Reposted by Caleb CurtissSandra Newman @sannewman.bsky.social · 09/08/2026If I had a time machine I would go back to ancient Greece with a Slinky and film guys like Aristotle going bananas over the Slinky 621739
Reposted by Caleb Curtiss50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 05/08/2026It’s official: @abdulelsayed.bsky.social wins the Democratic Primary for Senate! The People Prevail Over Corporate Profits Once Again! 31292661596
Reposted by Caleb CurtissJames Tate Hill @jamestatehill.bsky.social · 04/08/2026You can only worry about your audience so much because if you truly cared about reaching the masses you would have chosen something other than writing a novel. 3327
Reposted by Caleb CurtissDave Housley @housleydave.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Editor badges ready for our 20th (!!!) @barrelhouse.bsky.social Writer Camp. See you good weirdos soon, @aaronburch.bsky.social, @livesinpages.bsky.social, @mikeingram.bsky.social, @danbrady82.bsky.social, @embfitz.bsky.social, @beckybarnard.bsky.social, @cdcurtiss.bsky.social. 0213
Reposted by Caleb CurtissAsterales: A Journal of Arts & Letters @asteralesjournal.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Congrats to Issue 7's @adamg.bsky.social whose poem "Consumption" is on Poetry Daily today! tinyurl.com/ajp6bbb2tinyurl.comConsumptionI have swallowed rot as rank as riverbeds, gnawed mold- pitted pride until it reached its dim-lit dwelling 166
Caleb Curtiss @cdcurtiss.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Very sad to have learned that Nance Van Winckel passed away late last month. Nance was among the most supportive and attentive poets I have ever had the joy to learn from. She was so present in her poems. I will miss her here and keep looking for her there. www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...poetryfoundation.orgBeen AboutSays he’s sure I’d been swallowed by the elements, says he’d been about to come looking. 141
Caleb Curtiss @cdcurtiss.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Just read an absolute triumph of a friend’s poetry manuscript. Outlandishly good. God, I love poems and (several of) the poets who write them. 040
Reposted by Caleb CurtissTadd Adcox @inauthenticity.bsky.social · 15/07/2026New work out today in @thedodgemag.bsky.social; it is about, among other things, Shrimp Jesus thedodgemag.com/summer-2026-... 087
Reposted by Caleb CurtissCaleb Curtiss @cdcurtiss.bsky.social · 01/07/2026It’s an incredible honor to see this poem, originally published by @roxanegay.bsky.social in @therumpus.net, featured in today’s episode of The Slowdown. I am beyond grateful. therumpus.net/2026/05/13/f...therumpus.netFour Poems - The RumpusKwikset That lock we kept on our doorwasn't so much of a lock as a nonbinding contract I keptwith an outside world only vaguely complicitin our agreement— 2146
Reposted by Caleb CurtissThe Slowdown @slowdownshow.org · 01/07/2026"I’m awarding bonus points for a clever nod to Prufrock in a poem about a sexy selfie," @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social shares in episode 1549. Read "Thirst Trap" by @cdcurtiss.bsky.social, originally published in The Rumpus: bit.ly/4arVm87 075
Caleb Curtiss @cdcurtiss.bsky.social · 01/07/2026It’s an incredible honor to see this poem, originally published by @roxanegay.bsky.social in @therumpus.net, featured in today’s episode of The Slowdown. I am beyond grateful. therumpus.net/2026/05/13/f...therumpus.netFour Poems - The RumpusKwikset That lock we kept on our doorwasn't so much of a lock as a nonbinding contract I keptwith an outside world only vaguely complicitin our agreement— 2146
Reposted by Caleb CurtissAlways Crashing @alwayscrashing.bsky.social · 23/06/2026"I'd seen it and wondered several things, including: what kind of baby would stick its head into a bucket? And what became of him, anyway?" // "Bucket Baby" + 4 more by the inimitable Caleb Curtiss (@cdcurtiss.bsky.social) / new today at ACalwayscrashing.comCALEB CURTISS / 5 POEMS — always crashingBucket Baby The wedding had been over for a good long while, and so, it was just me and the wife standing there talking about how nice some parts were and how we might’ve done other... 085
Reposted by Caleb CurtissMatt Bell @mdbell79.bsky.social · 24/06/2026This isn’t exactly the question asked but it made me think of Salter: "There's wide agreement that writing is difficult even for very good writers. Sometimes it's more difficult, sometimes less. In climbing the difficulty defines the achievement. In writing it doesn't have anything to do with it." 0175
Reposted by Caleb CurtissTom McAllister @tmcallister.bsky.social · 20/06/2026Still open for Barrelhouse essay subs, keep em coming 01611
Reposted by Caleb CurtissAlways Crashing @alwayscrashing.bsky.social · 18/06/2026⚠️ www.alwayscrashing.com/submissions ⚠️ 054
Caleb Curtiss @cdcurtiss.bsky.social · 20/06/2026We saw you from across the bar and really dig your vibe 192
Reposted by Caleb CurtissAdam Gianforcaro @adamg.bsky.social · 15/06/2026New poem in the inaugural issue of Waltz and honored to share space with so many incredible poets. waltzjournal.com/issue-one/ 34813
Reposted by Caleb CurtissErin Fitzgerald @embfitz.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Has anyone made a gif of it yet? No, I don’t want to talk about it. I’m tired. I just want the gif. 011
Reposted by Caleb CurtissAdam Gianforcaro @adamg.bsky.social · 03/06/2026PRIDE SALE! Two gay poetry books for $20, with free shipping. Sales will benefit gay shenanigan throughout June (e.g. buying more gay books for myself). 094
Reposted by Caleb CurtissLJ Pemberton @ljabouttown.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Just saw this tiktok of a linguist talking about Adler’s levels of reading and he said “recognition is not the same as recall” aka “knowing” and I realized all these AI evangelists constantly mistake recognition of AI generated content as their own knowing. 121
Reposted by Caleb CurtissBrad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Thanks to NYHTC, the essential work of housekeepers — so often ignored or demeaned — pays enough in NYC to lead a life of dignity. That’s the power of a union. At this moment of staggering inequality, we need more of it.nytimes.comN.Y.C. Hotel Housekeepers Will Earn Over $100,000 Under New Contract 334854
Reposted by Caleb CurtissThe Rumpus @therumpus.net · 15/05/2026"Bless / the wound / for what it has changed, / how it heals into itself." From "Thirst Trap," one of four new poems by @cdcurtiss.bsky.social. ➡️ buff.ly/TdXvzaS 044
Reposted by Caleb CurtissAmish Trivedi @amishtrivedi.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Ahhhh so happy for my pal @cdcurtiss.bsky.social 111
Caleb Curtiss @cdcurtiss.bsky.social · 13/05/2026I'm very grateful to @roxanegay.bsky.social for publishing these four new poems in the beautifully redesigned @therumpus.net! therumpus.net/2026/05/13/f...therumpus.netFour Poems - The RumpusKwikset That lock we kept on our doorwasn't so much of a lock as a nonbinding contract I keptwith an outside world only vaguely complicitin our agreement— 293
Reposted by Caleb CurtissPBS News @pbsnews.org · 06/05/2026On April 8, Israel dropped more than 100 bombs on Lebanon in an unprecedented attack that hit densely populated neighborhoods during Beirut's afternoon rush hour. to.pbs.org/4u3QgXlpbs.orgFamilies in Lebanon still search rubble for loved ones killed in a day of Israeli strikesTomorrow marks four weeks since the day known as “Black Wednesday” in Lebanon. The Israeli military, claiming to be targeting Hezbollah militants, unleashed an unprecedented aerial campaign on April 8... 912363
Reposted by Caleb CurtissChen Chen @chenchenwrites.bsky.social · 04/05/2026sometimes (often?) someone's feedback in workshop is more about wanting a poem to be easier to read (for them) than about trying to help the poem open into greater (stranger) possibilities 0509
Caleb Curtiss @cdcurtiss.bsky.social · 01/05/2026I do not recall which teams I referred to here, but this seems pretty accurate nonetheless. 000
Reposted by Caleb CurtissMichael Rothberg @mrothberg.bsky.social · 01/05/2026The award-winning Palestinian poet and writer Mosab Abu Toha was castigated by the president of Le Moyne College for using the word "genocide" to describe the situation in Gaza. The Genocide and Holocaust Studies Crisis Network responded with a letter on Mosab's behalf. www.ghscn.org/letters-and-...ghscn.orgGHSCN - Letters and StatementsApril 29, 2026 - Letter to Le Moyne College in support of Mosab Abu Toha 3418104
Caleb Curtiss @cdcurtiss.bsky.social · 28/11/2025Nick Sirianni looks like his own Ghost Christmas Yet to Come. 010
Caleb Curtiss @cdcurtiss.bsky.social · 28/11/2025Regret to inform that I have parented so hard that I kind of love the Frozen soundtracks. 140
Reposted by Caleb CurtissMatt Bell @mdbell79.bsky.social · 27/11/2025"Giving thanks for what we are allowed to think about it, grateful for it even as it wanes. For knowing it is there... All of it a blessing. The being there. Being alive then. Like a giant bell ringing long after you can’t hear it." —Jack Gilbert, "Burma" 13011
Caleb Curtiss @cdcurtiss.bsky.social · 23/11/2025If you’ve ever been close with someone who regularly dispenses with big promises only to suffer sudden bouts of selective amnesia, none of this is really that surprising. 010
Reposted by Caleb CurtissMicroplastics Sommelier @leastactionhero.bsky.social · 28/10/2025 100144324418
Caleb Curtiss @cdcurtiss.bsky.social · 23/10/2025This past year of mine has been profoundly difficult by almost any metric one measures a life by. It has also been the best year of my life. Very thankful to those who have helped hold me down as I transitioned out of my old, untenable situation into this new, nearly tenable one. 3110
Reposted by Caleb Curtissdr. kimberly ann @kimannjosouth.bsky.social · 15/10/2025Hey, fiction writers! Want to be my colleague? LMK if you have any questions about this TT job listing at Jax State in Alabama. careers.jsu.edu/en-us/job/49...careers.jsu.edu - Department of Human Resources 012
Reposted by Caleb CurtissSandra Marchetti @sandrapoetry.bsky.social · 11/10/2025In honor of Mariners/Tigers’ epic Game 5, I thought I’d drop this one again. Seemed prescient. ❤️✨⚾️ If you see it in the morning give it a like. 1335
Caleb Curtiss @cdcurtiss.bsky.social · 07/10/2025It’s wild to me that MLB gives their plate umpire a body worn camera now. 000
Reposted by Caleb CurtissAaron Burch @aaronburch.bsky.social · 01/10/2025I teach Peggy McIntosh's "White Privilege and Male Privilege…" every semester in my rhetorical analysis unit, and it always feels a little datedly 1988-y & simultaneously incredibly current/contemporary, and rereading it this semester, it feels like it is hitting even harder than any prev semester.collegeart.org 041
Reposted by Caleb CurtissBradford Pearson @bradfordpearson.bsky.social · 12/05/2025Over at @phillymag.com we have an excerpt from @tmcallister.bsky.social's great new book, out this week:phillymag.comTom McAllister’s 'It All Felt Impossible' Explores Growing Up in Philadelphia in 42 EssaysMcAllister’s heartfelt and darkly funny new book navigates the ups and downs of being raised in Philly, and the adult who came out the other side. 11712
Caleb Curtiss @cdcurtiss.bsky.social · 04/05/2025As a midwesterner, I’m having a hard time not hating both these teams. I also kind of like them both. 000
Caleb Curtiss @cdcurtiss.bsky.social · 29/04/2025Have never seen someone look more press’d than Spoel in this moment. 000