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clair dunlap @smallgourd.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

issue 123 of Vagabond City is up today: vagabondcitylit.com

clair dunlap @smallgourd.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

poetry subs are back open at vagabond city! as always, i am just one person w/a full time job & a chronic condition but i look forward to reading your work & please just address me as clair

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clair dunlap @smallgourd.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

nine years ago it was my first day of library school!

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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

This gallery of ICE crop/seed art at this year's Minnesota State Fair is incredible, especially the one based on Pablo Picasso's Guernica by Jennifer Nelson, which features the last words of Alex Pretti and Renee Good in Morse code: www.cropart.com/Resist.pdf

A seed art entry in the 2026 Minnesota State Fair based on Pablo Picasso's Guernica. It features a loon, the words "Ice Out" and two representations of Renee Good and Alex Pretti’s. Notably, the mouths of Good and Pretty include their last words in Morse code:
‘I’m not mad at you,’ and ‘Are you okay?’” The artist is Jennifer Nelson.

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clair dunlap @smallgourd.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

latest Vagabond City Lit is here, poems by Ivy Scott, Z.T. Corley, Malaika Kamau, & Priyanuj Mazumdar: vagabondcitylit.com

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clair dunlap @smallgourd.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

i got a really nice poetry acceptance last night and i am in awe and also feeling like I'm Back

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clair dunlap @smallgourd.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

first poetry acceptance in two years today :')

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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

"This might be unpopular but I'd like to discriminate against an entire class of people" If this is you, I hope the next 500 books you try to read are a disappointment.

maybe this is unpopular but I'd love libraries that kids aren't allowed in. truly don't want to be interrupted by running, crying, & yelling while i'm working/reading.

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clair dunlap @smallgourd.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

will try to be better about posting, but latest Vagabond City Lit has dropped: vagabondcitylit.com

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 22/01/2026

are they not monsters?

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Susan L. Leary @susanlleary.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

More from Chessy Normile ♥️

OK, LOOK

I went into the woods alone alone
and came out wet and aware
of the blight that's killing the aspens.

You could write things down just as they are, just as you see them. You could try that.

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Claire Wahmanholm @cwahmanholm.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Two more sonnets of my drought crown have appeared! This time in 32 Poems, a very favorite. The whole issue hits, as usual, and you should absolutely subscribe if you don't already, but they've got a couple picks of the latest issue online too, plz go read ❤️

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clair dunlap @smallgourd.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

my partner & i are reading The Mabinogion (Davies translation) out loud before bed and "it is unfortunate that I spent one hundred and forty pounds worth of precious ointment on a man without knowing who he is" had me crying laughing reading The Lady of the Well the other night

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Keezy Young🌼 @keezyyoung.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

children are human beings. that's what almost everybody refuses to acknowledge. they are /people/. and hating people for who they are is actually pretty uncool at best

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jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

“You can tell [the book] was made by some early-gen AI bot, because it can’t even spell monetization correctly” Clayton Cheever, Sarah Manning, @tuphlos.bsky.social @sonderbooks.com & others talk about the thorny problem of LLM-made books in libraries. americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2025/09/02/b...

Illustration from a book that has an ornate frame and reads "To you, Dear Abbé, who watched by me, when in my fever I dreamt this dream, I dedicate the little book"

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Erika Meitner @rika99.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

It’s possible you might want to read my poem in the new issue of Bennington Review taken almost entirely from lines in the @nytimes.com that begin with “Scientists say…”? www.benningtonreview.org/fourteen-mei... #ecopoetry #poetry

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Erika Meitner — Bennington Review

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clair dunlap @smallgourd.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

oh!!! very excited vagabond city is the home of a finalist this year! go read Teddy L. Friedline's "self portrait as roadkill" in issue 92!

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clair dunlap @smallgourd.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

highly recommend playing board games with library teenagers for two hours to recover from having your conference proposal rejected~

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

WRYTE WEIRDE BOOKES

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In the Library with the Lead Pipe @libraryleadpipe.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

"messages that librarians should be enthusiastic + optimistic about technological changes... frequently described as inevitable, often imply or outright assert that those who question or resist certain tech developments are simply overwhelmed by irrational fear + anxiety that they need to overcome."

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Ben Hart @pavlovforgoths.com · 21/06/2025

Here's how you remove Google AI from your mobile devices.

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Instead of being in settings its in the google app. Also, google, not chrome. Icon is a G, not the circle thing. Click on your pfp to open a menu

From there, go Settings > Gemini > Digital Assistants > Switch to Google Assistant. This disables Gemini, google's Al assistant, and switches you back to the old one. We aren't done yet.

Go back to Settings. From there, we go Settings > Google Assistant > scroll to find General > Google Assitant on/off > turn it off

They really tried their best to make it a pain, but you can eventually disable it. Holding the power button on your phone still pulls up a menu and asks you to turn it back on, but this is the least intrusive you can make it.

Applies to all non-apple phones afaik. For sure Samsungs and Pixels but idrk about others

Edit: thank you my friend @/teeth-kid for confirming that this also works on Motorola

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clair dunlap @smallgourd.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

absolutely stoked that my prints from @tommyarnoldart.com came in the mail today! unfortunately impossible to capture print + my abhorsen tattoo (on the other side of my arm ha)

A hand and arm are visible holding up an art print still in a protective sleeve. The print is of the special edition cover for Abhorsen with art by Tommy Arnold. The main character is floating just above still water, and her hair, sword, and bells are also levitating as if drawn upward from her body.

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Rebecca Tamás @rebeccatamas.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Alice Notley got it. She GOT it.

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clair dunlap @smallgourd.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

as a writer and a librarian, this is so, so deeply insulting.

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Anna Beers @beeeeeers.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Hey all, here's a post at @ssrc.org about how anti-trans talking points are getting wrapped into Google's AI search results. AI search not only cites anti-trans disinfo, but sanitizes it, making practices like conversion therapy sound legitimate and safe.

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Anti-Transgender Disinformation in the Age of Algorithmic Search Summaries

Recently Google introduced a feature in its search engine that algorithmically creates summaries of one's search results. Though it could be viewed as a useful tool, researcher Anna Beers argues this ...

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clair dunlap @smallgourd.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

dw i 'di bod yn dysgu siarad Cymraeg am bedwar mis rŵan! really proud actually of my progress (dw i'n hapus efo faint dw i 'di dysgu mewn amser byr!)

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

"Ich askid ChatGPT," Well Ich askid the stones, and the forest, and the rayne, and the wynde, and what thei seyde was learninge, and dreames, and growinge thinges, and a worlde wher we talke to each othir.

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Lost Under the Couch Barbie. @wstafrican.blacksky.app · 06/05/2025

The chatbot people are so upset. What are you going to do? Come to my home and force me to use ChatGPT?

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박사라 Sarah Park Dahlen @readingspark.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Published today: Research on Diversity in Youth Literature (RDYL) 6.2! Check out our peer-reviewed articles + book reviews + art. Many thanks to our writers, artist, co-editors, reviewers! iopn.library.illinois.edu/journals/rdyl #RDYL #iSchoolUI #iSchoolCCB #YouthLit #ChildLit #YALit #OpenAccess

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An Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog @hugobookclub.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Some may claim racism has no place in science fiction, but sadly SF has a long history of enabling fascist worldbuilding That's why you need to read @jordanscarroll.bsky.social's "Speculative Whiteness," a first-rate takedown of racist subtext in sci-fi Blog: hugoclub.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-...

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The Nerd Reich

Discussion of Hugo Award nominees for best novel, other science fiction novels, and analysis of the awards. We read all the nominees before we vote.

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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Parents have a responsibility to ENGAGE with what their children are reading and to help GUIDE them in smart choices. They absolutely do NOT have a right to control their kids' reading. No one does.

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clair dunlap @smallgourd.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

my coworker had my teen advisory board make me a birthday card last week when i was off work & 😭 truly cannot express how much i needed a card telling me i'm someone's favorite librarian rn

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The Poetry Society @poetrysociety.org.uk · 05/04/2025

'Black lake, black boat,' by Emily Skaja was published in The Poetry Review Spring 2025, which is out now and available for purchase via the link in our bio, and is freely available to read on our website.

Black lake, black boat, by Emily Skaja. 'Black lake, black boat, black fog I can't find my way through. Black trees, black moon. I once knew the sky from the water. This course I remember, its narrowing. How I crept my way down the ladder like clutching the gluey rungs of a throat. I know you know how I've been. Like you, like blood sucked from a cut. A hot metal gash, a beat of alarm, too late. The water is listening. That's my name in its mouth.'

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clair dunlap @smallgourd.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

my state library emailed me to let me know to halt any more purchases with the grant i was awarded happy friday

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Protato @protato42.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Happy Trans Day of Visibility

A picture of David Lynch with the caption Fix your hearts or die

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clair dunlap @smallgourd.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

today i had the immense pleasure while at the high school for outreach of telling a student that not only does legendborn by @tracydeonn.bsky.social have a sequel but the third book comes out in 2 weeks! helped him find bloodmarked in the school library & he left with his nose in the book! magic!

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Lucy Knisley @lucyknisley.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Oh hey it’s the year of the snake! Here’s a drawing of a snake I made.

Snake protecting a blue, white and pink flower from a shoe trying to crush it, with the text PROTECT TRANS KIDS

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clair dunlap @smallgourd.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

our county's first poet laureate (appointed by me, the Library) was a finalist for the young leader of the year in our town & they didn't win but everyone at this fancy dinner did get to listen to how a young trans person benefitted their community so that's a win

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clair dunlap @smallgourd.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

i'm taking joy where i can get it & today at the middle school to talk up a book trivia program, the book the students LOVED was "the otherwoods" by justine pucella winans. heard a lot of "River is just like me!"

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Bony 🦴 Skeletino 💀 @notalegalrecord.net · 27/01/2025

"While a parent has the right to guide their own children’s reading, their beliefs and prejudices should not dictate what another parent chooses for their own children." We just can't quite come to the point where we acknowledge that kids have *their own right* to read, can we. 📚

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Hannah Cohen @hcohen.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

I dunno Mary Oliver, the soft animal of my body is not loving this right now

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clair dunlap @smallgourd.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

a library teen told me they like reading "people's passion projects about something that really interests them" and i thought huh didn't know substack was so popular with teens? they were talking about fanfiction and this is why teens are the best.

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