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Hannah Grieco @writesloud.bsky.social · 1d

Bookshop is having a sale to counter Prime Day! What a great opportunity to buy this cool new book I heard about.

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First Kicking, Then Not

Check out First Kicking, Then Not - <p>A young woman transforms after an unspeakable loss. A recent divorcee discovers a new life. An aging mother fears losing everything she loves, while another aban...

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Piżama Press @pizamapress.bsky.social · 2d

"This is what Disintegration does over and over again, pairs truth against humanity."

Really insightful & thoughtful review of Kiik's book is up on @bendinggenres.bsky.social today!

Thanks to Yetta Stein & @rgvaughan.bsky.social

bendinggenres.com/review-of-ki...

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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 5d

‘The quick-scut, the dew-flirt,
the grass-biter, the goibert,
the home-late, the do-the-dirt.
The starer, the wood-cat,
the purblind, the furze cat…’ ~ The Names of a Hare, trans from Middle English by Heaney. #BookWormSat
🖼️ From Cocharelli Codex, c.1330, Genoa, Italy, Brit. Library, 28841, f. 6v

From a medieval manuscript,
The artwork depicts two hares, a beetle-like insect, and a moth in a field of flowers and other plants

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Robert Vaughan @rgvaughan.bsky.social · 7d

Totally agree. Tried to listen to a podcast today where they got diverted about college football teams they supported and I was like, HONEY... SNOOZEFEST!!!

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Koss (she/they/Aquarian) @kossworks.bsky.social · 9d

Thanks also @neonpajamas.bsky.social , @bendinggenres.bsky.social and @rgvaughan.bsky.social for the workshop that spurred this!

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Edward Elderman @elderman.bsky.social · 13d

This only happens to you once

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Sam Rasnake @samrasnake.bsky.social · 12d

Joni Mitchell, “Urge for Going”

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Joni Mitchell - Urge For Going

YouTube video by Christian Davies

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Sewanee Writers' Conference @sewaneewriters.bsky.social · 14d

Come live and write with us in Sewanee! The Department of English & Creative Writing's is seeking applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Poetry position! Apply by Nov. 3.

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lerrrGHOUL 👻 @lerrrgan.bsky.social · 17d

Jesus fuck, this was incredible. 😭

Movie poster to the film "The History of Sound"

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Andrew 📷 @vixcomplex.bsky.social · 16d

Evening Migration
8-2025

#geese #goldenhour #wildlifephotography #nature #migration #canadageese #silhouette #wildlife #sunset #photography #twilight #Scape #contemplative #dusk #photography #birding #Art #ArtYear #写真 #風景 #Foto #Fotografia #Bluehour #landscapephotography

Three Canada geese in flight silhouetted against a soft, golden-gray sunset sky, their wings spread at different stages of their flight cycle, captured during the golden hour with warm, muted lighting

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 16d

"You leave the carnival with your arm around your girl and climb behind the wheel of your car. It feels like nothing could go wrong."

Bruce Springsteen or Stephen King?

1. You take Mary out for a nice drive. Disaster ensues. 2. Bit by bit, this town is killing you. 3. Two remorseless killers careen acro...

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Fiftywords @fiftywords.bsky.social · 20d

Matrix comes from the Latin for womb, mother, source. This poem is not about absence, but the silence of listening. Not gone, only unheard.
She waits. She pulses. We forgot how to hear her.
#PoemsAbout #SilentPlanets @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk

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Dean Frey @dean.bsky.social · 23d

#RIP Robert Redford
📷 Terry O'Neill, mid-1970s

"On Fifth Avenue a girl approaches him as though he were an altar.
“'Are you really Robert Redford?' she asks. 'Only when I'm alone,' he answers."
- Martha Weinman Lear

Reford seen from behind, with his distinctive haircut

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Kathy Fish @kathyfish.bsky.social · 24d

Bookmarking the excerpt & so want to read the book! "Masad shows the highest regard for science fiction, both the people writing it and for its potential to hold a mirror up to our world (though I would say, in this case, the mirror is more of a prism, endlessly refracting light and meaning)." 💙

Ilana Masad @ilanaslightly.bsky.social · 24d

I am so thrilled to share that an excerpt of BEINGS, with an incredible introduction by @debbieurbanski.bsky.social is now up at @electricliterature.com, which I've been reading since its earliest days, and which I've always dreamed of placing fiction in <3

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A Honeymoon Disrupted By a Close Encounter - Electric Literature

An excerpt from BEINGS by Ilana Masad, recommended by Debbie Urbanski

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Robert Vaughan @rgvaughan.bsky.social · 24d

Happy Birthday!

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Robert Vaughan @rgvaughan.bsky.social · 24d

She stars on HACKS!!! She is a fantastic comedian, and actor!

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Koss (she/they/Aquarian) @kossworks.bsky.social · 25d

If you missed this, please check out @freemanpoet.bsky.social 's review of my @diodeeditions.bsky.social chapbook, Dancing Backwards Towards Pluperfect in @bendinggenres.bsky.social. Thank you Matthew and editor, @rgvaughan.bsky.social for publishing it!

bendinggenres.com/review-of-da...

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Poetry Daily @poetrydaily.bsky.social · 27d

Today's Featured Poem:

"Second-Generation" by Ayesha Asad published in the Mid-American Review

Read here:
spare.poems.com/poem/second-...

Second-Generation

Out in the sky, a comet flails.

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European Writers Salon @saloneurope.bsky.social · Mar 20

‪For anyone just joining us, here's a roundup of our values, community and plans✨

Although we value meeting in person, we also host quarterly online open mics so anyone can take part, wherever they are💛

#writingcommunity #europe

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Mizuki @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social · Jun 16

My story "Between Chamisa and Rengyō" is out!

Thank you to the @smokelong.bsky.social judges for selecting it as the winner of The Smokey award. I am so moved by the recognition 🙏🏻

I hope you enjoy this story:
www.smokelong.com/stories/betw...

Between Chamisa and Rengyō - SmokeLong Quarterly

I. The rain doesn’t smell the same here, and neither do I. Warm, resinous, alive: piñons and junipers, greasewood and ponderosa, the ghost bloom of Apache plume snagged on old barbed wire, claret cup ...

www.smokelong.com

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Lindsay but pumpkin-spiced @lindsaynicolle.bsky.social · Sep 8

I crocheted Patti Smith’s Horses cover

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Robert Vaughan @rgvaughan.bsky.social · 28d

We have a new music column, curated by Maia Cardew. She wrote about the Massive Attack concert on June 5, 2025 in England, which she attended with her Dad, @cardewjcardew.bsky.social who is a massive fan of theirs. bendinggenres.com/review-of-ma...

Review of Massive Attack’s June 5th performance at Manchester’s Co-op Live by Maia Cardew

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Robert Vaughan @rgvaughan.bsky.social · Sep 9

Join us October 17- 19 with Len Kuntz for our next @bendinggenres.bsky.social weekend workshop! Len is the author of 6 books, and he's course is called BRAVE INK... more here: bendinggenres.com/writing-grou...
#writers #workshops #bendinggenres

Writing Groups

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · Sep 4

I kind of laugh at the idea of a "reliable narrator". Have you met people?!

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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · Sep 8

See also: workers experiencing homelessness forced to prove they're employed in order to sleep in their cars near luxury resorts.

Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · Apr 13

Homeless workers now have to submit *proof of employment* to be allowed to sleep in their cars in one of the richest counties in the U.S.

Welcome to America: people shivering overnight in subzero temperatures, steps from luxury ski resorts, for the privilege of keeping the local economy booming.

In One Colorado Town, People Experiencing Homelessness Can Sleep in Their Car — if They Have a Job

People experiencing homelessness can sleep in their cars in this wealthy ski town in Colorado, but only if they have a job.

www.nytimes.com

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