J. Mae Barizo
@jmaebarizo.bsky.social
author of tender machines (2023). poet, essayist, post-disciplinary
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(7/61) “In the other memory the severed arm speaks. / In the other memory it is as silent as snow.” — @jmaebarizo.bsky.social, “New York” (The Cumulus Effect) @fourwaybooks.bsky.social #61WomenPoets #WOC #61Books61Days #TheSealeyChallenge #SeptWomenPoets
August 7, 2025 at 11:24 PM
(7/61) “In the other memory the severed arm speaks. / In the other memory it is as silent as snow.” — @jmaebarizo.bsky.social, “New York” (The Cumulus Effect) @fourwaybooks.bsky.social #61WomenPoets #WOC #61Books61Days #TheSealeyChallenge #SeptWomenPoets
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I’m late but this essay is wonderful. A meditation on refusing to relinquish joy as much as it is about anything else
At a comedy show, Mahmoud Khalil told Zohran Mamdani, “I am excited about the possibility of raising my son in a city where you are mayor.” It was a stunning moment, Hanif Abdurraqib writes.
Zohran Mamdani and Mahmoud Khalil Are In on the Joke
What it feels like to laugh when the world expects you to disappear.
www.newyorker.com
July 16, 2025 at 11:25 PM
I’m late but this essay is wonderful. A meditation on refusing to relinquish joy as much as it is about anything else
Reposted by J. Mae Barizo
Remembering #EricGarner, sharing this poem by Ross Gay, posted by poet Othuke Umokoro, from TwX:
July 17, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Remembering #EricGarner, sharing this poem by Ross Gay, posted by poet Othuke Umokoro, from TwX:
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A conversation about what we want, expect and hope for when we read novels
including contributions from J. Mae Barizo, Nancy Freund, Greg Gerke, Daniel Kennedy, Ben Libman, Alvin Lu, Mikra Namani, Lisa Robertson, Ryan Ruby and more
youtu.be/kmP-ku2Ty0U
including contributions from J. Mae Barizo, Nancy Freund, Greg Gerke, Daniel Kennedy, Ben Libman, Alvin Lu, Mikra Namani, Lisa Robertson, Ryan Ruby and more
youtu.be/kmP-ku2Ty0U
What do we want in a novel?
YouTube video by minor literature[s]
youtu.be
June 28, 2025 at 6:03 AM
A conversation about what we want, expect and hope for when we read novels
including contributions from J. Mae Barizo, Nancy Freund, Greg Gerke, Daniel Kennedy, Ben Libman, Alvin Lu, Mikra Namani, Lisa Robertson, Ryan Ruby and more
youtu.be/kmP-ku2Ty0U
including contributions from J. Mae Barizo, Nancy Freund, Greg Gerke, Daniel Kennedy, Ben Libman, Alvin Lu, Mikra Namani, Lisa Robertson, Ryan Ruby and more
youtu.be/kmP-ku2Ty0U
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"Tell me that you do not think of me, that you / have forgotten the wild proscenium of cloud, / how bodies affix and then elide, the sky’s / stenography."
Read a new poem by J. Mae Barizo:
Read a new poem by J. Mae Barizo:
Cloud Pantoum
A poem for Sunday
www.theatlantic.com
January 26, 2025 at 8:33 PM
"Tell me that you do not think of me, that you / have forgotten the wild proscenium of cloud, / how bodies affix and then elide, the sky’s / stenography."
Read a new poem by J. Mae Barizo:
Read a new poem by J. Mae Barizo:
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"We felt an ache we realized was happiness, almost unbearable."
From @jmaebarizo.bsky.social's book, Tender Machines.
Published by @tupelopress.bsky.social: bookshop.org/a/862/9781946482846
#poem #books #writing
From @jmaebarizo.bsky.social's book, Tender Machines.
Published by @tupelopress.bsky.social: bookshop.org/a/862/9781946482846
#poem #books #writing
June 26, 2025 at 6:28 PM
"We felt an ache we realized was happiness, almost unbearable."
From @jmaebarizo.bsky.social's book, Tender Machines.
Published by @tupelopress.bsky.social: bookshop.org/a/862/9781946482846
#poem #books #writing
From @jmaebarizo.bsky.social's book, Tender Machines.
Published by @tupelopress.bsky.social: bookshop.org/a/862/9781946482846
#poem #books #writing
Reposted by J. Mae Barizo
From @jmaebarizo.bsky.social's book, Tender Machines. Available from the wonderful @tupelopress.bsky.social: bookshop.org/a/862/978194...
#poetry #jmaebarizo #books
#poetry #jmaebarizo #books
February 16, 2025 at 5:55 PM
From @jmaebarizo.bsky.social's book, Tender Machines. Available from the wonderful @tupelopress.bsky.social: bookshop.org/a/862/978194...
#poetry #jmaebarizo #books
#poetry #jmaebarizo #books
Reposted by J. Mae Barizo
a lovely, playful poem by @jmaebarizo.bsky.social:
"Tell me that you do not think of me, that you / have forgotten the wild proscenium of cloud, / how bodies affix and then elide, the sky’s / stenography."
www.theatlantic.com/books/archiv...
"Tell me that you do not think of me, that you / have forgotten the wild proscenium of cloud, / how bodies affix and then elide, the sky’s / stenography."
www.theatlantic.com/books/archiv...
Cloud Pantoum
A poem for Sunday
www.theatlantic.com
January 27, 2025 at 2:05 PM
a lovely, playful poem by @jmaebarizo.bsky.social:
"Tell me that you do not think of me, that you / have forgotten the wild proscenium of cloud, / how bodies affix and then elide, the sky’s / stenography."
www.theatlantic.com/books/archiv...
"Tell me that you do not think of me, that you / have forgotten the wild proscenium of cloud, / how bodies affix and then elide, the sky’s / stenography."
www.theatlantic.com/books/archiv...
Reposted by J. Mae Barizo
From @jmaebarizo.bsky.social's book, Tender Machines: bookshop.org/a/862/978194...
#poem #poetry #books #jmaebarizo #writing
#poem #poetry #books #jmaebarizo #writing
January 22, 2025 at 6:22 PM
From @jmaebarizo.bsky.social's book, Tender Machines: bookshop.org/a/862/978194...
#poem #poetry #books #jmaebarizo #writing
#poem #poetry #books #jmaebarizo #writing
“A strange time, isn’t it?”
Franz Kafka, 1902
Franz Kafka, 1902
December 2, 2024 at 2:33 AM
“A strange time, isn’t it?”
Franz Kafka, 1902
Franz Kafka, 1902
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Hey poets! Check out BERNADETTE MAYER's list of poetry experiments/prompts. Blow your mind and never be stuck again: www.writing.upenn.edu/library/Maye...
November 21, 2024 at 7:33 PM
Hey poets! Check out BERNADETTE MAYER's list of poetry experiments/prompts. Blow your mind and never be stuck again: www.writing.upenn.edu/library/Maye...