Ted Dodson
@tedodson.bsky.social
Poet
“Two Poems by Jaime Saenz: Death at the Very Touch & The Cold” (w/ Kit Schluter, Action Books, 2025)
“An Orange” (Pioneer Works/Wonder, 2021)
“Two Poems by Jaime Saenz: Death at the Very Touch & The Cold” (w/ Kit Schluter, Action Books, 2025)
“An Orange” (Pioneer Works/Wonder, 2021)
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This Publishers Weekly article about protests at the Poetry Foundation, including layoffs & changes in PF programming, is so strange. Because this shift is so important to poets, to readers, & to the field, here's a 🧵 about how we got here:
tinyurl.com/326xy2tm
tinyurl.com/326xy2tm
Poetry Foundation Staff Protest Program Cuts, Job Loss
Employees at the foundation say the decision of senior leadership to eliminate public programs, announced earlier this month, goes against the organization’s mission, and are circulating a petition to...
www.publishersweekly.com
December 17, 2025 at 3:40 PM
This Publishers Weekly article about protests at the Poetry Foundation, including layoffs & changes in PF programming, is so strange. Because this shift is so important to poets, to readers, & to the field, here's a 🧵 about how we got here:
tinyurl.com/326xy2tm
tinyurl.com/326xy2tm
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The reporting in this @publisherswkly.bsky.social is bizarrely inaccurate for framing the move "to eliminate public programs" as a top-down decision.
If you're interested in Poetry Foundation's changes & position in literary philanthropy over the last 5 years, 🧵 here:
bsky.app/profile/nick...
If you're interested in Poetry Foundation's changes & position in literary philanthropy over the last 5 years, 🧵 here:
bsky.app/profile/nick...
Employees of the foundation and community members say the decision of senior leadership to eliminate public programs, announced earlier this month, goes against the organization’s mission, and are circulating a petition to retain the jobs of two staffers set to be laid off.
Poetry Foundation Staff Protest Program Cuts, Job Loss
Employees at the foundation say the decision of senior leadership to eliminate public programs, announced earlier this month, goes against the organization’s mission, and are circulating a petition…
buff.ly
December 17, 2025 at 5:27 PM
The reporting in this @publisherswkly.bsky.social is bizarrely inaccurate for framing the move "to eliminate public programs" as a top-down decision.
If you're interested in Poetry Foundation's changes & position in literary philanthropy over the last 5 years, 🧵 here:
bsky.app/profile/nick...
If you're interested in Poetry Foundation's changes & position in literary philanthropy over the last 5 years, 🧵 here:
bsky.app/profile/nick...
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St. John of the Cross, tr. Roy Campbell
October 16, 2025 at 6:47 PM
St. John of the Cross, tr. Roy Campbell
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It's the end of The Best American Poetry.
I wrote about the forty-year anthology project, poetry’s place in Big Five publishing, and editor David Lehman's culture wars vision of American verse.
defector.com/good-riddanc...
I wrote about the forty-year anthology project, poetry’s place in Big Five publishing, and editor David Lehman's culture wars vision of American verse.
defector.com/good-riddanc...
Good Riddance To ‘The Best American Poetry’ | Defector
When David Lehman, a poet then working as a book critic for Newsweek, proposed the project for The Best American Poetry anthology, he was searching for a national platform. His first anthology project...
defector.com
September 30, 2025 at 3:18 PM
It's the end of The Best American Poetry.
I wrote about the forty-year anthology project, poetry’s place in Big Five publishing, and editor David Lehman's culture wars vision of American verse.
defector.com/good-riddanc...
I wrote about the forty-year anthology project, poetry’s place in Big Five publishing, and editor David Lehman's culture wars vision of American verse.
defector.com/good-riddanc...
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Broadcast presents HEAT WEEK—a series of dispatches from a world on fire. Ft @luxante.bsky.social, @billmckibben.bsky.social, @emilyraboteau.bsky.social, @jannalevinastro.bsky.social, @laurenmarkham.bsky.social, @philipcball.bsky.social. @wellcometrust.bsky.social
pioneerworks.org/broadcast/se...
pioneerworks.org/broadcast/se...
September 22, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Broadcast presents HEAT WEEK—a series of dispatches from a world on fire. Ft @luxante.bsky.social, @billmckibben.bsky.social, @emilyraboteau.bsky.social, @jannalevinastro.bsky.social, @laurenmarkham.bsky.social, @philipcball.bsky.social. @wellcometrust.bsky.social
pioneerworks.org/broadcast/se...
pioneerworks.org/broadcast/se...
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Robert Glück, pictured here, says "the history of arts organizations is so ephemeral."
The new archive at Small Press Traffic, arranged for public access in the Mission, materializes the literary organization's history in Bay Area small press publishing.
www.smallpresstraffic.org/archive/arch...
The new archive at Small Press Traffic, arranged for public access in the Mission, materializes the literary organization's history in Bay Area small press publishing.
www.smallpresstraffic.org/archive/arch...
September 16, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Robert Glück, pictured here, says "the history of arts organizations is so ephemeral."
The new archive at Small Press Traffic, arranged for public access in the Mission, materializes the literary organization's history in Bay Area small press publishing.
www.smallpresstraffic.org/archive/arch...
The new archive at Small Press Traffic, arranged for public access in the Mission, materializes the literary organization's history in Bay Area small press publishing.
www.smallpresstraffic.org/archive/arch...
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“St. Francis, hand aloft in the garden” A poem by Kate Colby.
September 13, 2025 at 1:43 AM
“St. Francis, hand aloft in the garden” A poem by Kate Colby.
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August 20, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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I’d like teachers to reframe the question as: what labor is it right to steal?
the process by which human labor/the labor of the much-aligned and defunded LANGUAGE ARTS is fed into a machine and becomes a “donkey’s” labor is capitalism’s special twist and—it is right to protest this at every turn
the process by which human labor/the labor of the much-aligned and defunded LANGUAGE ARTS is fed into a machine and becomes a “donkey’s” labor is capitalism’s special twist and—it is right to protest this at every turn
teacher on reddit saying she uses chat gpt "for the donkey work" and so it's not affecting her. feels emblematic: using it to do a class of work that's "beneath" one, reifying the idea that some work is beneath one, disconnecting process work from outcomes, relegating some work to "donkeys"
August 29, 2025 at 11:55 AM
I’d like teachers to reframe the question as: what labor is it right to steal?
the process by which human labor/the labor of the much-aligned and defunded LANGUAGE ARTS is fed into a machine and becomes a “donkey’s” labor is capitalism’s special twist and—it is right to protest this at every turn
the process by which human labor/the labor of the much-aligned and defunded LANGUAGE ARTS is fed into a machine and becomes a “donkey’s” labor is capitalism’s special twist and—it is right to protest this at every turn
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The Poetry Foundation invited me to write an essay remembering Alice Notley (1945-2025). I'm grateful for the space to remember her in this way.
www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/171...
www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/171...
“Always Being Myself”: Remembering Alice Notley
Poems, readings, poetry news and the entire 110-year archive of POETRY magazine.
www.poetryfoundation.org
August 25, 2025 at 1:20 PM
The Poetry Foundation invited me to write an essay remembering Alice Notley (1945-2025). I'm grateful for the space to remember her in this way.
www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/171...
www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/171...
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Fun fact: The literature fellowships were the only arts fellowship that survived the last right wing assault on arts funding in the mid-1990s. The reason they survived? The wife of one (1) congressman convinced him they had to stay.
(Look for the whole story in my new book June of next year!)
(Look for the whole story in my new book June of next year!)
August 22, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Fun fact: The literature fellowships were the only arts fellowship that survived the last right wing assault on arts funding in the mid-1990s. The reason they survived? The wife of one (1) congressman convinced him they had to stay.
(Look for the whole story in my new book June of next year!)
(Look for the whole story in my new book June of next year!)
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Unraveling of federal arts funding infrastructure continues. Hard to describe the decades of debates & advocacy invested in sustaining the CW fellowships at the NEA. Now, wiped out.
August 22, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Unraveling of federal arts funding infrastructure continues. Hard to describe the decades of debates & advocacy invested in sustaining the CW fellowships at the NEA. Now, wiped out.
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What the fu**ing shit, nyt!?!?!?!
Just within 24 hours after five of al-jazeers journalists were killed, nyt published this.
Who wrote it?
An israeli writer.
The blood of the journalists is still fresh in the journalists’ graves.
Blood is on nyt hands.
Just within 24 hours after five of al-jazeers journalists were killed, nyt published this.
Who wrote it?
An israeli writer.
The blood of the journalists is still fresh in the journalists’ graves.
Blood is on nyt hands.
August 12, 2025 at 1:52 AM
What the fu**ing shit, nyt!?!?!?!
Just within 24 hours after five of al-jazeers journalists were killed, nyt published this.
Who wrote it?
An israeli writer.
The blood of the journalists is still fresh in the journalists’ graves.
Blood is on nyt hands.
Just within 24 hours after five of al-jazeers journalists were killed, nyt published this.
Who wrote it?
An israeli writer.
The blood of the journalists is still fresh in the journalists’ graves.
Blood is on nyt hands.
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Newly available via American Archive of Public Broadcasting: A digitized collection of "Poetry Discovered," a WRVR-FM radio show in NYC including 43 episodes featuring readings by 85 poets in 1966: John Ashbery, Daisy Aldan, Helen Adam, Lorenzo Thomas, & more.
americanarchive.org/catalog?f%5B...
americanarchive.org/catalog?f%5B...
American Archive of Public Broadcasting
americanarchive.org
August 11, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Newly available via American Archive of Public Broadcasting: A digitized collection of "Poetry Discovered," a WRVR-FM radio show in NYC including 43 episodes featuring readings by 85 poets in 1966: John Ashbery, Daisy Aldan, Helen Adam, Lorenzo Thomas, & more.
americanarchive.org/catalog?f%5B...
americanarchive.org/catalog?f%5B...
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Reporter: How do you feel about the Columbia settlement?
Dominique: Let me tell you about public universities in Republican-led states...
I appreciate that I get the kicker on a lot of these stories because I'm the most grim
www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
Dominique: Let me tell you about public universities in Republican-led states...
I appreciate that I get the kicker on a lot of these stories because I'm the most grim
www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
July 25, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Reporter: How do you feel about the Columbia settlement?
Dominique: Let me tell you about public universities in Republican-led states...
I appreciate that I get the kicker on a lot of these stories because I'm the most grim
www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
Dominique: Let me tell you about public universities in Republican-led states...
I appreciate that I get the kicker on a lot of these stories because I'm the most grim
www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
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This is what "intifada" actually means, and why Mamdani was right not to take the bait. interc.pt/4eEx4bK
July 11, 2025 at 12:24 AM
This is what "intifada" actually means, and why Mamdani was right not to take the bait. interc.pt/4eEx4bK
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This is an outrage, but also, look at all the citizens, with their cameras out both recording and shaming these secret military/police.
NEW: Federal agents rolling into MacArthur Park in LA like they are trying to take Kabul.
Absolute madness.
As the reporter says here, it’s an unmarked, heavily armored vehicle with armed ‘soldiers’. No-one knows if it’s ICE or National Guard.
Absolute madness.
As the reporter says here, it’s an unmarked, heavily armored vehicle with armed ‘soldiers’. No-one knows if it’s ICE or National Guard.
July 8, 2025 at 12:30 AM
This is an outrage, but also, look at all the citizens, with their cameras out both recording and shaming these secret military/police.
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It’s Tuesday (July 1, 2025) today in Gaza. It’s still 8:52 P.M. there. Israel murdered 102 people since the early hours of the morning.
July 1, 2025 at 5:54 PM
It’s Tuesday (July 1, 2025) today in Gaza. It’s still 8:52 P.M. there. Israel murdered 102 people since the early hours of the morning.
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Seeing some more centrist folks imply that it was solely the focus on affordability that won the race for Mamdani. Absolutely bread and butter issues are key. But it was also his moral clarity.
Economics and ethics. Prices and principles. Freeze the rent AND free Palestine.
Economics and ethics. Prices and principles. Freeze the rent AND free Palestine.
June 25, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Seeing some more centrist folks imply that it was solely the focus on affordability that won the race for Mamdani. Absolutely bread and butter issues are key. But it was also his moral clarity.
Economics and ethics. Prices and principles. Freeze the rent AND free Palestine.
Economics and ethics. Prices and principles. Freeze the rent AND free Palestine.
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NYC 🚨
IF YOU HAVEN’T VOTED, GO NOW
FIND YOUR POLLING PLACE HERE: vote.nyc/page/find-yo...
RANK ZOHRAN 1, LANDER 2, MYRIE, ADAMS, BLAKE 3-5.
DO NOT RANK CUOMO UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.
LET’S FUCKING GO.
IF YOU HAVEN’T VOTED, GO NOW
FIND YOUR POLLING PLACE HERE: vote.nyc/page/find-yo...
RANK ZOHRAN 1, LANDER 2, MYRIE, ADAMS, BLAKE 3-5.
DO NOT RANK CUOMO UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.
LET’S FUCKING GO.
June 24, 2025 at 2:41 PM
NYC 🚨
IF YOU HAVEN’T VOTED, GO NOW
FIND YOUR POLLING PLACE HERE: vote.nyc/page/find-yo...
RANK ZOHRAN 1, LANDER 2, MYRIE, ADAMS, BLAKE 3-5.
DO NOT RANK CUOMO UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.
LET’S FUCKING GO.
IF YOU HAVEN’T VOTED, GO NOW
FIND YOUR POLLING PLACE HERE: vote.nyc/page/find-yo...
RANK ZOHRAN 1, LANDER 2, MYRIE, ADAMS, BLAKE 3-5.
DO NOT RANK CUOMO UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.
LET’S FUCKING GO.
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This is incredibly beautiful storytelling.
June 21, 2025 at 5:23 PM
This is incredibly beautiful storytelling.