Bethany Jarmul

Suburban Souls

We observe families of deer nibbling sprouts and delivery men stacking packages on porches. We smell the earth after a rainstorm mingled with our neighbors’ smo...
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Bethany Jarmul

Bethany Jarmul is the author of two chapbooks and one poetry collection—This Strange and Wonderful Existence (poetry chapbook, Bottlecap Press, 2023), Take Me Home (nonfiction chapbook, Belle Point Press, 2024), and Lightning is a Mother (poetry collection, ELJ Editions, 2025). Her writing was selected for Best Spiritual Literature 2023, nominated for The Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net, Best Small Fictions, and Wigleaf Top 50. She lives near Pittsburgh. Connect with her at bethanyjarmul.com or on social media: @BethanyJarmul.