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Joni Tevis

@JoniTevis

Writer, teacher, enthusiast. Check out The World Is On Fire: Scrap, Treasure, & Songs of Apocalypse (@Milkweed_Books).

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Joined March 2015
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Friends, I am so humbled and happy about this. So grateful to @GeorgiaReview for giving this essay a fantastic edit & a delightful home!
Furman University News (@FurmanNews) profile pictureFurman University News@FurmanNews20 Sep 2022
Joni Tevis has won a second @PushcartPrize, this time for a personal essay she wrote about #hazing and its consequences. The essay appeared in @GeorgiaReview. tinyurl.com/2ft2wyfu @FurmanU @FSUAlumni @floridastate @UHouston @UH_News
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Thank you tree crews, power crews, line crews. Thank you for all of your good work!
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This is how you summer. Gin rummy, a cold river, & @EL_DIAGRAM
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Yn the Temple of Love Shack Bring yower juke box moneye Yn the Temple of Love Shack Hop yn my car Yn the Temple of Love Shack Just a funkye litel place Yn the Temple of Love Shack Tin roof will rust
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.@JoniTevis is haunted by an abandoned camp and a “feral” broken mirror. A Halloween week read, right here. buff.ly/49eyS87
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Friends, I'm stepping away from Twitter, maybe for good. DM me your email address & let's stay in touch. Peace & love, y'all!
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What can I say? @jdblibrary brings the smokin' Halloween punch on a Monday morning! Whoo!
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Spydere Man, Spydere Man Doth al things a spydere kan Sondry webbes he kan weaven Thieves lyke flyes he kan cacchen Lo! anon cometh Spydere Man
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Congratulations, Laura!! What wonderful news!!!
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Y'all, thank you for the kind words today!! Joy & appreciation on this sunny Monday from me.
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@JoniTevis is amazing! You have GOT to check out her latest. I’ve read it twice and it just stays with me, thegeorgiareview.com/posts/i…
If Your Dreams Don’t Scare You - The Georgia Review

If Your Dreams Don’t Scare You - The Georgia Review

Initiation I don’t remember what they called that night. Someone drove us to a house off campus. Someone blindfolded us. Someone lined us up around the perimeter of a pool. They made us practice...

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"She must have seen something she recognized in the spider. How every night she spins herself a home, and every dawn destroys it." I just discovered @JoniTevis (thanks, @cassmannes!) and I can't stop thinking about this essay. lithub.com/what-looks-like-m…
What Looks Like Mad Disorder: The Sarah Winchester House

What Looks Like Mad Disorder: The Sarah Winchester House


San Jose, California Midnight, she knew, tasted of bitter water but smelled good as damp dirt. The dark hours had taught her that as she’d slid from room to room. A big house creates its own sink o…

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Writing blurbs is unsung labor, and yet we all depend on it. I sing this labor! I say thank you to all!
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& here's a great blurb by @liapurpura
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Shout-out to folks writing great blurbs! I loved this one by @MKDorDiggsy on THE HUM IN HUMAN @MainStreetRag
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Shout-out time!
For you
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I must brag! Brendan took my class once upon a time at the U of MN! & I always love reading what he writes. Of @MoonPalaceBooks: "I don’t know if there’s a bookstore anywhere that better reflects its community and neighbors."
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Dateline: Carrabelle Beach, FL. One of my favorite haunts back in my FSU days and still pretty sweet indeed
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So happy to see @julietpatterson's newest reviewed in @NewYorker! Friends, do yourselves a favor and read this powerful memoir. cc @Milkweed_Books
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Folks, do yourselves a favor & preorder this wonderful book from the excellent @matthewvollmer & @HubCityPress. IT IS SO GOOD!!
Hub City Press (@HubCityPress) profile pictureHub City Press@HubCityPress3 Oct 2022
Grateful to @JoniTevis for this lovely blurb in support of ALL OF US TOGETHER IN THE END! Preorder your copy at hubcity.org/allofus!
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Doing good work with a chainsaw! Thank you, friend!
Glenn Smith (@glennsmith5) profile pictureGlenn Smith@glennsmith530 Sep 2022
Kieran Holloway, 25, of Columbia drove around Charleston during and after the storm helping people and “trying to add value to the community.” Here he is at Colonial Lake removing limbs from a fallen tree that were blocking the road 👏
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