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Kevin Grauke
@kevingrauke.bsky.social
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Author of SHADOWS OF MEN (Queen's Ferry Press), YONDERITES
(@bullshitlit.bsky.social), WEST OF DESTRY
(@cowboyjamboree.bsky.social) and BULLIES & COWARDS (coming in '26 from Cornerstone Press). Texan living in Philadelphia.
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chowleen.bsky.social
The room is
almost all
elephant.
Almost none
of it isn’t.
Pretty much
solid elephant.
So there’s no
room to talk
about it.

-Kay Ryan, “The Elephant in the Room”
#everynightapoem
THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM Kay Ryan The room is almost all elephant. Almost none of it isn't. Pretty much solid elephant. So there's no room to talk about it.
November 13, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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cowboyjamboree.bsky.social
ICYMI yesterday, CJ just put out a bangin collection about a small Texas town by @kevingrauke.bsky.social.
November 12, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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vanwinkle.bsky.social
This collection is knockout. Thalia Larry McMurtry knockout.
November 11, 2025 at 4:12 PM
kevingrauke.bsky.social
My collection of connected stories is out today (paperback and ebook)! And published by the very cool @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social! There are much more important things going on everywhere, but it sure would be nice if you'd spent a little time in the tiny West Town of Yonder.
West of Destry
West of Destry [Grauke, Kevin] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. West of Destry
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November 11, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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cowboyjamboree.bsky.social
Wait 'til y'all wander into Yonder, Texas. @kevingrauke.bsky.social's WEST OF DESTRY drops 11/11 from CJ Press. Many thanks to @jonathanin2k.bsky.social for knowin' what's up.
November 5, 2025 at 4:01 PM
kevingrauke.bsky.social
A week from today, my new book of Texas stories comes out from the great press @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social!
November 5, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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Daily(ish) #SmallPress #books: What’s the Point? by @stevenlaffoley.bsky.social (@pottersfieldpress.bsky.social) nimbus.ca/store/whats-... & Yonderites by @kevingrauke.bsky.social (@bullshitlit.bsky.social) www.bullshitlit.com/shop/p/yonde... #DSPBposts 💙📚 #BookSky
Book cover for What’s the Point? An Irreverent History of Point Pleasant Park by Steven Laffoley @stevenlaffoley.bsky.social‬ (Pottersfield Press @pottersfieldpress.bsky.social‬)‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬: Here is a book of history in its most entertaining form: the story of Point Pleasant Park, a unique 190-acre collection of paths, ponds, and port-o-potties; flora, fauna, and fungi; battlements, monuments, and burial mounds all situated at the far south end of Halifax, Nova Scotia. https://nimbus.ca/store/whats-the-point.html Book cover for Yonderites by Kevin Grauke @kevingrauke.bsky.social‬ (Bullshit Lit @bullshitlit.bsky.social‬): Kevin Grauke’s collection of short stories set in the made-up town of Yonder, Texas. “What if Sherwood Anderson had been born a century later, in small-town Texas instead of Ohio, raised on Lone Star beer and The Last Picture Show?”-Chris Haven, author of Nesting Habits of Flightless Birds https://www.bullshitlit.com/shop/p/yonderites
November 3, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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indivisible.org
This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings
October 18, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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havehashad.com
bits, candles, carats, horsepower
it's been a bit since I did a spontaneous call
send me something I'll love
no limits (except a reasonable amount of respect for my very fleeting attention)
<3
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September 23, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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This is frankly one of the worst things Donald Trump has ever posted, which is really saying something
Trump: "Chicago about to find out why it's called the Department of WAR"
September 6, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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💀 🥳
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HAD Turns 5! by Aaron Burch & Crow Norlander
Happy birthday or anniversary or whatever to us! I (Aaron) was going to maybe publish one of my own stories today, because the site launched with one of my own, and Crow and I have self-published a&hellip;
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August 21, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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necessaryfiction.com
This week our summer flash series brings you "When Cain Spoke to Abel in the Field" by Kevin Grauke necessaryfiction.com/stories/when...
July 16, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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librelit.bsky.social
Updated submissions guidelines means advertising about it on socials, despite my sincere desire not to have to do so. Trying to be quieter these days, but it’s hard to do that with something like Libre. We’re able to offer $15 per accepted piece. Thanks for thinking of us.

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Submit to Libre – LIBRE
Libre wants to publish writing about mental health, whether that takes the shape and structure of surrealist short story, true-to-life flash fiction, micro CNF memoir, brief essay, or visual art. We’r...
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June 24, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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stonecirclereview.bsky.social
NEW POEM #243: "The Truth About Brimstone" by Kevin Grauke (@kevingrauke.bsky.social)

"And so here I am, back where this all started, staring at this thick, red-headed toothpick, / thinking of you laughing down there in Hell"

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#Poem #PoetryCommunity #Poetry
June 21, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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amsterdamreview.bsky.social
"Mother played “John Brown’s Body” on their cheap turntable. I loved how deep his voice was, how it vibrated dust from the speakers."

A poem by 𝗞𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗻 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝘂𝗸𝗲 @kevingrauke.bsky.social‬ in the Spring 2025 issue

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#poetry #poetrycommunity
Paul Robeson sang at Madison Square Garden on the day my mother was born in West Texas. I learned this from a biography of Ethel Rosenberg, who was strapped to a chair in Ossining ten years later and filled with electricity. Her heart still beat after three shots but not four. Smoke rose from her head as if from a puffed candle. They’d chosen her to go first that night, hoping love’s valor would break truths from her husband, but Julius, he said nothing. And for him, one shot was plenty.
June 9, 2025 at 1:05 PM
kevingrauke.bsky.social
Thanks so much, @aaronburch.bsky.social.
havehashad.com HAD @havehashad.com · Jun 6
love that today's tribute from Kevin Grauke feels more earnest than "typical HAD" & also feels right at home here on HAD. excited to get to publish it today.

"A good friend died a slow, punishing death a little over a year ago. He was only fifty-eight."

https://www.havehashad.com/wnu17
For S. B. (1965-2023) by Kevin Grauke
A good friend died a slow, punishing death a little over a year ago. He was only fifty-eight. And though I’ve thought of him a lot in the time since, it hasn’t been nearly what he deserves. But isn’t&hellip;
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June 6, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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"'We’re God-fearing folk! Tell us! We’ll never do it again!' Anxious, sodden, submissive, they waited for a reply. It came as thunder. Thunder, and thunder. And the rain came down like nails."

“Adage" by @kevingrauke.bsky.social
Adage — Susurrus
www.susurrusthemagazine.com
May 30, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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May 30, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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havehashad.com
reading today's cento from Stephanie Choi in the thick of wrapping up my semester definitely felt like a little extra perfect, but rereading it this morning, I still extra love it and think it's so perfect

https://www.havehashad.com/rpyxt
A graphic featuring a Twitter post with a light orange background, showcasing a motivational quote about resilience and overcoming challenges, accompanied by a minimalist design and a simple border.
May 29, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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havehashad.com
"My sexual orientation is Tracy Chapman’s voice.
Everything I knew about gender
unraveled the day I heard her
sing about addiction."

❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥 today from Amara Tiebout

almost wish it were short enough to screenshot. y'all REALLY gotta click through!!

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My Sexual Orientation Is an Oat Milk Latte by Amara Tiebout
After Kyla Jamieson It’s making out with all your friends. Rachel Weisz in The Mummy. Brendan Fraser in The Mummy. The older teen with the darkest, glossiest hair who carried me around ...
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May 24, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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jamellebouie.net
i like how roberts even looks a bit like tim robinson in the hot dog sketch www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
Rule of law is ‘endangered,’ chief justice says
Speaking at Georgetown Law, Chief Justice John Roberts denounced “ad hominem” criticism of the justices.
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May 13, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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havehashad.com
new one today from Ryan Petersen and it spirals in the best way

“a still frame of the soap opera, projected into the past… indisputable evidence: I was, indeed, a prophet.”

https://www.havehashad.com/o1v45
The Young & the Restless by Ryan Petersen
My mother would get home from her job as a middle school nurse, turn on the TV, and watch her favorite daytime soap from the DVR. I’d be at the kitchen island, eating my Lean Cuisine chicken tikka and&hellip;
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May 13, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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sarlynh.bsky.social
"She hoped maybe one day she’d lose them with her wisdom teeth."

I love everything about this story by @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social
havehashad.com HAD @havehashad.com · May 1
"The girl’s mother had a rule: not to whistle at night because the ghosts would come. But all girls are curious so she whistled anyway."
— Mizuki Yamagen 🦋

wow, these stories from the HAD x hex collab call have been stunners, every one!

https://www.havehashad.com/fblmk
Butterfly Woman Effect by Mizuki Yamagen
The girl’s mother had a rule: not to whistle at night because the ghosts would come. But all girls are curious so she whistled anyway. When her mother caught her she was scolded. After that, she&hellip;
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May 1, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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librelit.bsky.social
Fresh poetry today by @kevingrauke.bsky.social There’s elegance to the questioning.

“But most of the time / it’s nothing like any of this.”

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April 23, 2025 at 2:39 PM
kevingrauke.bsky.social
I haven't felt like sharing any new work since Trump's reelection because it seems too much like playing Nero's fiddle, but I'm sharing this one. We need Paul Robeson and Lady Day more than ever now.
Paul Robeson Sang at Madison Square Garden by Kevin Grauke | Amsterdam Review
Read "Paul Robeson Sang at Madison Square Garden" by Kevin Grauke
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April 21, 2025 at 4:16 PM