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'Goethe’s intellectual accomplishments were shaped by, and gave shape to, the unfolding process of a singularly abundant life.' David E. Wellbery on a Goethe’s achievement as artist, scientist and statesman

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A lone inquirer

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the engine(idling lit @the-engine-idling.bsky.social · 34m

Check out the Contributors' Curio: buff.ly/KmtaSIr! Our curio houses info on our contributors' creative projects. Our #spotlight is on Sumitra Singam @pleomorphic2.bsky.social !

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@the-engine-idling.bsky.social, ISSUE #10: A DAY IN THE LIFE, ... feat. My new #experimental prose- #poetry & visual #art piece, ‘red sofa. (—nausea).’ *now available in #print: www.amazon.com/dp/B0HLZKGPWK —with love & thanks to EIC, @dehm000.bsky.social. #writing #writingcommunity

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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

And of all these things the Albino whale was the symbol.

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Ray Newman @raynewman.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

That time someone dumped a toy house on the cemetery wall and, when I crouched a bit, some ✨ Hollywood Magic ✨ occurred.

A plastic dolls house sitting on a wall, taken from an angle which makes it look as if it might be one of the houses on the street.

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

‘The English belief that they have the oldest and firmest nation-state, or the Spanish belief that they are on the front line with Islam – go straight back to the middle ages. The medieval period lies at the origin of modern myth-making.’ Chris Wickham RIP www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/publishing/r...

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Chris Wickham: interview

This is the latest in a series of interviews with Fellows of the British Academy, showing leading humanities and social sciences academics at work.

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the engine(idling lit @the-engine-idling.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Check out the Contributors' Curio: buff.ly/KmtaSIr! Our curio houses info on our contributors' creative projects. Our #spotlight is on Herb Kitson!

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RobertFredeKenter @rfredekenter.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Having an amazing time curating all this incredible international work as part of our latest @icefloepress.bsky.social series Dis/enchantment/Anomie/Spectacle Landscapes of our times. Today welcome poet / ice floe author Lynne J. Lampe @ljensenlampe.bsky.social icefloepress.net/2026/10/09/l...

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Lynne Jensen Lampe – Two Poems / Visual Poems – Robert Frede Kenter

Riot the Sky You’ve Tasted You know something of trouble and revolutions, gasoline and spectacle. Abandon law to whirlwind, lock fire. Knot of jealous burning, audit the ordinary who want violence …

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Mark Bolsover @mdbolsover.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

red sofa. (—nausea). *—very pleased to have a new #experimental prose- #poetry & visual #art piece published with @the-engine-idling.bsky.social, Issue #10: A DAY IN THE LIFE. —with love & thanks to EIC, @dehm000.bsky.social. *now live... www.engineidling.net/current #writing #writingcommunity

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Banshee Press @bansheepress.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Submissions for issue 23 (spring/summer 2027) are now open until 31 October! We’re looking forward to reading your short fiction, poetry, flash & essays 🎃 bansheepress.org/submit

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Submit — Banshee Press

Submissions are open from 1\u201331 October 2026 for issue 23 (spring/summer 2027)

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the engine(idling lit @the-engine-idling.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

e(i 10: A Day In The Life is LIVE! Read it: buff.ly/cnGaTOL & Vote for your fave for our Readers' Choice Award: buff.ly/0GfE6vq This issue features poetry, artwork, and a film! Contributors: Michael Battisto, Airrion Blackstock, Jesse Blondin, Mark Bolsover @mdbolsover.bsky.social ...

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Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

It’s the 400th anniversary of a book being discovered in a Cambridge market, which would be unremarkable except it was found in the belly of a fish (which had been caught off King’s Lynn and gutted that morning), and consisted of three essays by a Protestant martyr (and was republished. Obviously) 🧵

Frontispiece and title page of Vox Piscis, or the Book-Fish, containing three treatises which were found in the belly of a cod-fish in Cambridge Market, on Midsummer Eve last, Anno Domini 1626. Frontispiece is a woodcut of a fish lying on its side with its belly cut open and a small book pictured inside it

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Harry Spillane @harryspillane.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

How fitting that my episode on Tyndale with @onthetudortrail.bsky.social arrives on #internationaltranslationday Tyndale's English New Testament was the first to translate from Greek into English, and his Pentateuch the first from Hebrew into English. Listen to learn more about Tyndale's life...

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Episode 362 - William Tyndale & the English Bible with Dr Harry Spillane

YouTube video by Talking Tudors

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Eloise Davies @eloisedavies.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Out next week! Stuart Serenissima: Venice & England in the Seventeenth Century, edited by Alana Mailes & me Featuring Carol Rutter, @stefanovil.bsky.social, Filippo de Vivo, Antonio Iodice, Christina Anderson, Benjamin Woodford, Amy Dunagin www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....

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Stuart Serenissima | Home

Venice and England in the seventeenth century

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Okay Donkey Magazine @okaydonkeymag.com · 01/10/2026

OKD is open for free subs until we reach our cap! Learn more about us and submit your best poetry or flash fiction: buff.ly/chQ4jpz Okay Donkey is always open for tip jar ($2.50) or expedited ($4.00) subs! Your contribution helps us pay our contributors and cover other mag-related expenses.

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The TLS @thetls.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Albert Camus’s notebooks; the secret life of Anita Brookner; Ukraine at war; a newly discovered story by Rebecca West; open season on Barbara Cartland; between deafness and the hearing world – and much more: www.the-tls.com/issues/curr...

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Gary Buckley @garybuckley.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

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Ice Floe Press (OPEN for Subs June - July 2026) @icefloepress.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Our new web series begins to day & will run through autumn. Check back regularly & check out our website for updates, new books, & a brilliant living archive of 7 years of global contributors from Canada, U.S. UK, Ireland, Ghana, Nigeria, Europe, NZ. Artists on fire. icefloepress.net/2026/09/02/d...

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Dis/enchantments / Anomie /Spectacle

Our new series Dis/enchantments/ Anomie / Spectacle begins Sept. 3rd 2026 and will feature a gathering of international writers, artists and hybrid creators including: Vikki C., Laura Kerr, Stephen…

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Mark Bolsover @mdbolsover.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

‘FREE BEING,’ – ‘the apocalypse’. … *very pleased to have 2 new #experimental #poetry – #visual #art pieces out with @icefloepress.bsky.social. ... *with special thanks to EIC, & #artist, @rfredekenter.bsky.social. #writing #writingcommunity icefloepress.net/2026/09/30/f...

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The Phantom Pulse @thephantompulse.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Submissions for the second issue of The Phantom Pulse close at 11:59 PM Pacific time today. Get your stories in! thephantompulse.com

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Mark Bolsover @mdbolsover.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Did Spinoza make a stand against slavery? Check out this fascinating essay from Steven Nadler, author of Spinoza, Atheist, in @thetls.bsky.social: buff.ly/WS2Ovzb

A vanitas painting by Benjamin Senior Godines, 1681 | © Public Domain/Wikimedia Commons

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Henshaw Press @presshenshaw.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Our submission pile is looking fabulous and autumnal - and our judges can't wait to jump in and get reading! Make sure yours is there! Only FIVE days to go...! #writing #autumn #competition

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Happy Dog Jumps into a Pile of Autumn Leaves

Alt: A white dog jumps excitedly into a HUGE pile of Autumn leaves!

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Gene Brown @mrgbrown.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Midtown Manhattan

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Monica Morrill @mmorrillart.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Sunrise Symphony 36x48 acrylic on canvas Available at Koyman Galleries in Ottawa, Ontario

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West Trade Review @westtradereview.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Seeking poems that perform Olympic feats with language that leave the reader in wonder while referring back to the basic things that make us human. We want powerful imagery and enjoy the juxtaposition of images in unexpected ways. Sept.’s theme is being alone. buff.ly/CgKWm9q #WritingCommunity

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the engine(idling lit @the-engine-idling.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

🗨️e(i 9: Collaboration is live!🗨️ Our #spotlight is on V. Alwyn Young @coyoteastronaut.bsky.social & Kit Steitz @kitikins.bsky.social! Check out their work at buff.ly/ryyERAn! Don't forget to vote for your favorite piece for our Readers' Choice Award! buff.ly/ahE8FZH

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 17/09/2026

The miraculous Shit-Raining Machine, from which there will be NO HOPE OF RELIEF, promises to unlock PREVIOUSLY UNIMAGINABLE AND CURRENTLY VAGUE BENEFITS FOR HUMANKIND, such as: - business things - other stuff - WE MUST CREATE IT. buff.ly/K5t1rGh

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We Must Create the Shit Machine

“For as long as humans have created SHIT with our BODIES AND BUTTS, we have been asking this FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION: What if there was a COMPUTER that could AL...

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Ice Floe Press (OPEN for Subs June - July 2026) @icefloepress.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Laura Kerr @sedserio.com is a groundbreaking & compelling #hybrid #artist #writer #thinker now live at Ice Floe Press's Dis/enchantment/Anomie/Spectacle series. Check out at New Works drop down (ongoing Autumn '26). Subscribe for free; receive project updates and other new directions in your email 🎸

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the engine(idling lit @the-engine-idling.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

🗨️ Weekend #Giveaway for e(i 9: Collaboration🗨️ FREE to read, download, & share! buff.ly/ryyERAn Interact w/ this post thru the weekend & we'll send you FREE STICKERS as a thanks! Don't forget to vote for yr favorite piece for our Readers' Choice Award! buff.ly/ahE8FZH

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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Now, mark.

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Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment @oxunienl.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

New in July | 'The publication of Bayle and the origins of Hume's philosophy' edited by Jacopo Agnesina, Antony McKenna, and Gianluca Mori. Find out more, and purchase directly for 20% off RRP: bit.ly/OSEJuly26 #c18 #academicsky📖 @voltaire.ox.ac.uk

Promotional banner for 'The publication of Bayle and the origins of Hume's philosophy' edited by by Jacopo Agnesina, Antony McKenna, and Gianluca Mori. The image features a grayscale portrait of philosopher David Hume against a faded background of large text and an old book page. A blue horizontal banner across the center reads the promotional text: “Exploration of the intellectual, cultural, commercial intersections between Scotland and the Netherlands during the Enlightenment.” On the right, the cover of the book is displayed. Along the bottom are the logos of Liverpool University Press, the Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment series, and the Voltaire Foundation.

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Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

After being closed to queries for a year and a half (omg) I’m finally opening back up, writer friends! Wishlist here! www.ericsmithrocks.com/mswl

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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

a sullen white surf beat against its steep sides; then all collapsed

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Laura Kerr @sedserio.com · 13/09/2026

Art of This Century, Revised

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J.A.Tallon @tallon.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Stanisław Lem (with scenes from the Andrzej Wajda short film "Roly Poly", which was a loose adaptation of Lem's 1955 short story turned into a radio play "Are you there, Mr. Jones?") - BOTD

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JPSea ..✳️🈶 @jpsea83.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

𝑻𝑹𝑼𝑬 𝑮𝑹𝑰𝑻 (2010) dir. Joel & Ethan Coen #Cinema 🎟📽 #FilmSky

Jeff Bridges as Marshal Rooster Cogburn..

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Amanda Wong @amandawtwong.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

No, babe, I NEED the $200 Le Creuset Star Trek shuttlecraft casserole dish for my banana bread.

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the engine(idling lit @the-engine-idling.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

we've cracked 100 subs for our Drive Award, Send your best poem in today! forms.gle/3yxXmtTjh1Kf...

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Mark Bolsover @mdbolsover.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

*nice Imagist (esp. H.D. & Pound) touches/homages here. ...

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Chris Emery @chrisemery.me · 02/09/2026

Late Entrants

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Armando Iannucci @aiannucci.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

25 years since this thing came out. I’m very fond of it, it’s possibly the most personal thing I’ve made and, if I’m allowed to be proud for a day, I’m rather proud of it. All 8 eps up on Channel 4. #TheArmandoIannucciShows #Ch4 #ABigEgg

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The Alasdair Gray Archive @agrayarchive.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Highlights from The Alasdair Gray Archive: @aowensarchive.bsky.social - our first satellite archive, opened in 2026 to mark Owens’ centenary. Explore manuscripts, letters & personal items illuminating her life and work.

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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Instead of the Sunday newspapers, I think I'll read Endgame by Beckett. Same difference. “Then one day, suddenly, it ends, it changes, I don’t understand, it dies, or it’s me, I don’t understand that either. I ask the words that remain sleeping, waking, morning, evening. They have nothing to say.”

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