Bill Carty
@billcarty.bsky.social
scissors & paste, seattle
https://www.billcarty.com/
https://www.billcarty.com/
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I wrote about Trµmp's invocation of the Alien Enemies Act, the abduction of Mahmoud Khalil, the trial of Mitsuye Endo, the example of Japanese American incarceration, pledging allegiance to war, the inherence of fascism, and my grandfather's Alien Enemy Wind-Up Doll™ @thebaffler.com: t.ly/n07l7
July 10, 2025 at 9:58 PM
I wrote about Trµmp's invocation of the Alien Enemies Act, the abduction of Mahmoud Khalil, the trial of Mitsuye Endo, the example of Japanese American incarceration, pledging allegiance to war, the inherence of fascism, and my grandfather's Alien Enemy Wind-Up Doll™ @thebaffler.com: t.ly/n07l7
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I talked with Nick Sturm (@nicksturm.bsky.social) about the brilliant Alice Notley, who died just three weeks ago, and her poem “At Night the States.”
“making life, not explaining anything”
I missed having these conversations.
open.spotify.com/episode/6fLF...
“making life, not explaining anything”
I missed having these conversations.
open.spotify.com/episode/6fLF...
Nick Sturm on Alice Notley ("At Night the States")
Close Readings · Episode
open.spotify.com
June 9, 2025 at 12:00 PM
I talked with Nick Sturm (@nicksturm.bsky.social) about the brilliant Alice Notley, who died just three weeks ago, and her poem “At Night the States.”
“making life, not explaining anything”
I missed having these conversations.
open.spotify.com/episode/6fLF...
“making life, not explaining anything”
I missed having these conversations.
open.spotify.com/episode/6fLF...
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Join us at our AWP off-site readings!📚✨
On March 27, our event features WTAW Press stars:
✨ @anitafelicelli.bsky.social
✨ LIZ GREEN
✨ @menopunk.bsky.social
✨ STEPHANIE AUSTIN
Poetry Northwest's stars are: @billcarty.bsky.social, Kevin Craft, @katharinewhitcomb.bsky.social, and Nikia Chaney.
On March 27, our event features WTAW Press stars:
✨ @anitafelicelli.bsky.social
✨ LIZ GREEN
✨ @menopunk.bsky.social
✨ STEPHANIE AUSTIN
Poetry Northwest's stars are: @billcarty.bsky.social, Kevin Craft, @katharinewhitcomb.bsky.social, and Nikia Chaney.
March 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Join us at our AWP off-site readings!📚✨
On March 27, our event features WTAW Press stars:
✨ @anitafelicelli.bsky.social
✨ LIZ GREEN
✨ @menopunk.bsky.social
✨ STEPHANIE AUSTIN
Poetry Northwest's stars are: @billcarty.bsky.social, Kevin Craft, @katharinewhitcomb.bsky.social, and Nikia Chaney.
On March 27, our event features WTAW Press stars:
✨ @anitafelicelli.bsky.social
✨ LIZ GREEN
✨ @menopunk.bsky.social
✨ STEPHANIE AUSTIN
Poetry Northwest's stars are: @billcarty.bsky.social, Kevin Craft, @katharinewhitcomb.bsky.social, and Nikia Chaney.
Tonight! @fonografeditions.bsky.social reading at Common Area Maintenance.
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Fonograf Editions Poetry Reading at Common AREA Maintenance in Seattle, WA - Wednesday, March 19 - EverOut Seattle
Join Fonograf Editions for an evening of poetry featuring Ari B. Cofer, Caitlin Roach, Aditi Machado, Esther Kondo Heller and Bill Carty. Fonograf Editions is a nonprofit press and literary record lab...
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March 19, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Tonight! @fonografeditions.bsky.social reading at Common Area Maintenance.
everout.com/seattle/even...
everout.com/seattle/even...
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Honored to have a new poem up at Poetry Northwest today. Many thanks to @billcarty.bsky.social and all the good PNW folks.
The Button | Poetry Northwest
Sometimes I think every second I spend writing would be better spent on something else.
www.poetrynw.org
March 18, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Honored to have a new poem up at Poetry Northwest today. Many thanks to @billcarty.bsky.social and all the good PNW folks.
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"You could smell the fear everywhere. But under the Syrian regime, you could hide the real meaning behind your words with metaphors. Metaphors would save you," Almadhoun explains."
Ghayath Almadhoun (Action Books) on writing in a dictatorship:
www.middleeasteye.net/discover/met...
Ghayath Almadhoun (Action Books) on writing in a dictatorship:
www.middleeasteye.net/discover/met...
'In a dictatorship, metaphors can save you': The poetry of Ghayath Almadhoun
The poet says that while censorship in a dictatorship is nothing new, the same in a democracy feels like entering a new totalitarianism
www.middleeasteye.net
February 4, 2025 at 6:43 PM
"You could smell the fear everywhere. But under the Syrian regime, you could hide the real meaning behind your words with metaphors. Metaphors would save you," Almadhoun explains."
Ghayath Almadhoun (Action Books) on writing in a dictatorship:
www.middleeasteye.net/discover/met...
Ghayath Almadhoun (Action Books) on writing in a dictatorship:
www.middleeasteye.net/discover/met...
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I have six HORSES up on Poetry Northwest right now. Here are two + a link. Thank you, Poetry Northwest! These poems are from a WIP called I AM THE HORSE. ✨
www.poetrynw.org/poetry/from-...
www.poetrynw.org/poetry/from-...
February 5, 2025 at 2:03 PM
I have six HORSES up on Poetry Northwest right now. Here are two + a link. Thank you, Poetry Northwest! These poems are from a WIP called I AM THE HORSE. ✨
www.poetrynw.org/poetry/from-...
www.poetrynw.org/poetry/from-...
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For a long time nothing changed.
It was like driving all day through Texas.
Jane Kenyon
It was like driving all day through Texas.
Jane Kenyon
December 16, 2024 at 2:16 AM
For a long time nothing changed.
It was like driving all day through Texas.
Jane Kenyon
It was like driving all day through Texas.
Jane Kenyon
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The great Lena Khalaf Tuffaha @lenakt.bsky.social just won the National Book Award for Poetry, for Something about Living. You can get it @openpoetrybooks.bsky.social, where all proceeds go to HEAL Palestine, providing essential aid, healthcare, educational resources to Palestinian youth: t.ly/Sqvw2
November 21, 2024 at 3:03 AM
The great Lena Khalaf Tuffaha @lenakt.bsky.social just won the National Book Award for Poetry, for Something about Living. You can get it @openpoetrybooks.bsky.social, where all proceeds go to HEAL Palestine, providing essential aid, healthcare, educational resources to Palestinian youth: t.ly/Sqvw2
Poetry Northwest submissions, open for November. Send some poems!
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Poetry Northwest Submission Manager
Thank you for your interest in Poetry Northwest. After more than 60 years, we remain committed to publishing the best in contemporary poetry, especially work willing to take risks and push readers to ...
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November 16, 2024 at 1:13 AM
Poetry Northwest submissions, open for November. Send some poems!
poetrynorthwest.submittable.com/submit
poetrynorthwest.submittable.com/submit
