"Come near, come near, come near—Ah, leave me still
A little space for the rose-breath to fill!"
A little space for the rose-breath to fill!"
To the Rose upon the Rood of Time
Come near; I would, before my time to go, Sing of old Eire and the ancient ways: Red Rose, proud Rose, sad Rose of all my days.
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February 7, 2026 at 5:32 PM
"Come near, come near, come near—Ah, leave me still
A little space for the rose-breath to fill!"
A little space for the rose-breath to fill!"
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Our 2/26 issue is now online, with @fotoole.bsky.social on the murders in Minneapolis, Namwali Serpell on Toni Morrison’s sense of humor, @juliangewirtz.bsky.social on the new microchip race, Vivian Gornick on Arundhati Roy, @rhodesben.bsky.social on Robert McNamara’s sins, and much more.
February 26, 2026 Issue
Table of Contents
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February 5, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Our 2/26 issue is now online, with @fotoole.bsky.social on the murders in Minneapolis, Namwali Serpell on Toni Morrison’s sense of humor, @juliangewirtz.bsky.social on the new microchip race, Vivian Gornick on Arundhati Roy, @rhodesben.bsky.social on Robert McNamara’s sins, and much more.
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February 2, 2026 at 5:01 PM
"Dream, dream, for this is also sooth."
The Song of the Happy Shepherd
Then nowise worship dusty deeds, Nor seek, for this is also sooth, To hunger fiercely after truth, Lest all thy toiling only breeds New dreams, new…
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February 3, 2026 at 4:02 PM
"Dream, dream, for this is also sooth."
Always historicize, said marehemu Jameson.
February 2, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Always historicize, said marehemu Jameson.
“shallow believers preferred a shallow god. the timid enjoyed a rampaging avenging god.” - from ‘a mercy,’ toni morrison
January 13, 2026 at 2:59 AM
“shallow believers preferred a shallow god. the timid enjoyed a rampaging avenging god.” - from ‘a mercy,’ toni morrison
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The Third Thing – poet Donald Hall on the secret to lasting love www.themarginalian.org/2022/07/13/d...
January 11, 2026 at 4:28 PM
The Third Thing – poet Donald Hall on the secret to lasting love www.themarginalian.org/2022/07/13/d...
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In this season of trying to reset and better the self, a #birddivination from the Stellers Jay. Find the full set of 100 and the story/process behind them at almanacofbirds.org
January 8, 2026 at 10:16 PM
In this season of trying to reset and better the self, a #birddivination from the Stellers Jay. Find the full set of 100 and the story/process behind them at almanacofbirds.org
Essay I'm reading ('26)
January 4, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Essay I'm reading ('26)
I find it astounding that pple find it astounding that I can read in bed all day
December 31, 2025 at 2:31 AM
I find it astounding that pple find it astounding that I can read in bed all day
2nd year in a row sijamaliza artist’s way 😭😬
December 19, 2025 at 1:24 AM
2nd year in a row sijamaliza artist’s way 😭😬
sizzling. kept thinking of jameson’s ‘political unconscious’ the entire time. plenty to ponder, slowly…
‘You may reasonably object to the orthodox Freudian picture of the unconscious. But can we doubt that there is more, much more, to our individual and collective lives than that of which we are consciously aware?’
Amia Srinivasan on developing a psychoanalytic politics:
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Amia Srinivasan on developing a psychoanalytic politics:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Amia Srinivasan · The Impossible Patient: Return of the Unconscious
You may not wish to commit yourself ontologically to some thing called the ‘unconscious’, and you may reasonably...
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December 18, 2025 at 5:26 AM
sizzling. kept thinking of jameson’s ‘political unconscious’ the entire time. plenty to ponder, slowly…
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December 8, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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A Defense of Joy – one of the greatest poems ever written, and today an invitation to countercultural courage and resistance www.themarginalian.org/2025/07/04/m...
A Defense of Joy
One of the most important things to have learned in life is that choosing joy in a world rife with reasons for despair is a countercultural act of courage and resistance, choosing it not despite th…
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November 17, 2025 at 10:16 PM
A Defense of Joy – one of the greatest poems ever written, and today an invitation to countercultural courage and resistance www.themarginalian.org/2025/07/04/m...
“They would not seem like dwarfs if they were not required to be giants.”
- simone de beauvoir (the second sex)
- simone de beauvoir (the second sex)
November 14, 2025 at 3:58 PM
“They would not seem like dwarfs if they were not required to be giants.”
- simone de beauvoir (the second sex)
- simone de beauvoir (the second sex)
superior arabica kahawa in a shot glass
November 13, 2025 at 7:47 PM
superior arabica kahawa in a shot glass
koyo kouoh. we speak your everlasting name.
May 10, 2025 at 9:40 PM
koyo kouoh. we speak your everlasting name.
listened to julia fox's memoir & fell down a rabbit hole...
February 23, 2025 at 2:43 AM
listened to julia fox's memoir & fell down a rabbit hole...
conundrum: why even bother following pple on social media if the algos won’t show you the people you follow?
February 16, 2025 at 5:08 AM
conundrum: why even bother following pple on social media if the algos won’t show you the people you follow?