Charles Jensen
@charlesjensen.bsky.social
Author of SPLICE OF LIFE: A MEMOIR IN 13 FILM GENRES, poetry coll. INSTRUCTIONS BETWEEN TAKEOFF AND LANDING, & more. EIC: @villaineralit.bsky.social. Genre is a construct. Opinions mine. He/him. https://charles-jensen.com
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Just what I needed to read, courtesy of @charlesjensen.bsky.social
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On Forgetting
And also soup
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January 7, 2026 at 1:36 AM
Just what I needed to read, courtesy of @charlesjensen.bsky.social
charlesjensen.substack.com/p/on-forgett...
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Woke up with lines from ATWTMVTV stuck in my head...like why
January 6, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Woke up with lines from ATWTMVTV stuck in my head...like why
The hubris is endearing
January 6, 2026 at 2:35 AM
The hubris is endearing
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There Are No Rules (Really) to making blackout poetry.
The words you choose don’t have to make logical sense in the way a sentence does. Instead, you’re free to create a mood, evoke an emotion, or stumble upon combinations that surprise you—or make you pause.
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The words you choose don’t have to make logical sense in the way a sentence does. Instead, you’re free to create a mood, evoke an emotion, or stumble upon combinations that surprise you—or make you pause.
lindaksienkiewicz.com/blackout-poe...
January 5, 2026 at 8:41 PM
There Are No Rules (Really) to making blackout poetry.
The words you choose don’t have to make logical sense in the way a sentence does. Instead, you’re free to create a mood, evoke an emotion, or stumble upon combinations that surprise you—or make you pause.
lindaksienkiewicz.com/blackout-poe...
The words you choose don’t have to make logical sense in the way a sentence does. Instead, you’re free to create a mood, evoke an emotion, or stumble upon combinations that surprise you—or make you pause.
lindaksienkiewicz.com/blackout-poe...
Drag name: Elle Ohelle
January 5, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Drag name: Elle Ohelle
Made Stanley Tucci’s pasta e fagioli for dinner and I have never been more at the height of my soup season powers
January 5, 2026 at 3:17 AM
Made Stanley Tucci’s pasta e fagioli for dinner and I have never been more at the height of my soup season powers
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Is the WPLS on your calendar?
January 4, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Is the WPLS on your calendar?
HEATED RIVALRY is such an unwelcome reminder of how sad and scary and stupid the closet felt
January 3, 2026 at 7:00 AM
HEATED RIVALRY is such an unwelcome reminder of how sad and scary and stupid the closet felt
I hope this email finds itself in 2026
January 2, 2026 at 5:35 PM
I hope this email finds itself in 2026
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"How do you acknowledge a corrupted history and still have pity on the people who carry that history in our bodies?" —John Haskell on BLOW-UP (1966), in the new @essaydaily.bsky.social Media Club series:
www.essaydaily.org/2026/01/john...
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John Haskell, Blow Me Away
This essay is in our Media Club series, an ongoing series of essays on visual media. More details here . * Blow Me Away John Haskell (This e...
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January 1, 2026 at 11:20 PM
"How do you acknowledge a corrupted history and still have pity on the people who carry that history in our bodies?" —John Haskell on BLOW-UP (1966), in the new @essaydaily.bsky.social Media Club series:
www.essaydaily.org/2026/01/john...
www.essaydaily.org/2026/01/john...
Tonight I got to watch Trinna Modele absolutely slay the choreo to Madonna’s VMA performance of Vogue as it played on the screen behind her
January 1, 2026 at 7:23 AM
Tonight I got to watch Trinna Modele absolutely slay the choreo to Madonna’s VMA performance of Vogue as it played on the screen behind her
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2026:
IN: Saying thank you when someone holds the door open for you
OUT: Not saying thank you when someone holds the door open for you
IN: Saying thank you when someone holds the door open for you
OUT: Not saying thank you when someone holds the door open for you
January 1, 2026 at 4:35 AM
2026:
IN: Saying thank you when someone holds the door open for you
OUT: Not saying thank you when someone holds the door open for you
IN: Saying thank you when someone holds the door open for you
OUT: Not saying thank you when someone holds the door open for you
My long nerdy interview with Poetry.LA went live on Xmas day! Jeremy Ra and I did a career retrospective and I talked form, craft, and read a few pieces from each book. ❤️❤️ youtu.be/YIsCNhJxrlM?...
Charles Jensen - Poetry.LA Interview
YouTube video by Poetry.LA
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December 31, 2025 at 4:35 PM
My long nerdy interview with Poetry.LA went live on Xmas day! Jeremy Ra and I did a career retrospective and I talked form, craft, and read a few pieces from each book. ❤️❤️ youtu.be/YIsCNhJxrlM?...
HEATED RIVALRY is really sad, actually, and no one’s tweeting that
December 31, 2025 at 4:27 PM
HEATED RIVALRY is really sad, actually, and no one’s tweeting that
My Christmas ham turned into pea soup and she is thicc
December 31, 2025 at 2:48 AM
My Christmas ham turned into pea soup and she is thicc
Jerrica Benton/Jem walked so Miley Stewart/Hannah Montana could run
December 29, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Jerrica Benton/Jem walked so Miley Stewart/Hannah Montana could run
Soups are just extremely wet salads
December 29, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Soups are just extremely wet salads
post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, pearl jam, soundgarden, or alice in chains
December 28, 2025 at 12:39 AM
post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, pearl jam, soundgarden, or alice in chains
I love how when you get nervous and start sweating, it’s your brain saying “Oh no! I need to fill this room up with pheromones, that’ll help.”
December 27, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I love how when you get nervous and start sweating, it’s your brain saying “Oh no! I need to fill this room up with pheromones, that’ll help.”
Amanda Seyfried said THE HOUSEMAID (2025) was a feminist film and not one lie was told
December 27, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Amanda Seyfried said THE HOUSEMAID (2025) was a feminist film and not one lie was told
Imagine writing this in a nation where 41% of people suffer under something called “medical debt”
December 26, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Imagine writing this in a nation where 41% of people suffer under something called “medical debt”
I love Aidy Bryant
December 26, 2025 at 7:09 AM
I love Aidy Bryant
Bill turned down an opportunity to watch YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES (1985)?????? Extremely suspicious behavior
December 26, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Bill turned down an opportunity to watch YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES (1985)?????? Extremely suspicious behavior