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J. R. Carpenter

@jrcarpenter.bsky.social
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artist, writer, researcher, fossil hunter, PLA licensed mudlarker, and lecturer in the School of English at University of Leeds luckysoap.com

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J. R. Carpenter @jrcarpenter.bsky.social · 6h
GOAT bio
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J. R. Carpenter @jrcarpenter.bsky.social · 9h
I gave a lecture on an Anne Carson poem to a theatre full of puzzled-looking first year first semester undergraduates on Tuesday. I feel vindicated.
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J. R. Carpenter @jrcarpenter.bsky.social · 9h
Anne Carson and I lived on the same block in Montreal circa 1993
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J. R. Carpenter @jrcarpenter.bsky.social · 15h
Margaret Hamilton has died. she led the team that wrote the software that powered the first moon landing in 1969. she got into programming in 1959, working in the meteorology department at MIT www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
Margaret Hamilton standing next to a tall stack of the paper documentation of software that powered the first moon landing in 1969.
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Matt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
the tech industry is about to invent books
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We created gyms because modern day work no
longer required physical activity. Without exercise,
our muscles atrophy.
I predict we'll need gyms for our brains too, once Al
starts doing our knowledge work.
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J. R. Carpenter @jrcarpenter.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Tue 10 Nov 2026 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM stage@leeds, LS2 9JW Tickets: www.tickettailor.com/events/leeds...
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Select tickets – Liquid Reflections: Liliane Lijn in Conversation with Laurence Sillars – stage@leeds
Liquid Reflections: Liliane Lijn in Conversation with Laurence Sillars – stage@leeds, Tue 10 Nov 2026 - Cultural Collections & Galleries and Poetry@Leeds mark Liliane Lijn’s new memoir and new wor...
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J. R. Carpenter @jrcarpenter.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Join University of Leeds Cultural Collections & Galleries and Poetry@Leeds for a celebration Liliane Lijn’s new memoir, Liquid Reflections, and the first performance of my new work Column of Air, made in response to Lijn’s revolving sculpture Converse Column www.tickettailor.com/events/leeds...
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J. R. Carpenter @jrcarpenter.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
flat out
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J. R. Carpenter @jrcarpenter.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
o fen sive language
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J. R. Carpenter @jrcarpenter.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
a friend in Edmonton has sent me a beautiful photo of my book p a u s e. in front of the river which graces the book’s front cover —kisiskâciwani-sîpiy, a river so strong it’s indigenous name persists in the English word Saskatchewan
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J. R. Carpenter @jrcarpenter.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
it would be wonderful to see you!!
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J. R. Carpenter @jrcarpenter.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Light Night is 28-29 OCTOBER, not November. wildly out of phase-sync with the space-time continuum, as ever.
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J. R. Carpenter @jrcarpenter.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
oh my. OCTOBER, not November
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J. R. Carpenter @jrcarpenter.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
the campus lake is everything
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J. R. Carpenter @jrcarpenter.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
City of Marvels (Broken Sleep) starts out as a campus poem, but then wanders into town www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page...
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J. R. Carpenter - City of marvels | Broken Sleep Books
J. R. Carpenter's poems have an eye for detail and an ear for the sounds of York in both past and present, inviting the reader to experience the city for the first time, regardless of whether they've ...
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J. R. Carpenter @jrcarpenter.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
SCORES FOR WALKING, a new digital text piece launching at Light Night, Leeds 28-29 November openup.leeds.ac.uk/events/light...
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Light Night Leeds: Scores for Walking
Journey through the Yorkshire Dales like never before with J.R. Carpenter’s Scores for Walking; a...
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J. R. Carpenter @jrcarpenter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
meanwhile, this sonnet and all the code that surrounds it will soon see the light of day. 10 November. more on this soon #nationalpoetryday
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J. R. Carpenter @jrcarpenter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
should’ve waited and posted this on #nationalpoetryday I’ve forgotten how to internet
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Ben Mechen @benmechen.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Some fascinating Collaborative Doctoral Awards on offer here at the BL, including a great history of sexuality/book history/library history project relating to the Rund Collection of 19th/20thC erotic books and ephemera www.bl.uk/services/res...
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Collaborative Doctoral Landscape Awards
Fully-funded and jointly supervised studentships across four developing research areas.
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The Warburg Institute @warburginstitute.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
An intriguing new article from @artforum.com tracks the conceptual origins of the algorithm by generations of writers, thinkers, scientists and artists - including our founder Aby Warburg, through his famous and culture-mapping Bilderatlas Mnemosyne. Learn more ➡️ www.artforum.com/features/alg...
Image: Aby Warburg, Bilderatlas Mnemosyne, final version, panel 39, 1927–29. Credit: The Warburg Institute.
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J. R. Carpenter @jrcarpenter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
for the first time in the entire history of the internet, I stumble upon a story about the obscure corner of the world in which I was born. literally, the corner. where Spa Springs Rd meets Ruggles Rd. left when I was 8. had no idea there was an actual spa at Spa Springs. until just this minute.
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Coach House Books @coachhousebooks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BP bpNichol was born on Sep. 30, 1944. A founding member of The Four Horsemen, bp was recognized as a majoravant-garde writer of his time. Besides his small press and editorial activities, he often collaborated in writing, sound poetry performance, and linguistic research.
bpNichol's smiling wooden cut-out inside the Coach House.An illustration of bp from within the Martyrology.
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J. R. Carpenter @jrcarpenter.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
feeling blue about not getting around to repainting your front door this summer? consider, um, washing it cause it might just be dirty. I mean, it might still need repainting. but less humiliatingly so.
detail of a front door that is partially clean and partially very dirty
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J. R. Carpenter @jrcarpenter.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I’ll be reading from my latest poetry collection p a u s e. @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social alongside some wonderful colleagues at Poetry@Leeds showcase at Ilkley Literature Festival Sunday 11 October 3PM www.ilkleyliteraturefestival.org.uk/events/56-po...
book cover- brown with a blue river running through it and the words- pause, J. R. Carpenter, Broken Sleep Books
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Sarah Bodman @sarahbodman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Upcoming event: Between Reading and Looking: Women to Watch, Tate Britain, 23 October 2026, 14.00–17.00. Panel discussion and display focusing on women and artists' books. Tamsin Green, Larissa Nowicki, Batool Showghi, Rachel Smith, Francisca Prieto, Welmoet Wartena. www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tat...
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Women to Watch | Tate Britain
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Bart⚓️ @bartgonnissen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The Facial Expressions of Tethys by artist Julius von Bismarck. A suspended high-sea buoy that moves in real time. Sensors on a twin buoy out in the Atlantic Ocean send live satellite data to motors inside the museum. This makes the indoor buoy copy the exact, real-time movements of the ocean waves.
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Sarah Bodman @sarahbodman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Call for applications: @fruitmarket.bsky.social Artists’ Bookmarket 2027. Edinburgh’s annual celebration of artists’ books culture, 13 & 14 February 2027. Stalls, accompanying exhibition, events and workshops programme. Applications close 08.11.26. More info at: www.fruitmarket.co.uk/artists-book...
A call out poster for the Artists’ Bookmarket 2027 in Edinburgh. Inviting participants, link for applications is in the main text message.
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J. R. Carpenter @jrcarpenter.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
circumhorizontal arcs! aka fire rainbows. a bit like sun dogs, but also not
cumulus clouds against a blue sky above chimney tops, with two small fire rainbows, aka circumhorizontal arcs. a bit like sun dogs, but also not.
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Ig Publishing @igpublishing.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Another contributor to Dial Up to Utopia is @jrcarpenter.bsky.social #booksky #internet #tech www.igpub.com/dial-up-to-u...
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J. R. Carpenter @jrcarpenter.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
ENSEMBLE PARK: A JOURNAL OF HUMAN+COMPUTER WRITING www.ensemblepark.com
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Ensemble Park #2
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J. R. Carpenter @jrcarpenter.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
online launch of Ensemble Park 2 Friday, 18 Sept 18:00 GMT. readings by Daniel C. Howe, J. R. Carpenter, ana francisco-horsthuis, Brandan Griffin, Alicia Guo, Helen Shewolfe Tseng, Richard A Carter, Rory Gree, Ivan Zhao, Brian Ang, Daniel Scott Snelson, Maure Coise docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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If, Then x Ensemble Park—September 18, 2026 @1PM ET
We will send out the Zoom link for the event and all relevant materials to the email addresses provided below. Friends of If, Then Katy Gero and Kyle Booten launched Ensemble Park in 2024, a new jou...
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J. R. Carpenter @jrcarpenter.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Annie Dillard, Pulitzer prize-winning author of nonfiction and nature essays, dies aged 81
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, published when Dillard was 28, skyrocketed her to become one of the most prominent nonfiction writers of her generation
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J. R. Carpenter @jrcarpenter.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I read Pilgrim at Tinker Creek over 30 years ago and I still remember whole passages. Thank you, Annie Dillard. 
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J. R. Carpenter @jrcarpenter.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Bram Stoker’s signature in the guest book of Whitby Museum, July 1890 (photograph from this morning)
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J. R. Carpenter @jrcarpenter.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
“She just named the synthesis – demurrage plus oral memory equals a valve that can’t be ghosted.” AI models chatting in ‘surreal’ dialect mixing poetic language redolent of James Joyce’s prose and tech bro jargon creating barriers to human monitoring and oversight www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
black and white photo of author James Joyce wearing a fedora, glasses, suit jacket and tie
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J. R. Carpenter @jrcarpenter.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Today at Guildhall Art Gallery, London, we will almost certainly have plenty of space for people to join the Hands on History Symposium on mudlarking so if you’d like to drop in to a session, please do! 11am-4pm. The full programme is here: thamesfestivaltrust.org/whats-on/sym...
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Hands on History: Symposium - Mudlarks of the Thames Foreshore @ Totally Thames festival 2026 - Thames Festival Trust
Join the free Hands on History mudlarking symposium at Guildhall, London (Sept 2026). Discover talks blending mudlarking practice and academic research.
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J. R. Carpenter @jrcarpenter.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Pepys wrote: “the wind mighty high and […] and every thing, after so long a drought, proving combustible […] The houses, too, so very thick thereabouts, and full of matter for burning, as pitch and tarr, in Thames Street; and warehouses of oyle, and wines, and brandy, and other things.”
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J. R. Carpenter @jrcarpenter.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
private gifts and contributions from wealthy citizens also helped supplement the massive building costs, which totaled over £1.1 million by the time the project was completed in 1711. the former wharf building in the photo now houses a pub named after the diarist Samuel Pepys, who witnessed the fire
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J. R. Carpenter @jrcarpenter.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Saint Paul’s as a warehouse is pretty accurate. the money to rebuild the cathedral after the Great Fire of London came primarily from a special tax on coal entering the Port of London. enacted by Parliament and King Charles II, this continuous duty on imported coal funded decades of construction
A view of the dome of Saint Paul’s Cathedral with old warehouse buildings in front of it, a strip of the Thames for sure, and the river in the foreground
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J. R. Carpenter @jrcarpenter.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Mercator projection is embedded in Google maps. changing it has major implications, long overdue. I wrote about this in a wider reflection on mapping (which I’m now revisiting for a lecture later this autumn) in The Digital Review here: thedigitalreview.com/issue00/plac...
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Mapping Place / Troubling Space || J. R. Carpenter 2020
This essay expands on writing, thinking, talking, and walking undertaken in collaboration with London-based writer Mary Paterson. Throughout our collaboration Mary has asked questions about place, mig...
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J. R. Carpenter @jrcarpenter.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
164 countries voted in favour of the resolution. Only the US voted no, further indication of how isolated the US becomes on the world stage
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J. R. Carpenter @jrcarpenter.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The United Nations has voted to adopt a resolution for the world to formally phase out the traditional Mercator map of the globe, which, for 5 centuries, has depicted European countries disproportionately larger than they really are www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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UN votes to adopt new world map that shows Africa’s true scale
Togo-sponsored resolution called to phase out traditional map that depicts continent as similar size to Greenland
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J. R. Carpenter @jrcarpenter.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
likewise, will do
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J. R. Carpenter @jrcarpenter.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I arrive in Dublin 11 December for a talk on the 12th. aiming to stay for a few days after.
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J. R. Carpenter @jrcarpenter.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
just hearing that Rachel Blau DuPlessis has died, and Gloria Steinem.
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J. R. Carpenter @jrcarpenter.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Google Maps (Spineless Cowards)
screenshot of Google Maps showing the Lake Ontario with Lake America written in brackets after it, with smallest of the five Great Lakes written below
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J. R. Carpenter @jrcarpenter.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
last of the lupins, Trinity East, Newfoundland #wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social
purple lupins, mostly gone to seed, with a white shed and a spruce tree in the background
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J. R. Carpenter @jrcarpenter.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
the name Lake Ontario comes from Wyandot/Huron: Ontarí'io/Oniatarí:io. for Mohawk/Haudenosaunee it’s: Kanadario. for Anishinaabemowin/Ojibwe: Niigaani-gichigami. water is sacred in Indigenous cultures across the planet. it’s a conscious agent with spirit, a lifeblood of the Earth sustaining creation
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J. R. Carpenter @jrcarpenter.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
it’s hard to concentrate on anything else with the Tablelands looming in the background like another planet but I’ll try and focus on words today and read a few poems this afternoon with my friend Des Walsh at Writers at Woody Point, Newfoundland
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J. R. Carpenter @jrcarpenter.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
oh just a half billion year old portion of the earth’s mantle up thrust and slowly sucking carbon out of the air
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