Allison Adair
@fascicles.bsky.social
Poet, professor, mama, redhead - THE CLEARING (Milkweed) 📚 - Work in Georgia Review, Gulf Coast, Kenyon Review, Threepenny, Best American Poetry, Pushcart anthology. Hybrid enthusiast. www.allisonadair.com
Max Ritvo's "The Senses," one of my favorite poems, also heartbreaking beyond words.
(Scroll down at the link -- or better yet, read all of them: www.bostonreview.net/articles/sam...) @milkweededitions.bsky.social
(Scroll down at the link -- or better yet, read all of them: www.bostonreview.net/articles/sam...) @milkweededitions.bsky.social
Poet's Sampler: Max Ritvo - Boston Review
Max Ritvo is a poet of ecstasies. He is a transmogrifier of suffering and holder of “bird-shaped hope.” He is also a Realist, a gifted comic, an astronomer, a child genius, a Surrealist, a brainiac, a...
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November 18, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Max Ritvo's "The Senses," one of my favorite poems, also heartbreaking beyond words.
(Scroll down at the link -- or better yet, read all of them: www.bostonreview.net/articles/sam...) @milkweededitions.bsky.social
(Scroll down at the link -- or better yet, read all of them: www.bostonreview.net/articles/sam...) @milkweededitions.bsky.social
Honored to have been named the new Poet Laureate of Brookline, MA. Looking forward to celebrating this new post w/ past laureates at @brooklinebooksmith.bsky.social tonight. Our "Changing of the Bard" reading starts at 7! 🥳
brooklinebooksmith.com/event/2025-1...
brooklinebooksmith.com/event/2025-1...
The Changing of the Bard: Brookline Poets Laureate celebrate Allison Adair
EDIT: Please note that due to extenuating circumstances, Judith Steinbergh is not able to join us.
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November 7, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Honored to have been named the new Poet Laureate of Brookline, MA. Looking forward to celebrating this new post w/ past laureates at @brooklinebooksmith.bsky.social tonight. Our "Changing of the Bard" reading starts at 7! 🥳
brooklinebooksmith.com/event/2025-1...
brooklinebooksmith.com/event/2025-1...
Oh, Alexis. "The mal-administration of a democratic magistrate is a mere isolated fact, which only occurs during the short period for which he is elected. Corruption and incapacity do not act as common interests, which may connect men permanently with one another. [...]"
October 27, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Oh, Alexis. "The mal-administration of a democratic magistrate is a mere isolated fact, which only occurs during the short period for which he is elected. Corruption and incapacity do not act as common interests, which may connect men permanently with one another. [...]"
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Went to a prayer service tonight at St. Mary of the Lake, where they have cardboard cutouts throughout the church representing parishioners afraid to come to Mass because of ICE.
October 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Went to a prayer service tonight at St. Mary of the Lake, where they have cardboard cutouts throughout the church representing parishioners afraid to come to Mass because of ICE.
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The media’s apparent normalization of 3% annual inflation is wild. The framing is problematic considering the average household will spend almost $2500 more a year for the same goods and services at this rate of inflation. How can this being sold as normal? www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/e...
America’s inflation is back at 3%. That’s higher than normal but not out of control | CNN Business
The cost of living got even more expensive for Americans last month, with prices rising at the fastest pace since the start of the year.
www.cnn.com
October 24, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The media’s apparent normalization of 3% annual inflation is wild. The framing is problematic considering the average household will spend almost $2500 more a year for the same goods and services at this rate of inflation. How can this being sold as normal? www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/e...
Why did the AP want to interview me for my expert opinion when Taylor Swift called herself a poet but not now that she's calling herself a showgirl? OUCH
October 22, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Why did the AP want to interview me for my expert opinion when Taylor Swift called herself a poet but not now that she's calling herself a showgirl? OUCH
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Wtf is a TEST of a ceasefire?!?!??!?
BREAKING: Israel strikes southern Gaza in test of ceasefire.
Israel strikes Gaza in first major test of ceasefire
Israel said it struck Hamas militants in Gaza on Sunday after they shot at Israeli soldiers who were inside the area that is still under Israeli control, according to the conditions of the Oct. 10 ceasefire.
bit.ly
October 19, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Wtf is a TEST of a ceasefire?!?!??!?
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This is *hilarious*
Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.
Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
October 10, 2025 at 3:29 PM
This is *hilarious*
Please study history. Please teach your kids history. We know how this ends.
CHICAGO — Outside an elementary school during dismissal… horrifying. What have we become?
October 9, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Please study history. Please teach your kids history. We know how this ends.
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Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
October 8, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
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don't forget im launching the book of sentences (University of Calgary Press, 2025) in Ottawa next week at Plan 99 w Stephanie Bolster + Zane Koss, also launching new books! / @ucalgarypress.bsky.social @palimpsestpress.bsky.social @invisibooks.bsky.social
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the book of sentences
, notes on my new poetry title, available from University of Calgary Press,
robmclennan.substack.com
October 8, 2025 at 3:59 PM
don't forget im launching the book of sentences (University of Calgary Press, 2025) in Ottawa next week at Plan 99 w Stephanie Bolster + Zane Koss, also launching new books! / @ucalgarypress.bsky.social @palimpsestpress.bsky.social @invisibooks.bsky.social
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These two things are of a piece, even if the motivations and details differ.
Trump’s justification for his authoritarian crackdown is an America that doesn’t exist.
@lizzieohreally.bsky.social
Trump’s justification for his authoritarian crackdown is an America that doesn’t exist.
@lizzieohreally.bsky.social
October 7, 2025 at 2:08 PM
These two things are of a piece, even if the motivations and details differ.
Trump’s justification for his authoritarian crackdown is an America that doesn’t exist.
@lizzieohreally.bsky.social
Trump’s justification for his authoritarian crackdown is an America that doesn’t exist.
@lizzieohreally.bsky.social
"All university employees, in their capacity as university representatives, will abstain from actions or speech relating to societal and political events except in cases in which external events have a direct impact upon the university." newrepublic.com/article/2013...
Why This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut Down
How Linda McMahon’s latest “compact” would do deep and permanent harm to American higher education
newrepublic.com
October 7, 2025 at 9:08 PM
"All university employees, in their capacity as university representatives, will abstain from actions or speech relating to societal and political events except in cases in which external events have a direct impact upon the university." newrepublic.com/article/2013...
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Y'all, you get a free registration for AWP if you volunteer for ONE SHIFT. That's incredible, considering the $$$ of entrance!
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Work Exchange
Are you a current student, adjunct professor, or someone needing assistance to cover the cost of the conference? Sign up to participate in our work-exchange program for the 2025 AWP Conference & Bookf...
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October 6, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Y'all, you get a free registration for AWP if you volunteer for ONE SHIFT. That's incredible, considering the $$$ of entrance!
conference.awpwriter.org/work_exchang...
conference.awpwriter.org/work_exchang...
Does ICE cease operations in a government shutdown?
October 1, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Does ICE cease operations in a government shutdown?
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Breaking News: The Trump administration is deporting a planeload of Iranians back to Iran after a deal between the governments, officials said.
U.S. Deports Planeload of Iranians After Deal With Tehran, Officials Say
The deportation flight to Iran is the most stark push yet by the Trump administration to deport migrants even to places with harsh human rights conditions.
nyti.ms
September 30, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Breaking News: The Trump administration is deporting a planeload of Iranians back to Iran after a deal between the governments, officials said.
"Does he not look like stained glass, all broken
and consumed with your image? Like bread
his voice breaks into a higher octave against the choir’s
modulation, asking the audience to join in his appeal" 🕊️🔥
What a poem!
and consumed with your image? Like bread
his voice breaks into a higher octave against the choir’s
modulation, asking the audience to join in his appeal" 🕊️🔥
What a poem!
September 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
"Does he not look like stained glass, all broken
and consumed with your image? Like bread
his voice breaks into a higher octave against the choir’s
modulation, asking the audience to join in his appeal" 🕊️🔥
What a poem!
and consumed with your image? Like bread
his voice breaks into a higher octave against the choir’s
modulation, asking the audience to join in his appeal" 🕊️🔥
What a poem!
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I see a lot of utility for AI, but I’ve stopped using it entirely. It gets things wrong. It’s glib. And AI sorts information and people into preset hierarchies. It’s this latter point that’s giving me the most pause. The current iteration of AI is also a social engineering project.
It's amazing how many people are out there bragging publicly about how they now use ChatGPT to perform pretty much all of their tasks at their well-paid corporate job, and have yet to connect the dots on "if you're making your utility value identical to ChatGPT, why would they keep paying you?"
I am starting to believe that the AI craze actually has, for once, created a genuinely useful way to test someone's intelligence:
are they unquestionably on board with using corporate AI tools for everything, or are they going "whoa, hey, wait a second"?
are they unquestionably on board with using corporate AI tools for everything, or are they going "whoa, hey, wait a second"?
September 24, 2025 at 12:36 PM
I see a lot of utility for AI, but I’ve stopped using it entirely. It gets things wrong. It’s glib. And AI sorts information and people into preset hierarchies. It’s this latter point that’s giving me the most pause. The current iteration of AI is also a social engineering project.
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So cool
Amazing—some spiders can fly using static electricity, the same phenomenon that makes your hair stand up if you rub a balloon on it.
www.youtube.com/shorts/qjUAh...
www.youtube.com/shorts/qjUAh...
Spiders fly miles by riding electric fields
YouTube video by Howtown
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September 23, 2025 at 1:58 AM
So cool
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This morning in East Somerville, MA masked agents who told bystanders they were from Homeland Security abducted a man who lives in the neighborhood while he was on his way to do laundry.
Video shared directly with me of the moments after he was detained and put in an unmarked vehicle:
Video shared directly with me of the moments after he was detained and put in an unmarked vehicle:
September 15, 2025 at 2:00 PM
This morning in East Somerville, MA masked agents who told bystanders they were from Homeland Security abducted a man who lives in the neighborhood while he was on his way to do laundry.
Video shared directly with me of the moments after he was detained and put in an unmarked vehicle:
Video shared directly with me of the moments after he was detained and put in an unmarked vehicle:
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Missouri Republicans today passed a new gerrymander that would break apart the Democratic district in Kansas City, which would flip a seat to the GOP. (The governor is expected to sign it.) www.kansascity.com/news/politic...
Missouri senators pass gerrymandered map that slashes through Kansas City
The vote marked a pivotal moment in Missouri, potentially altering the political makeup of Kansas City for years.
www.kansascity.com
September 12, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Missouri Republicans today passed a new gerrymander that would break apart the Democratic district in Kansas City, which would flip a seat to the GOP. (The governor is expected to sign it.) www.kansascity.com/news/politic...
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At least two students have been shot at Evergreen High School in Evergreen, Colorado, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office.
At least 2 students shot at a Denver-area high school, authorities say | CNN
At least two students have been shot at Evergreen High School in Evergreen, Colorado, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office.
www.cnn.com
September 10, 2025 at 7:52 PM
At least two students have been shot at Evergreen High School in Evergreen, Colorado, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office.
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One month ! 10/10 at 7pm
@coupletseries.bsky.social
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September 10, 2025 at 4:35 PM
One month ! 10/10 at 7pm
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