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Bob Sykora @bobsykora.bsky.social · Feb 14

Happy Valentine’s Day // The Utopians are SO in Love! // you can preorder my book here:

www.gameoverbooks.com/store/p/utop...

@gameoverbooks.bsky.social

Text reads Tell someone you love them by preordering my book. Two cartoon hearts, one wearing a flower and both with great eye lashes, the other holding a copy of my book Utopians in Love

Text says Preorder Utopians in Love today, overa bunch of candy hearts. The hearts read: The utopians are in love! Maybe my ass is good enough. My heart won’t be held down by history. History is longing. What absurdities can be imagined greater than institutions? Totes. Nice. My book cover hovers in the right hand upper corner

Text reads: your parter doesn’t want flowers for Valentine’s Day They want you to preorder utopians in love by bob sykora from Game over Books, pink background, flowers on the bottom, 4 cartoon hearts, one giving a snappy finger point, the other holding flowers behind their back, and two that are like not in on these flowers they’re so sassy

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chris-ture from the black lagoon @thecorlew.bsky.social · 4d

hey, wanna watch some poetry?

maybe you want a reading with me, @micahbutonline.bsky.social , @sandrapoetry.bsky.social , @yoadrianididit.bsky.social , & @bobsykora.bsky.social ? music by @bnothing.bsky.social ?

YOU'RE IN LUCK

www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPMo...

The First Lazy & Entitled Poetry Reading

YouTube video by Lazy and Entitled Productions

www.youtube.com

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chris-ture from the black lagoon @thecorlew.bsky.social · 5d

Friday Links is UP! Featuring @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social @bobsykora.bsky.social @delfanbaum.bsky.social @thelincoln.bsky.social @davidjroth.bsky.social and MORE!

www.lazyandentitled.org?p=162657593

Friday Links: Annihilation Edition – Lazy & Entitled

www.lazyandentitled.org

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Bob Sykora @bobsykora.bsky.social · 1d

Omg yeeeeeee 🥹🥹🥹

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Adrian 'buy HAIR SHIRT' Sobol @yoadrianididit.bsky.social · 7d

A Bob Sykora poem opens the door for longing and then leans into love, but my every impulse when I arrive at longing is not to lean into possibility of love but to pull hard on the e-brake and fishtail into how improbable love is.

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Adrian 'buy HAIR SHIRT' Sobol @yoadrianididit.bsky.social · 7d

I tried to write a @bobsykora.bsky.social poem. Is this a Bob Sykora poem? Not really, but I was reading Utopians in Love by Bob Sykora and I said, "I want to write a Bob Sykora poem" and this was the result.

Adrian 'buy HAIR SHIRT' Sobol @yoadrianididit.bsky.social · 7d

Psst. In case you missed it, I have a new poem out.

www.loverseyepress.com/post/poetry-...

Poetry by Adrian Sobol

no longer than the knot I want to look disheveled tonightlike it’s you who sprayed the day back into my hair I’m trying in a way that says I’m not even thinking about your lips wrapped around a trem...

www.loverseyepress.com

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Bob Sykora @bobsykora.bsky.social · 1d

wow I missed so much not logging on here

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Bob Sykora @bobsykora.bsky.social · 14d

turn this into a 15 minute lecture and zoom into my class

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Bob Sykora @bobsykora.bsky.social · 14d

a man sits at a desk with a can of diet coke next to him

Alt: george costanza eating something too spicy

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Bob Sykora @bobsykora.bsky.social · 14d

do i want to be on here more???

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alina pleskova @alinapleskova.bsky.social · 20d

from the preposterously great Stay Dead by Natalie Shapero

Long Week Talking
I am ashamed to keep thinking of death
as a chute that connects to the garbage. I know I should picture it more like the pneumatic tubes
at banks of the past: you put in your name and your paper and up you go. I know a bank
should be the operative metaphor for every facet of existence, every time.
When I fail to liken anything to a bank, I must be tired.
That's not the real me; that's the long week talking. Time
for bed. Time for the open window and my head on the narrow pillow. The hectoring sky. The streetlight's beam is bright as the bright saved people see when they die, but I don't die—

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Piżama Press @pizamapress.bsky.social · 29d

new poetry & more new poetry

📚📚📚

#books #recommendations #poems

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Bob Sykora @bobsykora.bsky.social · Aug 25

and whole dang companion website: utopiansinlove.com

Utopians in Love

The Utopians Are In Love!

utopiansinlove.com

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Bob Sykora @bobsykora.bsky.social · Aug 25

hi we made an audiobook baby:

bobsykora.bandcamp.com/album/utopia...

Utopians in Love, by Bob Sykora

51 track album

bobsykora.bandcamp.com

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Bob Sykora @bobsykora.bsky.social · Aug 23

Oh hi

Your poster of Carly Rae Jepsen holding the book Utopians in Love announcing the fall World Tour

* Tuesday September 23: Words / Friends Online Reading
* Saturday September 27: Northwest Arkansas Bookfest
* Friday October 3: Turnsol Books 3rd Anniversary, Kansas City
* Sunday October 19: Poets in Pajamas Online Reading
* Saturday November 15: Bear Review e Vulpes Bastille, Kansas City
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+ BOB SYKORA UTOPIANS IN LOVE WORLD TOUR

Bob Sykora @bobsykora.bsky.social · Aug 16

Just got to the part in The Core (2003) where DJ Qualls shows up as the best hacker in the world

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Adrian 'buy HAIR SHIRT' Sobol @yoadrianididit.bsky.social · Aug 6

I like when a poem will make feel like 🥸 but not when it'll make me feel like😶‍🌫️ if you know what I mean

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Justin Carter @juscarts.com · Aug 5

73) Utopians In Love - Bob Sykora

@bobsykora.bsky.social #SealeyChallenge Day 4

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Bob Sykora @bobsykora.bsky.social · Jul 31

hi my books has been out for 4 months here’s where you can find a copy

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Bob Sykora @bobsykora.bsky.social · Jul 29

100% of the 4 reviews of my book on storygraph say it’s fast paced so it’s probably an excellent choice for the sealey challenge 💁🏻‍♂️

www.gameoverbooks.com/store/p/utop...

image of the story graph page for my book Utopians in Love

continued story graph page for utopians in love with 4.33 star review and 100% fast pace scores

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Malarkey @malarkeybooks.bsky.social · Jul 29

Four poetry titles on sale for $10 each, now through Thursday. If we sell a bunch of copies at $10 we won’t really make much money but a bunch more people will have these books. Good trade off.
Malarkeybooks.com/store

Poetry Sale
With the Sealey, Challenge coming up we thought we'd do a sale: for the rest of July all our in stock poetry titles are on sale for just $10:
Hair Shirt Adrian Sobol
Thumbsucker by Kat Giordano
You're Favorite Poet by Leigh Chadwick
My Ardent Love for the Pencil by Vi Khi
Nao*
*won't arrive in time for Sealey but at least it's insanely cheap

Malarkeybooks.com/store

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The Line Break @thelinebreak.bsky.social · Jul 29

NEW EPISODE

sorry for the hiatus. we didn’t mean to. wanna read some poems?

🍎: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Spotty: open.spotify.com/episode/1I01...

poetry against the infection

Podcast Episode · The Line Break · 07/29/2025 · 1h 2m

podcasts.apple.com

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Bob Sykora @bobsykora.bsky.social · Jul 12

the man is wearing a suit and tie and clapping his hands .

Alt: Leo in wolf of Wall Street wearing a suit and tie and clapping his hands .

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Danny Elfanbaum @delfanbaum.bsky.social · Jul 10

I had a chance to talk to @bobsykora.bsky.social about his WONDERFUL book, Utopians in Love, and @vol1brooklyn.bsky.social was kind enough to publish that conversation. Check it out below!!
www.vol1brooklyn.com/2025/07/10/u...

Utopias Everywhere: An Interview with Bob Sykora

I’ve been hearing about Bob Sykora, his work, and the things he gets up to for years. He was in the cohort that left the spring before I started an MFA at UMass Boston, and everyone spoke so …

www.vol1brooklyn.com

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Bob Sykora @bobsykora.bsky.social · Jul 12

oh it’s Wilt for sure that’s wild

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Malarkey @malarkeybooks.bsky.social · Jul 10

Amazon’s prime day profits are down 41%. To celebrate, until midnight you can get 41% off anything in our store with code 41% at malarkeybooks.com/store

Malarkey

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