Marty Cain
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Marty Cain
@martycain.bsky.social
Poet / bisexual dad / aging punk freak / library worker in Ithaca NY. Author of three poetry books including The Prelude (Action Books, 2023) & monograph on rural poetic community forthcoming from Clemson UP. Vox in Joyous Shrub. He/him

www.marty-cain.com
this looks so good!
November 5, 2025 at 8:08 PM
For a second I thought this said The Last Unicorn and I was about to get mad haha
August 23, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Wowwww yes!!!
August 13, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Psst check it out @lattaj.bsky.social
August 13, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Lots of gratitude to the Cornell Library folks who helped make this happen. I have a chapter on Ithaca House in my book project that's under contract with @cupress.bsky.social !
August 13, 2025 at 7:09 PM
there's some folks in Ithaca pairing poets with punk bands! lmk if you're interested and I can put you in touch
August 8, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Reposted by Marty Cain
universities ARE healthcare

rural clinics, rural hospitals, urban ERs all run by universities where corporations won't go

attacking universities is public health poison

bsky.app/profile/dday...
From me: It hasn't been stressed enough just how disastrous the Republican Medicaid cuts would be for the hospital system—rural hospitals, yes, but ALL hospitals will be more crowded, more burdened, & at more risk of collapse if hundreds of closures occur, as is likely.
prospect.org/health/2025-...
Republicans Threaten a Hospital Apocalypse
Experts warn of potentially hundreds of hospital closures, which would degrade the entire medical system.
prospect.org
June 19, 2025 at 1:13 PM