"Don’t ask me what
I think about art. I hate it. I hate to think
about ice-skating in Central Park, carving
giant letters into the artificial lake. Nothing we do
should be seen from the sky. When I write
I am mouthing fog into your bathroom mirror."
www.starlingmag.com/issue-21/mai...
"Some loves will chew on moments that make them wince.
Most loves will try to clean up any mess
but leave trails of pulled wings behind them.
None of that matters yet. We shuffle closer,
sharing one earphone each,
a wishbone that crackles but doesn’t break"
www.starlingmag.com/issue-21/amb...
new starling, under new management! www.starlingmag.com
THE 25 BEST FILMS OF 2025
A Video Countdown
vimeo.com/1156345183
We also have a set of video and audio readings going live on our instagram and facebook pages (and up on the website soon), including Loretta Riach reading one of their new poems from a Tove Jansson residency in Finland, with guest appearance by a very chill swan:
It was v v nice to get so many past Starling authors back together to reflect on 10 years of writing for the journal, so happy with how this turned out: www.starlingmag.com/issue-20/twe...
Starling Issue 20 out now!! New work from 20 writers under 25! Plus one of our OG favourites Sophie van Waardenberg as guest author, a look back on 10 years of Starling writing with 20 more all-stars, and cover art from Loretta Riach (also a featured poet)!
All live here: www.starlingmag.com
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Also really really love Sara Al-Bahar's 'Our Father the Prophet' (and this reading that she did for the issue): soundcloud.com/starlingmag/...
There are more film shenanigans in Giselle den Breems beautiful 'Early spring: stretch marks': youtu.be/cPStjQTTMuU
a great, fragmentary poem from Alexandra Cherian, who also has a poem based on Alfred Hitchcock's Rope in the new issue: youtu.be/AKFzuqBwj7Q
And two incredible poems from Mauatua Fa’ara-Reynolds, making their Starling debut: www.starlingmag.com/issue-19/mau...
Three bangers from Ada Duffy, one of several of the 2025 @modernletters.bsky.social cohort in the new issue: www.starlingmag.com/issue-19/ada...
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A lot of sage wisdom in this interview with Gregory Kan in the latest issue of Starling magazine (who aren't on bsky yet so I'll just tag ringmaster @franciscooke.bsky.social instead). Everything sure is ghosts!
www.starlingmag.com/issue-19/gre...
Jackson McCarthy’s mysteries with Louise Glück, Emily Dickinson and W.H. Auden: www.starlingmag.com/issue-19/jac...
Hannah Ya-Jun Hsieh 謝亞君 on names, Nelly, and a cento made up of works by @chrisjtse.bsky.social, @erikkennedy.com, @hadassahgrace.bsky.social, Nina Mingya Powles and Homer: www.starlingmag.com/issue-19/han...
We don’t have a bluesky account, but Starling Issue 19 is live today! New work from 22 authors under 25, plus Hinemoana Baker, an interview with Gregory Kan, and more: www.starlingmag.com
My review of @louisewallace.bsky.social ripper of a novel - this is exciting fiction thespinoff.co.nz/books/24-04-...
