Exacting Clam
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The Discerning Mollusk's Guide to Arts and Ideas. From @saggingmeniscus. Quarterly, in print and online, since 2021.
London shell-people: come sag with us tonight at the Poetry Society!
TONIGHT.
LONDONERS: this Thursday, Sagging Meniscus sails to @poetrysociety.org.uk with the able crew of @davidcollard.bsky.social, Melissa McCarthy, Rufo Quintavalle, @julianstannardpoet.bsky.social, & Philip Terry — plus a SPECIAL GUEST APPEARANCE by @jgoldsmith.bsky.social. It's free. RSVP bit.ly/3Jl0JLN
November 20, 2025 at 3:51 PM
London shell-people: come sag with us tonight at the Poetry Society!
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In which our author declares his forthcoming novel "a failure" (did he clear that with our publicist?) but that (luckily) so is "all art". In that case, long live failure!
November 16, 2025 at 7:41 PM
In which our author declares his forthcoming novel "a failure" (did he clear that with our publicist?) but that (luckily) so is "all art". In that case, long live failure!
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November 16, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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I've got a weird little piece in here.
November 14, 2025 at 11:53 PM
I've got a weird little piece in here.
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Outdoor reading of “Bore Report Part Fore” from @exactingclam.bsky.social #17, Summer 2025
November 12, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Outdoor reading of “Bore Report Part Fore” from @exactingclam.bsky.social #17, Summer 2025
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This is an intriguing teaser campaign in the run-up to the publication of the novel in June 2026: a series of acclaimed authors each reading a passage from 'The Coast of Everything' by Guillermo Stitch. Has this ever been done before?
Thanks to @cdrose.bsky.social (author of WE LIVE HERE NOW from @melvillehouse.bsky.social , winner of the @goldsmithsprize.bsky.social ) for this reading from @guillermostitch.bsky.social 's THE COAST OF EVERYTHING:
C.D. Rose Reads From Guillermo Stitch's THE COAST OF EVERYTHING
Thanks to C.D. Rose, author of WE LIVE HERE NOW — winner of the 2025 Goldsmith Prize — for reading this passage from THE COAST OF EVERYTHING by Guillermo Sti...
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November 10, 2025 at 5:59 PM
This is an intriguing teaser campaign in the run-up to the publication of the novel in June 2026: a series of acclaimed authors each reading a passage from 'The Coast of Everything' by Guillermo Stitch. Has this ever been done before?
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In here you will be able to enjoy the first short story I have had published since 1996
November 8, 2025 at 7:20 PM
In here you will be able to enjoy the first short story I have had published since 1996
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Da Da!
November 8, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Da Da!
You can even preorder it. And you can get a PDF ebook, too: asterismbooks.com/product/exac...
Exacting Clam No. 19 | Asterism Books
The Discerning Mollusk’s Guide to Arts and Ideas: THE DADA ISSUE. Contributions by Liza Achilles, Terena Elizabeth Bell, Greg Bem, Eric Bies, Christopher Boucher, Ian Boulton, James Brophy, Niamh Mac ...
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November 8, 2025 at 7:17 PM
You can even preorder it. And you can get a PDF ebook, too: asterismbooks.com/product/exac...
Coming soon: the DADA issue!
November 8, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Coming soon: the DADA issue!
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At Sagging Central we've got a copy of Mike Silverton's NEW AND USED POEMS AND OBJECTS—and it's unbelievable. www.saggingmeniscus.com/catalog/new_... Preorder it for a special discount at @asterismbooks.bsky.social: asterismbooks.com/product/new-...
November 5, 2025 at 1:33 AM
At Sagging Central we've got a copy of Mike Silverton's NEW AND USED POEMS AND OBJECTS—and it's unbelievable. www.saggingmeniscus.com/catalog/new_... Preorder it for a special discount at @asterismbooks.bsky.social: asterismbooks.com/product/new-...
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Here's your periodic reminder that Sagging Meniscus relies on your support to publish literature that, quietly or loudly, defies convention, in book form and in the quarterly journal @exactingclam.bsky.social. Make a tax-deductible contribution: fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/sagging-meni...
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October 29, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Here's your periodic reminder that Sagging Meniscus relies on your support to publish literature that, quietly or loudly, defies convention, in book form and in the quarterly journal @exactingclam.bsky.social. Make a tax-deductible contribution: fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/sagging-meni...
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Come hear Sagging Meniscus in London at The Poetry Society: @davidcollard.bsky.social , Melissa McCarthy, Rufo Quintavalle, @julianstannardpoet.bsky.social , and Philip Terry. 20 November! RSVP at http://bit.ly/3Jl0JLN
October 23, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Come hear Sagging Meniscus in London at The Poetry Society: @davidcollard.bsky.social , Melissa McCarthy, Rufo Quintavalle, @julianstannardpoet.bsky.social , and Philip Terry. 20 November! RSVP at http://bit.ly/3Jl0JLN
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@davidcollard.bsky.social and Kurt Luchs talking up a storm on the @exactingclam.bsky.social podcast - Listen one, listen all for poetry & small press book release goodness: exactingclamcephalopodcast.com/episode/davi... #booksky #poetrysky
David Collard and Kurt Luchs in Conversation - The Exacting Clam Cephalopodcast
David Collard and Kurt Luchs discuss their two recent books: Collard's A Crumpled Swan: Fifty essays about Abigail Parry's 'In the dream of the cold res...
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October 21, 2025 at 6:02 PM
@davidcollard.bsky.social and Kurt Luchs talking up a storm on the @exactingclam.bsky.social podcast - Listen one, listen all for poetry & small press book release goodness: exactingclamcephalopodcast.com/episode/davi... #booksky #poetrysky
Also, four recent books by Mike Silverton, including the forthcoming NEW AND USED POEMS AND OBJECTS: www.saggingmeniscus.com/catalog/new_...
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October 20, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Also, four recent books by Mike Silverton, including the forthcoming NEW AND USED POEMS AND OBJECTS: www.saggingmeniscus.com/catalog/new_...
And Thomas Walton's UNSAVORY THOUGHTS: www.saggingmeniscus.com/catalog/unsa...
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October 20, 2025 at 3:29 PM
And Thomas Walton's UNSAVORY THOUGHTS: www.saggingmeniscus.com/catalog/unsa...
And his previous IN HOSPITAL ENVIRONMENTS: www.saggingmeniscus.com/catalog/in_h...
In Hospital Environments | Sagging Meniscus Press
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October 20, 2025 at 3:28 PM
And his previous IN HOSPITAL ENVIRONMENTS: www.saggingmeniscus.com/catalog/in_h...
This is not the first book to come out of Clam. Jake Goldsmith's IN EXTREMIS also: www.saggingmeniscus.com/catalog/in_e...
In Extremis | Sagging Meniscus Press
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October 20, 2025 at 3:27 PM
This is not the first book to come out of Clam. Jake Goldsmith's IN EXTREMIS also: www.saggingmeniscus.com/catalog/in_e...
The Clam is a happy Clam, because Kurt Luchs' TRIBUTARIES is a collection of poems and essays created for and published in the magazine. (18 have been published in it so far; two are still forthcoming.)
Kurt Luchs interviewed by Shelley Irwin on @wgvupublicmedia.bsky.social about TRIBUTARIES:
Tributaries
Kurt Luch talks about his latest work.
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October 20, 2025 at 2:58 PM
The Clam is a happy Clam, because Kurt Luchs' TRIBUTARIES is a collection of poems and essays created for and published in the magazine. (18 have been published in it so far; two are still forthcoming.)
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Kurt Luchs chats poetry, comedy, & his new release on the @wgvupublicmedia.bsky.social "Shelley Irwin Show": www.wgvunews.org/the-shelley-... @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social
Tributaries
Kurt Luch talks about his latest work.
www.wgvunews.org
October 20, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Kurt Luchs chats poetry, comedy, & his new release on the @wgvupublicmedia.bsky.social "Shelley Irwin Show": www.wgvunews.org/the-shelley-... @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social
In the latest Exacting Clam Encephalopodcast, a wide-ranging conversation between two authors of unconventional books on poetry: @davidcollard.bsky.social (A CRUMPLED SWAN) and Kurt Luchs (TRIBUTARIES).
David Collard and Kurt Luchs in Conversation - The Exacting Clam Cephalopodcast
David Collard and Kurt Luchs discuss their two recent books: Collard's A Crumpled Swan: Fifty essays about Abigail Parry's 'In the dream of the cold res...
exactingclamcephalopodcast.com
October 19, 2025 at 4:34 PM
In the latest Exacting Clam Encephalopodcast, a wide-ranging conversation between two authors of unconventional books on poetry: @davidcollard.bsky.social (A CRUMPLED SWAN) and Kurt Luchs (TRIBUTARIES).
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Coming January 20th: Mike Silverton's NEW AND USED POEMS AND OBJECTS, including 70+ color photographs of this poet's fabulously imaginative art. https://www.saggingmeniscus.com/catalog/new_and_used_poems_and_objects/
October 17, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Coming January 20th: Mike Silverton's NEW AND USED POEMS AND OBJECTS, including 70+ color photographs of this poet's fabulously imaginative art. https://www.saggingmeniscus.com/catalog/new_and_used_poems_and_objects/
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The semi-finalists for the 2026 Thurber Prize for American #Humor! 📖🎉
thurberhouse.org/2026-thurber-prize-in-writing-semifinalists
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@riverheadbooks.bsky.social @henryholtbooks.bsky.social @crownpublishing.bsky.social @putnambooks.bsky.social @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social @amistadbooks.bsky.social
October 9, 2025 at 3:31 PM
The semi-finalists for the 2026 Thurber Prize for American #Humor! 📖🎉
thurberhouse.org/2026-thurber-prize-in-writing-semifinalists
@riverheadbooks.bsky.social @henryholtbooks.bsky.social @crownpublishing.bsky.social @putnambooks.bsky.social @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social @amistadbooks.bsky.social
thurberhouse.org/2026-thurber-prize-in-writing-semifinalists
@riverheadbooks.bsky.social @henryholtbooks.bsky.social @crownpublishing.bsky.social @putnambooks.bsky.social @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social @amistadbooks.bsky.social