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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · Jul 19

Minor White, Grand Tetons National Park, Wyoming, 1959.

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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 21h

Thank you, love you!

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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 21h

National Book Award finalist. Amazing!!
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Here Are the Finalists for the 2025 National Book Awards

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The Shipman Agency @shipmanagency.bsky.social · 22h

YOWZA! Congralations to @rabihalameddine.bsky.social @cathylinhche.bsky.social and @poetpatriciasmith.bsky.social, all finalist for the National Book Award!!⚡

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Here Are the Finalists for the 2025 National Book Awards

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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 23h

me neither

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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 1d

Paul Klee, Landscape with Bluebirds, 1927

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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 1d

Paul Klee, Landscape with Yellow Birds, 1923

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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 1d

Joan Miró, Landscape 1976

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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 1d

Pablo Picasso, Landscape, 1928

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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · Jan 28

Ledger Drawings' by the Lakota artist Black Hawk (ca. 1832–1890?)

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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · Jan 26

Mrs. Gloria Richardson, head of the Cambridge Nonviolent Action Committee, pushes a National Guardsman's bayonet aside, 1963

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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · Jan 30

When you got it

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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 1d

Yes. I love him.

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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 1d

The Lights Are On Everywhere by Charles Simić
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The Lights Are On Everywhere by Charles Simić

The Lights Are On Everywhere The Emperor must not be told night is coming. His armies are chasing shadows, Arresting whippoorwills and her...

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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 1d

Against Winter by Charles Simić
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Against Winter by Charles Simić

Against Winter The truth is dark under your eyelids. What are you going to do about it? The birds are silent; there's no one ...

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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 1d

Come Closer and Listen by Charles Simić
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Come Closer and Listen by Charles Simić

Come Closer and Listen I was born—don’t know the hour— Slapped on the ass And handed over crying To someone m...

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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 1d

Late September by Charles Simić
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Late September by Charles Simić

Late September The mail truck goes down the coast Carrying a single letter. At the end of a long pier The bored seagull lifts a leg now and ...

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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 1d

Also one of my favorites!

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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 1d

Another one of those "my favorite poem ever"!
Empires by Charles Simić
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Empires by Charles Simić

Empires My grandmother prophesied the end Of your empires, O fools! She was ironing. The radio was on. The earth trembled...

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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 1d

Paul Klee, Highways and Byways, 1929

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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 1d

Woman's cloth, Ewe people, eastern Ghana or south-west Togo, 240 x 152 cm. cotton, mid-20th century

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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 1d

I just had a nap. Woke up startled, thinking I must post this photo for some reason.

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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 1d

A thread of photos

Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · Jan 15

Ferenc Berko, Denture Shop, Rawalpindi, 1946

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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · Jan 15

Henri Cartier-Bresson, Bank Officer and His Secretary in Manhattan, 1960

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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · Jan 15

Arthur Leipzig - Ideal Laundry - New York City 1946

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