L.J. Sysko
@ljsysko.bsky.social
Poet • Books: THE DAUGHTER OF MAN (UAP, Miller Williams Poetry Series, 2023), BATTLEDORE (FLP, 2017) • Contrib. Editor, Tupelo Quarterly • Dir. Exec. Comms., Delaware State University
https://ljsysko.com/
https://ljsysko.com/
LIT YOUNGSTOWN, look out! 😎😍👀
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Can’t wait to read at @lityoungstown.bsky.social
with my friends Nin Andrews, @benkline.bsky.social, & @ljsysko.bsky.social! Join us for a pop culture infused reading on Friday (10/17) at 3pm!!
#poetrynews #poetrysky #poetry #poets #writers #popculture
with my friends Nin Andrews, @benkline.bsky.social, & @ljsysko.bsky.social! Join us for a pop culture infused reading on Friday (10/17) at 3pm!!
#poetrynews #poetrysky #poetry #poets #writers #popculture
October 12, 2025 at 10:56 PM
LIT YOUNGSTOWN, look out! 😎😍👀
@lityoungstown.bsky.social
@dustinbrookshire.bsky.social
@benkline.bsky.social
@ninandrews.bsky.social
@lityoungstown.bsky.social
@dustinbrookshire.bsky.social
@benkline.bsky.social
@ninandrews.bsky.social
In TQ36, Donna Stonecipher munches the madeleine and spills the tea on prose poems, her 6th grade haiku habit, and resisting the urge to make poems "capital 'P' poetic." Check out our chat, online now.
October 6, 2025 at 11:36 PM
In TQ36, Donna Stonecipher munches the madeleine and spills the tea on prose poems, her 6th grade haiku habit, and resisting the urge to make poems "capital 'P' poetic." Check out our chat, online now.
It was my honor to assemble a 100th birthday tribute to great American poet Gerald Stern with contributions by Derricotte, Gay, Hirsch, Macari, McGrath, Montilla, Moscaliuc, Ras, Salerno, Stern, Waters, and me! In Tupelo Quarterly TQ36. Online now.
October 6, 2025 at 11:30 PM
It was my honor to assemble a 100th birthday tribute to great American poet Gerald Stern with contributions by Derricotte, Gay, Hirsch, Macari, McGrath, Montilla, Moscaliuc, Ras, Salerno, Stern, Waters, and me! In Tupelo Quarterly TQ36. Online now.
What a damn joy to be interviewed about fashion by @charlesjensen.bsky.social! Thank you for the FUN, Charles! (My mailman is still a little dubious about the sequins at noon, but he’ll recover, I think.)
The radiant @ljsysko.bsky.social stops by Writer’s Style Guide today to discuss gowns, billowing drapes, and the primacy of silhouette and structure!
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Writer's Style Guide 021: L.J. Sysko
Last year, I said, “If it doesn’t drape, I don’t want it,” so for months, I billowed gently like Gandalf.
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June 16, 2025 at 4:45 PM
What a damn joy to be interviewed about fashion by @charlesjensen.bsky.social! Thank you for the FUN, Charles! (My mailman is still a little dubious about the sequins at noon, but he’ll recover, I think.)
I'm bowled over by this story--every paragraph in this article is food for deep thought...
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www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...
Seattle author who won a Pulitzer for her first book says she’s ‘one and done’
After spending 10 years working on her first book, “Feeding Ghosts” — and winning, to her astonishment, a Pulitzer Prize — Tessa Hulls says she’s never writing another book.
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May 14, 2025 at 1:06 PM
I'm bowled over by this story--every paragraph in this article is food for deep thought...
www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...
www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...
@lityoungstown.bsky.social here we come! Very excited to join @dustinbrookshire.bsky.social & @benkline.bsky.social & Nin Andrews in October in Ohio!
I’m joining Nin Andrews, @benkline.bsky.social, & @ljsysko.bsky.social for a pop culture reading that will include a brief discussion.
Beth Gylys & I have a villanelle presentation that that is based on my Converse University Low Residency MFA research paper.
Woot! Woot!
Beth Gylys & I have a villanelle presentation that that is based on my Converse University Low Residency MFA research paper.
Woot! Woot!
March 16, 2025 at 7:59 PM
@lityoungstown.bsky.social here we come! Very excited to join @dustinbrookshire.bsky.social & @benkline.bsky.social & Nin Andrews in October in Ohio!
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Please read this. Decide what you really believe, and write it down. Then hold yourself to it.
That article is here: thecorrespondent.com/5696/were-he...
February 15, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Please read this. Decide what you really believe, and write it down. Then hold yourself to it.
Happy 212th birthday to Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice 🎉 Shall we take a turn about the room to celebrate?
January 28, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Happy 212th birthday to Jane Austen's Pride & Prejudice 🎉 Shall we take a turn about the room to celebrate?
Shakespeare's 12th Night is five acts of Failing Dry January.
January 24, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Shakespeare's 12th Night is five acts of Failing Dry January.
Smirk.
Oh, just me, talking to @ljsysko.bsky.social about my new book, IT WAS NEVER SUPPOSED TO BE, and getting into the Gen X nitty gritty of it all. Hello headshot smirk!
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"Be Kind Rewind: Where Poetry Meets Proust," an interview series by L.J. Sysko
TQ34 Guest Poet: Ben Kline Poetry writing is a holistic proposition, and I believe we ought to talk about craft granularly while we discuss the psychological growth and wellbeing (or lack thereof) tha...
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January 18, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Smirk.
Please join me for a solo poetry reading. Thanks to CallingAllPoets.net for inviting me. See you Thursday, 1/16/25 @ 7pm? (Zoom link on my website's News page.)
I'm not sure which new poems I'm reading yet, but I know this...if you're there and wearing a fleece onesie, I'll ship you a free book.
I'm not sure which new poems I'm reading yet, but I know this...if you're there and wearing a fleece onesie, I'll ship you a free book.
January 10, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Please join me for a solo poetry reading. Thanks to CallingAllPoets.net for inviting me. See you Thursday, 1/16/25 @ 7pm? (Zoom link on my website's News page.)
I'm not sure which new poems I'm reading yet, but I know this...if you're there and wearing a fleece onesie, I'll ship you a free book.
I'm not sure which new poems I'm reading yet, but I know this...if you're there and wearing a fleece onesie, I'll ship you a free book.
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Two starter packs of mostly poets & poet-adjacent people and journals to follow. Remember that any starter pack is just that: a place to start. Won't include everyone. Seek out your people.
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November 11, 2024 at 4:03 PM
Two starter packs of mostly poets & poet-adjacent people and journals to follow. Remember that any starter pack is just that: a place to start. Won't include everyone. Seek out your people.
go.bsky.app/5oLR4YJ
go.bsky.app/ThphD9V
go.bsky.app/5oLR4YJ
go.bsky.app/ThphD9V
…our country’s founding Karens…from my book The Daughter of Man.
November 8, 2024 at 10:27 PM
…our country’s founding Karens…from my book The Daughter of Man.
Chicago friends, we would love to see you!
July 5, 2024 at 4:14 PM
Chicago friends, we would love to see you!
What a fun and warm space to read poetry is @tomsnarsky.bsky.social Night Light reading series❣️ We had a great time, and I feel like it shook me out of a spell of poetic vertigo, too. Brb--off to write my "Carp and Clitoris" British pub grand opening poem 😎
last night’s reading was a complete joy!! here is the recording of @dustinbrookshire.bsky.social, @ljsysko.bsky.social, @jebloemeke.bsky.social & @benkline.bsky.social bringing the house down with their heartbreaking, musical, funny, excellent poems :) give it a listen! youtu.be/gBEJAy9MYSc 💡
Night Light poetry reading series #8 (May 2024)
Dustin Brookshire 0:02:42 L.J. Sysko 0:17:46 Julie E. Bloemeke 0:34:04 Ben Kline 0:54:22
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May 10, 2024 at 3:01 PM
What a fun and warm space to read poetry is @tomsnarsky.bsky.social Night Light reading series❣️ We had a great time, and I feel like it shook me out of a spell of poetic vertigo, too. Brb--off to write my "Carp and Clitoris" British pub grand opening poem 😎
How fun is this? Pie Lady Books turned THE DAUGHTER OF MAN into pie!
April 29, 2024 at 8:33 PM
How fun is this? Pie Lady Books turned THE DAUGHTER OF MAN into pie!
Next Tuesday! Jump on! I'm thinking of spilling tea about best / worst workshop advice between poems. 😎😁
very excited to be hosting @dustinbrookshire.bsky.social, @ljsysko.bsky.social, @jebloemeke.bsky.social, @benkline.bsky.social, & Aaron DeLee on Thursday 5/9 at 9PM Eastern! register via Zoom here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... 💡
April 28, 2024 at 6:15 PM
Next Tuesday! Jump on! I'm thinking of spilling tea about best / worst workshop advice between poems. 😎😁
A little poem snippet from me to you on this Monday. Kintsugi + trauma from THE DAUGHTER OF MAN.
April 15, 2024 at 8:55 PM
A little poem snippet from me to you on this Monday. Kintsugi + trauma from THE DAUGHTER OF MAN.
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Oops. Posted this from my personal account instead of the series. Sorry! Register at the link for @ljsysko.bsky.social on Nov. 16!
Nov 16 feature @ljsysko.bsky.social L.J. Sysko is the author of THE DAUGHTER OF MAN (2023, University of Arkansas Press), a Miller Williams Poetry Series book selected by Patricia Smith, and BATTLEDORE (2017, Finishing Line Press). Register for the link!
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November 7, 2023 at 1:42 AM
Oops. Posted this from my personal account instead of the series. Sorry! Register at the link for @ljsysko.bsky.social on Nov. 16!
This book review! 👀🔥 Thanks to Ellie Black and Colorado Review!
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The Daughter of Man - Center for Literary Publishing
$13.46 Buy Book About the Book Author: L. J. SyskoReviewed By: Ellie BlackGenre: PoetryPublisher: University of Arkansas PressPublished: 2023Pages: 124 Book ReviewForgive me the spoiler, but L. J. Sys...
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October 29, 2023 at 10:29 PM
This book review! 👀🔥 Thanks to Ellie Black and Colorado Review!
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Here we go @hphseries.bsky.social!
We're coming to the end of our second year of readings, and November 16 bring the autumn abundance of FOUR poets. Join us to hear Ariana Benson, Matthew Thorburn, @stevieedwardspoet.bsky.social & @ljsysko.bsky.social
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October 28, 2023 at 1:34 AM
Here we go @hphseries.bsky.social!
Did I mention that my book is cooler than me? It was There and I was Home and, well, here’s the dang photo.
October 9, 2023 at 7:00 PM
Did I mention that my book is cooler than me? It was There and I was Home and, well, here’s the dang photo.
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If you’re a poet coming in from Twitter reply here and tag the poets who’ve also joined, let’s rebuild!
July 6, 2023 at 4:15 PM
If you’re a poet coming in from Twitter reply here and tag the poets who’ve also joined, let’s rebuild!