
Donovan McAbee
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poet | songwriter | essayist | Holy the Body: poems, forthcoming @TxReviewPress, 2026 | work in @TIME @nytimes @TheSunMagazine @TheHudsonReview @gardenandgun
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“Music is there to open the door for the lyrics to walk through”—one of the many remarkable quotes from today’s interview with Grammy-nominated, IBMA-Award winning singer-songwriter, producer, and guitar aficionado, Thomm Jutz .


Obama: Imagine if I had done any of this. Imagine if I had pulled Fox News’ credentials from the White House press corps. Imagine if I had said to law firms that were representing parties that were upset with policies my administration had initiated, that you will not be allowed



Grateful for Harvard University's stance. We need deep-pocketed universities like Harvard and Princeton University to show up in a way that emboldens other leaders in higher ed. nytimes.com/2025/04/15/us/…

Loving this poem by Emily Skaja in the latest issue of The Poetry Review. The Poetry Society




Let’s see if I can lead an interesting conversation on Poetry’s Politics. With poets like these, I’m over halfway there… poetryintheboro MTSU Write


Read this ages back and loved it. Thanks for reposting The Paris Review Henri Cole

So happy for my friend Clay Stauffer on the publication of his new book by Abingdon Press. Pictured: Vince Gill peaking through the shrubbery. Somewhere beneath the jungle of plants, Clay and a Rascal Flatt, singular.







Grateful to have two poems from my forthcoming collection in the latest Bad Lilies issue. It’s such a great UK mag. Thanks Andrew Neilson and Kathryn Gray! Such a wonderful issue. badlilies.uk/issue-twenty-1