Michal MJ Jones (they/he) 🍉

Poet | Glory’s Baba 👶🏽 | Author: HOOD VACATIONS, @BlackLawrence '23 | SOFT ARMOR, @NomadicPressOak ‘23 | Winner: @LambdaLiterary Award

[Michal MJ Jones (they/he) 🍉 @JustSayMJ]

being an editor is one of the greatest joys of my life. got a manuscript you’re on your way to finishing? work with me. i promise you i’m the sweetest.

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[Michal MJ Jones (they/he) 🍉 @JustSayMJ]

grateful to have these two vulnerable poems live in the latest issue of beestung mag, among great company 💕

https://t.co/cfYlJVYdTc

[Michal MJ Jones (they/he) 🍉 @JustSayMJ]

not there being an earthquake on earthquake drill day

[Michal MJ Jones (they/he) 🍉 @JustSayMJ]

i’s married now 💍

[Michal MJ Jones (they/he) 🍉 @JustSayMJ]

35 + 2 🥰

[Michal MJ Jones (they/he) 🍉 @JustSayMJ]

this likely sounds like madness to some, but i got some of my best writing done when G was a baby. i wasn't sleeping, anyway. looking forward to finishing some books when baby #2 is small!

[Michal MJ Jones (they/he) 🍉 @JustSayMJ]

@NebeolisaO actually hadn't, thank you!!!

[Michal MJ Jones (they/he) 🍉 @JustSayMJ]

y'all know of any craft talks or essays on ordering the manuscript?

[Michal MJ Jones (they/he) 🍉 @JustSayMJ]

gratitude to @splitlipthemag for publishing my poem, 'Of Shade' in their September issue

https://t.co/6wtYLPdNrj

[Dr. Maya C. Popa @MayaCPopa]

Mahmoud Darwish trans. by Mohammed Shaheen:

[Michal MJ Jones (they/he) 🍉 @JustSayMJ]

feeling so proud to have been among the finalists for the National Poetry Series this year! eager to read more from this group & huge congratulations to the winners ❣️

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[Michal MJ Jones (they/he) 🍉 @JustSayMJ]

seems appropriate to revisit on day 1 of #thesealeychallenge

[兔兒神 @chenchenwrites]

i hate being expected to always empathize with and extend grace to those who don’t see me as a person to begin with. to the point where i’m supposed to comfort *them* as they struggle to “listen” and “learn”

[Michal MJ Jones (they/he) 🍉 @JustSayMJ]

Andrea Gibson 💔💔💔💔

[Brittany Rogers (she/her) @brittanyroger_]

Third times the charm… 2025 Kresge Arts in Detroit Fellow!!

So excited to be in cohort with these brilliant folks ❤️

[Michal MJ Jones (they/he) 🍉 @JustSayMJ]

cookin something up!

RT to help me find queer & trans parents of color who are either 1) non-gestational or non-bio parents; 2) seahorse Papas; 3) trans women mamas; 4) drag parents!

[Michal MJ Jones (they/he) 🍉 @JustSayMJ]

🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

[Michal MJ Jones (they/he) 🍉 @JustSayMJ]

4x 😭

[Michal MJ Jones (they/he) 🍉 @JustSayMJ]

3x a finalist, my manuscript is always a bridesmaid, never the bride 😭😭

[Michal MJ Jones (they/he) 🍉 @JustSayMJ]

so grateful to share that i've received Sundress Academy for the Arts' Trans Writers Fellowship & will head to residency in September to finish my manuscript-in-progress. follow the link to learn more about the other awardees!
https://t.co/ijmL2ttoEl

[Michal MJ Jones (they/he) 🍉 @JustSayMJ]

4 months out, & i am so much better that my body can't even recall the level of suffering i was in. so, so grateful

[Michal MJ Jones (they/he) 🍉 @JustSayMJ]

4 days post op, surgery for stage 4 endometriosis. high pain, but good spirits.

[Michal MJ Jones (they/he) 🍉 @JustSayMJ]

not me looking up the tuition for a POC "residency" for it to be over $2K and ONLINE