Burgi Zenhaeusern
@burgi.bsky.social
Loves books. Writes poems.
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For everything else (incl. WHITE DOOR order link): https://linktr.ee/burgitree
Banner: shadows of cast-iron chair & plant on flagstones.
Headshot: white woman (long hair, glasses) smiling
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My debut collection WHITE DOOR is out!!! 💃✨💃
Thank you Carbonation Press & @gregbem.bsky.social!
Link to order and more info in 🧵
DM for signed copies/to review 🙏💙
Watch this space for events/news 😊
Thank you Carbonation Press & @gregbem.bsky.social!
Link to order and more info in 🧵
DM for signed copies/to review 🙏💙
Watch this space for events/news 😊
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"they never taught in history class
how to hold massacre
in the same hand as home"
my Thanksgiving offering to you is this poem, pubbed a couple years back in the wonderful @whaleroadreview.bsky.social
www.whaleroadreview.com/di-lello/
how to hold massacre
in the same hand as home"
my Thanksgiving offering to you is this poem, pubbed a couple years back in the wonderful @whaleroadreview.bsky.social
www.whaleroadreview.com/di-lello/
poem on unceded land
here is the block quilt patternwhere the river stitches New Hampshire to Vermont: and they call me sweetie where I go for coffeeat the combination arts collective / caféand there’s live bait in the…
www.whaleroadreview.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:06 PM
"they never taught in history class
how to hold massacre
in the same hand as home"
my Thanksgiving offering to you is this poem, pubbed a couple years back in the wonderful @whaleroadreview.bsky.social
www.whaleroadreview.com/di-lello/
how to hold massacre
in the same hand as home"
my Thanksgiving offering to you is this poem, pubbed a couple years back in the wonderful @whaleroadreview.bsky.social
www.whaleroadreview.com/di-lello/
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“The voice of a free people is full of turbulence and grace.” Read Marilynne Robinson’s remarks upon receiving the Lewis H. Lapham Award for Literary Excellence (with an introduction from Ayana Mathis).
“The Voice of a Free People is Full of Turbulence and Grace.” Marilynne Robinson Accepts the Lewis H. Lapham Award
The Lewis H. Lapham Award for Literary Excellence was awarded earlier this month to Marilynne Robinson at a gala celebrating Harper’s Magazine’s incredible 175-year milestone of continuous publicat…
buff.ly
November 26, 2025 at 3:30 PM
“The voice of a free people is full of turbulence and grace.” Read Marilynne Robinson’s remarks upon receiving the Lewis H. Lapham Award for Literary Excellence (with an introduction from Ayana Mathis).
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Asked a student how he was doing and he responded "Living the dream one nightmare at a time"
If that doesnt capture the absurdity and dread of this moment
If that doesnt capture the absurdity and dread of this moment
November 26, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Asked a student how he was doing and he responded "Living the dream one nightmare at a time"
If that doesnt capture the absurdity and dread of this moment
If that doesnt capture the absurdity and dread of this moment
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RETURN HOME x The Sameer Project chuffed.org/project/1491...
RETURN HOME x The Sameer Project
"GIVE WARMTH TO GAZA" this Winter season...
chuffed.org
November 26, 2025 at 1:34 PM
RETURN HOME x The Sameer Project chuffed.org/project/1491...
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Historian here he is right and regrettably the AHA is wrong on AI and its classroom use www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
I Set A Trap To Catch My Students Cheating With AI. The Results Were Shocking.
"Students are not just undermining their ability to learn, but to someday lead."
www.huffpost.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Historian here he is right and regrettably the AHA is wrong on AI and its classroom use www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
Just finished Octobers by Sahar Muradi and 😍🥰😍
Repost with the last book you enjoyed, and we’ll enter you in a drawing for one of our new fall poetry titles! 🍂📚💙
We are thankful for our readers ❤️
riverriverbooks.org/store/
We are thankful for our readers ❤️
riverriverbooks.org/store/
November 25, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Just finished Octobers by Sahar Muradi and 😍🥰😍
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Repost with the last book you enjoyed, and we’ll enter you in a drawing for one of our new fall poetry titles! 🍂📚💙
We are thankful for our readers ❤️
riverriverbooks.org/store/
We are thankful for our readers ❤️
riverriverbooks.org/store/
November 25, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Repost with the last book you enjoyed, and we’ll enter you in a drawing for one of our new fall poetry titles! 🍂📚💙
We are thankful for our readers ❤️
riverriverbooks.org/store/
We are thankful for our readers ❤️
riverriverbooks.org/store/
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Yes! Come see me and Burgi do some dope reading
I'm having my first book event for White Door alongside @iamragesparkle.bsky.social (Michael B Tager) @ the Birds in Hand Café & Bookstore in Baltimore, Dec 14, 4pm! I'm so excited about this 💃😊!
Ty @smartishpace.bsky.social, Stephen Reichert & Bird in Hand!
www.theivybookshop.com/event/hot-l-...
Ty @smartishpace.bsky.social, Stephen Reichert & Bird in Hand!
www.theivybookshop.com/event/hot-l-...
Ivy Bookshop - Hot L Poets Series, ft. Michael B. Tager & Burgi Zenhaeusern
Sunday December 14, 2025 at 4pm, The HOT L Poets Series continues with poets Michael B. Tager & Burgi Zenhaeusern! The event will take place at Bird in Hand Coffee & Books at 11 E. 33rd St. to be indo...
www.theivybookshop.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Yes! Come see me and Burgi do some dope reading
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Reposting for the Tuesday morning crowd because oh—I love this love poem by @burgi.bsky.social, which is also an ekphrastic poem, also an ars poetica, and also speaks to long relationships and devotion ❤️📚
November 25, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Reposting for the Tuesday morning crowd because oh—I love this love poem by @burgi.bsky.social, which is also an ekphrastic poem, also an ars poetica, and also speaks to long relationships and devotion ❤️📚
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I am so excited to share this poem and join the many many other Icarus poets. Here is my speculative ekphrastic "Flooded Landscape with the Fall of Icarus" which imagines Breughel's landscape altered by climate change.
Thank you @terrainorg.bsky.social!
www.terrain.org/2025/poetry/...
Thank you @terrainorg.bsky.social!
www.terrain.org/2025/poetry/...
One Poem by Jared Beloff - Terrain.org
New from Jared Beloff: "Flooded Landscape with the Fall of Icarus," a gorgeous, haunting poem.
www.terrain.org
November 25, 2025 at 1:31 PM
I am so excited to share this poem and join the many many other Icarus poets. Here is my speculative ekphrastic "Flooded Landscape with the Fall of Icarus" which imagines Breughel's landscape altered by climate change.
Thank you @terrainorg.bsky.social!
www.terrain.org/2025/poetry/...
Thank you @terrainorg.bsky.social!
www.terrain.org/2025/poetry/...
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Gaza after the ceasefire is defined by the ‘yellow line’ — drawn by Israel, and dividing the strip in two.
Our evidence suggests that Israel seeks to make the line permanent, as ‘reconstruction’ plans normalise this new stage of Israel’s occupation: frames.forensic-architecture.org/gaza/ceasefire
Our evidence suggests that Israel seeks to make the line permanent, as ‘reconstruction’ plans normalise this new stage of Israel’s occupation: frames.forensic-architecture.org/gaza/ceasefire
November 25, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Gaza after the ceasefire is defined by the ‘yellow line’ — drawn by Israel, and dividing the strip in two.
Our evidence suggests that Israel seeks to make the line permanent, as ‘reconstruction’ plans normalise this new stage of Israel’s occupation: frames.forensic-architecture.org/gaza/ceasefire
Our evidence suggests that Israel seeks to make the line permanent, as ‘reconstruction’ plans normalise this new stage of Israel’s occupation: frames.forensic-architecture.org/gaza/ceasefire
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Book fair season is finally here! Buy for yourself or a beloved & help us raise funds for the Arab Resource & Organizing Center!
Check out the link below to grab a signed copy of my book, A Most Natural Thing, from the Brew & Forge Book Fair ❤️📚
www.brewandforge.com/bookfair
Check out the link below to grab a signed copy of my book, A Most Natural Thing, from the Brew & Forge Book Fair ❤️📚
www.brewandforge.com/bookfair
Store — Brew & Forge
www.brewandforge.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Book fair season is finally here! Buy for yourself or a beloved & help us raise funds for the Arab Resource & Organizing Center!
Check out the link below to grab a signed copy of my book, A Most Natural Thing, from the Brew & Forge Book Fair ❤️📚
www.brewandforge.com/bookfair
Check out the link below to grab a signed copy of my book, A Most Natural Thing, from the Brew & Forge Book Fair ❤️📚
www.brewandforge.com/bookfair
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I couldn't sleep last night so I started a substack:
brandonshimoda.substack.com/p/vanishing-clarity
brandonshimoda.substack.com/p/vanishing-clarity
Vanishing Clarity
an introduction to a festival of the dead as occasional writing
brandonshimoda.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:12 AM
I couldn't sleep last night so I started a substack:
brandonshimoda.substack.com/p/vanishing-clarity
brandonshimoda.substack.com/p/vanishing-clarity
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"..its language teaching us to kiss through a war."
'Diaspora' from IN THE BLUEPRINT OF HER IRIS.
Poems by Vikki C. in dialogue with stunning artwork by Robert Frede Kenter @rfredekenter.bsky.social
Available from @icefloepress.bsky.social Link below 💙
(Alt text included)
#poetrycommunity
'Diaspora' from IN THE BLUEPRINT OF HER IRIS.
Poems by Vikki C. in dialogue with stunning artwork by Robert Frede Kenter @rfredekenter.bsky.social
Available from @icefloepress.bsky.social Link below 💙
(Alt text included)
#poetrycommunity
November 25, 2025 at 11:28 AM
"..its language teaching us to kiss through a war."
'Diaspora' from IN THE BLUEPRINT OF HER IRIS.
Poems by Vikki C. in dialogue with stunning artwork by Robert Frede Kenter @rfredekenter.bsky.social
Available from @icefloepress.bsky.social Link below 💙
(Alt text included)
#poetrycommunity
'Diaspora' from IN THE BLUEPRINT OF HER IRIS.
Poems by Vikki C. in dialogue with stunning artwork by Robert Frede Kenter @rfredekenter.bsky.social
Available from @icefloepress.bsky.social Link below 💙
(Alt text included)
#poetrycommunity
Thank you @hanvanderhart.bsky.social 🙏💙💙💙
Also, if any of you would like to get a signed copy or a review copy feel free to DM. 🙂💙
Also, if any of you would like to get a signed copy or a review copy feel free to DM. 🙂💙
So pleased to have come home to @burgi.bsky.social’s White Door in the mail today! ❤️📚
“Simone Weil wrote that unmixed attention is prayer, and this collection streams with the light of attention and language that feels to me holy.”
—Han VanderHart, author of Larks
Find your copy here:
“Simone Weil wrote that unmixed attention is prayer, and this collection streams with the light of attention and language that feels to me holy.”
—Han VanderHart, author of Larks
Find your copy here:
018: White Door by Burgi Zenhaeusern — Carbonation Press
www.carbonationpress.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Thank you @hanvanderhart.bsky.social 🙏💙💙💙
Also, if any of you would like to get a signed copy or a review copy feel free to DM. 🙂💙
Also, if any of you would like to get a signed copy or a review copy feel free to DM. 🙂💙
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November 25, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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In lieu of purchasing Alex Tretbar’s ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF you can also donate $12 or more dollars to Ahmad Kassab’s gofundme and send the receipt to [email protected]. @alextretbar.bsky.social
www.gofundme.com/f/support-si...
www.gofundme.com/f/support-si...
November 24, 2025 at 2:38 PM
In lieu of purchasing Alex Tretbar’s ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF you can also donate $12 or more dollars to Ahmad Kassab’s gofundme and send the receipt to [email protected]. @alextretbar.bsky.social
www.gofundme.com/f/support-si...
www.gofundme.com/f/support-si...
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Congratulations to you, @burgi.bsky.social!
My debut collection WHITE DOOR is out!!! 💃✨💃
Thank you Carbonation Press & @gregbem.bsky.social!
Link to order and more info in 🧵
DM for signed copies/to review 🙏💙
Watch this space for events/news 😊
Thank you Carbonation Press & @gregbem.bsky.social!
Link to order and more info in 🧵
DM for signed copies/to review 🙏💙
Watch this space for events/news 😊
November 24, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Congratulations to you, @burgi.bsky.social!
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@burgi.bsky.social! Congratulations!🎉🩵📚
My debut collection WHITE DOOR is out!!! 💃✨💃
Thank you Carbonation Press & @gregbem.bsky.social!
Link to order and more info in 🧵
DM for signed copies/to review 🙏💙
Watch this space for events/news 😊
Thank you Carbonation Press & @gregbem.bsky.social!
Link to order and more info in 🧵
DM for signed copies/to review 🙏💙
Watch this space for events/news 😊
November 24, 2025 at 2:12 PM
@burgi.bsky.social! Congratulations!🎉🩵📚
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I'm having my first book event for White Door alongside @iamragesparkle.bsky.social (Michael B Tager) @ the Birds in Hand Café & Bookstore in Baltimore, Dec 14, 4pm! I'm so excited about this 💃😊!
Ty @smartishpace.bsky.social, Stephen Reichert & Bird in Hand!
www.theivybookshop.com/event/hot-l-...
Ty @smartishpace.bsky.social, Stephen Reichert & Bird in Hand!
www.theivybookshop.com/event/hot-l-...
Ivy Bookshop - Hot L Poets Series, ft. Michael B. Tager & Burgi Zenhaeusern
Sunday December 14, 2025 at 4pm, The HOT L Poets Series continues with poets Michael B. Tager & Burgi Zenhaeusern! The event will take place at Bird in Hand Coffee & Books at 11 E. 33rd St. to be indo...
www.theivybookshop.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I'm having my first book event for White Door alongside @iamragesparkle.bsky.social (Michael B Tager) @ the Birds in Hand Café & Bookstore in Baltimore, Dec 14, 4pm! I'm so excited about this 💃😊!
Ty @smartishpace.bsky.social, Stephen Reichert & Bird in Hand!
www.theivybookshop.com/event/hot-l-...
Ty @smartishpace.bsky.social, Stephen Reichert & Bird in Hand!
www.theivybookshop.com/event/hot-l-...
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Immigrants make up a significant proportion of all the country's doctors. New policies are making it harder and less appealing for foreign-born physicians to come to the U.S. n.pr/4pt2A0r
'Nobody wants to come': What if the U.S. can no longer attract immigrant physicians?
Immigrants make up a significant proportion of all the country's doctors. New policies are making it harder and less appealing for foreign-born physicians to come to the U.S.
n.pr
November 24, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Immigrants make up a significant proportion of all the country's doctors. New policies are making it harder and less appealing for foreign-born physicians to come to the U.S. n.pr/4pt2A0r
I'm having my first book event for White Door alongside @iamragesparkle.bsky.social (Michael B Tager) @ the Birds in Hand Café & Bookstore in Baltimore, Dec 14, 4pm! I'm so excited about this 💃😊!
Ty @smartishpace.bsky.social, Stephen Reichert & Bird in Hand!
www.theivybookshop.com/event/hot-l-...
Ty @smartishpace.bsky.social, Stephen Reichert & Bird in Hand!
www.theivybookshop.com/event/hot-l-...
Ivy Bookshop - Hot L Poets Series, ft. Michael B. Tager & Burgi Zenhaeusern
Sunday December 14, 2025 at 4pm, The HOT L Poets Series continues with poets Michael B. Tager & Burgi Zenhaeusern! The event will take place at Bird in Hand Coffee & Books at 11 E. 33rd St. to be indo...
www.theivybookshop.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I'm having my first book event for White Door alongside @iamragesparkle.bsky.social (Michael B Tager) @ the Birds in Hand Café & Bookstore in Baltimore, Dec 14, 4pm! I'm so excited about this 💃😊!
Ty @smartishpace.bsky.social, Stephen Reichert & Bird in Hand!
www.theivybookshop.com/event/hot-l-...
Ty @smartishpace.bsky.social, Stephen Reichert & Bird in Hand!
www.theivybookshop.com/event/hot-l-...
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My favorite bookstore, @openpoetrybooks.bsky.social, is running a poetry memorization challenge fundraiser for the Sameer Project. I'm going to memorize @lenakt.bsky.social's "To Be Self-Evident." How about you? poets.org/poem/be-self...
To Be Self-Evident
Every empire tells its subjects a story
poets.org
November 23, 2025 at 3:59 PM
My favorite bookstore, @openpoetrybooks.bsky.social, is running a poetry memorization challenge fundraiser for the Sameer Project. I'm going to memorize @lenakt.bsky.social's "To Be Self-Evident." How about you? poets.org/poem/be-self...
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If you're working on submissions this weekend, remember @icefloepress.bsky.social is open to your visionary, expansive hybrids on PROCESS/ MARGINALIA/OTHERWOR(L)D(S)!
Hybrid = 2 mediums at least.
Some brilliant work coming in so far. Deadline: 30 November.
We look forward to reading your work🔥
Hybrid = 2 mediums at least.
Some brilliant work coming in so far. Deadline: 30 November.
We look forward to reading your work🔥
We've extended our call for subs
PROCESS / MARGINALIA / OTHERWOR(L)D(S) until Nov 30th 2025.
poems/video/prose/CNF/essay/art/photo/sound pieces 2 elements incl. aspects of process & margins however you conceive that. Excited for groundbreaking unpublished wonder! send to: [email protected]
PROCESS / MARGINALIA / OTHERWOR(L)D(S) until Nov 30th 2025.
poems/video/prose/CNF/essay/art/photo/sound pieces 2 elements incl. aspects of process & margins however you conceive that. Excited for groundbreaking unpublished wonder! send to: [email protected]
November 23, 2025 at 1:19 AM
If you're working on submissions this weekend, remember @icefloepress.bsky.social is open to your visionary, expansive hybrids on PROCESS/ MARGINALIA/OTHERWOR(L)D(S)!
Hybrid = 2 mediums at least.
Some brilliant work coming in so far. Deadline: 30 November.
We look forward to reading your work🔥
Hybrid = 2 mediums at least.
Some brilliant work coming in so far. Deadline: 30 November.
We look forward to reading your work🔥
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Li Bai, tr. Arthur Cooper
November 22, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Li Bai, tr. Arthur Cooper