rob mclennan
@robmclennan.bsky.social
poet, fiction writer, publisher, critic, papa, etc.
out now: the book of sentences (University of Calgary Press)
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out now: the book of sentences (University of Calgary Press)
https://robmclennan.blogspot.com/
https://www.patreon.com/robmclennan
http://robmclennanauthor.blogspot.com/ https://robmclennan.substack.com/
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this was my approach in my early 20s; i had no resources, so reviewing, interviewing, hosting readings etc allowed me fresh material (review/media copies) of new books constantly, with the bonus that i was providing essential service to writing and writers on a ground level,
My genuine advice to people who want new releases fresh from the oven is become a reviewer and get arcs. Then you get to be ahead of everybody.
You do kinda have to get along with authors for this to work the best that it can tho.
You do kinda have to get along with authors for this to work the best that it can tho.
"I have to pirate because I'm on a fixed income, otherwise I am ALIENATED FROM POP CULTURE."
stg I feel like I'm having a stroke with this app, I gotta put Freedom back up and pretend it doesn't exist.
Is this a thing? Do people need to all engage with the same entertainment at the same time?
stg I feel like I'm having a stroke with this app, I gotta put Freedom back up and pretend it doesn't exist.
Is this a thing? Do people need to all engage with the same entertainment at the same time?
November 26, 2025 at 2:13 PM
this was my approach in my early 20s; i had no resources, so reviewing, interviewing, hosting readings etc allowed me fresh material (review/media copies) of new books constantly, with the bonus that i was providing essential service to writing and writers on a ground level,
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Jeremy Luke Hill above/ground press chapbook launch in Elora (this weekend!) + Holiday Book Tasting (December), / @quillandquire.bsky.social @meetthepresses.bsky.social ;
abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2025/11/jere...
abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2025/11/jere...
Jeremy Luke Hill chapbook launch in Elora + Holiday Book Tasting,
Jeremy Luke Hill launches his above/ground press chapbook, a burrow, a nest, a lea stone (2025) at the Elora Public Library alongside Tom...
abovegroundpress.blogspot.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Jeremy Luke Hill above/ground press chapbook launch in Elora (this weekend!) + Holiday Book Tasting (December), / @quillandquire.bsky.social @meetthepresses.bsky.social ;
abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2025/11/jere...
abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2025/11/jere...
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a (zoom) conversation between Renée Sarojini Saklikar and rob mclennan : December 7, 2025 / @ucalgarypress.bsky.social @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social @versefest-ottawa.bsky.social @canadianpoets.bsky.social ;
robmclennan.blogspot.com/2025/11/a-zo...
robmclennan.blogspot.com/2025/11/a-zo...
a (zoom) conversation between Renée Sarojini Saklikar and rob mclennan : December 7, 2025
a (zoom) conversation between Renée Sarojini Saklikar and rob mclennan on above/ground press in which they (also) each read from recent work...
robmclennan.blogspot.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:32 PM
a (zoom) conversation between Renée Sarojini Saklikar and rob mclennan : December 7, 2025 / @ucalgarypress.bsky.social @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social @versefest-ottawa.bsky.social @canadianpoets.bsky.social ;
robmclennan.blogspot.com/2025/11/a-zo...
robmclennan.blogspot.com/2025/11/a-zo...
Jeremy Luke Hill above/ground press chapbook launch in Elora (this weekend!) + Holiday Book Tasting (December), / @quillandquire.bsky.social @meetthepresses.bsky.social ;
abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2025/11/jere...
abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2025/11/jere...
Jeremy Luke Hill chapbook launch in Elora + Holiday Book Tasting,
Jeremy Luke Hill launches his above/ground press chapbook, a burrow, a nest, a lea stone (2025) at the Elora Public Library alongside Tom...
abovegroundpress.blogspot.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Jeremy Luke Hill above/ground press chapbook launch in Elora (this weekend!) + Holiday Book Tasting (December), / @quillandquire.bsky.social @meetthepresses.bsky.social ;
abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2025/11/jere...
abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2025/11/jere...
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“At times, the prose is subtle, quiet, beautifully straightforward; other times, propulsive, almost breathlessly so, rushing.” @robmclennan.bsky.social reviews Fenn Stewart's new collection women & roosters. robmclennan.blogspot.com/2025/11/fenn...
Fenn Stewart, women & roosters
the earth’s on fire so I go camping woodsmoke & damp sea air I know you hate camping, but it’s a thing I do you’re gonna have to get used ...
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November 26, 2025 at 8:06 PM
“At times, the prose is subtle, quiet, beautifully straightforward; other times, propulsive, almost breathlessly so, rushing.” @robmclennan.bsky.social reviews Fenn Stewart's new collection women & roosters. robmclennan.blogspot.com/2025/11/fenn...
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We are displaying the 2025 Book, Jacket, and Journal Show at #UAlberta. Alan Brownoff designed one of the winning covers, for ON BEAUTY by @robmclennan.bsky.social .
https://bit.ly/4cOA8zx
View the gallery of selected entries on the AUPresses Design website:
https://bit.ly/4ac5tOV
##ReadUP
https://bit.ly/4cOA8zx
View the gallery of selected entries on the AUPresses Design website:
https://bit.ly/4ac5tOV
##ReadUP
November 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
We are displaying the 2025 Book, Jacket, and Journal Show at #UAlberta. Alan Brownoff designed one of the winning covers, for ON BEAUTY by @robmclennan.bsky.social .
https://bit.ly/4cOA8zx
View the gallery of selected entries on the AUPresses Design website:
https://bit.ly/4ac5tOV
##ReadUP
https://bit.ly/4cOA8zx
View the gallery of selected entries on the AUPresses Design website:
https://bit.ly/4ac5tOV
##ReadUP
this was my approach in my early 20s; i had no resources, so reviewing, interviewing, hosting readings etc allowed me fresh material (review/media copies) of new books constantly, with the bonus that i was providing essential service to writing and writers on a ground level,
My genuine advice to people who want new releases fresh from the oven is become a reviewer and get arcs. Then you get to be ahead of everybody.
You do kinda have to get along with authors for this to work the best that it can tho.
You do kinda have to get along with authors for this to work the best that it can tho.
"I have to pirate because I'm on a fixed income, otherwise I am ALIENATED FROM POP CULTURE."
stg I feel like I'm having a stroke with this app, I gotta put Freedom back up and pretend it doesn't exist.
Is this a thing? Do people need to all engage with the same entertainment at the same time?
stg I feel like I'm having a stroke with this app, I gotta put Freedom back up and pretend it doesn't exist.
Is this a thing? Do people need to all engage with the same entertainment at the same time?
November 26, 2025 at 2:13 PM
this was my approach in my early 20s; i had no resources, so reviewing, interviewing, hosting readings etc allowed me fresh material (review/media copies) of new books constantly, with the bonus that i was providing essential service to writing and writers on a ground level,
a (zoom) conversation between Renée Sarojini Saklikar and rob mclennan : December 7, 2025 / @ucalgarypress.bsky.social @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social @versefest-ottawa.bsky.social @canadianpoets.bsky.social ;
robmclennan.blogspot.com/2025/11/a-zo...
robmclennan.blogspot.com/2025/11/a-zo...
a (zoom) conversation between Renée Sarojini Saklikar and rob mclennan : December 7, 2025
a (zoom) conversation between Renée Sarojini Saklikar and rob mclennan on above/ground press in which they (also) each read from recent work...
robmclennan.blogspot.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:32 PM
a (zoom) conversation between Renée Sarojini Saklikar and rob mclennan : December 7, 2025 / @ucalgarypress.bsky.social @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social @versefest-ottawa.bsky.social @canadianpoets.bsky.social ;
robmclennan.blogspot.com/2025/11/a-zo...
robmclennan.blogspot.com/2025/11/a-zo...
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S*BSTACK ALERT: the green notebook
, reading Charles Bernstein, and Helen Humphreys on Sylvia Plath,
robmclennan.substack.com/p/the-green-...
, reading Charles Bernstein, and Helen Humphreys on Sylvia Plath,
robmclennan.substack.com/p/the-green-...
November 25, 2025 at 4:42 PM
S*BSTACK ALERT: the green notebook
, reading Charles Bernstein, and Helen Humphreys on Sylvia Plath,
robmclennan.substack.com/p/the-green-...
, reading Charles Bernstein, and Helen Humphreys on Sylvia Plath,
robmclennan.substack.com/p/the-green-...
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above/ground press author spotlight #15 : Renée Sarojini Saklikar / @reneesarojini.bsky.social @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social ;
, with two upcoming Vancouver readings (including a launch of the new chapbook) + a zoom event with rob mclennan,
abovegroundpress.substack.com/p/abovegroun...
, with two upcoming Vancouver readings (including a launch of the new chapbook) + a zoom event with rob mclennan,
abovegroundpress.substack.com/p/abovegroun...
November 25, 2025 at 8:18 PM
above/ground press author spotlight #15 : Renée Sarojini Saklikar / @reneesarojini.bsky.social @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social ;
, with two upcoming Vancouver readings (including a launch of the new chapbook) + a zoom event with rob mclennan,
abovegroundpress.substack.com/p/abovegroun...
, with two upcoming Vancouver readings (including a launch of the new chapbook) + a zoom event with rob mclennan,
abovegroundpress.substack.com/p/abovegroun...
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rob mclennan Notes, on the subject of marriage
November 25, 2025 at 11:58 AM
rob mclennan Notes, on the subject of marriage
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Jazzed to see Non-Prophet included in this recommended reading list by @robmclennan.bsky.social for @49thshelf.bsky.social!
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A Wealth of Reading · Blog Post · 49th Shelf
A recommended reading list by the author of the book of sentences (University of Calgary Press).
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November 25, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Jazzed to see Non-Prophet included in this recommended reading list by @robmclennan.bsky.social for @49thshelf.bsky.social!
49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/11...
49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/11...
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Appreciation post: thank you, @robmclennan.bsky.social, for making this happen with the regularity of the solstice
less than two weeks for the 31st anniversary edition of the ottawa small press book fair! and catch the pre-fair reading at Anina's Cafe the night prior! readers to announce soon,
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the ottawa small press book fair, autumn 2025 edition: November 22, 2025
span-o (the small press action network - ottawa) presents: the ottawa small press book fair autumn 2025 : will be held on Satur...
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November 25, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Appreciation post: thank you, @robmclennan.bsky.social, for making this happen with the regularity of the solstice
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Hi CNF writers with a book, if you're interested in teaching a 1-1 for the next two to three years while you're hopefully working on your next book and want to live in the Twin Cities, please consider applying to be our next writer in residence: hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/371...
November 25, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Hi CNF writers with a book, if you're interested in teaching a 1-1 for the next two to three years while you're hopefully working on your next book and want to live in the Twin Cities, please consider applying to be our next writer in residence: hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/371...
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Tuesday poem #660 : Holly Loveday : Balcony
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Tuesday poem #660 : Holly Loveday : Balcony
The ideal temperature for sleep is around eighteen degrees. Your hands are warmer than that. Pad over the lip of the s...
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November 25, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Tuesday poem #660 : Holly Loveday : Balcony
dusie.blogspot.com/2025/11/tues...
dusie.blogspot.com/2025/11/tues...
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12 or 20 (second series) questions with Kate Colby / @essaypress.bsky.social ;
robmclennan.blogspot.com/2025/11/12-o...
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12 or 20 (second series) questions with Kate Colby
Kate Colby's books of poetry include I Mean and Reverse Engineer . A book of lyric prose, Paradoxx , just came out with Essay Press. She h...
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November 25, 2025 at 1:37 PM
12 or 20 (second series) questions with Kate Colby / @essaypress.bsky.social ;
robmclennan.blogspot.com/2025/11/12-o...
robmclennan.blogspot.com/2025/11/12-o...
above/ground press author spotlight #15 : Renée Sarojini Saklikar / @reneesarojini.bsky.social @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social ;
, with two upcoming Vancouver readings (including a launch of the new chapbook) + a zoom event with rob mclennan,
abovegroundpress.substack.com/p/abovegroun...
, with two upcoming Vancouver readings (including a launch of the new chapbook) + a zoom event with rob mclennan,
abovegroundpress.substack.com/p/abovegroun...
November 25, 2025 at 8:18 PM
above/ground press author spotlight #15 : Renée Sarojini Saklikar / @reneesarojini.bsky.social @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social ;
, with two upcoming Vancouver readings (including a launch of the new chapbook) + a zoom event with rob mclennan,
abovegroundpress.substack.com/p/abovegroun...
, with two upcoming Vancouver readings (including a launch of the new chapbook) + a zoom event with rob mclennan,
abovegroundpress.substack.com/p/abovegroun...
S*BSTACK ALERT: the green notebook
, reading Charles Bernstein, and Helen Humphreys on Sylvia Plath,
robmclennan.substack.com/p/the-green-...
, reading Charles Bernstein, and Helen Humphreys on Sylvia Plath,
robmclennan.substack.com/p/the-green-...
November 25, 2025 at 4:42 PM
S*BSTACK ALERT: the green notebook
, reading Charles Bernstein, and Helen Humphreys on Sylvia Plath,
robmclennan.substack.com/p/the-green-...
, reading Charles Bernstein, and Helen Humphreys on Sylvia Plath,
robmclennan.substack.com/p/the-green-...
12 or 20 (second series) questions with Kate Colby / @essaypress.bsky.social ;
robmclennan.blogspot.com/2025/11/12-o...
robmclennan.blogspot.com/2025/11/12-o...
12 or 20 (second series) questions with Kate Colby
Kate Colby's books of poetry include I Mean and Reverse Engineer . A book of lyric prose, Paradoxx , just came out with Essay Press. She h...
robmclennan.blogspot.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:37 PM
12 or 20 (second series) questions with Kate Colby / @essaypress.bsky.social ;
robmclennan.blogspot.com/2025/11/12-o...
robmclennan.blogspot.com/2025/11/12-o...
Tuesday poem #660 : Holly Loveday : Balcony
dusie.blogspot.com/2025/11/tues...
dusie.blogspot.com/2025/11/tues...
Tuesday poem #660 : Holly Loveday : Balcony
The ideal temperature for sleep is around eighteen degrees. Your hands are warmer than that. Pad over the lip of the s...
dusie.blogspot.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Tuesday poem #660 : Holly Loveday : Balcony
dusie.blogspot.com/2025/11/tues...
dusie.blogspot.com/2025/11/tues...
hey, everybody! it’s Norm Nehmetallah, publisher of Invisible Publishing! he was in our house! he is totally the nicest. // @invisibooks.bsky.social @christinemcnair.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 2:32 AM
hey, everybody! it’s Norm Nehmetallah, publisher of Invisible Publishing! he was in our house! he is totally the nicest. // @invisibooks.bsky.social @christinemcnair.bsky.social
ringette practice for the small one, and beginning into Rahat Kurd’s Z, // @talonbooks.bsky.social @rahat.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 10:10 PM
ringette practice for the small one, and beginning into Rahat Kurd’s Z, // @talonbooks.bsky.social @rahat.bsky.social
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Today: Orchid Tierney, pedagogies for the planthroposcene (above/ground chapbook, 2025)
November 24, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Today: Orchid Tierney, pedagogies for the planthroposcene (above/ground chapbook, 2025)
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Huge thread from Tyche Books, a Canadian publisher. Her authors are every day folks, with bills and rent and the physical requirement to eat every day.
Stealing the books she publishes is not a progressive act. It's not activism. It's not punk.
It's just stealing from people trying to live.
Stealing the books she publishes is not a progressive act. It's not activism. It's not punk.
It's just stealing from people trying to live.
Some of my authors are on disability. Some struggle to pay monthly bills. Some are retired & on limited income. Some were laid off in the past couple years & have yet to find new work. Some would love to quit the day job & write full time, but don't earn enough from royalties to do that.
November 24, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Huge thread from Tyche Books, a Canadian publisher. Her authors are every day folks, with bills and rent and the physical requirement to eat every day.
Stealing the books she publishes is not a progressive act. It's not activism. It's not punk.
It's just stealing from people trying to live.
Stealing the books she publishes is not a progressive act. It's not activism. It's not punk.
It's just stealing from people trying to live.
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Eve Luckring, Signal to Noise / @ornithopterpress.bsky.social ;
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Eve Luckring, Signal to Noise
I hear a voice calling her name. I can’t tell how far away she is or from which side she answers. I can’t tell if she knows I am listen...
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November 24, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Eve Luckring, Signal to Noise / @ornithopterpress.bsky.social ;
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