Poet Laureate of Louisiana, 2017-2019. Direct CW program @oursoutheastern & edit @LALiterature. Fmr CFL analyst for CTVMontreal.ca, CFL.ca, and ProPlayers.ca.
Hammond, LA
Joined February 2009
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So, thanks to @blackboughpoems there are now two non-smiley poet pics of me on the planet, taken three decades apart. Only lesson I can pass on: 30 years of hope and joy can flat wear out a man’s looks! 😂
Morning must-read from @JoseHernandezDz in @BulbRegion. 🙌🏻👇🏻
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You were going to share this, right?
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Don't miss a plastic pumpkin full of links at NVR, including @DanaGioiaPoet on Nosferatu, @Katie_Dozier on Poe, @ae_stallings on wrath, and @famous_letter on Annie Dillard. Also poems by @PoetForest @jackbedell @CatholicFoodie @dacooperpoet @s_e_ashbach and others!
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ICYMI, take a very close look. 🔍
In #125 we welcome back Jack B. Bedell (@jackbedell) with one from his series of micro mysteries based on Frances Glessner Lee’s crime dioramas. Zoom in for detail—check out “Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death - Log Cabin, 1942.” Cheers, Jack! 🍸
hawkeyemag.com/stories/bedel…
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Here’s the last poem I wrote about my father who died this past March. Thank you to @MarkDanowsky for publishing this poem, & two others about mark Rothko, today in @OneArtPoetry1. Click here to read all 3 poems: oneartpoetry.com/2026/10/18/…
Stoked to have a new one from my Nutshell series up at @hawkeye today. Huge thanks to the Hawkeye for giving this one the perfect home! 🙌🏻 hawkeyemag.com/stories/bedel…
Always a great morning when you’ve got new work up at @HAWKEYE_mag ! 👇🏻
In #125 we welcome back Jack B. Bedell (@jackbedell) with one from his series of micro mysteries based on Frances Glessner Lee’s crime dioramas. Zoom in for detail—check out “Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death - Log Cabin, 1942.” Cheers, Jack! 🍸
hawkeyemag.com/stories/bedel…
Stoked to have two new poems up at @apehousemag today! The first is based on a photo by @frankrelle. apehousemagazine.substack.co…
Really grateful to have these new poems up at @apehousemag today! Huge thanks to @damon_hubbs for giving these a great home.
Today in the Ape House: Two Poems by Jack B. Bedell @jackbedell
Read it on the stack apehousemagazine.substack.co…
Stoked to have a poem in the new mini issue of @bloominonionlit alongside five fantastic writers! 👇🏻
thebloominonion.com/diatribe…
Super grateful to have a poem in this mini issue of @bloominonionlit ! 👇🏻
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It’s time to find some really good words to be part of Some Words Anniversary Week.
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Lots of good work coming out in October! The Lil’ Onions mini issue drops Oct 10, then features return starting Oct 13. You won’t want to miss it!
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Dodo Eraser reading #11 is now available. Featuring:
@catkinspoet
@jackbedell
@justin_karcher
@caitlinowriter
@abbisynths
@JoshShepard
🦤
dodoeraser.org/readings/
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Grateful to have three poems in the fall issue of Amsterdam Review— among so many writers and artists I admire. And "here" is one of the poems which dissolves in the process of acrosting. :)
And Here be the link to this issue itself - amsterdamreview.org
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ICYMI, I have three essays in Bulb Region today. I write essays about poetry now. They’re not really about poetry. Well, they are about poetry, but also they’re not about poetry. I don’t know. You should read them.
I have three short essays about poetry — which are, of course, about more than just poetry — up today at @BulbRegion. I’m now like 50 essays deep in this project so it’s cool to revisit the early ones & be like “oh, these used to actually make sense.”
bulbregion.com/Short-Essays-…
