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Rachel Zucker

@rachzuck.bsky.social
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Me. Also, host of Commonplace. Also teacher, Mom & friend.

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Rachel Zucker @rachzuck.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
THIS MONDAY, 9/8: I’ll be reading at KGB Bar w/ Tom Thompson & Sullivan Summer. Starts at 7:30, doors at 7. More info here!: bit.ly/3VCoIss
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Mike Sakasegawa @sakeriver.com · 28/07/2025
Hello, friends. There’s a new #HeyItsMe episode today, in which @rachzuck.bsky.social and I talk about how when we become parents, we make promises to our kids which are really promises to ourselves. www.heyitsmepodcast.com/episodes/epi...
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Episode 19: I Guess It’s a Good Thing I Have a Therapy Appointment Tomorrow — Hey, It's Me
Mike and Rachel talk about the promises we make when we have kids.
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Mike Sakasegawa @sakeriver.com · 24/02/2025
Hello friends. There’s a new #HeyItsMe today, in which @rachzuck.bsky.social and I talk about how to navigate our friendship when we’re in very different places in our lives emotionally: www.heyitsmepodcast.com/episodes/epi...
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Episode 16: Hours of Recorded Evidence — Hey, It's Me
Mike and Rachel talk about how to navigate their friendship when they are in very different places emotionally.
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Rachel Zucker @rachzuck.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
On Tuesday my son goes into the hospital for 4-6 weeks for an autologous stem cell transplant with the hope of wiping out every last Ewing Sarcoma cancer cell that might have survived the 11 rounds of chemo that he’s already undergone.
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Rachel Zucker @rachzuck.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
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The Keep Going Song
The Bengsons · The Keep Going Song (Live from Our Home at the End of the World) · Song · 2020
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Rachel Zucker @rachzuck.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
I’m not going to be here very often but maybe a little. We’ll see. Sending so much love & a song: open.spotify.com/track/4uK2qe...
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I'm Not Alone
Aly Halpert · Loosen · Song · 2022
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Mike Sakasegawa @sakeriver.com · 11/02/2025
Hello, friends. There's a new #HeyItsMe today, in which Rachel gives an update about her situation, and we talk about how and why she needs to put her show @commonplacepod.bsky.social on hiatus. www.heyitsmepodcast.com/episodes/epi...
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Episode 15: It’s Okay — Hey, It's Me
Rachel gives an update about her situation, and she and Mike talk about putting Commonplace on hiatus.
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Rachel Zucker @rachzuck.bsky.social · 17/01/2024
I'll be offline from Jan 20-27 but before I go, wanted to let y'all know we've got a few spaces left for The Ferguson Report: poems with Nicole Sealey salon on Jan 30! You can sign up here: forms.gle/nACPDa64KJou...
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Reading with Rachel: A Year-Long, on-line Reading Celebration!
This course is for anyone who wants to listen to Rachel talk about 12 new books, and for anyone who wants to read, write and/or talk about books in a supportive and open community. No previous writing...
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Rachel Zucker @rachzuck.bsky.social · 17/01/2024
Oh wow, thank you Amorak! I've been thinking about this conversation & the form of it & "criticism" since @sakeriver.bsky.social & I had it... something is shifting in my thinking... not quite ready to express it yet.
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Rachel Zucker @rachzuck.bsky.social · 27/12/2023
I’m grateful to be having a normally sad, unhappy birthday today compared to the devastatingly sad birthdays of my past. That said, the day’s not over!
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Mike Sakasegawa @sakeriver.com · 19/12/2023
In June, I talked with @rachzuck.bsky.social about her essay collection The Poetry of Wrongness: www.keepthechannelopen.com/episodes/202...
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Episode 142: Rachel Zucker — Keep the Channel Open
Rachel Zucker is a writer, podcast, and teacher based in New York and Maine. Her latest book, The Poetics of Wrongness, is a collection of essays (originally written and performed for the Bagley Wri...
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Rachel Zucker @rachzuck.bsky.social · 10/12/2023
THIS is what I wanted & most want to give for Hanukkah. I listened over 2 days: crying, learning, nodding. I feel seen & understood as a Jew in ways I never have B4. Thank you @davidnaimon.bsky.social & Naomi Klein for loosening your tongues & describing a container for hope.
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Rachel Zucker @rachzuck.bsky.social · 04/12/2023
My therapist has been asking when my psychiatrist will be back from maternity leave. Just found out: this week! So, this should be interesting. #Unmedicated
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Rachel Zucker @rachzuck.bsky.social · 03/12/2023
Writing. Is. Ridiculous.
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Mike Sakasegawa @sakeriver.com · 29/11/2023
Today on #ChannelOpenPod, @rachzuck.bsky.social returns to the show for a KTCO Book Club conversation about Eugenia Leigh's poetry collection Bianca, how to talk about difficult subject matter, and form as an embodiment of the healing process: www.keepthechannelopen.com/episodes/202...
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Episode 145: KTCO Book Club - Bianca (with Rachel Zucker) — Keep the Channel Open
For this KTCO Book Club conversation, poet and podcaster Rachel Zucker returns to the show to discuss Eugenia Leigh’s poetry collection Bianca. In our conversation, we talked about our approaches ...
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Rachel Zucker @rachzuck.bsky.social · 21/11/2023
THIS WAS A JOY TO MAKE! Hope you enjoy nearly as much as I did!
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Laurel Snyder @laurelsnyder.bsky.social · 20/11/2023
I don't even know where to start with this. I wish everyone could be interviewed by a friend who knows and sees all the disparate parts, and loves them enough to make even the messes feel beautiful. How will I ever thank @rachzuck.bsky.social for this? Please play it at my funeral.
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Episode 118: Laurel Snyder — Commonplace: Conversations with Poets (and Other People)
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Rachel Zucker @rachzuck.bsky.social · 22/10/2023
New episode of Commonplace! www.commonpodcast.com/home/2023/10...
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Rachel Zucker @rachzuck.bsky.social · 17/09/2023
For example, I texted a man I was supposed to have coffee with today that I’m just not feeling the enm thing right now but good luck & he gave me a lecture on nonattachment & told me to take Buddhism off my profile. So turns out enm was not the only best reason not to go out with him. #DatingFail
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Rachel Zucker @rachzuck.bsky.social · 17/09/2023
Maybe this is the place to post about dating?
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Liz Ahl @surlyacres.bsky.social · 16/09/2023
This made me remember a bit I copied out from THE POETICS OF WRONGNESS by @rachzuck.bsky.social —
"The poetics of wrongness wants a poem that will not last forever because it is fresh, alive, unstable, potentially (hopefully) useful at a now moment even if sometimes the poem is on its deathbed. The poetics of wrongness is not afraid of hospice. Everything fresh expires. The poetics of wrongness wants poems with a shelf life, made with living ingredients." (31)
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Rachel Zucker @rachzuck.bsky.social · 12/09/2023
Why am I having so much trouble just leaving Twitter & being here & here only? (Serious question.)
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Rachel Zucker @rachzuck.bsky.social · 12/09/2023
Tonight, from 7-8:15pm ET I'll be here, schmoozing & fielding questions abt the new school! Drop in if you feel like it. Commonplace Town Hall: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Rachel Zucker @rachzuck.bsky.social · 11/09/2023
You’re invited!! Commonplace School Town Hall! 9/12 7pm ET zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Rachel Zucker @rachzuck.bsky.social · 30/08/2023
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Rachel Zucker @rachzuck.bsky.social · 18/08/2023
New class! Check it out!
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Reading with Rachel: A Year-Long, on-line Reading Celebration!
This course is for anyone who wants to listen to Rachel talk about 12 new books, and for anyone who wants to read, write and/or talk about books in a supportive and open community. No previous writing...
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Rachel Zucker @rachzuck.bsky.social · 11/08/2023
Feeling a lot of feelings today. Including & especially some jealousy. Feels like an upset stomach gnawing nasty ugh. Sitting with it. Trying to figure out what’s underneath it. Yuck.
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Mike Sakasegawa @sakeriver.com · 27/07/2023
My next #ChannelOpenPod episode should be coming out shortly but in the meantime, perhaps you’d like to listen to my conversation with @rachzuck.bsky.social about her latest essay collection, The Poetics of Wrongness: www.keepthechannelopen.com/episodes…
A banner for episode 142 of Keep the Channel Open, featuring guest Rachel Zucker. At left, a cover image of Rachel’s book The Poetics of Wrongness. At right, a portrait of Rachel. She is wearing sunglasses and her hair is being swept by a breeze. She looks slightly down toward the camera with a small smile.
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Mike Sakasegawa @sakeriver.com · 09/08/2023
My friend @rachzuck.bsky.social was kind enough to feature my conversation with Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah on her podcast, Commonplace. If you’re not already listening to Commonplace, it’s one of my favorite lit/arts podcasts: www.commonpodcast.com/home/2023/8/7…
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113: Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah — Commonplace: Conversations with Poets (and Other People)
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Rachel Zucker @rachzuck.bsky.social · 23/07/2023
I just sent @laurelsnyder.bsky.social the most important piece of writing I’ve ever done.
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Rachel Zucker @rachzuck.bsky.social · 23/07/2023
Hadn’t checked my Titter for a while & I suddenly had so many notifications when I logged in I thought maybe I’d died or something! Nope. Turns out some nice writer tagged me & a bunch o other writers & everyone was like tittering oh thanks for @@ me!
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 18/07/2023
Stop blaming strikes for economic damage. Strikes are a logical response to overreach and greed from corporations and the wealthy. If there is resulting economic damage, look to those who drove the workers to strike in the first instance.
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Rachel Zucker @rachzuck.bsky.social · 18/07/2023
I guess I’m here now?
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