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sweetie π @sixfeetofcandy.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

*rolling up to the club* i brought xtra tums

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Donovan Schaefer @feelingtheory.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

You call it asking your students a series of probing questions designed to draw out their beliefs and assumptions, I call it

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Iain Grinbergs @g-bergs.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

As someone who’s never been friends w/ the heat and who’s tremendously disturbed by global warming (and the disinfo around it), I had to read this. No regrets. Compellingly and sensitively written. Eighth chapter moved me most. #globalwarming #nonfiction #johngoodell #climatechange #heat #crisis

The cover of John Goodell’s The Heat Will Kill You First. It has a low, bright sun over a scorched, dark landscape.

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Anatoly Shashkin💾 @dosnostalgic.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Happy Father's Day!

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Iain Grinbergs @g-bergs.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Overall, this slim book articulates well the politics of our current times. It’s in convo w/ Hartmut Rosa, Byung-Chul Han, and others. Importantly, Jager includes Baudrillard in the discussion. #BookSky #AntonJager #hyperpolitics #politics #criticaltheory #mediastudies #philosophy #literature

The cover of Hyperpolitics by Anton Jager. It has a vivid yellow background with Wolfgang Tillmans’ “Love (Hands in Hair) in the center.

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phillip crymble @phillipcrymble.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Keeping the party going with this Jim Daniels poem

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It isn't brain surgery.
But then again, what else is
brain surgery.
Besides brain surgery.
Two dogs are company. Three's a lot of shit.
Isn't lingerie a great word? I mean, it's got linger in it.
What came first, the nook or the cranny?
A dead squirrel was the first heating pad.
Ice it, or heat it? Even the doctors
get confused. That leads me
to inflamed. See, that's a great word because it's got med in it.
And lamé! And inf, an obscure name for a Danish elf.
I want to be a Danish elf in lamé
who's finally off his meds.
I picked three flowers today. They quietly share the same vase.

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Iain Grinbergs @g-bergs.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

“It is that freedom, the freedom to imagine alternative ways the world could be, that the tech billionaires’ rhetoric of inevitability tries to wrest away from us.” I highly recommend this engaging, enlightening book. #BookSky #AdamBecker #MoreEverythingForever #AI #Tech #nonfiction #science

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Iain Grinbergs @g-bergs.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

“All living is listening for a throat to open— / The length of its silence shaping lives.” #Citizen #ClaudiaRankine #BookSky #LyricNonfiction #Poetry #CulturalCriticism #MustRead

The cover of Citizen by Claudia Rankine. It has a white background with a black, cut-off hood in the middle.

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Iain Grinbergs @g-bergs.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

“[A]ll horrors are dulled by routine.” A powerful novella that reminded me a bit of “Omelas,” another deeply philosophical story that speaks to our current times. #novella #literature #BookSky #RobertoBolano #Bolano #story #narrative

A cover of By Night in Chile. It has a lavender background with a black snake in the middle.

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P. J. Purtee, AKA Jill (Shields) @pjpurtee.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

An old phone booth I ran across in the UK a couple of years ago. What a great example of recycling. #librarians #recycling

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Kurt Busiek @kurtbusiek.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Man, did Yeats have our number or what?

Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.

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David Atkinson @davidatkinsonpoet.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

I love how this poem moves from funny to serious I've seen this. The bar in Belfast International Airport. We heard the alarm, could smell the smoke & sat on & finished our pints. I have witnessed the second half of the poem too. It's time to pour our pints on the fire #Poetry #Poemoftheday

Poem - 'The Problem with Early Warnings' by Charles Rafferty

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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Which book saved you as a child? #BookSky

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Iain Grinbergs @g-bergs.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Definitely lives up to the hype. Tremendously moving. Lots of seemingly lived-in moments. I love how writers can pack so much into a small space. The ending had me in tears. #clairekeegan #foster #novella #shortfiction #fiction #literature #irishliterature

The cover of Foster by Claire Keegan. It has a white farmhouse in a blue-dark landscape.

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Iain Grinbergs @g-bergs.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Today, in my Introduction to Literature class, a student said, “I don’t hate poetry anymore.” I will go to sleep happy tonight. #education #educator #professor #teacher #literature #english #poetry #poem #college

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Iain Grinbergs @g-bergs.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

I love painting. Always have. It often provides resonance (Rosa). Out of my recent paintings, I’m most proud of this one, which is 8x10 ins. #oilpainting #oilpaint #painting #painter #artist #watermill

An impressionistic oil painting of an old watermill and its reflection during autumn.

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Iain Grinbergs @g-bergs.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

I’m thrilled that @shopoetryjournal.bsky.social published my poem “Wakulla.” What a highlight to be in the same issue as Chen Chen! #poetry #poem #literature shopoetryjournal.com/product/sho-...

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Shō No. 8: Winter 2025/2026 - Shō Poetry Journal

Shō Poetry Journal Shō No. 8: Winter 2025/2026

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Iain Grinbergs @g-bergs.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

I’m not even done with this book and am already thinking about how much better society would be if everyone—yes, everyone—read this book. I wish someone had given this to me when I was a boy. #bellhooks #culturalcriticism #literature #philosophy #masculinity #feministtheory #love #liberation

The cover of bell hooks’ The Will to Change. It has an orange background with the title in pink and her name in white.

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Miss Machete, Pumpkin Spice Cannibal @miss-machete.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

The Thing (1982) is a Thanksgiving movie. Thought of it while prepping a Friendsgiving turkey today.

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Paul ✍🏻 Dean @paullicino.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.

A cropped screenshot from a Canadian government website with the prompt "What's your occupation?"

The answer "Writer" has been provided, generating the red text error response "Please enter a valid occupation."

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Iain Grinbergs @g-bergs.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Well, this is a first—my flash piece “Bakewell Tarts” was nominated for Best Small Fictions, 2026. Thank you to @hotchpotchliterary.bsky.social! Congrats to the other nominees! #bestsmallfictions #flashfiction #flash #literature #creativewriting #writer #writing

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Iain Grinbergs @g-bergs.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Today, inspired by some of my students’ podcasts on mental health, I ran. It was my first run in months—and it very much felt like it. They’re all getting zeros. #mentalhealth #exercise #running #teaching #teacher #professor #educator

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Iain Grinbergs @g-bergs.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Pleased to have “Batboy,” an unsettling short story told from two POVs, published by Wilderness House. Not for the easily upset. #fiction #story #shortstory #narrative #literature #writing #writer www.whlreview.com#fiction

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Wilderness House Literary Review

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Iain Grinbergs @g-bergs.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Thrilled that @hotchpotchliterary.bsky.social published “Bakewell Tarts,” my flash story about a failing relationship (among other things). #fiction #flashfiction #literature #literary

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

I kind of laugh at the idea of a "reliable narrator". Have you met people?!

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Iain Grinbergs @g-bergs.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

I’m thrilled to have my haunted poem “A Letter to the Body after Francis Bacon” in the latest issue of Rogue Agent! #poem #poetry #literature #philosophy #francisbacon www.rogueagentjournal.com/igrinbergs

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Iain Grinbergs — RogueAgent

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Rogue Agent Journal @rogueagent.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

A moth, a mirror, and a wand… RA 126 is here! Ft work by Lalaie Ameeriar, Kathleen Barta, Juliana Briggs, @luannecastle.bsky.social @mfpd.bsky.social @g-bergs.bsky.social Merie Kirby, Jane Lunin Perel, Tala Wilder, Nancy Holt Wright, and Yan Zhang // rogueagentjournal.com/issue126

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Issue 126 — RogueAgent

Welcome!

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Iain Grinbergs @g-bergs.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

I'm ecstatic over having two letter poems—one to Jack and one to Karen of Will & Grace—in South Florida Poetry Journal. Will & Grace was an important show for me while growing up, although I didn't realize the full extent until later. #poetry #poems #Will&Grace www.southfloridapoetryjournal.com

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SOUTH FLORIDA POETRY JOURNAL

SoFloPoJo South Florida Poetry Journal is an online literary journal established in 2016 that publishes poetry, flash fiction, essays, interviews, art, photography, and reviews. There are no submissio...

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Tobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

The difficulty with writing anything about anything is that any given thing, on closer inspection, appears to be connected to every thing, and now you’ve gone from writing about anything to writing about everything 😅

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 03/07/2025

The evil that men do lives after them

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Iain Grinbergs @g-bergs.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

I have an odd haiku now out in dadakuku. Give it a read! If you don’t, the crows will inform me, and I will come for you in the night. #poem #poetry #haiku #dada dadakuku.com/2025/06/21/e...