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Derek JG Williams @derekjgwilliams.bsky.social · 2h

pretty sad, not even listening to D'Angelo - I've got Frightened Rabbit on instead, which is also sad

Derek JG Williams @derekjgwilliams.bsky.social · 19h

poet parties man, I've had so many books disappear over the years

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Derek JG Williams @derekjgwilliams.bsky.social · 20h

Is it underrated? I feel like that album is thought of as a masterpiece. I actually got so see him play a theater show with The Vanguard before it even came out. Mind-blowing experience.

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Derek JG Williams @derekjgwilliams.bsky.social · 1d

someone stole my copy!!

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Derek JG Williams @derekjgwilliams.bsky.social · 1d

say more

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Derek JG Williams @derekjgwilliams.bsky.social · 2d

"America I used to be a communist when I was a kid I’m not sorry. / I smoke marijuana every chance I get. / I sit in my house for days on end and stare at the roses in the closet. / My mind is made up there’s going to be trouble." - AG -

BikePortland @bikeportland.org · 2d

Amazing Emergency Naked Ride. Here’s the moment thousands of riders rolled through the protests at the ICE facility and cheers erupted. 😮💯

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Sean Thomas Dougherty @seanthomasd.bsky.social · 9d

"I'm not paying your fee.
Give the grant, the residency,
that place in a journal, that job
to someone else.
I'll be here under the Bodhi tree with Tu Fu.
He's sold a sheaf of poems."
shopoetryjournal.com/sean-thomas-...

Sean Thomas Dougherty – Hanzi in the Rain - Shō Poetry Journal

I think I'm tiring of auditioning. / I'm not dancing for bread anymore.

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Derek JG Williams @derekjgwilliams.bsky.social · 10d

Yankees knew they weren't winning that game as soon as they brought in Weaver.

Derek JG Williams @derekjgwilliams.bsky.social · 11d

Absolutely. Let me drop you a dm. Maybe we can grab a drink/coffee in Zurich sometime soon

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Derek JG Williams @derekjgwilliams.bsky.social · 12d

so I haven't submitted work to journals in a few years, not with the publication of the book & the prose manuscript I've been writing, but holy wow everyone charges sub fees now--what a bummer

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Derek JG Williams @derekjgwilliams.bsky.social · 16d

I've been sick and kind of depressed that I had to cancel a bunch of readings in the US this fall. I couldn't make the dates work with some family commitments. BUT, I'm excited to teach this workshop in Geneva in a few weeks!

genevawriters.org/event-6341404

Geneva Writers Group - Radical Revision: A Poetry Workshop

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Devindra Hardawar @devindra.bsky.social · 20d

Saw Mark Ruffalo eating a messy hoagie on Task and now I want a messy hoagie. Now that's prestige TV

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American Cinematheque @amcinematheque.bsky.social · 28d

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 29d

Removing information about slavery at Harper’s Ferry is like removing information about hydroelectric power at the Hoover Dam. “John Brown went to Harper’s Ferry because he was so infected by the woke mind virus that he had a pathological hatred of states rights.”

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 29d

They’re just completely erasing history.

At Harpers Ferry, staff flagged more than 30 signs, according to a person familiar with the matter and documents reviewed by The Post, that highlight information potentially in violation of Trump's policy. They include signs referring to racial discrimination and the hostility of white people to people who were formerly enslaved.

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Derek JG Williams @derekjgwilliams.bsky.social · 29d

how was Brussels?

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Derek JG Williams @derekjgwilliams.bsky.social · 29d

thanks for the introduction Jenn

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Derek JG Williams @derekjgwilliams.bsky.social · Sep 12

my response to most things

Dr. Matthew E. Henry (MEH) @mehpoeting.bsky.social · Sep 12

elmo from sesame street is dancing with a stick in his hand

ALT: elmo from sesame street is dancing with a stick in his hand

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Derek JG Williams @derekjgwilliams.bsky.social · Sep 9

he's one of those poets I somehow just missed

Derek JG Williams @derekjgwilliams.bsky.social · Sep 9

Great piece by Hofmann on Crush in the new @yalereview.bsky.social - I somehow have never spent much time with Siken. I aim to remedy that very soon!

yalereview.org/article/rich...

Richie Hofmann: How Richard Siken's Crush Changed American Poetry

An analysis of two waves of the Richard Siken craze, beginning with the 2004 publication of his first collection of poetry, Crush.

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · Sep 8

YES someone else noticed the hysterical phrasing of those Penguin books

(yes I did a whole thread at the time because I just couldn't get over it) bsky.app/profile/youn...

Professor Peter Matthews @urbaneprofessor.bsky.social · Sep 7

This frontispiece in my book just made me laugh a lot. Is this Buddhist reincarnation, or some other form of afterlife?

Bram Stoker
1847-1912
A PENGUIN SINCE 1979

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Derek JG Williams @derekjgwilliams.bsky.social · Aug 28

naw, Giambi, who I'm willing to bet loves a good time

Derek JG Williams @derekjgwilliams.bsky.social · Aug 13

I did an extensive interview with CutBank about the book. Lisa Kouroupis really nailed it in our conversation. Which you can check out here:

www.cutbankonline.org/interview-de...

July 2025 Interview with Derek JG Williams and CutBank Poetry Editor Lisa Kouroupis — CutBank Literary Magazine

www.cutbankonline.org

Derek JG Williams @derekjgwilliams.bsky.social · Aug 13

I've been summering, which means I haven't been online as much. But summering involves much writing. May summer last forever.

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Han VanderHart @hanvanderhart.bsky.social · Aug 10

The material of poems is energy itself, not even language. Words come later.

Eileen Myles, Inferno

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