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Dana Henry Martin

@danahenrymartin.bsky.social

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Poet. Birder. Weaver. Mental Health Advocate. Neuroqueer. Work in The Adroit Journal, Barrow Street, Chiron Review, Fence, FRiGG, Mad in America, Muzzle, New Letters, Willow Springs. Chaps from YesYes Books, Hyacinth Girl Press, Blood Pudding Press.

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Dana Henry Martin @danahenrymartin.bsky.social · Nov 12

A photo showing the left half my face, which is somehow better than my whole face. Blue reading glasses, white sheets, messy hair, no makeup. Taken right before the pandemic started.

Dana Henry Martin @danahenrymartin.bsky.social · 14d

My hospital system accidentally radiated staff members and patients for more than a year at a clinic I go to is how I am.

Dana Henry Martin @danahenrymartin.bsky.social · 17d

Rolls off the tongue.

Dana Henry Martin @danahenrymartin.bsky.social · 17d

They both start with M, so I got them confused. Plus, it was sixteen years ago. That's a long time for a Dana brain to remember something.

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Dana Henry Martin @danahenrymartin.bsky.social · 18d

My bad. McSweeney's didn't feature "[the narrative toilet]." Dennis Johnson shared it on the Melville House blog as an example of "interesting people using the internet to have a genuinely fresh discussion about ideas of linguistic form." He was referencing my collaborative work with Nathan Moore.

Dana Henry Martin @danahenrymartin.bsky.social · Sep 7

I'm still proud of this piece, "[the narrative toilet]," which I made for a collaborative poetry collection written with Nathan Moore. McSweeney's even featured it on their site.

Digital manipulation of a plumbing diagram that reframes the parts of a toilet as elements in fiction writing. 650 pixels x 780 pixels.

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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 19d

I bet you soup from an actual cauldron hits so hard

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Dana Henry Martin @danahenrymartin.bsky.social · 18d

Some medications are time travelers, obvy. Didn't you see Back to the OTC Future, where Tylenol goes back in time and tries to react with its precursor, aspirin?

Dana Henry Martin @danahenrymartin.bsky.social · 20d

In|Filtration: An Anthology of Innovative Poetry from the Hudson River Valley, edited by Anne Gorrick and Sam Truitt

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Dana Henry Martin @danahenrymartin.bsky.social · 21d

I know. It was devastating for many of us. I can't imagine how that felt for you.

Dana Henry Martin @danahenrymartin.bsky.social · 21d

All thanks to the July 24 executive order. I knew this was coming here in Utah. This isn't about getting people back into the community. It's about preventing people from being part of the community.

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Top state official wants to force some Utahns into treatment at new homeless campus

A Utah homelessness official wants the state's massive proposed shelter campus to have beds for people legally committed to mental health or drug treatment.

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Dana Henry Martin @danahenrymartin.bsky.social · 21d

I hope the emerging continues. I'm trying to be here more because Facebook is awful, as you know.

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Dana Henry Martin @danahenrymartin.bsky.social · 21d

I'm an author at Mad in America now. I have an essay coming out about Kilmeade and a lot more. I'll post a link here when it run. Also, hi. I've missed you.

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Dana Henry Martin @danahenrymartin.bsky.social · 21d

Fall hard? Get up harder.

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Andy Behrman @electroboyusa.bsky.social · Aug 31

🔥 Just a reminder:

We need to raise $880 for a victim of domestic violence and the Eaton fire in Los Angeles!

"Reposting" and "liking" this post is helpful, but what if:

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Andy Behrman @electroboyusa.bsky.social · Jan 22

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The worst fires in history continue to ravage L.A. This thirty year old woman has been through so much hardship this year, first as a victim of domestic violence and now as a victim of the Eaton Fire. Please chip in $10, $25, $50, $100 or more to help her rebuild her life again.

Donate to Help Heidy Rebuild After Devastating Fire, organized by Andrew Behrman

The worst fires in history continue to ravage Los Angeles. Several months ago… Andrew Behrman needs your support for Help Heidy Rebuild After Devastating Fire

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Dana Henry Martin @danahenrymartin.bsky.social · 24d

From MedPage Today: Doc Has Sex Mid-Surgery.

Dana Henry Martin @danahenrymartin.bsky.social · 24d

Not a good time to sell me a Jacuzzi, internet.

Dana Henry Martin @danahenrymartin.bsky.social · 26d

TFW you eat a bunch of stuff then immediately drop something and think I hope I don't barf as you bend over to pick it up.

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kristy bowen | writer & book artist @kristybowen.bsky.social · 26d

#collage #digitalcollage

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Stephen Nuñez @socio-steve.bsky.social · 26d

Oh no my troll-y posts are the most popular. Damn this incentive structure.

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Dana Henry Martin @danahenrymartin.bsky.social · 26d

I want to burrito a pizza and eat it whole.

Dana Henry Martin @danahenrymartin.bsky.social · 26d

OK. Ten years. Seems like forever.

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Brooke @brooklynmarie.bsky.social · Jan 25

What we are all experiencing is called "resilience targeting." It is a deliberate attack favored by many of todays shitlords, and is a fairly well known theory in disinfo and climate circles; it's just that everyone seems to be in denial that it's an attack. Today might be a good day to read up

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Brooke @brooklynmarie.bsky.social · 28d

Changed my mind about touching grass and got a Covid and flu shot instead, because I wish to outlive my enemies

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Dana Henry Martin @danahenrymartin.bsky.social · 26d

I love the dude in the shades.

Dana Henry Martin @danahenrymartin.bsky.social · 26d

It's the time of night when I turn my attention to injured wombats.

Dana Henry Martin @danahenrymartin.bsky.social · 26d

The only person on Earth I would consider trolling is Brian Kilmeade.