Geoffrey Olsen
@geoffreyolsen.bsky.social
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I talked to Lav Diaz about Donald Trump, anti-colonial filmmaking, his course-correcting depiction of Enrique of Malacca (a man enslaved by Magellan), his political reasoning for using translators while on the press circuit, the Wakwak connection between Norte and Magellan, and much more.
I Want to Speak in My Sovereign Tongue: An Interview with Lav Diaz on Magellan | In Review Online
A new interview with filmmaker Lav Diaz, director of Magellan, for film review site In Review Online.
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January 9, 2026 at 4:34 PM
I talked to Lav Diaz about Donald Trump, anti-colonial filmmaking, his course-correcting depiction of Enrique of Malacca (a man enslaved by Magellan), his political reasoning for using translators while on the press circuit, the Wakwak connection between Norte and Magellan, and much more.
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🗳️ Bronx Teacher Launches NY-15 Campaign to Unseat Ritchie Torres
Andre Easton, a public-school English teacher in the South Bronx and father of three, announced his run for Congress in New York’s 15th District (NY-15) in late October. He describes himself as a socialist running as an independent...
Andre Easton, a public-school English teacher in the South Bronx and father of three, announced his run for Congress in New York’s 15th District (NY-15) in late October. He describes himself as a socialist running as an independent...
November 12, 2025 at 3:08 PM
🗳️ Bronx Teacher Launches NY-15 Campaign to Unseat Ritchie Torres
Andre Easton, a public-school English teacher in the South Bronx and father of three, announced his run for Congress in New York’s 15th District (NY-15) in late October. He describes himself as a socialist running as an independent...
Andre Easton, a public-school English teacher in the South Bronx and father of three, announced his run for Congress in New York’s 15th District (NY-15) in late October. He describes himself as a socialist running as an independent...
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Join ICE Out of NY for A Court Accompaniment Volunteer Training!
📆 Sat. Nov 15
🕙 10:00AM
🛜 Hybrid
📍In-Person at The People’s Forum, 320 W 37th St.
🌐Virtually on Zoom
🔗RSVP at peoplesforum.org/nov15
📆 Sat. Nov 15
🕙 10:00AM
🛜 Hybrid
📍In-Person at The People’s Forum, 320 W 37th St.
🌐Virtually on Zoom
🔗RSVP at peoplesforum.org/nov15
ICE Out of NY! Court Accompaniment Volunteer Training
The training covers basic rights when interacting with ICE and other law enforcement and how to stay safe, organized, and effective before, during, and after accompaniment.
peoplesforum.org
November 6, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Join ICE Out of NY for A Court Accompaniment Volunteer Training!
📆 Sat. Nov 15
🕙 10:00AM
🛜 Hybrid
📍In-Person at The People’s Forum, 320 W 37th St.
🌐Virtually on Zoom
🔗RSVP at peoplesforum.org/nov15
📆 Sat. Nov 15
🕙 10:00AM
🛜 Hybrid
📍In-Person at The People’s Forum, 320 W 37th St.
🌐Virtually on Zoom
🔗RSVP at peoplesforum.org/nov15
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We're excited to announce Cam Scott's sequel of politically-inflected personal collage and city poems, MANOR's RANSOM—the second installment of a life-poem that began with the Lambda-nominated ROMANS SNOWMARE (2019).
February 18, 2025 at 2:49 PM
We're excited to announce Cam Scott's sequel of politically-inflected personal collage and city poems, MANOR's RANSOM—the second installment of a life-poem that began with the Lambda-nominated ROMANS SNOWMARE (2019).
Great piece on trumpeter/composer Bill Dixon on his centennial. I've been moving through his Odyssey: Solo Works, a gorgeous expanse of solo trumpet. burningambulance.substack.com/p/bill-dixon...
Bill Dixon @ 100
Lessons in self-determination
burningambulance.substack.com
October 7, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Great piece on trumpeter/composer Bill Dixon on his centennial. I've been moving through his Odyssey: Solo Works, a gorgeous expanse of solo trumpet. burningambulance.substack.com/p/bill-dixon...
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Poème électronique
(Iannis Xenakis, Edgard Varèse & Le Corbusier, Pavillon Philips, Expo 1958, Bruxelles, 17 avril – 19 octobre 1958)
(Iannis Xenakis, Edgard Varèse & Le Corbusier, Pavillon Philips, Expo 1958, Bruxelles, 17 avril – 19 octobre 1958)
August 13, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Poème électronique
(Iannis Xenakis, Edgard Varèse & Le Corbusier, Pavillon Philips, Expo 1958, Bruxelles, 17 avril – 19 octobre 1958)
(Iannis Xenakis, Edgard Varèse & Le Corbusier, Pavillon Philips, Expo 1958, Bruxelles, 17 avril – 19 octobre 1958)
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50% off for a bit /暫く半分割引
50% off for a bit /暫く半分割引
Steamroom
@steamroom.bsky.social
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August 12, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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50% off for a bit /暫く半分割引
50% off for a bit /暫く半分割引
I answered a series of questions on my poetry from tireless collective poetry conduit, @robmclennan.bsky.social
12 or 20 (second series) questions with Geoffrey Olsen / @geoffreyolsen.bsky.social ;
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12 or 20 (second series) questions with Geoffrey Olsen
Geoffrey Olsen is the author of Nerves Between Song (Beautiful Days Press 2024) and seven chapbooks, most recently In Sleep the Searing (...
robmclennan.blogspot.com
July 28, 2025 at 9:07 PM
I answered a series of questions on my poetry from tireless collective poetry conduit, @robmclennan.bsky.social
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12 or 20 (second series) questions with Geoffrey Olsen / @geoffreyolsen.bsky.social ;
robmclennan.blogspot.com/2025/07/12-o...
robmclennan.blogspot.com/2025/07/12-o...
12 or 20 (second series) questions with Geoffrey Olsen
Geoffrey Olsen is the author of Nerves Between Song (Beautiful Days Press 2024) and seven chapbooks, most recently In Sleep the Searing (...
robmclennan.blogspot.com
July 25, 2025 at 1:12 PM
12 or 20 (second series) questions with Geoffrey Olsen / @geoffreyolsen.bsky.social ;
robmclennan.blogspot.com/2025/07/12-o...
robmclennan.blogspot.com/2025/07/12-o...
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Hello! Here’s the first of some forthcoming updates—the Critical Circle is on! Send your application between today and June 15th. Time for discourse in July!
June 2, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Hello! Here’s the first of some forthcoming updates—the Critical Circle is on! Send your application between today and June 15th. Time for discourse in July!
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I was one of a few journos inside the Columbia encampment last year.
a new documentary focused in part on Mahmoud Khalil and Grant Miner, the expelled student union president, was released in theaters early, after Khalil's abduction. my interview with a director and student organizer @teenvogue.com
a new documentary focused in part on Mahmoud Khalil and Grant Miner, the expelled student union president, was released in theaters early, after Khalil's abduction. my interview with a director and student organizer @teenvogue.com
This New Documentary Gets at What the Columbia Encampments Were Actually About
"We were like, 'Wow, we're sitting on a movie that is ready to go, that debunks everything that Trump is saying.'"
www.teenvogue.com
April 10, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I was one of a few journos inside the Columbia encampment last year.
a new documentary focused in part on Mahmoud Khalil and Grant Miner, the expelled student union president, was released in theaters early, after Khalil's abduction. my interview with a director and student organizer @teenvogue.com
a new documentary focused in part on Mahmoud Khalil and Grant Miner, the expelled student union president, was released in theaters early, after Khalil's abduction. my interview with a director and student organizer @teenvogue.com
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As always, new essays by @vanishingsigns.bsky.social are not to be missed.
I wrote about the functions of music under the Pinochet regime, recent attempts upon Chile's carceral infrastructure, and the work of percussionist Lukax Santana (asking, as always, “¿Qué hacer?”): www.recent-songs.com/captive-songs/
Captive Songs
Lukax Santana at Valparaíso
www.recent-songs.com
March 31, 2025 at 9:07 PM
As always, new essays by @vanishingsigns.bsky.social are not to be missed.
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I wrote about the functions of music under the Pinochet regime, recent attempts upon Chile's carceral infrastructure, and the work of percussionist Lukax Santana (asking, as always, “¿Qué hacer?”): www.recent-songs.com/captive-songs/
Captive Songs
Lukax Santana at Valparaíso
www.recent-songs.com
March 31, 2025 at 8:45 PM
I wrote about the functions of music under the Pinochet regime, recent attempts upon Chile's carceral infrastructure, and the work of percussionist Lukax Santana (asking, as always, “¿Qué hacer?”): www.recent-songs.com/captive-songs/
NECK FIELD, my newest chapbook, is now available from Portable Press @ Yo-Yo Labs: yoyolabs.com/olsen.html. These poems were written immediately before and after a bike accident at the end of last summer. Poems of recovery and fracture in the mulch of imperial epoch.
March 14, 2025 at 5:29 PM
NECK FIELD, my newest chapbook, is now available from Portable Press @ Yo-Yo Labs: yoyolabs.com/olsen.html. These poems were written immediately before and after a bike accident at the end of last summer. Poems of recovery and fracture in the mulch of imperial epoch.
Reading tonight with Loren Connors in celebration of Dylan Angell & Lizzy Hindman-Harvey's collaborative book Airs (a summer suite). Almost can't believe this is happening -- Connor's music has been a motivator for my own poems for years!
March 14, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Reading tonight with Loren Connors in celebration of Dylan Angell & Lizzy Hindman-Harvey's collaborative book Airs (a summer suite). Almost can't believe this is happening -- Connor's music has been a motivator for my own poems for years!
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UPDATE: Mahmoud Khalil is being held by ICE in the Jena/LaSalle Detention Facility in Louisiana, per ICE detainee tracker
Khalil was detained Saturday night from his New York apartment building
Khalil was detained Saturday night from his New York apartment building
NEWS: Last night, the Department of Homeland Security detained a Palestinian who helped lead the Columbia encampment.
Agents told him his visa was revoked. He said he had a green card. They were confused—then said that was revoked too.
His attorney demanded a warrant. Agents hung up instead.
Agents told him his visa was revoked. He said he had a green card. They were confused—then said that was revoked too.
His attorney demanded a warrant. Agents hung up instead.
BREAKING: DHS Detains Palestinian Student from Columbia Encampment, Says Advocates
Agents told him his student visa was revoked. But he had a green card. Agents then said that was revoked too.
zeteo.com
March 10, 2025 at 12:38 PM
UPDATE: Mahmoud Khalil is being held by ICE in the Jena/LaSalle Detention Facility in Louisiana, per ICE detainee tracker
Khalil was detained Saturday night from his New York apartment building
Khalil was detained Saturday night from his New York apartment building
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“Dhalgren” illustration by John Harris.
March 10, 2025 at 10:50 AM
“Dhalgren” illustration by John Harris.
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Alexandra Kollontai masterminded International Women's Day as a Soviet holiday with the support of Vladimir Lenin.
Male revolutionaries, including Lenin, Trotsky, Mao, Sankara, etc. have all openly recognized the fundamental importance of women's involvement in the success of their movements.
Male revolutionaries, including Lenin, Trotsky, Mao, Sankara, etc. have all openly recognized the fundamental importance of women's involvement in the success of their movements.
March 8, 2024 at 8:14 PM
Alexandra Kollontai masterminded International Women's Day as a Soviet holiday with the support of Vladimir Lenin.
Male revolutionaries, including Lenin, Trotsky, Mao, Sankara, etc. have all openly recognized the fundamental importance of women's involvement in the success of their movements.
Male revolutionaries, including Lenin, Trotsky, Mao, Sankara, etc. have all openly recognized the fundamental importance of women's involvement in the success of their movements.
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newly posted: Ryan Skrabalak : on THE ORCHIDS
periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2025/03/ryan...
periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2025/03/ryan...
Ryan Skrabalak : on THE ORCHIDS
Absence unshadows its own agenda. What is used as a tool of listening besides ear, what is the architecture of thought, what if an...
periodicityjournal.blogspot.com
March 5, 2025 at 2:16 PM
newly posted: Ryan Skrabalak : on THE ORCHIDS
periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2025/03/ryan...
periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2025/03/ryan...
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very proud to announce the seventh Erstwhile release from Vanessa Rossetto, her second ErstSolo:
Vanessa Rossetto - Pictures Of The Warm South (ErstSolo 010-2)
Vanessa Rossetto - Pictures Of The Warm South (ErstSolo 010-2)
Pictures Of The Warm South, by Vanessa Rossetto
17 track album
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January 23, 2025 at 3:41 PM
very proud to announce the seventh Erstwhile release from Vanessa Rossetto, her second ErstSolo:
Vanessa Rossetto - Pictures Of The Warm South (ErstSolo 010-2)
Vanessa Rossetto - Pictures Of The Warm South (ErstSolo 010-2)
Submerged in this sound
January 22, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Submerged in this sound
Providing some poetry for this reading and sound event on Sunday.
January 22, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Providing some poetry for this reading and sound event on Sunday.
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Two years ago GA police murdered Tortuguita a peaceful forest protector. “Manuel loved the forest,” their mother said. “It gave them peace. They meditated there. The forest connected them with God. I never thought that Manuel could die in a meditation position.”
The movement to Stop Cop City isn’t going anywhere
Back in January Rachel Garbus reported for Hell World on the movement against the construction of Cop City in Atlanta and the aftermath of the police killing one of the protesters. Today Micah Herskin...
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January 18, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Two years ago GA police murdered Tortuguita a peaceful forest protector. “Manuel loved the forest,” their mother said. “It gave them peace. They meditated there. The forest connected them with God. I never thought that Manuel could die in a meditation position.”
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working on new above/ground press titles by Catriona Strang (cover by Aoife), Andy Weaver @weaverandy.bsky.social , Alice Burdick @aliceburdick.bsky.social , Ryan Skrabalak + Lydia Unsworth @lydiaunsworth.bsky.social ; have u thot of subscribing fr 2025?
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December 29, 2024 at 7:29 PM
working on new above/ground press titles by Catriona Strang (cover by Aoife), Andy Weaver @weaverandy.bsky.social , Alice Burdick @aliceburdick.bsky.social , Ryan Skrabalak + Lydia Unsworth @lydiaunsworth.bsky.social ; have u thot of subscribing fr 2025?
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