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Heather Christle @heatherchristle.bsky.social · 10d

...where "outside monitors have heard accounts of shortages of clean drinking water, chronic sleep deprivation and kids struggling for hygiene supplies and prompt medical attention)

also teaches Sunday school.

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Heather Christle @heatherchristle.bsky.social · 10d

TIL that the CEO of Core Civic

(the private detentions company who runs the only known ICE facility holding families...

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Dan Sinykin @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social · 11d

It's here!

Close Reading for the Twenty-First Century between covers, between Marx's Capital Vol 1 and Lacey's Biography of X

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Laura Belin @laurarbelin.bsky.social · 12d

Breaking news from Des Moines: ICE has detained Dr. Ian Roberts, the superintendent of Iowa's largest school district.
The Des Moines Public Schools said "We have no confirmed information as to why Dr. Roberts is being detained or the next potential steps."
www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/09/26/i...

ICE detains Des Moines Superintendent Dr. Ian Roberts

Iowa's largest school district had "no confirmed information" on why ICE detained Dr. Ian Roberts, the superintendent since 2023.

www.bleedingheartland.com

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Heather Christle @heatherchristle.bsky.social · 12d

accidentally ordered a dinner that matches my book

plate stacked with watermelon tomato and feta next to a pink drink and a copy of PAPER CROWN with flamingos on the cover

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Heather Christle @heatherchristle.bsky.social · 12d

One tech company's slogan is NEVER WONDER and another is literally called PANOPTO and in conclusion I have no words or expect that to soon be the case.

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Paz Pardon me, is that a ghost in your pocket or @pazsays.bsky.social · 12d

seriously. The Big Dumb Algorithm can be bent as much by a twenty-second "loved it" as an eight-page screed.

Gareth L. Powell @garethlpowell.bsky.social · 12d

Just a reminder that if you enjoy a book, please leave a quick review on Amazon or Bookshop dot org, or wherever. Even if it's only a sentence, it really, really helps get the word out to other readers.

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Heather Christle @heatherchristle.bsky.social · 12d

NYC TONIGHGHT

BRAVE, UNBODIED SCHEME
EDWIN TORRES, HEATHER CHRISTLE, JAMES SHERRY, JOEY DE JESUS, and WENDY XU
SEP 26 @ 6:30PM
SEAPORT
McNALLY
JACKSON
BOOKS

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Heather Christle @heatherchristle.bsky.social · 13d

Interesting! That seems to have a negative tone though, and I'm hoping for something more neutral. (Akin to "smell" rather than "stench" or "perfume.") Also seems like it's applied mostly sense of death as imminent? I'm thinking that, as a body is always in space, so too is it always in mortality...

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Heather Christle @heatherchristle.bsky.social · 13d

Yeah, I'm looking for something more internal

Heather Christle @heatherchristle.bsky.social · 13d

perhaps! How commonly used is the word, would you say?

Heather Christle @heatherchristle.bsky.social · 13d

Seeking a term akin to proprioception but for the sense of one's mortality; does such a thing exist?

(I swear I am so fun to talk to.)

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Sara Lammergier Wolfthing @never.horse · 14d

Let me tell you, the number of times where having For Grace After a Party by Frank O'Hara memorized has come in handy is less than five but it sure is more than zero.

Heather Christle @heatherchristle.bsky.social · 17d

If you memorize a poem you will have it with you in an emergency.

You could add that to your list.

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Heather Christle @heatherchristle.bsky.social · 15d

Whole lotta words this year

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NPR @npr.org · 15d

Sens. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock are asking Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem for answers after more than a dozen people died in immigration detention, as the department rushes to expand.

Georgia senators demand answers on more than a dozen deaths in immigration detention

Sens. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock are asking Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem for answers after more than a dozen people died in immigration detention, as the department rushes to expand.

n.pr

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Heather Christle @heatherchristle.bsky.social · 15d

Sidenote: please don't be shy about saying hello! I love signing books and just talking with people, learning more of everyone's worlds and minds.

Heather Christle @heatherchristle.bsky.social · 15d

It's feeling more and more important to be able to gather together in physical space, hope I get to see some of you!

9/26 NYC (McNally Jackson Seaport)
10/4 ATL (Decatur Book Festival)
10/16 Sarah Lawrence
10/30 Hollins University

DECATUR
BOOK
FESTIVAL
2OTH ANNIVERSARY
Poetry
brittny ray crowell
HEATHER CHRISTLE
Steven Duong
RUMINATIONS...
Hosted by
Maya Marshall
SATURDAY OCT. 4| 2:30 PM
MARRIOTT HOTEL, SWANTON AMPHITHEATRE

SARAH LAWRENCE EVENTS
Thursday, October 16 2:00 - 3:00 PM
Heather Christle Poetry Craft Talk:
What Is the Language Using Us For?
In person event; open to the public
Heimbold Visual Arts Center Donnelley Theatre
Thursday, October 16 6:15 - 7:00 PM
Heather Christle Poetry Reading In person event; open to the public Slonim Living Room

HOLLINS
UNIVERSITY
Reading Series: Heather Christle
• Green Drawing Room, Main
Thursday, October 30, 2025: 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm

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Corinne Blalock @corinneblalock.bsky.social · 16d

they’re putting Kimmel back on the air. I would now like to see the same amount of outrage for the firing of professors for their statements

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Read A Little Poetry @readalittlepoem.bsky.social · 16d

Today’s poem is selected by Heather Christle (@heatherchristle.bsky.social) as part of the 20th anniversary of Read A Little Poetry.

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Elliot @1t2ls.bsky.social · 21d

Today’s poem: Heather Christle, “I know what I’m talking about”
#lunchpoems

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Heather Christle @heatherchristle.bsky.social · 17d

Researching and writing this was a joy. I began in an attitude of skepticism and ended elsewhere.

The Believer @thebeliever.net · 20d

@heatherchristle.bsky.social on a recent exhibition exploring the works of modernist painter and Bloomsbury Group member Vanessa Bell:

www.thebeliever.net/vanessa-bell...

Vanessa Bell Is Not at Home - Believer Magazine

In Virginia Woolf’s novel Mrs. Dalloway, which celebrated its centennial in May, the title character remembers a friend mocking her years before; the young Clarissa had the makings, jeered Peter Walsh...

www.thebeliever.net

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Heather Christle @heatherchristle.bsky.social · 17d

If you memorize a poem you will have it with you in an emergency.

You could add that to your list.

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Viet Thanh Nguyen @vietthanhnguyen.bsky.social · 18d

We have been shadowbanned on this event and yet we are nearly sold out…come help us sell out and show your love and support for Palestine and Gaza.

www.ticketmaster.com/voices-for-g...

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Heather Christle @heatherchristle.bsky.social · Sep 1

Wesleyan University Press @weslpress.bsky.social · Aug 27

Join Heather Christle remotely with:
🦩 Memoiring: Sept. 2 at 6:30 p.m. EDT
🦩 Poet Lore and The Writer's Center: Sept. 4 at 7 p.m. EDT

#Zoom #Poetry

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Heather Christle @heatherchristle.bsky.social · Sep 1

Wesleyan University Press @weslpress.bsky.social · Aug 27

See Heather Christle in person at:
🦩 Amherst Books: Sept. 11 at 7 p.m. EDT in Amherst, MA
🦩 Emory University: Sept. 17 at 6:30 p.m. EDT and Sept. 18 at 1 p.m. EDT in Atlanta, GA
🦩 McNally Jackson Books Seaport: Sept. 26 at 6:30 p.m. EDT in New York, NY

#HeatherChristle #Poetry

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