Alex Jenkins
@alexjenkinspoet.bsky.social
Poet, writer, (col)lapsed academic (he/him). Work in: @badlilies.bsky.social, @propelmagazine.bsky.social, and elsewhere.
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Remarkably, it is perfectly possible to write evocatively *and* be an incorrigible misogynist and narcissist.
www.telegraph.co.uk/books/non-fi...
www.telegraph.co.uk/books/non-fi...
Cancel John Updike? Not so fast
The great writer has been branded a misogynist and narcissist. Yet as his letters prove, his writing remains uncannily evocative
www.telegraph.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Remarkably, it is perfectly possible to write evocatively *and* be an incorrigible misogynist and narcissist.
www.telegraph.co.uk/books/non-fi...
www.telegraph.co.uk/books/non-fi...
Sunday afternoon is one of the main chore times in our house, and I've just had to coin the term "laundry priapism" for a pile that, despite incessant folding, will not go down.
November 9, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Sunday afternoon is one of the main chore times in our house, and I've just had to coin the term "laundry priapism" for a pile that, despite incessant folding, will not go down.
Maybe it's normal for two adults, two kids, but it really seems like we get through a box of 12 eggs astonishingly quickly in my house.
November 9, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Maybe it's normal for two adults, two kids, but it really seems like we get through a box of 12 eggs astonishingly quickly in my house.
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Here's another thread of great starter packs. Starting with one of @janejohnsonbakrim.bsky.social's excellent packs, a British Book Scene starter pack. Please follow and repost if you can #booksky #writingcommunity
November 9, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Here's another thread of great starter packs. Starting with one of @janejohnsonbakrim.bsky.social's excellent packs, a British Book Scene starter pack. Please follow and repost if you can #booksky #writingcommunity
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Actually, Mr. Potato Head was the name of the inventor
November 9, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Actually, Mr. Potato Head was the name of the inventor
Finally someone focused on the issues that matter.
November 9, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Finally someone focused on the issues that matter.
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We've finished spotlighting the poets in our new issue! Read the whole thing here badlilies.uk/issue-twenty-two
Issue twenty-two — Bad Lilies
badlilies.uk
November 8, 2025 at 5:44 PM
We've finished spotlighting the poets in our new issue! Read the whole thing here badlilies.uk/issue-twenty-two
There is a child of, I'd guess, nine at the fireworks display who's wearing an extremely stylish grey herringbone greatcoat.
November 8, 2025 at 7:24 PM
There is a child of, I'd guess, nine at the fireworks display who's wearing an extremely stylish grey herringbone greatcoat.
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Thursday 20th November at the Poetry Society in Covent Garden. Four fine authors and myself together for the first time, bringing you some beneficial shocks. Free, but you have to register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/more-abund...
November 8, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Thursday 20th November at the Poetry Society in Covent Garden. Four fine authors and myself together for the first time, bringing you some beneficial shocks. Free, but you have to register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/more-abund...
Is it only limited to penguins?
Are you an older penguin looking to age with dignity? The New England Aquarium in Boston might be the place for you.
The aquarium has a geriatric island for endangered penguins that have exceeded their life expectancy and need a little extra care. https://wapo.st/3Lobf5N
The aquarium has a geriatric island for endangered penguins that have exceeded their life expectancy and need a little extra care. https://wapo.st/3Lobf5N
November 8, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Is it only limited to penguins?
Buses only adopt this defensive posture when they perceive a threat.
November 7, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Buses only adopt this defensive posture when they perceive a threat.
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Some thought provoking advice from Charles Baudelaire "Be Drunk” (Enivrez-vous)
Be drunk, be continually drunk. On wine, on poetry, or on virtue...
#poetry
#poemoftheday
Be drunk, be continually drunk. On wine, on poetry, or on virtue...
#poetry
#poemoftheday
November 6, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Some thought provoking advice from Charles Baudelaire "Be Drunk” (Enivrez-vous)
Be drunk, be continually drunk. On wine, on poetry, or on virtue...
#poetry
#poemoftheday
Be drunk, be continually drunk. On wine, on poetry, or on virtue...
#poetry
#poemoftheday
Come on, mes amis, with a bit of ingenuity in the budget lines you could have classed security as performance art and vice versa. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Louvre criticised for spending money on art instead of security in years before heist
Three weeks after the spectacular jewel theft at the Louvre, the museum is accused of neglecting safety and security.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Come on, mes amis, with a bit of ingenuity in the budget lines you could have classed security as performance art and vice versa. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Oh so you can outrun (or outwalk) at least some problems?
Researchers found that people with early, presymptomatic Alzheimer’s disease who walked 3,000 to 5,000 steps per day delayed their cognitive decline by three years in comparison to those who walked less.
Read more: https://wapo.st/3LLQjpl
Read more: https://wapo.st/3LLQjpl
November 6, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Oh so you can outrun (or outwalk) at least some problems?
Saw it written and I saw it say
Beaver moon is on its way
Beaver moon is on its way
November 5, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Saw it written and I saw it say
Beaver moon is on its way
Beaver moon is on its way
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Delighted to have a poem in the new issue of The Interpreter's House alongside @calebparkinpoet.bsky.social and @moette.bsky.social!
My piece 'Fourpence', narrated by the women of Whitechapel during the time of Jack the Ripper, can be read here:
theinterpretershouse.org/hainsworth-84
My piece 'Fourpence', narrated by the women of Whitechapel during the time of Jack the Ripper, can be read here:
theinterpretershouse.org/hainsworth-84
Hainsworth 84 — The Interpreter's House
theinterpretershouse.org
November 2, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Delighted to have a poem in the new issue of The Interpreter's House alongside @calebparkinpoet.bsky.social and @moette.bsky.social!
My piece 'Fourpence', narrated by the women of Whitechapel during the time of Jack the Ripper, can be read here:
theinterpretershouse.org/hainsworth-84
My piece 'Fourpence', narrated by the women of Whitechapel during the time of Jack the Ripper, can be read here:
theinterpretershouse.org/hainsworth-84
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I have a ticket for the sold-out Tortoise gig at Barbican on 22nd November and I can't make it. Would anybody like the ticket? I paid around £47, but I would accept whatever you can afford.
November 5, 2025 at 1:22 PM
I have a ticket for the sold-out Tortoise gig at Barbican on 22nd November and I can't make it. Would anybody like the ticket? I paid around £47, but I would accept whatever you can afford.
As my daughter has just enthusiastically informed me:
Remember, remember
The fifth of November
Gunpowder, treacle, and plot
Remember, remember
The fifth of November
Gunpowder, treacle, and plot
November 5, 2025 at 6:08 PM
As my daughter has just enthusiastically informed me:
Remember, remember
The fifth of November
Gunpowder, treacle, and plot
Remember, remember
The fifth of November
Gunpowder, treacle, and plot
I can hear the frenetic shushing of garden Catherine wheels.
November 5, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I can hear the frenetic shushing of garden Catherine wheels.
Just sharing this for no reason
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cub - New York City (Official Video)
YouTube video by Mintrecs
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November 5, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Just sharing this for no reason
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music.youtube.com/watch?v=6I_r...
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🧵This week @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social published my review of OpenAI’s “metafictional literary story about AI and grief,” which Sam Altman claimed “got the vibe of metafiction just right.”
My piece challenges this claim. 1/
lareviewofbooks.org/article/lite...
My piece challenges this claim. 1/
lareviewofbooks.org/article/lite...
Literature Is Not a Vibe: On ChatGPT and the Humanities | Los Angeles Review of Books
Rachele Dini discusses OpenAI’s “A Machine-Shaped Hand” and an academic sector in crisis.
lareviewofbooks.org
November 2, 2025 at 2:23 PM
🧵This week @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social published my review of OpenAI’s “metafictional literary story about AI and grief,” which Sam Altman claimed “got the vibe of metafiction just right.”
My piece challenges this claim. 1/
lareviewofbooks.org/article/lite...
My piece challenges this claim. 1/
lareviewofbooks.org/article/lite...
Too many classical references is Oresteia-some.
November 4, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Too many classical references is Oresteia-some.
There's something semantically odd about the phrase "necessary choices."
November 4, 2025 at 11:10 AM
There's something semantically odd about the phrase "necessary choices."
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Call for roundtable participants for BAAS 2026! If you are interested in joining a session on American Studies at post-92 / ‘modern’ universities, please see:
Call for roundtable participants, BAAS Annual Conference 2026 - British Association for American Studies
We are putting together a roundtable to submit to BAAS 2026 about American Studies at post-92 or 'modern' universities. We hope to recruit some historians or political scientists to our panel, which…
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November 3, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Call for roundtable participants for BAAS 2026! If you are interested in joining a session on American Studies at post-92 / ‘modern’ universities, please see:
This will always be legal
November 3, 2025 at 9:20 AM
This will always be legal