Rena J. Mosteirin
@renamosteirin.bsky.social
Poet. Disaster Tourism, (BOA Editions); Perceptron (punctum); Experiment 116 (Counterpath Press); Moonbit (punctum); & 2 chapbooks. Owner of Left Bank Books.Lecturer at Dartmouth College. Editor at Bloodrootlit.org
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If you pre-order MY BAD from the @hachettebgusa.bsky.social website, get 20% off with the code MYBAD20. Pre-orders make a huge difference in the life of a book so please feel free to share this with anyone and everyone! www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/hugh-...
January 8, 2026 at 7:50 PM
If you pre-order MY BAD from the @hachettebgusa.bsky.social website, get 20% off with the code MYBAD20. Pre-orders make a huge difference in the life of a book so please feel free to share this with anyone and everyone! www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/hugh-...
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‘Time has vindicated the sense that Susan Howe is more the child of New England Transcendentalists than of international Marxist-materialists.’
Ange Mlinko on Susan Howe’s poetry:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Ange Mlinko on Susan Howe’s poetry:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Ange Mlinko · Scattered Alphabet: On Susan Howe
Reading the work that Susan Howe has produced over the past half century, one marvels at the consistency and depth of...
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January 2, 2026 at 6:48 PM
‘Time has vindicated the sense that Susan Howe is more the child of New England Transcendentalists than of international Marxist-materialists.’
Ange Mlinko on Susan Howe’s poetry:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Ange Mlinko on Susan Howe’s poetry:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Thanks for the review!
@triquarterlymag.bsky.social
@triquarterlymag.bsky.social
A Review of Disaster Tourism by Rena J. Mosteirin — TriQuarterly
The speaker does not posit any panaceas for the ills in our lives, but it does present a mirror in which we can all look into to question our relationship to safety, home, politics, and the environmen...
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December 28, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Thanks for the review!
@triquarterlymag.bsky.social
@triquarterlymag.bsky.social
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you were close with him your dad I think
𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘳𝘶𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘪𝘢
how would you describe this century so far
𝘢𝘭𝘭-𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨
famously you have spoken of the uselessness of interviews
𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘐
‘Lieu Vague’, a poem by Anne Carson.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘳𝘶𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘪𝘢
how would you describe this century so far
𝘢𝘭𝘭-𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨
famously you have spoken of the uselessness of interviews
𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘐
‘Lieu Vague’, a poem by Anne Carson.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Anne Carson · Poem: ‘Lieu Vague’
www.lrb.co.uk
December 24, 2025 at 5:10 PM
you were close with him your dad I think
𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘳𝘶𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘪𝘢
how would you describe this century so far
𝘢𝘭𝘭-𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨
famously you have spoken of the uselessness of interviews
𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘐
‘Lieu Vague’, a poem by Anne Carson.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘳𝘶𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘪𝘢
how would you describe this century so far
𝘢𝘭𝘭-𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨
famously you have spoken of the uselessness of interviews
𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘐
‘Lieu Vague’, a poem by Anne Carson.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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My section of Perceptron opens with a poem written by Frank Rosenblatt. It's one of the few non-technical writings he left after his early and tragic death. It's titled "Courage" and we have it because it was read at his memorial and by virtue of family connections, into the Congressional Record.
December 19, 2025 at 3:59 PM
My section of Perceptron opens with a poem written by Frank Rosenblatt. It's one of the few non-technical writings he left after his early and tragic death. It's titled "Courage" and we have it because it was read at his memorial and by virtue of family connections, into the Congressional Record.
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Get your #OpenAccess copy of James Dobson's & Rena Mosteirin's PERCEPTRON here: punctumbooks.com/titles/perce...
#AI #computing #inventions #neuroscience #cybernetics
#AI #computing #inventions #neuroscience #cybernetics
My section of Perceptron opens with a poem written by Frank Rosenblatt. It's one of the few non-technical writings he left after his early and tragic death. It's titled "Courage" and we have it because it was read at his memorial and by virtue of family connections, into the Congressional Record.
December 19, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Get your #OpenAccess copy of James Dobson's & Rena Mosteirin's PERCEPTRON here: punctumbooks.com/titles/perce...
#AI #computing #inventions #neuroscience #cybernetics
#AI #computing #inventions #neuroscience #cybernetics
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I am pretty thrilled to announce the publication of Perceptron, a creative-critical reading of Frank Rosenblatt and his world-changing invention. I co-authored Perceptron with Rena J. Mosteirin @renamosteirin.bsky.social, my collaborator and partner in all things. punctumbooks.com/titles/perce...
December 17, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I am pretty thrilled to announce the publication of Perceptron, a creative-critical reading of Frank Rosenblatt and his world-changing invention. I co-authored Perceptron with Rena J. Mosteirin @renamosteirin.bsky.social, my collaborator and partner in all things. punctumbooks.com/titles/perce...
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"As ICE and other federal agencies storm cities across the country in a sweeping immigration crackdown, one seismic policy change has largely flown under the radar: the assault on DACA and the more than 515,000 recipients currently in the program." https://bit.ly/49Kmtvp
Then they came for the Dreamers
Immigrants brought here as children were told they wouldn’t be deported. Now, they’re being targeted anyway.
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November 12, 2025 at 2:06 PM
"As ICE and other federal agencies storm cities across the country in a sweeping immigration crackdown, one seismic policy change has largely flown under the radar: the assault on DACA and the more than 515,000 recipients currently in the program." https://bit.ly/49Kmtvp
"Seen in this light, GPT-5’s performance of a grieving Japanese woman starts to look queasily like Madame Butterfly meets Blade Runner."
‘The lyric poem, as Allen Grossman once put it, “is the genre of the ‘other mind’”. To showcase your large language model navigating that genre is to broach the kind of question more often consigned to sci-fi.’
Conrad Steel, new on the blog:
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/no...
Conrad Steel, new on the blog:
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/no...
Conrad Steel | Low-Hanging Fruit
The use of verse to suggest an LLM’s human-like capacities taps into a tradition where those capacities are already...
www.lrb.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 3:32 PM
"Seen in this light, GPT-5’s performance of a grieving Japanese woman starts to look queasily like Madame Butterfly meets Blade Runner."
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We got the first snow of the season and THE APPENDECTOMY GRIN is out now! Why not curl up inside where its warm with a copy of Charles Rafferty's thought-provoking collection? Full of intriguing prose and inspiring ideas, purchase a copy on the Boa website today through the link in our bio!
November 12, 2025 at 2:03 PM
We got the first snow of the season and THE APPENDECTOMY GRIN is out now! Why not curl up inside where its warm with a copy of Charles Rafferty's thought-provoking collection? Full of intriguing prose and inspiring ideas, purchase a copy on the Boa website today through the link in our bio!
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That was
The beginning of my obsession with garnets.
When I held them to the light
Their wine just changed.
I bought string after string, but the closest
I got was a hundred-year-old necklace
From the Netherlands.
‘Garnets’, a poem by @tricialockwood.bsky.social
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
The beginning of my obsession with garnets.
When I held them to the light
Their wine just changed.
I bought string after string, but the closest
I got was a hundred-year-old necklace
From the Netherlands.
‘Garnets’, a poem by @tricialockwood.bsky.social
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Patricia Lockwood · Poem: ‘Garnets’
www.lrb.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 5:50 PM
That was
The beginning of my obsession with garnets.
When I held them to the light
Their wine just changed.
I bought string after string, but the closest
I got was a hundred-year-old necklace
From the Netherlands.
‘Garnets’, a poem by @tricialockwood.bsky.social
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
The beginning of my obsession with garnets.
When I held them to the light
Their wine just changed.
I bought string after string, but the closest
I got was a hundred-year-old necklace
From the Netherlands.
‘Garnets’, a poem by @tricialockwood.bsky.social
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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This recording captures my talk on “Genre and GenAI” at Sciences Po last week. This is work toward a formal and material critique of instruction-fine tuned models that present what I call the “instructional-conversational” genre. [INST]
La vidéo de la présentation de @jeddobson.bsky.social lors du séminaire du médialab est en ligne !
Une discussion autour des normes, idéologies et attentes intégrées dans les architectures linguistiques contemporaines.
A regarder dès maintenant sur Vimeo 👇
Une discussion autour des normes, idéologies et attentes intégrées dans les architectures linguistiques contemporaines.
A regarder dès maintenant sur Vimeo 👇
Genre and GenAI
Abstract : Instruction fine-tuned large language models that power contemporary chatbots should be understood as participating in what I call the instructional-conversational…
vimeo.com
October 21, 2025 at 11:30 AM
This recording captures my talk on “Genre and GenAI” at Sciences Po last week. This is work toward a formal and material critique of instruction-fine tuned models that present what I call the “instructional-conversational” genre. [INST]
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Begin by Brendan Kennelly (who died four years ago today).
October 17, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Begin by Brendan Kennelly (who died four years ago today).
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A book for our times, DISASTER TOURISM by Rena J. Mosteirin offers readers a gritty view of our darkening world, shifting perspectives and transporting us at a needfully dizzying pace.
Purchase your very own copy of DISASTER TOURISM today at boaeditions.org!
#PubWeek #BoaEditions#PoetryCollection
Purchase your very own copy of DISASTER TOURISM today at boaeditions.org!
#PubWeek #BoaEditions#PoetryCollection
October 16, 2025 at 6:00 PM
A book for our times, DISASTER TOURISM by Rena J. Mosteirin offers readers a gritty view of our darkening world, shifting perspectives and transporting us at a needfully dizzying pace.
Purchase your very own copy of DISASTER TOURISM today at boaeditions.org!
#PubWeek #BoaEditions#PoetryCollection
Purchase your very own copy of DISASTER TOURISM today at boaeditions.org!
#PubWeek #BoaEditions#PoetryCollection
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Ye’ve gaithered the airts, ye’ve held them in yir haun,
Ye’ve braided the airts, smooricht thaim tae yir breist.
Draigon-lik ye’ve pushionit the merse,
Yir thunnery rair wedes aa the flooirs awa
‘Enheduanna’s Song’, a poem by Robert Crawford: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Ye’ve braided the airts, smooricht thaim tae yir breist.
Draigon-lik ye’ve pushionit the merse,
Yir thunnery rair wedes aa the flooirs awa
‘Enheduanna’s Song’, a poem by Robert Crawford: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Robert Crawford · Poem: ‘Enheduanna’s Song’
www.lrb.co.uk
October 16, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Ye’ve gaithered the airts, ye’ve held them in yir haun,
Ye’ve braided the airts, smooricht thaim tae yir breist.
Draigon-lik ye’ve pushionit the merse,
Yir thunnery rair wedes aa the flooirs awa
‘Enheduanna’s Song’, a poem by Robert Crawford: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Ye’ve braided the airts, smooricht thaim tae yir breist.
Draigon-lik ye’ve pushionit the merse,
Yir thunnery rair wedes aa the flooirs awa
‘Enheduanna’s Song’, a poem by Robert Crawford: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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"Your Father Came from a Movie" by @renamosteirin.bsky.social
from her brand new collection, Disaster Tourism. #poetry #poems
from her brand new collection, Disaster Tourism. #poetry #poems
Your Father Came from a Movie
Placing poetry at the crossroads of American life since 1910.
poetrysociety.org
October 15, 2025 at 4:48 PM
"Your Father Came from a Movie" by @renamosteirin.bsky.social
from her brand new collection, Disaster Tourism. #poetry #poems
from her brand new collection, Disaster Tourism. #poetry #poems
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"Disaster Tourism" by @renamosteirin.bsky.social from her brand new collection, Disaster Tourism. #poetry #poems
Disaster Tourism
Placing poetry at the crossroads of American life since 1910.
poetrysociety.org
October 15, 2025 at 4:46 PM
"Disaster Tourism" by @renamosteirin.bsky.social from her brand new collection, Disaster Tourism. #poetry #poems
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Pub day for a new book from my favorite poet!
We're thrilled to announce that Rena J. Mosteirin's new poetry collection DISASTER TOURISM is out now! Purchase your copy at boaeditions.org. Swipe for a sneak peek at an excerpt from one of her poems! 📚
#PubDay #NewBook #RenaJMosteirin #PoetryCollection #BoaEditions #DisasterTourism
#PubDay #NewBook #RenaJMosteirin #PoetryCollection #BoaEditions #DisasterTourism
October 14, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Pub day for a new book from my favorite poet!
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We're thrilled to announce that Rena J. Mosteirin's new poetry collection DISASTER TOURISM is out now! Purchase your copy at boaeditions.org. Swipe for a sneak peek at an excerpt from one of her poems! 📚
#PubDay #NewBook #RenaJMosteirin #PoetryCollection #BoaEditions #DisasterTourism
#PubDay #NewBook #RenaJMosteirin #PoetryCollection #BoaEditions #DisasterTourism
October 14, 2025 at 1:04 PM
We're thrilled to announce that Rena J. Mosteirin's new poetry collection DISASTER TOURISM is out now! Purchase your copy at boaeditions.org. Swipe for a sneak peek at an excerpt from one of her poems! 📚
#PubDay #NewBook #RenaJMosteirin #PoetryCollection #BoaEditions #DisasterTourism
#PubDay #NewBook #RenaJMosteirin #PoetryCollection #BoaEditions #DisasterTourism
Reposted by Rena J. Mosteirin
We're thrilled to announce that Rena J. Mosteirin's new poetry collection DISASTER TOURISM is out now! Purchase your copy at boaeditions.org. Swipe for a sneak peek at an excerpt from one of her poems! 📚
#PubDay #NewBook #RenaJMosteirin #PoetryCollection #BoaEditions #DisasterTourism
#PubDay #NewBook #RenaJMosteirin #PoetryCollection #BoaEditions #DisasterTourism
October 14, 2025 at 2:59 PM
That pub day feeling
October 14, 2025 at 12:24 PM
That pub day feeling