Marthine Satris
@msatris.bsky.social
Bay Area words & book person. Oakland. Associate Publisher at Heyday, Calendar compiler at ORB.
www.heydaybooks.com
www.oaklandreviewofbooks.org
www.heydaybooks.com
www.oaklandreviewofbooks.org
recently learned about this wonderful poet, and another poet friend shared this fabulous older poem by them, published in The Awl (I miss The Awl!): it makes me feel like a slithery piece of meat whipped by the weather, and I like it:
www.theawl.com/2015/05/a-po...
www.theawl.com/2015/05/a-po...
A Poem by Gabrielle Calvocoressi
by Mark Bibbins, Editor“I was popular in certain circles”Among the river rats and the leaves. For example. I was huge among the lichen, and the waterfall couldn’t get enough of me. And the graveston...
www.theawl.com
February 7, 2026 at 6:29 AM
recently learned about this wonderful poet, and another poet friend shared this fabulous older poem by them, published in The Awl (I miss The Awl!): it makes me feel like a slithery piece of meat whipped by the weather, and I like it:
www.theawl.com/2015/05/a-po...
www.theawl.com/2015/05/a-po...
Now that we finally added a subscription button to mobile, we're unstoppable!
Also, you have no idea what we're building up to but just get ready, it's about to pop. Subscribe or you'll miss out on a sensorial experience like no other.
Also, you have no idea what we're building up to but just get ready, it's about to pop. Subscribe or you'll miss out on a sensorial experience like no other.
Just got in at the highest tier. They truly are doing things no one else is and it is glorious. LFG!
I say all this because--you knew this was coming--I hope you, who are reading this, might feel the same way, and help us out: www.oaklandreviewofbooks.org#/portal/signup
February 7, 2026 at 2:19 AM
Now that we finally added a subscription button to mobile, we're unstoppable!
Also, you have no idea what we're building up to but just get ready, it's about to pop. Subscribe or you'll miss out on a sensorial experience like no other.
Also, you have no idea what we're building up to but just get ready, it's about to pop. Subscribe or you'll miss out on a sensorial experience like no other.
Just had the best local interlocking interaction, aka why you should leave yr house. At happy hour at Broc (winery in Berkeley) to finish up some work while snacking with my daughter, ran into Dan, who just opened Best Friends on Solano and used to work at Vintage Berkeley in Elmwood. 1/3
February 7, 2026 at 1:01 AM
Just had the best local interlocking interaction, aka why you should leave yr house. At happy hour at Broc (winery in Berkeley) to finish up some work while snacking with my daughter, ran into Dan, who just opened Best Friends on Solano and used to work at Vintage Berkeley in Elmwood. 1/3
so pretty AND informative www.biographic.com/starling-stu... @biographic.bsky.social
Starling-Studded Skies - bioGraphic
A modern approach to a 19th-century photography technique celebrates both the art and science behind one of one of the planet’s most mesmerizing spectacles.
www.biographic.com
February 6, 2026 at 6:21 PM
so pretty AND informative www.biographic.com/starling-stu... @biographic.bsky.social
in sum: chinook salmon in California are showing a vitamin deficiency linked to their diet becoming overly reliant on anchovies (which is probably due to climate-driven shifts in fish populations as well as overfishing/habitat destruction of herring, crab etc) www.biographic.com/a-mysterious...
A Mysterious Salmon-Killing Affliction is a Mystery No More - bioGraphic
In California, scientists tracked the source of a severe vitamin deficiency that’s killing endangered fish.
www.biographic.com
February 6, 2026 at 6:10 PM
in sum: chinook salmon in California are showing a vitamin deficiency linked to their diet becoming overly reliant on anchovies (which is probably due to climate-driven shifts in fish populations as well as overfishing/habitat destruction of herring, crab etc) www.biographic.com/a-mysterious...
"autonomous vehicles still rely substantially on human intellect. ...Put simply, the remote agent may not control the steering wheel, but they still make major decisions on where the vehicle navigates next."
Once again, it turns out “fully autonomous” means “a guy in the Philippines.”
It Turns Out Waymos Are Being Controlled by Workers in the Philippines
During a Congressional hearing, Waymo's chief safety officer, Mauricio Peña, was grilled over the company's reliance on overseas workers.
futurism.com
February 6, 2026 at 4:49 PM
"autonomous vehicles still rely substantially on human intellect. ...Put simply, the remote agent may not control the steering wheel, but they still make major decisions on where the vehicle navigates next."
Met another poet today who is also the daughter of a defense attorney. Adding her to my small collection! I think we've all inherited from our fathers some deep curiosity, empathy, linguistic dexterity, and a strong interest in resisting authority.
February 6, 2026 at 7:21 AM
Met another poet today who is also the daughter of a defense attorney. Adding her to my small collection! I think we've all inherited from our fathers some deep curiosity, empathy, linguistic dexterity, and a strong interest in resisting authority.
Hoping to finally see this plant flowering in person this year. Anyone want to hit up the Mojave in a few weeks?
February 6, 2026 at 5:01 AM
Hoping to finally see this plant flowering in person this year. Anyone want to hit up the Mojave in a few weeks?
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"How can what Oakland residents will have actually paid in taxes for work actually done—economic production that will have actually occurred—be claimed by the sublessors of an unbuilt terminal for the fantasy of profits they might one day have accumulated?" www.oaklandreviewofbooks.org/unpaid-debts/
Unpaid Debts
In the midst of a battle against a dying industry, a Kentucky judge said Oakland owes hundreds of millions of dollars to a bankrupt corporation that exists only on paper. What do cities owe to whom as...
www.oaklandreviewofbooks.org
February 6, 2026 at 1:59 AM
"How can what Oakland residents will have actually paid in taxes for work actually done—economic production that will have actually occurred—be claimed by the sublessors of an unbuilt terminal for the fantasy of profits they might one day have accumulated?" www.oaklandreviewofbooks.org/unpaid-debts/
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"Like the fine dust emanating from train cars rattling through a port, coal has been dispersed across the great fluid flow of capital. Sometimes you can smell it, or see the concentrated toxic plume in the blue haze. And sometimes you can’t..." www.oaklandreviewofbooks.org/unpaid-debts/
Unpaid Debts
In the midst of a battle against a dying industry, a Kentucky judge said Oakland owes hundreds of millions of dollars to a bankrupt corporation that exists only on paper. What do cities owe to whom as...
www.oaklandreviewofbooks.org
February 6, 2026 at 2:11 AM
"Like the fine dust emanating from train cars rattling through a port, coal has been dispersed across the great fluid flow of capital. Sometimes you can smell it, or see the concentrated toxic plume in the blue haze. And sometimes you can’t..." www.oaklandreviewofbooks.org/unpaid-debts/
Reposted by Marthine Satris
Washington Post is shuttering its book section, part of the ongoing war against literacy & knowledge.
We at Current Affairs want to pick up the slack by expanding book reviews. Writers: pitch us anytime! And if you subscribe/donate we'll use the funding to commission book coverage.
We at Current Affairs want to pick up the slack by expanding book reviews. Writers: pitch us anytime! And if you subscribe/donate we'll use the funding to commission book coverage.
February 4, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Washington Post is shuttering its book section, part of the ongoing war against literacy & knowledge.
We at Current Affairs want to pick up the slack by expanding book reviews. Writers: pitch us anytime! And if you subscribe/donate we'll use the funding to commission book coverage.
We at Current Affairs want to pick up the slack by expanding book reviews. Writers: pitch us anytime! And if you subscribe/donate we'll use the funding to commission book coverage.
This is fun: The 40 best selling books from independent presses as sold through indie bookstores:
Nonfiction: bookshop.org/lists/indepe...
Nonfiction: bookshop.org/lists/indepe...
Independent Press Top 40 Nonfiction Bestsellers
The top 40 nonfiction bestselling titles from independent presses as sold by independent bookstores throughout the United States
bookshop.org
February 5, 2026 at 4:29 PM
This is fun: The 40 best selling books from independent presses as sold through indie bookstores:
Nonfiction: bookshop.org/lists/indepe...
Nonfiction: bookshop.org/lists/indepe...
WHOA GUYS, Sara Levine has a new book out!!!! How did I miss this until now? (If you haven't read her Treasure Island!!!, make recompense and read it NOW)
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
The Hitch
Check out The Hitch - <p><b>A <i>New York Times Book Review </i>Editors' Pick</b></p><p><b>"Winningly zany . . . [Levine's] commitment to boinging around the loopy little world she's built is total. O...
bookshop.org
February 5, 2026 at 4:26 PM
WHOA GUYS, Sara Levine has a new book out!!!! How did I miss this until now? (If you haven't read her Treasure Island!!!, make recompense and read it NOW)
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
Folks! sign up for the last 5 spots in this writing workshop with one of my long time fave San Francisco poets, Kim Addonizio, at @onlypoemsmag.bsky.social !: preview.mailerlite.io/emails/webvi... (I am busy tabling at a mushroom festival in Sonoma for Heyday or you'd see me there!)
Last 5 Spots! Kim Addonizio: Writing What You Don't Know
preview.mailerlite.io
February 5, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Folks! sign up for the last 5 spots in this writing workshop with one of my long time fave San Francisco poets, Kim Addonizio, at @onlypoemsmag.bsky.social !: preview.mailerlite.io/emails/webvi... (I am busy tabling at a mushroom festival in Sonoma for Heyday or you'd see me there!)
Really excited for what the editors at ORB are bringing together!
As we gear up for our true launch in a few weeks--multiple pieces a week, which writers are paid to write, that wouldn't have been written otherwise--we're gearing up to be really annoying about asking you to help us out and contribute. That's what "everything we publish will be free, always" costs.
February 5, 2026 at 8:37 AM
Really excited for what the editors at ORB are bringing together!
Reposted by Marthine Satris
Not to be that guy, but: www.oaklandreviewofbooks.org#/portal/signup
February 4, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Not to be that guy, but: www.oaklandreviewofbooks.org#/portal/signup
I love the bookish local economy, exchanging a few bucks and lots of energy all the live long day
February 5, 2026 at 8:36 AM
I love the bookish local economy, exchanging a few bucks and lots of energy all the live long day
Reposted by Marthine Satris
For those looking for freelance work in the wake of WaPo layoffs: I'm an editor at large overseeing Ideas & Culture at Bloomberg, including our Books coverage. Find me at [email protected]
February 4, 2026 at 5:10 PM
For those looking for freelance work in the wake of WaPo layoffs: I'm an editor at large overseeing Ideas & Culture at Bloomberg, including our Books coverage. Find me at [email protected]
Reposted by Marthine Satris
Sometimes the old ways are the best
February 4, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Sometimes the old ways are the best
Reposted by Marthine Satris
Lili Loofbourow is one of the best TV critics alive.
Becca Rothfeld is one of the best book critics alive.
Becca Rothfeld is one of the best book critics alive.
February 4, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Lili Loofbourow is one of the best TV critics alive.
Becca Rothfeld is one of the best book critics alive.
Becca Rothfeld is one of the best book critics alive.
yes, yes you should: www.oaklandreviewofbooks.org
February 4, 2026 at 4:40 PM
yes, yes you should: www.oaklandreviewofbooks.org
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And @coyotemedia.org !!!!!!
in just the past few years, the bay area has welcomed three fantastic new outlets: @oaklandside.org @oaklandreviewofbooks.org AND @bayareacurrent.bsky.social
they are wonderful and we should support them !!
they are wonderful and we should support them !!
We need to find a way to tell the youths about alt-weeklies so they restart them
February 4, 2026 at 4:27 PM
And @coyotemedia.org !!!!!!
The Great Wednesday is upon us: www.oaklandreviewofbooks.org/calendar/
Oakland Review of Books calendar of (not just) literary events, February 3–8
Plus! The definitive guide to pronouncing “Bathers”!
www.oaklandreviewofbooks.org
February 4, 2026 at 4:39 PM
The Great Wednesday is upon us: www.oaklandreviewofbooks.org/calendar/
the spot open in Berkeley once a week for caneles is open today and I'll be biking right by it, and that is a reason to be happy today
February 4, 2026 at 4:18 PM
the spot open in Berkeley once a week for caneles is open today and I'll be biking right by it, and that is a reason to be happy today
Reposted by Marthine Satris
Whatever you think of the Washington Post at this moment, here's a chance to support the dedicated, hard-working journalists who were just laid off. If you have the means, your donation is most welcome. If you don't, a kind thought and maybe spreading the word to others is support enough 💙
Donate to Washington Post 2026 layoff fund, organized by Rachel Siegel
On Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026, The Washington Post laid off hundreds of journalists. We ar… Rachel Siegel needs your support for Washington Post 2026 layoff fund
www.gofundme.com
February 4, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Whatever you think of the Washington Post at this moment, here's a chance to support the dedicated, hard-working journalists who were just laid off. If you have the means, your donation is most welcome. If you don't, a kind thought and maybe spreading the word to others is support enough 💙