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russell carisse
@russellcarisse.bsky.social
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poet. queer. dirt-farmer. trailer-trash. they/them
unceded Wolastoqiyik/Mi'gmaw territory

work currently or forthcoming in: ARC Poetry, Queen's Quarterly, Touch the Donkey, The Temz Review, Talking About Strawberries All The Time, and elsewhere.
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russell carisse @russellcarisse.bsky.social · 28d
New Release!

That

H uman
E ffluence
A nd
P lastic

A prose poem exploring this world of garbage, and the rugged individualism that got us here.

review and signed copies on request also available from above/ground press @robmclennan.bsky.social

#poetry #canlit #smallPress
aforementioned chapbook in a plastic bag on a trash heap
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nkalamb.bsky.social
If you are an academic—instructor or grad student—please sign this letter of solidarity for Professor Farhana Sultana who has been vilified by the right for calling CK what he was.

They are trying to come for her job.

This is the time for solidarity.

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Letter of Support for Professor Farhana Sultana
As scholars within and beyond academia, we write in solidarity with academic freedom of expression with our colleague, Dr. Farhana Sultana, an internationally recognized scholar and tenured Full Profe...
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November 5, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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robmclennan.bsky.social
hey, Toronto! Come out to the TIFA small press market at Victoria College, Chapel Lobby, UToronto until 5pm!
November 1, 2025 at 2:19 PM
russellcarisse.bsky.social
New Release!

That

H uman
E ffluence
A nd
P lastic

A prose poem exploring this world of garbage, and the rugged individualism that got us here.

review and signed copies on request also available from above/ground press @robmclennan.bsky.social

#poetry #canlit #smallPress
aforementioned chapbook in a plastic bag on a trash heap
October 21, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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dadakuku.bsky.social
A new verse from returning contributor @haikuhawk.bsky.social:

𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀

And lo! There came the AnarChrist!

— John Hawkhead
Genesis to Revolutions
And lo! There came the AnarChrist! — John Hawkhead
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October 17, 2025 at 3:07 PM
russellcarisse.bsky.social
i don't do social media until the afternoon, it has been great for the mental health,
October 17, 2025 at 4:40 PM
russellcarisse.bsky.social
if you hate garbage, you will love this chapbook

if you love garbage, you will love this chapbook

the garbage dialectic points to you loving this chapbook!!!
October 17, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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robmclennan.bsky.social
hey! apparently the interview Susan Johnson + Brecken Hancock did with me on the book of sentences (launching Sat at 5pm at Plan 99/The Manx Pub) will be on the radio just after 8am today! what! / @ucalgarypress.bsky.social ;
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October 17, 2025 at 11:42 AM
russellcarisse.bsky.social
standardised spelling and grammar are poetically counterproductive and have been so for centuries

and

literature studies should always start with contemporary books and work backwards
rachelfeder.bsky.social Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · Oct 13
Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat
October 13, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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robmclennan.bsky.social
don't forget, 2026 above/ground press subscriptions now available! and with canada post opening up again, let's get some further chapbook orders happening!
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above/ground press: 2026 subscriptions now available!
The race to the half-century continues! And with more than FOURTEEN HUNDRED TITLES produced to date over nearly thirty-two years, there’s be...
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October 11, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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jordandavis.bsky.social
#frogsky
subpresspoetry.bsky.social Subpress Poetry @subpresspoetry.bsky.social · Oct 10
“One Frog” by Kyla Houbolt, from her forthcoming book, *Becoming Altar* asterismbooks.com/product/beco... @luaz.bsky.social
One Frog Tonight one frog sings outside. It's no country for rain. I live far away, but I can hear this one frog, it's a loud frog, alone in some creek or other, in a county of two lane roads that twist in the dark. Still there is comfort here because somewhere glimmering among the darkened trees is a lighted window. An old man and his nephew sit inside, whittling. They're making toys. One makes a small cart with rolling wheels; the other makes a dog with a wagging tail. There are no children nearby, not even in the neighboring counties, so one might wonder who the toys are for. But the old man and his nephew don't seem concerned; they just keep whittling. Occasionally one of them smiles. The shavings go into the fire. The frog sings. The roads twist in the dark. The creek is low. One day it might rain.
October 10, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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robmclennan.bsky.social
my short piece on the book of sentences (University of Calgary Press, 2025), along with a few excerpts, is now online at The Woodlot; / @ucalgarypress.bsky.social @the-wood-lot.bsky.social ;
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On the book of sentences (University of Calgary Press, October 2025) and an Except
by rob mclennan I don’t hold too much stock in ideas of the muse, instead seeking the attention of craft. The working class farm-lad in me, I suppose: writing as simultaneous muscle and study, a bl…
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October 10, 2025 at 12:52 PM
russellcarisse.bsky.social
it is upsetting when a human being dabbles in poetry, my parents are still mad
maris.bsky.social Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · Oct 2
Breaks my heart a little that the bestselling poet in the country right now is Matthew McConaughey.
October 2, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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periodicities.bsky.social
above/ground press: 2026 subscriptions now available!
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above/ground press: 2026 subscriptions now available!
The race to the half-century continues! And with more than FOURTEEN HUNDRED TITLES produced to date over nearly thirty-two years, there’s be...
abovegroundpress.blogspot.com
October 1, 2025 at 3:08 PM
russellcarisse.bsky.social
so much good stuff happening here, even a new title by yours truly!

still the best poetry deal out there, so subscribe!
robmclennan.bsky.social rob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · Sep 27
above/ground press: 2026 subscriptions now available!
, anticipating the press' thirty-third year of activity, / @neonpajamas.bsky.social @russellcarisse.bsky.social @kevinspenst.bsky.social @frankyfrancescannon.com ;
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September 28, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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davidnaimon.bsky.social
September 26, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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robmclennan.bsky.social
hey @mark-carney.bsky.social ; Canada Post should be deemed essential service; every strike affects businesses across the country who rely on it to run smoothly; some of us lose business every time a strike, a shut-down, a delay; im already losing due to US tariff nonsense, we dont need this worse,
September 26, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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upfromsumdirt.bsky.social
audre lorde
FOR ASSATA
Fot Assata New Brunswick Prison, 1977 In this new picture your smile has been to war you are almost obscured by other faces on the pages those shadows are sisters who have not yet spoken your face is in shadow obscured by the half-dark by the thick bars running across your eyes like sentinels all the baby fat has been burned away like a luxury your body let go reluctantly the corners of your mouth turn dowrln I cannot look into your eyes who are all those others behind you the shadows are growing lighter and more confusing I dream of your freedom as my victory and the victory of all dark women who forego the vanities of silence who war and weep sometimes against our selves in each other rather than our enemies falsehoods Assata my sister warrior Joan of Arc and Yaa Asantewa embrace at the back of your cell.
September 26, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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talking-time.bsky.social
We are still seeking submissions, and are desperately low! Please send!
talking-time.bsky.social talking-time.bsky.social @talking-time.bsky.social · Aug 22
talking about strawberries all of the time seeks submissions for our 15th issue of unpublished poetry, including visual and concrete poetries, as well as lyric and postcard prose.

Send as .doc or .docx with author biography. No homophobia, racism or hate. October 1.

strawberriesjournal@gmail.com
September 25, 2025 at 1:11 PM
russellcarisse.bsky.social
my next chapbook has been accepted!

watch this space for updates as they come!

but That HEAP, a syfy fantasy proem romp in garbage, with the character limit of Mastodon, is forthcoming from above/ground press (@robmclennan.bsky.social )

so excited for y'all to read it!

#poetry #sff #canlit
September 23, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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mattcahill.bsky.social
Happening tomorrow, Toronto peeps! I'll be reading from RADIOLAND (and signing books) at the next Drunk Fiction reading event at The Caledonian, hosted by Emily Weedon (launching her next novel)! There will be authors aplenty and a wide array of ales and whisky. Hope to see you Tuesday @ 6pm!
A collage for the reading series, featuring Emily Weedon's new novel, Hemo Sapiens, as well as authors Andrew Robertson, Selena Mercuri and Brooke Lockyer. The Caledonian is in Little Portugal, at 856 College St.
September 22, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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wordkunst.bsky.social
THREE POEMS by Jordan Davis @jordandavis.bsky.social

Poetry for BURNING HOUSE PRESS @thearsonista.bsky.social

LANDSCAPE // LABYRINTH

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Three poems by Jordan Davis
Interrogator neededmust fail to understandthe simplest thingsin a vault of goo —Platitudes generatedby electricityfalling into a sourceit troubles us to considereven once,whispering to solvent afte…
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September 20, 2025 at 7:29 AM
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nkalamb.bsky.social
This is absolutely outrageous. I can tell you that *many* Canadians were outraged that I was denied entry to the US… on exactly the same specious grounds.

Canada is choosing genocide denialism as immigration policy. This country has no moral authority whatsoever.
On behalf of the Government of Canada I am announcing that on the advice of our officials, we have deemed the group Kneecap ineligible to enter our country. Our government will not tolerate the advocating of political violence, terrorism or Anti-Semitism and hate more broadly.
September 19, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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robmclennan.bsky.social
2025 Ottawa Book Awards shortlist : On Beauty: stories,
, in which i would like to thank the academy, etc. / @ualbertapress.bsky.social ;
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September 18, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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upfromsumdirt.bsky.social
p̶e̶a̶c̶e̶ retribution & justice for Trey Reed, found hanging from a tree* yesterday morning on a university campus in mississippi
upfromsumdirt.bsky.social upfromsumdirt @upfromsumdirt.bsky.social · Mar 30
to lynch a nigger & other family outings (chad sends a newsletter)
September 16, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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rabelazy.bsky.social
Oh no, did repealing the carbon tax not cause the price of gas to plummet? I'm shocked and I don't even get my check anymore.
September 10, 2025 at 6:12 PM