John Wall Barger

It's publication day for my new book! Thanks @lsupress for helping me create this good looking object! #newbook #poetry

Grateful to @clereviewbooks for publishing my essay, "The Abyss of Fascism"!

"Lacan’s Real is not the stories and laws which we think make up reality, but the raw void that appears when those stories and laws collapse. An abyss just out of reach, forever." "The Abyss of Fascism", @johnwallbarger clereviewofbooks.com/the-abyss-of-f…

"The scorching darkness underneath fascism is due, at least in part, to the way fascism replaces human beings with abstractions: race, purity, nation, rules." - @johnwallbarger

If anyone would like a review copy of Resurrection Pie (to write a review, do an interview, etc), let me know! @lsupress #review #poetrylovers

My box of Resurrection Pies has arrived in Vermont! Would you like a signed copy? DM me and I'd be happy to drop one in the mail for you! (I also have copies of earlier books, The Elephant of Silence, The Mean Game ...) 🥳 #newbook #poetrylovers

AWP book haul!!!

I’m reading tonight in Baltimore!

Hey hey if you’re AWP I’ll be signing copies of my new book resurrection pie at the @lsupress table at 1:30 PM today wooooooooo

I'm going to be busy at AWP this year but I'm super excited. If you're nearby any of these events, come and say hi! 🥳 (I was inspired by Senge rubbing his face grotesquely against my computer the other night 😂)

@biancastone Wooot! Congrats 🎉

"I do not know what I hold more clearly in my mind: the pain of what I can never have, or the pain of knowing I have its equivalence, which is a shocking contrast, a kind of magnificent reality." aprweb.org/issue-index/20… buy issue for all poems🖤 honored to be among these poets

Thankful for these generous words from Zach Savich about my new poetry book, Resurrection Pie. Out in two weeks! Preorders here: lsupress.org/9780807186060/… #poetry #newbook

It was a real pleasure to interview film critic A.S. Hamrah @hamrahrama about "Escape from End Times Cinema" at Dartmouth. Grateful that he came

I’ll be doing a public talk at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire this Wednesday at 4:30pm.

I'll be interviewing film critic A.S. Hamrah @hamrahrama on Wednesday at 4:30pm at Dartmouth, about the current state of cinema and also his two new books (Last Week in End Times Cinema, and Algorithm of the Night) which are great.

The brilliant @MichelineMaylor on @FrontenacHouse: "... Canada has its own literary voice distinct from its [British] foundations ... and distinct from our America friends. We must. We have different concerns, values, and culture, distinct from both behemoths that flank us"

Honored by these generous words from @MatthewOlzmann about my new poetry book, Resurrection Pie. Out in one month. Preorders here: lsupress.org/9780807186060/… #poetry #newbook

I'm extremely grateful to Daisy Fried for her kind words about my new book

RIP Béla Tarr

Here's something super cool I get to put on the back cover of my forthcoming book, which comes out in March 2026. Giant thanks to Shane McCrae