Reposted by @dpowelloct.bsky.socialThe English Oak Project @thekentacorn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026But to the eyes of the man of imagination, nature is imagination itself William Blake 324029
Reposted by @dpowelloct.bsky.socialMatt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 06/10/2026"A DHS rep did not immediately respond to Rolling Stone‘s request for comment." 16512
Reposted by @dpowelloct.bsky.socialhookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Not to piss on anyone’s chips, but Hookland won’t be doing any ‘31 days of spookiness’ malarkey. Halloween is not that big a thing in a county that does hauntings in a matchbox every day of the year. The gothic is not tinsel on this ghost soil, it’s a bone tattoo. 1043138
Reposted by @dpowelloct.bsky.socialSimon Spanton @simonguy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026"I do not know what I expected. Perhaps to find a doddering and frail praying mantis, whispering about the station, blown by seawinds, a chalk-white ghost who would husk at me with voices of grass and reeds blown in the night." Ray Bradbury, Emperor of The October Country. 1347
Reposted by @dpowelloct.bsky.socialDoctor Charlton Cussans PhD @charltoncussans.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The death penalty is a moral abomination. 0223
Reposted by @dpowelloct.bsky.socialcultauthor.bsky.social @cultauthor.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Being bitter about the work of other is not a default writer setting, it is a choice. A bloody awful choice. Don’t do it kids. It withers your soul and the rest of us get bored hearing about it. 0568
Reposted by @dpowelloct.bsky.socialDavid Atkinson @davidatkinsonpoet.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Today is National Native American Day 4 by Layli Long Soldier from 'Whereas' which examines the pitiful 2009 Govt Apology There's no word in Irish for sorry, instead we say 'tá brón orm' sorrow is upon me This poem is for all nations waiting for sufficient apology #poetry #poemoftheday #Gaeilge 1285
Reposted by @dpowelloct.bsky.socialthe babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 23/09/2026well they removed the mask mandate down at the lesbian bar last night 413817
Reposted by @dpowelloct.bsky.socialJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The Coltrane estate advertised this on their instagram account. Couldn’t resist. Edited by Ravi Coltrane. 1230024
Reposted by @dpowelloct.bsky.socialLuke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 21/09/2026One year ago this week we lost the great writer Kaleb Horton. I am still very sorry that I won't ever get to read anything new by him ever again. Today his partner @katehascats.bsky.social joins us to write about her experience of loss and grief.welcometohellworld.comThere is only before and after he diedLosing Kaleb 123644
Reposted by @dpowelloct.bsky.socialDan O'Brien @bydanobrien.bsky.social · 18/09/2026press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...press.uchicago.eduAshIn this collection of essays, an acclaimed poet and playwright searches for meaning amid catastrophe.The twenty candid essays in Ash: Catastrophe, Performance, & the Craft are the culmination of a ten... 022
Reposted by @dpowelloct.bsky.socialDan O'Brien @bydanobrien.bsky.social · 18/09/2026My upcoming essay collection from @acrebooks.bsky.social has a page (cover coming soon). Available even to pre-order now, if you like to get in on a good thing early 🙏🏻 143
Reposted by @dpowelloct.bsky.socialMatt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Great cast in this, across the board. There may even be some future stars in it. 0183
Reposted by @dpowelloct.bsky.socialPhil Christman @philipchristman.bsky.social · 17/09/2026my tribute to the late great Annie Dillard; thanks to @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social and @sojo.net for running it sojo.net/articles/opi...sojo.netThe Pilgrimage of Annie DillardThe celebrated author, who passed away this week, had two great themes: seeing and suffering. 13717
Reposted by @dpowelloct.bsky.socialDuchess Goldblatt @duchessgoldblatt.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Grab this joyous morn by the scruff of its neck; spirit it away under your cloak. It belongs to you now. Let it suckle at your teat until it grows into a fat and happy cocktail hour. 510410
Reposted by @dpowelloct.bsky.socialPhil Klay @philklay.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I’m honored to serve as the President of PEN/America, which has been defending free expression and celebrating literature for over a hundred years. pen.org/press-releas...pen.orgAward-Winning Author Phil Klay Named President of PEN AmericaPEN America today announced the selection of award-winning novelist, essayist, and professor Phil Klay to serve as its president and chair of the Board of Trustees of the 104-year-old writers organiza... 5699
Reposted by @dpowelloct.bsky.socialGabriel Bodard @palaeofuturist.bsky.social · 17/09/2026RIP 847 years ago Hildegarde von Bingen, abbess, mystic, theologian, musical composer, astronomer, pharmacist and doctor, and among many other things inventor/discoverer of the sacred language “Lingua ignota”, who died #onthisday in 1179 CE. (Pictured, her conception of the world as a "cosmic egg") 619782
Reposted by @dpowelloct.bsky.socialUrsula K. Le Guin @ursulakleguin.com · 04/09/2026On September 15th, join Nghi Vo, Karen Joy Fowler, and Brian Attebery for an online event celebrating the publication of Library of America's Complete Earthsea!eventbrite.comExploring Earthsea: Ursula K. Le Guin’s Fantasy MasterpieceKaren Joy Fowler, Nghi Vo, and Brian Attebery delve into a foundational classic of the fantasy genre. 05315
Reposted by @dpowelloct.bsky.socialeileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · 11/09/2026i bear witness to no thing more human than hate i bear witness to no thing more human than love apples and honey apples and honey what is not lost is paradise -Lucille Clifton, "Rosh Hashanah" 2001 No words suffice, so sharing Clifton's. #everynightapoem 210236
Reposted by @dpowelloct.bsky.socialGremliny Nussboo @emilynussbaum.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Finally saw the movie "Blue Heron," which had been recommended to me multiple times. Lovely and devastating and useful in seeing the world in new ways 6495
Reposted by @dpowelloct.bsky.socialC. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · 08/09/2026We live in dark times. I don't have to tell you that. But today I'm reflecting on all the light so many of you bring into my life. I love and appreciate how you brighten the path through the darkness. If you're reading this & you are in my life, know that I am talking, and thinking, about you today. 1740828
Reposted by @dpowelloct.bsky.socialDuchess Goldblatt @duchessgoldblatt.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Good morning, dumplings. I hope today that your coffee is hot and all your enemies drop dead. 44837109
Reposted by @dpowelloct.bsky.socialMatt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 05/09/2026In case you missed this: it's as good as you wanted to be, a pleasure to watch and think about, even when it's going dark 0374
Reposted by @dpowelloct.bsky.socialLiam Carson @liamcarson.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Haibun by Clare McCotter. 041
Reposted by @dpowelloct.bsky.socialLiam Carson @liamcarson.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Haiku by Ria Collins. From her delicately beautiful collection shaping darkness. 1152
Reposted by @dpowelloct.bsky.socialMassimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 03/09/2026The record for this rescued dog at the shelter said she liked two things: water and sand. So the first thing her new owner did after adopting her was take her to the beach… Original post 1102805346
Reposted by @dpowelloct.bsky.socialThe Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 03/09/2026The Economic Hardship Reporting Project in partnership with The Nation has gathered five contributors who knew or were greatly influenced by Barbara Ehrenreich to honor her legacy 25 years after the release of Nickel and Dimed. bit.ly/4h7yrBFbit.lySaluting a Matriarch—25 Years After “Nickel and Dimed”Barbara Ehrenreich’s thesis has become even more resonant since the book’s 2001 release. 13014
Reposted by @dpowelloct.bsky.socialJon M. Sweeney @jonmsweeney.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Look at what arrived today. Publishes October 27. 0242
Reposted by @dpowelloct.bsky.socialLiam Carson @liamcarson.bsky.social · 02/09/2026bee crawls on a withered flower September song 053
Reposted by @dpowelloct.bsky.socialBrooke @bkuhnhaus.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Oh Wendell Berry, another great elder become ancestor 🪔. So many favorite writings by him, holding this as reverence and passageway. “.. Go without sight, and find that the dark, too, blooms and sings, and is traveled by dark feet and dark wings”. 📷: Guy Mendes. 0114
Reposted by @dpowelloct.bsky.socialRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Thank you for so many strong essays, poems, ideas, stands, principles, examples, Wendell Berry. Thank you for loving the land, the country, the language. Thank you for living your principles. Quoted you in my talk yesterday, pulled these from my quotes collections.nytimes.comWendell Berry, Writer Who Extolled America’s Agrarian Past, Dies at 92A Kentucky farmer, he railed against agribusiness and championed small family farms and the environment, winning widespread acclaim. 15701151
Reposted by @dpowelloct.bsky.socialMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Octavia E. Butler’s novel “Parable of the Talents” depicts a dystopian United States run by Christian Nationalists. Their slogan is “Make America Great Again.” Published in 1998, many years before Trump’s political career, but this poem in the book prophesied Trump. (Poem from @zymplex.bsky.social) 541962740
Reposted by @dpowelloct.bsky.socialBeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 28/08/2026if you haven't read "I saw Emmett Till this week at the grocery store" very strong recommend. poets.org/poem/i-saw-e... 25712
Reposted by @dpowelloct.bsky.socialTim Hirschel-Burns @timhirschelburns.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Oh that’s not all, folks. Antifa Waldo, beatifications of ICE martyrs, ICE agents slipping, and more—all from the likes of corn, barley, and alfalfa 181946490
Reposted by @dpowelloct.bsky.socialMeredith Rose (from the grave) 👻 @mrose.ink · 28/08/2026This is what I need people to understand when they start grousing about "resist libs": these are people who hate ICE with their entire, folk-art-making, cornfed hearts. You cannot sit around and write people off as potential allies because you're not personally into their aesthetics. 12563109
Reposted by @dpowelloct.bsky.socialLiam Carson @liamcarson.bsky.social · 26/08/2026At Salmon Bookshop and Literary Centre today. 1171
dpowelloct.bsky.social @dpowelloct.bsky.social · 25/08/2026One of my favorite lines of poetry ever. 010
Reposted by @dpowelloct.bsky.socialMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 25/08/2026“Lord, I asked you to take an 80 year old. I am now reminded of why you are not known for pinpoint accuracy.” 1554180439
Reposted by @dpowelloct.bsky.socialIrish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 25/08/2026“If poetry is a wheel, the hub for that wheel is love poetry.” — Michael Longley 0266
Reposted by @dpowelloct.bsky.socialdisc horse bot @horsedisc.bsky.social · 24/08/2026I'm begging for transcendentalists to add an ounce of performative wokeness to their politics. 0432
Reposted by @dpowelloct.bsky.socialMichelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Footballer Semenyo makes a child's year: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/MadeMeSmil... 1586021824
Reposted by @dpowelloct.bsky.socialhookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Some buildings will show their stories through architectural strata – abandoned Roman fort to 7th century chapel to Tudor barn to 20th century reconsecration. Some buildings will show it through a parading of their ghosts – centurion to monk to hapless hiker. – Dr. M. Benn 121635
Reposted by @dpowelloct.bsky.socialWilliam Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 23/08/2026Thou art violently carried away from grace, there is a devil haunts thee in the likeness of an old fat man, a tun of man is thy companion. 435472
Reposted by @dpowelloct.bsky.socialvince | Rust Belt Plebian @newvince.bsky.social · 19/08/2026@actualnames.bsky.social "Public Universal Friend" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_...en.wikipedia.orgPublic Universal Friend - Wikipedia 1308
Reposted by @dpowelloct.bsky.social😈Miss Hell Batkeeper😈 @mishellbaker.bsky.social · 22/08/2026The rewards for writing fiction these days are few, and comments like this really, really matter. Thank you, Lily ❤️ 1191
Reposted by @dpowelloct.bsky.socialSnowden St. @snowden.st · 29/08/2025Another perfect song.youtu.beThe Tragically Hip - Bobcaygeon (Official HD Video)YouTube video by TheTragicallyHipVEVO 284
Reposted by @dpowelloct.bsky.socialCheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Must watch - tonight on CBC GEM ‼️‼️ Aug 22 #Canada The Tragically Hip's final 2016 concert set to re-air on CBC this summer A new live album to commemorate the band's Man Machine Poem tour is also set for release in August www.cbc.ca/music/tragic...cbc.caThe Tragically Hip's final 2016 concert set to re-air on CBC this summer | CBC MusicA new live album to commemorate the band's Man Machine Poem tour is also set for release in August. 2020573
