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Lightspeed Magazine @lightspeedmagazine.com · 15/09/2026

The 2026 LIGHTSPEED + NIGHTMARE Kickstarter is NOW LIVE! Check out our star-studded lineup of authors & peruse our rewards: subscriptions, signed books, rare magazine collectibles, t-shirts, mugs, and other fun stuff. Thank you in advance if you're able to offer your support.💖 bit.ly/LS-NM-26

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Pippa @pippaesque.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

She's feeling such existential dread she's started to meow in French.

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Alma Katsu (INCARNATE is out now!) @almakatsu.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Coming 9/22. Looks pretty in stacks

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alex guenther @guentheralex.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

dante rossetti, on the other hand, was a world-class leaner and slumper, but never elevated any body part, preferring the decadent leg cross. here he is in a sequence ranging from almost succeeding to stand upright to somehow lying down on a very small chair (?)

as upright as he got (heavy lean on a balustrade)

semi erect (excitedly declaiming to watts-dunton from a slouching seated position)

so relaxed he's melting into his own clothes. legs crossed as usual

somehow sitting so relaxedly that he's made it look incredibly uncomfortable

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John Glover @jtglover.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

There’s a sad beige boutique a few doors down from another store I sometimes shop at, and I swear my soul thinned the one time I walked in to see if it was really as… pale… as it seemed.

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John Glover @jtglover.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Are they planning for more and bigger events? Some bookstores do well with events but lack space…

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John Copenhaver @johncopenhaver.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

RVA friends! Margot Douaihy will be in town for the James River Writers Conference, and she’s coming to Fountain Bookstore to talk with me about Divine Ruin, the newest Sister Holiday mystery. If you love gritty, gorgeous (and queer) crime fiction, don’t miss it! 📚🖤 withfriends.co/event/285060...

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Pippa @pippaesque.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

leaning in for a kiss— the willow, the water se penchant pour un baiser — le saule, l'eau #haïku #Traduction #Poème

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Lawrence Schimel @lawrenceschimel.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

My dad (92 years old!) has lost his lease in #NYC because building was sold. He must be out of the office by end of the year. So if you or anyone you know might be interested in #vintage #beads, #stones, #crystals, #chain, or other #jewelry parts or supplies, check out CJSSales.com Please share!

A selfie with my dad (on his 90th birthday, 2 years ago) at his jewelry warehouse. Boxes and boxes of vintage glass beads, seed beads, chain, Swarovski, Preciosa, copper, metal, findings, etc. Wholesale only. Must have Tax ID.

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John Glover @jtglover.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Wendell Berry lived a long, full span. He celebrated the world and the creatures in it and a different sense of what life can be than the line we’re usually fed. RIP www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/wendel...

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Wendell Berry

Poems, readings, poetry news and the entire 110-year archive of POETRY magazine.

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Will Quinn @willquinnart.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I was helping some friends move yesterday and they found an old sketchbook of mine from 2018

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James River Writers @jamesriverwriters.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Check out our latest t-shirt campaign in support of the literary arts and Human Writers. Campaign runs through 9/2/26 www.bonfire.com/for-human-re...

Long sleeve gray t-shirt with "Human Writers for Human Readers" printed on it with quirky looking people, one who is writing and one who is reading, both with their brains visible inside their heads.

Short sleeve lavender t-shirt with "Human Writers for Human Readers" printed on it with quirky looking people, one who is writing and one who is reading, both with their brains visible inside their heads.

Long sleeve light blue crewneck sweatshirt with "Human Writers for Human Readers" printed on it with quirky looking people, one who is writing and one who is reading, both with their brains visible inside their heads.

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Brett White @brettwhite.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I have nowhere to put this thought because it’s truly inconsequential but I want to put it out there because I can’t stop thinking it Tim Curry would have absolutely crushed as Cobra Commander in a live action 80s GIJoe movie.

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J. C. Jones @thejcjones.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

I've got a new book coming out in my Louisa Moss detective Series. Release date 03/09/2026, pre-order available. Any share or like of this post is greatly appreciated. Link in the comments or search Amazon/Kindle. #newrelease #newbook #detectiveseries #femaledetective #crimethriller #murdermystery.

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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Photographed by Atsushi Nakamura (Studio KJ), this obidome—a decorative sash clip worn at the front of a kimono—showcases the virtuosic mastery of Shibayama-zaiku, a traditional Japanese decorative inlay technique.

Shaped as an overlapping pair of folding fans (sensu), the piece serves as a miniature canvas overflowing with precious materials, featuring carved white mother-of-pearl (naga-gai), iridescent abalone (awabi), polished natural coral beads in rich shades of salmon and vermilion, and carved tortoiseshell or dark horn. The composition bursts with botanical life, anchored by a prominent central white rose and surrounded by cascading coral berries, smaller white blossoms with gold-inlaid pistils, and delicately veined leaves rendered in subtle shades of green and pink. Every microscopic element is meticulously hand-carved and set into a dark base frame, requiring generations of specialized knowledge in micro-mosaic inlaying. Historically developed in the late Edo period by Shibayama Dokan and brought to international acclaim during the Meiji era, such miniature works of art transformed practical kimono accessories into breathtaking showcases of luxury, material contrast, and meticulous craftsmanship.

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

nationalize this

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John Glover @jtglover.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

If you see this, we implore you to post a picture from whatever device you’re using without explanation

A red rose bush in front of an off white wall

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John Glover @jtglover.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Apologies to all — this is a reprint article, it appears, and I missed this news during Covid times. Sorry!!

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John Glover @jtglover.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Nice new edition of Mary Barnard’s Sappho! Not sure, but I believe I managed to get my copy ahead of the “street date.” Which is pretty funny for a 1958 translation of the surviving fragments of a ~2,600-year old poet, but there you go.

a book angled on a desk — spine 1/4 purple cloth with hard covers, images of fragmentary papyri printed on the paper

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City Lights Booksellers & Publishers @citylightsbooks.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

"Cab drivers would recite Angelos's poetry to me when I would get into their cars." — Eleni Sikelianos discusses learning about her great grandfather's literary legacy when traveling in Greece for the first time @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social LISTEN: shorturl.at/tEjf1

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Eleni Sikelianos's 'Memory Rehearsal' | Los Angeles Review of Books

Eleni Sikelianos discusses her new book 'Memory Rehearsal,' a hybrid-memoir that tracks the history of her great-grandparents

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John Glover @jtglover.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

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John Glover @jtglover.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

And Letterboxd replied, "The times when you have seen only one set of footprints, my child, is when you had to pick out your own movies without the aid of joke reviews and microgenre lists."

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Ross Sayers @rosssayers.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

[James Stewart as Odysseus] now listen here, Agamemnon, I'm going home, y'see. You keep your fancy armour, I'm getting off this crummy ol' beach. [Spotting the Cyclops] now here's a curious fella, he's only got one peeper

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John Glover @jtglover.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Pity the streaming deal never worked out…

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John Glover @jtglover.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

You’ve got to make a double feature out of the oldest and newest (released) movies on your @letterboxd.social Watchlist, whatcha got? A lack of surprise, that’s what I got.

Movie poster for the upcoming film WERWULF

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John Glover @jtglover.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Smudge On The X-Ray #middleagedbandnames

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John Glover @jtglover.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Glove Compartment Advil #middleagedbandnames

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John Glover @jtglover.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Today is August 4, 2026, in the city of Allendale, California and all over the world.

sara teasdale’s poem “There Will Come Soft Rains”

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Materialist Gnostic @walmsley.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

prestige TV show where each episode is a Shakespeare sonnet

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Today is August 4, 2026, in the city of Allendale, California and all over the world.

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Today is Venn Day, in celebration of the mathematician John Venn, born on this day in 1834. To commemorate the occasion, here’s a poem in the form of a Venn Diagram.

Poem title: At the Intersection

The poem is divided into two overlapping circles.

The left-hand circle is titled ‘me’ and the text reads:
the day we
went out to have
an ice-cream, we said nothing
just let our silence melt in
the air as we walked across the common
our love never tiring at all

The right-hand circle is titled ‘you’ and the text reads:
we should
have talked it over but
nothing ever seems to get
in your fat head. You are so
common that I wish we’d never met
at all and I’d married Tim instead

In the intersection of the poem (where the two circles overlap), the text reads:
we
have
nothing
in
common
at all

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John Glover @jtglover.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

A genuine, human-written #poem about the killing of books for the sake of AI’s bottomless hunger.

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John Glover @jtglover.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Happy Belated, John! That song’s fucking awesome because of the near-zero transition from plaintive, melodic noodling to pure metal. 🤘🏻

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John Glover @jtglover.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

A genuine, human-written #poem about the killing of books for the sake of AI’s bottomless hunger.

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