Ivan Lett
@icylett.bsky.social
Harlem-based poet and writer, book publishing veteran, now developing an organization dedicated to promoting the intersection of civic education and artists of upper Manhattan.
My first cockamouse encounter and no photographic proof... I've failed my city.
November 26, 2025 at 10:03 PM
My first cockamouse encounter and no photographic proof... I've failed my city.
An NPR OG, always a friend to books, RIP Susan Stamberg www.npr.org/sections/the...
In Pictures: Remembering Susan Stamberg, one of NPR's Founding Mothers
Susan Stamberg joined NPR at its start, originally to cut tape — literal tape, with a single-sided blade — at a time when commercial networks almost never hired women.
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October 17, 2025 at 9:07 PM
An NPR OG, always a friend to books, RIP Susan Stamberg www.npr.org/sections/the...
So...no one is going to point out the grammar of "No songs in English should not be allowed at [the Superbowl]"? What language does Danica Patrick speak?
October 2, 2025 at 10:23 PM
So...no one is going to point out the grammar of "No songs in English should not be allowed at [the Superbowl]"? What language does Danica Patrick speak?
An AI company wants to hire a poet to review their models...and you know someone is going to do it...
September 4, 2025 at 8:22 PM
An AI company wants to hire a poet to review their models...and you know someone is going to do it...
And there's very little in place to reverse the trend that's not already under attack
Americans Reach Record Low for Leisure Reading
Researchers say leisure reading is one of the “simplest tools in our public health toolkit.”
www.thedailybeast.com
August 21, 2025 at 12:03 AM
And there's very little in place to reverse the trend that's not already under attack
Nothing quite like spending a summer afternoon with Charles Nelson Reilly and Brett Somers
August 16, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Nothing quite like spending a summer afternoon with Charles Nelson Reilly and Brett Somers
This is why history and historians matter: www.salon.com/2025/07/26/d...
David Brooks faces the truth of US history — and runs away - Salon.com
NY Times' pet conservative offers a lengthy apologia for America — and gets pretty much everything wrong
www.salon.com
July 27, 2025 at 2:43 PM
This is why history and historians matter: www.salon.com/2025/07/26/d...
Current NYC temp: Grendel's grundle
July 25, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Current NYC temp: Grendel's grundle
It's days like today that the 2 senators per state really amplifies the focus on land above people that is built into our founding.
July 1, 2025 at 8:20 PM
It's days like today that the 2 senators per state really amplifies the focus on land above people that is built into our founding.
I was today years old when I realized that potential fans of my writing could be called Lett-ers.
June 23, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I was today years old when I realized that potential fans of my writing could be called Lett-ers.
So it's not a dog whistle? Or just a regular whistle? www.thedailybeast.com/pete-hegseth...
Pete Hegseth Performs Bizarre Fruit Ritual as War Rages in Middle East
The Defense Secretary found a unique way to wait out Trump’s two-week timeframe to decide what to do in Iran.
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June 21, 2025 at 9:34 PM
So it's not a dog whistle? Or just a regular whistle? www.thedailybeast.com/pete-hegseth...
"Brown food tastes good." RIP to a wonderful teacher and TV personality ew.com/anne-burrell...
Anne Burrell, host of Food Network's 'Worst Cooks in America,' dies at 55
Anne Burrell, the celebrity chef best known for hosting 'Worst Cooks in America' on Food Network, has died at age 55.
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June 18, 2025 at 11:07 AM
"Brown food tastes good." RIP to a wonderful teacher and TV personality ew.com/anne-burrell...
Some day I'd like to interview a person who ordered and ate Papa John's on purpose.
June 8, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Some day I'd like to interview a person who ordered and ate Papa John's on purpose.
Ah, the celebrities and top journalists pleading for people to buy their books... There's a simple answer to their consternation...
May 30, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Ah, the celebrities and top journalists pleading for people to buy their books... There's a simple answer to their consternation...
I enjoy that the intentions of my soul are so discernible that other people's dogs go out of their way to encounter me.
May 12, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I enjoy that the intentions of my soul are so discernible that other people's dogs go out of their way to encounter me.
Reposted by Ivan Lett
May 9, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Despite the griping and hand-wringing of "regretful" voters, pretty sure a snap reelection today, 6 months past and havoc wreaked, would yield the same results, because people are that bored. Such is brain rot.
May 6, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Despite the griping and hand-wringing of "regretful" voters, pretty sure a snap reelection today, 6 months past and havoc wreaked, would yield the same results, because people are that bored. Such is brain rot.
Reposted by Ivan Lett
“Among all forms of mistake, prophecy is the most gratuitous.”
—Middlemarch, by George Eliot
—Middlemarch, by George Eliot
May 5, 2025 at 12:04 PM
“Among all forms of mistake, prophecy is the most gratuitous.”
—Middlemarch, by George Eliot
—Middlemarch, by George Eliot
And for those of us who work in these industry fields, it's brutal out there.
Tyrants view educated citizens as their greatest enemy.
Slaveholders stopped the enslaved from learning to read. Nazis burned books. Dictators censor media.
That’s why Trump is attacking education, science, and the arts – to prevent us from learning.
It's Fascism 101. [Cartoon by Adam Zyglis]
Slaveholders stopped the enslaved from learning to read. Nazis burned books. Dictators censor media.
That’s why Trump is attacking education, science, and the arts – to prevent us from learning.
It's Fascism 101. [Cartoon by Adam Zyglis]
May 4, 2025 at 8:13 PM
And for those of us who work in these industry fields, it's brutal out there.
One of my middle school stage roles was a play version of Laugh-In. Strange to think the 24 year interval between its last airing and our production is the same as Molly Shannon's final SNL season until now. RIP Ruth Buzzi.
May 2, 2025 at 8:37 PM
One of my middle school stage roles was a play version of Laugh-In. Strange to think the 24 year interval between its last airing and our production is the same as Molly Shannon's final SNL season until now. RIP Ruth Buzzi.
We tried to tell y'all: www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...
Destroying America Was The Plan All Along
Trump wants to be the anti-FDR — and his goal is to smash the country built during the 20th century.
www.huffpost.com
May 1, 2025 at 3:18 PM
We tried to tell y'all: www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...
Reposted by Ivan Lett
Trump is fulfilling Kissinger's dream—and then some. @galbeckerman.bsky.social on how the president is forsaking the role of morality in foreign policy without even pretending otherwise:
Trump Is Fulfilling Kissinger’s Dream
The president is not the first American leader to disregard the role of morality in foreign policy, but he’s taking things much further than anyone has before.
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May 1, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Trump is fulfilling Kissinger's dream—and then some. @galbeckerman.bsky.social on how the president is forsaking the role of morality in foreign policy without even pretending otherwise:
Had to post some oldies but goodies to finish the #NaPoMo challenge: ivanlett.substack.com/p/napomo-21-... I am still what I was becoming, final poems coming shortly.
NaPoMo (21-25): Juvenilia [Chimera, Eunuch, Finicky, Hatshepsut, Middle Passage]
From Blackbone: How to Know My Broken Mind and Body
ivanlett.substack.com
April 30, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Had to post some oldies but goodies to finish the #NaPoMo challenge: ivanlett.substack.com/p/napomo-21-... I am still what I was becoming, final poems coming shortly.
A true political regret of mine is never being able to vote for Elizabeth Warren, but at least it's time for 🍿🍿🍿
To mark Trump's 100 days in office, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) tonight will read into the congressional record 100 reports of his corruption. www.huffpost.com/entry/elizab...
Elizabeth Warren Marks 100 Days Of Trump By Reading Aloud 100 Reports Of His Corruption
The Massachusetts senator plans to read into the congressional record dozens of cases of Trump using the presidency to benefit himself personally.
www.huffpost.com
April 29, 2025 at 10:18 PM
A true political regret of mine is never being able to vote for Elizabeth Warren, but at least it's time for 🍿🍿🍿
My favorite non-Jeopardy game show is returning with one of the funniest men alive as host! tvline.com/news/match-g... I need this.
Match Game Revived at ABC — Find Out Who’s Replacing Alec Baldwin as Host
ABC is reviving the classic game show 'Match Game' — only this time, Alec Baldwin won't serve as host. Find out which comedy great is replacing him.
tvline.com
April 29, 2025 at 8:36 PM
My favorite non-Jeopardy game show is returning with one of the funniest men alive as host! tvline.com/news/match-g... I need this.