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@jaccottet.bsky.social

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erasure poet & teller of tales free patreon blog: https://www.patreon.com/c/Jaccottet instagram (erasure book project): https://www.instagram.com/erasure_poet/?next=%2F

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Jaccottet @jaccottet.bsky.social · Apr 8

I'm taking a 400-page hardcover book by mystery novelist James Patterson and, with gallons of white-out, transforming it into a book of stand-alone erasure poems. Currently 130 pages into the project, which you can follow/support here: www.patreon.com/collection/6... #booksky #books #poetry #erasure

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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 12d

“The earth makes a sound as of sighs and the last drops fall from the emptied cloudless sky. A small boy, stretching out his hands and looking up at the blue sky, asked his mother how such a thing was possible. Fuck off, she said.”

―from ‘The End’ by Samuel Beckett

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Jaccottet @jaccottet.bsky.social · 12d

#bloomington #indiana

Jaccottet @jaccottet.bsky.social · 13d

an erasure #poem:

I'm sad
I need to explore good souls
no doubt I’ll take the nitty-gritty
the bottom other two at the so low
our own in parallel
made mistakes? big ones

[Sep 2024, pg 052/406 of my erasure book project--see pinned post for full project]

#erasure #poetry #booksky

Page torn from a hardcover novel. All words are erased with white-out except for the following six-ling poem:

I'm sad
I need to explore good souls
no doubt I’ll take the nitty-gritty
the bottom other two at the so low
our own in parallel
made mistakes? big ones

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Jaccottet @jaccottet.bsky.social · 16d

I really enjoyed this essay, Aisling. I've been wanting to revisit the entire series of books, and this is the nudge/shove I needed.

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Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · 17d

@aislingwalsh.bsky.social on the 30-year legacy of His Dark Materials and why Philip Pullman understands that “true evil is never about the distorted cravings of a single person.”

Why Philip Pullman’s Books Are More Important Than Ever in Speaking Truth to Power

When we first encounter Lyra Silvertongue, neé Belacqua, she is hidden in a wardrobe and listening intently to her uncle, Lord Asriel, give a presentation to Oxford scholars on his findings about D…

buff.ly

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 17d

I read a lot of news stories that are some version of "a pedestrian was hit and killed; the driver was not hurt". My reaction is always "well, no shit".

We need to design our infrastructure to better protect people outside the car.

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Jaccottet @jaccottet.bsky.social · 17d

Thank you for sharing this, Robert

Jaccottet @jaccottet.bsky.social · 17d

“If you were to visit [the moon], you might experience conflicting feelings of deprivation and overwhelm….You would feel lonely, hot, freezing, terrified, ecstatic, superhuman, and tiny, in a matter of moments or maybe all at once.”

—from OUR MOON (2024), by Rebecca Boyle

@rboyle31.bsky.social

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Boris Dralyuk @bdralyuk.bsky.social · 17d

Billions of dollars pumped into one Latin American nation, gunboats deployed off the coast of another—it all brings to mind a 1918 anglophone poem by Nicaragua’s Salomón de la Selva (1893-1959), with whom Millay, by the way, “had gone back and forth all night on the ferry.”

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David Atkinson @davidatkinsonpoet.bsky.social · 17d

This beautiful little poem by Doireann Ní Ghríofa plays cleverly with English and Irish,how words shift in meaning and emotional resonance

#poetry
#poemoftheday
#gaeilge

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Jaccottet @jaccottet.bsky.social · 18d

an erasure #tanka:

pictures of story
tell about the space between
heavy pack of lives
the world a writer’s method
emotional center stirred

[Sep 2024, pg 050/406 of my erasure book project--see pinned post for full project]

#erasure #poem #poetry #bookart #booksky #bestseller #thriller #novel

A page torn from a hardcover novel. All words have been erased with white-out except for the following five-line poem:

pictures of story
tell about the space between
heavy pack of lives
the world a writer’s method
emotional center stirred

Jaccottet @jaccottet.bsky.social · 19d

an erasure #haiku:

rented for writing
selling imagination
nine-foot-high murders

[pg 049/406 of my erasure book project--see pinned post for full project]

#erasure #poem #poetry #bookart #booksky #bestseller #thriller #novel #jamespatterson

a page torn out of a hardcover novel with all the words erased with white-out except for this haiku:

rented for writing
selling imagination
nine-foot-high murders

Jaccottet @jaccottet.bsky.social · 19d

an erasure #haiku:

business conquers them
victims would not be humans
pretty when broken

[pg 048/406 of my erasure book project--see pinned post for full project]

#erasure #poem #poetry #bookart #booksky #bestseller #thriller #novel #jamespatterson

page torn from a hardcover novel with all words erased with white-out except for the following haiku:

business conquers them
victims would not be humans
pretty when broken

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Wikipedia @wikipedia.org · 20d

Wayang kulit is Indonesia’s traditional shadow puppet theater. The term comes from Javanese words for "performance" and "skin", referring to the leather puppets. 🧵⬇️ (1/5)

A performer holds two large, ornate Thai shadow puppets behind a lit screen. Text says: Shining light on Indonesian shadow puppetry. The wonder of wayang kulit.

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Jaccottet @jaccottet.bsky.social · 20d

making some square #stickers today

#poetry #eatitup #nutrients #highinfiber #lowinbullshit

a square sticker with the words "eat more poetry" on an orange and yellow background

Jaccottet @jaccottet.bsky.social · 20d

Tried my hand at writing two erasure mini-chapters:

#booksky #erasure #poetry #prose #fiction #games

Clothes make my skin crawl now: two erasure chapters(!) | jaccottet

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Wikipedia @wikipedia.org · 22d

It sounds like a horror story.

Capgras delusion is a real but rare psychiatric syndrome in which a person believes a loved one has been replaced by an identical impostor. First described in 1923, it is linked to psychosis, dementia, and brain injuries.

Learn more ➡️ w.wiki/CGqG

Elderly couple in vintage attire conversing on a city street, with 1940s cars and storefronts in the background. Text says: Capgras delusion is the belief that a loved one has been replaced by an identical impostor. The rare condition highlights how our brains connect facial recognition to emotional familiarity.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 22d

theonion.com/ice-raids-my...

MYTH: ICE agents lack proper training.

FACT: Most have been racists their entire lives.

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Jaccottet @jaccottet.bsky.social · 23d

Village Square (a two-page tale)

YouTube video by jaccottet

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Richard Ovenden @richove.bsky.social · 23d

Currently being reprinted but available again by the end of next week (from @johnmurrays.bsky.social). Also available in paperback from @harvardpress.bsky.social in Notth America)!

Marja Kingma @marjakingma.bsky.social · 24d

If you read one book during #Bannedbooksweek read Burning the Books by Bodley’s Librarian @richove.bsky.social. The strongest wake up call yet that we need to stand up for our intellectual freedoms!

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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 23d

In 2024, ALA tracked 821 attempts to censor library materials, targeting nearly 2,500 unique books. That’s 10× more than five years ago.
Join the fight for the freedom to read: UniteAgainstBookBans.org
Donate to ALA: ilovelibraries.org/1984
#BannedBooksWeek

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Jaccottet @jaccottet.bsky.social · 24d

"fern unfurls" is a delight

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Jaccottet @jaccottet.bsky.social · 24d

an erasure #haiku:

her portfolio
lover subsidiaries
her brand broke my heart

[pg 046/406 of my erasure book project--see pinned post for full project]

#erasure #poem #poetry #bookart #booksky #bestseller #thriller #novel #jamespatterson

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Matthew Francis @mfrancispoet.bsky.social · 25d

An old poem of mine that has been having a bit of a moment on Facebook.

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Jaccottet @jaccottet.bsky.social · 25d

In honor of László Krasznahorkai winning the Nobel Prize in Literature, here is my, um, improvement of his work as the screenwriter for The Turin Horse (2011)

#film #hungary #belatarr #agneshranitzky #nobelprize

The Turin Potato

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