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David Keating
@davidcjkeating.bsky.social
· Nov 15
Nice to meet you, nerds.
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"I wasn’t sold on reading, but I did like feeling smart, and 'Don Quixote' is like the Louis Vuitton bag of people with depth."
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I Started Reading Performatively, and Turns Out Books Are Pretty Good
It all started when Instagram introduced the twenty-slide photo dumps. Trying to post the correct ratio of photos to memes to appear both off-the-g...
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October 28, 2025 at 6:26 PM
"I wasn’t sold on reading, but I did like feeling smart, and 'Don Quixote' is like the Louis Vuitton bag of people with depth."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/i-s...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/i-s...
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I now demand of you to speak out
April 25, 2025 at 2:47 AM
I now demand of you to speak out
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32% tariff on the Upside Down, ugh.
19% tariff on Mid-World.
17.5% tariff on Narnia
April 3, 2025 at 1:11 AM
32% tariff on the Upside Down, ugh.
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Those Wilson's storm petrels are gonna pay.
Trump is imposing a 10% tariff on the Heard and McDonald Islands.
The Heard and McDonald Islands are uninhabited.
The Heard and McDonald Islands are uninhabited.
April 2, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Those Wilson's storm petrels are gonna pay.
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I'm glad there's something out there for people who love Studio Ghibli films, but also hate art, imagination and goodness.
March 28, 2025 at 11:03 PM
I'm glad there's something out there for people who love Studio Ghibli films, but also hate art, imagination and goodness.
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Mark Rothko, "Untitled", (1954).
March 2, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Mark Rothko, "Untitled", (1954).
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NEW POEM #195: "Live Inside the Burn [American sonnet in American sentences]" by Edie Meade (@ediemeade.bsky.social)
"For now, the sea goes on tossing in her sleep, remembering, forgetting, / hot flashes cooking silver fish in the only world they’ve ever known."
stonecirclereview.com/live-inside/
"For now, the sea goes on tossing in her sleep, remembering, forgetting, / hot flashes cooking silver fish in the only world they’ve ever known."
stonecirclereview.com/live-inside/
January 4, 2025 at 3:55 PM
NEW POEM #195: "Live Inside the Burn [American sonnet in American sentences]" by Edie Meade (@ediemeade.bsky.social)
"For now, the sea goes on tossing in her sleep, remembering, forgetting, / hot flashes cooking silver fish in the only world they’ve ever known."
stonecirclereview.com/live-inside/
"For now, the sea goes on tossing in her sleep, remembering, forgetting, / hot flashes cooking silver fish in the only world they’ve ever known."
stonecirclereview.com/live-inside/
Couldn’t put it down. The most engrossing book I’ve read this year. @anakanaschofield.bsky.social @biblioasis.bsky.social #amreading #booksky
December 29, 2024 at 11:53 PM
Couldn’t put it down. The most engrossing book I’ve read this year. @anakanaschofield.bsky.social @biblioasis.bsky.social #amreading #booksky
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Needles by Brian Bilston
December 26, 2024 at 9:06 PM
Needles by Brian Bilston
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Want to submit to the Driftwood Annual Anthology? Use the link in our bio to submit your best short story or poem for a chance to be published and get paid!
#callforsubmissions
#callforsubmissions
December 23, 2024 at 2:00 PM
Want to submit to the Driftwood Annual Anthology? Use the link in our bio to submit your best short story or poem for a chance to be published and get paid!
#callforsubmissions
#callforsubmissions
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Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow.
Langston Hughes
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow.
Langston Hughes
December 22, 2024 at 2:47 PM
Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow.
Langston Hughes
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow.
Langston Hughes
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Have you ever heard of Mummers?
Christmas Mummers' Plays were once a familiar part of festive celebrations in Britain. Performed during the twelve days of Christmas, these lively performances by 'Mummers' are now almost forgotten.
#CambridgeUniversityLibrary
Christmas Mummers' Plays were once a familiar part of festive celebrations in Britain. Performed during the twelve days of Christmas, these lively performances by 'Mummers' are now almost forgotten.
#CambridgeUniversityLibrary
December 21, 2024 at 7:10 PM
Have you ever heard of Mummers?
Christmas Mummers' Plays were once a familiar part of festive celebrations in Britain. Performed during the twelve days of Christmas, these lively performances by 'Mummers' are now almost forgotten.
#CambridgeUniversityLibrary
Christmas Mummers' Plays were once a familiar part of festive celebrations in Britain. Performed during the twelve days of Christmas, these lively performances by 'Mummers' are now almost forgotten.
#CambridgeUniversityLibrary
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Beware the terrifying Christmas pudding! Giving you nightmares since 1895.
An illustration from an 1895 annual published by the British satirical magazine ‘Judy.’
From the collections of Cambridge University Library (CUL 1895.9.91) @theulspeccoll.bsky.social
An illustration from an 1895 annual published by the British satirical magazine ‘Judy.’
From the collections of Cambridge University Library (CUL 1895.9.91) @theulspeccoll.bsky.social
December 20, 2024 at 3:23 PM
Beware the terrifying Christmas pudding! Giving you nightmares since 1895.
An illustration from an 1895 annual published by the British satirical magazine ‘Judy.’
From the collections of Cambridge University Library (CUL 1895.9.91) @theulspeccoll.bsky.social
An illustration from an 1895 annual published by the British satirical magazine ‘Judy.’
From the collections of Cambridge University Library (CUL 1895.9.91) @theulspeccoll.bsky.social
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Christmas Eve night, elves on strike.
December 18, 2024 at 2:08 PM
Christmas Eve night, elves on strike.
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Went to HomeGoods & really REALLY wanted to buy this. No discourse only Disco Horse.
December 19, 2024 at 9:50 PM
Went to HomeGoods & really REALLY wanted to buy this. No discourse only Disco Horse.
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Well, cool.
Will You Fall in Love With This Poem? I Did. (Gift Article)
“Romantic Poet,” by Diane Seuss, is one of the best things that our critic A.O. Scott read (and reread) this year.
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December 18, 2024 at 2:14 PM
Well, cool.
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So delighted to have a poem in the always great Poetry Northwest! Another hint to all to buy/ subscribe / support our literary magazine! They bring our work to the world! www.poetrynw.org
December 17, 2024 at 11:08 PM
So delighted to have a poem in the always great Poetry Northwest! Another hint to all to buy/ subscribe / support our literary magazine! They bring our work to the world! www.poetrynw.org