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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 10h

I wrote a little about some of the little details you might have missed in this video and why it hit me so hard as a trans person this morning:

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rob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · 7h

don't forget, 2026 above/ground press subscriptions now available! and with canada post opening up again, let's get some further chapbook orders happening!
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above/ground press: 2026 subscriptions now available!

The race to the half-century continues! And with more than FOURTEEN HUNDRED TITLES produced to date over nearly thirty-two years, there’s be...

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rob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · 11h

some above/ground press author activity: Gregory Crosby, Terri Witek, Ellen Chang-Richardson, Pete Smith, Aaron Tucker, Michael Holmes + Geoffrey Young, /
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some author activity: Crosby, Witek, Chang-Richardson, Smith, Tucker, Holmes + Young,

Gregory Crosby is interviewed over at talking about strawberries all of the time , as is Terri Witek ; Ellen Chang-Richardson is interviewed...

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rob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · 1d

new from above/ground press: The World is Beautiful, by Lillian Nećakov / @anvilpress.bsky.social @meetthepresses.bsky.social ;
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new from above/ground press: The World is Beautiful, by Lillian Nećakov

The World is Beautiful Lillian Nećakov $6 The World is Beautiful David Hockney says the world is beautiful. I believe him, because I am an ...

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rob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · 1d

my short piece on the book of sentences (University of Calgary Press, 2025), along with a few excerpts, is now online at The Woodlot; / @ucalgarypress.bsky.social @the-wood-lot.bsky.social ;
the-wood-lot.ca/2025/10/09/o...

On the book of sentences (University of Calgary Press, October 2025) and an Except

by rob mclennan I don’t hold too much stock in ideas of the muse, instead seeking the attention of craft. The working class farm-lad in me, I suppose: writing as simultaneous muscle and study, a bl…

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rob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · 12h

Sadiqa de Meijer, In the Field / @sadiqademeijer.bsky.social @palimpsestpress.bsky.social ;
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Sadiqa de Meijer, In the Field

I lost my notebook. This was, for a few days that summer, my distracted answer when people asked me how I was. ...

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Chris Banks @chrisbanks6625.bsky.social · 2d

rob mclennan writes about his latest poetry collection, the book of sentences (University of Calgary press, Fall 2025), and offers an excerpt over at the The Woodlot - Canadian Poetry Reviews & Essays.

tinyurl.com/5n79evey

"I don’t hold too much stock in ideas of the muse….”

On the book of sentences (University of Calgary Press, October 2025) and an Except

by rob mclennan I don’t hold too much stock in ideas of the muse, instead seeking the attention of craft. The working class farm-lad in me, I suppose: writing as simultaneous muscle and study, a bl…

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rob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · 1d

ah, hell; condolences,

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Francois Lachance @lachance.bsky.social · 1d

"Routine is how I get work done. Routine is how I get anything done."

rob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · 1d

my short piece on the book of sentences (University of Calgary Press, 2025), along with a few excerpts, is now online at The Woodlot; / @ucalgarypress.bsky.social @the-wood-lot.bsky.social ;
the-wood-lot.ca/2025/10/09/o...

On the book of sentences (University of Calgary Press, October 2025) and an Except

by rob mclennan I don’t hold too much stock in ideas of the muse, instead seeking the attention of craft. The working class farm-lad in me, I suppose: writing as simultaneous muscle and study, a bl…

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Coach House Books @coachhousebooks.bsky.social · 1d

Read Jumoke Verissimo's interview with rob below! Her recent poetry book, Circumtrauma, is out from us now: chbooks.com/Books/C/Circ...

rob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · 2d

12 or 20 (second series) questions with Jumoke Verissimo / @awapointe.bsky.social @coachhousebooks.bsky.social ;
robmclennan.blogspot.com/2025/10/12-o...

12 or 20 (second series) questions with Jumoke Verissimo

Jumoke Verissimo is a poet and novelist living in Toronto. She is the author of two well-recognised collections: i am memory and The Birth...

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rob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · 2d

The Museum of Practical Things
, some notes from within the current work-in-progress,
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rob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · 1d

Sabyasachi (Sachi) Nag, The Alphabet of Aliens: prose poems / @mawenzihouse.bsky.social ;
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Sabyasachi (Sachi) Nag, The Alphabet of Aliens: prose poems

The Stopped River By the time we returned, the river had stopped. It wasn’t a failure of God alone or the ruined robes of preachers. N...

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rob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · 1d

middle daughter has a pd day today, so apparently we are thrifting,

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rob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · 1d

totally agree; canada post should be declared essential (and funded properly, as part of that whole national unity stuff everyone keeps saying we need more of,

Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 1d

We could be treating Canada Post as not just an essential delivery service, but an essential social infrastructure in our communities.

Instead the government prefers to treat it as a costly burden that must be subject to death by a thousand cuts.

For isolated seniors, Canada Post delivers more than mail | CBC News

As the Canada Post strike hits the one-week mark, there are growing concerns for one group of Canadians who typically rely on the delivery service more than most — seniors.

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rob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · 1d

new from above/ground press: The World is Beautiful, by Lillian Nećakov / @anvilpress.bsky.social @meetthepresses.bsky.social ;
abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2025/10/new-...

new from above/ground press: The World is Beautiful, by Lillian Nećakov

The World is Beautiful Lillian Nećakov $6 The World is Beautiful David Hockney says the world is beautiful. I believe him, because I am an ...

abovegroundpress.blogspot.com

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rob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · 1d

my short piece on the book of sentences (University of Calgary Press, 2025), along with a few excerpts, is now online at The Woodlot; / @ucalgarypress.bsky.social @the-wood-lot.bsky.social ;
the-wood-lot.ca/2025/10/09/o...

On the book of sentences (University of Calgary Press, October 2025) and an Except

by rob mclennan I don’t hold too much stock in ideas of the muse, instead seeking the attention of craft. The working class farm-lad in me, I suppose: writing as simultaneous muscle and study, a bl…

the-wood-lot.ca

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rob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · 1d

Sabyasachi (Sachi) Nag, The Alphabet of Aliens: prose poems / @mawenzihouse.bsky.social ;
robmclennan.blogspot.com/2025/10/saby...

Sabyasachi (Sachi) Nag, The Alphabet of Aliens: prose poems

The Stopped River By the time we returned, the river had stopped. It wasn’t a failure of God alone or the ruined robes of preachers. N...

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rob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · 1d

!!!

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rob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · 1d

god sakes.

Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 2d

The Guardian- The US president may impose tariffs, demand higher NATO contributions or even declare Norway an enemy, analyst says, if on Friday he is not awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. www.theguardian.com/world/202...

Norway braces for Trump’s reaction if he does not win Nobel peace prize

US president may impose tariffs, demand higher Nato contributions or even declare Norway an enemy, analyst says

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rob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · 1d

graduated (since you asked) grade thirteen in spring 1989;

rob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · 1d

oh, we read margaret lawrence's the stone angel in grade ten or eleven (circa 1985-7), certainly; a margaret atwood title as well within that same range, and probably some alice munro stories, (all from our high school english classes,

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The Wood Lot Canadian Poetry Reviews & Essays @the-wood-lot.bsky.social · 2d

rob mclennan writes about his latest poetry collection, the book of sentences (University of Calgary press, Fall 2025), and offers an excerpt over at the The Woodlot - Canadian Poetry Reviews & Essays.

tinyurl.com/5n79evey

"I don’t hold too much stock in ideas of the muse….”

On the book of sentences (University of Calgary Press, October 2025) and an Except

by rob mclennan I don’t hold too much stock in ideas of the muse, instead seeking the attention of craft. The working class farm-lad in me, I suppose: writing as simultaneous muscle and study, a bl…

tinyurl.com

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rob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · 3d

don't forget im launching the book of sentences (University of Calgary Press, 2025) in Ottawa next week at Plan 99 w Stephanie Bolster + Zane Koss, also launching new books! / @ucalgarypress.bsky.social @palimpsestpress.bsky.social @invisibooks.bsky.social
robmclennan.substack.com/p/the-book-o...

the book of sentences

, notes on my new poetry title, available from University of Calgary Press,

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rob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · 2d

12 or 20 (second series) questions with Jumoke Verissimo / @awapointe.bsky.social @coachhousebooks.bsky.social ;
robmclennan.blogspot.com/2025/10/12-o...

12 or 20 (second series) questions with Jumoke Verissimo

Jumoke Verissimo is a poet and novelist living in Toronto. She is the author of two well-recognised collections: i am memory and The Birth...

robmclennan.blogspot.com

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