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Pinhole Poetry has published a series of interviews as a complement to their October issue, and I’m pleased as punk rock to have been featured among the subjects. Find a series of craft- and life-related questions from their editorial staff, with my answers, here: https://pinholepoetry.ca/an-interview-with-j-l-yocum/
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Thanks to all seventy-seven poets and writers who submitted to my half of the HAD guest co-hosted submission call! It was a great pleasure reading all of your works, and I’m really excited to see the accepted pieces up at https://www.havehashad.com/ in the next week. Aaron and Crow have advised that these works should start…
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On August 19th, during the literary journal HAD’s fifth anniversary submission call, the editors announced: “If anyone guesses the exact number of submissions we’ll get, we’ll let you guest edit a call.” Tanya Žilinskas and I both guessed 537, the closest guess of anyone by a long shot, thereby winning the prize of co-hosting a…
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In the immortal words of Cady Heron, “It’s October 3rd.” And that means that Pinhole Poetry published their Issue 4.3 today, featuring works by twenty-five different contributors, including yours truly. My poem “Where the kittens hide” appears on the fifth page, and I couldn’t be more pleased to see it there. This little piece was…
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If you’re tired of hunting around for my infinitely witty posts on Bluesky and/or Mastodon, then friend have I got great news for you! I’ve created a new spot for News on this very site, and it’s called “News.” Your one-stop shop for all news related to J. L. Yocum. As a teaser for a…