David Harrison Horton
@unionherald.bsky.social
Artist, curator, editor, and writer based in Beijing. Author of Necessary (Downingfield, 2025), Model Answers (CCCP Chapbooks, 2024) and Maze Poems (Arteidolia, 2022). Edits poetry zine SAGINAW.
What you read between your book club’s mid standard fiction picks.
November 27, 2025 at 4:38 PM
What you read between your book club’s mid standard fiction picks.
Li Biao Percussion Group @ the Egg. Easily in my top 5 of performances I’ve seen here. At one point, they were playing tinfoil and bottle brushes (pic). Steve Reich, Xenakis, even Bach on the program. Glad the NCPA put this on. Easily the closest to avant I’ve seen in concert hall officialdom here.
November 20, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Li Biao Percussion Group @ the Egg. Easily in my top 5 of performances I’ve seen here. At one point, they were playing tinfoil and bottle brushes (pic). Steve Reich, Xenakis, even Bach on the program. Glad the NCPA put this on. Easily the closest to avant I’ve seen in concert hall officialdom here.
Look what my friend and fellow poet, Dom Armstrong, did. It’s a pretty great chap.
November 19, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Look what my friend and fellow poet, Dom Armstrong, did. It’s a pretty great chap.
SAGINAW has nominated pieces by @billymills.bsky.social, Stephen Ratcliffe, Katie Coy, @dangodston.bsky.social, and
@thedaybooks.bsky.social for the Pushcart Prize.
@thedaybooks.bsky.social for the Pushcart Prize.
November 12, 2025 at 6:17 AM
SAGINAW has nominated pieces by @billymills.bsky.social, Stephen Ratcliffe, Katie Coy, @dangodston.bsky.social, and
@thedaybooks.bsky.social for the Pushcart Prize.
@thedaybooks.bsky.social for the Pushcart Prize.
Kyla Houbolt's book came in the mail today. I read it earlier this year to rightly praise it. Now, I am going to re-read it over a cup of beautiful longjing tea. You should get a copy if you haven't already.
November 12, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Kyla Houbolt's book came in the mail today. I read it earlier this year to rightly praise it. Now, I am going to re-read it over a cup of beautiful longjing tea. You should get a copy if you haven't already.
Not sure why someone however long ago decided to carve two goats outside of their pen into a rock up in the Helan Mountains in north China, but I’m kinda glad they did. I do, however, feel there’s probably more to the story than we’re getting now.
November 8, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Not sure why someone however long ago decided to carve two goats outside of their pen into a rock up in the Helan Mountains in north China, but I’m kinda glad they did. I do, however, feel there’s probably more to the story than we’re getting now.
Walking around the Western Xia Imperial Tombs thinking about how everything eventually slips into history (remembered or not). It was actually a very calming experience.
November 7, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Walking around the Western Xia Imperial Tombs thinking about how everything eventually slips into history (remembered or not). It was actually a very calming experience.
A couple of odes in Penumbra (out of CSU Stanislaus). Ode to Sam Langford was a staff pick and will also appear in the print edition. www.penumbraonline.com
October 22, 2025 at 2:21 AM
A couple of odes in Penumbra (out of CSU Stanislaus). Ode to Sam Langford was a staff pick and will also appear in the print edition. www.penumbraonline.com
Sometimes, I think about how Villard de Honnecourt's (13th century) sketchbook shows the cows in the towers of the Cathedral of Laon. This is what I think about when I'm waiting for football to start.
October 12, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Sometimes, I think about how Villard de Honnecourt's (13th century) sketchbook shows the cows in the towers of the Cathedral of Laon. This is what I think about when I'm waiting for football to start.
I’m embarrassed by how many of the poets included in this are new to me. Definitely a good used find for me. Seamus Heaney is listed under “New Voices.”
October 12, 2025 at 1:15 AM
I’m embarrassed by how many of the poets included in this are new to me. Definitely a good used find for me. Seamus Heaney is listed under “New Voices.”
3 volumes and I’m starting at the beginning with Georgias of Leontini (ca 483-376 BCE). Hope my next project benefits from this.
October 9, 2025 at 7:20 AM
3 volumes and I’m starting at the beginning with Georgias of Leontini (ca 483-376 BCE). Hope my next project benefits from this.
Sometimes you visit the Nat’l Art Museum of China and see a circular painting of a cow with a bird on its head, and everything is good.
September 28, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Sometimes you visit the Nat’l Art Museum of China and see a circular painting of a cow with a bird on its head, and everything is good.
The (re)claimed: flotsam photographs & new retellings launch was a great success. Below is the poem I contributed to the exhibition and subsequent zine anthology. Congrats to @anapf89.bsky.social and Jessica Medhurst for putting it all together.
September 24, 2025 at 2:28 AM
The (re)claimed: flotsam photographs & new retellings launch was a great success. Below is the poem I contributed to the exhibition and subsequent zine anthology. Congrats to @anapf89.bsky.social and Jessica Medhurst for putting it all together.
If you’re in Beijing tonight, come out to the Golden Weasel for the opening of (re)claimed, an exhibition of reclaimed photos along with a poetry reading and zine launch.
September 23, 2025 at 4:31 AM
If you’re in Beijing tonight, come out to the Golden Weasel for the opening of (re)claimed, an exhibition of reclaimed photos along with a poetry reading and zine launch.
Oh good. Why’d I waste two decades on my last book?
September 21, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Oh good. Why’d I waste two decades on my last book?
Chinese poet Zuo Fei has translated a selection of poems from my new book Necessary into Chinese along with a good discussion about some of the key aspects to them. You can see it here if you are on WeChat: mp.weixin.qq.com/s/pBkjCgVpP3...
September 16, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Chinese poet Zuo Fei has translated a selection of poems from my new book Necessary into Chinese along with a good discussion about some of the key aspects to them. You can see it here if you are on WeChat: mp.weixin.qq.com/s/pBkjCgVpP3...
Not every day Sun Ra Arkestra lands the mothership on your town.
September 11, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Not every day Sun Ra Arkestra lands the mothership on your town.
Thanks to Ryan Thorpe for helping me out at last night’s reading in Shanghai.
September 8, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Thanks to Ryan Thorpe for helping me out at last night’s reading in Shanghai.
The Inkwell group wrote 100 poems in a 100 days. Will we be reading some of them on Sept 7 at E. Scape Art Place in Shanghai. Come join us if you can.
September 3, 2025 at 12:05 PM
The Inkwell group wrote 100 poems in a 100 days. Will we be reading some of them on Sept 7 at E. Scape Art Place in Shanghai. Come join us if you can.
Sometimes you visit a place and their International Art Biennale just happens to be on; in my case, Macau
August 31, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Sometimes you visit a place and their International Art Biennale just happens to be on; in my case, Macau
If you’re in Beijing on September 13th, swing by the Hutong to help me launch Necessary with Anthony Tao and Feniá G.
August 29, 2025 at 4:38 AM
If you’re in Beijing on September 13th, swing by the Hutong to help me launch Necessary with Anthony Tao and Feniá G.
Very happy to have a poem in the inaugural issue of Bluebell.
August 24, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Very happy to have a poem in the inaugural issue of Bluebell.
A gigantic thanks to @tomsnarsky.bsky.social for curating this reading (and series). Great group of poets to be able to read with.
August 22, 2025 at 8:13 AM
A gigantic thanks to @tomsnarsky.bsky.social for curating this reading (and series). Great group of poets to be able to read with.
Downingfield Press (@downingfield.bsky.social) now has a method to sell directly to readers in the US and the UK. This method (rather than platforms like Amazon) enures more money ends up with the press. You can purchase my new book through this link: shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?params...
August 22, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Downingfield Press (@downingfield.bsky.social) now has a method to sell directly to readers in the US and the UK. This method (rather than platforms like Amazon) enures more money ends up with the press. You can purchase my new book through this link: shop.ingramspark.com/b/084?params...
Good mail day. @j-tkelly.bsky.social More of How to Read the Bible (above/ground, 2025). Big fan of J-T’s approach, so looking forward to this.
August 17, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Good mail day. @j-tkelly.bsky.social More of How to Read the Bible (above/ground, 2025). Big fan of J-T’s approach, so looking forward to this.