steve barbaro
@illepitaph.bsky.social
stevebarbaro.com
edits ++ codes ++ designs @new-sinews.bsky.social // https://letterboxd.com/illepitaph // PLANE OF CONSUMMATE FINITUDE out now
edits ++ codes ++ designs @new-sinews.bsky.social // https://letterboxd.com/illepitaph // PLANE OF CONSUMMATE FINITUDE out now
Pinned
disturbing but not-un-enlightening to trace the increasing adjacency of "alt-lit" types to unabashed fascists on the other app ... not terribly surprising—if you just auto-concede to lacking any sort of intellectual substance let alone coherence, you're bound to default to the zeitgeist's toxicities
February 1, 2026 at 4:31 PM
disturbing but not-un-enlightening to trace the increasing adjacency of "alt-lit" types to unabashed fascists on the other app ... not terribly surprising—if you just auto-concede to lacking any sort of intellectual substance let alone coherence, you're bound to default to the zeitgeist's toxicities
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A poem of mine is the subject of the inaugural translation puzzle contest in N+1 Magazine’s Miss Translation column by Bela Shayevich
Funnily enough, when I wrote it my first thought was that it could never be translated, and it’s been translated into more languages than any other poem I’ve written
Funnily enough, when I wrote it my first thought was that it could never be translated, and it’s been translated into more languages than any other poem I’ve written
Introducing Miss Translation | Bela Shayevich
You may have noticed that this column feels a little incestuous (there is that Saskia Vogel again . . .) but that’s our world in translation. It’s small, and its actors, often by necessity, are prolif...
www.nplusonemag.com
January 30, 2026 at 7:04 PM
A poem of mine is the subject of the inaugural translation puzzle contest in N+1 Magazine’s Miss Translation column by Bela Shayevich
Funnily enough, when I wrote it my first thought was that it could never be translated, and it’s been translated into more languages than any other poem I’ve written
Funnily enough, when I wrote it my first thought was that it could never be translated, and it’s been translated into more languages than any other poem I’ve written
characteristic sentence from my novel-in-progress:
"One couldn’t help but think it was the very distinctive non-distinction which paradoxically if not-un-culture-specifically fueled the fame."
"One couldn’t help but think it was the very distinctive non-distinction which paradoxically if not-un-culture-specifically fueled the fame."
January 27, 2026 at 6:36 PM
characteristic sentence from my novel-in-progress:
"One couldn’t help but think it was the very distinctive non-distinction which paradoxically if not-un-culture-specifically fueled the fame."
"One couldn’t help but think it was the very distinctive non-distinction which paradoxically if not-un-culture-specifically fueled the fame."
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"We’re selling vibes, textures. A sunset on the hills in Chianti, riding a bike on an island in Sicily. Imagine us discussing it in parliament with an Italian accent: l’importanza del made in Italy. We use the English expression unironically. It’s aimed at Americans," Francesco Pacifico writes.
Are You Enjoying Our Linguine? — The Dial
How American tourists took over everything.
www.thedial.world
December 9, 2025 at 7:23 PM
"We’re selling vibes, textures. A sunset on the hills in Chianti, riding a bike on an island in Sicily. Imagine us discussing it in parliament with an Italian accent: l’importanza del made in Italy. We use the English expression unironically. It’s aimed at Americans," Francesco Pacifico writes.
venetian bottleglass window +++ concomitant shadow
January 13, 2026 at 7:44 PM
venetian bottleglass window +++ concomitant shadow
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A lot of alt lit folks feel like raccoons in the dumpster of literacy. They have a certain nocturnal luster but you know they’d probably give a life-threatening illness to your pet
January 13, 2026 at 2:16 PM
A lot of alt lit folks feel like raccoons in the dumpster of literacy. They have a certain nocturnal luster but you know they’d probably give a life-threatening illness to your pet
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a high lyric fictive sequence ... as assuredly rhythmic as it is philosophically rich ... "Entries" by Zachary Gary ... new_sinews issue9
newnewsinews.com/entries
newnewsinews.com/entries
zachary_gary ~ entries — new_sinews
_ZACHARY GARY_fiction_ENTRIES_new_sinews_issue9_
newnewsinews.com
January 11, 2026 at 7:35 PM
a high lyric fictive sequence ... as assuredly rhythmic as it is philosophically rich ... "Entries" by Zachary Gary ... new_sinews issue9
newnewsinews.com/entries
newnewsinews.com/entries
{ 1 / 27 / 2017 ~ 2:56:16 pm }
January 9, 2026 at 2:29 PM
{ 1 / 27 / 2017 ~ 2:56:16 pm }
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retrofuturistic diagnoses ... apportioned into clinically incisive increments ... "A Chronology of the Not Too Distant Future" by Lisa Hsiao Chen.. new_sinews issue9
newnewsinews.com/chronology
newnewsinews.com/chronology
lisa_hsiao_chen ~ a_chronology_of_the_not-too-distant_future — new_sinews
_Lisa Hsiao Chen_fiction_A CHRONOLOGY OF THE NOT-TOO-DISTANT FUTURE_new_sinews_issue9_
newnewsinews.com
January 8, 2026 at 9:23 PM
retrofuturistic diagnoses ... apportioned into clinically incisive increments ... "A Chronology of the Not Too Distant Future" by Lisa Hsiao Chen.. new_sinews issue9
newnewsinews.com/chronology
newnewsinews.com/chronology
sending out some snailmail fiction submissions ... the paper; the staples ... the optimism ... the pagination! like it's ~2007
January 8, 2026 at 5:15 PM
sending out some snailmail fiction submissions ... the paper; the staples ... the optimism ... the pagination! like it's ~2007
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g.a.m.e. (genuine arcade machine entertainment) (1991) '..it looks like a coin operated arcade machine but is actually a system for home game consoles. users can connect up to 3 different video game systems & a vcr to the unit. it has a $2,500 suggested retail price.' archive.org/details/elec...
September 2, 2025 at 9:12 AM
g.a.m.e. (genuine arcade machine entertainment) (1991) '..it looks like a coin operated arcade machine but is actually a system for home game consoles. users can connect up to 3 different video game systems & a vcr to the unit. it has a $2,500 suggested retail price.' archive.org/details/elec...
the gulfs the crags the roads the figs the teeth the peaks the magma the lizards the dirt the graves the cacti the snails the sheep
January 7, 2026 at 1:22 AM
the gulfs the crags the roads the figs the teeth the peaks the magma the lizards the dirt the graves the cacti the snails the sheep
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meticulously rhythmic tale of procuring employment ... full of booze & colors & mythic precision ... "Shortbread" by @zebulonhourse.bsky.social ... new_sinews issue9
newnewsinews.com/shortbread
newnewsinews.com/shortbread
zebulon_horse ~ shortbread — new_sinews
_Zebulon Horse_fiction_SHORTBREAD_news_sinews_issue9_
newnewsinews.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:32 PM
meticulously rhythmic tale of procuring employment ... full of booze & colors & mythic precision ... "Shortbread" by @zebulonhourse.bsky.social ... new_sinews issue9
newnewsinews.com/shortbread
newnewsinews.com/shortbread
{ 12 / 30 / 2025 ~ 8:30 pm }
January 5, 2026 at 10:29 PM
{ 12 / 30 / 2025 ~ 8:30 pm }
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‘On the night of 28 February 2004, the Haitian president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, was forced from power. He claimed he’d been kidnapped and didn’t know where he was being taken until, at the end of a 20-hour flight, he found himself in the CAR.’
From the archive:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v2...
From the archive:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v2...
Paul Farmer · Who removed Aristide?
www.lrb.co.uk
January 5, 2026 at 5:08 PM
‘On the night of 28 February 2004, the Haitian president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, was forced from power. He claimed he’d been kidnapped and didn’t know where he was being taken until, at the end of a 20-hour flight, he found himself in the CAR.’
From the archive:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v2...
From the archive:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v2...
Selinunte indeed—Greek colony on the southwest Africa-facing coast of Sicily. Dead ass city: twentysome decades. Monuments preserved as monumentally self-confusing debris. Ruins; wreckage. Fixity fixity fixity!
January 1, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Selinunte indeed—Greek colony on the southwest Africa-facing coast of Sicily. Dead ass city: twentysome decades. Monuments preserved as monumentally self-confusing debris. Ruins; wreckage. Fixity fixity fixity!
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meandering poem-staggered-within-its-own-singular-poem-ness ... as inclusive as it is evasive ... "Blazes (Trails)" by Hannah Brooks-Motl ... new_sinews issue9
newnewsinews.com/blazes
newnewsinews.com/blazes
hannah_brooks-motl ~ blazes (trails) — new_sinews
_HANNAH BROOKS-MOTL_poetry_BLAZES (TRAILS)_new_sinews_issue9_
newnewsinews.com
December 31, 2025 at 8:17 PM
meandering poem-staggered-within-its-own-singular-poem-ness ... as inclusive as it is evasive ... "Blazes (Trails)" by Hannah Brooks-Motl ... new_sinews issue9
newnewsinews.com/blazes
newnewsinews.com/blazes
Over 937,000 Tech Jobs Gone So Far in 2036 — Here’s Exactly Which Skills Are Now Untouchable.
December 30, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Over 937,000 Tech Jobs Gone So Far in 2036 — Here’s Exactly Which Skills Are Now Untouchable.
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They’re here!! Pub day is 17 Feb 2026!
Cover and interior art by Kathryn Eddy. Production of gorgeous book-object by @graywolfpress.bsky.social
Thank you all so much for all your meticulous work.
💙🐙
Cover and interior art by Kathryn Eddy. Production of gorgeous book-object by @graywolfpress.bsky.social
Thank you all so much for all your meticulous work.
💙🐙
December 28, 2025 at 8:42 PM
They’re here!! Pub day is 17 Feb 2026!
Cover and interior art by Kathryn Eddy. Production of gorgeous book-object by @graywolfpress.bsky.social
Thank you all so much for all your meticulous work.
💙🐙
Cover and interior art by Kathryn Eddy. Production of gorgeous book-object by @graywolfpress.bsky.social
Thank you all so much for all your meticulous work.
💙🐙
{ 12 / 4 / 2025 ~ 7:01 pm }
December 28, 2025 at 7:58 PM
{ 12 / 4 / 2025 ~ 7:01 pm }
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Bunch of sinews just dropped. Newest you will be able to find.
new_sinews issue9 is now live ... FEATURING: @zebulonhourse.bsky.social <> Hannah Brooks-Motl +
@israelbonilla.bsky.social >< Lisa Hsiao Chen +
@brandonshimoda.bsky.social <> Zachary Gary + Gabriel Palacios >< Amelia Moriarty + Zack Darsee <>
@mandysuzannewong.bsky.social
newnewsinews.com/issue9
@israelbonilla.bsky.social >< Lisa Hsiao Chen +
@brandonshimoda.bsky.social <> Zachary Gary + Gabriel Palacios >< Amelia Moriarty + Zack Darsee <>
@mandysuzannewong.bsky.social
newnewsinews.com/issue9
new_sinews issue9
_newsinews issue9_Zebulon Horse+Hannah Brooks-Motl+Israel Bonilla+Lisa Hsiao Chen+Brandon Shimoda+Zachary Gary+Gabriel Palacios+Amelia Moriarty+Zack Darsee+Mandy-Suzanne Wong
newnewsinews.com
December 28, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Bunch of sinews just dropped. Newest you will be able to find.
new new issue of new_sinews ... heat from top to bottom ... so many modes of substantial writing ... the past; the present; the future ... no filler & nary a word obligatory :)
new_sinews issue9 is now live ... FEATURING: @zebulonhourse.bsky.social <> Hannah Brooks-Motl +
@israelbonilla.bsky.social >< Lisa Hsiao Chen +
@brandonshimoda.bsky.social <> Zachary Gary + Gabriel Palacios >< Amelia Moriarty + Zack Darsee <>
@mandysuzannewong.bsky.social
newnewsinews.com/issue9
@israelbonilla.bsky.social >< Lisa Hsiao Chen +
@brandonshimoda.bsky.social <> Zachary Gary + Gabriel Palacios >< Amelia Moriarty + Zack Darsee <>
@mandysuzannewong.bsky.social
newnewsinews.com/issue9
new_sinews issue9
_newsinews issue9_Zebulon Horse+Hannah Brooks-Motl+Israel Bonilla+Lisa Hsiao Chen+Brandon Shimoda+Zachary Gary+Gabriel Palacios+Amelia Moriarty+Zack Darsee+Mandy-Suzanne Wong
newnewsinews.com
December 27, 2025 at 11:53 PM
new new issue of new_sinews ... heat from top to bottom ... so many modes of substantial writing ... the past; the present; the future ... no filler & nary a word obligatory :)
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I have a poem in the new @new-sinews.bsky.social, thanks to @illepitaph.bsky.social. The poem — Grains of Rice — is long, complicated; traces inheritances, internalizations, and overlapping violences in my family's history (in Guangzhou, Hiroshima); and takes place at a Wendy's in New Jersey.
new_sinews issue9 is now live ... FEATURING: @zebulonhourse.bsky.social <> Hannah Brooks-Motl +
@israelbonilla.bsky.social >< Lisa Hsiao Chen +
@brandonshimoda.bsky.social <> Zachary Gary + Gabriel Palacios >< Amelia Moriarty + Zack Darsee <>
@mandysuzannewong.bsky.social
newnewsinews.com/issue9
@israelbonilla.bsky.social >< Lisa Hsiao Chen +
@brandonshimoda.bsky.social <> Zachary Gary + Gabriel Palacios >< Amelia Moriarty + Zack Darsee <>
@mandysuzannewong.bsky.social
newnewsinews.com/issue9
new_sinews issue9
_newsinews issue9_Zebulon Horse+Hannah Brooks-Motl+Israel Bonilla+Lisa Hsiao Chen+Brandon Shimoda+Zachary Gary+Gabriel Palacios+Amelia Moriarty+Zack Darsee+Mandy-Suzanne Wong
newnewsinews.com
December 27, 2025 at 10:12 PM
I have a poem in the new @new-sinews.bsky.social, thanks to @illepitaph.bsky.social. The poem — Grains of Rice — is long, complicated; traces inheritances, internalizations, and overlapping violences in my family's history (in Guangzhou, Hiroshima); and takes place at a Wendy's in New Jersey.