Monochrome photograph featuring a white woman riding a bicycle with feet on the handlebars moving fast, smiling
Cate Blanchett on a bike, 2004 by US photographer Annie Leibovitz #womensart
Such a lovely review of my latest translation in The Brooklyn Rail: brooklynrail.org/2026/03/book... Buy it
from @uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social or bookstores near you!
If your poem doesn’t belong on a billboard but a toilet door in a dive bar, send it.
If it sounds better screamed into a mic than whispered at brunch, send it.
#PoemsAbout #LiftToTheSky #PoetsOfBluesky #WednesdayWIPs #Poetry #SubmissionWindow
Translator from German? Here are the application details of this year’s online summer school based at Oxford University. Dm me if you have any questions!
And the sound of people cursing as they walk. Wait, that might just be me
gehwegabschnitt mit blanker eisfläche
gehwegabschnitt mit blanker eisfläche
gehwegabschnitt mit blanker eisfläche
gehwegabschnitt mit blanker eisfläche
berlin so: good luck motherfuckers
‘Once this board is formed, we can do pretty much anything we want.’
Just set up my Substack properly, The Thought Vault. Take a look: lucyjoneswriting.substack.com
I've contacted our school to ask why they are still on X.
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Thank you for asking, and NO and we're far from done, and anything Bari Weiss decides to platform is probably failing women.
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I don't matter. I never did, much. I don't now. I don't matter, and I want out. You put a lot of ice in this.
Duane Kearns Puryear, holding his panel for the AIDS Memorial Quilt. It reads, in block letters: "My name is Duane Kearns Puryear. I was born on December 20, 1964. I was diagnosed with AIDS on September 7, 1987 at 4:45 PM. I was 22 old. Sometimes, it makes me very sad. I made this panel myself. If you are reading it, I am dead..." There are several great resources to learn about Duane, his advocacy, his family, his panel, and the politics of memory and re-creation, especially this one by The Dallas Way: http://www.thedallasway.org/stories/written/2021/9/19/duane-puryears-and-the-quilt-panel Duane Puryear died in 1991.
It's your birthday, Duane.
Definitely Leedle if you’re asking about pronunciation
"It is probably around here that you expect the optimistic final point of the essay. The argument that Europe has finally learned its lesson and will turn it all around. Unfortunately, I see no indications for such a turn."
This is going to be a dark essay, sorry.
This is still my favourite article against slop machines. It's informative AND hilarious.
ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/i-will-...
🇭🇺💥Thousands marched to Viktor Orbán’s office in Budapest on Saturday, led by opposition leader Péter Magyar, who called on the PM to resign over multiple child abuse scandals. Protesters carried toys and torches under the banner “Protect the children!”.
🎥Timelapse video posted by Magyar.
This is on the front page of newspapers around the world. In the US, you'll struggle to find anyone who observes what is happening.
Hooray! Well done Christophe!!! 🤩
How about we all stop fighting.
Congratulations!
'Answerlands is a must-read for anyone desperate for a break from the mundane.'
Harry Spiers for the Indiependent, on Joseph Minden's Answerlands
Read the full review:
www.indiependent.co.uk/poetry-revie...
Use code CARCMAS for 20% off Answerlands:
www.carcanet.co.uk/978180017517...
I’m excited to announce that I’m giving a literary translation workshop Berlin for 5 weeks starting January 8.
Where: Métis bookshop, Prenzlauer Berg.
Cost: €210 with reduced price options. DM me for details or send a mail to hello@thereader.com to sign up!
@thereaderberlin.bsky.social
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