Dawn Macdonald
@yukondawn.bsky.social
Poet. Yukoner. Knitter. Book hoarder. Author of Northerny (University of Alberta Press, 2024). Reviewing older books alongside new stuff at https://reviewsofbooksigotforfreeorcheap.substack.com/
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POEM 386: "Airport" by Dawn Macdonald (@yukondawn.bsky.social)
"A child’s parents know the Pope; they have an in
with Michelangelo. She swings between
the registers. She has the voice of a chandelier
in a box beneath the bed."
stonecirclereview.com/airport
#Poem #Poetry #NewPoem #PoetryCommunity
"A child’s parents know the Pope; they have an in
with Michelangelo. She swings between
the registers. She has the voice of a chandelier
in a box beneath the bed."
stonecirclereview.com/airport
#Poem #Poetry #NewPoem #PoetryCommunity
November 23, 2025 at 3:33 PM
POEM 386: "Airport" by Dawn Macdonald (@yukondawn.bsky.social)
"A child’s parents know the Pope; they have an in
with Michelangelo. She swings between
the registers. She has the voice of a chandelier
in a box beneath the bed."
stonecirclereview.com/airport
#Poem #Poetry #NewPoem #PoetryCommunity
"A child’s parents know the Pope; they have an in
with Michelangelo. She swings between
the registers. She has the voice of a chandelier
in a box beneath the bed."
stonecirclereview.com/airport
#Poem #Poetry #NewPoem #PoetryCommunity
Highly recommend Sandlos and Keeling's surprisingly hopeful book from @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social about Yellowknife's Giant mine disaster (slow-motion over decades but still disaster) - which I got to review for @theseaboardreview.ca
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The Price of Gold: Mining, Pollution, and Resistance in Yellowknife by John Sandlos and Arn Keeling
Reviewed by Dawn Macdonald
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November 22, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Highly recommend Sandlos and Keeling's surprisingly hopeful book from @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social about Yellowknife's Giant mine disaster (slow-motion over decades but still disaster) - which I got to review for @theseaboardreview.ca
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Buy my book! And all the other books!
Reminder that UAP's website sales goes until the end of the month:
40% off all print books (code iH25)
50% off all EPUB and PDF editions (code iE2)
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@ualbertapress.bsky.social
**books make the best gifts**
40% off all print books (code iH25)
50% off all EPUB and PDF editions (code iE2)
ualbertapress.ca
@ualbertapress.bsky.social
**books make the best gifts**
November 19, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Buy my book! And all the other books!
There seems to be a genre of contemporary fiction where a young, single woman finds a mysterious, possibly alien, possibly living object, and enters into an intense, troubling relationship with this object. What cultural phenomenon does this reflect? (e.g. Maggie Su's Blob, Robyn Braun's The Head)
November 13, 2025 at 2:40 PM
There seems to be a genre of contemporary fiction where a young, single woman finds a mysterious, possibly alien, possibly living object, and enters into an intense, troubling relationship with this object. What cultural phenomenon does this reflect? (e.g. Maggie Su's Blob, Robyn Braun's The Head)
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"night struggles home dragging
its blanket over its head and sighing
for the sympathy of field mice"
#TodaysPoem #poetry
Charts by Dawn Macdonald (@yukondawn.bsky.social) from Northerny (2024 @ualbertapress.bsky.social) www.cbc.ca/radio/thenex...
its blanket over its head and sighing
for the sympathy of field mice"
#TodaysPoem #poetry
Charts by Dawn Macdonald (@yukondawn.bsky.social) from Northerny (2024 @ualbertapress.bsky.social) www.cbc.ca/radio/thenex...
November 9, 2025 at 3:47 PM
"night struggles home dragging
its blanket over its head and sighing
for the sympathy of field mice"
#TodaysPoem #poetry
Charts by Dawn Macdonald (@yukondawn.bsky.social) from Northerny (2024 @ualbertapress.bsky.social) www.cbc.ca/radio/thenex...
its blanket over its head and sighing
for the sympathy of field mice"
#TodaysPoem #poetry
Charts by Dawn Macdonald (@yukondawn.bsky.social) from Northerny (2024 @ualbertapress.bsky.social) www.cbc.ca/radio/thenex...
"... we studied the scattering of X-rays off pasta (at low angles) to uncover its internal structure. Then we ... used neutrons ... to shed light on the microstructure of regular and gluten-free spaghetti under different cooking conditions."
theconversation.com/how-to-cook-...
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How to cook the perfect pasta – we used particle accelerators and reactors to discover the key
Seven grams of salt per litre is optimal, according to physics.
theconversation.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:53 PM
"... we studied the scattering of X-rays off pasta (at low angles) to uncover its internal structure. Then we ... used neutrons ... to shed light on the microstructure of regular and gluten-free spaghetti under different cooking conditions."
theconversation.com/how-to-cook-...
theconversation.com/how-to-cook-...
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Tuesday poem #657 : Jamella Hagen : Shiny Silver Train / @jamellahagen.bsky.social @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social @gaspereaupress.bsky.social ;
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Tuesday poem #657 : Jamella Hagen : Shiny Silver Train
Some nights lately when I try to work my heart is caged in a Soviet-era subway car travelling deep underground at high speed n...
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November 4, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Tuesday poem #657 : Jamella Hagen : Shiny Silver Train / @jamellahagen.bsky.social @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social @gaspereaupress.bsky.social ;
dusie.blogspot.com/2025/11/tues...
dusie.blogspot.com/2025/11/tues...
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Unhappy to report that both myself and Porphyry Press were kicked off of both Meta platforms with no warning and no recourse for no reason. So! Hello Bluesky. Join me in Fairbanks on Nov. 19 to launch @rickirobin.bsky.social's new book, GHOSTS OF DISTANT TREES!
I know we all hate M*ta, AND it's still where a lot of stuff happens, including book promotion & sales. Unfortunately, my publisher, Porphyry Press, was just kicked off FB & IG for unknown reasons🤨
So, a reminder: it's a perfect time to order ⬇️ or a local bookstore!
porphyry.press/ghosts-of-di...
So, a reminder: it's a perfect time to order ⬇️ or a local bookstore!
porphyry.press/ghosts-of-di...
Ghosts of Distant Trees by Erica Watson — Porphyry Press
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November 1, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Unhappy to report that both myself and Porphyry Press were kicked off of both Meta platforms with no warning and no recourse for no reason. So! Hello Bluesky. Join me in Fairbanks on Nov. 19 to launch @rickirobin.bsky.social's new book, GHOSTS OF DISTANT TREES!
Giving this idea away for free; if you are a sci-fi fan with a dog that is a corgi-dachshund cross, you should name it Corgweiner Smith
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All the Stories and All the Books
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November 1, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Giving this idea away for free; if you are a sci-fi fan with a dog that is a corgi-dachshund cross, you should name it Corgweiner Smith
www.cordwainer-smith.com/all-the-stor...
www.cordwainer-smith.com/all-the-stor...
Got my Access Copyright payment and would like to say thank you everyone for all the photocopying
October 25, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Got my Access Copyright payment and would like to say thank you everyone for all the photocopying
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What is a chapbook, you ask? Dawn Macdonald unpacks the format.
https://bit.ly/4pY0qXQ
@yukondawn.bsky.social @49thshelf.bsky.social @canadianpoets.bsky.social @robmclennan.bsky.social @bookgaga.bsky.social #poetry
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@yukondawn.bsky.social @49thshelf.bsky.social @canadianpoets.bsky.social @robmclennan.bsky.social @bookgaga.bsky.social #poetry
October 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
What is a chapbook, you ask? Dawn Macdonald unpacks the format.
https://bit.ly/4pY0qXQ
@yukondawn.bsky.social @49thshelf.bsky.social @canadianpoets.bsky.social @robmclennan.bsky.social @bookgaga.bsky.social #poetry
https://bit.ly/4pY0qXQ
@yukondawn.bsky.social @49thshelf.bsky.social @canadianpoets.bsky.social @robmclennan.bsky.social @bookgaga.bsky.social #poetry
If your "Best Books of 2025" list has no poetry, I think you have to call it "Best Non-Poetry Books of 2025" and I will assume the very best books are poetry
October 23, 2025 at 1:16 PM
If your "Best Books of 2025" list has no poetry, I think you have to call it "Best Non-Poetry Books of 2025" and I will assume the very best books are poetry
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Speculative fiction, a chimp in space, poetry, and a look inside the lives of Taxi drivers are served up in the Wednesday October 22nd issue. www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/the-seaboa...
October 22, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Speculative fiction, a chimp in space, poetry, and a look inside the lives of Taxi drivers are served up in the Wednesday October 22nd issue. www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/the-seaboa...
rob mclennan, everybody! What more do I need to say? (But I do say it, in this review).
@robmclennan.bsky.social
@ucalgarypress.bsky.social
#booksky
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@robmclennan.bsky.social
@ucalgarypress.bsky.social
#booksky
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rob mclennan's the book of sentences
A grammar of domesticity
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October 19, 2025 at 4:06 PM
rob mclennan, everybody! What more do I need to say? (But I do say it, in this review).
@robmclennan.bsky.social
@ucalgarypress.bsky.social
#booksky
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@robmclennan.bsky.social
@ucalgarypress.bsky.social
#booksky
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Wednesday’s review, gang: Dawn Macdonald on Jacob Szamalek’s Inner Space, in a translation by Kasia Beford for HarperVia. “Character work and the quotidian is key to the novel,” she argues as she takes a look at this space station-set contemporary SF.
Inner Space by Jakub Szamalek, translated by Kasia Bedford
Astronauts are extraordinary people: masters of self-control, willing to sacrifice everything in their lives for the chance to undertake Science Fair-type experiments with lettuce and snails, so lo…
strangehorizons.com
October 15, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Wednesday’s review, gang: Dawn Macdonald on Jacob Szamalek’s Inner Space, in a translation by Kasia Beford for HarperVia. “Character work and the quotidian is key to the novel,” she argues as she takes a look at this space station-set contemporary SF.
I am pretty stoked to be on this list! Nelson Ball (1942-2019) seems to have been quite a lovely person and generous poet; being listed here is like the next best thing to meeting him (for us who missed that chance)
Two of our marvellous poets have been recognized on the Nelson Ball Prize longlist:
Margaret Christakos, THAT AUDIBLE SLIPPAGE
Dawn Macdonald, NORTHERNY
Congratulations to all!
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@atbaypress.bsky.social @robmclennan.bsky.social @arpbooks.bsky.social @pressassembly.bsky.social
Margaret Christakos, THAT AUDIBLE SLIPPAGE
Dawn Macdonald, NORTHERNY
Congratulations to all!
https://bit.ly/4n6Ezux
@atbaypress.bsky.social @robmclennan.bsky.social @arpbooks.bsky.social @pressassembly.bsky.social
Nelson Ball Prize 2025 Long List
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October 14, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I am pretty stoked to be on this list! Nelson Ball (1942-2019) seems to have been quite a lovely person and generous poet; being listed here is like the next best thing to meeting him (for us who missed that chance)
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October 13, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Comma Splice -- Gene Splice -- Pumpkin Splice
October 9, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Comma Splice -- Gene Splice -- Pumpkin Splice
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October 5 is Do Something Nice Day.
Small acts of kindness can have a big impact.
Of course, our minds go directly to books!
-Read someone a story
-Gift a book
-Say thank you to a bookseller or a librarian
Our website: https://bit.ly/46M0lM2
##DoSomethingNiceDay
Small acts of kindness can have a big impact.
Of course, our minds go directly to books!
-Read someone a story
-Gift a book
-Say thank you to a bookseller or a librarian
Our website: https://bit.ly/46M0lM2
##DoSomethingNiceDay
October 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
October 5 is Do Something Nice Day.
Small acts of kindness can have a big impact.
Of course, our minds go directly to books!
-Read someone a story
-Gift a book
-Say thank you to a bookseller or a librarian
Our website: https://bit.ly/46M0lM2
##DoSomethingNiceDay
Small acts of kindness can have a big impact.
Of course, our minds go directly to books!
-Read someone a story
-Gift a book
-Say thank you to a bookseller or a librarian
Our website: https://bit.ly/46M0lM2
##DoSomethingNiceDay
I have three tiny poems up at the fine online journal "talking about strawberries all of the time". One is based on a dream I had less than two weeks ago so that may be a record for time elapsed from dream to publication.
The 2nd day/15th issue: new poetry by Dawn Macdonald @yukondawn.bsky.social and Greg Bem @gregbem.bsky.social , flash fiction by Thad DeVassie @thaddevassie.bsky.social , and The art of writing #117: an interview with Gregory Crosby @monostich.bsky.social
talkingaboutstrawberries.blogspot.com
talkingaboutstrawberries.blogspot.com
October 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I have three tiny poems up at the fine online journal "talking about strawberries all of the time". One is based on a dream I had less than two weeks ago so that may be a record for time elapsed from dream to publication.
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“Both of Joseph’s 21 Things books belong on the shelves of all Canadians who care about how we live together as peoples within the boundaries of a nation state.” @yukondawn.bsky.social reviews this necessary title for #truthandreconciliationday
www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/21-things-...
www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/21-things-...
September 30, 2025 at 5:44 PM
“Both of Joseph’s 21 Things books belong on the shelves of all Canadians who care about how we live together as peoples within the boundaries of a nation state.” @yukondawn.bsky.social reviews this necessary title for #truthandreconciliationday
www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/21-things-...
www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/21-things-...
Jenna Butler's prose poetry collection Magnetic North -- I wasn't sure how I was going to feel about this one but it turned out to be pretty good!
@ualbertapress.bsky.social
#booksky
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Jenna Butler's Magnetic North
Sea voyage to Svalbard
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September 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Jenna Butler's prose poetry collection Magnetic North -- I wasn't sure how I was going to feel about this one but it turned out to be pretty good!
@ualbertapress.bsky.social
#booksky
reviewsofbooksigotforfreeorcheap.substack.com/p/jenna-butl...
@ualbertapress.bsky.social
#booksky
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This has been by far my most popular post on Bluesky, even though I'm mostly here as a poet
I program in Squirrel, i.e. a mixture of SQL and R while leaving many small files littered around my drive
#Rstats
#Rstats
September 23, 2025 at 9:43 PM
This has been by far my most popular post on Bluesky, even though I'm mostly here as a poet
Containers and linkages in D.S. Stymeist's Cluster Flux:
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#booksky
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D.S. Stymeist's Cluster Flux
Containers and linkages
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September 21, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Containers and linkages in D.S. Stymeist's Cluster Flux:
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#booksky
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#booksky