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In Memoriam of Theo LeGro We are deeply saddened to announce the passing of beloved poet Theo LeGro. Photo of Theo in a blue dress in front of trees, on an off-white background.

A photo of swimming white and orange fish Poetry All there is By Theo Legro May 10 2024

when I know I’m going to be out late I turn in shows about birds for the cat before I leave the house

We are deeply saddened to announce the passing of poet Theo LeGro.

To honor their work and writing we are highlighting their poem ‘All There Is.’

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What poem of yours would you want featured on the slowdown show and what poem would you be too embarrassed to have on the slowdown show?

Write at Jack Kerouac's Residency in Orlando for Seven Weeks Write where Jack Kerouac wrote The Dharma Bums. Apply for the Kerouac Project Orlando residency by April 14, 2026. Fiction, poetry, plays, screenplays welcome.

The Kerouac Project offers a 7-week residency with the house to yourself, a $600 grocery stipend, and utilities paid. 6 slots available per year. Fiction, CNF, poetry, plays, screenplays, and graphic narratives welcome. Extended deadline: May 1, 2026.

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He’s looking more and more like Saturn in Goya’s painting.

A foreign hacker likely has the Epstein Files.

The best way to prevent blackmail of government officials, such as trump and Howard Lutnick, would be for AG Pam Bondi to stop the cover up and release all the Epstein Files as required by law.

Rubio has some big shoes to fill.

Someone just posted about how they don't care if their students use AI as long as the text conveys the ideas the students meant to convey. The thing is, you don't know exactly what you think until you write it. And if some prefab thing pops up, you're liable to decide that was what you thought.

Join us TONIGHT to hear Grant Chemidlin, Chloe Yelena Miller, & Isaiah Vianese read for the WPLS.

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If you missed these fine poets at AWP, now is your chance to give them a listen! Register for the March 26 reading here:

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As a gardener, the fact that you can buy mint at the grocery store is mildly terrifying. What kind of extra-terrestrial-level containment systems do those growers use to keep mint from just breaking out and taking over entire towns?

Six years ago WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic. Despite tens of millions of deaths, the world has not sufficiently addressed the ongoing impacts of COVID-19, and we are more vulnerable to future pandemics due to anti-science officials leading government agencies around the world.

Idaho House approves request to US Supreme Court to overturn ruling that legalized gay marriage • Idaho Capital Sun The Idaho House passed a resolution to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn its landmark ruling that legalized gay marriage nationwide.

The Idaho House passed a resolution to ask SCOTUS to overturn Obergefell.

(Deleted my earlier post, as I had misunderstood the earlier link, and reposting this better explained article.) idahocapitalsun.com/briefs/idaho...

Jumped in here to complain the leafblowers of my life. Wise, Radu. I learn from him.

!!! Yes, this song. Forever 🖤

The Emperor's New Clothes ending with no one saying anything and the emperor picking out shoes for everyone is like Christopher Nolan's The Emperor's New Clothes.

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WWII London, folks

Correction! “Beauty Queens”, not Going Bovine. But I love that title so much

Oh!! Investigating now.

Atrocity upon atrocity. I am ashamed.

Wrong headline, though — the question is really “Why the Richest White Men Don’t Care About Grammar or Spelling” and the answer is the same reason they don’t care about sexual consent or firing you. It’s a show of power

These stories are so awful. A) imagine if you’d been interviewed THREE TIMES by police about being sex-trafficked to a middle-aged prince as a teen and they did nothing B) apparently in the UK it’s fine for middle-aged men to have sex with 16yo girls unless girls can prove they’ve been trafficked???

Exclusive: Foreign hacker in 2023 compromised Epstein files held by FBI, source and documents show The hack occurred after a server at the Child Exploitation Forensic Lab in the FBI’s New York Field Office was inadvertently left vulnerable by a special agent.

Lovely.

Most likely Trump and his Administration are being blackmailed by a foreign country to cover up the Epstein Files.

www.reuters.com/world/us/for...

A poetry book is pictured on a blanketed lap. The book of poetry is called “The Thankless Paths to Freedom” by Medbh McGuckian

The Thankless Paths to Freedom, Medbh McGuckian

Haven’t read it yet but Libba Bray’s book “Going Bovine” might fit.

History books will include this.

Kneecap rapper vows he ‘will not be silent’ after CPS appeal rejected The CPS had appealed against the decision at the High Court at a hearing in January, with the Kneecap rapper Liam Og O hAnnaidh opposing the appeal

I’ve been following the British state’s interest in censoring Irish music group Kneecap. Unlike far right campaigns* about ‘cancellation’ & ‘woke’, Starmer’s lawyers are >really< trying to censor art & remove freedom of speech. Such authoritarian actions have no place in a democracy.

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This week we're featuring Brandy Nālani McDougall and her poem "Ghazal for Gaza." Be sure to check out the rest of her work and our Special Issue on our website, linked in bio!"

gas tax holiday, no tax on tips, first 75k tax free - dems are basically bush years republicans now