Daphne Daugherty

Gamer. Ph.D. candidate at UW-Milwaukee. English Instructor. Cat lady. She/her. More than likely up to no good.

[Daphne Daugherty @TangibleDaphne]

I'm not on this platform much these days, but I'm emerging from the ether to share this exciting news! It's my first Pushcart nomination so I'm pretty excited about it. And VERY honored.

[Michael Czyzniejewski @MCzyzniejewski]

Congrats to Shreya Fadia, @blukewilson, Patricia Q. Bidar, @audrakerrbrown, Daphne Dougherty, and Benjamin S. Grossberg, @MoonCityReview's 2024 nominees for the @PushcartPrize!

[Daphne Daugherty @TangibleDaphne]

Update: the very next day was THIS nonsense.

[Daphne Daugherty @TangibleDaphne]

Listen if anybody tells you they got the purple category on today’s NYT Connections without it just being process of elimination, they are lying to you. No exceptions. #NYTConnections #WTFWyna

[Daphne Daugherty @TangibleDaphne]

I avoided watching T2 for all these years because y’all had me thinking Edward Furlong was completely insufferable but like… he’s not any more annoying than your average preteen boy. I wasted all these years not having seen a great movie just because the kid is a kid? Boo.

[Daphne Daugherty @TangibleDaphne]

I just saw this turkey on campus at @UWM. You go, girl. Get that degree. Good luck on your finals.

[Daphne Daugherty @TangibleDaphne]

@deathbybadger I really misread this as referring to YOUR book and I was like… I really feel like I would remember a slutty werewolf in your bookseller memoir… 😂

[Daphne Daugherty @TangibleDaphne]

Just got my copy of @MoonCityReview 2024 with two of my poems in it. What a great start to spring break!

[Daphne Daugherty @TangibleDaphne]

Anyway I loved it. Also not for nothing but now if I were to die today, the answer to the question of “what was the last movie she saw in theaters before she died?” is no longer “Cats” and that allows me to sleep better at night.

[Daphne Daugherty @TangibleDaphne]

It’s probably going to get incredibly overlooked because it’s a fifth-film prequel to a YA series but seriously, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is incredible. I wish it didn’t have all the series baggage because it truly deserves more hype on its own.

[Daphne Daugherty @TangibleDaphne]

And it doesn’t go too far the other way either. He had a crossroads and he chose the villain path. You know why he picked it and his reasoning makes sense, but he’s still wrong and you still get to hate him. But he feels REAL.

[Daphne Daugherty @TangibleDaphne]

So I wrote a poem yesterday that’s based on The Big Lebowski and it’s called “The Dude Lies in a Bathtub Contemplating the Theoretical Loss of His Toe” and none of my usual poetry crowd has seen the movie so nobody will understand it lol

[Midwest vs. The Rest @midwestern_ope]

Stop talking trash about different Midwest states:

Minnesota is ICONIC

Wisconsin is INSPIRING

Illinois is MAGNIFICENT

Michigan is STELLAR

Ohio spelled out looks like a tractor

Iowa is CUTTING EDGE

[Daphne Daugherty @TangibleDaphne]

Just received an acceptance from @MoonCityReview for two of my poems to appear in their 2024 issue, so basically I feel like a rockstar.

[Daphne Daugherty @TangibleDaphne]

Academic folks--I'm preparing my job market materials. Do I need to use a service like Interfolio? Is it a red flag in applications if I just include, say, letters of rec in my own materials? Is it worth the fee to use Interfolio, regardless?

[Daphne Daugherty @TangibleDaphne]

@ask_aubry Any time a question starts with "we've only been dating two months" my immediate response is "dump him." Regardless of the actual question, if you're already needing an advice column that soon it's a big ol red flag.

[Daphne Daugherty @TangibleDaphne]

Anybody got a spare, uh... insmusmation to a site about having good weather?

[Tom Snarsky @TomSnarsky]

W. S. Merwin

[Daphne Daugherty @TangibleDaphne]

I always use the same starting word on Wordle. Today it paid off lol

Wordle 715 1/6

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[Daphne Daugherty @TangibleDaphne]

My life during the last three summers