Rex Bowman
@rexbowman.bsky.social
Antifa-approved writer (ALMOST HEMINGWAY et al), translator (THE SHALONSKY FAMILY), polyglot with no gift for languages. Writings in Literary Heist, Parhelion, Great Lakes Review, Smart Set, Literary Yard, Full Stop, elsewhere.
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Rex Bowman
@rexbowman.bsky.social
· Nov 12
What kind of sissy name is Voldemort?
Wow.
Derek Owusu: ‘I didn’t read a book until the age of 24’
Derek Owusu: ‘I didn’t read a book until the age of 24’
The writer on bingeing Henry James, his friendship with Benjamin Zephaniah and a confidence-boosting classic
www.theguardian.com
October 31, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Wow.
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For today's newsletter, I wrote a little something about the significance of the St. Petersburg street band Stoptime, whose vocalist seems to be testing the limits of political expression in wartime Russia. meduza.io/en/brief/202...
This was Russia today Wednesday, October 29, 2025 — Meduza
Howdy, folks. In the mailing below, we look at Stoptime, the Russian street band whose members are now fighting a series of administrative charges for performing songs by blacklisted “foreign agent”…
meduza.io
October 30, 2025 at 1:33 AM
For today's newsletter, I wrote a little something about the significance of the St. Petersburg street band Stoptime, whose vocalist seems to be testing the limits of political expression in wartime Russia. meduza.io/en/brief/202...
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Enormous news in literary arts philanthropy:
Literary Arts Fund, initiated by the Mellon Foundation in collaboration with Poetry, Ford, Lannan, Hawthornden, & other foundations, will distribute $50 million to literary nonprofits & fiscally sponsored lit orgs & publishers over the next 5 years.
Literary Arts Fund, initiated by the Mellon Foundation in collaboration with Poetry, Ford, Lannan, Hawthornden, & other foundations, will distribute $50 million to literary nonprofits & fiscally sponsored lit orgs & publishers over the next 5 years.
Today, a coalition of seven charitable foundations announced the launch of the Literary Arts Fund, a historic philanthropic investment of at least $50 million to strengthen the nonprofit literary arts field in the U.S.
October 28, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Enormous news in literary arts philanthropy:
Literary Arts Fund, initiated by the Mellon Foundation in collaboration with Poetry, Ford, Lannan, Hawthornden, & other foundations, will distribute $50 million to literary nonprofits & fiscally sponsored lit orgs & publishers over the next 5 years.
Literary Arts Fund, initiated by the Mellon Foundation in collaboration with Poetry, Ford, Lannan, Hawthornden, & other foundations, will distribute $50 million to literary nonprofits & fiscally sponsored lit orgs & publishers over the next 5 years.
Trump's pulling down that East Wing as easily as if it were a young girl's panties.
October 23, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Trump's pulling down that East Wing as easily as if it were a young girl's panties.
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No Kings, Port Huron, MI. Just starting! Hundreds here already.
October 18, 2025 at 5:04 PM
No Kings, Port Huron, MI. Just starting! Hundreds here already.
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On Saturday October 18th, I’m asking you to attend the No King’s March in your local communities. We have witnessed the increasing authoritarianism and its policies in our country. We dissent.
October 17, 2025 at 7:44 AM
On Saturday October 18th, I’m asking you to attend the No King’s March in your local communities. We have witnessed the increasing authoritarianism and its policies in our country. We dissent.
Oh, this looks delicious.
Day Three of Waterstones 25% off deal on my new book (out in spring). Just one more day at this price. tinyurl.com/mr452usz
Talking Classics by Professor Mary Beard | Waterstones
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tinyurl.com
October 16, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Oh, this looks delicious.
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It’s weird because edgy, offensive jokes about Charlie Kirk got some folks fired last month, and in many cases they were actually younger than the ‘Young Republicans’ JD is making excuses for. www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Vance downplays group chat messages: ‘Kids do stupid things, especially young boys.’
The vice president called the texts "edgy, offensive jokes."
www.yahoo.com
October 15, 2025 at 10:12 PM
It’s weird because edgy, offensive jokes about Charlie Kirk got some folks fired last month, and in many cases they were actually younger than the ‘Young Republicans’ JD is making excuses for. www.yahoo.com/news/article...
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🚨 She fights back. ✊🏼
October 9, 2025 at 11:59 PM
🚨 She fights back. ✊🏼
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But, darling, I'm your Antifa's girlfriend!
October 8, 2025 at 11:41 PM
But, darling, I'm your Antifa's girlfriend!
Drôle.
L’usage de l’IA mal pensé est pire qu’une bureaucratie numérique, explique Jean Pralong, dans sa chronique pour Le Point ➡️ https://l.lepoint.fr/GzP
October 8, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Drôle.
A worthy podcast.
The new Ukrainian-language podcast Важко сказати ('Difficult to say') helps us search for the right words to say at very sensitive times. Episode 3 features an interview with war photographer Stas Kozliuk on the sensitivities, challenges and prioirities of his work.
«Твоє завдання — зафіксувати момент у часі і просторі» — Стас Козлюк про фотографію на війні
Новий випуск подкасту «Важко сказати» — спільного проєкту Громадського радіо та БФ «Повернись живим» про правильні слова у неправильний час.
buff.ly
October 5, 2025 at 10:59 AM
A worthy podcast.
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A Russian woman who is not afraid to speak the truth says:
“Of course, our great strategist Putin has many “achievements,” but the most outstanding ones, in my opinion, are the following.
He replaced truth and reality with wild propaganda.
“Of course, our great strategist Putin has many “achievements,” but the most outstanding ones, in my opinion, are the following.
He replaced truth and reality with wild propaganda.
October 4, 2025 at 3:19 PM
A Russian woman who is not afraid to speak the truth says:
“Of course, our great strategist Putin has many “achievements,” but the most outstanding ones, in my opinion, are the following.
He replaced truth and reality with wild propaganda.
“Of course, our great strategist Putin has many “achievements,” but the most outstanding ones, in my opinion, are the following.
He replaced truth and reality with wild propaganda.
Is it ironic that it's legal to burn the flag, but illegal to burn the Epstein files?
The official retirement of a US flag involves burning it to ashes
Oh he can just unilaterally pass unconstitutional laws now huh ok
October 4, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Is it ironic that it's legal to burn the flag, but illegal to burn the Epstein files?
Hilarious. Russia's own Ishtar.
What strikes me most about Andrey Grachev’s propaganda film "Tolerance" is that all the violence in the movie is perpetuated by its conservative, reactionary characters. In what's meant to be a cautionary tale about permissiveness, the bad guys are still the bigots. meduza.io/en/feature/2...
The terror of ‘Tolerance’ Russia’s government funded a propaganda film this summer that sold 192 tickets on its opening weekend. The movie presents Europe as a nightmare of liberal values. — Meduza
Close your eyes and feel yourself transported to mythical “Franglia,” where liberal values have triumphed over tradition, and human rights now reign. Gender identity is fluid, and refugees from the Mu...
meduza.io
October 3, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Hilarious. Russia's own Ishtar.
The evidence linking Tylenol with autism must be in the Epstein files, because we're not seeing it.
September 23, 2025 at 2:31 PM
The evidence linking Tylenol with autism must be in the Epstein files, because we're not seeing it.
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The George S. Patton Branch of Antifa Unlimited is calling for the release of the Epstein files.
September 18, 2025 at 8:59 PM
The George S. Patton Branch of Antifa Unlimited is calling for the release of the Epstein files.
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Report: You To Be Fired For Reading This Headline About Charlie Kirk
Report: You To Be Fired For Reading This Headline About Charlie Kirk
NEW YORK—Insisting your fate was sealed the moment you clicked the link, a report released Tuesday found that you will be fired for reading this headline about Charlie Kirk. “Shortly after you navigat...
theonion.com
September 18, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Report: You To Be Fired For Reading This Headline About Charlie Kirk
A great read. I'll be picking up a copy of Travel Light.
“Where might I have gone if, instead of a middle-aged Hobbit enamored of his pantry, I had embraced a girl who lost three homes before choosing the open road?”
— @amalelmohtar.com on discovering Naomi Mitchison’s TRAVEL LIGHT, for @npr.org
www.npr.org/2014/01/01/2...
— @amalelmohtar.com on discovering Naomi Mitchison’s TRAVEL LIGHT, for @npr.org
www.npr.org/2014/01/01/2...
Crossroads And Coins: Naomi Mitchison's 'Travel Light'
Travel Light is an unjustly forgotten fairy tale about a wandering princess who goes from bears and dragons to the real world of medieval Constantinople — and back again. Writer Amal El-Mohtar says sh...
www.npr.org
September 16, 2025 at 10:58 AM
A great read. I'll be picking up a copy of Travel Light.
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