ICYMI amid yesterday's detritus, CJ put out a new issue!!!

So the real Cheney's been dead for several days, so not too soon to share this great story from @amystuber.com www.thecommononline.org/dick-cheney-...

Community organizing is where it's at! So proud of my daughter Emma who put together a great event today here in Savannah. Wonderful to learn more about local nonprofits doing important work.

Really looking forward to this event. Melissa is such a talent and also such a generous friend to me in @smokelong.bsky.social workshops.

Check out this marvelous triptych from @dawnsteffler.bsky.social ! ghostparachute.com/issue/novemb...

Ooh, just got an EM telling me that Excuse Me for Moonwalking by @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social is on its way to me and my TBR!!

The Onion’s Exclusive Interview With Katy Perry And Justin Trudeau https://theonion.com/the-onions-exclusive-interview-with-katy-perry-and-justin-trudeau/

Last night’s “SNL” took inspiration from Netflix’s latest true-crime hit, “The Perfect Neighbor,” Paula Mejía writes. But it “probed a different, more mundane topic: the division of household labor."

So many poets! So little time.

In honor of her new book, you should read “The Noises from the Neighbors Upstairs: A Nightly Log” by @ambersparks.bsky.social - it’s so damn good! www.smokelong.com/stories/the-...

If you haven't seen/heard Sam Sax's poem on poem-a-day today, check it out! poets.org/poem-a-day

Disney is a collaborator. So are members of the Supreme Court and the heads of US departments. Among others. I think it's important to use the word "collaborator." IMO, once a collaborator, always a collaborator.

My thought is not to boycott Disney et al. until Kimmel is back on the air. I intend to boycott them for the rest of my life. Pretty sure I can find plenty of screen entertainment from non-collaborators!

I'm starting the Core Sequence of the Basic Program of Liberal Education for Adults (basically a Great Books program) at the Graham School Oct. 3. I'm psyched!

Karina Villa protecting her constituents by literally running ICE off the streets in West Chicago and yelling to residents to stay inside their homes.

Lower the flag for Robert Redford. He used his wealth and status for good. RIP.

Robots for Christ? from Lauren Jackson, NYTimes Bible Chat, a Christian app, has more than 30 million downloads. Hallow, a Catholic app, was Apple’s most-downloaded app at one point . . . Pray.com, . . . has about 25 million downloads — are rolling out chatbots, too.

slightly diminish a book As I Lay Crying

Any writers need encouragement today? Here's a beautiful letter from Brenda Hillman: tlth.co.uk/dearemerging...

All Loose-Fish.

Highly recommended. You need to read this!

Elizabeth Hardwick! Where've you been all my life?

Are you fucking kidding me? Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/u...

Powerful, lyrical CNF from Josie Braaten at @pitheadchapel.bsky.social this month. pitheadchapel.com/shoulder-sea...

Emmett Till would be 84 today. Not 114. Not 104. 84. He would be my uncle. Not great-great or great uncle. One of my parents' siblings. This is why we remember.

"All deception is self-deception. They don't tell you that in lying school." Having a great time reading Marie-Helene Bertino's collection Exit Zero!

Can't wait to read/re-read the Top 50! wigleaf.com

I will spare you the details.

So proud of my Indiana Pacers regardless--they played their hearts out this post-season. Congrats to OKC.

Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be cannon fodder. And I mean all mamas, every color, creed and country.

One more game for all the marbles. In a series lots of folks said would be a sweep for OKC. LET'S GO, PACERS!

I'm having trouble laughing at this one.

I'm with Charles Baxter--this is a powerhouse of a collection. If you don't mind some rugged Midwestern realism, I recommend this collection from Bob Johnson highly.

I like the Pacers' chances tonight. High-quality NBA! Also, not digging ABC's coverage. #Pacers

That was some high-quality NBA.

"Wouldn't it be nice?" is my favorite.

Less than an hour until tip! Let's go, Pacers!

Exactly who the phony Christian GOP are!

i think it should be a bigger story that the president held a meeting with a foreign head of state where he ranted about the most gutter white supremacist propaganda you can find on the internet

Off to a good start in Madison Square Gardens! #indianapacers

Norm!

This week @necessaryfiction.com: Sarah Holloway reviews Sherrie Flick's I HAVE NOT CONSIDERED CONSEQUENCES necessaryfiction.com/reviews/i-ha... @autumnhousepress.bsky.social @sarahholloway.bsky.social @sherrieflick.bsky.social

ICYMI!

"We’re committed to making America healthy again, and the way we’re going to do that is by removing the one major variable when it comes to health: people."

Tyrese is on fire! Does anyone else on here care?

We're back with another great and intriguing piece! Today it's @clinforth.bsky.social's "Homesick" To read this great piece in full in visit: www.thedodgemag.com/christopherl...

My review of Sherrie Flick's marvelous I Have Not Considered Consequences is up today at Necessary Fiction!

My review of Sherrie Flick's marvelous I Have Not Considered Consequences is up today at Necessary Fiction!