Jake Reynolds
@jakeareynolds.bsky.social
Poet. Author of We Both Say (2026, Broken Sleep Books). Bio doesn't even rhyme. www.jarpoetry.com
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Jake Reynolds
@jakeareynolds.bsky.social
· Jul 18
News I very much did not expect. Delighted that We Both Say has been selected as the Autumn '26 pamphlet choice by the Poetry Book Society!
Nia Archives robbed!!
October 22, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Nia Archives robbed!!
Hooray for Anne Carson! Maybe later today I'll unbox and unfold Nox and let it devastate me all over again. It must have been 7 or 8 years now so perhaps I am ready
October 8, 2026 at 11:11 AM
Hooray for Anne Carson! Maybe later today I'll unbox and unfold Nox and let it devastate me all over again. It must have been 7 or 8 years now so perhaps I am ready
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It seems oddly fitting to read these 2 fine books from @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social in a dimly lit pub, forgetting a looming appointment... I particularly recommend @jakeareynolds.bsky.social
's dream-like journeys & G B Clarkson's imagined holiday with George Eliot!
's dream-like journeys & G B Clarkson's imagined holiday with George Eliot!
September 23, 2026 at 12:28 PM
It seems oddly fitting to read these 2 fine books from @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social in a dimly lit pub, forgetting a looming appointment... I particularly recommend @jakeareynolds.bsky.social
's dream-like journeys & G B Clarkson's imagined holiday with George Eliot!
's dream-like journeys & G B Clarkson's imagined holiday with George Eliot!
If you're in Norwich and are a literary translator/are interested in literary translation/know NOTHING but are curious, this from @writerscentre.bsky.social looks a good way to spend a Wednesday evening in a couple of weeks. More info/book here: nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/events/itd-2...
September 2, 2026 at 10:16 AM
If you're in Norwich and are a literary translator/are interested in literary translation/know NOTHING but are curious, this from @writerscentre.bsky.social looks a good way to spend a Wednesday evening in a couple of weeks. More info/book here: nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/events/itd-2...
News I very much did not expect. Delighted that We Both Say has been selected as the Autumn '26 pamphlet choice by the Poetry Book Society!
July 18, 2026 at 11:45 AM
News I very much did not expect. Delighted that We Both Say has been selected as the Autumn '26 pamphlet choice by the Poetry Book Society!
The Madonna album. Actually great!! nice
July 3, 2026 at 9:54 PM
The Madonna album. Actually great!! nice
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Long shot, but are there any Literature academics out there who would be willing to part with their print copy of the journal English from Spring 2025? It's the special issue I edited on poetry archives, but it is proving very difficult to obtain an extra copy from the publisher...
July 1, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Long shot, but are there any Literature academics out there who would be willing to part with their print copy of the journal English from Spring 2025? It's the special issue I edited on poetry archives, but it is proving very difficult to obtain an extra copy from the publisher...
Genuinely the first paragraph of a Guardian review of... a TV show by Larry David
June 27, 2026 at 11:34 AM
Genuinely the first paragraph of a Guardian review of... a TV show by Larry David
This new Bedouine album. Yes please!
June 13, 2026 at 11:45 AM
This new Bedouine album. Yes please!
Out now 🗣️🗣️
Thank you @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social @godzillakent.bsky.social for publishing this & for believing in it
Thank you to anyone who has/might/will spend their hard-earned money on this little book. It blows my mind that anyone would & I hope v much you find something in it that you like
Thank you @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social @godzillakent.bsky.social for publishing this & for believing in it
Thank you to anyone who has/might/will spend their hard-earned money on this little book. It blows my mind that anyone would & I hope v much you find something in it that you like
May 31, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Out now 🗣️🗣️
Thank you @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social @godzillakent.bsky.social for publishing this & for believing in it
Thank you to anyone who has/might/will spend their hard-earned money on this little book. It blows my mind that anyone would & I hope v much you find something in it that you like
Thank you @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social @godzillakent.bsky.social for publishing this & for believing in it
Thank you to anyone who has/might/will spend their hard-earned money on this little book. It blows my mind that anyone would & I hope v much you find something in it that you like
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We Both Say maps a long-distance relationship across difference, distance, & the interference of the world's crises. The poems move between letters, storms, & time zones, finding in the gap between two people a space intimate & politically charged
www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page...
www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page...
May 20, 2026 at 3:41 PM
We Both Say maps a long-distance relationship across difference, distance, & the interference of the world's crises. The poems move between letters, storms, & time zones, finding in the gap between two people a space intimate & politically charged
www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page...
www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page...
Rumours that my book is still set to come out at the end of the month, and that author copies arrived today, are devastatingly true
www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page...
www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page...
May 13, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Rumours that my book is still set to come out at the end of the month, and that author copies arrived today, are devastatingly true
www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page...
www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page...
A pleasure to be joining this wonderful lineup on May 29th for the online @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social May launch. Pay-what-you-want tix available here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/broken-sle...
May 7, 2026 at 9:31 AM
A pleasure to be joining this wonderful lineup on May 29th for the online @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social May launch. Pay-what-you-want tix available here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/broken-sle...
poem idea: start every line with "Richard Dawkins concludes" and basically it's just a litany of things that make him sound deeply friendless
May 5, 2026 at 7:00 PM
poem idea: start every line with "Richard Dawkins concludes" and basically it's just a litany of things that make him sound deeply friendless
My first book, We Both Say, will be out in the world on May 31st. Pre-order here: www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page... While you're there, have a browse & grab something else. There are few publishers where there truly is something for everyone, but @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social is one of them
April 30, 2026 at 6:22 PM
My first book, We Both Say, will be out in the world on May 31st. Pre-order here: www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page... While you're there, have a browse & grab something else. There are few publishers where there truly is something for everyone, but @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social is one of them
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My first book of poems, We Both Say, is out on May 31st with the good folks at @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social. You can pre-order it right now: www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page...
April 9, 2026 at 4:37 PM
My first book of poems, We Both Say, is out on May 31st with the good folks at @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social. You can pre-order it right now: www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page...
My first book of poems, We Both Say, is out on May 31st with the good folks at @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social. You can pre-order it right now: www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page...
April 9, 2026 at 4:37 PM
My first book of poems, We Both Say, is out on May 31st with the good folks at @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social. You can pre-order it right now: www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page...
new Geese song 'Taxes' is great
July 16, 2025 at 5:12 PM
new Geese song 'Taxes' is great
Very happy to have a new poem, 'Someone You Know and Someone You Don't', in the latest issue of @poetrybrum.bsky.social, which is full of treats and can (and should) be bought from their website
May 16, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Very happy to have a new poem, 'Someone You Know and Someone You Don't', in the latest issue of @poetrybrum.bsky.social, which is full of treats and can (and should) be bought from their website
Happily, I passed my viva with minor corrections yesterday afternoon and am now the sort of doctor who will be of no use at all if you're, say, bleeding out on a plane.
Thank you to my supervisors Tiffany Atkinson & Jeremy Noel-Tod, and examiners Luke Kennard & Holly Corfield Carr!
Thank you to my supervisors Tiffany Atkinson & Jeremy Noel-Tod, and examiners Luke Kennard & Holly Corfield Carr!
April 30, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Happily, I passed my viva with minor corrections yesterday afternoon and am now the sort of doctor who will be of no use at all if you're, say, bleeding out on a plane.
Thank you to my supervisors Tiffany Atkinson & Jeremy Noel-Tod, and examiners Luke Kennard & Holly Corfield Carr!
Thank you to my supervisors Tiffany Atkinson & Jeremy Noel-Tod, and examiners Luke Kennard & Holly Corfield Carr!
World Poetry Day seems as good a time as any to announce that my debut pamphlet of poetry will be published by
@brokensleepbooks.bsky.social in 2026 📖
@brokensleepbooks.bsky.social in 2026 📖
March 21, 2025 at 2:24 PM
World Poetry Day seems as good a time as any to announce that my debut pamphlet of poetry will be published by
@brokensleepbooks.bsky.social in 2026 📖
@brokensleepbooks.bsky.social in 2026 📖
Excellent, I hate small talk. To me, every social interaction should open with something like this
February 13, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Excellent, I hate small talk. To me, every social interaction should open with something like this
Submitted a PhD today. If I was interesting enough to have haters, boy - what a bad day for them this would be. Or, depending on their hater ethos, a great day. Would the haters and I perhaps be on the same side today? Sadly, we'll never know
February 2, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Submitted a PhD today. If I was interesting enough to have haters, boy - what a bad day for them this would be. Or, depending on their hater ethos, a great day. Would the haters and I perhaps be on the same side today? Sadly, we'll never know
2025 is difficult
January 30, 2025 at 4:07 PM
2025 is difficult