Chase Berggrun
@patriphobe.bsky.social
• poet • organizer • trans lesbian • author of R E D (erasures of Bram Stoker's Dracula) (@Birdsllc 2018) • she/her • 🇵🇸 free palestine 🇵🇸
www.chaseberggrun.com
www.chaseberggrun.com
I’m teaching a five week seminar on erasure for @poetrysociety.org ! Come read and think and play with me! Discount code “FallLearning20” gets you 20% off. More here: poetrysociety.org/events/crash...
Erasures & Appropriated Text: A Crash Course with Chase Berggrun
Placing poetry at the crossroads of American life since 1910.
poetrysociety.org
October 7, 2025 at 8:56 PM
I’m teaching a five week seminar on erasure for @poetrysociety.org ! Come read and think and play with me! Discount code “FallLearning20” gets you 20% off. More here: poetrysociety.org/events/crash...
This is infuriating, unsurprising, and absolute bullshit. A
@penamerica.bsky.social employee has been fired from a "free speech" organization for ... practicing free speech. Shame on PEN y e t a g a i n.
mondoweiss.net/2025/08/pen-...
@penamerica.bsky.social employee has been fired from a "free speech" organization for ... practicing free speech. Shame on PEN y e t a g a i n.
mondoweiss.net/2025/08/pen-...
PEN America claims to support free speech, but fired me for speaking about Palestine
The free speech organization PEN America fired me three days after I published an article about how they investigated me for sharing an article critical of Zionism. My termination is a sad reflection ...
mondoweiss.net
August 4, 2025 at 7:18 PM
This is infuriating, unsurprising, and absolute bullshit. A
@penamerica.bsky.social employee has been fired from a "free speech" organization for ... practicing free speech. Shame on PEN y e t a g a i n.
mondoweiss.net/2025/08/pen-...
@penamerica.bsky.social employee has been fired from a "free speech" organization for ... practicing free speech. Shame on PEN y e t a g a i n.
mondoweiss.net/2025/08/pen-...
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🚨BREAKING: The last journalists working for AFP in Gaza have said they can no longer work for the news agency.
They are out of energy and they are starving to death.
I have never seen a statement from a news organisation like it.
🧵
They are out of energy and they are starving to death.
I have never seen a statement from a news organisation like it.
🧵
July 21, 2025 at 8:55 PM
🚨BREAKING: The last journalists working for AFP in Gaza have said they can no longer work for the news agency.
They are out of energy and they are starving to death.
I have never seen a statement from a news organisation like it.
🧵
They are out of energy and they are starving to death.
I have never seen a statement from a news organisation like it.
🧵
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The real beauty of reading: No two readers experience the same book in the same way. @themountaingoats.bsky.social doesn’t dig the footnotes in The Competition of Unfinished Stories; @patriphobe.bsky.social loves them (as do we). Form your own opinion in November when this Kurdish novel is out.
they slowed down the action & read like editorial interpellation / directions on how to read the book; I found them cloying. I feel bad saying so because I love Sandorf Passage but the vibe of the notes was entirely wrong for me.
June 18, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The real beauty of reading: No two readers experience the same book in the same way. @themountaingoats.bsky.social doesn’t dig the footnotes in The Competition of Unfinished Stories; @patriphobe.bsky.social loves them (as do we). Form your own opinion in November when this Kurdish novel is out.
New York! I’m teaching a class on the poetics of resistance this summer at Brooklyn Poets! Come join us.
How can we, as writers & as human beings, reject the hollowing violence of neutrality? In this 6 week, in-person workshop w/ @patriphobe.bsky.social, we'll explore poetics as a vehicle of change, as a call to action & as part & parcel of the work of opposing empire. brooklynpoets.org/workshop/p/p...
Poetics of Resistance — Brooklyn Poets
How can we, as writers and as human beings, reject the hollowing violence of neutrality in favor of a poetry that stands as tall as our bodies in the streets? In this six-week, in-person workshop, we ...
brooklynpoets.org
May 31, 2025 at 7:04 PM
New York! I’m teaching a class on the poetics of resistance this summer at Brooklyn Poets! Come join us.
Reposted by Chase Berggrun
How can we, as writers & as human beings, reject the hollowing violence of neutrality? In this 6 week, in-person workshop w/ @patriphobe.bsky.social, we'll explore poetics as a vehicle of change, as a call to action & as part & parcel of the work of opposing empire. brooklynpoets.org/workshop/p/p...
Poetics of Resistance — Brooklyn Poets
How can we, as writers and as human beings, reject the hollowing violence of neutrality in favor of a poetry that stands as tall as our bodies in the streets? In this six-week, in-person workshop, we ...
brooklynpoets.org
May 30, 2025 at 2:38 PM
How can we, as writers & as human beings, reject the hollowing violence of neutrality? In this 6 week, in-person workshop w/ @patriphobe.bsky.social, we'll explore poetics as a vehicle of change, as a call to action & as part & parcel of the work of opposing empire. brooklynpoets.org/workshop/p/p...
7 years ago, Birds LLC helped me bring R E D into the world! I am so grateful for the readers & teachers who spent time with this text, & the way it has resisted the truncated lifecycle of a poetry collection: for the generosity you have all afforded my lil book.
birdsllc.com/news/happy-p...
birdsllc.com/news/happy-p...
Happy Pub Day R E D
Friends,
Today is the official publication date for R E D, by Chase Berggrun!
It’s available now as a Handpicked title for May from SPD. Get 20% off with code HANDPICKED.
...
birdsllc.com
May 8, 2025 at 6:25 PM
7 years ago, Birds LLC helped me bring R E D into the world! I am so grateful for the readers & teachers who spent time with this text, & the way it has resisted the truncated lifecycle of a poetry collection: for the generosity you have all afforded my lil book.
birdsllc.com/news/happy-p...
birdsllc.com/news/happy-p...
A new essay in @poetryfoundation.bsky.social, on the politics & pitfalls of erasure (I too dislike it), my own history with the form, Srikanth Reddy’s Voyager, & the process & experience of writing my erasure of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, R E D, is now online! www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
“A slow and difficult process that verged on the ridiculous”: On…
Poems, readings, poetry news and the entire 110-year archive of POETRY magazine.
www.poetryfoundation.org
May 1, 2025 at 5:17 PM
A new essay in @poetryfoundation.bsky.social, on the politics & pitfalls of erasure (I too dislike it), my own history with the form, Srikanth Reddy’s Voyager, & the process & experience of writing my erasure of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, R E D, is now online! www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
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As part of a Palestine Studies cluster hire, Hunter College is honored to announce its search for two open-rank tenure-line professors, with an expected start date in Fall 2025, in Palestinian studies with one in the social sciences and the other in the humanities
Friends, the Palestinian Studies line is back up, and we are soliciting applications through Monday. Please apply and share in your networks! I wouldn't be promoting if I did not think Hunter is a great place to work.
hrsa.cunyfirst.cuny.edu/psc/erecruit...
hrsa.cunyfirst.cuny.edu/psc/erecruit...
Careers
Salary commensurate with academic accomplishments and experience.
hrsa.cunyfirst.cuny.edu
April 17, 2025 at 8:10 PM
As part of a Palestine Studies cluster hire, Hunter College is honored to announce its search for two open-rank tenure-line professors, with an expected start date in Fall 2025, in Palestinian studies with one in the social sciences and the other in the humanities
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Small press knowledge means needing the perfect birthday gift and ordering directly from the press because you know it will be far, far faster than even your local indie bookstore 📚💙 Support your local poetry presses, readers! #NationalPoetryMonth @patriphobe.bsky.social
April 16, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Small press knowledge means needing the perfect birthday gift and ordering directly from the press because you know it will be far, far faster than even your local indie bookstore 📚💙 Support your local poetry presses, readers! #NationalPoetryMonth @patriphobe.bsky.social
@susanabulhawa.bsky.social on PEN America's refusal to acknowledge the genocide in Palestine: mondoweiss.net/2025/04/susa...
Susan Abulhawa’s response to PEN America’s complicity with genocide
Read Susan Abulhawa’s scorching letter to the head of PEN America where she takes a blowtorch to the organization’s continued complicity with Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
mondoweiss.net
April 2, 2025 at 7:46 PM
@susanabulhawa.bsky.social on PEN America's refusal to acknowledge the genocide in Palestine: mondoweiss.net/2025/04/susa...
If you've been nominated for a 2025 PEN America award, please get in touch via email or DM!
March 19, 2025 at 8:00 PM
If you've been nominated for a 2025 PEN America award, please get in touch via email or DM!
This "FAQ" is a direct response to WAWOG's demands, though it answers not a single one of them. Instead, point by point, they double down on their hypocrisies. Predictably, their response merely illuminates the need to continue boycotting this shameless org.
pen.org/an-faq-from-...
pen.org/an-faq-from-...
An FAQ from PEN America - PEN America
We thank the members of our community who have spoken to us about their concerns, and want to be transparent in sharing publicly the information we have shared with them.
pen.org
March 14, 2025 at 9:45 PM
This "FAQ" is a direct response to WAWOG's demands, though it answers not a single one of them. Instead, point by point, they double down on their hypocrisies. Predictably, their response merely illuminates the need to continue boycotting this shameless org.
pen.org/an-faq-from-...
pen.org/an-faq-from-...
Reposted by Chase Berggrun
I received an invitation from PEN America.
I declined.
In 2024 writers initiated a boycott because of PEN’s silence on the genocide and that silence is still loud.
I believe daylight matters.
Here is the text of my response:
I declined.
In 2024 writers initiated a boycott because of PEN’s silence on the genocide and that silence is still loud.
I believe daylight matters.
Here is the text of my response:
March 3, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I received an invitation from PEN America.
I declined.
In 2024 writers initiated a boycott because of PEN’s silence on the genocide and that silence is still loud.
I believe daylight matters.
Here is the text of my response:
I declined.
In 2024 writers initiated a boycott because of PEN’s silence on the genocide and that silence is still loud.
I believe daylight matters.
Here is the text of my response:
THE BOYCOTT STANDS! Despite the ouster of Suzanne Nossel after concerted pressure from thousands of writers, @penamerica.bsky.social has made no effort toward repair or meeting any of our demands. More info here:
www.writersagainstthewarongaza.com/boycott-pen-...
www.writersagainstthewarongaza.com/boycott-pen-...
March 3, 2025 at 9:36 PM
THE BOYCOTT STANDS! Despite the ouster of Suzanne Nossel after concerted pressure from thousands of writers, @penamerica.bsky.social has made no effort toward repair or meeting any of our demands. More info here:
www.writersagainstthewarongaza.com/boycott-pen-...
www.writersagainstthewarongaza.com/boycott-pen-...
Pierre Joris' poetry and his translations of Paul Celan changed my life. Breathturn Into Timestead, his rendering of Celan's later books, transformed my conception of what a poem is and can do. He was an inimitable steward of language, bringing light to everything he touched.
February 27, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Pierre Joris' poetry and his translations of Paul Celan changed my life. Breathturn Into Timestead, his rendering of Celan's later books, transformed my conception of what a poem is and can do. He was an inimitable steward of language, bringing light to everything he touched.
and yet PEN has been silent for decades as "Israel" has tortured and murdered thousands of political prisoners. I guess hostages are only hostages if they're not Palestinians.
Mr Lifshutz’ body was released as part of the Gaza ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas.
PEN America calls on Hamas to ensure the humane treatment of hostages still in captivity and respect for the dignity of the deceased in accordance with international law.
PEN America calls on Hamas to ensure the humane treatment of hostages still in captivity and respect for the dignity of the deceased in accordance with international law.
February 25, 2025 at 10:18 PM
and yet PEN has been silent for decades as "Israel" has tortured and murdered thousands of political prisoners. I guess hostages are only hostages if they're not Palestinians.
AWP, SMD: a guide to genocidal panels at AWP this year -
February 4, 2025 at 1:11 AM
AWP, SMD: a guide to genocidal panels at AWP this year -
An excellent-as-always piece in @nplusonemag.com by Saree Makdisi, excoriating American institutions like PEN America for constructing and reinforcing the foundations upon which genocide is built: www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
January 31, 2025 at 5:48 PM
An excellent-as-always piece in @nplusonemag.com by Saree Makdisi, excoriating American institutions like PEN America for constructing and reinforcing the foundations upon which genocide is built: www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
Reposted by Chase Berggrun
I think of all 3 of them all the time. Especially the first one whom we only know as "unknown female" who apparently is still alive...but since nobody will release her name or identity, we can't even check if she needs support
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s2jnews.com/third-americ...
Third American Self-Immolates to Protest Israel’s Gaza Genocide and US Involvement - S2Jnews
Reading Time: 2 minutes• “My name is Matt Nelson and I am about to engage in an extreme act of protest,” said Nelson before he took his own life. • Nelson’s case is the third reported instance since ...
s2jnews.com
January 24, 2025 at 9:09 AM
I think of all 3 of them all the time. Especially the first one whom we only know as "unknown female" who apparently is still alive...but since nobody will release her name or identity, we can't even check if she needs support
s2jnews.com/third-americ...
s2jnews.com/third-americ...
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Do you know R E D by @patriphobe.bsky.social? Teaches like a dream.
I’d need to think more about contemporary poetry that engages Victorian *poetry* directly…
I’d need to think more about contemporary poetry that engages Victorian *poetry* directly…
January 23, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Do you know R E D by @patriphobe.bsky.social? Teaches like a dream.
I’d need to think more about contemporary poetry that engages Victorian *poetry* directly…
I’d need to think more about contemporary poetry that engages Victorian *poetry* directly…
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Budget documents obtained by Mondoweiss show how the JNF supports the same violent Israeli settlers who were recently sanctioned by the Biden administration. Advocates say the organization itself should come under U.S. government scrutiny as well.
https://mondoweiss.net/2025/01/how-the-jewish-nati…
https://mondoweiss.net/2025/01/how-the-jewish-nati…
How the Jewish National Fund abets U.S.-sanctioned settlers
Budget documents obtained by Mondoweiss show how the JNF supports the same violent Israeli settlers who were recently sanctioned by the Biden administration. Advocates say the organization itself should...
mondoweiss.net
January 22, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Budget documents obtained by Mondoweiss show how the JNF supports the same violent Israeli settlers who were recently sanctioned by the Biden administration. Advocates say the organization itself should come under U.S. government scrutiny as well.
https://mondoweiss.net/2025/01/how-the-jewish-nati…
https://mondoweiss.net/2025/01/how-the-jewish-nati…