Rachel Loden
@rloden.bsky.social
Poet. Author of HOTEL IMPERIUM, DICK OF THE DEAD, poems in Journal of the Plague Years, Paris Review &c.
Think of Wieners with his butterfly:
I watch you
all morning
long.
With my hand over my mouth.
(2/2)
I watch you
all morning
long.
With my hand over my mouth.
(2/2)
November 24, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Think of Wieners with his butterfly:
I watch you
all morning
long.
With my hand over my mouth.
(2/2)
I watch you
all morning
long.
With my hand over my mouth.
(2/2)
But weirdly some aren’t slow-growing or slow-arriving—some are gifts that needn’t be unwrapped, sudden takings-by-surprise (1/2)
November 24, 2025 at 4:19 PM
But weirdly some aren’t slow-growing or slow-arriving—some are gifts that needn’t be unwrapped, sudden takings-by-surprise (1/2)
That’s hilarious. Did you ever ask him why the character was unlikeable?
November 20, 2025 at 3:46 PM
That’s hilarious. Did you ever ask him why the character was unlikeable?
An unassuming, lovable person, sometimes a bit shy. Like a Moomintroll, if you’re familiar with that set of Swedo-Finnish books by Tove Jansson. They purport to be for children, the sort of children better known as grown-ups.
November 20, 2025 at 3:08 PM
An unassuming, lovable person, sometimes a bit shy. Like a Moomintroll, if you’re familiar with that set of Swedo-Finnish books by Tove Jansson. They purport to be for children, the sort of children better known as grown-ups.
My grandfather was a herring broker
November 20, 2025 at 2:57 PM
My grandfather was a herring broker
He looks like a complete poogeling,as we say in my house.
November 20, 2025 at 1:02 AM
He looks like a complete poogeling,as we say in my house.
That scene should be in a movie. What did this teacher look like?
November 20, 2025 at 12:02 AM
That scene should be in a movie. What did this teacher look like?
Yikes. Twee Surrealism 🤮
November 19, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Yikes. Twee Surrealism 🤮
It’s the Singer Not the Song (Jagger/Richards)
November 18, 2025 at 11:57 PM
It’s the Singer Not the Song (Jagger/Richards)
Thanks so much, John. Your wide reading had me guessing that you worked at the UMich library!
November 17, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Thanks so much, John. Your wide reading had me guessing that you worked at the UMich library!
Yes, terrible title doesn’t bode well.
November 17, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Yes, terrible title doesn’t bode well.
His Rate My Professor ratings are mostly godawful! But prolly only the haters bother to post.
November 17, 2025 at 2:32 PM
His Rate My Professor ratings are mostly godawful! But prolly only the haters bother to post.
Abebooks has a copy or two but the only decent one is signed and $45. Still I have it in my cart. If it’s not an imposition—what did you think of his work? I was a teenager when I read him so I won’t be offended if you thought it was sh*t. (Apologies for accidentally posting a poltergeist link)
November 17, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Abebooks has a copy or two but the only decent one is signed and $45. Still I have it in my cart. If it’s not an imposition—what did you think of his work? I was a teenager when I read him so I won’t be offended if you thought it was sh*t. (Apologies for accidentally posting a poltergeist link)
Ack, maybe he was a jerk. I never knew him.
November 17, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Ack, maybe he was a jerk. I never knew him.
Oh, of course you knew him! You’ve mentioned (working with?) Ithaca House.
November 17, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Oh, of course you knew him! You’ve mentioned (working with?) Ithaca House.
Not to mention Benny Profane and Herbert Stencil.
November 17, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Not to mention Benny Profane and Herbert Stencil.
Of course! V blew my little mind.
November 17, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Of course! V blew my little mind.
John, I like your sister immediately! Bet there are Hepzibahs in children’s lit. I know there’s one in House of the Seven Gables—the deliciously named Hepzibah Pyncheon.
November 17, 2025 at 12:38 PM
John, I like your sister immediately! Bet there are Hepzibahs in children’s lit. I know there’s one in House of the Seven Gables—the deliciously named Hepzibah Pyncheon.