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Bill Carty
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scissors & paste, seattle
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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
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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...
Nick Sturm on Alice Notley ("At Night the States")
Close Readings · Episode
open.spotify.com
June 9, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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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.
March 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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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
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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...
'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
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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-...
February 5, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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For a long time nothing changed.
It was like driving all day through Texas.

Jane Kenyon
December 16, 2024 at 2:16 AM
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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
November 12, 2024 at 3:31 AM