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Issue 8 of Version (9) Magazine is now live. Heartfelt thanks to all contributors, without whom its manifold display of poetry contemporary, avant-garde, and experimental could not occur.
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Parabolic Alterity by Vernon Frazer out now from C22 Open Editions @c22press.bsky.social ! A recontextualization of language into an altogether unfamiliar form. Read the book for free!
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Parabolic Alterity by Vernon Frazer out now!
We here at C22 are proud to bring to you Parabolic Alterity by Vernon Frazer, the latest in our Open Editions chapbook releases. In PARABOLIC ALTERITY Vernon Frazer creates a remarkable blend of te…
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October 29, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Parabolic Alterity by Vernon Frazer out now from C22 Open Editions @c22press.bsky.social ! A recontextualization of language into an altogether unfamiliar form. Read the book for free!
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Exciting project, & thrilled to have Vikki C. @vikkicwrites.bsky.social as progenitor & reader w/ me on this project / @icefloepress.bsky.social
Remember to think of "Marginalia" in the broadest of textures: dislocation/ alienation (at the margins); the margins of the text, inlay in a book, etc.
Remember to think of "Marginalia" in the broadest of textures: dislocation/ alienation (at the margins); the margins of the text, inlay in a book, etc.
Ice Floe is open for hybrid submissions on the theme Process/Marginalia/Otherworlds.
I'll be curating with EIC @rfredekenter.bsky.social🔥
Send your expansive visions. Hybrid = 2 mediums at least. Include an element of your PROCESS🙏
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I'll be curating with EIC @rfredekenter.bsky.social🔥
Send your expansive visions. Hybrid = 2 mediums at least. Include an element of your PROCESS🙏
@icefloepress.bsky.social
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October 29, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Exciting project, & thrilled to have Vikki C. @vikkicwrites.bsky.social as progenitor & reader w/ me on this project / @icefloepress.bsky.social
Remember to think of "Marginalia" in the broadest of textures: dislocation/ alienation (at the margins); the margins of the text, inlay in a book, etc.
Remember to think of "Marginalia" in the broadest of textures: dislocation/ alienation (at the margins); the margins of the text, inlay in a book, etc.
"That nothingness, peripheral, erring,
Hath, final jest, turned into everything."
Discover the wonderful sonneteering by Mark Wartenberg in this our latest.
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Hath, final jest, turned into everything."
Discover the wonderful sonneteering by Mark Wartenberg in this our latest.
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Edition 1 Volume 8 Autumn 2025
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"That nothingness, peripheral, erring,
Hath, final jest, turned into everything."
Discover the wonderful sonneteering by Mark Wartenberg in this our latest.
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Hath, final jest, turned into everything."
Discover the wonderful sonneteering by Mark Wartenberg in this our latest.
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My review of Joshua Martin's newest book, Mutations. @c22press.bsky.social
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"I don’t get the sense that we so much descend into ourselves as stumble, headfirst, into ourselves and land broken-necked somewhere along the entrails of our own subconscious."
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"I don’t get the sense that we so much descend into ourselves as stumble, headfirst, into ourselves and land broken-necked somewhere along the entrails of our own subconscious."
October 19th, 2025
𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐨𝐟 𝐉𝐨𝐬𝐡𝐮𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧’𝐬 𝑴𝒖𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔: I’ve long admired Joshua Martin not only for his work with C22...
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My review of Joshua Martin's newest book, Mutations. @c22press.bsky.social
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"I don’t get the sense that we so much descend into ourselves as stumble, headfirst, into ourselves and land broken-necked somewhere along the entrails of our own subconscious."
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"I don’t get the sense that we so much descend into ourselves as stumble, headfirst, into ourselves and land broken-necked somewhere along the entrails of our own subconscious."
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Good morning.
This is Part 1 of my Experimental Poetry Criticism—
a prelude, a first movement.
Read it before Part 2 begins to unwrite it.
Ready or not— I am.
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This is Part 1 of my Experimental Poetry Criticism—
a prelude, a first movement.
Read it before Part 2 begins to unwrite it.
Ready or not— I am.
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Laura Kerr : The Enduring Idea: Art and Poetry in the Age of Endless Circulation
A growing strand of contemporary practice, both in art and in poetry, has undergone a fundamental transformation in how it exists ...
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October 13, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Good morning.
This is Part 1 of my Experimental Poetry Criticism—
a prelude, a first movement.
Read it before Part 2 begins to unwrite it.
Ready or not— I am.
periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2025/10/laur...
This is Part 1 of my Experimental Poetry Criticism—
a prelude, a first movement.
Read it before Part 2 begins to unwrite it.
Ready or not— I am.
periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2025/10/laur...
"Membranous ringlets drip, expelling flesh from legacy."
Discover the complex and musical work of @seankilpatrick.bsky.social
in this our latest.
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Discover the complex and musical work of @seankilpatrick.bsky.social
in this our latest.
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Edition 1 Volume 8 Autumn 2025
E-Book Autumn 2025 Vol. 8 Autumn 2025Download
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October 19, 2025 at 7:19 PM
"Membranous ringlets drip, expelling flesh from legacy."
Discover the complex and musical work of @seankilpatrick.bsky.social
in this our latest.
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Discover the complex and musical work of @seankilpatrick.bsky.social
in this our latest.
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“The sonnet is a script, a timeworn frame”
Poetic forms, AI and timely re-assessments all involve in the profound work of @ericracher.bsky.social
showcased in this our latest.
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Poetic forms, AI and timely re-assessments all involve in the profound work of @ericracher.bsky.social
showcased in this our latest.
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Edition 1 Volume 8 Autumn 2025
E-Book Autumn 2025 Vol. 8 Autumn 2025Download
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October 13, 2025 at 8:29 PM
“The sonnet is a script, a timeworn frame”
Poetic forms, AI and timely re-assessments all involve in the profound work of @ericracher.bsky.social
showcased in this our latest.
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Poetic forms, AI and timely re-assessments all involve in the profound work of @ericracher.bsky.social
showcased in this our latest.
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Issue 8 of Version (9) Magazine is now live. Heartfelt thanks to all contributors, without whom its manifold display of poetry contemporary, avant-garde, and experimental could not occur.
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Issue 8 of Version (9) Magazine is now live. Heartfelt thanks to all contributors, without whom its manifold display of poetry contemporary, avant-garde, and experimental could not occur.
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Hi, friends. If you read Record of Dissent and it resonated with you, we’d be grateful if you took a minute to leave a review. Barnes & Noble, Amazon, Bookshop, wherever you like. It helps the book find its way to new readers. Thanks for the support. thechaossectionpoetryproject.com/record-of-di...
Record of Dissent: Poems of Protest in an Authoritarian Age
A free digital chapbook featuring 44 poems of protest, resilience, and rising authoritarianism in the Trump era—published by The Chaos Section Poetry Project.
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August 19, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Hi, friends. If you read Record of Dissent and it resonated with you, we’d be grateful if you took a minute to leave a review. Barnes & Noble, Amazon, Bookshop, wherever you like. It helps the book find its way to new readers. Thanks for the support. thechaossectionpoetryproject.com/record-of-di...
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Tuesday poem #646 : arien wolf : I can see my mother’s outline but not her shape
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Tuesday poem #646 : arien wolf : I can see my mother’s outline but not her shape
like the sharp point of her nose or the way her softness fades into angles as she loses her mind to the tide pools of thick water pl...
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August 19, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Tuesday poem #646 : arien wolf : I can see my mother’s outline but not her shape
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recently on periodicities: a journal of poetry and poetics:
recently at periodicities: a journal of poetry and poetics : Laura Kerr : Unfixed Readings : Fugue, Fire, Fish ; Buck Downs : How to Be Alon...
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Thank you so much @wildtwin.bsky.social x:) There are tons of wonderful Nightjars available @nightjarpress.bsky.social: nightjarpress.weebly.com including @arthurmandal.bsky.social's excellent Old Tutor, New Tutor
August 19, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Thank you so much @wildtwin.bsky.social x:) There are tons of wonderful Nightjars available @nightjarpress.bsky.social: nightjarpress.weebly.com including @arthurmandal.bsky.social's excellent Old Tutor, New Tutor
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NEW EPISODE
sorry for the hiatus. we didn’t mean to. wanna read some poems?
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sorry for the hiatus. we didn’t mean to. wanna read some poems?
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Spotty: open.spotify.com/episode/1I01...
poetry against the infection
Podcast Episode · The Line Break · 07/29/2025 · 1h 2m
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NEW EPISODE
sorry for the hiatus. we didn’t mean to. wanna read some poems?
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sorry for the hiatus. we didn’t mean to. wanna read some poems?
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Spotty: open.spotify.com/episode/1I01...
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Check out my chapbook skeleton shivers from C22 Open Editions @c22press.bsky.social . A kaleidoscopic DaDa text. Spinning: KABOOM! Fragments of playful Bric-a-Brac and Knick-Knacks. Curving: dynamic riddles without answers. Read for free/buy in print.
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Skeleton Shivers by Joshua Martin out now!
We here at C22 are proud to bring to you Skeleton Shivers by Joshua Martin, the latest in our Open Editions chapbook releases. A kaleidoscopic DaDa text. Spinning: KABOOM! Fragments of playful Bric…
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August 1, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Check out my chapbook skeleton shivers from C22 Open Editions @c22press.bsky.social . A kaleidoscopic DaDa text. Spinning: KABOOM! Fragments of playful Bric-a-Brac and Knick-Knacks. Curving: dynamic riddles without answers. Read for free/buy in print.
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My chapbook, punctuated avalanche, is now available from
@stonecorpse.com! Covering the skeleton with disjointed flesh and bone: a cubist painting, a DADA collage, a tuning fork, a chance meeting on a dissecting table. Download the FREE PDF or purchase a copy.
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@stonecorpse.com! Covering the skeleton with disjointed flesh and bone: a cubist painting, a DADA collage, a tuning fork, a chance meeting on a dissecting table. Download the FREE PDF or purchase a copy.
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Joshua Martin
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August 1, 2025 at 10:31 PM
My chapbook, punctuated avalanche, is now available from
@stonecorpse.com! Covering the skeleton with disjointed flesh and bone: a cubist painting, a DADA collage, a tuning fork, a chance meeting on a dissecting table. Download the FREE PDF or purchase a copy.
stonecorpse.com/joshua-martin/
@stonecorpse.com! Covering the skeleton with disjointed flesh and bone: a cubist painting, a DADA collage, a tuning fork, a chance meeting on a dissecting table. Download the FREE PDF or purchase a copy.
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our new call for submissions, [machinewitness], opens today.
don't worry— you've plenty of time ! (subs close Nov.1) but we'd love to see what you've got.
Check it out at remediatelitmag.xyz/submit! — and then head over to finish reading Issue•3, [Next Realities], while you're there!
don't worry— you've plenty of time ! (subs close Nov.1) but we'd love to see what you've got.
Check it out at remediatelitmag.xyz/submit! — and then head over to finish reading Issue•3, [Next Realities], while you're there!
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August 1, 2025 at 7:30 PM
our new call for submissions, [machinewitness], opens today.
don't worry— you've plenty of time ! (subs close Nov.1) but we'd love to see what you've got.
Check it out at remediatelitmag.xyz/submit! — and then head over to finish reading Issue•3, [Next Realities], while you're there!
don't worry— you've plenty of time ! (subs close Nov.1) but we'd love to see what you've got.
Check it out at remediatelitmag.xyz/submit! — and then head over to finish reading Issue•3, [Next Realities], while you're there!
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We've been a little behind, but we're still reading for Issue 4! Hoping for a fall/winter release. Plenty of time to submit since we are always open for your wonderful poems!
July 28, 2025 at 12:59 PM
We've been a little behind, but we're still reading for Issue 4! Hoping for a fall/winter release. Plenty of time to submit since we are always open for your wonderful poems!
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new from above/ground press: The Moleskin Coat, by Ellen Chang-Richardson / @ehjchang.bsky.social @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social @arcpoetry.bsky.social ;
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new from above/ground press: The Moleskin Coat, by Ellen Chang-Richardson
The Moleskin Coat Ellen Chang-Richardson $6 06 • yyyy worth revisiting—saline rolling across our tongues entwined and shimmering certain now...
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July 31, 2025 at 2:10 PM
new from above/ground press: The Moleskin Coat, by Ellen Chang-Richardson / @ehjchang.bsky.social @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social @arcpoetry.bsky.social ;
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There's a conference on alliteration in poetry & cultural history, University of East Anglia, Norwich UK, Sept. 1st. You have till Aug. 18th to register for the conference, till Aug. 14th to register for the conference dinner, which will include informal poetry readings
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Conference
University of East Anglia
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July 31, 2025 at 5:46 PM
There's a conference on alliteration in poetry & cultural history, University of East Anglia, Norwich UK, Sept. 1st. You have till Aug. 18th to register for the conference, till Aug. 14th to register for the conference dinner, which will include informal poetry readings
www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...
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Forensic Poetry is the experimental language of now.
It won’t seek beauty—it documents rupture.
Not just glitch, but trace.
Not confession, but compression.
Poetry of residue, marks, filings.
What remains when meaning is handled as evidence.
#forensicPoetry #experimentalpoetics #languageasmaterial
It won’t seek beauty—it documents rupture.
Not just glitch, but trace.
Not confession, but compression.
Poetry of residue, marks, filings.
What remains when meaning is handled as evidence.
#forensicPoetry #experimentalpoetics #languageasmaterial
July 31, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Forensic Poetry is the experimental language of now.
It won’t seek beauty—it documents rupture.
Not just glitch, but trace.
Not confession, but compression.
Poetry of residue, marks, filings.
What remains when meaning is handled as evidence.
#forensicPoetry #experimentalpoetics #languageasmaterial
It won’t seek beauty—it documents rupture.
Not just glitch, but trace.
Not confession, but compression.
Poetry of residue, marks, filings.
What remains when meaning is handled as evidence.
#forensicPoetry #experimentalpoetics #languageasmaterial
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Something to pin here. Archival Bodies. My latest, in Socrates on the Beach. An attempt at a phenomenology of the body.
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Christina Tudor-Sideri — Socrates on the Beach
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November 15, 2024 at 10:43 AM
Something to pin here. Archival Bodies. My latest, in Socrates on the Beach. An attempt at a phenomenology of the body.
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Issue 27 of The Manchester Review is Now Live!
We aim to bring together the best contemporary writing from a range of voices from across the globe.
We hope you enjoy reading our new issue.
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We aim to bring together the best contemporary writing from a range of voices from across the globe.
We hope you enjoy reading our new issue.
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Issue 27 - The Manchester Review
Image: © Courtesy of Manchester City Galleries Editorial Róisín Leggett Bohan, 3 poems Livi Michael, ‘Signs’ Immanuel Misfud, ‘Rue Garenne’ (trans. Ruth Ward) Cormac Culkeen, ‘My Dog Ate the Sun’ Laur...
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July 4, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Issue 27 of The Manchester Review is Now Live!
We aim to bring together the best contemporary writing from a range of voices from across the globe.
We hope you enjoy reading our new issue.
www.themanchesterreview.co.uk
We aim to bring together the best contemporary writing from a range of voices from across the globe.
We hope you enjoy reading our new issue.
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Excited to have my new chapbook, "Fabrication" published by @nicholasroyle.bsky.social & Nightjar Press. I'm delighted that it's been paired with @arthurmandal.bsky.social's"Old Tutor, New Tutor". Now available to order online here: nightjarpress.weebly.com/fabrication.... pic.x.com/Smq9DtGXU7
October 30, 2024 at 7:37 PM
Excited to have my new chapbook, "Fabrication" published by @nicholasroyle.bsky.social & Nightjar Press. I'm delighted that it's been paired with @arthurmandal.bsky.social's"Old Tutor, New Tutor". Now available to order online here: nightjarpress.weebly.com/fabrication.... pic.x.com/Smq9DtGXU7
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Many thanks to @greggerkesocrates.bsky.social for publishing this essay on Ezra Pound, John Milton, music and poetry in Socrates on the Beach.
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Eric Racher — Socrates on the Beach
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April 8, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Many thanks to @greggerkesocrates.bsky.social for publishing this essay on Ezra Pound, John Milton, music and poetry in Socrates on the Beach.
socratesonthebeach.com/eric-racher
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