Leona Medlin
@leonamedlin.bsky.social
I'm working on a non-fiction proposal for my nearly-finished Japan book. Various poems and stories are out on submission to magazines, as is 'Peace Bell', an essay. Can you guess what 'Peace Bell' is about?
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November 12, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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The emotionally precarious life of a poet… @writersandartists.bsky.social have released an excerpt from my essay in their 2026 edition: ‘Perseverance in Getting Poetry Published’ www.writersandartists.co.uk/advice/perse...
August 3, 2025 at 5:49 AM
The emotionally precarious life of a poet… @writersandartists.bsky.social have released an excerpt from my essay in their 2026 edition: ‘Perseverance in Getting Poetry Published’ www.writersandartists.co.uk/advice/perse...
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😲 George Saunders is releasing "Vigil" on 1/27/26
Like "Lincoln in the Bardo", it will be set in a liminal zone between life and death.
It follows the deathbed journey & moral accounting of an oil company CEO.
Are you adding this one to your TBR? 📚
#books #booksky #litfic #booklover #tbr
Like "Lincoln in the Bardo", it will be set in a liminal zone between life and death.
It follows the deathbed journey & moral accounting of an oil company CEO.
Are you adding this one to your TBR? 📚
#books #booksky #litfic #booklover #tbr
July 24, 2025 at 8:22 PM
😲 George Saunders is releasing "Vigil" on 1/27/26
Like "Lincoln in the Bardo", it will be set in a liminal zone between life and death.
It follows the deathbed journey & moral accounting of an oil company CEO.
Are you adding this one to your TBR? 📚
#books #booksky #litfic #booklover #tbr
Like "Lincoln in the Bardo", it will be set in a liminal zone between life and death.
It follows the deathbed journey & moral accounting of an oil company CEO.
Are you adding this one to your TBR? 📚
#books #booksky #litfic #booklover #tbr
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remembering this nice old lady on the subway once who leaned over my shoulder to read whatever book of poems I had, and when I "caught" her I held the book between us, I let her tell me when to turn the page, and at her stop she thanked me for letting her be a "thief of my reading"
July 30, 2025 at 1:26 PM
remembering this nice old lady on the subway once who leaned over my shoulder to read whatever book of poems I had, and when I "caught" her I held the book between us, I let her tell me when to turn the page, and at her stop she thanked me for letting her be a "thief of my reading"
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I’m familiar with community science or “citizen science” projects in astronomy, but didn’t realize the extent to which iNaturalist users were generating useful data. More than 5,000 peer-reviewed papers since its inception, & citations increasing quickly. 🧪
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Citizen Scientists Are Accelerating Ecology Research, Study Suggests
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July 29, 2025 at 10:39 PM
I’m familiar with community science or “citizen science” projects in astronomy, but didn’t realize the extent to which iNaturalist users were generating useful data. More than 5,000 peer-reviewed papers since its inception, & citations increasing quickly. 🧪
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/s...
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Rain! Such a blessing for gardeners, if not for holidaymakers. But dry in Gloucestershire today, I think. I wish you appropriate weather!
July 30, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Rain! Such a blessing for gardeners, if not for holidaymakers. But dry in Gloucestershire today, I think. I wish you appropriate weather!
Delightful!
Purple toadflax! Despite the bulldozers, here it is, delighting bumblebees in our Gloucestershire town garden! #30DaysWild
June 24, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Delightful!
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I'll be running a workshop for those new to poetry at Penzance Lit Fest on 2 July
#poetry
#literaryfestivals
#poetry
#literaryfestivals
June 23, 2025 at 10:33 AM
I'll be running a workshop for those new to poetry at Penzance Lit Fest on 2 July
#poetry
#literaryfestivals
#poetry
#literaryfestivals
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I think folk musicians are very kind to poetry. I recommend @genevievetudor.bsky.social 'Genevieve Plays Folk' podcast on Mixcloud. On 20.4.25, 1hr 35 min in, Dowally played a most moving version of W.H.Auden's 'Night Mail', with 'longing' for mail.'For who can bear to feel themselves forgotten?'
April 21, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I think folk musicians are very kind to poetry. I recommend @genevievetudor.bsky.social 'Genevieve Plays Folk' podcast on Mixcloud. On 20.4.25, 1hr 35 min in, Dowally played a most moving version of W.H.Auden's 'Night Mail', with 'longing' for mail.'For who can bear to feel themselves forgotten?'
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Best introduction for Grief's Alphabet I'll ever have: youtu.be/z8B4NSG9YO8
Matthew Leigh's intro for Grief's Alphabet
YouTube video by Carrie Etter
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March 31, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Best introduction for Grief's Alphabet I'll ever have: youtu.be/z8B4NSG9YO8
Lovely to see them!
I have measured out my life... growing celandines, both the common and cheerful, & carefully bred ones, which now thrive under wire cloches to frustrated squirrels. They're in the wilder part of the back garden, so I am almost their only admirer. Then it occurred to me that you could see them, too!
March 30, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Lovely to see them!
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“Nothing is anything forever, Juro said. Not even nature.” New fiction by Bryan Washington.
“Hatagaya Lore,” by Bryan Washington
The bar was mostly empty, but Aaliyah was playing, so I passed the bartender some yen, and after he mixed my drink he lingered in front of me.
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March 23, 2025 at 5:02 PM
“Nothing is anything forever, Juro said. Not even nature.” New fiction by Bryan Washington.
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A wood anemone opens its milky star to the sun. Ah, we know how it feels.
March 21, 2025 at 7:36 AM
A wood anemone opens its milky star to the sun. Ah, we know how it feels.
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Rosali, Mary Timony, Chris Forsyth, Cian Nugent, The Tubs, and more share their love for British music legend Richard Thompson.
Your Light Till Doomsday: The Legacy and Influence of Richard Thompson
Rosali, Mary Timony, Chris Forsyth, Cian Nugent, The Tubs, and more share their love for the British music legend.
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March 11, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Rosali, Mary Timony, Chris Forsyth, Cian Nugent, The Tubs, and more share their love for British music legend Richard Thompson.
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Please join us at Castlefield Gallery on Thursday 3rd April for PN Review's Spring Readings 2025, featuring recent contributors to the magazine: Stav Poleg, Ophira Gottlieb, Philip Terry and Alex Wong!
Please reserve a free ticket as spaces are limited: www.tickettailor.com/events/carcanetpress...
Please reserve a free ticket as spaces are limited: www.tickettailor.com/events/carcanetpress...
March 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Please join us at Castlefield Gallery on Thursday 3rd April for PN Review's Spring Readings 2025, featuring recent contributors to the magazine: Stav Poleg, Ophira Gottlieb, Philip Terry and Alex Wong!
Please reserve a free ticket as spaces are limited: www.tickettailor.com/events/carcanetpress...
Please reserve a free ticket as spaces are limited: www.tickettailor.com/events/carcanetpress...
The best plan is to read it again now. Then you'll perhaps be ready to look for another great read. Sometimes a reread is the best next read. I find that especially with poetry collections.
Just finished @pollyrowena.bsky.social's Much With Body and loved it so much I can't think what I'm going to read next
March 9, 2025 at 5:25 PM
The best plan is to read it again now. Then you'll perhaps be ready to look for another great read. Sometimes a reread is the best next read. I find that especially with poetry collections.
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"When I was seven years old, my parents noticed I had perfect pitch and could play almost anything by ear, so they started me on piano lessons."
Read Allan Miller's piece, "Sharps & Flats," in the Winter 2024-25 issue of Ploughshares. https://pshr.us/winter24
Read Allan Miller's piece, "Sharps & Flats," in the Winter 2024-25 issue of Ploughshares. https://pshr.us/winter24
March 9, 2025 at 4:29 PM
"When I was seven years old, my parents noticed I had perfect pitch and could play almost anything by ear, so they started me on piano lessons."
Read Allan Miller's piece, "Sharps & Flats," in the Winter 2024-25 issue of Ploughshares. https://pshr.us/winter24
Read Allan Miller's piece, "Sharps & Flats," in the Winter 2024-25 issue of Ploughshares. https://pshr.us/winter24
Nice! Must get a copy from one of the independent bookshops around here...
The people of Swindon are having an early start... First book out the door almost immediately was Alex Hay's The Queen of Fives
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February 25, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Nice! Must get a copy from one of the independent bookshops around here...
They are Ukrainian poets, they are in Odessa. This about them and about their work, their situation and about Odessa and its history. While there is sadness, this is very life-affirming writing. 'They Invented a New Language for War' www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/o...
Opinion | They Invented a New Language for War (Gift Article)
The words of war and the war of words.
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February 24, 2025 at 4:42 PM
They are Ukrainian poets, they are in Odessa. This about them and about their work, their situation and about Odessa and its history. While there is sadness, this is very life-affirming writing. 'They Invented a New Language for War' www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/o...
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The other fucking reason I don't trust "AI" for anything
February 17, 2025 at 9:05 PM
The other fucking reason I don't trust "AI" for anything
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Seriously, creative folks: Don't be afraid to let people know your stuff is out there for them, or worry that "now is not the time for that." People are stressed and freaked out and looking for the things that will give them a moment of rest and joy. It is EXACTLY the time for what we do. Tell them.
February 13, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Seriously, creative folks: Don't be afraid to let people know your stuff is out there for them, or worry that "now is not the time for that." People are stressed and freaked out and looking for the things that will give them a moment of rest and joy. It is EXACTLY the time for what we do. Tell them.
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Folks: I am NOT affiliated with the group that is using my name to support an economic boycott. Please spread this post, if you would.
February 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Folks: I am NOT affiliated with the group that is using my name to support an economic boycott. Please spread this post, if you would.
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The Dublin Review number ninety-seven | WINTER 2024-25 features work by Brian Davey, Karen O’Reilly, Eimear Ryan, Susannah Dickey, Aisling Flynn, Juliana Adelman, and Arnold Thomas Fanning. To buy or subscribe visit thedublinreview.com/product/subscription/
January 25, 2025 at 12:14 PM
The Dublin Review number ninety-seven | WINTER 2024-25 features work by Brian Davey, Karen O’Reilly, Eimear Ryan, Susannah Dickey, Aisling Flynn, Juliana Adelman, and Arnold Thomas Fanning. To buy or subscribe visit thedublinreview.com/product/subscription/
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"We were co-conspirators in forgiving what he had done."
Read Nyssa Chow's piece, "How to Become a Monster," from the Spring 2018 issue, free this week! https://bit.ly/3CwcsUq
Read Nyssa Chow's piece, "How to Become a Monster," from the Spring 2018 issue, free this week! https://bit.ly/3CwcsUq
February 5, 2025 at 5:38 PM
"We were co-conspirators in forgiving what he had done."
Read Nyssa Chow's piece, "How to Become a Monster," from the Spring 2018 issue, free this week! https://bit.ly/3CwcsUq
Read Nyssa Chow's piece, "How to Become a Monster," from the Spring 2018 issue, free this week! https://bit.ly/3CwcsUq
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/o...
Opinion | Let’s Hear It for the Coyote in Chicago Hiding in the Produce Aisle (Gift Article)
The wild creatures who have adapted to our ways are adept at remaining out of sight. But they are here, and they will always be with us.
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January 28, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/o...