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I mean, I’m not trying to one-up this, but … how about first editions of the three works that were eventually compiled INTO Mere Christianity?

This is your chance to buy my latest book, The Locust Years, at a summer discount!

“She’s beautiful,” says the girl, “even though she’s green! She’s beautiful, even though she isn’t real!” And we all lean out for a better look and I’m surprised by everything I feel. Alicia E. Stallings plough.com/en/topics/cult…

She just does stuff like this.

The “ghost pipe,” Monotropa uniflora, a parasitic flower without chlorophyll, which sups from fungal networks underground. It’s literary too—Emily Dickinson called it “the preferred flower of life,” and it was featured on the first edition of her poems.

Paul J. Pastor on his beautiful poem, “Because I Thought that Hope Was Not for Me.” Listen to the whole conversation on YouTube or your podcast platform of choice.

Cucumbers are lettuce sausage.

A treasure from Paul J. Pastor in our archives! Decadence and the Drum-keeper: Some Thoughts on Paul Claudel and the Poet’s Search for Cadence — Dappled Things dappledthings.org/nonfiction/dec…

Toddlers put everything in their mouth because they have not yet figured out that edibility is not the only standard by which to judge their world. I think of this when I hear people ask what the humanities "are good for."

I told my kids that their blueberry-picking basket has "more handles than a classical radio station at Christmastime," and I just don't think I got enough credit for it.

Grace bought this piece of art from a homeless guy outside of Powells yesterday. It’s made out of a napkin. 🤯

I really enjoyed this conversation. Listening to Paul J. Pastor talk about his poetry, and art and Christian art has really got my brain going. Highly recommend listening to the whole episode

Having a functioning dopaminergic system will be a status symbol. There will be class divisions between tech gooners and analogue thinkers. Cyborg vs Human except in this case cyborgs are lame and all look like Sam Altman

Again, and I cannot stress this enough, she just does stuff like this.

I am honored to have *five* poems in the new summer issue of Liberties Journal of Culture and Politics, which is simply one of the top independent journals of any kind at the moment. And what company! Read it. Deep thanks to Celeste Marcus, etc. and compliments to the team on another exceptional issue.

Speaking from the constantly recurring miracle that we call “life,” I am pleased to report that once again, the figs are ripe.

Poetry is great pool reading for folks who still have to pay attention to swimmers… ⁦Paul J. Pastor⁩ still savoring your book!

The new issue of Presence Journal brims with poetry & translations by many I admire, such as naomi shihab nye Paul J. Pastor Michael Dechane Marly Youmans 🌿☦️✍️ & others. I’m honored it also includes an interview of me by Marjorie Maddox —so grateful to her & Presence! catholicpoetryjournal.com/table-of-conte…

I have a longish piece on Manto in this issue. In such good company!

“Dad, what’s ‘Emo’?” You don’t get to pick when the big questions come up. Here we go.