rob mclennan
@robmclennan.bsky.social
poet, fiction writer, publisher, critic, papa, etc.
out now: the book of sentences (University of Calgary Press)
https://robmclennan.blogspot.com/
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out now: the book of sentences (University of Calgary Press)
https://robmclennan.blogspot.com/
https://www.patreon.com/robmclennan
http://robmclennanauthor.blogspot.com/ https://robmclennan.substack.com/
hey! im reading at this! that's cool,
❄ Join us for the launch of the Winter 2026 issue! ❄
Our winter issue is special because we specifically sought out work from poets who are celebrating their first print publication- we have no fewer than nine such poets! We ❤️ to support EMERGENCE!
Our winter issue is special because we specifically sought out work from poets who are celebrating their first print publication- we have no fewer than nine such poets! We ❤️ to support EMERGENCE!
February 19, 2026 at 12:41 AM
hey! im reading at this! that's cool,
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Misha Solomon, My Great-Grandfather Danced Ballet / @mishasolomon.bsky.social @pressassembly.bsky.social ;
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Misha Solomon, My Great-Grandfather Danced Ballet
Do you remember the Phantom of the Opera original cast recording? That white mask, that red rose? Of course you do, you wer...
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February 18, 2026 at 1:33 PM
Misha Solomon, My Great-Grandfather Danced Ballet / @mishasolomon.bsky.social @pressassembly.bsky.social ;
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Manahil Bandukwala @manahil.bsky.social : 2026 VERSeFest interviews: Hajar Mirwali / @versefest-ottawa.bsky.social @talonbooks.bsky.social ;
periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2026/02/mana...
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Manahil Bandukwala : 2026 VERSeFest interviews: Hajar Mirwali
Hajer Mirwali is a Palestinian and Iraqi writer living in Toronto. Her first book, Revolutions (Talonbooks, 2025), is a collection of poet...
periodicityjournal.blogspot.com
February 18, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Manahil Bandukwala @manahil.bsky.social : 2026 VERSeFest interviews: Hajar Mirwali / @versefest-ottawa.bsky.social @talonbooks.bsky.social ;
periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2026/02/mana...
periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2026/02/mana...
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February 18, 2026 at 4:10 PM
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" ‘You’re not going to waste your time’: Weavers push back on Ford’s ‘basket-weaving’ jab"
Doug Ford is so out of touch with the citizens of Ontario he blathers total nonsense.
The weaving industry is worth millions. It’s legal unlike selling drugs.
www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...
Doug Ford is so out of touch with the citizens of Ontario he blathers total nonsense.
The weaving industry is worth millions. It’s legal unlike selling drugs.
www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...
‘You’re not going to waste your time’: Weavers push back on Ford’s ‘basket-weaving’ jab
For members of the Toronto Guild of Spinners and Weavers, Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s unprompted jab at “basket-weaving courses” while he urged students to pursue “jobs of the future,” landed close to...
www.ctvnews.ca
February 18, 2026 at 8:09 PM
" ‘You’re not going to waste your time’: Weavers push back on Ford’s ‘basket-weaving’ jab"
Doug Ford is so out of touch with the citizens of Ontario he blathers total nonsense.
The weaving industry is worth millions. It’s legal unlike selling drugs.
www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...
Doug Ford is so out of touch with the citizens of Ontario he blathers total nonsense.
The weaving industry is worth millions. It’s legal unlike selling drugs.
www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...
way out in Kanata for some reason, dreadfully early for an appointment with middle daughter, discovered we’re near Big Rig (although nephew not working right now, which is too bad,
February 18, 2026 at 8:47 PM
way out in Kanata for some reason, dreadfully early for an appointment with middle daughter, discovered we’re near Big Rig (although nephew not working right now, which is too bad,
February 18, 2026 at 4:10 PM
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I am too honest, perhaps. A cruelty
of lines, drawn.
of lines, drawn.
hey! i have a couple of new(ish) poems up at Posit, / @positjournal.bsky.social ;
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rob mclennan
from dream logic 012 : “For violence it laid itself open to defeat by the Western barbarians.” Must be said again, everything. Keep your radios on. For further…
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February 18, 2026 at 3:21 PM
I am too honest, perhaps. A cruelty
of lines, drawn.
of lines, drawn.
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what a delightful human
above/ground press author spotlight #21 : Gary Barwin / @garybarwin.bsky.social ;
, celebrating his ninth chapbook through above/ground press,
abovegroundpress.substack.com/p/abovegroun...
, celebrating his ninth chapbook through above/ground press,
abovegroundpress.substack.com/p/abovegroun...
February 18, 2026 at 2:31 PM
what a delightful human
newly posted at @periodicities.bsky.social : Manahil Bandukwala @manahil.bsky.social : 2026 VERSeFest interviews: Hajar Mirwali / @versefest-ottawa.bsky.social @talonbooks.bsky.social ;
periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2026/02/mana...
periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2026/02/mana...
Manahil Bandukwala : 2026 VERSeFest interviews: Hajar Mirwali
Hajer Mirwali is a Palestinian and Iraqi writer living in Toronto. Her first book, Revolutions (Talonbooks, 2025), is a collection of poet...
periodicityjournal.blogspot.com
February 18, 2026 at 2:11 PM
newly posted at @periodicities.bsky.social : Manahil Bandukwala @manahil.bsky.social : 2026 VERSeFest interviews: Hajar Mirwali / @versefest-ottawa.bsky.social @talonbooks.bsky.social ;
periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2026/02/mana...
periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2026/02/mana...
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A thrill to see this first review of my forthcoming debut.
Misha Solomon, My Great-Grandfather Danced Ballet / @mishasolomon.bsky.social @pressassembly.bsky.social ;
robmclennan.blogspot.com/2026/02/mish...
robmclennan.blogspot.com/2026/02/mish...
Misha Solomon, My Great-Grandfather Danced Ballet
Do you remember the Phantom of the Opera original cast recording? That white mask, that red rose? Of course you do, you wer...
robmclennan.blogspot.com
February 18, 2026 at 1:43 PM
A thrill to see this first review of my forthcoming debut.
Misha Solomon, My Great-Grandfather Danced Ballet / @mishasolomon.bsky.social @pressassembly.bsky.social ;
robmclennan.blogspot.com/2026/02/mish...
robmclennan.blogspot.com/2026/02/mish...
Misha Solomon, My Great-Grandfather Danced Ballet
Do you remember the Phantom of the Opera original cast recording? That white mask, that red rose? Of course you do, you wer...
robmclennan.blogspot.com
February 18, 2026 at 1:33 PM
Misha Solomon, My Great-Grandfather Danced Ballet / @mishasolomon.bsky.social @pressassembly.bsky.social ;
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just awful.
UPDATE: Congressman @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social has confirmed that Juan Nicolás and his mother were deported despite the 2-month-old’s recent hospitalization for bronchitis.
“They were abandoned across the border in Mexico.”
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“They were abandoned across the border in Mexico.”
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2-Month-Old Baby Juan Nicolás & His Mother Were ‘Abandoned Across the Border’ Hours After He Was Hospitalized With Bronchitis, Castro Says
“His life is in danger,” Congressman Castro said Tuesday about the baby.
thebarbedwire.com
February 18, 2026 at 2:30 AM
just awful.
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Over a million views in 11 hours. Guess the bad guys trying to silence this Colbert interview with @jamestalarico.bsky.social really didn’t work, huh? Such a shame… #StreisandEffect @colbertlateshow.bsky.social youtu.be/oiTJ7Pz_59A?...
Rep. James Talarico On Confronting Christian Nationalism, And Strange Days In The Texas Legislature
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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February 17, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Over a million views in 11 hours. Guess the bad guys trying to silence this Colbert interview with @jamestalarico.bsky.social really didn’t work, huh? Such a shame… #StreisandEffect @colbertlateshow.bsky.social youtu.be/oiTJ7Pz_59A?...
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Spotlight series #118 : Jason Heroux /
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Spotlight series #118 : Jason Heroux
The one hundred and eighteenth in my monthly "spotlight" series, each featuring a different poet with a short statement and a new poem or t...
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February 17, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Spotlight series #118 : Jason Heroux /
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Tuesday poem #672 : Christina Wells : You Are What You Eat / @riddlefence.bsky.social ;
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Tuesday poem #672 : Christina Wells : You Are What You Eat
If you forestall the effort to stay tidy with your thinking, you might remember how fear does not live on a separate planet from awe. Th...
dusie.blogspot.com
February 17, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Tuesday poem #672 : Christina Wells : You Are What You Eat / @riddlefence.bsky.social ;
dusie.blogspot.com/2026/02/tues...
dusie.blogspot.com/2026/02/tues...
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Canadian authors. The PLR program is open. Don’t forget to register your new titles.
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The Public Lending Right (PLR) Program
It pays to have your books in Canada’s libraries! Learn more about the Public Lending Right Program
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February 17, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Canadian authors. The PLR program is open. Don’t forget to register your new titles.
publiclendingright.ca
publiclendingright.ca
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I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is
February 17, 2026 at 11:41 AM
I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is
Spotlight series #118 : Jason Heroux /
robmclennan.blogspot.com/2026/02/spot...
robmclennan.blogspot.com/2026/02/spot...
Spotlight series #118 : Jason Heroux
The one hundred and eighteenth in my monthly "spotlight" series, each featuring a different poet with a short statement and a new poem or t...
robmclennan.blogspot.com
February 17, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Spotlight series #118 : Jason Heroux /
robmclennan.blogspot.com/2026/02/spot...
robmclennan.blogspot.com/2026/02/spot...
Tuesday poem #672 : Christina Wells : You Are What You Eat / @riddlefence.bsky.social ;
dusie.blogspot.com/2026/02/tues...
dusie.blogspot.com/2026/02/tues...
Tuesday poem #672 : Christina Wells : You Are What You Eat
If you forestall the effort to stay tidy with your thinking, you might remember how fear does not live on a separate planet from awe. Th...
dusie.blogspot.com
February 17, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Tuesday poem #672 : Christina Wells : You Are What You Eat / @riddlefence.bsky.social ;
dusie.blogspot.com/2026/02/tues...
dusie.blogspot.com/2026/02/tues...
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Hey! It’s Perth ON poet (and Guernica author) Ben von Jagow! We had dinner together in Carp, // @guernicaeditions.bsky.social
February 16, 2026 at 12:33 AM
Hey! It’s Perth ON poet (and Guernica author) Ben von Jagow! We had dinner together in Carp, // @guernicaeditions.bsky.social
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middle daughter has an appointment, so attempting to begin reading new poetry titles by Andrea Rexilius, J.R. Carpenter + Misha Solomon, // @jrcarpenter.bsky.social @mishasolomon.bsky.social @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social @clashbooks.bsky.social
February 16, 2026 at 5:41 PM
middle daughter has an appointment, so attempting to begin reading new poetry titles by Andrea Rexilius, J.R. Carpenter + Misha Solomon, // @jrcarpenter.bsky.social @mishasolomon.bsky.social @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social @clashbooks.bsky.social
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above/ground press author spotlight #21 : Gary Barwin / @garybarwin.bsky.social ;
, celebrating his ninth chapbook through above/ground press,
abovegroundpress.substack.com/p/abovegroun...
, celebrating his ninth chapbook through above/ground press,
abovegroundpress.substack.com/p/abovegroun...
February 15, 2026 at 4:04 PM
above/ground press author spotlight #21 : Gary Barwin / @garybarwin.bsky.social ;
, celebrating his ninth chapbook through above/ground press,
abovegroundpress.substack.com/p/abovegroun...
, celebrating his ninth chapbook through above/ground press,
abovegroundpress.substack.com/p/abovegroun...
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12 or 20 (second series) questions with Christian Schlegel
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12 or 20 (second series) questions with Christian Schlegel
Bio → Christian Schlegel is the author of three books of poetry: Honest James , ryman , and the newly-released The Blackbird , published...
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February 16, 2026 at 1:58 PM
12 or 20 (second series) questions with Christian Schlegel
robmclennan.blogspot.com/2026/02/12-o...
robmclennan.blogspot.com/2026/02/12-o...
middle daughter has an appointment, so attempting to begin reading new poetry titles by Andrea Rexilius, J.R. Carpenter + Misha Solomon, // @jrcarpenter.bsky.social @mishasolomon.bsky.social @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social @clashbooks.bsky.social
February 16, 2026 at 5:41 PM
middle daughter has an appointment, so attempting to begin reading new poetry titles by Andrea Rexilius, J.R. Carpenter + Misha Solomon, // @jrcarpenter.bsky.social @mishasolomon.bsky.social @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social @clashbooks.bsky.social