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SarahJSloat

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"Those who talk too little usually know it, those who talk too much usually don’t."

Aphorisms by James Richardson

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American Poetry Review - James Richardson - "Vectors 6.2: Just Saying"

Published in American Poetry Review - Volume 54 | No. 06

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January 1, 2026 at 5:03 PM

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Babette Mangolte, Annette Michelson’s Bookshelves on the Upper West Side, 1976.

January 3, 2026 at 1:23 PM

Kate Bixler

@ksbixler.bsky.social

Sonic Buckwit ► Subcortical

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Subcortical [GRSCLM150], by Sonic Buckwit

6 track album

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January 4, 2026 at 3:00 PM

Kate Bixler

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January 4, 2026 at 2:59 PM

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Alina Stefanescu

@alinaetc.bsky.social

www.alinastefanescuwriter.com/blog/2025/12/21/rant

Rant. — alina Ştefănescu

You cannot write a single line w/out a cosmology a cosmogony laid out, before all eyes — Diane di Prima, “Revolutionary Letter #75 (Rant)” And so we watch the sun come up From the edge of the d...

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December 22, 2025 at 5:12 PM

Kate Bixler

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Richard Francis ► Combinations 4

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Combinations 4, by Richard Francis

10 track album

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December 27, 2025 at 3:30 PM

Kate Bixler

@ksbixler.bsky.social

📷 Kyocera Samurai X3.0
🎞️ Ilford XP2 Super 400

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December 27, 2025 at 3:30 PM

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kottke.org

@kottke.org

On reading Proust vs experiencing the world intermediated by screens (even when you’re not on one). “Your attention is, on a foundational level, all you have. This is why it feels worse than bad to waste it. It feels annihilating.” [blackbirdspyplane.com]

This life gives you nothing

Your attention is all you have. Wasting it is annihilating. Blackbird Spyplane saves literacy in a monumental Year-End Essay.

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December 19, 2025 at 10:42 PM

Kate Bixler

@ksbixler.bsky.social

Leiche ► Annihilating Grace Of Infinity

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Annihilating Grace Of Infinity, by Leiche

9 track album

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December 25, 2025 at 2:47 AM

Kate Bixler

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December 25, 2025 at 2:46 AM

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Ice Floe Press (Open for Subs)

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Today at Ice Floe New Works: Texas-based poet Alexander Etheridge; philosophical, dark, contemplative poems by a widely published poet. Art by @rfredekenter.bsky.social #poetry #art #blueskypoetry #artonbluesky
I was born into
these tiny sounds of growing stems.
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Two Poems – Alexander Etheridge

Pure Green I walk further into myself—inside a waking dream, I walk further into dark. The trees and sky here change, becoming ten thousand years ago, and suddenly I’m by a cold stream in thi…

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December 12, 2025 at 8:45 PM

Kate Bixler

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Efdemin ► Poly

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Poly, by Efdemin

11 track album

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December 21, 2025 at 2:25 PM

Kate Bixler

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🎞️ Kodak Tri-X 400

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December 21, 2025 at 2:24 PM

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Pat Foran

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“Endorsed by many leaders of the free world, these patented ears boast an advanced option which eradicates cognitive dissonance, allowing you to double down on your beliefs and …”

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