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Jim Petersen
@jimbp.bsky.social
Writer, visual artist, literary archivist. Pro-democracy. Everything changes and nothing is lost. – Ovid. Poetry is braver than anybody. – Roberto Bolańo. Don’t let it end like this, tell them I said something. – Pancho Villa.
Biweekly can be twice a week or every other week. Bimonthly can be twice a month or every other month. Ah, the English as she is spoke. Maddening.
February 7, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Republican administrations are so confusing. President Musk rules w/o a single American having voted for him. And then if VP Trump becomes his backup, what is VP Vance’s job?
December 20, 2024 at 6:18 PM
Book of the day. An astonishing sequence of 501 sonnets! (Shakespeare, you lightweight.) #booksky
December 8, 2024 at 7:27 PM
Yesterday was November 26, Trump Sentencing Day for 34 Felonies. It’s the holidays we no longer celebrate that you really miss.
November 27, 2024 at 5:55 PM
Book of the day. One of a series of three dust jacket designs by Semadar Megged for New Directions that perfectly evokes the mystery and beauty of Sebald’s writing. #booksky
November 26, 2024 at 5:52 PM
Book of the day. With the classic Alvin Lustig dust wrapper. #booksky
November 22, 2024 at 8:35 PM
Book of the day. #booksky
November 21, 2024 at 9:36 PM
Book of the day. #booksky A literary and cultural history of swimming. A mostly forgotten gem reprinted by Vintage Classics.
November 20, 2024 at 7:38 PM
Slow to catch up but… this one. Book of the day. #booksky
November 19, 2024 at 9:36 PM
My first Gerald Murnane book. Haunting, strange, lyrical prose. Any other Murnane readers here? #geraldmurnane
November 17, 2024 at 6:15 PM
Climbing out of the primordial Twitter ooze. Checking out the blue sky above, looks brighter so far.
November 14, 2024 at 10:01 PM