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Shane McCrae @akasomeguy.bsky.social · 5d

On Thursday, October 9th at 7PM I’ll be reading at the Book Culture on W 112th with Phillis Levin and Rosanna Warren in celebration of Rosanna’s brilliant new book, Hindsight. I hope hope hope to see you there! Info and registration here: www.bookculture.com/event/112th-...

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Shane McCrae @akasomeguy.bsky.social · Aug 29

My gosh do I love the ending of this Dream Song from "Only Sing" (obliquely, one of Berryman's many Elegies for Delmore Schwartz). Thank you @elizabethscanlon.bsky.social and everybody at @ampoetryreview.bsky.social for publishing it. aprweb.org/poems/long-d...

American Poetry Review - John Berryman - "Long Distance"

Published in American Poetry Review - Volume 54 | No. 05

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Shane McCrae @akasomeguy.bsky.social · Aug 25

Howdy, y'all! So, I mentioned a few weeks ago that my son makes rad videos about weather. Well, he has now created a fundraiser to help him fund that work, as well as his life goals in general. Thanks for taking a look. www.gofundme.com/f/empower-ni...

Donate to Empower Nicholas: Education, Growth, & Career Fund, organized by Nicholas McCrae

Hi, I’m Nicholas I’m 21 years old and have been trying to figur… Nicholas McCrae needs your support for Empower Nicholas: Education, Growth, & Career Fund

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Shane McCrae @akasomeguy.bsky.social · Aug 15

It's nice to be reminded that the iambic pentameter line is one of the most beautiful things to have ever existed.

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Shane McCrae @akasomeguy.bsky.social · Aug 7

New, corrected version of the video: www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...

HUNDREDS of Fire Tornadoes: The Lightning-Sparked San Luis Obispo & Brea Oil Fires in California

YouTube video by Nick Block

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Shane McCrae @akasomeguy.bsky.social · Aug 2

My son makes hella interesting videos about extreme weather events. Here's one about an outbreak of fire tornadoes, which I didn't even know were a thing before he told me: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWyZ...

The California Oil Fire That Produced HUNDREDS of Fire Tornadoes

YouTube video by Nick Block

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Shane McCrae @akasomeguy.bsky.social · Jul 23

I try to write poems. I’m working on it. And I’m very grateful to everybody at @newversereview.bsky.social, especially Steve Knepper and Mary Grace Mangano, for publishing, alongside many rad poems, this poem. I tried. I worked on it. And I hope you like it. www.newversereview.com/2-3-shane-mc...

Poem by Shane McCrae

Shane McCrae, "James the Brother of Jesus Confronts His Heavenly Double at the Gates"

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Shane McCrae @akasomeguy.bsky.social · Jun 27

A few months ago, I thought I was done writing these. But maybe not quite yet? I’m so grateful to @bdralyuk.bsky.social and everybody at @nimrodjournal.bsky.social for publishing this sonnet. I hope you like it. nimrodjournal.substack.com/p/elizabetha...

Elizabethan Sonnet on He Recalls His Time as a Student Musician as He Talks About Bombing Iran

A poem by Shane McCrae

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Shane McCrae @akasomeguy.bsky.social · Jun 21

NYT: www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2JJ...
FT: www.ft.com/content/c3a6...

A.O. Scott on the Joy of Close Reading Poetry

YouTube video by New York Times Podcasts

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Shane McCrae @akasomeguy.bsky.social · Jun 21

In the past few days, some extraordinary and heartening things have happened, and I’m feeling less down about my poems. The New York Times Book Review podcast recommended “New and Collected Hell,” and the Financial Times included it on their list of Best Summer Books of 2025! I am so, so grateful.

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Shane McCrae @akasomeguy.bsky.social · Jun 11

It's a good suggestion! But there's nothing I can do. My edition was guided by, in part, a remark Berryman made about it being up to readers to slot in with his complete edition any Dream Songs published after it. So "Only Sing" looks like previous editions, and, like them, includes no notes.

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Shane McCrae @akasomeguy.bsky.social · Jun 11

I'm afraid not. As far as I know, no such edition exists. Hopefully, if a complete, scholarly edition of Dream Songs is ever published, a complete, scholarly edition would include annotations.

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Shane McCrae @akasomeguy.bsky.social · Jun 4

A thing arrived in the mail today.

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Shane McCrae @akasomeguy.bsky.social · May 20

RIP Alice Notley

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Shane McCrae @akasomeguy.bsky.social · May 16

I guess I miss England pretty hard--I saw a Cadbury Twirl in a bodega this morning and almost started weeping.

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Shane McCrae @akasomeguy.bsky.social · Apr 30

This morning, for the first time in a long time--a decade?--I submitted to a journal that only accepts physical submissions (which is also a journal on my list of journals to which I'm afraid to submit), and wow it felt good and weird and good. The tactile! Communication via the mails!

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Shane McCrae @akasomeguy.bsky.social · Apr 28

The book comes out in December, but here, now, via the New Yorker, is “Henry’s Ode,” from “Only Sing: 152 Uncollected Dream Songs,” by John Berryman (edited by me). I am so grateful to everyone involved, especially Kevin Young and Hannah Aizenman. Woo, y’all! Woo! www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

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Shane McCrae @akasomeguy.bsky.social · Apr 26

The eye deliberate
May qualify the joy
And that which we create
We also may destroy.

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Shane McCrae @akasomeguy.bsky.social · Apr 15

Folks, I'm reading with @rika99.bsky.social on Friday, April 18th. Jason Schneiderman will be the host, and if you're around I hope you can make it if for no other reason than to hear what Erika and Jason have to say. www.nyhistory.org/programs/poe...

Poetry in the Reading Room | The New York Historical

Celebrate National Poetry Month with a special event in the Patricia D. Klingenstein Library's historic Reading Room.

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Shane McCrae @akasomeguy.bsky.social · Apr 14

Thank you everybody at Action, Spectacle for publishing a few of my poems alongside wonders: www.action-spectacle.com/winter-2025-...

Shane McCrae - poetry — Action, Spectacle

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Shane McCrae @akasomeguy.bsky.social · Apr 12

John Berryman has been a central poet in my life for more than half my life. But I never imagined his name and mine would be on the same book cover. And yet here they are, together. The book will be published in December, and I hope you like it. I still can't believe I had anything to do with it.

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Nick Block @nickblock03.bsky.social · Mar 30

I’m now live! Like and share to get this vital information out to people! #wxsky #tornado m.youtube.com/watch?v=R4g5...

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Shane McCrae @akasomeguy.bsky.social · Feb 11

"New and Collected Hell" is out today! If you read it, I hope you like it. I'm grateful to Melissa and my family and everyone at @fsgbooks.bsky.social. A decade of work, a decade of hells emerging and seeming to fade only to reveal themselves as indelible. In the poem, Trump is a demonic beetle.

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Shane McCrae @akasomeguy.bsky.social · Feb 10

Obviously boys should not be presidents.

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Shane McCrae @akasomeguy.bsky.social · Feb 5

Never again.

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