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Right now, public school teaching feels like the film Titanic when everyone's drowning and I'm supposed to be the calm one playing an instrument.

Re-reading gender theory/studies (Beauvoir, hooks, Butler) to work into my course as my class is angry that I only teach white, Christian, Western European philosophers. If anyone knows any female philosophy during the medieval and early-modern eras, I'm all ears.

Joe Rogan likely cancelling sold-out Vancouver show due to vaccine mandates dailyhive.com/vancouver/joe-…

Best poetry I read last year: The Junta of Happenstance by Tolu Oloruntoba, The Bad Wife by Micheline Maylor, Strangers by Rob Taylor, Deepfake Serenade by Chris Banks, The Past by Wendy Xu, frank:sonnets by Dianne Seuss, and Water I Won’t Touch by Kayleb Rae Candrilli

PIECE OF THE WEEK: Hockey is a way of life in many Canadian towns. But what if you secretly dream of hanging up your skates to tap dance instead? buff.ly/3LEpdMA (Maisonneuve Magazine Curtis LeBlanc)

Odd solicitation, but is there anyone in the Van City area that’s a Sarah Harmer fan!? I’ve got an extra ticket for Thursday’s show at the Vogue!

and the best headline award goes to The Tyee thetyee.ca/Analysis/2022/…

Love when I can get into a conversation about the "lameness of the tortured artist trope" with a student who's a huge fan of Nirvana and Sylvia Plath.

There are no enemies.

Enjoying my time back on the Rock! Been too long. Yes b’y!

Labour Day for teachers is the day before an alien invasion. I re-watched Independence Day to get into the appropriate headspace. “We will not vanish without a fight. We’re going to live on! We will survive!”

Poets, I need poems and/or collections that address toxic masculinity. Suggestions!!?

If there's one memoir you read in 2023 make it Harrison Mooney 🫥's Invisible Boy.

At the mall today & my partner asks why so many adults Bird-Box their way through life!? LMFAO

So I hear people are watching this superb owl. It must be a hoot!

5 things you might find in a poem of mine: 1. Depressing stuff 2. Religion bashing 3. My dad 4. An attempt at cleverness 5. Toxic masculinity Emily Osborne Daniel Cowper Kyle McKillop Red Alder Review

Last new #poetry book to announce: Indie Rock By Joe Bishop bit.ly/3Zf0cgk "Bishop's lyrics chronicle sexual exploration amidst Newfoundland music and folklore. Indie Rock has the volume jacked, and these poems pulsate and blister long after the show's over." Aidan Chafe

Bankers, Crows & Brandon Lee maudlinhouse.net/bankers-crows-… via Maudlin House

Grateful to the editors ⁦The Fiddlehead⁩ to have included this sad sonnet for their Spring volume. In fine company too!

Blew my 🧦s off in 2023: 1. Alternator by Chris Banks 2. Safety Razor by Emily Osbourne Emily Osborne 3. Rebellion Box by Hollay Ghadery Hollay Ghadery (she/her) 4. The End Is in the Middle by Daniel Scott Tysdal 5. Entre Reve and Shore by Dominique Bernier-Cormier Dominique Bernier-Cormier