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Well, look at that: "The Ghost Ship," a poem from my collection, When the Earth Flies into the Sun (Saturnalia.Books), was on Verse Daily (@versedaily.bsky.social) this week. Official pub date for WTEFITS: next Tuesday! versedaily.org/2024/theghosts…

Nothing to see here but a bunch of Wabash College guys reading poetry and eating pizza on the night before Fall Break. So honored that they chose WTEFITS to discuss! Thanks, ya'll!

Wearing my Alan Trammell jersey while I address Postcards to Swing States bound for the great state of Michigan. Come on, Michiganders! Let's deliver for Kamala Harris.

It has been a busy enough day that I almost forgot that When the Earth Flies into the Sun celebrates its publication! It's official and out in the world--with thanks to Saturnalia.Books for all their hard work!

The Verse Daily Podcast: Episode 4 - Derek Mong open.substack.com/pub/versedaily…

Friends! @annieofisher has two events next week with Olena Stiazhkina, whose book, Ukraine, War, Love, depicts the harrowing events in and around her hometown, Donetsk, following the 2014 Russian invasion. Annie translated the book for HURI Harvard. Please consider attending!

Sometimes, the world's awfulness seems too much. That's when Derek Mong reimagines geologies where people disappear. zps.la/3UejYJf

Wanna know why I'd title a poetry book after a cataclysmic cosmic eventuality? Well, here's the essay for you--with thanks to Zócalo Public Square & Eryn Brown for supporting my prose! zocalopublicsquare.org/2024/10/17/wor…

How does one cope with today's awfulness? Zócalo contributing editor Derek Mong finds respite in conceptualizing his tiny lifespan as a microscopic mark on the grand geological timeline of the Earth.zps.la/3UejYJf

"Imagination is an asset at such moments of crisis. There’s no hope without it, nor any social justice." —Zócalo contributing editor Derek Mong"zps.la/3UejYJf

Come see Annie and Olena in Indianapolis tonight and W. Lafayette tomorrow! Glory to Ukraine!

This is tonight in Lafayette, Indiana! @annieofisher, HURI Harvard

This video is incredible. Everyone should RETWEET it so the whole *world* sees it.

There are over 500 people in the Kamala Harris phonebank right now. Yesterday, there were over 400, and 400 the day before that. This buoys me. This keeps me strong. #SaveDemocracy

Once more into the breach, as I attend The Democratic National Committee's event, “20 Million Calls to Win!” - sign up now to join me! events.democrats.org/event/735006/?…

It may be time to try some of the coping strategies I wrote about in this essay Zócalo Public Square. The world's quotient of awfulness is on the rise. zocalopublicsquare.org/world-seems-aw…

Friends: I'm reading in Indianapolis at Tomorrow Bookstore (with Jesse Nathan & Isabella Mansfield) this Wednesday night at 7:30 PM. Come join us. Because it's better to be around other right now. And poetry. And books. eventbrite.com/e/poets-at-tom…

Join Jesse Nathan, Isabella Mansfield, and I for poetry tonight at Tomorrow Bookstore in Indianapolis. Because it sure as shits beats hanging around Elon Musk's asshat social media platform. eventbrite.com/e/poets-at-tom…

Reading Gary Shteyngart’s Absurdistan while waiting two hours to vote was, in retrospect, a dark foreshadowing of the adminstration to come.

Friends: I'm getting off Twitter/X because Elon Musk supported a man who sought to violently overthrow the results of the 2020 election. That twat can eat a bag of toe jam. So: find me on Blue Sky, ya'll: Derek Mong.bsky.social