Rosa Campbell
@rosacampbell.bsky.social
“writer” & “academic” (poetry, poetics, archives, gender, failure) // British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow @ St Andrews // co-director Network for New York School Studies // Houghton Library Visiting Fellow, Harvard // she/her // 🧂 // linktr.ee/rosacampbell
perhaps my greatest problem with the rise of the Taylor Swift literary critic (naming no names!!!!) is that I firmly believe they have simply never listened to MARINA, fka Marina & the Diamonds
November 11, 2025 at 10:58 AM
perhaps my greatest problem with the rise of the Taylor Swift literary critic (naming no names!!!!) is that I firmly believe they have simply never listened to MARINA, fka Marina & the Diamonds
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Our next event will take place on Monday, 11/24 at 8pm EST: a Zoom panel with Stephanie Anderson, Patricia Spears Jones, Maureen Owen, & MC Hyland about the book Women in Independent Publishing, edited by Anderson. Register for the free online event via Eventbrite at this link!
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Women in Independent Publishing: Book Discussion with NNYSS
Join the Network for New York School Studies in a discussion about the book "Women in Independent Publishing," edited by Stephanie Anderson
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November 3, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Our next event will take place on Monday, 11/24 at 8pm EST: a Zoom panel with Stephanie Anderson, Patricia Spears Jones, Maureen Owen, & MC Hyland about the book Women in Independent Publishing, edited by Anderson. Register for the free online event via Eventbrite at this link!
bit.ly/4oP2z6K
bit.ly/4oP2z6K
friends! strangers! the Bad Archivist in me has a request: does anyone have hard copies of the October 20 (2025) edition of @newyorker.com; Vol. 46 No. 13 (2024) of @lrb.co.uk; & September 27, No. 6339 (2024) of @thetls.bsky.social? it's all the places The Miraculous Season has been reviewed 🙏
October 29, 2025 at 9:23 AM
friends! strangers! the Bad Archivist in me has a request: does anyone have hard copies of the October 20 (2025) edition of @newyorker.com; Vol. 46 No. 13 (2024) of @lrb.co.uk; & September 27, No. 6339 (2024) of @thetls.bsky.social? it's all the places The Miraculous Season has been reviewed 🙏
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A Boston débutante, a burlesque dancer, and a poet, the shape-shifting V. R. Lang—who died at 32—wrote some of the most aching, entrancing lines of the 20th century. Anthony Lane writes about a forgotten queen bee of modern poetry.
V. R. Lang, a Forgotten Queen Bee of Modern Poetry
A débutante, a burlesque dancer, and a poet, the shape-shifting Lang—who died at thirty-two—wrote some of the most aching, entrancing poetry of the twentieth century.
www.newyorker.com
October 13, 2025 at 8:30 PM
A Boston débutante, a burlesque dancer, and a poet, the shape-shifting V. R. Lang—who died at 32—wrote some of the most aching, entrancing lines of the 20th century. Anthony Lane writes about a forgotten queen bee of modern poetry.
nothing more humbling than walking past one’s students & overhearing ‘I think 22 sounds way more chill than 21 because at that point, like, you’re over the hill’
October 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
nothing more humbling than walking past one’s students & overhearing ‘I think 22 sounds way more chill than 21 because at that point, like, you’re over the hill’
absolutely delighted to see this piece on my Bunny Lang Selected Poems in the @newyorker.com, & perhaps even more delighted with the illustration by Lauren Tamaki of Lang in Frank O’Hara’s grimy tub, as described by Joe LeSueur 🛀
V. R. Lang, a Forgotten Queen Bee of Modern Poetry
A débutante, a burlesque dancer, and a poet, the shape-shifting Lang—who died at thirty-two—wrote some of the most aching, entrancing poetry of the twentieth century.
www.newyorker.com
October 13, 2025 at 11:16 AM
absolutely delighted to see this piece on my Bunny Lang Selected Poems in the @newyorker.com, & perhaps even more delighted with the illustration by Lauren Tamaki of Lang in Frank O’Hara’s grimy tub, as described by Joe LeSueur 🛀
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I scream, you scream, we all scream for we live in the UK
September 5, 2025 at 7:22 AM
I scream, you scream, we all scream for we live in the UK
I’m extremely skeptical about the power of writing to one’s MP, but it is true that constituent numbers can be leverage, so to that end I’ve written to everyone I can think of who might have influence on this; below is a template for you to do the same
Success! We delivered our joint letter demanding full scrutiny, meaningful debate & a free vote for MPs on the new Code of Practice.
www.thepinknews.com/2025/09/02/e...
Many MPs we’ve spoken to are now ready to help.
❗️BUT they’ve advised that they need you—as constituents—to keep writing in❗️
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www.thepinknews.com/2025/09/02/e...
Many MPs we’ve spoken to are now ready to help.
❗️BUT they’ve advised that they need you—as constituents—to keep writing in❗️
1/2
September 5, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I’m extremely skeptical about the power of writing to one’s MP, but it is true that constituent numbers can be leverage, so to that end I’ve written to everyone I can think of who might have influence on this; below is a template for you to do the same
read this v good poem while sweating & waiting for lamb chops in the garden of a restaurant in Athens; tested out some incredibly poor Greek on an extremely patient waiter; good to be alive etc
Silicon Valley, in the Backseat of a Tesla
stuck between two Texans who can’t believe I don’t know how blockchain works. I am always around men who know more than I do: the professor of engineering who said I had no business homeschooling my d...
www.poetryfoundation.org
August 20, 2025 at 6:45 PM
read this v good poem while sweating & waiting for lamb chops in the garden of a restaurant in Athens; tested out some incredibly poor Greek on an extremely patient waiter; good to be alive etc
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Mothers fill bottles with water, whatever food they can find as Israel’s blockade continues to fuel starvation crisis.
Palestinian newborns starving in Gaza as infant formula runs out
Mothers fill bottles with water, whatever food they can find as Israel’s blockade continues to fuel starvation crisis.
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July 31, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Mothers fill bottles with water, whatever food they can find as Israel’s blockade continues to fuel starvation crisis.
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The EHRC – the body which is meant to protect our human rights – is proposing guidance which would turn the Equality Act into a bathroom ban. If this becomes law, it would force trans people out of public life.
And terrifyingly - this is all happening behind closed doors 🧵
And terrifyingly - this is all happening behind closed doors 🧵
July 21, 2025 at 11:25 AM
The EHRC – the body which is meant to protect our human rights – is proposing guidance which would turn the Equality Act into a bathroom ban. If this becomes law, it would force trans people out of public life.
And terrifyingly - this is all happening behind closed doors 🧵
And terrifyingly - this is all happening behind closed doors 🧵
lots of incredibly cool items available from this kickstarter to help the brilliant @fonografeditions.bsky.social bring Eileen Myles’ first three books back into print, along with a never-before-published book length poem from the 1970s ⚡️
Bird Watching by Eileen Myles: An Archival Collection
Support Fonograf Editions in publishing a volume of four early Eileen Myles books, including the never-before-published Bird Watching
www.kickstarter.com
July 19, 2025 at 7:26 AM
lots of incredibly cool items available from this kickstarter to help the brilliant @fonografeditions.bsky.social bring Eileen Myles’ first three books back into print, along with a never-before-published book length poem from the 1970s ⚡️
anyway here’s Elizabeth Bishop’s ‘It is marvellous to wake up together’ on this first morning of post-heatwave rain in Edinburgh ☔️
July 14, 2025 at 8:11 AM
anyway here’s Elizabeth Bishop’s ‘It is marvellous to wake up together’ on this first morning of post-heatwave rain in Edinburgh ☔️
obviously it’s terribly boring to say I’m depressed by this, but I’m very depressed by this!!!!!!!
What Happens After A.I. Destroys College Writing?
The demise of the English paper will end a long intellectual tradition, but it’s also an opportunity to reëxamine the purpose of higher education.
www.newyorker.com
July 14, 2025 at 8:06 AM
obviously it’s terribly boring to say I’m depressed by this, but I’m very depressed by this!!!!!!!
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Anne Waldman, from “Things That Go Away & Come Back Again”
July 14, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Anne Waldman, from “Things That Go Away & Come Back Again”
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The world's most famous medical NGO concludes Israel is committing genocide.
It joins a consensus of genocide scholars, including in Israel, and NGOs like Amnesty International.
No politician or journalist can claim "I did not know at the time!" to evade future justice.
It joins a consensus of genocide scholars, including in Israel, and NGOs like Amnesty International.
No politician or journalist can claim "I did not know at the time!" to evade future justice.
July 10, 2025 at 9:41 PM
The world's most famous medical NGO concludes Israel is committing genocide.
It joins a consensus of genocide scholars, including in Israel, and NGOs like Amnesty International.
No politician or journalist can claim "I did not know at the time!" to evade future justice.
It joins a consensus of genocide scholars, including in Israel, and NGOs like Amnesty International.
No politician or journalist can claim "I did not know at the time!" to evade future justice.
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The death toll of Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza is now estimated at 100,000
The list is 1,227 pages long.
The first 11 pages are names of babies dead before the age of 6 months.
The first 381 pages are all children.
archive.is/2025.06.28-0...
The list is 1,227 pages long.
The first 11 pages are names of babies dead before the age of 6 months.
The first 381 pages are all children.
archive.is/2025.06.28-0...
June 28, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The death toll of Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza is now estimated at 100,000
The list is 1,227 pages long.
The first 11 pages are names of babies dead before the age of 6 months.
The first 381 pages are all children.
archive.is/2025.06.28-0...
The list is 1,227 pages long.
The first 11 pages are names of babies dead before the age of 6 months.
The first 381 pages are all children.
archive.is/2025.06.28-0...
so good to see @kjavadizadeh.bsky.social’s Close Readings finally back, & with a beautiful ep on beloved Alice Notley w/ @nicksturm.bsky.social
Nick Sturm on Alice Notley (
Podcast Episode · Close Readings · 09/06/2025 · 2h 3m
podcasts.apple.com
June 9, 2025 at 4:04 PM
so good to see @kjavadizadeh.bsky.social’s Close Readings finally back, & with a beautiful ep on beloved Alice Notley w/ @nicksturm.bsky.social
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Along with a man and a woman who are trans, and someone who is intersex, we are suing the EHRC and the Equalities Minister in respect of the disgraceful and unlawful EHRC guidance.
In line with our transparency principles we are publishing the full 32 page legal letter. goodlaw.social/2ihj
In line with our transparency principles we are publishing the full 32 page legal letter. goodlaw.social/2ihj
We're bringing a legal challenge to the EHRC’s ‘Interim Update’
A number of trans and intersex individuals have today begun a legal challenge to the EHRC’s ‘Interim Update’ following the For Women, Scotland decision
goodlaw.social
May 16, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Along with a man and a woman who are trans, and someone who is intersex, we are suing the EHRC and the Equalities Minister in respect of the disgraceful and unlawful EHRC guidance.
In line with our transparency principles we are publishing the full 32 page legal letter. goodlaw.social/2ihj
In line with our transparency principles we are publishing the full 32 page legal letter. goodlaw.social/2ihj
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“Only ten years ago we were the best in the world in the annual LGBTI Rights Ranking. We’re now 22nd... This is not just an embarrassment abroad – it’s also a tragedy at home for tens of thousands of people struggling to live lives of quiet dignity.” goodlaw.social/5mgp
UK plummets down rankings for LGBTQ+ rights
Last month’s Supreme Court ruling has seen the UK fall six places to 22nd. It’s time to fight back
goodlaw.social
May 14, 2025 at 7:32 AM
“Only ten years ago we were the best in the world in the annual LGBTI Rights Ranking. We’re now 22nd... This is not just an embarrassment abroad – it’s also a tragedy at home for tens of thousands of people struggling to live lives of quiet dignity.” goodlaw.social/5mgp
right. fucking fantastic.
NEW: The Scottish Government has quietly dropped plans to criminalise misogyny and end conversion practices during the current parliamentary session
Scottish Government drops plans to criminalise misogyny and end conversion practices
www.thenational.scot
May 2, 2025 at 3:26 PM
right. fucking fantastic.
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The UK Data (Use and Access) Bill is currently being debated in Parliament and anti-trans campaigners are trying to amend the Bill so it requires public authorities to collect data about 'biological sex' (see below).
🚨 THIS NEEDS TO BE OPPOSED 🚨
publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbi...
🚨 THIS NEEDS TO BE OPPOSED 🚨
publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbi...
May 2, 2025 at 8:00 AM
The UK Data (Use and Access) Bill is currently being debated in Parliament and anti-trans campaigners are trying to amend the Bill so it requires public authorities to collect data about 'biological sex' (see below).
🚨 THIS NEEDS TO BE OPPOSED 🚨
publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbi...
🚨 THIS NEEDS TO BE OPPOSED 🚨
publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbi...
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Labour apparently deciding it is only acceptable to criticise court judgements when you do it to demonise marginalised groups rather than defend them.
April 30, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Labour apparently deciding it is only acceptable to criticise court judgements when you do it to demonise marginalised groups rather than defend them.