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Litbowl

@litbowl.bsky.social

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I share beautiful words from beautiful books. Mostly poetry. Some prose. Always attributed, always pro-author, and generative AI is theft. (All photos original. All rights reserved by original authors.) Get books here: https://bookshop.org/shop/litbowl

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Litbowl @litbowl.bsky.social · 7h

For National Coming Out Day. From Rachel Wiley's book, Fat Girl Finishing School.

#poem #booksky #writing

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Litbowl @litbowl.bsky.social · 7h

For National Coming Out Day. From Rachel Wiley's book, Fat Girl Finishing School.

#poem #booksky #writing

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Litbowl @litbowl.bsky.social · 1d

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Litbowl @litbowl.bsky.social · 1d

A poem for today.

From The Selected Poems of Wendell Berry: bookshop.org/a/862/9781582430379

#poetry #booksky #writing

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Litbowl @litbowl.bsky.social · 1d

God damn it. That's such a slap in the face to everyone involved in the show (and the audience). Like... it would be a drop in the budget bucket to pay someone to actually make the poster!

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Litbowl @litbowl.bsky.social · 1d

Fuck... is that poster AI-generated?

Litbowl @litbowl.bsky.social · 1d

Fuck... that's AI generated, isn't it

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Litbowl @litbowl.bsky.social · 1d

Fuck... that poster is AI-generated, isn't it?

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

No Kings 2 is Saturday, Oct. 18.

Nobody is getting paid to be there. But you can demonstrate to the world that you oppose the rise of fascism in the U.S.

Find your local protest here: www.nokings.org#map

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Sen. Roger Marshall: "October 18 is when the protest gets here. This will be a Soros paid-for protest for his professional protesters. The agitators show up. We'll have to get the National Guard out. Hopefully it will be peaceful. I doubt it."

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Litbowl @litbowl.bsky.social · 1d

A poem for today.

From The Selected Poems of Wendell Berry: bookshop.org/a/862/9781582430379

#poetry #booksky #writing

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Litbowl @litbowl.bsky.social · 2d

From Wendy Xu's book, You Are Not Dead: bookshop.org/a/862/9780986025723

#poem #books #writing

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Litbowl @litbowl.bsky.social · 2d

From Wendy Xu's book, You Are Not Dead: bookshop.org/a/862/9780986025723

#poem #books #writing

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Litbowl @litbowl.bsky.social · 2d

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Litbowl @litbowl.bsky.social · 2d

This whole thread!!!

Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 2d

This also indicates the essential dishonesty of saying “it’s just a tool.” A hammer is a tool. Nobody writes about the “inevitability” of hammers. Nobody has ever studied the harmful effects of hammers on learning and concluded that teachers must all hit their students with hammers “responsibly.”

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Litbowl @litbowl.bsky.social · 2d

Hi, I unfortunately have to ask folks not to repost alt text versions due to AI scraping—it’s the reason I don’t include in the first place. These are copyrighted poems, so anything that makes the theft of them and dissociation with credit/book link easier is a no-go given current legal gray area.

Litbowl @litbowl.bsky.social · 3d

For anyone wondering, an npr interview between Ari Shapiro and David Simon

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Litbowl @litbowl.bsky.social · 3d

An unfathomable and hilarious update from TIDAL. Like, people come to you almost solely to escape Spotify being utterly evil and anti-artist. The back-to-back "don't you dare cover songs if you don't have the rights" and "we'll slap a plagiarized slop image on your album" is incredible.

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Litbowl @litbowl.bsky.social · 3d

From Lucille Clifton's book, How to Carry Water: bit.ly/howtocarrywater

#poem #books #writing

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Litbowl @litbowl.bsky.social · 3d

I know they're being horrifically victimized in all this, but I hope the estates of some of these people fucking sue these companies (and every individual user doing this) for billions.

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Litbowl @litbowl.bsky.social · 3d

From Lucille Clifton's book, How to Carry Water: bit.ly/howtocarrywater

#poem #books #writing

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Litbowl @litbowl.bsky.social · 3d

Omg obviously “sued into oblivion” was my desired outcome but this is so much funnier

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 3d

You made it halfway through the week *and* we still have free shipping? Sounds like the perfect time to treat yourself to a new book and support indie bookstores in the process. 📚

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Litbowl @litbowl.bsky.social · 3d

Free shipping from @bookshop.org again today!! Here's a list I made of some all-time great poetry books to check out: bit.ly/poetrylist

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Litbowl @litbowl.bsky.social · 4d

From @katejbaer.bsky.social's book, And Yet: bit.ly/baerandyet

#poem #books #writing

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Litbowl @litbowl.bsky.social · 4d

When you could've just had waifu-bot Ani do an AI reading of it? smh