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James Schwartz
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X-Amish poet/ Lambda Literary Award nom author of The Literary Party: Growing Up Gay and Amish in America, Big Island Beatnik (Alien Buddha Press) http://Literaryparty.blogspot.com
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James Schwartz @queeraspoetry.bsky.social · Sep 1
Thank you Beatlife Magazine, my Poem of the Week!
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Poem of the Week By James Schwartz – BeatLife
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Merry Christmas Eve & happy National Eggnog Day! 🥂
December 24, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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Eyes Wide Shut movie
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I'll watch the former

("Eyes Wide Shut is A Christmas Movie")
#eyeswideshut #holiday #haiku by James Schwartz
a man in a tuxedo and a man in a mask are standing next to each other
ALT: a man in a tuxedo and a man in a mask are standing next to each other
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December 20, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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fun to reflect on a year of great writing at Lit Hub, and nice to have a moment to (personally) reflect on a conversation I had nearly a year ago now that I've thought about more or less every week since
December 18, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain BOOK REVIEW
YouTube video by Better Than Food
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December 19, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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NVN Friday at Substack: Ron Riekki’s #newspoem “Mass Shooting #8” thenewversenews.substack.com/publish/post...

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December 19, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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Happy holidays! 🎄 you can find my #holidayhaiku and new #shortstory in these pages!

Snowfall & Starlight: A Christmas Haiku Anthology
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The Alien Buddha's Chaos Countdowns 2 anthology
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December 19, 2025 at 6:09 AM
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2025: The Year in Review
YouTube video by AmericanLibraryParis
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December 19, 2025 at 6:04 AM
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Why read 58 best books lists when you can just read one? This is the ultimate best books list for 2025.
The Ultimate Best Books of 2025 List
Happy List Season, children. I hope you’ve been good. Just like every year, I have arrived to present to you the Ultimate List, otherwise known as the List of Lists—in which I read all (or at…
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December 16, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Gretchen recommends Snowfall & Starlight: A Christmas Haiku Anthology "diverse, interesting, lovely" ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ #Goodreads
December 16, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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Whitmer says solving literacy crisis in Michigan remains her ‘No. 1 priority’
Leaders from schools, businesses and government attended an event Monday where speakers called for action.
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December 15, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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Hear 20 Hours of Romantic & Victorian Poetry Read by Ralph Fiennes, Dylan Thomas, James Mason & Many More
Hear 20 Hours of Romantic & Victorian Poetry Read by Ralph Fiennes, Dylan Thomas, James Mason & Many More
By the time William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge published their Lyrical Ballads in 1798, poets in England had long been celebrities and arbiters of taste in matters political and literary.
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December 6, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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Rachel Maddow, Openly Gay MSNBC Anchor, Returns to the Catholic Church
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Rachel Maddow, Openly Gay MSNBC Anchor, Returns to the Catholic Church
After years away, Maddow says she considers herself Catholic again. She believes Pope Leo can both “soften hearts and sharpen minds” during his pontificate.
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December 16, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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Congrats Mary (and Rosanna!) on your newest book, "We're Not Wrong, You Are: Amish vs. Mennonite" now available! Sure to shake up the systems! a.co/d/fCHShDw
December 15, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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In American high schools, many teenagers are assigned few full books to read from beginning to end — often just one or two per year, according to researchers and thousands of responses to an informal reader survey by The New York Times. trib.al/gNp7kWK
December 12, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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👽 🧘‍♂️ ⚡The Alien Buddha’s Chaos Countdowns Part 2 is Now Available!!! ⛈️ 🔢⏳
Paperback- amazon.com/dp/B0G5J1JHCX

🎭 📚 🎆 Vanity by Lemmy Winegardner
(alienbuddhapress.wordpress.com/2025/12/07/the-alien-buddhas-chaos-countdowns-part-2-vanity-by-lemmy-winegardner/)-
December 7, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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A joy to be among many great haijin in this antho. Hoping to be stuffed in plenty of stockings. sites.google.com/view/freshwo...
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December 3, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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Snowfall and Starlight: A Christmas Haiku Anthology
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Snowfall & Starlight - A Christmas Haiku Anthology
Snowfall & Starlight A Christmas Haiku Anthology Poets Alan Jozwiak Anne Neubauer Annie Klier Newcomer Barbara Anna Gaiardoni Beth Fox Brandon R. Burdette Brigita Lukina Brooke Herter James Chen-ou...
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December 2, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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The Alien Buddha’s Arcane Magick is now available! 🔮✨

Paperback: amazon.com/dp/B0G3L4P4D1

(preview) “Vervain and Sprite” by AR Tivadar: alienbuddhapress.wordpress.com/2025/11/24/spotlight-the-alien-buddhas-arcane-magick-vervain-and-sprite-by-ar-tivadar/ …
November 24, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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My poem Dark Academia is included in the Alien Buddha's Arcane Magick anthology, now available!

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The Alien Buddha’s Arcane Magick
The Alien Buddha’s Arcane Magick [Buddha, Alien] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Alien Buddha’s Arcane Magick
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November 23, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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The Belle Isle Bard - 50 Word Stories
November 13, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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Fifty years ago, the Edmund Fitzgerald sank into Lake Superior.

I spoke with Tony Hall, a veteran who responded, about what he and his crew saw that night — and what it means to care for those who've served.

This Veterans Day, we honor all who served.
November 11, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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I TRUST WE ARE ALL OBSERVING EDMUND FITZGERALD DAY
November 10, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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November 11, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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Edmund Fitzgerald
Michiganders remember
The great ship sinking.

#EdmundFitzgerald50 #haiku @newversenews.bsky.social
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Twenty-nine sailors drowned when the Edmund Fitzgerald went down in the Great Lakes' icy waters on Nov. 10, 1975. The ship was immortalized in a surprise hit 1976 folk ballad by Gordon Lightfoot.
50 years ago, the Edmund Fitzgerald, a 'rock star' ship, sank in Lake Superior
Twenty-nine sailors drowned when the Edmund Fitzgerald went down in the Great Lakes' icy waters on Nov. 10, 1975. The ship was immortalized in a surprise hit 1976 folk ballad by Gordon Lightfoot.
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November 11, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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#flashbackfriday Attending @barbmcquade.bsky.social's talk at Detroit Public Library, March 2024

"Attack from Within: How Disinformation Is Sabotaging America" is now available in paperback!
November 8, 2025 at 4:33 AM