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Megan McDermott (she/her)

@megmcdermott92.bsky.social

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Poet, priest, reality TV fan, prolific selfie taker. Author of JESUS MERCH (https://t.co/PRT1qJMt9w) & 2 chapbooks. MFA student in Richmond, VA after a decade+ in New England, where I went to div school & served in parish ministry. meganmcdermottpoet.com

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Veronika Fuchs @veronikafuchs.bsky.social · 15h

Louise Glück, I love you
🤍

Text:

Under Taurus

We were on the pier, you desiring
that I see the Pleiades. I could see
everything but what you wished.

Now I will follow. There is not a single cloud; the stars
appear, even the invisible sister. Show me where to look,
as though they will stay where they are.

Instruct me in the dark.

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Megan McDermott (she/her) @megmcdermott92.bsky.social · 9h

Y'all I'm in this and so excited to read it! Find info here for ordering. There's a feminist ekphrastic poem from me ✨ can you guess about which artist???

Beth Gilstrap (she/her) @bettysueblue.bsky.social · 10h

Orders for @blacklilyzine.bsky.social issue 3 are now open! See details below.

A b& white photo of a human in dark clothing, one hand near heart, one hand by their side and wearing a bag over their head w a sad face drawn on it in black marker.

TOC for Issue 3 of Black Lily:

BLACK LILY - ISSUE 03 - FALL / WINTER 2025
IN THIS ISSUE
POETRY BY VANESA PACHECO
9-11
ART BY KATHY LOU SCHULTZ
12-13
FICTION BY CLAYTON BRADSHAW-MITTAL ...
14-16
POETRY BY DEE ALLEN. .
17
POETRY BY RHY ROBIDOUX
18-19
ART BY PIPER CORNMAN.
20-21
POETRY BY SHARON DENMARK
22
POETRY BY EVELYN BERRY
23
POETRY BY RHEA MELINA
24-26
ART BY VICTORIA SHEN
27
POETRY BY MORGAN WRIGHT
28
POETRY BY COURT HARLER
29
POETRY BY JEN KROPINAK
30
ART BY IRINA TALL NOVIKOVA
31-32
FICTION BY MIKE MCLELLAND
33-38
PHOTOGRAPHY BY MATTHEW R. HUMPHREY
39-41
POETRY BY MEGAN MCDERMOTT
42-43
NONFICTION BY KRISTINE LANGLEY MAHLER
44-46
NONFICTION BY GRAYSON BUCKLEY
47-49
POETRY BY d.w. bayliss
50
POETRY BY LILYANNE KANE
51
FICTION BY JAMES R. GAPINSKI
52-54
ART BY PAUL LUIKART
55-57
FICTION BY PAUL LUIKART
58
POETRY BY RENEE SALMÓN.
59
POETRY BY CALEB EDMONDSON
60
FICTION BY HEATHER BELL ADAMS
61-62
POETRY BY CAL FREEMAN
63
POETRY BY JEREMY MICHAEL REED
64
POETRY BY JOSHUA LILLIE
65-66
POETRY BY RONNIE JACKSON
67-68
PHOTOGRAPHY BY KRISTEN HAVENS
. 69
NONFICTION BY JORDON BRIGGS
70-74
POETRY BY J.L. ABBOTT
75
POETRY BY HUNTER HODKINSON
76-77
ART + PHOTOGRAPHY BY KARAH TULL
78, 86
FICTION BY DAVID BRADY.
79-85
POETRY BY GENEVIEVE BETTS
87-88

Details for ordering:
Alright y'all, I think we've got 99% of the final final edits in (it's a big issue & comms w writers (myself included) are like herding cats), so we are now open for orders. Please email me at blacklilyzine@gmail.com, tell me how many you want, give me the addresses where you'd like them sent, and Venmo me @Beth-Gilstrap-2 $8 each, or 2 for $15 + shipping.

Standard mail (in the U.S. is usually cheapest at a couple bucks, media mail is around $4.50 last I checked). We are a goth/punk leaning zine & I think this issue responds to the fascists with a clear, LOUD voice. Spread the word.

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Megan McDermott (she/her) @megmcdermott92.bsky.social · 15h

Can't believe I'm in my 30s like, wow I have to finish a wedding sermon but it's midterms loooool

Megan McDermott (she/her) @megmcdermott92.bsky.social · 1d

"...life is a luminous halo, a semi-transparent envelope surrounding us from the beginning of consciousness to the end." - Virginia Woolf

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Megan McDermott (she/her) @megmcdermott92.bsky.social · 2d

I can't believe this song is over 20 years old 😭

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Megan McDermott (she/her) @megmcdermott92.bsky.social · 2d

Sometimes you have to sit in your TA office just to gab with @oddish.bsky.social on the phone after church. Happy Sunday!!

Megan McDermott (she/her) @megmcdermott92.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you!!!

Megan McDermott (she/her) @megmcdermott92.bsky.social · 3d

We're settling on 11 ✌️

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Megan McDermott (she/her) @megmcdermott92.bsky.social · 4d

Your girl is trying to write a 10 minute sermon pray for me

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Megan McDermott (she/her) @megmcdermott92.bsky.social · 4d

There is also a Zoom link for this, so please send me a message if you'd like to join on Zoom! 6 pm tonight.

Megan McDermott (she/her) @megmcdermott92.bsky.social · 6d

Forgot to share that I'm going to be doing a reading on Friday! If you're in the Richmond, VA-ish area, come join in, on the Virginia Commonwealth University campus.

Megan McDermott (she/her) @megmcdermott92.bsky.social · 5d

You know, at least when I'm feeling iffy about a sermon, I know I can never give a sermon as bad as this

Juliette Rihl @julietterihl.bsky.social · 5d

I don’t usually cover breaking news, but this story is truly wild.

A pastor in central PA brought an AR-15 to church and pointed it at people during his sermon. Gun safety experts and internet commentators are, predictably, not happy!

(Paywall free link below)

www.pennlive.com/news/2025/10...

Dauphin County pastor under fire for pointing assault-style rifle during sermon

In a move experts called a serious safety violation, he pointed the unloaded weapon at churchgoers, while asking for a 'violent action of faith.'

www.pennlive.com

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Megan McDermott (she/her) @megmcdermott92.bsky.social · 5d

"Tylenol is, in fact, the only pain reliever recommended by physicians for use during pregnancy. It is specifically helpful as a fever reducer; an untreated elevated temperature during pregnancy can lead to birth defects or premature delivery."

19thnews @19thnews.org · 5d

Women are more likely than men to think that the link between autism and Tylenol is “definitely false,” according to a new survey. However, a divide becomes clear when the data is broken down by party.

Everyone is confused about Tylenol and autism, but Republican women lean toward believing RFK

Women are split along party lines on how much they believe the administration’s claims, but everyone trusts doctors the most for vaccine information.

19thnews.org

Megan McDermott (she/her) @megmcdermott92.bsky.social · 6d

Forgot to share that I'm going to be doing a reading on Friday! If you're in the Richmond, VA-ish area, come join in, on the Virginia Commonwealth University campus.

Megan McDermott (she/her) @megmcdermott92.bsky.social · 6d

If I get engaged, you'll know ✨✨✨

Megan McDermott (she/her) @megmcdermott92.bsky.social · 6d

Still thinking about how at least one person was led to thinking I was getting married by me being the only millennial still tagging herself in Facebook photos (I tagged myself in bachelorette party photos and it looked like it was my bachelorette I guess) 🫣

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Megan McDermott (she/her) @megmcdermott92.bsky.social · 7d

The thing about navigating a major life transition is, I'm so behind on TV shows 🥲

Megan McDermott (she/her) @megmcdermott92.bsky.social · 7d

❤️❤️❤️ to see people still engaging with Jesus Merch is the most exciting, thank you @katiemanningpoet.bsky.social!!!

Katie Manning @katiemanningpoet.bsky.social · 8d

I haven't made a Poetry Rev video in a while (it's been an absurd year), but here's a new one with Jesus Merch by Megan McDermott!

youtube.com/shorts/yI5pB...

Poetry Rev 64 - Jesus Merch - Megan McDermott

YouTube video by Katie Manning

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Shefali Luthra @shefali.bsky.social · 7d

“My biggest fear is going to the hospital."

Pregnant immigrants are terrified ICE will show up outside the doctors' office or at the hospital. So they're skipping the care necessary to ensure a healthy birth.

Some experience dangerous complications as a result.

19thnews.org/2025/10/preg...

ICE fears put pregnant immigrants and their babies at risk

Fear of deportation is deterring people without permanent legal status from critical care. Doctors are worried for their health — and the health of their pregnancies.

19thnews.org

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Megan McDermott (she/her) @megmcdermott92.bsky.social · 8d

(If you want to support my writing, feel free to suggest your local or university library add it, or Woman as Communion, to their collection. Everyone wins!)

Megan McDermott (she/her) @megmcdermott92.bsky.social · 8d

Got sent this from a friend today. Lovely to see Jesus Merch living on ❤️

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Megan McDermott (she/her) @megmcdermott92.bsky.social · 9d

Got gas for the first time since I moved to Richmond in August...love a free public transit city 👏

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Homodoxy @homodoxy.com · 24d

Homodoxy needs to raise $1k to be able to apply for grants through its fiscal sponsor. If you'd like to help kick off this queer press's journey:
fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/homodoxy

Homodoxy

Books worth burning.

fundraising.fracturedatlas.org

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CNN @cnn.com · 11d

Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken. https://cnn.it/4pPCXIt

37 people arrested and American kids separated from parents after ICE raid at Chicago apartments | CNN

Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken.

www.cnn.com

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Megan McDermott (she/her) @megmcdermott92.bsky.social · 10d

(Art by Todd Hale - www.toddhale.com)

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Megan McDermott (she/her) @megmcdermott92.bsky.social · 10d

Being cute and seeing art last night

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