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I found this comment regarding the poem in an interview with Brooks. Love what she said about the insinuation that she was copying Pound
January 30, 2026 at 10:45 PM
I found this comment regarding the poem in an interview with Brooks. Love what she said about the insinuation that she was copying Pound
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While independent bookstores are giving out free whistles, hosting protest sign making events, and donating proceeds to mutual aid, Amazon is *checks notes* providing technology that assists ICE in their terrorizing of communities.
Independent bookstores deserve your support. Amazon does not.
Independent bookstores deserve your support. Amazon does not.
January 27, 2026 at 5:07 PM
While independent bookstores are giving out free whistles, hosting protest sign making events, and donating proceeds to mutual aid, Amazon is *checks notes* providing technology that assists ICE in their terrorizing of communities.
Independent bookstores deserve your support. Amazon does not.
Independent bookstores deserve your support. Amazon does not.
I think a lot of politicians tell themselves, "If I make this one little compromise, I can climb up to the next rung of power, where I'll finally have the power to be uncompromising." And that's never how life works.
January 25, 2026 at 9:10 PM
I think a lot of politicians tell themselves, "If I make this one little compromise, I can climb up to the next rung of power, where I'll finally have the power to be uncompromising." And that's never how life works.
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the base has always pushed dems to fight harder
but this is different & i don't think dem leaders get that -- people are apocalyptically furious
but this is different & i don't think dem leaders get that -- people are apocalyptically furious
right now the floor for me is abolish ICE and put every agent on trial and the average elected democrat is like what if we told them to cut it out
January 22, 2026 at 3:55 AM
the base has always pushed dems to fight harder
but this is different & i don't think dem leaders get that -- people are apocalyptically furious
but this is different & i don't think dem leaders get that -- people are apocalyptically furious
This man is gazing toward a future we have not yet reached.
You may be cool but are you Nathaniel Old’s sunglasses in 1837 cool? -
portrait by Jeptha Homer Wade, seen tonight at the Cleveland Museum of Art.
portrait by Jeptha Homer Wade, seen tonight at the Cleveland Museum of Art.
January 21, 2026 at 2:10 AM
This man is gazing toward a future we have not yet reached.
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five calls makes it easy to call your reps, it takes mere minutes & they provide a script. you can call about ice’s murder of renee nicole good, a fellow writer & poet. you can call about venezuela
apps.apple.com/us/app/5-cal...
apps.apple.com/us/app/5-cal...
January 9, 2026 at 2:52 AM
five calls makes it easy to call your reps, it takes mere minutes & they provide a script. you can call about ice’s murder of renee nicole good, a fellow writer & poet. you can call about venezuela
apps.apple.com/us/app/5-cal...
apps.apple.com/us/app/5-cal...
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Here's the full moment of silence including a fan yelling "Go home, ICE"
January 9, 2026 at 1:29 AM
Here's the full moment of silence including a fan yelling "Go home, ICE"
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With Trump, we see American imperialism with no clothes. Naked and vain. American imperialism is not just morally wrong. It is strategically disastrous.
I wrote this essay in March 2025 when Vance visited Greenland, and it is unfortunately still too relevant.
snyder.substack.com/p/vance-in-g...
I wrote this essay in March 2025 when Vance visited Greenland, and it is unfortunately still too relevant.
snyder.substack.com/p/vance-in-g...
The Imperialism Has no Clothes
JD Vance in Greenland
snyder.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 1:06 AM
With Trump, we see American imperialism with no clothes. Naked and vain. American imperialism is not just morally wrong. It is strategically disastrous.
I wrote this essay in March 2025 when Vance visited Greenland, and it is unfortunately still too relevant.
snyder.substack.com/p/vance-in-g...
I wrote this essay in March 2025 when Vance visited Greenland, and it is unfortunately still too relevant.
snyder.substack.com/p/vance-in-g...
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During Fiona Hill's testimony to Congress on Oct 14, 2019, she described how Trump and Putin discussed exchanging Ukraine for Venezuela. The quid pro quo was if Trump refuses to help Ukraine fight off a Russian invasion, Putin would not help Venezuela (a Russian ally) resist a US takeover.
January 4, 2026 at 2:36 AM
During Fiona Hill's testimony to Congress on Oct 14, 2019, she described how Trump and Putin discussed exchanging Ukraine for Venezuela. The quid pro quo was if Trump refuses to help Ukraine fight off a Russian invasion, Putin would not help Venezuela (a Russian ally) resist a US takeover.
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If I were elected comptroller, my inaugural speech would start, "Well, well, well. I guess you people just couldn't comptrol yourselves."
January 1, 2026 at 7:01 PM
If I were elected comptroller, my inaugural speech would start, "Well, well, well. I guess you people just couldn't comptrol yourselves."
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People are dying inside American concentration camps right now.
www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/i...
www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/i...
Exclusive: 911 calls from migrant detention center highlight dire conditions
About 90 emergency 911 calls have been made from the Camp East Montana immigration detention center in El Paso, Texas, during the 15 weeks since it opened.
www.elpasotimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 7:59 PM
People are dying inside American concentration camps right now.
www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/i...
www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/i...
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“I carried him on my back. It took seven days.” A camp in eastern Chad is now home to more than 100,000 refugees of Sudan’s civil war, and is a key destination for those fleeing El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur State. Resources are strained as the number of newly displaced people increases.
Escape From the Abyss: Surviving the Atrocities in El Fasher
www.nytimes.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:27 PM
“I carried him on my back. It took seven days.” A camp in eastern Chad is now home to more than 100,000 refugees of Sudan’s civil war, and is a key destination for those fleeing El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur State. Resources are strained as the number of newly displaced people increases.
"We write to you today as concerned poets, educators, and members of the poetry community, regarding the Poetry Foundation's intent to lay off longtime staff members Shoshana Olidort and Maggie Queeney...we strongly urge [PF] to reverse its decision and retain them."
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
12/15/2025 No Layoffs at the Poetry Foundation
December 15, 2025 To the Senior Leadership of the Poetry Foundation: We write to you today as concerned poets, educators, and members of the poetry community, regarding the Poetry Foundation’s inte...
docs.google.com
December 15, 2025 at 8:26 PM
"We write to you today as concerned poets, educators, and members of the poetry community, regarding the Poetry Foundation's intent to lay off longtime staff members Shoshana Olidort and Maggie Queeney...we strongly urge [PF] to reverse its decision and retain them."
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Might Could has a cover! Designed by the lovely Philip Hoy, with artwork by Amber Cowan. Thanks to Waywiser Books—can't wait to share this book with y'all. ❤
www.waywiserbooks.org/coming-soon
www.waywiserbooks.org/coming-soon
November 1, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Might Could has a cover! Designed by the lovely Philip Hoy, with artwork by Amber Cowan. Thanks to Waywiser Books—can't wait to share this book with y'all. ❤
www.waywiserbooks.org/coming-soon
www.waywiserbooks.org/coming-soon
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The titular wokeness being rolled back is the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Washington Post editorial board really speaking truth to power
December 11, 2025 at 2:53 AM
The titular wokeness being rolled back is the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Gift-giving season is here. Do you know someone who enjoys poetry? Typography? Travel? Saudade? French cosmology? Limestone statues in labyrinths? Gondolas? Rendezvous?
This book might be for them:
www.powells.com/book/the-tra...
This book might be for them:
www.powells.com/book/the-tra...
The Travels of Blad J. Garamond: In Search of Geneviève Sans-Serif | Powell's Books
The Travels of Blad J. Garamond: In Search of Geneviève Sans-Serif is a novel in verse and a swashbuckling saga in the grand old style. It chronicles the feverish romantic entanglements of three frien...
www.powells.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Gift-giving season is here. Do you know someone who enjoys poetry? Typography? Travel? Saudade? French cosmology? Limestone statues in labyrinths? Gondolas? Rendezvous?
This book might be for them:
www.powells.com/book/the-tra...
This book might be for them:
www.powells.com/book/the-tra...
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"Carried her unprotesting out the door.
Kicked back the casket-stand. But it can't hold her,
That stuff and satin aiming to enfold her,
The lid's contrition nor the bolts before."
Gwendolyn Brooks died 25 years ago on this day.
Kicked back the casket-stand. But it can't hold her,
That stuff and satin aiming to enfold her,
The lid's contrition nor the bolts before."
Gwendolyn Brooks died 25 years ago on this day.
Gwendolyn Brooks - "the rites for Cousin Vit"
Carried her unprotesting out the door.
www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org
December 4, 2025 at 12:11 AM
"Carried her unprotesting out the door.
Kicked back the casket-stand. But it can't hold her,
That stuff and satin aiming to enfold her,
The lid's contrition nor the bolts before."
Gwendolyn Brooks died 25 years ago on this day.
Kicked back the casket-stand. But it can't hold her,
That stuff and satin aiming to enfold her,
The lid's contrition nor the bolts before."
Gwendolyn Brooks died 25 years ago on this day.
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One of my #Shetland stories, set at the height of Shetland's arctic whaling. About a whaling marriage, the winter solstice, and trowies (Shetland trolls). Thank you so much to @northamerreview.bsky.social for publishing this one.
northamericanreview.org/open-space/f...
northamericanreview.org/open-space/f...
Hollow Hills | North American Review
northamericanreview.org
February 15, 2025 at 5:12 PM
One of my #Shetland stories, set at the height of Shetland's arctic whaling. About a whaling marriage, the winter solstice, and trowies (Shetland trolls). Thank you so much to @northamerreview.bsky.social for publishing this one.
northamericanreview.org/open-space/f...
northamericanreview.org/open-space/f...
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December 3, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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Eleven years ago, I wrote to Tom Stoppard to ask about this coup de théâtre from 1949. It took me down an unexpected rabbit hole - in memory of Stoppard, here's what I found.
November 30, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Eleven years ago, I wrote to Tom Stoppard to ask about this coup de théâtre from 1949. It took me down an unexpected rabbit hole - in memory of Stoppard, here's what I found.