M.R. Mandell
@mrmandell8.bsky.social
Poet with dogs. 🖤
Words in: Hayden’s Ferry | SWWIM | McNeese | Door Is A Jar | HAD | “Don't Worry About Me“ (Bottlecap Press). "The Last Girl” (Finishing Line Press).
Words in: Hayden’s Ferry | SWWIM | McNeese | Door Is A Jar | HAD | “Don't Worry About Me“ (Bottlecap Press). "The Last Girl” (Finishing Line Press).
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M.R. Mandell
@mrmandell8.bsky.social
· Nov 16
I wrote this poem a few days after my brother, Carey, passed earlier this year, & am in tears that @doorisajarmag not only published it, but sees it fit for a Pushcart nomination. I’m speechless, thankful, sure I’m being punked. Thank you @DoorIsAJarMag. 🖤
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Received this beauty the other day, which I’ll be diving into soon. Thanks again for the inscribed copy, @mrmandell8.bsky.social!
November 1, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Received this beauty the other day, which I’ll be diving into soon. Thanks again for the inscribed copy, @mrmandell8.bsky.social!
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My book is 5 weeks away, so today on my @owtk IG, I'm focusing on the 5th destination in Street Cats & Where to Find Them: New Orleans! Get away from Bourbon St and enter a colorful world of cared-for community cats—have a Hurricane w/ a side of cat hair!
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July 15, 2025 at 4:31 PM
My book is 5 weeks away, so today on my @owtk IG, I'm focusing on the 5th destination in Street Cats & Where to Find Them: New Orleans! Get away from Bourbon St and enter a colorful world of cared-for community cats—have a Hurricane w/ a side of cat hair!
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Last call for The Last Girl. 🖤
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July 14, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Last call for The Last Girl. 🖤
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Last call for The Last Girl. 💕
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July 14, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Last call for The Last Girl. 💕
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Ugh, Andrea Gibson. Gut punch. The world will miss her. 💔
July 14, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Ugh, Andrea Gibson. Gut punch. The world will miss her. 💔
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High Fives to our contributors who published elsewhere recently: Sherri Alms @amandagibsonauthor.bsky.social @debbiefeit.bsky.social @mrmandell8.bsky.social @ariannasmith.bsky.social @azaykova.bsky.social Jennifer Perrine. Find out what & where: fiveminutelit.com/newsletter
June 18, 2025 at 11:00 PM
High Fives to our contributors who published elsewhere recently: Sherri Alms @amandagibsonauthor.bsky.social @debbiefeit.bsky.social @mrmandell8.bsky.social @ariannasmith.bsky.social @azaykova.bsky.social Jennifer Perrine. Find out what & where: fiveminutelit.com/newsletter
Thank you @havehashad.com 🖤💀🖤
started by Saturday morning with a little game of RANDOM! (www.havehashad.com/hadposts/ran...) and got this stunner from @mrmandell8.bsky.social
"Quit my family to survive. Go to therapy.
Stay in therapy. Call the police
when my brother sold cocaine. Forgive
my mother. Forgive my father."
"Quit my family to survive. Go to therapy.
Stay in therapy. Call the police
when my brother sold cocaine. Forgive
my mother. Forgive my father."
Self-Portrait in Things My Sisters Told Me Not to Do, but I Did Anyway by M.R. Mandell
Dye my hair black. Walk alone
after dark. Run away from home.
Never go back. Live in the city.
Squeeze into that leather miniskirt.
Wear eyeliner to bed. Sleep with
the windows open. Dr...
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June 14, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Thank you @havehashad.com 🖤💀🖤
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I'm so thrilled that Stanchion will make its New York City Poetry Festival debut this summer. Join Stanchion book authors & magazine contributors @theoriginalison.bsky.social @mrmandell8.bsky.social Lynne Schmidt & travis I. tate on Saturday July 12th at 5pm on The Algonquin Stage!
June 13, 2025 at 12:06 PM
I'm so thrilled that Stanchion will make its New York City Poetry Festival debut this summer. Join Stanchion book authors & magazine contributors @theoriginalison.bsky.social @mrmandell8.bsky.social Lynne Schmidt & travis I. tate on Saturday July 12th at 5pm on The Algonquin Stage!
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NEW FROM FINISHING LINE PRESS: The Last Girl by M.R. Mandell
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In The Last Girl, M.R. Mandell’s sophomore chapbook, she tells stories of abandonment, and survival. #poetry #betrayal #sexualabuse #survival #lastgirl #abandonment #survival #hope
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In The Last Girl, M.R. Mandell’s sophomore chapbook, she tells stories of abandonment, and survival. #poetry #betrayal #sexualabuse #survival #lastgirl #abandonment #survival #hope
May 27, 2025 at 5:07 PM
NEW FROM FINISHING LINE PRESS: The Last Girl by M.R. Mandell
On SALE: www.finishinglinepress.com/product/the-...
In The Last Girl, M.R. Mandell’s sophomore chapbook, she tells stories of abandonment, and survival. #poetry #betrayal #sexualabuse #survival #lastgirl #abandonment #survival #hope
On SALE: www.finishinglinepress.com/product/the-...
In The Last Girl, M.R. Mandell’s sophomore chapbook, she tells stories of abandonment, and survival. #poetry #betrayal #sexualabuse #survival #lastgirl #abandonment #survival #hope
She’s here. Preorder,
if you wish. 🖤
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if you wish. 🖤
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May 12, 2025 at 4:23 PM
She’s here. Preorder,
if you wish. 🖤
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#poetrycommunity
if you wish. 🖤
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We are running low on heart breaks. Would love to see some more general subs - share a photo of an object that represents your heart break and up to 50 words.
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Broken Hearts Gallery Literary
We’ve all been there. Somewhere along your path in life someone or something has broken your heart, and maybe like me, you’ve held onto the detritus left in its wake. If so, this is the…
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May 9, 2025 at 4:52 PM
We are running low on heart breaks. Would love to see some more general subs - share a photo of an object that represents your heart break and up to 50 words.
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Launched our May heartbreaks with a beautiful piece from @mrmandell8.bsky.social. check it outnover at IG @brokenheartsliterary. General subs are open through May 15, then we're looking for music-themed pieces through the end of the month! melissafloresandersonwrites.com/broken-heart...
May 6, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Launched our May heartbreaks with a beautiful piece from @mrmandell8.bsky.social. check it outnover at IG @brokenheartsliterary. General subs are open through May 15, then we're looking for music-themed pieces through the end of the month! melissafloresandersonwrites.com/broken-heart...
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A NEW round of shout-outs is up on our Substack: wildroofjournal.substack.com/p/saturday-s...
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Saturday Shout-Out ~ May 3, 2025
Share your recently published work with the WRJ community
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May 5, 2025 at 4:10 PM
She’s rolling!
My new poem
in @swwim.bsky.social. 🛼
Thank you to the
@swwim.bsky.social
team. 💕
#poetrycommunity
#rollergirl
#olivianewtonjohn
My new poem
in @swwim.bsky.social. 🛼
Thank you to the
@swwim.bsky.social
team. 💕
#poetrycommunity
#rollergirl
#olivianewtonjohn
May 1, 2025 at 3:24 PM
She’s rolling!
My new poem
in @swwim.bsky.social. 🛼
Thank you to the
@swwim.bsky.social
team. 💕
#poetrycommunity
#rollergirl
#olivianewtonjohn
My new poem
in @swwim.bsky.social. 🛼
Thank you to the
@swwim.bsky.social
team. 💕
#poetrycommunity
#rollergirl
#olivianewtonjohn
April 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
New poem in @stanchion.bsky.social
Thank you, Jeff. 🖤
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Thank you, Jeff. 🖤
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April 19, 2025 at 11:19 PM
New poem in @stanchion.bsky.social
Thank you, Jeff. 🖤
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#writingcommunity
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Thank you, Jeff. 🖤
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#writingcommunity
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She sighed into the phone. “You are not having a miscarriage. Go back to bed.” —"Not My Doctor" by @mrmandell8.bsky.social in case you missed it
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April 19, 2025 at 11:00 AM
She sighed into the phone. “You are not having a miscarriage. Go back to bed.” —"Not My Doctor" by @mrmandell8.bsky.social in case you missed it
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April 13, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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This new press run really is beautiful! Check the print chaps from @publishedbyjake.bsky.social.
April 6, 2025 at 9:46 PM
This new press run really is beautiful! Check the print chaps from @publishedbyjake.bsky.social.
Have a dark little piece
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Please support this awesome
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in issue 18 of @stanchionzine.
Please support this awesome
indie press, pre-order your copy. 🖤
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Stanchion Magazine Issue 18 | Stanchion
This is a pre-order for Issue 18 of Stanchion Magazine. This issue will be published and shipped directly to you in late April 2025. You'll enjoy 92 elegantly uncoated pages full of short stories, poe...
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April 6, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Have a dark little piece
in issue 18 of @stanchionzine.
Please support this awesome
indie press, pre-order your copy. 🖤
#poetrycommunity
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in issue 18 of @stanchionzine.
Please support this awesome
indie press, pre-order your copy. 🖤
#poetrycommunity
#stanchionzine
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There's a stellar new Elegant Variation from @kawalker.bsky.social coming your way at 9am ET tomorrow!
Stay tuned to www.stanchionzine.com/elegantvaria... every Monday morning for fresh original poetry & prose!
Stay tuned to www.stanchionzine.com/elegantvaria... every Monday morning for fresh original poetry & prose!
April 6, 2025 at 4:02 PM
There's a stellar new Elegant Variation from @kawalker.bsky.social coming your way at 9am ET tomorrow!
Stay tuned to www.stanchionzine.com/elegantvaria... every Monday morning for fresh original poetry & prose!
Stay tuned to www.stanchionzine.com/elegantvaria... every Monday morning for fresh original poetry & prose!
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This was….five months ago
April 2, 2025 at 11:49 PM
This was….five months ago
April 4, 2025 at 1:54 AM