Marty Cain
@martycain.bsky.social
Poet / bisexual dad / aging punk freak / library worker in Ithaca NY. Author of three poetry books including The Prelude (Action Books, 2023) & monograph on rural poetic community forthcoming from Clemson UP. Vox in Joyous Shrub. He/him
www.marty-cain.com
www.marty-cain.com
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It's the end of The Best American Poetry.
I wrote about the forty-year anthology project, poetry’s place in Big Five publishing, and editor David Lehman's culture wars vision of American verse.
defector.com/good-riddanc...
I wrote about the forty-year anthology project, poetry’s place in Big Five publishing, and editor David Lehman's culture wars vision of American verse.
defector.com/good-riddanc...
Good Riddance To ‘The Best American Poetry’ | Defector
When David Lehman, a poet then working as a book critic for Newsweek, proposed the project for The Best American Poetry anthology, he was searching for a national platform. His first anthology project...
defector.com
September 30, 2025 at 3:18 PM
It's the end of The Best American Poetry.
I wrote about the forty-year anthology project, poetry’s place in Big Five publishing, and editor David Lehman's culture wars vision of American verse.
defector.com/good-riddanc...
I wrote about the forty-year anthology project, poetry’s place in Big Five publishing, and editor David Lehman's culture wars vision of American verse.
defector.com/good-riddanc...
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just gonna have to keep saying, in company of so many others:
we are jewish faculty against the astroturf antisemitism persecution of jewish faculty by our own universities, by online hate groups, and by the regime
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
we are jewish faculty against the astroturf antisemitism persecution of jewish faculty by our own universities, by online hate groups, and by the regime
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Cornell Cut Classes by a Pro-Palestinian Professor After an Israeli Student’s Discrimination Complaint
Dr. Eric Cheyfitz, who has taught at Cornell for more than two decades, claims the university is attempting to silence him as part of a broader crackdown on pro-Palestinian activism.
www.thenation.com
September 29, 2025 at 1:55 PM
just gonna have to keep saying, in company of so many others:
we are jewish faculty against the astroturf antisemitism persecution of jewish faculty by our own universities, by online hate groups, and by the regime
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
we are jewish faculty against the astroturf antisemitism persecution of jewish faculty by our own universities, by online hate groups, and by the regime
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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We wrote a thing about AI, fascism, and why framing this as "hype" is too apolitical
www.liberalcurrents.com/deflating-hy...
www.liberalcurrents.com/deflating-hy...
Deflating “Hype” Won’t Save Us
The problem with AI isn’t hype. The problem is who and what it’s useful for.
www.liberalcurrents.com
September 16, 2025 at 1:31 PM
We wrote a thing about AI, fascism, and why framing this as "hype" is too apolitical
www.liberalcurrents.com/deflating-hy...
www.liberalcurrents.com/deflating-hy...
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a chicken in every pot and an all ages hardcore show in every neighborhood
One policy solution to Young Men we should be considering is Universal Basic Electric Guitar (UBEG). I'm not joking, by the way. Kids of any gender should get a low-cost starter kit for some hobby of their choosing once they turn 13. A camera, paints, a cheap sampler, etc.
September 13, 2025 at 2:05 PM
a chicken in every pot and an all ages hardcore show in every neighborhood
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NEW: Arkansas announced plans for a mega prison in a rural town. Since then, locals are organizing to stop it.
At first they opposed it in their own town. But some now say they've taken a more critical look at how we incarcerate in the country.
make time for this new feature, you won't regret it
At first they opposed it in their own town. But some now say they've taken a more critical look at how we incarcerate in the country.
make time for this new feature, you won't regret it
The Prison Next Door - Bolts
How Arkansas’ secretive plan for a new state lockup angered residents in a deep red corner of rural America—and changed how some see incarceration.
boltsmag.org
September 11, 2025 at 2:39 PM
NEW: Arkansas announced plans for a mega prison in a rural town. Since then, locals are organizing to stop it.
At first they opposed it in their own town. But some now say they've taken a more critical look at how we incarcerate in the country.
make time for this new feature, you won't regret it
At first they opposed it in their own town. But some now say they've taken a more critical look at how we incarcerate in the country.
make time for this new feature, you won't regret it
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the tiny issue 14 is live!
The cover art Bedroom (2023) is by KB Jones.
Read the issue at thetinymag.com
The cover art Bedroom (2023) is by KB Jones.
Read the issue at thetinymag.com
September 3, 2025 at 1:47 PM
the tiny issue 14 is live!
The cover art Bedroom (2023) is by KB Jones.
Read the issue at thetinymag.com
The cover art Bedroom (2023) is by KB Jones.
Read the issue at thetinymag.com
I have some poems in the new issue of @thetinymag.bsky.social; but more importantly, the rest of the issue is extremely good and you should read it!
www.thetinymag.com/current-issue
www.thetinymag.com/current-issue
Current Issue — the tiny
www.thetinymag.com
September 3, 2025 at 10:44 PM
I have some poems in the new issue of @thetinymag.bsky.social; but more importantly, the rest of the issue is extremely good and you should read it!
www.thetinymag.com/current-issue
www.thetinymag.com/current-issue
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Time to go to work in the shit factory!
August 21, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Time to go to work in the shit factory!
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my neck
my back
my war
you’re one of them
my back
my war
you’re one of them
August 14, 2025 at 2:42 AM
my neck
my back
my war
you’re one of them
my back
my war
you’re one of them
Very long time coming but, super stoked that this digital collection of archival materials from Ithaca House—amazing Ithaca, NY-based small press that operated from 1969 to the mid-'80s—is finally live!
digital.library.cornell.edu/collections/...
digital.library.cornell.edu/collections/...
digital.library.cornell.edu
August 13, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Very long time coming but, super stoked that this digital collection of archival materials from Ithaca House—amazing Ithaca, NY-based small press that operated from 1969 to the mid-'80s—is finally live!
digital.library.cornell.edu/collections/...
digital.library.cornell.edu/collections/...
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AI filmmaking is peeing. It’s pooping. It’s throwing up. It’s a new kind of liquid coming out. It’s hated by the establishment. It’s what goes in the toilet. It’s wet. It’s what’s in the bathroom.
August 6, 2025 at 1:48 AM
AI filmmaking is peeing. It’s pooping. It’s throwing up. It’s a new kind of liquid coming out. It’s hated by the establishment. It’s what goes in the toilet. It’s wet. It’s what’s in the bathroom.
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universities ARE healthcare
rural clinics, rural hospitals, urban ERs all run by universities where corporations won't go
attacking universities is public health poison
bsky.app/profile/dday...
rural clinics, rural hospitals, urban ERs all run by universities where corporations won't go
attacking universities is public health poison
bsky.app/profile/dday...
From me: It hasn't been stressed enough just how disastrous the Republican Medicaid cuts would be for the hospital system—rural hospitals, yes, but ALL hospitals will be more crowded, more burdened, & at more risk of collapse if hundreds of closures occur, as is likely.
prospect.org/health/2025-...
prospect.org/health/2025-...
Republicans Threaten a Hospital Apocalypse
Experts warn of potentially hundreds of hospital closures, which would degrade the entire medical system.
prospect.org
June 19, 2025 at 1:13 PM
universities ARE healthcare
rural clinics, rural hospitals, urban ERs all run by universities where corporations won't go
attacking universities is public health poison
bsky.app/profile/dday...
rural clinics, rural hospitals, urban ERs all run by universities where corporations won't go
attacking universities is public health poison
bsky.app/profile/dday...
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The “deal” that Brown made with the Trump admin is much more extreme than is being reported. It includes government oversight of course evaluations and no barrier to government interference in faculty hiring.
Read it for yourself here:
www.brown.edu/sites/defaul...
Read it for yourself here:
www.brown.edu/sites/defaul...
www.brown.edu
July 30, 2025 at 11:46 PM
The “deal” that Brown made with the Trump admin is much more extreme than is being reported. It includes government oversight of course evaluations and no barrier to government interference in faculty hiring.
Read it for yourself here:
www.brown.edu/sites/defaul...
Read it for yourself here:
www.brown.edu/sites/defaul...
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solidarity, everybody, as we navigate the ruins of the postwar anglo-american educational system together —but please know, this does not need to be the way
July 7, 2025 at 7:17 PM
solidarity, everybody, as we navigate the ruins of the postwar anglo-american educational system together —but please know, this does not need to be the way
I have some sonnets in the new issue of Grotto!
Marty Cain — GROTTO
MARTY CAIN from SEXYRUBIES666 ~ ~ ~ Reflect my lungs to a world more metal Poetry was time theft, feelings settle & sediment I am in love / with your body...
grottojournal.net
July 7, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I have some sonnets in the new issue of Grotto!
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BHP are excited to welcome our July guest editor - M. Forajter!!! @saint-remus.bsky.social
THEME: ART & ANNIHILATION: contemporary gothic writing in the Anthropocene
“microplastics + dandelion + flawed pearl + fruit punch + The Relic + baroque”
Sendxxx
burninghousepress.com/2025/07/01/j...
THEME: ART & ANNIHILATION: contemporary gothic writing in the Anthropocene
“microplastics + dandelion + flawed pearl + fruit punch + The Relic + baroque”
Sendxxx
burninghousepress.com/2025/07/01/j...
JULY 2025 Guest Editor Is M. Forajter!!! THEME: ART & ANNIHILATION: contemporary gothic writing in the Anthropocene
Burning House Press are excited to welcome M. FORAJTER as the second BHP guest editor of our return series of special editions! As of today M. will take over editorship of Burning House Press onlin…
burninghousepress.com
July 1, 2025 at 8:43 PM
BHP are excited to welcome our July guest editor - M. Forajter!!! @saint-remus.bsky.social
THEME: ART & ANNIHILATION: contemporary gothic writing in the Anthropocene
“microplastics + dandelion + flawed pearl + fruit punch + The Relic + baroque”
Sendxxx
burninghousepress.com/2025/07/01/j...
THEME: ART & ANNIHILATION: contemporary gothic writing in the Anthropocene
“microplastics + dandelion + flawed pearl + fruit punch + The Relic + baroque”
Sendxxx
burninghousepress.com/2025/07/01/j...
wrote about the excellent @qzap.bsky.social on my library's blog! blogs.cornell.edu/olinuris/res...
Resource Spotlight: Queer Zine Archive Project
Zines have a curious relationship with libraries. For the uninitiated, zines—pronounced like zeens—are typically self-published, self-distributed, low-budget pamphlets that have historically served to...
blogs.cornell.edu
June 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
wrote about the excellent @qzap.bsky.social on my library's blog! blogs.cornell.edu/olinuris/res...
some new peepers have joined my family
June 23, 2025 at 7:42 PM
some new peepers have joined my family
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haven't published new stuff in a minute! thank you to John and BHP : )
We continue the excursions into INANIMISM w/
>excerpt from STREAMBED by Marty Cain< @martycain.bsky.social
“and as the body’s
exterior is absorbed its cosmic fluids
stew & release smells that translate
into musty sound”
~~~ @incastellated.bsky.social
burninghousepress.com/2025/06/17/e...
>excerpt from STREAMBED by Marty Cain< @martycain.bsky.social
“and as the body’s
exterior is absorbed its cosmic fluids
stew & release smells that translate
into musty sound”
~~~ @incastellated.bsky.social
burninghousepress.com/2025/06/17/e...
excerpt from STREAMBED by Marty Cain
the privatized body’s softest eye scavenged, sparrow dangled by the nerve, the chick’s maws open mewling for new food, solar filter, through the wing, the algae blooms from the eye in the body’s ce…
burninghousepress.com
June 17, 2025 at 9:32 PM
haven't published new stuff in a minute! thank you to John and BHP : )
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"At its heart the Trump Administration is violently divisive, isolationist, and segregationist, and solidarity is our first duty and most profound rejection of that agenda."
for this insight, Solnit has been suspended from fb
www.meditationsinanemergency.com/some-notes-o...
for this insight, Solnit has been suspended from fb
www.meditationsinanemergency.com/some-notes-o...
Some Notes on the City of Angels and the Nature of Violence
I think maybe it's begun, the bigger fiercer backlash against the Trump Administration which is itself a violent backlash against every good thing that's happened over the past several decades – the a...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
June 11, 2025 at 11:55 AM
"At its heart the Trump Administration is violently divisive, isolationist, and segregationist, and solidarity is our first duty and most profound rejection of that agenda."
for this insight, Solnit has been suspended from fb
www.meditationsinanemergency.com/some-notes-o...
for this insight, Solnit has been suspended from fb
www.meditationsinanemergency.com/some-notes-o...