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NOVEMBER 2025 Guest Editor Is C.C. O’HANLON!!! THEME/S: JOURNEYS
Burning House Press are excited to welcome C.C. O’HANLON as the fifth BHP guest editor of our return series of special editions! As of today C.C. will take over editorship of Burning House Pre…
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Welcome November guest editor - C.C. O’HANLON!!! @ccohanlon.bsky.social
JOURNEYS
Physical, Psychological, and Imaginary, embracing words and images, in all forms, as well as complexity, resisting the superficial, algorithmic narratives of social media.
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Physical, Psychological, and Imaginary, embracing words and images, in all forms, as well as complexity, resisting the superficial, algorithmic narratives of social media.
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Stoked to be published by @ccohanlon.bsky.social in Burning House Press this month, writing about my trial monitoring years in Turkey. @thearsonista.bsky.social
"By now you will be an international advocate. You will monitor 200 trials, hoping it will all get better. But fascism doesn’t need much sleep. When it’s too late you’ll see that you were not creative enough. You weren’t armed to the porcelained teeth or in league with deep state."
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Stoked to be published by @ccohanlon.bsky.social in Burning House Press this month, writing about my trial monitoring years in Turkey. @thearsonista.bsky.social
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"Once you see past the cellophaned shop-window of tourism and into the infected stomach-wound of political history you begin a journey to the centre of dictatorship..."
Jagged reflections by @linecaro.bsky.social's, via @thearsonista.bsky.social, on being an observer at Turkish writers' trials.
Jagged reflections by @linecaro.bsky.social's, via @thearsonista.bsky.social, on being an observer at Turkish writers' trials.
Journey To The Centre Of Dictatorship by Line Stockford
Photo by Caroline Stockford Once you see past the cellophaned shop-window of tourism and into the infected stomach-wound of political history you begin a journey to the centre of dictatorship. And …
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November 22, 2025 at 12:08 PM
"Once you see past the cellophaned shop-window of tourism and into the infected stomach-wound of political history you begin a journey to the centre of dictatorship..."
Jagged reflections by @linecaro.bsky.social's, via @thearsonista.bsky.social, on being an observer at Turkish writers' trials.
Jagged reflections by @linecaro.bsky.social's, via @thearsonista.bsky.social, on being an observer at Turkish writers' trials.
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Just posted @thearsonista.bsky.social: three poems by German-born but Norwegian-based Alexis Karlsen, whose work "spans three languages and reflects the life experience of a disillusioned underdog drifter."
Three Poems by Alexis Karlsen
Ferdaminni [XI/24 – X/25] The dust on the roadRotting leaves on a cold autumn morningThe faint scent of hasty intimacy hours earlierThe dogs are nervous tonightThere’s blood on the wind…
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November 22, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Just posted @thearsonista.bsky.social: three poems by German-born but Norwegian-based Alexis Karlsen, whose work "spans three languages and reflects the life experience of a disillusioned underdog drifter."
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"The cost of the coast is the loss
of honest sand, which was host
to myriad lives we’ve failed
to understand. Now there are
daily sweeps of machines
to scrape the bought sand smooth."
The Long Game, a poem by another American, Kyla Houbolt, via @thearsonista.bsky.social.
of honest sand, which was host
to myriad lives we’ve failed
to understand. Now there are
daily sweeps of machines
to scrape the bought sand smooth."
The Long Game, a poem by another American, Kyla Houbolt, via @thearsonista.bsky.social.
The Long Game by Kyla Houbolt
Cutting locust tree saplingsto feed to the sheep whoblatt impatiently. A locust grovehas started and it must be stopped.Locust has thorns and is goodfor little except feeding goatsand sheep. Althou…
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November 21, 2025 at 4:04 PM
"The cost of the coast is the loss
of honest sand, which was host
to myriad lives we’ve failed
to understand. Now there are
daily sweeps of machines
to scrape the bought sand smooth."
The Long Game, a poem by another American, Kyla Houbolt, via @thearsonista.bsky.social.
of honest sand, which was host
to myriad lives we’ve failed
to understand. Now there are
daily sweeps of machines
to scrape the bought sand smooth."
The Long Game, a poem by another American, Kyla Houbolt, via @thearsonista.bsky.social.
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A rare glimpse into a poet's observations, via this November edition of @thearsonista.bsky.social:
Kerala Notes by American-born Kim Dorman @kimdorman.bsky.social, who lives in India and whose haunting Kerala Journal was published four years ago by @corbelstonepress.bsky.social.
Kerala Notes by American-born Kim Dorman @kimdorman.bsky.social, who lives in India and whose haunting Kerala Journal was published four years ago by @corbelstonepress.bsky.social.
Kerala Notes by Kim Dorman
Photos by Kim Dorman Through a grimy windowopen fieldssmall houses by trackspeople standingor sittingin doorwayswatching the train . . . 6.30 p.m. muezzin’s call to prayer . . . The battered, ruste…
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November 21, 2025 at 3:59 PM
A rare glimpse into a poet's observations, via this November edition of @thearsonista.bsky.social:
Kerala Notes by American-born Kim Dorman @kimdorman.bsky.social, who lives in India and whose haunting Kerala Journal was published four years ago by @corbelstonepress.bsky.social.
Kerala Notes by American-born Kim Dorman @kimdorman.bsky.social, who lives in India and whose haunting Kerala Journal was published four years ago by @corbelstonepress.bsky.social.
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Autumn is co-director (with artist Richard Skelton) of the multi-media publishing house @corbelstonepress.bsky.social, which has published three other writers — Gaspar Orozco, @kimdorman.bsky.social and me — contributing to @thearsonista.bsky.social's November issue.
November 20, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Autumn is co-director (with artist Richard Skelton) of the multi-media publishing house @corbelstonepress.bsky.social, which has published three other writers — Gaspar Orozco, @kimdorman.bsky.social and me — contributing to @thearsonista.bsky.social's November issue.
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It's a privilege to publish new work by the brilliant Autumn Richardson in @thearsonista.bsky.social : six poems assembled under the title, Boreal.
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Boreal by Autumn Richardson
i.carnelian willows flint veins of the riverhoof-worn rock and a drifting scent of ungulates (scars in stone fossil trails)magnetic north pilgrimageI bow to the illuminations within woundsthe work …
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November 20, 2025 at 7:17 PM
It's a privilege to publish new work by the brilliant Autumn Richardson in @thearsonista.bsky.social : six poems assembled under the title, Boreal.
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Will be reading pomes at Danny Clarke’s book launch Bethnal Green 2nd Dec @hesterglock.bsky.social
>>>if you’re in London come down say yo hear a poem launch a book get yr portrait took 📸 s’gonna be good 🥳❤️📕<<<
>>>if you’re in London come down say yo hear a poem launch a book get yr portrait took 📸 s’gonna be good 🥳❤️📕<<<
November 19, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Will be reading pomes at Danny Clarke’s book launch Bethnal Green 2nd Dec @hesterglock.bsky.social
>>>if you’re in London come down say yo hear a poem launch a book get yr portrait took 📸 s’gonna be good 🥳❤️📕<<<
>>>if you’re in London come down say yo hear a poem launch a book get yr portrait took 📸 s’gonna be good 🥳❤️📕<<<
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My wife died some years ago and so with much gratitude to @ccohanlon.bluesky.social for the invitation to publish this piece through Burning House Press @thearsonista.bsky.social on her anniversary:
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November 19, 2025 at 12:21 PM
My wife died some years ago and so with much gratitude to @ccohanlon.bluesky.social for the invitation to publish this piece through Burning House Press @thearsonista.bsky.social on her anniversary:
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"...the ever-increasing pace and price of work/life leaves little time to simply connect with the land, with ourselves and each other."
– William Parsons, in an excerpt from his forthcoming book on pilgrimage, via @thearsonista.bsky.social.
– William Parsons, in an excerpt from his forthcoming book on pilgrimage, via @thearsonista.bsky.social.
On Pilgrimage by William Parsons
Photo by William Parsons The Paradox of Connectivity Modern life is increasingly connected: central heating to phone, fridge to supermarket, watch to heartbeat. Without touching a button we can cha…
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November 19, 2025 at 8:56 AM
"...the ever-increasing pace and price of work/life leaves little time to simply connect with the land, with ourselves and each other."
– William Parsons, in an excerpt from his forthcoming book on pilgrimage, via @thearsonista.bsky.social.
– William Parsons, in an excerpt from his forthcoming book on pilgrimage, via @thearsonista.bsky.social.
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"I think of those landscapes now that we’re not there,
the spaces where we used to be.
Your presence as it shifts into abstraction
and distant thought now
the space between you and me and the lines that I draw."
– @brianmchenry.bsky.social
Words and drawings via @thearsonista.bsky.social.
the spaces where we used to be.
Your presence as it shifts into abstraction
and distant thought now
the space between you and me and the lines that I draw."
– @brianmchenry.bsky.social
Words and drawings via @thearsonista.bsky.social.
Everything Is Far Away by Brian McHenry
Drawings by Brian McHenry I have a favourite road. There is a moment in the film version of Gavin Maxwell’s Ring of Bright Water when the main character, Graham, gets off the MacBraynes’ bus and fo…
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November 18, 2025 at 11:48 PM
"I think of those landscapes now that we’re not there,
the spaces where we used to be.
Your presence as it shifts into abstraction
and distant thought now
the space between you and me and the lines that I draw."
– @brianmchenry.bsky.social
Words and drawings via @thearsonista.bsky.social.
the spaces where we used to be.
Your presence as it shifts into abstraction
and distant thought now
the space between you and me and the lines that I draw."
– @brianmchenry.bsky.social
Words and drawings via @thearsonista.bsky.social.
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"For some people, travel writers are escape artists sharing their secrets on how to break loose from sameness. Others live to wander, to find stillness in motion, and perhaps by chance to find missing parts of the story that made them who they are."
– Paul Tritschler, via @thearsonista.bsky.social
– Paul Tritschler, via @thearsonista.bsky.social
Walking In Circles by Paul Tritschler
Photo by Paul Tritschler Midway through the event, a woman seated in the front row of the audience asked the panel of four authors, all of whom had made an appearance for the purpose of promoting t…
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November 18, 2025 at 11:51 AM
"For some people, travel writers are escape artists sharing their secrets on how to break loose from sameness. Others live to wander, to find stillness in motion, and perhaps by chance to find missing parts of the story that made them who they are."
– Paul Tritschler, via @thearsonista.bsky.social
– Paul Tritschler, via @thearsonista.bsky.social
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First time for
@thearsonista.bsky.social
First time for my creative writing, ever!
Tá athas an domhain orm
Over the moon!
@thearsonista.bsky.social
First time for my creative writing, ever!
Tá athas an domhain orm
Over the moon!
A writer to watch: my dear friend, @liznangel3.bsky.social. Her extraordinary Original Sin, excerpted from a work-in-progress, is a poignant prose poem of remembrance and loss.
This is her first for @thearsonista.bsky.social.
This is her first for @thearsonista.bsky.social.
Original Sin by Liz Cullinane
Sculpture by Liz Cullinane Watercress abundant, pooled, fed by a freshwater stream that leaks a channel, a winding furrow carving an arc across the sands. Joining the Atlantic salt waters. Di…
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November 18, 2025 at 7:38 AM
First time for
@thearsonista.bsky.social
First time for my creative writing, ever!
Tá athas an domhain orm
Over the moon!
@thearsonista.bsky.social
First time for my creative writing, ever!
Tá athas an domhain orm
Over the moon!
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"The sea sets free one of its winds to lose it inside the labyrinth. You’ll find it carrying the rumor of distant chimes and sad stones and metals that shine from afar. ..."
– Gaspar Orozco
His three beautiful poems in two languages, translated by Ilana Luna.
[via @thearsonista.bsky.social]
– Gaspar Orozco
His three beautiful poems in two languages, translated by Ilana Luna.
[via @thearsonista.bsky.social]
3 poems from Book of Mirages (Libro de los Espejismos) by Gaspar Orozco, translated from the Spanish by Ilana Luna
Photo by C.C. O’Hanlon ¿Y el fuego que no se ve? ¿Cómo registrarlo? ¿Y la llama que invisible cerca al cuerpo? ¿Y la hoguera incolora que arde en el cerebro? ¿Cómo dibujarlas, cómo explicarla…
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November 17, 2025 at 9:42 PM
"The sea sets free one of its winds to lose it inside the labyrinth. You’ll find it carrying the rumor of distant chimes and sad stones and metals that shine from afar. ..."
– Gaspar Orozco
His three beautiful poems in two languages, translated by Ilana Luna.
[via @thearsonista.bsky.social]
– Gaspar Orozco
His three beautiful poems in two languages, translated by Ilana Luna.
[via @thearsonista.bsky.social]
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For those of you in Prague -- come on over to Café Club Míšenská in Malá Strana next Wednesday evening!
November 17, 2025 at 1:10 PM
For those of you in Prague -- come on over to Café Club Míšenská in Malá Strana next Wednesday evening!
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"The truth of irrevocable realities — do not belong to them: cannot be named by them: cannot be contained by them — truth is the most garish of foundlings, it is the eternal spirit companion of weeping angels..."
A searing piece for @thearsonista.bsky.social by the extraordinary Jenni Fagan.
A searing piece for @thearsonista.bsky.social by the extraordinary Jenni Fagan.
Imprint Of Weeping Angels by Jenni Fagan
Photo by Jenni Fagan There are people with real names and there are those who will never know such a thing. Those with real names have had them called out loud in the valley of their soul. Those pe…
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November 17, 2025 at 5:14 PM
"The truth of irrevocable realities — do not belong to them: cannot be named by them: cannot be contained by them — truth is the most garish of foundlings, it is the eternal spirit companion of weeping angels..."
A searing piece for @thearsonista.bsky.social by the extraordinary Jenni Fagan.
A searing piece for @thearsonista.bsky.social by the extraordinary Jenni Fagan.
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A writer to watch: my dear friend, @liznangel3.bsky.social. Her extraordinary Original Sin, excerpted from a work-in-progress, is a poignant prose poem of remembrance and loss.
This is her first for @thearsonista.bsky.social.
This is her first for @thearsonista.bsky.social.
Original Sin by Liz Cullinane
Sculpture by Liz Cullinane Watercress abundant, pooled, fed by a freshwater stream that leaks a channel, a winding furrow carving an arc across the sands. Joining the Atlantic salt waters. Di…
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November 17, 2025 at 4:44 PM
A writer to watch: my dear friend, @liznangel3.bsky.social. Her extraordinary Original Sin, excerpted from a work-in-progress, is a poignant prose poem of remembrance and loss.
This is her first for @thearsonista.bsky.social.
This is her first for @thearsonista.bsky.social.
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Showing now on @thearsonista.bsky.social, D.W. Young's short 35mm film, Dancing on the Silk Razor, produced by New York-based @fineprintpictures.bsky.social, features a narration by Wallace Shawn.
Dancing On The Silk Razor, a film by D.W. Young
Dancing on the Silk Razor was born out of a discussion I had with my friend Dan Wechsler. We were contemplating various writing work we’d done when younger, and he mentioned there was a first…
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November 17, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Showing now on @thearsonista.bsky.social, D.W. Young's short 35mm film, Dancing on the Silk Razor, produced by New York-based @fineprintpictures.bsky.social, features a narration by Wallace Shawn.
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The first works of my month-long editorship of @thearsonista.bsky.social will be uploaded this evening around 18.00 (Western Europe time). New works will then be added every couple of days until the end of the month:
Submissions are open for just one more week!
Submissions are open for just one more week!
Welcome November guest editor - C.C. O’HANLON!!! @ccohanlon.bsky.social
JOURNEYS
Physical, Psychological, and Imaginary, embracing words and images, in all forms, as well as complexity, resisting the superficial, algorithmic narratives of social media.
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JOURNEYS
Physical, Psychological, and Imaginary, embracing words and images, in all forms, as well as complexity, resisting the superficial, algorithmic narratives of social media.
Sendx
burninghousepress.com/2025/11/01/n...
NOVEMBER 2025 Guest Editor Is C.C. O’HANLON!!! THEME/S: JOURNEYS
Burning House Press are excited to welcome C.C. O’HANLON as the fifth BHP guest editor of our return series of special editions! As of today C.C. will take over editorship of Burning House Pre…
burninghousepress.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:48 PM
The first works of my month-long editorship of @thearsonista.bsky.social will be uploaded this evening around 18.00 (Western Europe time). New works will then be added every couple of days until the end of the month:
Submissions are open for just one more week!
Submissions are open for just one more week!
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Thrilled to share an excerpt from a book whose English translation is only available in continental Europe but took me nearly a year to complete, and grateful to @minorliteratures.bsky.social for giving it a more mobile home!
Cloud the Color of Skin — Nebojša Lujanović (tr. @enaselimo.bsky.social )
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Cloud the Color of Skin — Nebojša Lujanović (tr. Ena Selimović)
There was nothing new in Fabo’s story about the car. He always launched into it by tightening and slackening his grip around the steering wheel with its treasured leather cover. Aaaay, those Bosnia…
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November 6, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Thrilled to share an excerpt from a book whose English translation is only available in continental Europe but took me nearly a year to complete, and grateful to @minorliteratures.bsky.social for giving it a more mobile home!
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Today's class is on translation, translators, and the labour of translation - reading this by @jencalleja.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Today's class is on translation, translators, and the labour of translation - reading this by @jencalleja.bsky.social
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Welcome November guest editor - C.C. O’HANLON!!! @ccohanlon.bsky.social
JOURNEYS
Physical, Psychological, and Imaginary, embracing words and images, in all forms, as well as complexity, resisting the superficial, algorithmic narratives of social media.
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JOURNEYS
Physical, Psychological, and Imaginary, embracing words and images, in all forms, as well as complexity, resisting the superficial, algorithmic narratives of social media.
Sendx
burninghousepress.com/2025/11/01/n...
NOVEMBER 2025 Guest Editor Is C.C. O’HANLON!!! THEME/S: JOURNEYS
Burning House Press are excited to welcome C.C. O’HANLON as the fifth BHP guest editor of our return series of special editions! As of today C.C. will take over editorship of Burning House Pre…
burninghousepress.com
November 1, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Welcome November guest editor - C.C. O’HANLON!!! @ccohanlon.bsky.social
JOURNEYS
Physical, Psychological, and Imaginary, embracing words and images, in all forms, as well as complexity, resisting the superficial, algorithmic narratives of social media.
Sendx
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JOURNEYS
Physical, Psychological, and Imaginary, embracing words and images, in all forms, as well as complexity, resisting the superficial, algorithmic narratives of social media.
Sendx
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Submissions are open for November’s theme and guest editor @ccohanlon.bsky.social awaits your contributions::
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NOVEMBER 2025 Guest Editor Is C.C. O’HANLON!!! THEME/S: JOURNEYS
Burning House Press are excited to welcome C.C. O’HANLON as the fifth BHP guest editor of our return series of special editions! As of today C.C. will take over editorship of Burning House Pre…
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November 3, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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