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“Poems are porous constructs: here life flows and seeps in and out, incalculably strong-headed, recognizable and in the most foreign shape.” -- Paul Celan

insanely pleasing to have my book appear in this murderer’s row of a year in reading

holy moly

Guy who never read poetry because he fundamentally does not believe in the value of poetry voice: and look, this machine can write perfect poetry

One of the first feature-length films was made in Australia. The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906) had a run time of over one hour, but only about 17 minutes are known to still exist today

Sometimes we want others—and even ourselves—not to need to know anything at all. It is Pressley’s contention that this particular unknowing “is essential for the sense of potentiality, depth, play, and freedom in human affairs.” bit.ly/3XakKIE

The Painted Room is an extraordinary novel and everyone should read it

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Bay Area folks: I'll be having an open-ended public conversation with the art historian Alex Nemerov about the powers of unknowing, today at 430pm. Neither of us has any idea about what's going to transpire, so it should be interesting at least events.stanford.edu/event/the-righ…

In Plough Quarterly I offer my slant on the decline-of-reading debates. The problem isn't (just) the attention economy; it's about politics & labor: plough.com/en/topics/cult…

excited for this one

One of my wildest sidewalk book-bin finds: an 1840 edition of Hegel’s Philosophy of Right whose previous owner was Joseph Frank

ICYMI: Providence has become the SIXTH city to BAN algorithmic rental price fixing! 🔥 Providence City Council is protecting renters in the city and fighting back against the corporate greed driving up rents across the country.

I had a blast talking with Josh and Ray yesterday. Tune in to check it out!

no one expands the mind with such economy and sly, playful humor quite like Kate Colby. A tremendous new chapbook from Factory Hollow Press