Heather
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writer of poems and translations and more. i'll be in the water.
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Today’s Featured Poem:
“Essay” by Bernadette Mayer from The Golden Book of Words published by @ndbooks.bsky.social
Read here:
poems.com/poem/essay/
“Essay” by Bernadette Mayer from The Golden Book of Words published by @ndbooks.bsky.social
Read here:
poems.com/poem/essay/
Essay
I don't want to be a farmer but my mother was right
I should never have tried to rise out of the proletariat
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November 23, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Today’s Featured Poem:
“Essay” by Bernadette Mayer from The Golden Book of Words published by @ndbooks.bsky.social
Read here:
poems.com/poem/essay/
“Essay” by Bernadette Mayer from The Golden Book of Words published by @ndbooks.bsky.social
Read here:
poems.com/poem/essay/
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Democratic party leadership has been on autopilot for ten years, they weren't losing to fascism, fascism isn't popular enough for them to lose to fascism, they were allowing it to fill the void where their leadership should have been. Tonight we're seeing that we have other options. They should too.
November 5, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Democratic party leadership has been on autopilot for ten years, they weren't losing to fascism, fascism isn't popular enough for them to lose to fascism, they were allowing it to fill the void where their leadership should have been. Tonight we're seeing that we have other options. They should too.
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BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students.
Follow AP for live updates.
Follow AP for live updates.
Live updates: US voters head to the polls in first general election since Trump's return to power
One year after Donald Trump retook the presidency, 2025 Election Day includes closely watched races for New York City mayor, New Jersey governor and California's Proposition 50.
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November 5, 2025 at 3:33 AM
BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students.
Follow AP for live updates.
Follow AP for live updates.
The new On the Seawall is a trove of fascinating poetry, criticism, and more. Thank you @ronslate.bsky.social and Nancy Naomi Carlson for including my translations of Laure Gauthier’s prose poems from “I snow (between the words of Villon).”
www.ronslate.com/villons-move...
www.ronslate.com/villons-move...
November 5, 2025 at 3:12 AM
The new On the Seawall is a trove of fascinating poetry, criticism, and more. Thank you @ronslate.bsky.social and Nancy Naomi Carlson for including my translations of Laure Gauthier’s prose poems from “I snow (between the words of Villon).”
www.ronslate.com/villons-move...
www.ronslate.com/villons-move...
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it's good to say aloud that "content" is not a synonym for "literature"
October 24, 2025 at 5:08 PM
it's good to say aloud that "content" is not a synonym for "literature"
www.asymptotejournal.com/visual/trans...
Fall edition of Asymptote is out now, and I'm excited to share this conversation about visual poetry, "trans.sensory and trans-vocal" by inspiring poet-translator-artists Danielle Pieratti and Naoko Fujimoto!
Fall edition of Asymptote is out now, and I'm excited to share this conversation about visual poetry, "trans.sensory and trans-vocal" by inspiring poet-translator-artists Danielle Pieratti and Naoko Fujimoto!
trans.sensory and trans-vocal: Naoko Fujimoto and Danielle Pieratti in Conversation - Asymptote
Danielle Pieratti (DP): Naoko, we met back in 2023 at the Bread Loaf Translators’ Conference, and I can still remember first coming across your thrilling book GLYPH in the campus books...
www.asymptotejournal.com
October 24, 2025 at 6:00 AM
www.asymptotejournal.com/visual/trans...
Fall edition of Asymptote is out now, and I'm excited to share this conversation about visual poetry, "trans.sensory and trans-vocal" by inspiring poet-translator-artists Danielle Pieratti and Naoko Fujimoto!
Fall edition of Asymptote is out now, and I'm excited to share this conversation about visual poetry, "trans.sensory and trans-vocal" by inspiring poet-translator-artists Danielle Pieratti and Naoko Fujimoto!
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I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.
October 11, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.
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Arthur Sze has been named the new U.S. poet laureate. He succeeds Ada Limón, who has held the position since 2022. During his term as poet laureate, Sze plans to have a special focus on translating poetry originally written in other languages. Read more: at.pw.org/ArthurSze
September 16, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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Worst thing to happen to book crit was getting mercilessly synced to pub dates. writer gets 97% of the coverage they're ever getting by the end of week 2, & if the book is widely reviewed (positive or not) in prestige places some of your would-be audience burns out on takes & skips the book itself.
September 8, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Worst thing to happen to book crit was getting mercilessly synced to pub dates. writer gets 97% of the coverage they're ever getting by the end of week 2, & if the book is widely reviewed (positive or not) in prestige places some of your would-be audience burns out on takes & skips the book itself.
Asymptote's Summer Issue is out, and the visual section features, if I do say so, two stunning pieces, including Assistant Visual Editor Junyi Zhou's interview with US-based, indigenous and Greek artist Anna Tsouhlarakis: www.asymptotejournal.com/visual/echoe...
Echoes of Tradition: On Indigenization, Representation, and Community with Anna Tsouhlarakis - Asymptote
With her identity rooted in Navajo, Creek, and Greek cultures, artist Anna Tsouhlarakis works across different media, including sculpture, installation, video, and performance. All her projects, no ma...
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July 24, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Asymptote's Summer Issue is out, and the visual section features, if I do say so, two stunning pieces, including Assistant Visual Editor Junyi Zhou's interview with US-based, indigenous and Greek artist Anna Tsouhlarakis: www.asymptotejournal.com/visual/echoe...
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Also out today from @ndbooks.bsky.social!
Hélène Bessette’s debut novel initially published in 1953, brilliantly translated from French by Kate Briggs.
Hélène Bessette’s debut novel initially published in 1953, brilliantly translated from French by Kate Briggs.
July 22, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Also out today from @ndbooks.bsky.social!
Hélène Bessette’s debut novel initially published in 1953, brilliantly translated from French by Kate Briggs.
Hélène Bessette’s debut novel initially published in 1953, brilliantly translated from French by Kate Briggs.
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STAGGERING: This new study of 133 countries is the first to estimate the impact of all USAID’s work. In 2 decades, it has saved *92M* lives. Current cuts, if not reversed, are forecast to cost up to *14M* lives thru 2030. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
July 1, 2025 at 2:23 PM
STAGGERING: This new study of 133 countries is the first to estimate the impact of all USAID’s work. In 2 decades, it has saved *92M* lives. Current cuts, if not reversed, are forecast to cost up to *14M* lives thru 2030. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
I'm grateful to Shoshana Olidort for editing and publishing this essay on translation, Walter Benjamin's "The Task of the Translator," and my own experience of translating Tzara.
www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/169...
www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/169...
Poets on Translation: Putting the Verse in the Fruit
Poems, readings, poetry news and the entire 110-year archive of POETRY magazine.
www.poetryfoundation.org
June 23, 2025 at 2:21 PM
I'm grateful to Shoshana Olidort for editing and publishing this essay on translation, Walter Benjamin's "The Task of the Translator," and my own experience of translating Tzara.
www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/169...
www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/169...
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This is a map of Los Angeles. The arrow points to a red dot. That red dot (roughly) represents the protest area seen on TV.
To me, the gross mischaracterization of what’s happening in Los Angeles looks like an excuse to deploy the military—to protect government assets like ICE.
To me, the gross mischaracterization of what’s happening in Los Angeles looks like an excuse to deploy the military—to protect government assets like ICE.
June 11, 2025 at 7:53 AM
This is a map of Los Angeles. The arrow points to a red dot. That red dot (roughly) represents the protest area seen on TV.
To me, the gross mischaracterization of what’s happening in Los Angeles looks like an excuse to deploy the military—to protect government assets like ICE.
To me, the gross mischaracterization of what’s happening in Los Angeles looks like an excuse to deploy the military—to protect government assets like ICE.
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This is the spirit of Los Angeles.
This is California.
Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
#FreeDavidEndRaids
This is California.
Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
#FreeDavidEndRaids
June 9, 2025 at 8:43 PM
This is the spirit of Los Angeles.
This is California.
Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
#FreeDavidEndRaids
This is California.
Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
#FreeDavidEndRaids
I'm grateful to editor Chris Clarke for including me in this Desnos Dossier (in incredible company). I loved trying my hand at this poem, which has been in my thoughts for decades. As I mention in my essay, I am enchanted by John Yau's "version," too.
worldpoetryreview.org/the-desnos-d...
worldpoetryreview.org/the-desnos-d...
The Desnos Dossier
World Poetry Review Bonus Dossier “J’ai tant rêvé de toi” by Robert Desnos from À la mystérieuse, 1926 Editor’s Introduction Translated from the French by Guy Bennett Dawson…
worldpoetryreview.org
April 24, 2025 at 10:18 PM
I'm grateful to editor Chris Clarke for including me in this Desnos Dossier (in incredible company). I loved trying my hand at this poem, which has been in my thoughts for decades. As I mention in my essay, I am enchanted by John Yau's "version," too.
worldpoetryreview.org/the-desnos-d...
worldpoetryreview.org/the-desnos-d...
I was honored to have the chance to interview the incredible artist and visual poet Monica Ong for Asymptote's Spring issue!
www.asymptotejournal.com/visual/how-t...
www.asymptotejournal.com/visual/how-t...
How the Stars Appear: An Interview with Visual Poet Monica Ong - Asymptote
The first time I saw Monica Ong’s visual poem, The Star Gazer, I was in awe of the artist book in the form of a volvelle, or rotating wheel-chart, a map of the stars, which can be aligned to the...
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April 17, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I was honored to have the chance to interview the incredible artist and visual poet Monica Ong for Asymptote's Spring issue!
www.asymptotejournal.com/visual/how-t...
www.asymptotejournal.com/visual/how-t...
Excited to read at the Kensington Day of the Book Festival in Maryland: April 27.
March 31, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Excited to read at the Kensington Day of the Book Festival in Maryland: April 27.
Honored to share my essay about Robert Pinsky's "Forgiveness" in today's @poetrydaily.bsky.social <3
Today's Feature:
In today's installment of What Sparks Poetry: Life In Public, Heather Green (@heathergreenish.bsky.social) writes on Robert Pinsky’s poem “Forgiveness."
Read here:
poems.com/features/wha...
In today's installment of What Sparks Poetry: Life In Public, Heather Green (@heathergreenish.bsky.social) writes on Robert Pinsky’s poem “Forgiveness."
Read here:
poems.com/features/wha...
Heather Green on Robert Pinsky's "Forgiveness"
In “Forgiveness,” Pinsky’s fluid, associative moves form an electron cloud of image, shadow, and fact around a heavy nucleus of a solitary voice wrestling with its own thoughts, ambitions, and ethical...
poems.com
March 31, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Honored to share my essay about Robert Pinsky's "Forgiveness" in today's @poetrydaily.bsky.social <3
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Today's Feature:
In today's installment of What Sparks Poetry: Life In Public, Heather Green (@heathergreenish.bsky.social) writes on Robert Pinsky’s poem “Forgiveness."
Read here:
poems.com/features/wha...
In today's installment of What Sparks Poetry: Life In Public, Heather Green (@heathergreenish.bsky.social) writes on Robert Pinsky’s poem “Forgiveness."
Read here:
poems.com/features/wha...
Heather Green on Robert Pinsky's "Forgiveness"
In “Forgiveness,” Pinsky’s fluid, associative moves form an electron cloud of image, shadow, and fact around a heavy nucleus of a solitary voice wrestling with its own thoughts, ambitions, and ethical...
poems.com
March 31, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Today's Feature:
In today's installment of What Sparks Poetry: Life In Public, Heather Green (@heathergreenish.bsky.social) writes on Robert Pinsky’s poem “Forgiveness."
Read here:
poems.com/features/wha...
In today's installment of What Sparks Poetry: Life In Public, Heather Green (@heathergreenish.bsky.social) writes on Robert Pinsky’s poem “Forgiveness."
Read here:
poems.com/features/wha...
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Here is an excerpt from Heather Green's translation of Laure Gauthier's "between the words of Villon," in which the poet writes towards a new reading of François Villon.
Featured in WPR Issue 10. worldpoetryreview.org
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@heathergreenish.bsky.social
#poetry #translation
Featured in WPR Issue 10. worldpoetryreview.org
@lauregauthier.bsky.social
@heathergreenish.bsky.social
#poetry #translation
March 28, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Here is an excerpt from Heather Green's translation of Laure Gauthier's "between the words of Villon," in which the poet writes towards a new reading of François Villon.
Featured in WPR Issue 10. worldpoetryreview.org
@lauregauthier.bsky.social
@heathergreenish.bsky.social
#poetry #translation
Featured in WPR Issue 10. worldpoetryreview.org
@lauregauthier.bsky.social
@heathergreenish.bsky.social
#poetry #translation
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Pass it along—D.A. Powell
January 25, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Pass it along—D.A. Powell