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Ryan Vine @ryanvine.bsky.social · May 25

My new book is available for preorder!🔥🔥🔥

“These are poems that don’t let go, by a poet who sings of human love with grit and honesty and extraordinary tenderness.” —Patrick Phillips

“This is manly work, utterly masterful, and deeply moving.”
—Connie Wanek

www.tamupress.com/book/9781680...

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Ryan Vine @ryanvine.bsky.social · 4d

Hey! I hope so! Thanks, pal.

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Dr Delyth Badder @folklorewales.com · 6d

Six weeks ago, I picked up a year-old tawny owl with a broken leg off the main road near our home and dropped him off at our nearest vet.

After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵

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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 8d

he will infallibly lead you to water, if water there be

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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 11d

But the mingled, mingling threads of life are woven by warp and woof: calms crossed by storms, a storm for every calm.

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Ryan Vine @ryanvine.bsky.social · 11d

Hey, Sam! Good to hear from you, man. Hope all's well where you are (I mean, as well as can be).

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Ryan Vine @ryanvine.bsky.social · 11d

The Cave launches in two weeks! It would be lovely to see you.

"what miracle is possible with finite time"—Mahogany Browne
"beautiful writing"—Ilya Kaminski
"crafty and beautifully crafted"—Mike Bazzett
"compact, driven, urgent"—Bart Sutter

www.facebook.com/events/14069...

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Andrew Bertaina @andrewbertaina.bsky.social · 21d

Jim Harrison

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Ryan Vine @ryanvine.bsky.social · Aug 8

Hey, @lakesuperior.bsky.social! You alright.

Ryan Vine @ryanvine.bsky.social · Jun 13

Happy Birthday, Fernando Pessoa!

Ryan Vine @ryanvine.bsky.social · May 25

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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · May 20

Everything about this is a tragedy, every level, from cheated freelancers to authors obscured to readers who don’t get served either.

Rachael King @rachaelking70.bsky.social · May 20

This was just posted by @tbretc.bsky.social on another platform. The Chicago Sun-Times obviously gets ChatGPT to write a ‘summer reads’ feature almost entirely made up of real authors but completely fake books. What are we coming to?

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Ryan Vine @ryanvine.bsky.social · May 20

It's lovely, Andrew.

Ryan Vine @ryanvine.bsky.social · May 19

Woot woot! My book has a cover and is officially available for preorder: www.tamupress.com/book/9781680...

"These poems are as indelible as scars—and just as full of ancient wisdom." —Dobby Gibson

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Ryan Vine @ryanvine.bsky.social · May 16

“Time to get that butt changed, get up in your pjs!”

Ryan Vine @ryanvine.bsky.social · May 12

Matthew Nienow

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Grant Clauser @grantclauser.bsky.social · May 7

Poetry lost the wonderful Martha Silano this week. From her book “The One We Call Ours”

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Freshwater Review @freshwaterreview.bsky.social · May 1

Congratulations to our Rose Warner prize for poetry winner!

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Ryan Vine @ryanvine.bsky.social · May 5

Reading with some powerhouse poets later this month. You should come!

www.eventbrite.com/e/in-person-...

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Ryan Vine @ryanvine.bsky.social · Apr 23

I’m at this point in the semester.

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Ryan Vine @ryanvine.bsky.social · Apr 21

Andrew Hemmert in the spring Southern Review

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Ryan Vine @ryanvine.bsky.social · Apr 20

Denise Duhamel

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Matt Bell @mdbell79.bsky.social · Apr 20

We celebrate this Easter Sunday with a reading from the Gospel according to James Tate.

Jesus got up one day a little later than usual. He had been dreaming so deep there was nothing left in his head. What was it? A nightmare, dead bodies walking all around him, eyes rolled back, skin falling off. But he wasn’t afraid of that. It was a beautiful day. How ’bout some coffee? Don’t mind if I do. Take a little ride on my donkey, I love that donkey. Hell, I love everybody.

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Ryan Vine @ryanvine.bsky.social · Apr 17

Pretty sure they’re following me. Maybe they know something I don’t?

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Postcard @postcardlit.bsky.social · Mar 31

Issue 3 is here! 10 postcards with 10 poems by 10 amazing poets (Emma Bolden, Adam Clay, Jessica Cuello, Erin Dorney, Susan Leary, Erin Malone, Nora Nadjarian, Michael Robins, Diane Wald, and Jane Zwart). Order your copy at www.postcardlit.com/store today! Preorders and orders ship soon!

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