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Rena J. Mosteirin

@renamosteirin.bsky.social
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Poet. Disaster Tourism, (BOA Editions); Perceptron (punctum); Experiment 116 (Counterpath Press); Moonbit (punctum); & 2 chapbooks. Owner of Left Bank Books.Lecturer at Dartmouth College. Editor at Bloodrootlit.org

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Roopika Risam @roopikarisam.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
I am absolutely gobsmacked. And trying not to pass out from hyperventilating. Thank you @barackobama.bsky.social — you just made my secret dream for DATA EMPIRE, spoken aloud to NO ONE, come true.
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James E. Dobson @jeddobson.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
There has been little scholarly work on the media history of the GPU. This freshly published OA article is my attempt to show the lines of influence from learning machines in the 1950s through 1980s HPC and MPP systems to the TPUs and GPUs of the present. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
marketing image from Nvidia of the DGX Spark paired with a MacBook.
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BOA Editions @boa-editions.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
💅 Ultra-talented poet, beautiful human, and writer of DISASTER TOURISM, Rena J. Mosteirin, speaks to her time in a Lucille Clifton-led poetry workshop and the moment she was published with Boa. Learn more about donating to our Capital Campaign at the link in our bio! ✨️
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Washington City Paper @wcp.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Local novelist Benny B. Peterson came out twice while writing their D.C.-based debut The Maidenheads. “Queer community has felt complex because I’m entering at a later date,” Peterson says. “Queer readers and journalists ... being interested in this story has been so affirming.”
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D.C. Is the Epicenter of Benny B. Peterson’s Debut Novel, An Ode to Journalism, Music, and Queer Love
For the author and local reporter who came out twice while writing The Maidenheads, its reception from queer readers “has been so affirming.”
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James E. Dobson @jeddobson.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
We did a fun interview about our recent @punctumbooks.bsky.social book Perceptron, our research and writing process, and our fascination with and love for Frank Rosenblatt. Check it out! @renamosteirin.bsky.social fas.dartmouth.edu/news/2026/03...
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A Forgotten Pioneer of AI, Recovered Through Poetry and Biography | Faculty of Arts and Sciences
In their new book, James Dobson and Rena Mosteirin explore the elusive life of Frank Rosenblatt, whose groundbreaking invention laid the foundation for modern AI.
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BOA Editions @boa-editions.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
“Craig Morgan Teicher makes poetry the way William Carlos Williams did, out of his life, his love, and his love of literature, yes. Aware of how the intense now has already turned into the abstracted then." —Bin Ramke, author of Earth on Earth Pre-order on boaeditions.org!
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Hugh Ryan @hughryan.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
If you pre-order MY BAD from the @hachettebgusa.bsky.social website, get 20% off with the code MYBAD20. Pre-orders make a huge difference in the life of a book so please feel free to share this with anyone and everyone! www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/hugh-...
The cover of MY BAD: A PERSONAL HISTORY OF THE QUEER 90S AND BEYOND by Hugh Ryan, on sale May 26, 2026. The bright yellow cover features a marble stature of two men suggestively wrestling, on top of which sits an unspooling mix tape.
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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 02/01/2026
‘Time has vindicated the sense that Susan Howe is more the child of New England Transcendentalists than of international Marxist-materialists.’ Ange Mlinko on Susan Howe’s poetry: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Ange Mlinko · Scattered Alphabet: On Susan Howe
Reading the work​ that Susan Howe has produced over the past half century, one marvels at the consistency and depth of...
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Rena J. Mosteirin @renamosteirin.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
Thanks for the review! @triquarterlymag.bsky.social
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A Review of Disaster Tourism by  Rena J. Mosteirin — TriQuarterly
The speaker does not posit any panaceas for the ills in our lives, but it does present a mirror in which we can all look into to question our relationship to safety, home, politics, and the environmen...
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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 24/12/2025
you were close with him your dad I think 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘳𝘶𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘪𝘢 how would you describe this century so far 𝘢𝘭𝘭-𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 famously you have spoken of the uselessness of interviews 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘐 ‘Lieu Vague’, a poem by Anne Carson. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Anne Carson · Poem: ‘Lieu Vague’
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James E. Dobson @jeddobson.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
My section of Perceptron opens with a poem written by Frank Rosenblatt. It's one of the few non-technical writings he left after his early and tragic death. It's titled "Courage" and we have it because it was read at his memorial and by virtue of family connections, into the Congressional Record.
Courage is to smile
When the doctor jabs the needle
Into frightened flesh, thinking
(But not saying) “Look, Mother,
How brave I am!”
Courage is to see dreams crumble,
And then shaking out the dust,
To dream again; to apprehend
The ambush hidden in the path
And still go forward; to explore
Within the hidden craters
Of your own desires; to submit
The working and creations of your mind
For public judgment.
And courage
Is to hope
When others have surrendered.
And courage
Is to face surrender
When others hope.
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punctum 🌈 books: spontaneous acts of scholarly combustion @punctumbooks.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Get your #OpenAccess copy of James Dobson's & Rena Mosteirin's PERCEPTRON here: punctumbooks.com/titles/perce... #AI #computing #inventions #neuroscience #cybernetics
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Rena J. Mosteirin @renamosteirin.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
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James E. Dobson @jeddobson.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
I am pretty thrilled to announce the publication of Perceptron, a creative-critical reading of Frank Rosenblatt and his world-changing invention. I co-authored Perceptron with Rena J. Mosteirin @renamosteirin.bsky.social, my collaborator and partner in all things. punctumbooks.com/titles/perce...
Box of freshly arrived copies of Perceptron. Front cover displays an image of Frank Rosenblatt's U.S. passport.
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Rena J. Mosteirin @renamosteirin.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
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AILA @aila.org · 12/11/2025
"As ICE and other federal agencies storm cities across the country in a sweeping immigration crackdown, one seismic policy change has largely flown under the radar: the assault on DACA and the more than 515,000 recipients currently in the program." bit.ly/49Kmtvp
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Then they came for the Dreamers
Immigrants brought here as children were told they wouldn’t be deported. Now, they’re being targeted anyway.
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Rena J. Mosteirin @renamosteirin.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
"Seen in this light, GPT-5’s performance of a grieving Japanese woman starts to look queasily like Madame Butterfly meets Blade Runner."
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BOA Editions @boa-editions.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
We got the first snow of the season and THE APPENDECTOMY GRIN is out now! Why not curl up inside where its warm with a copy of Charles Rafferty's thought-provoking collection? Full of intriguing prose and inspiring ideas, purchase a copy on the Boa website today through the link in our bio!
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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 09/11/2025
That was The beginning of my obsession with garnets. When I held them to the light Their wine just changed. I bought string after string, but the closest I got was a hundred-year-old necklace From the Netherlands. ‘Garnets’, a poem by @tricialockwood.bsky.social www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Patricia Lockwood · Poem: ‘Garnets’
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James E. Dobson @jeddobson.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
This recording captures my talk on “Genre and GenAI” at Sciences Po last week. This is work toward a formal and material critique of instruction-fine tuned models that present what I call the “instructional-conversational” genre. [INST]
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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Begin by Brendan Kennelly (who died four years ago today).
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BOA Editions @boa-editions.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
A book for our times, DISASTER TOURISM by Rena J. Mosteirin offers readers a gritty view of our darkening world, shifting perspectives and transporting us at a needfully dizzying pace. Purchase your very own copy of DISASTER TOURISM today at boaeditions.org! #PubWeek #BoaEditions#PoetryCollection
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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 16/10/2025
Ye’ve gaithered the airts, ye’ve held them in yir haun, Ye’ve braided the airts, smooricht thaim tae yir breist. Draigon-lik ye’ve pushionit the merse, Yir thunnery rair wedes aa the flooirs awa ‘Enheduanna’s Song’, a poem by Robert Crawford: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Robert Crawford · Poem: ‘Enheduanna’s Song’
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James E. Dobson @jeddobson.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
"Your Father Came from a Movie" by @renamosteirin.bsky.social from her brand new collection, Disaster Tourism. #poetry #poems
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Your Father Came from a Movie
Placing poetry at the crossroads of American life since 1910.
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James E. Dobson @jeddobson.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
"Disaster Tourism" by @renamosteirin.bsky.social from her brand new collection, Disaster Tourism. #poetry #poems
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Disaster Tourism
Placing poetry at the crossroads of American life since 1910.
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Rena J. Mosteirin @renamosteirin.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
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Thinking Interesting Thoughts: An Interview with Rena J. Mosteirin
Rena J. Mosteirin teaches creative writing workshops at Dartmouth College and owns Left Bank Books, a used bookstore in Hanover, New Hampshire. She is the author of Disaster Tourism (BOA, 2025), Exper...
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James E. Dobson @jeddobson.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Pub day for a new book from my favorite poet!
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BOA Editions @boa-editions.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
We're thrilled to announce that Rena J. Mosteirin's new poetry collection DISASTER TOURISM is out now! Purchase your copy at boaeditions.org. Swipe for a sneak peek at an excerpt from one of her poems! 📚 #PubDay #NewBook #RenaJMosteirin #PoetryCollection #BoaEditions #DisasterTourism
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Jonathan Everitt @jonathaneveritt.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
@renamosteirin.bsky.social!
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Rena J. Mosteirin @renamosteirin.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
That pub day feeling
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Rena J. Mosteirin @renamosteirin.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Today!
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Valentin Goujon @vgoujon.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
🗓️ Let's talk about the instructional-conversational genre of LLMs with James E. Dobson (@jeddobson.bsky.social), Associate Professor of English and Creative Writing at Dartmouth College, on "Genre and GenAI"! Tomorrow, 2-4pm (CET), at Sciences Po and online ⤵️
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BOA Editions @boa-editions.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
This excerpt from Adam Hughes' "Pluck" touched my heart. Were we ever taught how to hold what we love? In Hughes' poem, he uses metaphors of skipping rocks and holding kittens to remind us that sometimes a tight grip leads to failure, or violence. -Boa Editions Fall 2025 Intern
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Rena J. Mosteirin @renamosteirin.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Safiya Sinclair
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James E. Dobson @jeddobson.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Job posting: Critical Artificial Intelligence Librarian at Dartmouth College. searchjobs.dartmouth.edu/postings/83154
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Critical Artificial Intelligence Librarian
The Critical Artificial Intelligence Librarian accelerates the Dartmouth Libraries engagement with advanced machine learning technologies and their relevant ethical, practical, and educational implica...
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Rena J. Mosteirin @renamosteirin.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Albert Abonado
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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 21/09/2025
Proud girls, you gorgons, gorgeous in your gowns, rising back unrepentant out of your loam house, tiptoe fripperies, overlook my misreading. ‘Autumn Cyclamen’, a poem by @aestallings.bsky.social: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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A.E. Stallings · Poem: ‘Autumn Cyclamen’
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BOA Editions @boa-editions.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
🔍 Incredible to see BOA poet @renamosteirin featured in the Poetry Society of America's Storefront Poems. Pre-order her upcoming collection DISASTER TOURISM @ www.boaeditions.org/products/dis...
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Rena J. Mosteirin @renamosteirin.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Bloodrootlit.org
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Rena J. Mosteirin @renamosteirin.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Mahmoud Darwish translated by Fady Joudah
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James E. Dobson @jeddobson.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
📣 New Article Alert: Here's a potentially 🌶️ essay on the lack of formalism in humanistic writing about neural networks (or "AI"). Form matters. Architecture matters.
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James E. Dobson @jeddobson.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
This is a fantastic special issue of Cultural Analytics that comes out of a truly amazing workshop convened by Tess McNulty and Laura Chapot in April 2023!! Looking forward to reading all the essays. Check it out.
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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 04/09/2025
Did you see? The look in her mother’s eyes – if it helps say it sounds like a fairy tale – sold to strangers. The girl is, if it helps. Say the bowls are empty. ‘Fore/mother’, a poem by Sarah Howe: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Sarah Howe · Poem: ‘Fore/mother’
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Rena J. Mosteirin @renamosteirin.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Yay!
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Rena J. Mosteirin @renamosteirin.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
Richard Siken
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James E. Dobson @jeddobson.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Visiting @renamosteirin.bsky.social’s poem at the @poetrysociety.org in Brooklyn today! So happy and proud of her. Read “Your Father Came from a Movie.”
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James E. Dobson @jeddobson.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
I've got a new essay out. "Early Machine Learning and Artificial Animal Intelligences" appears in the latest volume of the Journal of the Midwest Modern Language Association in a special issue titled “Intelligence” and edited by Naomi Michalowicz and Nathan Jung. muse.jhu.edu/pub/140/arti...
Title reading "Early Machine Learning and Artificial Animal Intelligences"
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Randall Mann @randallmann.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Today’s Poem-a-Day @poetsorg.bsky.social is by the inimitable @theferocity.bsky.social, allusive, incantatory, and moving. @benningtonwriting.bsky.social @coffeehousepress.bsky.social ❤️🔥
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