Holiday baking PSA: when making fudge, do not accidentally substitute sweetened condensed milk for evaporated milk. Sigh. What a big gloopy chocolately mess I have mired myself in.

I think tom kha soup may save me this winter.

... Walk through the garden’s dormant splendor. Say only, thank you. Thank you. —Ross Gay

Is there anything more PNW than knowing there are fabulous Northern Lights happening and the sky is too clouded over to see them?

Humans evolved to create. Creating is your birthright. Don't go through life without enjoying it.

Fun way to find out

So, between The Diplomat and Poldark, we're all in love with Aidan Turner now, right?

Doing reverse truck or treat this year where I stay home in my normal clothes and everybody takes turns stopping by to give me candy and tell me how nice I look

If you're having chronic shoulder pain, just go on a trip where you don't have to sit at a laptop for a few days, and voila! Pain gone.

God, I love Portland

To rest, go to the woods where what is made is made without your thought or work. -- Wendell Berry

Some good news to share today! Huge congratulations to Richard Siken and Gabrielle Calvocoressi. I'd also like to give a big shoutout to my colleagues at @coppercanyonpress.bsky.social for all the ways they go above and beyond to bring these books into the world 💜🔥

I can't believe there are people who have the energy to get up in the morning and start doing things and keep doing things all day. WTF sounds fake.

As a grad of that very department, I am so proud!

Monthly reminder: Many people have a book in them, but it takes a special kind of freak to leave the Land of Laziness, cross the Plains of Procrastination and Insecurity Mountain, find the Blade of No One Made You Do This, and use it to cut your chest open and yank that book out.

Must read for the book world from @defector.com and something I would have cited the hell out of in Art of Libromancy if it'd been out before I wrote it. tl;dr: Publishing is always ideological, especially when we claim it's not.

Well, @sarahkendzior.bsky.social knew what was up and has been saying so for years. Those of us who listened to her are not surprised.

Can we just get Ezra Klein to STFU?

I know I am ridiculously old to be talking about video games, but there is still nothing better than Moss to play on the VR and I dearly long for a third one because I've played the first two so many times, and all the other games I try don't even come close.

I called Premera Blue Cross because of an EOB that looked wonky and they were extremely nice and helpful and I didn't have to wait on hold for even a minute and my entire world view has just been completey turned upside down.

I am always astonished by how many of my fellow OlyPen residents are afraid of Seattle. Kids that grew up here not wanting to go to UW because of the scary city. SO glad my own kiddo was born and had several years in Seattle before we moved here.

Just a reminder that mifepristone is incredibly safe and has been approved by the FDA for a quarter of a century. You can purchase medication abortion (mifepristone and misoprostol) online and have it shipped to your home through @aidaccess.bsky.social. Mifepristone has a shelf life of 5 years.

It's National Coffee Day. You know how to celebrate ☕

I wish everyone would stop acting like autism is a bad thing. Neurodiversity is like any other type of diversity: a beautiful, interesting, integral part of humanity.

TYLENOL DOES NOT CAUSE AUTISM FEVERS DO NOT CAUSE AUTISM AUTISM IS NOT CAUSED BY ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS, PERIOD IT IS GENETIC, AND IT IS A NEUROTYPE, NOT A DISEASE

Can relate

it's Libra season. treat yourself!

I also like it. I've never met a NT person and thought "wow, that looks awesome." My brain has strengths and weaknesses but so do theirs. Society is just built around their strengths and accommodates their weaknesses.

I actually do read some non-Copper Canyon Press poets from time to time, and Ama Codjoe is one of them. I encourage you to do the same!

FFS, @npr.org. The science is VERY clear and you all know it.

I know I'm not the first person to say this, but they are all so fucking stupid on top of everything else.

Worth a read/listen from anybody in a city likely to be targeted soon. I'm looking at you SEA and PDX.

This cartoon by artist Frank Ape grounded me today #artmatters

Translated and edited by Tayseer Abu Odeh and Sherah Bloor and guest edited by Jorie Graham, You Must Live compiles recent work from 30 poets living in Gaza and the West Bank. The challenges of publishing it were immense.

For the love of coffee, LISTEN TO BLACK WOMEN.

It's beyond time to recognize that the people in charge and the politicians and personalities responsible for fighting fascism are economically and politically intertwined with the need for America to become fascist. We've got more than enough evidence and people have to move beyond denial.

Imagine in 2025, after all the times Black women warned literally everyone about everything that’s happening right now, announcing that Black women commentators are just very paranoid When we have been right???????? This whole time????? About pretty much everything????????????!

So they're already lynching people again. JFC.

Do not assume that everything they set out to do is inevitable. They have been successfully fought on multiple fronts, from courtroom wins that have actually stuck to city and state governments that haven't backed down, to activists in the streets organizing against their violence.

Could not be more excited and proud that longtime @coppercanyonpress.bsky.social poet Arthur Sze is our new US Poet Laureate.

We're delighted that longtime contributor Arthur Sze has been named our new Poet Laureate! The included poem "Oolong" appeared in our Autumn 1993 issue. This piece carries much needed wisdom and grace, and you can read it at the link in our bio. kenyonreview.org/piece/octobe...

Most folks will find their courage by finding their people.

Why, yes I AM gonna geek out this weekend at the Hamilton movie, and OF COURSE I'm gonna be singing along the whole time. #findingjoywhereyoucan

OMG!! We (@coppercanyonpress.bsky.social) have THREE books on this list!! Congratulations to Richard Siken, Natalie Shapero, and Gabrielle Calvocoressi, as well as all of the other longlisters. After a very tough year for nonprofit indie publishing, this is sweet news indeed.

As an official olde person, let me tell ya we were not all totin' guns to school back in the day, and I don't believe anybody falls for that particularly stupid piece of bullshit from him. I know that truth is not really the issue here, it's his intent to harm, which is quite breathtaking.

It's hard to put into words the anxiety folks are feeling. As an appreciation for everyone pushing through it, and many of us doing as much as we can, some more than anyone should have to, here's a bluesky exclusive of killdeer chicks seeking safe harbor under their parent. #birds 🐣

WTF SCOTUS?