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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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James Schwartz @queeraspoetry.bsky.social · 3h

#Salomé: A Love Story, based on the play by Oscar Wilde (now streaming on #Roku). Extended Preview

Salome: A Love Story | Based on Oscar Wilde’s Play | Extended Preview

YouTube video by Theatre Classics

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 7h

The Anthony Bourdain Reader review – undiscovered gems from the charismatic chef-turned-writer

A new collection brings essays, fiction and fragments together in a wild if uneven portrait of a restless mind

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James Schwartz @queeraspoetry.bsky.social · 1d

"Dead Man Drinking" by Larry Kraft from SHHH! BREATHE SLOW! 4
#MicroTheatre #OneMinutePlays #Halloween (Fresh Words anthology includes my new #historicalhorror short "The Third Baptism").

Larry Kraft Reads “Dead Man Drinking” –from Shhh! Breathe Slow! Anthology (Volume 4)

YouTube video by Fresh Words-An International Literary Magazine

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The New Verse News (always open for newspoems) @newversenews.bsky.social · 5d

NVN Wednesday at Substack: James Schwartz’s #newspoem “The Great Louvre Caper.” thenewversenews.substack.com/p/nvn-wednes...
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@literarybulletin.bsky.social

NVN Wednesday: THE GREAT LOUVRE CAPER

by James Schwartz

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James Schwartz @queeraspoetry.bsky.social · 1d

A review of Oscar Wilde's play Salomé
#victober2025 #oscarwilde #theater #halloweenreads

Salomé & Reading Oscar Wilde #victober2025

YouTube video by The Great Literary Rabbit Hole

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James Schwartz @queeraspoetry.bsky.social · 4d

Nice to hear I have actual Amish readers out there! One never knows the true impact of art!

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The New Verse News (always open for newspoems) @newversenews.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you so much, James, for your kind words… and for the wonderful words of the many poems of yours we have had the honor of hosting.

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James Schwartz @queeraspoetry.bsky.social · 5d

20 years of poetry from the headlines! Thank you @jamespenha.bsky.social for the priceless treasure that is @newversenews.bsky.social! 👑 open.substack.com/pub/thenewve...

NVN Wednesday: THE GREAT LOUVRE CAPER

by James Schwartz

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James Schwartz @queeraspoetry.bsky.social · 5d

My poetic take on what is being called the Heist of the Century: The Great Louvre Caper is today's @newversenews.bsky.social poem ‐ read it here:
newversenews.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...

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James Penha @jamespenha.bsky.social · 5d

James Schwartz plays “The Great Louvre Caper” in his @newversenews.bsky.social #poem. newversenews.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...
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THE GREAT LOUVRE CAPER

The New Verse News presents politically progressive poetry on current events and topical issues.

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James Schwartz @queeraspoetry.bsky.social · 5d

How Oscar Wilde finally got his library card back lithub.com/how-oscar-wi...

How Oscar Wilde finally got his library card back.

This weekend, the British Library issued a century-late apology to Oscar Wilde in the form of a brand new library card. The Irish poet-novelist-playwright was the toast of 19th-century Anglo letter…

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James Schwartz @queeraspoetry.bsky.social · 7d

Happy birthday! - The Photography of Poet Arthur Rimbaud (1883) www.openculture.com/2016/11/the-... via @openculture.bsky.social

The Photography of Poet Arthur Rimbaud (1883)

Arthur Rimbaud, far-seeing prodigy, “has been memorialized in song and story as few in history,” writes Wyatt Mason in an introduction to the poet’s complete works; “the thumbnail of his legend has pr...

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ginsbergpoem.bsky.social @ginsbergpoem.bsky.social · 7d

@lisadiedrich.bsky.social - Three Birthdays - allenginsberg.org/2025/10/m-o-...
Happy Birthday Arthur Rimbaud!

Rimbaud, McClure and Whalen - The Allen Ginsberg Project

Arthur Rimbaud (1854-1891) – photo by Étienne Carjat October 20th – another stellar birthday day – Arthur Rimbaud, Michael McClure and Philip Whalen For Rimbaud on the Allen Ginsberg Project – see he...

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James Schwartz @queeraspoetry.bsky.social · 9d

Happy Halloween season! Here is a FREE printable "The Third Baptism" bookmark to celebrate! 🎃
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James Schwartz @queeraspoetry.bsky.social · 10d

I'm officially a playwright! My one minute horror play "The Third Baptism" can be read here: sites.google.com/view/freshwo...
#Anabaptist #horror #microplay #theatre #Halloween #Halloween2025 #thethirdbaptism

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Alien Buddha Press @alienbuddhapress.bsky.social · 16d

Roots of Hope: Poems of Love, Loss, and Belonging by Walid Abdallah is now available.

Link to preview featuring 5 poems- alienbuddhapress.wordpress.com/2025/10/10/spotlight-roots-of-hope-poems-of-love-loss-and-belonging-by-walid-abdallah/

Paperback- amazon.com/dp/B0FVM4439W

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The New Verse News (always open for newspoems) @newversenews.bsky.social · 13d

NVN Tuesday at Substack: Ron Riekki’s @rriekki.bsky.social #newspoem “Mass Shooting #7” thenewversenews.substack.com/p/nvn-tuesda...
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NVN Tuesday: MASS SHOOTING #7

3357 E.

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James Schwartz @queeraspoetry.bsky.social · 14d

My new 90s themed short story "The Golden Age of Trance" will be included in "The Alien Buddha's Chaos Countdowns 2" sequel anthology of New Years stories (dropping in December!) Josta cola anyone?

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James Schwartz @queeraspoetry.bsky.social · 14d

Carhartt vibes and October aesthetics 🍂
📸 by George L. Blosser
with Rita the Rock Planter sculpture by Thomas Dambo

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 17d

‘Very significant’ Jack Kerouac story discovered after mafia boss auction

Exclusive: Two-page 1957 manuscript signed by author linked to his classic of beat literature, On the Road A “very significant” unpublished story by Jack Kerouac described as “a lost chapter of the On the Road saga” has been discovered after languishing in the files of an assassinated Mafia crime boss for at least 40 years. The two-page typewritten manuscript signed by Kerouac in green ink is titled The Holy, Beat, and Crazy Next Thing and is dated 15 April 1957, five months before his classic of beat literature, On the Road, was published. Continue reading...

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James Schwartz @queeraspoetry.bsky.social · 16d

My play THE THIRD BAPTISM is now available!

SHHH! BREATHE SLOW! (Volume 4): An Anthology of One-Minute Horror Plays is now officially released—and ready to send chills down your spine in under 60 seconds!

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SHHH! BREATHE SLOW! (VOLUME 4)

SHHH! BREATHE SLOW! (VOLUME 4) Playwrights in Anthology Adriana Rocha Alex Dremann Amanda Anderson Amber Kusching Aris Parker Arlene Jaffe Armando Rotondi Arthur Pesin Ashlyn Frank B.A. O'Connell ...

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Noir Haunted Shack🕸♬🎞🦇 @noirbeachshack.bsky.social · 18d

22 days until Halloween

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James Penha @jamespenha.bsky.social · 28d

Ron Riekki @rriekki.bsky.social in Grand Blanc, MI reports on the mass shooting at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The 5th such @newversenews.bsky.social #poem in an NVN series. newversenews.blogspot.com/2025/09/mass... @writingcommunity.bsky.social
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MASS SHOOTING #5

The New Verse News presents politically progressive poetry on current events and topical issues.

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James Schwartz @queeraspoetry.bsky.social · 28d

Happy birthday to #TrumanCapote, my favorite writer! Photos from my visit in 2004 with my Amish father who ended up visiting with Harper Lee's mechanic! One of my favorite travel memories ever!