Christopher Bakken

Stilled at Last A Poem by Christopher Bakken

A new sonnet:

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"The History of Too Much," by Adrianne Kalfopoulou The "too muchness" of Greece might result in stunned silence, though it can just as often lead to speech, if not song--in spite of history, and because of history.

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"A Quick Poem" for Monday, by Adam Zagajewski "A quick poem instead of a hymn..." The devotional impulse was always strong in Adam's work, and yet he was pulled back toward the quotidian...

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8x8: "Octopus Theology" A prayer to the God of Stillness

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Yannis Ritsos, "News Report"

During the military dictatorship in Greece (1967-1974), Ritsos was forbidden to publish and placed under house arrest: for long periods on the island of Samos, likely where he wrote this poem in 1969....[read more at bakkenpoet.substack.com]

The Light and the Poverty | Los Angeles Review of Books Dominic Amerena examines the enduring appeal of Greece and the destination novel.

Happy to see mention of the sublime Amanda Michalopoulou, though it is a pity the author does not seem to be aware of the work of Natalie Bakopoulos, an exception to so much being glossed here. lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-...

It’s horrifying that it’s come to this, but as someone with a deep affinity for Europe I feel moved seeing that continent come together to try to save itself in the absence of any meaningful aid from the totalitarian regime that’s in the midst of taking over the United States through an illegal coup

Lord Dampnut & VJ Dance: "bow and kiss our boots and grovel or we won't play." No truth. No sense of history. Just rambling bullshit and bowing to the real Oz in the room: Putin.

Disgrace. Shame. American idiocy.

The poet is at the edge of our consciousness of the world, finding beyond the suspected nothingness which we imagine limits our perception another acre or so of being worth our venturing upon.

~Guy Davenport (The Geography of the Imagination)

Three days until our early decision application deadline for Writing Workshops in Greece: Thessaloniki and Thasos.
This year's faculty: Amanda Michalopoulou Scott Cairns Christopher Bakken Joanna Eleftheriou Panayotis Paddy League and Allison Wilkins Bakken

www.writingworkshopsingreece.com

Writing Workshops in Greece Writing Workshops in Greece Thessaloniki & Thasos

Apply now to write with us on Thasos this summer. Early app deadline is 2/15. Workshops and residencies. A Roman marble quarry. Three beaches. Island cuisine. Literary hootenanny. Www.writingworkshopsingreece.com

Theology of Flight CHRISTOPHER BAKKEN<br> One bullet. Even a rumor of bullet / restless in the chamber of a neighbor’s gun. / To run, before he arrives with his god. / Gather only what can be carried. / No litany for th...

Theology of Flight at The Common. www.thecommononline.org/theology-of-...

"One bullet. Even a rumor of bullet/ restless in the chamber of a neighbor's gun..."

The Army of God Comes Out of the Shadows Tens of millions of American Christians are embracing a charismatic movement known as the New Apostolic Reformation, which seeks to destroy the secular state.

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Writing Workshops in Greece Writing Workshops in Greece Thessaloniki & Thasos

Now reading applications for our summer writing workshops on the Greek island of Thasos www.writingworkshopsingreece.com

Writing Workshops in Greece Writing Workshops in Greece Thessaloniki & Thasos

Workshops and residencies for writers on the Greek island of Thasos. Yoga, Greek language instruction, archaeology, words. Summer Faculty: Courtney Zoffness, Scott Cairns, Joanna Eleftheriou, Amanda Michalopoulou, Paddy League, Christopher Bakken, Allison Wilkins. www.writingworkshopsingreece.com

Writing Workshops in Greece Writing Workshops in Greece Thessaloniki & Thasos

Writing Workshops in Greece: Thessaloniki & Thasos

Hello to everyone on Bluesky.

Join us this summer for literary inspiration, community and yoga on a remote peninsula on a remote island.

www.writingworkshopsingreece.com

Summer Faculty Spotlight: Courtney Zoffness is the author of the memoir-in-essays SPILT MILK (McSweeney's). She's an Associate Professor of English at Drew University and lives in Brooklyn, New York. Come find us at writingworkshopsingreece.com

“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”

James Baldwin

Unnatural Disasters - Orion Magazine Orion magazine presents its latest and most unnerving anthology, Unnatural Disasters: Tales of enchantment, danger, and survival from Orion magazine.

Spooky stuff from Orion magazine #orionmagazine

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Gorgona
"Fall back into me now, little ghost/ Let go of the shore."
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Such a great film

Home for the Holidays

Alice Brock, Restaurant Owner Made Famous by a Song, Dies at 83 Arlo Guthrie’s antiwar staple “Alice’s Restaurant” was inspired by a Thanksgiving Day visit to her diner in western Massachusetts.

Alice Brock, whose Massachusetts diner was immortalized in Arlo Guthrie’s 1967 song “Alice’s Restaurant,” died on Thursday — just a week before Thanksgiving, the holiday during which the story at the center of the song takes place. She was 83.

Here is a quick spotlight on a member of our summer faculty, the unstoppable Joanna Eleftheriou: writingworkshopsingreece.com/joanna-eleft...

Join us on the Greek island of Thasos next summer. Now reading applications.

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A lot of the dimwitted op-eds about Bluesky being an echo chamber because it doesn’t offer a platform for hate and the far right are just lazy find-and-replace reprints of op-eds about higher education being an echo chamber because it doesn’t offer a platform for hate and the far right

Happy to have a new poem "On the Way to Panormo" in the new issue of The Sewanee Review thesewaneereview.com

Relieved to know @jeffsharlet.bsky.social is tracking and reporting on Hegseth because, frankly, he’s one of the most ominous fascists Trump has chosen. Hegseth is charismatic to many MRAs; he is a skilled rhetorician and a true believer (unlike Trump). He has potential and he’s a diehard.