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james-lindsay.bsky.social
@james-lindsay.bsky.social
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Book publicist and writer in Toronto.
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In a personal essay, Colin Crummy reflects on the lasting power of Milkman by Anna Burns, our Monthly Spotlight pick for December, and considers how this Booker-winning novel captured the lived reality of the Troubles.

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How Anna Burns’ Milkman perfectly articulated the experience of life during the Troubles | The Booker Prizes
Colin Crummy, who grew up in South Armagh, explains how Anna Burns’ Booker winner Milkman held up a mirror to a world of suspicion, surveillance and groupthink
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December 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
james-lindsay.bsky.social
Pre-order my new chapbook from the spectacular @knifeforkbook.bsky.social! Kirby does the lords work in publishing amazing poetry in beautiful books.
itsakirby.bsky.social KIRBY @itsakirby.bsky.social · 8d
A joy to work with James @james-lindsay.bsky.social again. This one sings/soars... a new stratosphere. #glory @knifeforkbook.bsky.social
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December 8, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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itsakirby.bsky.social
A joy to work with James @james-lindsay.bsky.social again. This one sings/soars... a new stratosphere. #glory @knifeforkbook.bsky.social
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December 8, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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nikostratis.com
Its easy to say "the best Christmas song is the one where Springsteen yells numbers at the audience" but the true honour goes to Tom Waits doing "Silent Night" as a bit before launching into his own Christmas classic, where the audience laughs nervously at the "Charlie I'm pregnant" line
Tom Waits - "Christmas Card From a Hooker in Minneapolis" (Live at Austin City Limits, 1978)
YouTube video by Tom Waits
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December 4, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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james-lindsay.bsky.social
Kirby asked me if I had another chapbook in me so I wrote this, hopefully, joyful long poem about singing, dancing, and groups without leaders. With love to @itsakirby.bsky.social & @knifeforkbook.bsky.social.
November 30, 2025 at 1:14 AM
james-lindsay.bsky.social
Kirby asked me if I had another chapbook in me so I wrote this, hopefully, joyful long poem about singing, dancing, and groups without leaders. With love to @itsakirby.bsky.social & @knifeforkbook.bsky.social.
November 30, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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itsakirby.bsky.social
So pretty. @knifeforkbook.bsky.social #KFB10
November 30, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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kattenbarge.bsky.social
Trump talking to Zohran is giving huge my grandfather talking to me about my career energy
November 21, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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mirandayaver.bsky.social
The Communist Manifesto was published in 1848.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Nov 5
Trump: "For 1,000 years, communism has not worked"
November 5, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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burningambulance.bsky.social
My latest jazz column is up at @stereogum.bsky.social - I interviewed drummer/producer Makaya McCraven about his four new EPs (also available as a double LP/double CD), and reviewed 10 other excellent new releases:
www.stereogum.com/2327057/maka...
Makaya McCraven, On The Record
The distinction between composition and improvisation has always been fraught territory in the discourse surrounding jazz; some artists have argued that all music begins as improvisation, and what mak...
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October 21, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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rollwithheather.bsky.social
Toronto recognized a priest, Rev. Maggie Helwig, for her book on a church encampment. Then, it tore it down.
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Toronto recognized a priest for her book on a church encampment. Then, it tore it down | CBC News
Dozens of people gathered outside a church in Toronto's Kensington Market neighbourhood on Thursday as city staff began clearing another homeless encampment, deemed to be a fire hazard.
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October 17, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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kjavadizadeh.bsky.social
Inger Christensen, from alphabet (trans. Susanna Nied)
October 11, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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burningambulance.bsky.social
My latest column for @stereogum.bsky.social is up; I wrote about the new jazz-oriented Joni Mitchell box with help from @annkpowers.bsky.social, @themountaingoats.bsky.social and Linda May Han Oh, and reviewed a bunch of great new releases as well:
www.stereogum.com/2324112/joni...
Joni Mitchell, Jazz Artist?
A look at the 'Joni’s Jazz' box set. Plus: the best jazz releases of the month.
www.stereogum.com
September 25, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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bookgaga.bsky.social
"And the wildflowers are canary yellow
Turnip violet and bone china white
Because they hate us that much"

#TodaysPoem #poetry
from Labour Day by @james-lindsay.bsky.social (2021 Dusie)
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September 16, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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thebikinglawyer.bsky.social
Friendly reminder.

Road safety campaigns must speak directly to and target those that perpetrate the greatest harm.
September 8, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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rid9way.bsky.social
Very happy to tell you that my novel Dooneen will be published next June by Fitzcarraldo Editions (@fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social) and New Directions (@ndbooks.bsky.social). Many thanks to Jacques and Barbara - both of whom say lovely things here - and to superagent @laurencelaluyaux.bsky.social.
Fitzcarraldo Editions to publish Keith Ridgway's DOONEEN | Fitzcarraldo Editions
Fitzcarraldo Editions publisher Jacques Testard has acquired UK & Commonwealth rights excluding Canada, with exclusivity in Europe, to Keith Ridgway’s novel Dooneen from Laurence Laluyaux at RCW. Ridg...
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August 18, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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parisreview.bsky.social
“I wrote a story for a school assignment about a girl named Wimple. I could have called her Jane or Betsy, but even then I didn’t give my characters usual names. I don’t know exactly why not.” —Lydia Davis
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August 13, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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knifeforkbook.bsky.social
Poetry. Well-served. #KFB10
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Knife Fork Book
Poetry. Well-served.
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August 12, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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nationalobserver.com
Now that the courts have smacked Ford upside the head for trying to remove bike lanes in Toronto, Ford and his Alberta counterpart Danielle Smith should surrender and move on to more important matters, @adriennetanner.bsky.social writes.
Bike lanes win as Ford and Smith waste time on a losing battle
The battle against bike lanes has never been evidence-based. It’s all about politics and the divide between interests of voters living in city centres, who are less likely to vote for Ford or Smith, a...
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August 6, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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bookgaga.bsky.social
"Launch me into the atmosphere and eventually
I'll want to return

to the field
where I was born

despite the fact that it’s burning."

#TodaysPoem #poetry
Heaven by Jim Johnstone (2025 Poetry Magazine) tinyurl.com/3d2fn644
Heaven
During a craniotomy, metal screws were used to refasten the wedge of skull that had been removed to expose my brain. Cybernetic, I can still pass through a metal detector without setting off an alarm....
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July 31, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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knifeforkbook.bsky.social
Thanks to you, we're halfway there!

This #KFB10 season. The poets. Their works. So good, we simply could not not do this. KFB-style. All of it!

Please join us in support of a GRAND 10TH! #PPTTM
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Pictured: @bengymen.bsky.social "A Sensitive Man" #mains
HALFWAY THERE! | knife fork book
Get more from knife fork book on Patreon
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July 31, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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shawnmicallef.bsky.social
The city is not scary, and when it occasionally is, you learn how to deal with it.
Sesame Street: Song: The Subway!
YouTube video by Sesame Street
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July 30, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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kieranhurley.bsky.social
One thing that's striking about Ozzy Osborne's death is how difficult it is to imagine the music industry producing another figure like him. The barriers to working class people are so great, and there's a related attitude to culture that is neutered as a result.
July 23, 2025 at 8:48 AM
james-lindsay.bsky.social
Really happy to have another chapbook coming out with @knifeforkbook.bsky.social! And humbled to be in such company.
July 3, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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knifeforkbook.bsky.social
Our July/August Fundraising Goal is doable. To raise our Patreon from 34 current paid members to 100 at $10/month.

All $120 patrons ($10/monthly) will be listed (opt) on our website, #Pick6 chapbooks from our #KFB10 Season & early access to #4ERTILE #PPTTM

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July 3, 2025 at 1:16 AM