rob mclennan
@robmclennan.bsky.social
poet, fiction writer, publisher, critic, papa, etc.
out now: the book of sentences (University of Calgary Press)
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out now: the book of sentences (University of Calgary Press)
https://robmclennan.blogspot.com/
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http://robmclennanauthor.blogspot.com/ https://robmclennan.substack.com/
Despite any earlier announcements you may have heard, I wish to report that it is currently not, in fact, raining men.
January 6, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Despite any earlier announcements you may have heard, I wish to report that it is currently not, in fact, raining men.
working an essay in my usual sportsbar corner, along with a few items, including chapbook titles by Stuart Ross, Noah Ross, Brian Ng, Roberto Harrison, Sandy Berrigan and others, as well as the latest issue of The Capilano Review,
January 6, 2026 at 6:58 PM
working an essay in my usual sportsbar corner, along with a few items, including chapbook titles by Stuart Ross, Noah Ross, Brian Ng, Roberto Harrison, Sandy Berrigan and others, as well as the latest issue of The Capilano Review,
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newly posted: Amanda Earl @amandaearl.bsky.social : the sea is sort of inside me now
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Amanda Earl : the sea is sort of inside me now
I abstract blue curves on a chart of abysses labyrinthian sorrows of nightmares and the reasons I left a marriage I was trapped in f...
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January 3, 2026 at 2:30 PM
newly posted: Amanda Earl @amandaearl.bsky.social : the sea is sort of inside me now
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newly posted at @periodicities.bsky.social : Noah Sparrow @noahsparrow.bsky.social : Two poems
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Noah Sparrow : Two poems
Meditations During my Hair Emergency Every Wednesday an hour of my day is filled like the bucket right by my socks The soap gra...
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January 6, 2026 at 2:15 PM
newly posted at @periodicities.bsky.social : Noah Sparrow @noahsparrow.bsky.social : Two poems
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A ‘best of’ list of 2025 Canadian poetry books
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A ‘best of’ list of 2025 Canadian poetry books
Once more, I offer my annual list of the seemingly-arbitrary “worth repeating” (given ‘best’ is such an inconclusive, imprecise designation)...
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January 6, 2026 at 1:39 PM
A ‘best of’ list of 2025 Canadian poetry books
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Tuesday poem #666 : Ealhwine : Illeism
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Tuesday poem #666 : Ealhwine : Illeism
dearth of demonic things in life now: Labubus instead of Tickle Me Elmos receptacles for our placeholder evil until that evil escapes th...
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January 6, 2026 at 12:38 PM
Tuesday poem #666 : Ealhwine : Illeism
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newly posted at @periodicities.bsky.social : Carrie Olivia Adams : From Bridges / @tupelopress.bsky.social ;
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Carrie Olivia Adams : From Bridges
moth caught in a gale and blown against a wall and clinging there beating feebly The symmetry of the little beasts as their wi...
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January 5, 2026 at 2:10 PM
newly posted at @periodicities.bsky.social : Carrie Olivia Adams : From Bridges / @tupelopress.bsky.social ;
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I shall hereafter, my thrice gracious lord, be more myself.
; a new interview or three, a review or two, and other important (relatively) updates, / @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social ;
robmclennan.substack.com/p/i-shall-he...
; a new interview or three, a review or two, and other important (relatively) updates, / @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social ;
robmclennan.substack.com/p/i-shall-he...
January 5, 2026 at 4:07 PM
I shall hereafter, my thrice gracious lord, be more myself.
; a new interview or three, a review or two, and other important (relatively) updates, / @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social ;
robmclennan.substack.com/p/i-shall-he...
; a new interview or three, a review or two, and other important (relatively) updates, / @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social ;
robmclennan.substack.com/p/i-shall-he...
i don't know how to process such wilful destruction and blatant greed,
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been dissolved, ending its 58 years as the primary funder for PBS, NPR and local TV and radio stations
Corporation For Public Broadcasting Is Dissolved After 58 Years Of Service
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January 6, 2026 at 2:51 AM
i don't know how to process such wilful destruction and blatant greed,
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Hint hint Ōtepoti Dunedin—save the date for the first Octagon Collective Poetry Night, because Sonja will be in town!!
Feb 11th!!!!!
Feb 11th!!!!!
newly posted at @periodicities.bsky.social : Sonja Greckol : How I came to translation
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Sonja Greckol : How I came to translation
Generating Dark Matter -- Diverted and Dark Matter based on Rocío Cerón's Materia Oscura In 2019, I watched Rocío Cerón perform Ma...
periodicityjournal.blogspot.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:09 AM
Hint hint Ōtepoti Dunedin—save the date for the first Octagon Collective Poetry Night, because Sonja will be in town!!
Feb 11th!!!!!
Feb 11th!!!!!
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ICYMI: The new book of #Poetry 'pedagogies for the planthroposcene' by #BlackEarthInstitute Fellow Orchid Tierney, was published by the above/ground press.
@orchidtierney.bsky.social is a poet and scholar from Aotearoa-New Zealand
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@orchidtierney.bsky.social is a poet and scholar from Aotearoa-New Zealand
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new from above/ground press: pedagogies for the planthroposcene, by Orchid Tierney
pedagogies for the planthroposcene Orchid Tierney $5 it’s amazing how fires unfurl strange weathers brown husks carve ...
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January 4, 2026 at 5:20 PM
ICYMI: The new book of #Poetry 'pedagogies for the planthroposcene' by #BlackEarthInstitute Fellow Orchid Tierney, was published by the above/ground press.
@orchidtierney.bsky.social is a poet and scholar from Aotearoa-New Zealand
abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2025/05/new-...
@orchidtierney.bsky.social is a poet and scholar from Aotearoa-New Zealand
abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2025/05/new-...
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above/ground press author spotlights : substack : Trivedi, Houglum, Tierney, Christie, Gray, Reid, Unsworth, Ballard, O’Reilly, Ladouceur, Sikkema, Siklosi, Norris, Nećakov, Saklikar, Fagan, Earl + Downs /
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abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2026/01/abov...
above/ground press author spotlights : substack : Trivedi, Houglum, Tierney, Christie, Gray, Reid, Unsworth, Ballard, O’Reilly, Ladouceur, Sikkema, Siklosi, Norris, Nećakov, Saklikar, Fagan, Earl + Do...
Since building my above/ground press substack last spring, I've started posting a series of interviews with above/ground press authors (ne...
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January 5, 2026 at 3:08 PM
above/ground press author spotlights : substack : Trivedi, Houglum, Tierney, Christie, Gray, Reid, Unsworth, Ballard, O’Reilly, Ladouceur, Sikkema, Siklosi, Norris, Nećakov, Saklikar, Fagan, Earl + Downs /
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If Joe Biden, Barack Obama, or Bill Clinton had openly threatened to seize the territory of our NATO allies, Jake Tapper & every other CNN anchor would do nothing but point out how wildly illegal this is, how massively it endangers US national security, & how it is grounds for immediate impeachment.
TAPPER: Can you rule out the US is going to take Greenland by force?
MILLER: Greenland should be part of the US. By what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? The US is the power of NATO
T: So force is on the table?
M: Nobody is gonna fight the US militarily over future of Greenland
MILLER: Greenland should be part of the US. By what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? The US is the power of NATO
T: So force is on the table?
M: Nobody is gonna fight the US militarily over future of Greenland
January 5, 2026 at 11:31 PM
If Joe Biden, Barack Obama, or Bill Clinton had openly threatened to seize the territory of our NATO allies, Jake Tapper & every other CNN anchor would do nothing but point out how wildly illegal this is, how massively it endangers US national security, & how it is grounds for immediate impeachment.
small one has a dentist appointment, so hoping to move through a couple of things, including Christian Schlegel’s The Blackbird, which landed today,
January 6, 2026 at 12:03 AM
small one has a dentist appointment, so hoping to move through a couple of things, including Christian Schlegel’s The Blackbird, which landed today,
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Read more about grotesque architecture and my cave obsession:
newly posted at @periodicities.bsky.social : Frances Cannon : on Grotto / @frankyfrancescannon.com ;
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Frances Cannon : on Grotto
There is a strange vision lodged in my memory and subconscious: fountains and alcoves dripping with artificial mineral deposits, b...
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January 5, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Read more about grotesque architecture and my cave obsession:
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12 or 20 (second series) questions with Vera Hadzic / @anvilpress.bsky.social ;
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12 or 20 (second series) questions with Vera Hadzic
Vera Hadzic is a writer based on the unceded territory of the Anishinaabe Algonquin Nation in Ottawa, Ontario. Her poetry chapbook, Fossils...
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January 5, 2026 at 1:34 PM
12 or 20 (second series) questions with Vera Hadzic / @anvilpress.bsky.social ;
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Spotlight series #117 : Nada Gordon / @nadagordon.bsky.social @subpresspoetry.bsky.social ;
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Spotlight series #117 : Nada Gordon
Curated by Canadian writer, editor and publisher rob mclennan, the “spotlight” series appears the first Monday of every month.
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January 5, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Spotlight series #117 : Nada Gordon / @nadagordon.bsky.social @subpresspoetry.bsky.social ;
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Thank you @robmclennan.bsky.social for including No One Knows Us There by Jessica Bebenek and women & roosters by Fenn Stewart in this terrific 'best of' list of 2025 Canadian poetry books!
A ‘best of’ list of 2025 Canadian poetry books
dusie.blogspot.com/2026/01/a-be...
dusie.blogspot.com/2026/01/a-be...
January 5, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Thank you @robmclennan.bsky.social for including No One Knows Us There by Jessica Bebenek and women & roosters by Fenn Stewart in this terrific 'best of' list of 2025 Canadian poetry books!
I shall hereafter, my thrice gracious lord, be more myself.
; a new interview or three, a review or two, and other important (relatively) updates, / @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social ;
robmclennan.substack.com/p/i-shall-he...
; a new interview or three, a review or two, and other important (relatively) updates, / @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social ;
robmclennan.substack.com/p/i-shall-he...
January 5, 2026 at 4:07 PM
I shall hereafter, my thrice gracious lord, be more myself.
; a new interview or three, a review or two, and other important (relatively) updates, / @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social ;
robmclennan.substack.com/p/i-shall-he...
; a new interview or three, a review or two, and other important (relatively) updates, / @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social ;
robmclennan.substack.com/p/i-shall-he...
above/ground press author spotlights : substack : Trivedi, Houglum, Tierney, Christie, Gray, Reid, Unsworth, Ballard, O’Reilly, Ladouceur, Sikkema, Siklosi, Norris, Nećakov, Saklikar, Fagan, Earl + Downs /
abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2026/01/abov...
abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2026/01/abov...
above/ground press author spotlights : substack : Trivedi, Houglum, Tierney, Christie, Gray, Reid, Unsworth, Ballard, O’Reilly, Ladouceur, Sikkema, Siklosi, Norris, Nećakov, Saklikar, Fagan, Earl + Do...
Since building my above/ground press substack last spring, I've started posting a series of interviews with above/ground press authors (ne...
abovegroundpress.blogspot.com
January 5, 2026 at 3:08 PM
above/ground press author spotlights : substack : Trivedi, Houglum, Tierney, Christie, Gray, Reid, Unsworth, Ballard, O’Reilly, Ladouceur, Sikkema, Siklosi, Norris, Nećakov, Saklikar, Fagan, Earl + Downs /
abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2026/01/abov...
abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2026/01/abov...
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Many thanks to Peripety and/or Tronies and @robmclennan.bsky.social for this profile :-)
The photo is of me immediately after finishing my marking, hence the glazed I-can't-see-my-hand look.
The photo is of me immediately after finishing my marking, hence the glazed I-can't-see-my-hand look.
Canadian Poets Series #18 : Gregory Betts / @whatisapoem.bsky.social @downingfield.bsky.social @guernicaeditions.bsky.social ;
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Canadian Poets Series #18 : Gregory Betts
Gregory Betts is a poet and professor at Brock University and the author or editor of 25 books, including If Language (BookThug, 2005; 200...
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January 5, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Many thanks to Peripety and/or Tronies and @robmclennan.bsky.social for this profile :-)
The photo is of me immediately after finishing my marking, hence the glazed I-can't-see-my-hand look.
The photo is of me immediately after finishing my marking, hence the glazed I-can't-see-my-hand look.
Spotlight series #117 : Nada Gordon / @nadagordon.bsky.social @subpresspoetry.bsky.social ;
robmclennan.medium.com/spotlight-se...
robmclennan.medium.com/spotlight-se...
Spotlight series #117 : Nada Gordon
Curated by Canadian writer, editor and publisher rob mclennan, the “spotlight” series appears the first Monday of every month.
robmclennan.medium.com
January 5, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Spotlight series #117 : Nada Gordon / @nadagordon.bsky.social @subpresspoetry.bsky.social ;
robmclennan.medium.com/spotlight-se...
robmclennan.medium.com/spotlight-se...
newly posted at @periodicities.bsky.social : Sonja Greckol : How I came to translation
periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2026/01/sonj...
periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2026/01/sonj...
Sonja Greckol : How I came to translation
Generating Dark Matter -- Diverted and Dark Matter based on Rocío Cerón's Materia Oscura In 2019, I watched Rocío Cerón perform Ma...
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January 5, 2026 at 2:18 PM
newly posted at @periodicities.bsky.social : Sonja Greckol : How I came to translation
periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2026/01/sonj...
periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2026/01/sonj...
newly posted at @periodicities.bsky.social : Laura Kerr @sedserio.com in Conversation with James Knight / @badbadpoet.bsky.social ;
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Laura Kerr in Conversation with James Knight
Introduction James Knight’s visual poetry occupies a restless territory where language refuses to behave as text alone. Drawing on Surreal...
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January 5, 2026 at 2:16 PM
newly posted at @periodicities.bsky.social : Laura Kerr @sedserio.com in Conversation with James Knight / @badbadpoet.bsky.social ;
periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2026/01/laur...
periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2026/01/laur...
newly posted at @periodicities.bsky.social : Stan Rogal : REPORT FROM THE DEAD POETS’ SOCIETY: Bachmann
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Stan Rogal : REPORT FROM THE DEAD POETS’ SOCIETY: Bachmann
Ingeborg Bachmann (1926-1973) in conversation with Stan Rogal Harder days are coming. The time of debt delayed, revocable, becoming vi...
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January 5, 2026 at 2:12 PM
newly posted at @periodicities.bsky.social : Stan Rogal : REPORT FROM THE DEAD POETS’ SOCIETY: Bachmann
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