Isaac Pickell
@isaacpickell.bsky.social
black & jewish poet & phd student in Detroit | work @blackoceanbooks.bsky.social and @blacklawrence.bsky.social and @deadmallpress.bsky.social | Cave Canem fellow | just very glad to be here.
Chris! Very glad to be in the good company of your bookshelf.
September 18, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Chris! Very glad to be in the good company of your bookshelf.
Ok so in case yall missed the memo like I did. David Lehman, series editor of Best American Poetry is a Zionist ass. Literally feel embarrassed that I wound up in this situation. I was literally the only person of color in a room of 50+ people. It was terrifying.
#poetry #bestamericanpoetry
#poetry #bestamericanpoetry
September 7, 2025 at 12:21 AM
I agree it won’t make other modes of thinking irrelevant, but it might make other modes of thinking unprofitable, and that may have the same effect.
August 4, 2025 at 12:19 AM
I agree it won’t make other modes of thinking irrelevant, but it might make other modes of thinking unprofitable, and that may have the same effect.
I like a great many of hers—long may she be read.
August 1, 2025 at 2:32 AM
I like a great many of hers—long may she be read.
oh no! she was fantastic.
August 1, 2025 at 2:26 AM
oh no! she was fantastic.
not for lack of trying!
July 28, 2025 at 10:34 PM
not for lack of trying!
"we love what we love for as long as we can..."
She's right, it's not Act Three yet.
She's right, it's not Act Three yet.
July 27, 2025 at 11:48 PM
"we love what we love for as long as we can..."
She's right, it's not Act Three yet.
She's right, it's not Act Three yet.