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Marc Alan Di Martino

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Poet, teacher, translator, dad. 🇺🇦 Pro-democracy. Atheist. Reader at @baltimorereview.bsky.social | Translation: https://worldpoetrybooks.com/books/day-lasts-forever | Web: marcalandimartino.com

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Marc Alan Di Martino @marcadimartino.bsky.social · Mar 25

Day Lasts Forever shortlisted for the PEN Award for Poetry in Translation 2025! pen.org/announcing-t...

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Marc Alan Di Martino @marcadimartino.bsky.social · 1h

Enjoy the mystery!

Marc Alan Di Martino @marcadimartino.bsky.social · 2h

Unless one happens to be in the Big Ten or whatever of poets who garner attention in the mainstream. (Not us!]

Marc Alan Di Martino @marcadimartino.bsky.social · 2h

Idk I don't think poetry penetrates in any way which might be felt by us the poets other than occasional emails saying hey I like your poem in XYZ Journal. You?

Marc Alan Di Martino @marcadimartino.bsky.social · 9h

Really not much here. I read a few journals fairly regularly, but it's just us chickens I reckon. Do you mean general readers who are not poets , Maryann?

Marc Alan Di Martino @marcadimartino.bsky.social · 17h

Well now that's not a very Christian sentiment, Mrs. Bowers. Tsk tsk.

Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 17h

Our government is shut down but nobody is paying attention because our president is an idiotic cunt who is sending troops to invade our cities for fraudulent reasons because he’s a pedophile.

Marc Alan Di Martino @marcadimartino.bsky.social · 17h

Haha I stopped subbing the NYer years ago. But small mags guarantee few readers. C'est la vie!

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 19h

I continue to just respect the hell out of this guy

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 19h

If you come for my people, you come through me.

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Marc Alan Di Martino @marcadimartino.bsky.social · 18h

Poetry and the New Yorker are both good. You should just send them a few poems and see what happens! 😂

Marc Alan Di Martino @marcadimartino.bsky.social · 1d

Great description, though let's not insult Mamma Scorsese like that.

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Edzard Ernst @edzard.bsky.social · 1d

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Marc Alan Di Martino @marcadimartino.bsky.social · 1d

Pam Bondi has gotta go.

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Marc Alan Di Martino @marcadimartino.bsky.social · 1d

I'm in stitches. bsky.app/profile/actu...

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Marc Alan Di Martino @marcadimartino.bsky.social · 1d

President Jeffrey Epstein.

Marc Alan Di Martino @marcadimartino.bsky.social · 1d

Oct. 7, 2023 was an act of savage violence perpetrated against civilians by a terrorist organization.

Marc Alan Di Martino @marcadimartino.bsky.social · 3d

This is all about the Epstein Files, right?

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PZ Myers @pzmyers.bsky.social · 3d

They're just ordinary Americans, which is the scariest thing I can think of.

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cartoon of an ice agent coming home to his wife and children casually talking about his day shooting people

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Maureen Langloss @maureenlangloss.bsky.social · 4d

Please take a moment to watch the wise message of Dr. Jane Goodall.

KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 4d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Marc Alan Di Martino @marcadimartino.bsky.social · 4d

St. Vincent is excellent.

Marc Alan Di Martino @marcadimartino.bsky.social · 4d

Oh now I gotta hear it

Marc Alan Di Martino @marcadimartino.bsky.social · 4d

Yeah it's not the same here but there it's a hellscape.

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 4d

⚡️Ruling party claims victory in Georgian elections amid major protests.

Georgia’s ruling Georgian Dream party won a resounding victory in local government elections, according to official results announced by the Central Election Commission late on Oct. 4.

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Ruling party claims victory in Georgian elections amid major protests

The Georgian Dream candidates won all cities and municipalities in Georgia, with Kakha Kaladze receiving 77.4% of the vote in Tbilisi, cementing his third term as mayor of the country's capital.

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Marc Alan Di Martino @marcadimartino.bsky.social · 4d

Where is the outrage over this? 🇺🇦

Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 4d

Aftermath of the overnight bombing in central Sloviansk.

Two bombs struck a residential high-rise. Five civilians were injured, including a 13-year-old boy. One guided aerial bomb hit the outer wall; the other pierced the roof and destroyed several apartments. 🤬

Marc Alan Di Martino @marcadimartino.bsky.social · 4d

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Two Mass Shootings, Same Day, Michigan by Ron Riekki - Rattle: Poetry

The half-burned wreckage of her last cigarette, —George Bilgere, “Blank” I went to two locations of mass shootings this week. […]

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Marc Alan Di Martino @marcadimartino.bsky.social · 4d

Fwiw I blame Republicans for the shutdown. Thank you for your attention to this matter. 🇺🇸

Marc Alan Di Martino @marcadimartino.bsky.social · 4d

The banality of evil has a beard.

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 4d

“Russ Vought, the OMB director, has been dreaming about this moment—preparing this moment—since puberty."
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GOP Senator: Project 2025 Creator Has Dreamt About This Since Puberty

Republicans all know the havoc Russell Vought is about to unleash this shutdown.

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