Art by Sana Musasama. evergreenreview.com/read/wash-aw...
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From the Soul: The Life and Music of Jesse Powell @evergreenreview.com
--A cool story about a hot player
--A cool story about a hot player
November 25, 2025 at 3:36 PM
From the Soul: The Life and Music of Jesse Powell @evergreenreview.com
--A cool story about a hot player
--A cool story about a hot player
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“Down at the end of the block there was a squat brick building that must have been a few hundred years old. She thought whatever had once gone on inside of there was none of her business.”
—“You are in a museum” by @lukeoneil47.bsky.social. Art by Francisco Goya. evergreenreview.com/read/you-are...
—“You are in a museum” by @lukeoneil47.bsky.social. Art by Francisco Goya. evergreenreview.com/read/you-are...
You are in a museum
Evergreen Review
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November 23, 2025 at 9:19 PM
“Down at the end of the block there was a squat brick building that must have been a few hundred years old. She thought whatever had once gone on inside of there was none of her business.”
—“You are in a museum” by @lukeoneil47.bsky.social. Art by Francisco Goya. evergreenreview.com/read/you-are...
—“You are in a museum” by @lukeoneil47.bsky.social. Art by Francisco Goya. evergreenreview.com/read/you-are...
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Imagine not knowing seals existed and coming across this shit. I'd believe in spirits and monsters, too.
November 22, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Imagine not knowing seals existed and coming across this shit. I'd believe in spirits and monsters, too.
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“Three women stand in one of Wife Camille’s Malibu Canyon estate’s kitchens. They are waiting for the other Wives to arrive for a dinner party from hell.”
Up now at Evergreen: “The Dinner Party from Hell”—story and artwork by Kate Durbin. evergreenreview.com/read/the-din...
Up now at Evergreen: “The Dinner Party from Hell”—story and artwork by Kate Durbin. evergreenreview.com/read/the-din...
The Dinner Party from Hell
Evergreen Review
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November 21, 2025 at 11:14 PM
“Three women stand in one of Wife Camille’s Malibu Canyon estate’s kitchens. They are waiting for the other Wives to arrive for a dinner party from hell.”
Up now at Evergreen: “The Dinner Party from Hell”—story and artwork by Kate Durbin. evergreenreview.com/read/the-din...
Up now at Evergreen: “The Dinner Party from Hell”—story and artwork by Kate Durbin. evergreenreview.com/read/the-din...
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“Mr. Martin was the first person any of us had ever met who had what we called—Sam was the one who came up with the word—‘class.’ Mr. Martin never wore T-shirts or warm-up clothes . . . .”
—“The Music Teacher” by Rebecca Brown. Art by Colter Jacobsen. evergreenreview.com/read/the-mus...
—“The Music Teacher” by Rebecca Brown. Art by Colter Jacobsen. evergreenreview.com/read/the-mus...
The Music Teacher
Evergreen Review
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November 21, 2025 at 2:54 AM
“Mr. Martin was the first person any of us had ever met who had what we called—Sam was the one who came up with the word—‘class.’ Mr. Martin never wore T-shirts or warm-up clothes . . . .”
—“The Music Teacher” by Rebecca Brown. Art by Colter Jacobsen. evergreenreview.com/read/the-mus...
—“The Music Teacher” by Rebecca Brown. Art by Colter Jacobsen. evergreenreview.com/read/the-mus...
The Bee Kingdom League HQ, c.1937, 60 rue Menasce, Alexandria, Egypt. Silver gelatin print, original paper mount. I kept this item rather than send it with the archive to NYU Abu Dhabi Library.
November 20, 2025 at 8:32 PM
The Bee Kingdom League HQ, c.1937, 60 rue Menasce, Alexandria, Egypt. Silver gelatin print, original paper mount. I kept this item rather than send it with the archive to NYU Abu Dhabi Library.
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“You play like a man!
An offensive compliment, repeated innumerably, with a smile
By workers, patients, nurses, doctors, and other players in the court . . . .”
—“On Being Serena Williams” and four more poems by Makhosazana Xaba. Art by @bojoseph.bsky.social. evergreenreview.com/read/when-th...
An offensive compliment, repeated innumerably, with a smile
By workers, patients, nurses, doctors, and other players in the court . . . .”
—“On Being Serena Williams” and four more poems by Makhosazana Xaba. Art by @bojoseph.bsky.social. evergreenreview.com/read/when-th...
When the end begins and Other Poems
Evergreen Review
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November 18, 2025 at 7:07 PM
“You play like a man!
An offensive compliment, repeated innumerably, with a smile
By workers, patients, nurses, doctors, and other players in the court . . . .”
—“On Being Serena Williams” and four more poems by Makhosazana Xaba. Art by @bojoseph.bsky.social. evergreenreview.com/read/when-th...
An offensive compliment, repeated innumerably, with a smile
By workers, patients, nurses, doctors, and other players in the court . . . .”
—“On Being Serena Williams” and four more poems by Makhosazana Xaba. Art by @bojoseph.bsky.social. evergreenreview.com/read/when-th...
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My new collection of short stories and poetry -- We Had It Coming -- is available for pre-order now! It's the best thing I've ever written and I think you all will find solace and despair in equal measure within.
www.welcometohellworld.com/my-new-book-...
www.welcometohellworld.com/my-new-book-...
June 25, 2025 at 9:54 PM
My new collection of short stories and poetry -- We Had It Coming -- is available for pre-order now! It's the best thing I've ever written and I think you all will find solace and despair in equal measure within.
www.welcometohellworld.com/my-new-book-...
www.welcometohellworld.com/my-new-book-...
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Tom Wilson is best known for his work with The Velvet Underground, Bob Dylan and Sun Ra, but he also wrote liner notes for his friends. In 1962 he penned the notes for Jesse Powell's soul-jazz album It's Party Time. More about Powell in the current evergreenreview.com
@evergreenreview.bsky.social
@evergreenreview.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Tom Wilson is best known for his work with The Velvet Underground, Bob Dylan and Sun Ra, but he also wrote liner notes for his friends. In 1962 he penned the notes for Jesse Powell's soul-jazz album It's Party Time. More about Powell in the current evergreenreview.com
@evergreenreview.bsky.social
@evergreenreview.bsky.social
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Read a new excerpt from We Had It Coming up today at @evergreenreview.bsky.social evergreenreview.com/read/you-are...
You are in a museum
Evergreen Review
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November 13, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Read a new excerpt from We Had It Coming up today at @evergreenreview.bsky.social evergreenreview.com/read/you-are...
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“Some years ago, an elected official publicly compared me to a mass shooter. At the time, I was running for mayor of my hometown. I never imagined I’d be a political candidate, much less a suspected terrorist.”
New at Evergreen: “Ford for Mayor” by Zack Ford. evergreenreview.com/read/ford-fo...
New at Evergreen: “Ford for Mayor” by Zack Ford. evergreenreview.com/read/ford-fo...
Ford for Mayor
Evergreen Review
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November 16, 2025 at 2:16 AM
“Some years ago, an elected official publicly compared me to a mass shooter. At the time, I was running for mayor of my hometown. I never imagined I’d be a political candidate, much less a suspected terrorist.”
New at Evergreen: “Ford for Mayor” by Zack Ford. evergreenreview.com/read/ford-fo...
New at Evergreen: “Ford for Mayor” by Zack Ford. evergreenreview.com/read/ford-fo...
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“When I was a New York City kid living on 151st Street between Broadway and Riverside Drive, many jazz musicians lived in that Sugar Hill (Harlem) neighborhood . . . .”
Up now: “From the Soul: On the Life & Music of Jesse Powell” by @magonzales.bsky.social. evergreenreview.com/read/from-th...
Up now: “From the Soul: On the Life & Music of Jesse Powell” by @magonzales.bsky.social. evergreenreview.com/read/from-th...
From the Soul: On the Life & Music of Jesse Powell
Evergreen Review
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November 14, 2025 at 2:27 AM
“When I was a New York City kid living on 151st Street between Broadway and Riverside Drive, many jazz musicians lived in that Sugar Hill (Harlem) neighborhood . . . .”
Up now: “From the Soul: On the Life & Music of Jesse Powell” by @magonzales.bsky.social. evergreenreview.com/read/from-th...
Up now: “From the Soul: On the Life & Music of Jesse Powell” by @magonzales.bsky.social. evergreenreview.com/read/from-th...
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“The silver trailer full of live bulls
cramped darkly together being trafficked
now pulls to the right of this Highlander . . .”
New at Evergreen: “Mother Nature Doesn’t Care If You’re Ignorant” and one more poem by Jerome Ellison Murphy. Art by S Emsaki. evergreenreview.com/read/mother-...
cramped darkly together being trafficked
now pulls to the right of this Highlander . . .”
New at Evergreen: “Mother Nature Doesn’t Care If You’re Ignorant” and one more poem by Jerome Ellison Murphy. Art by S Emsaki. evergreenreview.com/read/mother-...
Mother Nature Doesn’t Care If You’re Ignorant
Evergreen Review
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November 11, 2025 at 7:07 PM
“The silver trailer full of live bulls
cramped darkly together being trafficked
now pulls to the right of this Highlander . . .”
New at Evergreen: “Mother Nature Doesn’t Care If You’re Ignorant” and one more poem by Jerome Ellison Murphy. Art by S Emsaki. evergreenreview.com/read/mother-...
cramped darkly together being trafficked
now pulls to the right of this Highlander . . .”
New at Evergreen: “Mother Nature Doesn’t Care If You’re Ignorant” and one more poem by Jerome Ellison Murphy. Art by S Emsaki. evergreenreview.com/read/mother-...
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"They were careless people, . . . they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.”
-- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
-- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
November 12, 2025 at 11:12 PM
"They were careless people, . . . they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.”
-- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
-- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
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RFK Jr's response to someone collapsing nearby him was to haul ass out of the room as quickly as possible
November 6, 2025 at 5:45 PM
RFK Jr's response to someone collapsing nearby him was to haul ass out of the room as quickly as possible
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“I’m guessing that if you held a map of the world up to the comics attending the Riyadh festival, less than ten would be able to find Saudi Arabia . . . .”
Up now at Evergreen: “Riyadh-a Yadda Yadda” by @jayemcb.bsky.social. evergreenreview.com/read/riyadh-...
Up now at Evergreen: “Riyadh-a Yadda Yadda” by @jayemcb.bsky.social. evergreenreview.com/read/riyadh-...
Riyadh-a Yadda Yadda
Evergreen Review
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November 4, 2025 at 9:37 PM
“I’m guessing that if you held a map of the world up to the comics attending the Riyadh festival, less than ten would be able to find Saudi Arabia . . . .”
Up now at Evergreen: “Riyadh-a Yadda Yadda” by @jayemcb.bsky.social. evergreenreview.com/read/riyadh-...
Up now at Evergreen: “Riyadh-a Yadda Yadda” by @jayemcb.bsky.social. evergreenreview.com/read/riyadh-...
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UPCOMING NYC EVENT ALERT! Sunday, November 9
“Body Language”, a one-act play by Evergreen's EIC @dalepeck.bsky.social & directed by Carson Parish, is about the life and afterlife of Linus Herrell, a gay activist, artist, and porn shop owner from Cleveland . . . More info at the link!
“Body Language”, a one-act play by Evergreen's EIC @dalepeck.bsky.social & directed by Carson Parish, is about the life and afterlife of Linus Herrell, a gay activist, artist, and porn shop owner from Cleveland . . . More info at the link!
Body Language | Partiful
“Body Language”, a new one-act play by Dale Peck, is about the life and afterlife of Linus Herrell (played by the luminous and licentious Jonah Wheeler), a gay activist, artist, and porn shop owner fr...
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November 4, 2025 at 1:34 AM
UPCOMING NYC EVENT ALERT! Sunday, November 9
“Body Language”, a one-act play by Evergreen's EIC @dalepeck.bsky.social & directed by Carson Parish, is about the life and afterlife of Linus Herrell, a gay activist, artist, and porn shop owner from Cleveland . . . More info at the link!
“Body Language”, a one-act play by Evergreen's EIC @dalepeck.bsky.social & directed by Carson Parish, is about the life and afterlife of Linus Herrell, a gay activist, artist, and porn shop owner from Cleveland . . . More info at the link!
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When I was writing my @evergreenreview.bsky.social essay on saxophonist Jesse Powell, I thought about the jazz comics of artist Howard Chaykin. Indeed, the artist has inspired my jazz leanings for years and I wanted the story to be literary homage to Chaykin's work. evergreenreview.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:45 PM
When I was writing my @evergreenreview.bsky.social essay on saxophonist Jesse Powell, I thought about the jazz comics of artist Howard Chaykin. Indeed, the artist has inspired my jazz leanings for years and I wanted the story to be literary homage to Chaykin's work. evergreenreview.com
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Coming up in Harlem in the 1970s Jesse Powell owned a candy store. Decades later I learned that he was also a respected saxophonist who once played with Count Basie & Dizzy Gillespie. My story on Powell was published at @evergreenreview.bsky.social
@beatgrrrl.bsky.social @jazzreads.bsky.social
@beatgrrrl.bsky.social @jazzreads.bsky.social
I've said this before, but no one mixes pop culture and the personal as well as my friend @magonzales.bsky.social
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From the Soul: On the Life & Music of Jesse Powell
Evergreen Review
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October 28, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Coming up in Harlem in the 1970s Jesse Powell owned a candy store. Decades later I learned that he was also a respected saxophonist who once played with Count Basie & Dizzy Gillespie. My story on Powell was published at @evergreenreview.bsky.social
@beatgrrrl.bsky.social @jazzreads.bsky.social
@beatgrrrl.bsky.social @jazzreads.bsky.social
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“Love is forbearing and requires constant revival. Each day, I choose to father my father, even when it feels too difficult for me. Every moment with him alive is a blessing.”
New at Evergreen: “Afụnwaelotanna” by @chinonsonzeh.bsky.social. Art by Carol Bruns. evergreenreview.com/read/afunwae...
New at Evergreen: “Afụnwaelotanna” by @chinonsonzeh.bsky.social. Art by Carol Bruns. evergreenreview.com/read/afunwae...
Afụnwaelotanna
Evergreen Review
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October 27, 2025 at 1:39 PM
“Love is forbearing and requires constant revival. Each day, I choose to father my father, even when it feels too difficult for me. Every moment with him alive is a blessing.”
New at Evergreen: “Afụnwaelotanna” by @chinonsonzeh.bsky.social. Art by Carol Bruns. evergreenreview.com/read/afunwae...
New at Evergreen: “Afụnwaelotanna” by @chinonsonzeh.bsky.social. Art by Carol Bruns. evergreenreview.com/read/afunwae...
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Without a doubt the most breathtaking and awe-inspiring imagery you’ve ever seen inside the eye of a hurricane
(Video from TEAL76, a USAF Reserve Hurricane Hunter crew from the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, during a pass through Hurricane Melissa)
(Video from TEAL76, a USAF Reserve Hurricane Hunter crew from the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, during a pass through Hurricane Melissa)
1547Z pass through Hurricane Melissa on 27 October
YouTube video by Flynonymous WX
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October 29, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Without a doubt the most breathtaking and awe-inspiring imagery you’ve ever seen inside the eye of a hurricane
(Video from TEAL76, a USAF Reserve Hurricane Hunter crew from the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, during a pass through Hurricane Melissa)
(Video from TEAL76, a USAF Reserve Hurricane Hunter crew from the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, during a pass through Hurricane Melissa)