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Ben Purkert
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debut novel, THE MEN CAN'T BE SAVED, Top 20 Book of 2023 Vanity Fair. words / poems in The New Yorker, The Nation, Slate. https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-men-can-t-be-saved-ben-purkert/19736868?ean=9781419767135
It’s my 40th bday today and so I ate this WHOLE DAMN CAKE except the me part, boooom
March 2, 2025 at 5:56 PM
February 13, 2025 at 8:38 PM
i am the cranky old luddite writer i've always aspired to be 😍
January 30, 2025 at 7:56 PM
“I only eat leaves” is gonna be my new artist statement
January 12, 2025 at 4:28 PM
actual photo of me staring at this book cover and feeling my soul scurry off into the dark recesses of some other plane of existence
December 14, 2024 at 6:23 PM
why does NYRB insist on absolutely fucking up my peace
December 14, 2024 at 6:22 PM
say what you want, Kafka was a mensch
December 14, 2024 at 3:25 AM
some strong NYC vibes in these lines from Margaret Draft
December 7, 2024 at 8:42 PM
I was extremely (embarrassingly??) honest in this interview and here it is, if you'd like to give it a read! 🎳

@southeastreview.bsky.social

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November 30, 2024 at 7:07 PM
me tweeting this
November 25, 2024 at 8:37 PM
Czesław Miłosz on the essence of poetry 🐅
November 21, 2024 at 11:35 PM
really cannot stress enough the extent to which Real World Seattle 1998 permanently, and possibly tragically, informed my sense of style
November 21, 2024 at 5:42 PM
Jon Woodward 🍓
November 21, 2024 at 3:28 PM
immortal lines from the one and only Etel Adnan
November 21, 2024 at 12:22 AM
whose feet do I need to massage around here to successfully acquire this Paris Review poster that's been sold out for literal months, WHOSE
November 20, 2024 at 5:30 PM
good morning, here’s my favorite Ben Lerner prose poem
November 20, 2024 at 2:06 PM
a lovely and quiet and holy (?) poem by J Estanislao Lopez
November 19, 2024 at 2:36 PM
In case you’re curious what I crossed out lol
November 19, 2024 at 3:55 AM
this M.A. Vizsolyi poem has haunted me for years, never more than now
November 19, 2024 at 2:39 AM
If you haven’t read “Concerning the Book…” trust me when I say it’s a spectacular walk thru a singular mind
November 18, 2024 at 12:51 PM
Gregory Orr on having faith 🎈
November 18, 2024 at 12:50 PM
the brilliant Carl Phillips being brilliant ☠️✨
November 17, 2024 at 2:07 PM
let me introduce myself... this is literally the title of the novel I published last year and sadly it feels truer than ever lol

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November 16, 2024 at 10:45 PM
total stunner from Malachi Black 🎣✨
November 16, 2024 at 2:14 PM
I'm not big on happy / motivational poems, but I do love poems that point toward unseen sources of light. I need that right now, more light.

Anyway, I'll be sharing some over the next few days/weeks, if that's appealing.

To start, here's "Everything Lies in All Directions" by @huaxi.bsky.social 🌿
November 15, 2024 at 6:38 PM