John Wall Barger

Poet, editor. He/him.
Resurrection Pie (LSU Press, @lsupress, 2026).
Contract editor, @frontenachouse.
Poetry Director, The Doorway Effect (artist retreat)

[John Wall Barger @johnwallbarger]

The Lynch book I edited can now be pre-ordered: https://t.co/w8hE7W03ZP

Thanks @lsupress & poet-essayists: James Arthur, @ekduende, George Elliott Clarke, John Beer, Rebecca Aronson, Zach Savich, @MichelineMaylor, Stephanie Bolster, Eric Shoemaker,Adrienne Su, @aliner,Tom Healy

[John Wall Barger @johnwallbarger]

YES, Anne Carson won the Nobel!!

Here's one of my faves by her: “Short Talk on the Mona Lisa”

[John Wall Barger @johnwallbarger]

Our artist retreat is getting some good traction. 🎉People have been applying, wooot!! I can't wait for next June in Portugal. 🇵🇹🇵🇹

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This interdisciplinary treat for poets & composer offers workshops, performances, individual mentorships, and more in Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugual. Join John Wall Barger, Thomas Weaver, Tim Fitts, and Tammy Ho next June for The Doorway Effect. Scholarships available! Deadline: January 15.
https://t.co/o50YeZnfRq

#poets #writingretreat

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@aliner Yesss, and A propos de Nice

[John Wall Barger @johnwallbarger]

@phillipcrymble Sadly, no! But I read at the Shop in May with Ross and had a great time

[John Wall Barger @johnwallbarger]

Annie Dillard 💔

[Amanda Fortini @amandafortini]

Annie Dillard, hero to so many of us writers.

[Alina Stefanescu @aliner]

Ecstatic to be part of this David Lynch anthology edited by John Wall Barger and forthcoming from @lsupress 🫀

https://t.co/SSptGA3o8K

[Alina Stefanescu @aliner]

Finally the pleasure of this poetry is mine. 🖤

[John Wall Barger @johnwallbarger]

@biancastone I've been reading Black Sun! It's so good

[John Wall Barger @johnwallbarger]

I like how Zen overlaps with the language of poetry. Poetry isn't therapy, but can have a cathartic component, and a spiritual side.

I wrote an essay about Zen and Chase Twichell and the director Antonioni, for @GuernicaMag. Grateful to the editors.

https://t.co/sqiPPHhzyE

[LSU Press @lsupress]

The Seaboard Review of Books recently interviewed two LSU Press authors: Bill Hardwig about "How Cormac Works," and @johnwallbarger about "Resurrection Pie."

Check out the convo with John here: https://t.co/AQH5H4nIWT
And the convo with Bill here: https://t.co/CwTnyKsJOI

[Bianca Stone @biancastone]

Today in New Orleans
#NOPF 🎭 @RuthStoneHouse
New Approaches in Memory and Desire: A Ruth Stone House Reading | New Orleans Poetry Festival https://t.co/SRJgsdRWug

[John Wall Barger @johnwallbarger]

I had fun reading with Rae Armantrout and the Russian translator and poet Ian Probstein, at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library in downtown New York City.

[John Wall Barger @johnwallbarger]

@PWB_writer1 I love BC! I went to Simon Fraser. If you invite me, I can try to come later in the year.

[John Wall Barger @johnwallbarger]

Updated tour poster!! Excited to be adding a few extra dates in Canada 🎉

[John Wall Barger @johnwallbarger]

Thanks to @TheIvyBookshop for hosting a reading by Hillary Gonzalez and me on Sunday afternoon. A lovely event!

[Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders]

Trump is now attacking the Pope for speaking out against war while posting images of himself as a messianic figure.

This is not only offensive. It is deranged, egomaniacal behavior.

When will Republicans in Congress stop blindly following this dangerous and unhinged man?