Chris DeWeese
@christopherdeweese.bsky.social
Poet, weather writer, rare book buyer-and-seller
Thesession player who played bass on Alanis Morrisette’s “You Oughta Know” 30 years ago was an absolute monster & I had no idea at the time because I was listening on FM radio
October 19, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Thesession player who played bass on Alanis Morrisette’s “You Oughta Know” 30 years ago was an absolute monster & I had no idea at the time because I was listening on FM radio
Academics- can someone connect me with a historian who specializes in 1890s South Africa? I acquired a very interesting series of documents from 1896 relating to the Jameson Raid etc and am trying to understand some context.
October 4, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Academics- can someone connect me with a historian who specializes in 1890s South Africa? I acquired a very interesting series of documents from 1896 relating to the Jameson Raid etc and am trying to understand some context.
If I was Mark Twain, I’d always be going around saying “and never the Twain shall meet.” I would be insufferable.
April 30, 2025 at 4:24 PM
If I was Mark Twain, I’d always be going around saying “and never the Twain shall meet.” I would be insufferable.
Indiana: www.indystar.com/story/news/p...
'Complete takeover': Lawmakers exert control over university policy in 11th hour
They appeared near the bottom of the 220-page budget bill Wednesday evening, and rose to the forefront of the heated debate Friday morning.
www.indystar.com
April 25, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Indiana: www.indystar.com/story/news/p...
When I moved to Northampton, MA, for grad school 20 years ago, there were at least large five used bookstores. In a town of 30,000. No big point, just kind of mind-boggling to remember.
March 20, 2025 at 6:36 PM
When I moved to Northampton, MA, for grad school 20 years ago, there were at least large five used bookstores. In a town of 30,000. No big point, just kind of mind-boggling to remember.
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The new OpenAI creative writing bot's "short story" has the phrase "democracy of ghosts". It's the sort of phrase that would make me stop and admire it, if I were reading a human author - which, it turns out, I was, because it's from Nabokov's 1957 novel "Pnin".
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
March 13, 2025 at 8:28 AM
The new OpenAI creative writing bot's "short story" has the phrase "democracy of ghosts". It's the sort of phrase that would make me stop and admire it, if I were reading a human author - which, it turns out, I was, because it's from Nabokov's 1957 novel "Pnin".
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
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I have been sitting on this news for a minute. IN THE RHODODENDRONS is not the only book I’m publishing this year. 🦩
PAPER CROWN will be my first poetry collection in an entire decade.
PAPER CROWN will be my first poetry collection in an entire decade.
March 6, 2025 at 3:24 PM
I have been sitting on this news for a minute. IN THE RHODODENDRONS is not the only book I’m publishing this year. 🦩
PAPER CROWN will be my first poetry collection in an entire decade.
PAPER CROWN will be my first poetry collection in an entire decade.
A starred review of Heather Christle’s dazzling memoir from Publisher’s Weekly!! www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-6437-5...
In the Rhododendrons: A Memoir with Appearances by Virginia Woolf by Heather Christle
Poet and memoirist Christle (The Crying Book) delves into her relationship with her mother and the work of Virginia Woolf in thi...
www.publishersweekly.com
February 23, 2025 at 7:12 PM
A starred review of Heather Christle’s dazzling memoir from Publisher’s Weekly!! www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-6437-5...
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You’ll get 25% off my book if you pre-order today-Friday via Barnes & Noble. I’m really proud of IN THE RHODODENDRONS & I want to find its people.
AND other beautiful books are coming out soon and you can use the same offer to pre-order them as well, so I wanted to share a couple recommendations.
AND other beautiful books are coming out soon and you can use the same offer to pre-order them as well, so I wanted to share a couple recommendations.
February 5, 2025 at 2:55 PM
You’ll get 25% off my book if you pre-order today-Friday via Barnes & Noble. I’m really proud of IN THE RHODODENDRONS & I want to find its people.
AND other beautiful books are coming out soon and you can use the same offer to pre-order them as well, so I wanted to share a couple recommendations.
AND other beautiful books are coming out soon and you can use the same offer to pre-order them as well, so I wanted to share a couple recommendations.
Tomaž Šalamun left this life ten years ago. Here’s a poem of his I love. I still hear his voice.
December 28, 2024 at 1:51 AM
Tomaž Šalamun left this life ten years ago. Here’s a poem of his I love. I still hear his voice.
We made our own advent calendar for 10 year old and put random treasures from old boxes that one keeps, not knowing why… Very happy to report that this ancient Radio Shack label maker is a huge hit
December 14, 2024 at 1:56 AM
We made our own advent calendar for 10 year old and put random treasures from old boxes that one keeps, not knowing why… Very happy to report that this ancient Radio Shack label maker is a huge hit
You have to respect the true winter style king
December 9, 2024 at 8:15 PM
You have to respect the true winter style king
Obsessed with this style of late 20s/ early 30s fine binding.
December 9, 2024 at 7:31 PM
Obsessed with this style of late 20s/ early 30s fine binding.
Why isn’t everyone talking about Wisdom, the oldest-known wild bird in the world, who is 74 and just LAID AN EGG????
December 6, 2024 at 4:42 PM
Why isn’t everyone talking about Wisdom, the oldest-known wild bird in the world, who is 74 and just LAID AN EGG????
Pretty books I’m selling- fancy Stikeman bindings!
December 1, 2024 at 3:04 PM
Pretty books I’m selling- fancy Stikeman bindings!
Dispatch from today in rare book beauty land
November 29, 2024 at 8:18 PM
Dispatch from today in rare book beauty land
“Rainy Day” by me
November 28, 2024 at 2:38 PM
“Rainy Day” by me
Crazy that John Donne wrote 13 lines, beginning with “No man is an island” and ending with “for whom the bell tolls: it tolls for thee.”
November 28, 2024 at 1:14 PM
Crazy that John Donne wrote 13 lines, beginning with “No man is an island” and ending with “for whom the bell tolls: it tolls for thee.”
Love that every post I’m seeing is about libraries. I collect and sell rare books- came across this, the most metal library message I’ve ever seen, in a book I bought today 🤘
November 27, 2024 at 11:13 PM
Love that every post I’m seeing is about libraries. I collect and sell rare books- came across this, the most metal library message I’ve ever seen, in a book I bought today 🤘
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“I think a poem is a real place, and prose is where I try to reconcile that belief with life in the physical world.”
-- Heather Christle
-- Heather Christle
August 12, 2024 at 2:05 PM
“I think a poem is a real place, and prose is where I try to reconcile that belief with life in the physical world.”
-- Heather Christle
-- Heather Christle
I never want a bumper sticker about my 10 year old child being an honors student or whatever, but I would proudly display one about how they are excitedly sharing Laurie Anderson’s “O Superman” w their friend right now.
November 27, 2024 at 7:40 PM
I never want a bumper sticker about my 10 year old child being an honors student or whatever, but I would proudly display one about how they are excitedly sharing Laurie Anderson’s “O Superman” w their friend right now.
I sent five pairs of Darn Tough socks I had worn through in and now they are sending me five new pairs for free… this is a little sliver of what Utopia would feel like.
November 26, 2024 at 8:50 PM
I sent five pairs of Darn Tough socks I had worn through in and now they are sending me five new pairs for free… this is a little sliver of what Utopia would feel like.
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Last Christmas my family gave me this extremely intricate World of Virginia Woolf puzzle by the illustrator Eleanor Taylor, which is packed with gorgeous little details from her life and books and I geeked out in total delight. So IMAGINE MY GASP when…
November 25, 2024 at 5:44 PM
Last Christmas my family gave me this extremely intricate World of Virginia Woolf puzzle by the illustrator Eleanor Taylor, which is packed with gorgeous little details from her life and books and I geeked out in total delight. So IMAGINE MY GASP when…
If I ever give a TedTalk, it will 100% be about what business types can learn from Enya
November 23, 2024 at 2:44 PM
If I ever give a TedTalk, it will 100% be about what business types can learn from Enya
Oooh, a new “In Our Time” on Calvino just dropped 👀
November 23, 2024 at 2:07 PM
Oooh, a new “In Our Time” on Calvino just dropped 👀