Molly Spencer
she/ her | poet, critic, editor, wonk | IF THE HOUSE (UWisc Press), HINGE (SIU Press), INVITATORY (2024, Parlor Press) | Solidly Gen X
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- when ur a poet and a wonk
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- This lilac unleaves It falls from itself and hides its ancient shadow. I will die of such things. —Alejandra Piznarik
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- miniseries when?
- GOOD AFTERNOON, CHICAGO!
- Paging all German speakers, you’re needed:

- And a at least two generations that have never had to write file transfer protocol code to attach a document to an email 💀
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- just wanted to show you this v good girl
- me waiting for my students’ papers to roll in [checks notes] two days after the deadline
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- Gavin Newsom can f*ck all the way off
- when the bbs start coming home for the holiday 🥹
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- If this is legit, it’s 100% just a tactic to de facto cut Social Security benefits. These f*ckers.
- You have spring semester, I have winter term. We are not the same.
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- What if I told you I also worked in a mini-lesson on iambic pentameter 💅
- tryna get my students to love me by making a handout about methods for shape and elegance in writing, guys do u think it will work

- There’s so much theory on Woolf, but where’s the anthology of essays like “Virginia Woolf Saved My Life in 1989” and “When I Threw Woolf’s ‘Lighthouse’ Across the Room” and such? Asking for me.
- Chas. Wright forever and ever
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- Seconded!
- A poem from LARKS (winner of the Hollis Summers Poetry Prize) by @hanvanderhart.bsky.social—such a beautiful and devastating collection filled with witness, grace, and resilience. I cannot recommend this collection enough. Will be sharing more. 💙
- The pithiest description of the Dems at tonight’s joint address
- I’m old enough to remember the last time they did this
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- The content I need (no snowdrops where I live yet; fully ready to drop to my knees like some terrible poem when they emerge, tho)
- Reflections on my #EveningWalk
- v proud of myself for not working at all this weekend, wish me luck for the week

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