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Jessica Coles

@prairievixen.bsky.social

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(she/her) Poet, editor, finder of lost things, singer of silly songs. Poems in Moist Poetry, Stone Circle Review, CV2, The Fiddlehead & others. Lover of beings that move between worlds. Endearingly uncool. Bestselling poet on a very local level.

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Jessica Coles @prairievixen.bsky.social · 5d

Oh, sweet mercy, both my little chapbooks on Edmonton's bestselling books list?? What delightful nonsense!

Book Publishers Association of Alberta @abbookpub.bsky.social · 5d

Edmonton’s Bestselling Books for the week ending October 5, 2025! #ABbooks @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social @magpiebooks.bsky.social @newestpress.bsky.social @aupress.bsky.social

Edmonton Bestseller List for the week ending October 5, 2025. A PDF of the list can be found on our website through the following URL: http://bookpublishers.ab.ca/programs/edmonton-bestseller-list/

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Nerve to Write @nervetowrite.bsky.social · Sep 1

Nerve to Write is a new online magazine for disabled, chronically ill, and neurodivergent writers to showcase creative innovation and build crip community. We are officially open for free submissions of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, hybrid writing, and artwork!

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Kim Mannix (she/her) @kimmannix.bsky.social · 6h

Poetry pals in #YEG, I'll be the featured reader at The Nightingale series at the Kasbar on October 29, which also happens to be the pub day for my book! And yes, I WILL BE IN SPOOKY COSTUME 💀🖤🧡

A graphic featuring a bird on a gilded cage with a skull inside. The text reads: Open Mic Night, Spoken Word Series, All disciplines welcome; The Nightingale; The Kasbar; 1044 Whyte Ave; Featuring Kim Mannix; Date: Wed October 29th; Doors@ 6:30 pm, Show @ 7-9:30 pm; Admission by donation

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Jessica Coles @prairievixen.bsky.social · 7h

Good news! I did enough gentle stretches and drank enough water that my arms are punk-adjacent again! I will just barely rock the open mic tonight!!

Jessica Coles @prairievixen.bsky.social · 14h

All the wall painting yesterday might force me to change what I wanted to play at the open mic tonight. My arms are not even punk-adjacent.

Jessica Coles @prairievixen.bsky.social · 8h

It is such a treat when my guitar teacher breaks out his vintage gear. Today, it was his 50-year-old Fender tube amp, and what a delicious feast for my earballs!

Jessica Coles @prairievixen.bsky.social · 10h

Agatha Christie is such perfect fall reading. My book instincts this week are on target.

(I picked up Third Girl from the library this morning.)

Jessica Coles @prairievixen.bsky.social · 11h

Oooh. May need to learn that one too!

My spouse put this one on a mixed CD for me when we were dating, and it still cracks me up.

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Kiss Me Like You Mean It

YouTube video by The Magnetic Fields - Topic

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Jessica Coles @prairievixen.bsky.social · 12h

My work here is done! 😂

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Jessica Coles @prairievixen.bsky.social · 12h

Either "All My Little Words" or "The Book of Love". We'll see where my brain is this evening.

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Jessica Coles @prairievixen.bsky.social · 13h

Just a much gentler song. Probably some Magnetic Fields instead of The Clash.

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Jessica Coles @prairievixen.bsky.social · 14h

All the wall painting yesterday might force me to change what I wanted to play at the open mic tonight. My arms are not even punk-adjacent.

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Kim Mannix (she/her) @kimmannix.bsky.social · 14h

May your day yield rewards for hard work.. like the way my cat just earned his turkey bone by digging through the organics bin like a coked-up raccoon, dragging gross, wet mess across my kitchen floor.

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Jessica Coles @prairievixen.bsky.social · 1d

Well, "some" really does vary from person to person. You can absolutely decide what "some" means to you.

Jessica Coles @prairievixen.bsky.social · 1d

Me neither!

Jessica Coles @prairievixen.bsky.social · 1d

Some days, it's entirely appropriate to have a three-course bedtime snack.

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Wole Talabi @wtalabi.bsky.social · 1d

Genres aren't real. They are mental projections we impose on stories to simplify the way talk about and sell them but stories come unshaped from deep within us and writers shouldn't feel constrained by or even respect genres at all. The story comes first.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Jessica Coles @prairievixen.bsky.social · 1d

Listening to Fabulous Disaster's entire discography while painting my spouse's new home office has felt thematically appropriate.

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Jessica Smith @thedaybooks.bsky.social · 1d

Historically and still today, most great literature is self-published (“vanity”) or published by someone’s friend or a small press. You shouldn’t limit your reading to large presses b/c that’s not where stuff really “happens.”

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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🎃 Iva Cheung 🍗 @ivacheung.com · 3d

Print copies are here! They've escaped Canada Post strike purgatory!

I'm keeping a paperback 'cause even though I cook these recipes a lot, I don't have them all memorized.

Sending 2 each to Library and Archives Canada and will scatter some among the Little Free Libraries in #NewWest.

A pile of paperback copies next to a pile of hardcover copies of the book *After the Feast*, which has a green cover and an illustration of a partly carved turkey on a wooden cutting board.

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Jessica Coles @prairievixen.bsky.social · 2d

Happy Thanksgiving weekend, my fellow Canadians!

Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 2d

Did you know the first thanksgiving celebrated by Europeans in North America happened in Canada?
Or that the Indigenous celebrated autumn harvests long before Europeans arrived?
Why do we celebrate Thanksgiving a month earlier than the United States?
This is the story.

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A festive Thanksgiving dinner table featuring a roasted turkey as the centerpiece, surrounded by an array of dishes including green beans, stuffing, sliced ham, and a pumpkin pie. The table is decorated with pumpkins, sunflowers, candles, and autumnal flowers, with wine glasses and plates set for a meal.

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Stone Circle Review @stonecirclereview.bsky.social · 3d

NEW POEM #273: "After Camping With Jeff in the Dismal Swamp I Consider Companionship" by Dustin King

"But Jeff, I followed you as you followed a heron, flirting with her, / or him, olympian wings beating air as we slid between cyprus knuckles"

stonecirclereview.com/after-camping/

#Poem #Poetry

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Jessica Coles @prairievixen.bsky.social · 3d

May I extrapolate from this that we live on giant space pudding? Because that would be adorable!

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Jessica Coles @prairievixen.bsky.social · 3d

Oh no Hurricane Me has been downgraded to a tropical storm. I'm heading out to sea to gather more energy, but I'll probably just dissipate after the pumpkin pies are in the oven.

(Even though I knew better, I sat down.)

Jessica Coles @prairievixen.bsky.social · 3d

I woke up with energy and purpose, and we're hosting Thanksgiving dinner tomorrow. I am a Force of Nature.

My family is unprepared for me today.

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🎃 Iva Cheung 🍗 @ivacheung.com · 3d

Canadian friends! If you're having turkey this weekend, let me set you up for the days that follow 👇

🎃 Iva Cheung 🍗 @ivacheung.com · 14d

I made a li'l cookbook! *After the Feast* suggests ways to use up leftovers from your big turkey dinners.

The PDF is FREE. If you buy a print copy, $2 will support food security initiatives through the Qajuqturvik Community Food Centre.

Please spread the word! 🍗

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After the Feast: A Turkey Leftovers Cookbooklet - Iva Cheung

After a couple decades of editing and indexing cookbooks, I took a stab at writing (a small!) one. After the Feast brings together 25-ish of my favourite ways to use up the leftovers from big turkey d...

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Jessica Coles @prairievixen.bsky.social · 3d

You have just guaranteed that I'm going to give this off-the-cuff comment way too many minutes of braintime this afternoon. 😂

Jessica Coles @prairievixen.bsky.social · 3d

That should have been "answers", not "echoes". My creativity is in first draft mode right now.

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