Ira Lightman
@iralightman.bsky.social
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DEATH OF A PUDDLE BETWEEN STORMS
Quietly
After a short
Stillness
Quietly
After a short
Stillness
January 26, 2026 at 9:02 PM
DEATH OF A PUDDLE BETWEEN STORMS
Quietly
After a short
Stillness
Quietly
After a short
Stillness
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Think one of these guys is not an original member.
January 21, 2026 at 10:30 AM
Think one of these guys is not an original member.
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Solipsism: as far as the I can see.
January 20, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Solipsism: as far as the I can see.
UNREGARDED AGE IN CORNERS THROWN
i.m. Gerard Benson
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i.m. Gerard Benson
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January 20, 2026 at 5:56 PM
UNREGARDED AGE IN CORNERS THROWN
i.m. Gerard Benson
🧵
i.m. Gerard Benson
🧵
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A modern master. This has been The Hejinian Era.
January 13, 2026 at 8:16 PM
A modern master. This has been The Hejinian Era.
At last, a really good translation that doesn't make "you just change your life" burst out of an ignorable remainder like a fit.
love this version of Rilke by Delmore Schwartz, written the year before he died
January 13, 2026 at 11:28 AM
At last, a really good translation that doesn't make "you just change your life" burst out of an ignorable remainder like a fit.
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I chair the acquisitions meeting of @reaktionbooks.bsky.social, an independent publisher. We're open to unsolicited book proposals: history, art, music, film, food, animal studies and any great indefinable non-fiction book ideas you might have. Check out the list and get in touch.
January 11, 2026 at 11:41 AM
I chair the acquisitions meeting of @reaktionbooks.bsky.social, an independent publisher. We're open to unsolicited book proposals: history, art, music, film, food, animal studies and any great indefinable non-fiction book ideas you might have. Check out the list and get in touch.
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"Who is the man who appears unexpectedly in an OS map..?"
January 7, 2026 at 11:43 AM
"Who is the man who appears unexpectedly in an OS map..?"
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As the decorations get put away, so this old poem of mine comes out. A silly seasonal offering for #TwelfthNight, in which I invent a word for that very specific sadness we feel on seeing the space just lately vacated by our Christmas tree.
January 5, 2026 at 6:33 PM
As the decorations get put away, so this old poem of mine comes out. A silly seasonal offering for #TwelfthNight, in which I invent a word for that very specific sadness we feel on seeing the space just lately vacated by our Christmas tree.