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D. A. Hosek
@dahosek.bsky.social
Dad»Writer of fiction&poetry»🦻🏻»Utopian socialist»Catholic Woke Marxist»Chicago boy»it’s November, back to the boring display name»He/him

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Liberalism on the other hand… (I’m twenty years older than that dude)
November 13, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Doing my best
November 9, 2025 at 5:37 PM
My personal favorite is the orange-spined Penguin paperbacks of Graham Greene with watercolor illustrations by Paul Hogarth.

I don’t care for the contemporary trend of a lot of modern covers to default to stock photography or colored blobs behind a wall of text. At least those have bespoke art.
October 29, 2025 at 2:02 AM
"Friends" is a beloved American sitcom that aired from 1994 to 2004, following six young adults—Rachel, Ross, Monica, Chandler, Joey, and Phoebe—living in New York City. The show explores their friendships, romances, careers, and personal growth over ten seasons.
October 23, 2025 at 2:13 PM
October 18, 2025 at 9:49 PM
October 18, 2025 at 9:49 PM
All my #nokings #chicago pictures now that I’m no longer suffering from overloaded internet in Grant Park:
October 18, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Went for the left-wing Catholic thing in my attire today
October 18, 2025 at 9:31 PM
The march begins. No alt text but it’s a picture of a few thousand people.
October 18, 2025 at 6:27 PM
If you’re at no kings grant park say hi. I’m the tall guy with the blue straw pork pie hat straight back from the band shell. I
October 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I found this amusing
October 17, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Three new poems in the latest California Quarterly, “Museum of Broken Hearts,” “Jubilate Mammonæ” and “Carmen Philomaicum” (this last is my first published translation).
October 14, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Hope for humanity
October 13, 2025 at 3:52 PM
October 6, 2025 at 7:31 PM
There used to be a kid who lived near me that I’d see walking his pig. I thought that was the strangest pet thing I’d see on the streets of Oak Park.

I was wrong.
October 1, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Duolingo getting freaky
September 29, 2025 at 11:47 PM
September 27, 2025 at 5:32 AM
I think this is possibly the most awesome form rejection text ever. @kickingyourass.bsky.social
September 24, 2025 at 10:06 PM
I can retire from pinochle now
September 12, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Cat caught in goofiness mid day
September 11, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Here’s the poem (and the cover of the issue). If you like it, you can order a copy of the magazine and have the poem live in your home, it will sleep on the floor next to your bed, keeping it warm for when you have to get up in the middle of the night.
September 6, 2025 at 3:28 PM
IYKYK
August 24, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Although this didn’t help.
August 23, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Well, it’s finally official. The year I have a super strong application the fascist finally kill individual artist grants in literature.
August 22, 2025 at 4:18 PM
August 12, 2025 at 4:30 AM