christmas eve morning the snow plow beeps away while he snores beside me

"Femmunist Intimations," my contribution to the eflux journal masculinities issue. Which includes a tribute to one of my teachers, Raewyn Connell.

The desperate hands of the global south seek to take back an overheated world. Seriously, what's next? The McHamburglar trophy in gourmet cooking? The Pol Pot Human Rights medal? The Jeffrey Epstein childcare grant? The Vladimir Putin democracy fellowship? The Weinstein-Cosby feminism prize?

Men take off their cowboy hats.

@tenderoni88.bsky.social Your uncle talking you up!

This is perfection, how it’s done.

Too excited to sleep.

It’s exciting to see new work from @josehernandezdz.bsky.social in @ettereview.bsky.social Was he grand? Was he a champion? A beggar? Somewhere in the middle? When he finally found his name, it was written on the bottom of his bedroom slipper. His name, it turns out, was “Exist.” - The Search

Thank you. Walking by the ACLU peeps stationed on the Cambridge corners today thought: The plan can’t be just asking for more money.

symbols

RIP to one of the all-time greats... Jack DeJohnette has passed away at age 83. The legendary drummer is pictured here at the September 24, 1965 recording session for Jackie McLean's "Jacknife," which marked his first appearance on a Blue Note record.

Updated my Muckrack profile. Pieces on Nayland Blake, Juliana Huxtable, Tourmaine, Sophie Lewis, the Wachowskis, the Candy Darling bio, Shu lea Cheang, Lucy Sante, Agnes Questionmark, cute accelerationism, surrealism etc muckrack.com/mckenzie-war...

🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations to the 2025 Lambda Literary Award Winner for LGBTQ+ Studies: When Monsters Speak: A Susan Stryker Reader by Susan Stryker, edited by McKenzie Wark! @susanstryker.bsky.social @mckenziewark.bsky.social @dukepress.bsky.social 🎉🎉🎉 #Lammys2025 #LammyAwards

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Wait, was she flying to Epstein’s island? Or back with the files? #ameliaearhart

“I feel like music offers a softening—that was the word that came to mind, or maybe opening. It brings us back into our bodies.” —Jamila Woods, interviewed by Sam Sax www.thebeliever.net/an-interview...

The main message of the Charlie Kirk rally is release the Epstein files.

Still in bed reading.

Thank you @bookculture.com (and Leo) for featuring my book. And Darcey texting a picture.

Found my book in www.tiktok.com/@grolierpoet... Thank you.

the Boston bed only double not queen so there his foot, my calf

Nosebleed this morning which I am going to take as a good sign for our departure to Boston.

My angel. Happy #internationaldogday

"Rank without honor earns deference without respect." —Chamfort Evergreen, but seems especially apropos rn.

My contribution to “Women in Translation Month.” #elfriedejelinek #WiT

Nicole Collier, hero.

“He said his motivation was salvation.”

#caturday 1&2, am, afternoon

at this rate with the epstein news getting worse every day trump might release the piss tape himself as a distraction

Dear Politicians, sending me SMS texts like this make me *less* likely to support you. The deluge of these has to stop. & Apple needs to take blocking these numbers seriously.

At the airport, I put the GQ back because I could not choose between Brad Pitt and Damson Idris.

Did not buy. Bye Milan/Italy.

We are hiring a tenure track poet! I’m so excited / spread the word… wesleyan.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/career...

The crew at Nightboat are seeking a little support to bring the collected poems of Kevin Killian to print. Over 400 pages! Consider chipping in here: nightboat.org/support-pada...

First two niche book purchases in Milan.

Feeling this.

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Putting on my glasses to try to find him in baggage.

Italy tomorrow to see you the cat cries looking for you

It’s a campaign as teach-in.

a #haiku from the heat wave a run in road shadows that russet to my right deer under bush

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This is great campaign messaging. No wonder the establishment is so shook.

knew enough to swim the war he starts the world he ends

Stella-Lucia and I are resting (beer for me) before 100 Pink Smoke Flares by Raphaele Shirley at the Deep Water Literary Fest.