Writer: "PLACES I'VE TAKEN MY BODY" & "THE VIRGINIA STATE COLONY..." Co-author: "IN THE FIELD BETWEEN US" with @snevison. MFA CW director at @UWArtsSciences
Norfolk, VA
Joined January 2009
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October, I’m dragging the dog away from perfect birds
lifeless on the pavement.
—Molly McCully Brown
poets.org/poem/virginia-autu…
What a gift to share that Lit Hub has featured my @Image_Journal essay on attention, the mystery of poems & silos, and the responsibility of working to attune ourselves to wonder, even and especially when the world is hard—
It's one I'm always working at. Keep Looking:
“I hope I can look long and hard enough to let the mess and the mystery break my heart.” @mmccullybrown on the power of poetry to sustain our spirits.
lithub.com/finding-your-way-…
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One major reason I like to write poetry is that I can be insane there. In fact, it's better if I'm insane
“…things / that can’t move / learn to see…”
October, again, and the world is hard, and drenched in sunshine. Thinking of you today, LG. Still learning from you; still looking for you everywhere.
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I really love Jack Gilbert's poems for their quietness. I wish there could be more future Jack Gilbert poems.
I couldn't be any more thrilled and deeply honored to share this news. I'm so excited for the chapter—and all the conversations— ahead at @Image_Journal !
Introducing our new editor in chief, Molly McCully Brown!
Read our announcement—including a letter from Molly—on our website: imagejournal.org/2024-eic-an…
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It’s the 4 month birthday of my collection ATTACHMENTS! Making eye contact, starting to laugh! Thx to everyone who’s read, reviewed, chatted on podcasts, and particularly @huahsu who extended the kind of thoughtfulness a writer dreams of in @NewYorker
newyorker.com/books/under-re…
Molly McCully Brown retweeted
I wrote another book ✨It’s about climate grief, the failures of language during our age of climate catastrophe, and the art of memorial. Part of @transitbooks UNDELIVERED LECTURE SERIES, it’s out in Feb 2025. Preorder it pls?
bookshop.org/p/books/immemor…
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Wondering what it’s like to publish a collection with your bestie? Peep the link below for our interview with poets Susannah Nevison & Molly McCully Brown to see how they published In The Field Between Us.
telltellpoetry.com/poets-sus…
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If you are in a writing program and you're starting classes this week please remember you are all in it for a shared purpose and the clearest line of communication is perceived love. Assume the best of intentions amongst your peers.
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Plz start the weekend right by reading this excerpt from ATTACHMENTS in @esquire many people are saying I'm the Gay Talese of dads on the internet
esquire.com/lifestyle/a60468…
Molly McCully Brown retweeted
Hey #OAH24! The Outstanding Dissertation in Disability History prize is now open for submissions!
Visit go.illinois.edu/DisabilityHi… for submission guidelines.
#DisabilityStudies #DisabilityTwitter #DisabilityHistory #dishist
cc: @The_OAH @DisabilityHistr
Molly McCully Brown retweeted
We write today with extraordinary good news: since our Feb 8 announcement, we've seen an overwhelming show of support. We heard from friends we knew about, but also from friends we didn’t know we had. As a result, we’re not suspending operations after all. Read more on our site.
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Hey ATTACHMENTS got a starred review from the good people at @KirkusReviews and now that review is up! Very grateful for this one!
kirkusreviews.com/book-revie…
Molly McCully Brown retweeted
My essay in @TIMEIdeas talks about how my OCD first got tangled up in America's gun violence problem in the 80s, and why neither the OCD nor our nation's obsession with guns has relented in the decades since.
One way or another, we're in this together.
time.com/6696791/ocd-america…
I am so, so excited for these essays to reach the world!
Shamelessly stealing this from IG because @mmccullybrown is one of my favorite writers and people, and to be read like this by her is really wonderful
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With folks questioning @Beyonce as a country artist, it’s a good moment to revisit this epic @NewYorker profile of the amazing @RhiannonGiddens & how thru a “bizarre warping of American cultural memory,” we have forgotten that country music has Black roots newyorker.com/magazine/2019/…
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“At its best, an MFA program can be…a place to witness people forging all kinds of shapes for language and a writer’s life, imagining a whole host of ways their art might go to work in the world.” @mmccullybrown on reading and being read by others: at.pw.org/SeptOct2023
I can't remember the last time I took an actual vacation, or made it back to Mississippi (!) But I just booked 5 days home in Oxford June 14th-19th! I can hardly wait to see this view (@SquareBooks!) and so many faces I love! Let's make plans, Oxford!?
Southern poets working on a first or second book: You've *officially* got one week to submit your ms to the New Southern Voices prize. The folks at @HubCityPress do amazing work, and I'm so honored to be judging this year— Submit! Submit!
Just about a week left to send us your poetry collection for the New Southern Voices Poetry Prize! Our judge this year is Molly McCully Brown (@mmccullybrown)
Read our guidelines and submit your work at hubcity.org/newsouthernvoice….
