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Robert van Vliet
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❡ Poet, teacher
❡ St Paul MN
❡ inventions (above/ground, forthcoming)
❡ Vessels (Unsolicited 2024)
❡ This Folded Path (above/ground 2023)
❡ Mostly offline for the ’25–’26 school year
❡ Blogging infrequently at www.letterspace.org
❡ www.robertvanvliet.com
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It’s publication day for my strange little book!

Order a copy here.
Becoming Alter: Some new books that arrived in the house today.

@luaz.bsky.social
December 10, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Midnight in the Garden State of Good and Evil
Down with Love by Law
Jurassic Mansfield Park
December 4, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Down with Love by Law
December 4, 2025 at 3:15 AM
A Room with a Parallax View
A Room with a View to a Kill
Children of a Lesser Gods Must Be Crazy
December 4, 2025 at 3:08 AM
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and Bob, and Carol, and Ted, and Alice, and Her Lover.
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and the World's Greatest Lover
The Empire Records Strikes Back
December 4, 2025 at 3:07 AM
A Room with a View to a Kill
Children of a Lesser Gods Must Be Crazy
Jurassic Mansfield Park
December 4, 2025 at 3:01 AM
The Empire Records Strikes Back
Children of a Lesser Gods Must Be Crazy
Jurassic Mansfield Park
December 4, 2025 at 2:59 AM
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Tomorrow is December. Only two weeks until Hanukkah! NAWP is hosting our 3rd annual Hanukkah reading with 22 Jewish poets (we know, it isn't chai, but we have some great readers!)

Please join us!

www.eventbrite.com/e/from-darkn...
November 30, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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Now I heard there was a secret chord
That David played and it pleased the Lord
But you don’t really care for music, do ya
November 23, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Reading Alter’s excellent translation of Job.
November 23, 2025 at 4:45 PM
The existence of my next chapbook grows increasingly less implausible.
November 23, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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Very much looking forward to reading with @janehuffman.bsky.social and Patrick Donnelly virtually on 11/20, 7pm EST. Hosted by the wonderful @poetmercurio.bsky.social: bit.ly/HospiceBookL...
November 13, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Do you wish you had more things to worry about?

Are you too comfortable with the state of the world?

Do you sleep through the night without long insomniac stretches of low-grade panic and despair?

If so, I have just the thing! Ladies and gentlemen, I give you:

The Kessler Syndrome.
Kessler Syndrome and the space debris problem
This feared space-junk cascade called Kessler Syndrome may have already begun.
www.space.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:32 PM
It’s entirely possible my next chapbook might coming out sometime in the near future.
November 1, 2025 at 2:30 PM
A lively, joyous, noisy gathering in St Paul today. The peaceful, friendly crowd stretched many blocks in every direction along Fairview and Randolph.
October 18, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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“Well, that’s what I’m a-saying; all kings is mostly rapscallions, as fur as I can make out.” Huck Finn
October 18, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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October 7, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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Preorder now: the first full collection from Kyla Houbolt asterismbooks.com/product/beco...
September 30, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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It is October, so here is my poem, "October," published in Swamp Pink this month. Thank you to the editors, and thank you for reading. 🍁🍂 swamp-pink.charleston.edu/featured/oct...
October 1, 2025 at 4:16 PM
September 22, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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