Marco Rubio's "ANTIFA as terrorism" summit is about criminalizing dissent. It will allow the state to target citizens opposed to Washington's fascist agenda. Canada's decision to send delegates makes us complicit. We are ANTIFA. We must hold our ground. youtube.com/shorts/vb9OQ...

Second run of Eleanor Holmes’ book # MOTH in the works. $5 of all proceeds will go to to Second Step Mental Health charity: www.second-step.co.uk www.ethelzine.com/shop/moth-by...

Therese Estacion, Jelly, Baby: Essays on Disability and Vulnerability / @bookhugpress.bsky.social ; robmclennan.blogspot.com/2026/07/ther...

Christine's Toxemia (Book*hug Press, 2024) is on the Warland Award 2025 Longlist! congratulations! you should pick up a copy: bookhugpress.ca/shop/books/m... here's my review/essay on the book; robmclennan.substack.com/p/reading-in... cc: @bookhugpress.bsky.social @christinemcnair.bsky.social

If you’re looking to fill up a box of 4 chapbooks during the above/ground press bday sale, why not check out my collection of surreality cover arted by my beloved sister, Leona Smith abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2024/07/new-...

It’s 25 years since we lost Douglas Adams. I am happy to have been able to get a reference to him into this piece in the FT about why the humanities are essential www.ft.com/content/fbde...

George Beer.

hey, rob's above/ground press is having a sale, so now would be a good time to get copies of my chapbooks with them! Gravenhurst: abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2019/06/grav... some of the raccoon poems: abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2022/10/new-...

happy thirty-third birthday sale, above/ground press! , in which an anniversary begins to be celebrated, abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2026/07/happ...

Therese Estacion, Jelly, Baby: Essays on Disability and Vulnerability / @bookhugpress.bsky.social ; robmclennan.blogspot.com/2026/07/ther...

Scott Abbott's beautiful tribute to his friend, the poet Alex Caldiero. wp.me/p2VlSS-2KU

My review of Ajar by Margo LaPierre is out on periodicities today! periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2026/06/mela...

My review of Jaime Forsythe's Yield has been published on periodicities: a journal of poetry and poetics. @periodicities.bsky.social periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2026/07/mela...

Touch the Donkey [a small poetry journal] : FIFTIETH ISSUE, with new poems by David Miller, Jason Heroux, Kiik Araki-Kawaguchi, Laura Farina, Elena Zhang, Daphne Marlatt, Eve Luckring and Steven Ross Smith, / @ezhang77.bsky.social ; touchthedonkey.blogspot.com/2026/07/touc...

Meghan Kemp-Gee, Nebulas / @meghankempgee.bsky.social @coachhousebooks.bsky.social ; robmclennan.blogspot.com/2026/07/megh...

Happy to have three little poems in this issue! Get a copy here! touchthedonkey.blogspot.com/2026/07/touc...

Touch the Donkey [a small poetry journal] : FIFTIETH ISSUE, with new poems by David Miller, Jason Heroux, Kiik Araki-Kawaguchi, Laura Farina, Elena Zhang, Daphne Marlatt, Eve Luckring and Steven Ross Smith, / @ezhang77.bsky.social ; touchthedonkey.blogspot.com/2026/07/touc...

Meghan Kemp-Gee, Nebulas / @meghankempgee.bsky.social @coachhousebooks.bsky.social ; robmclennan.blogspot.com/2026/07/megh...

hey! It’s newly-landed Ottawa writer Harold Hoefle! we had some good drinks at the Dominion Tavern, a place of which I am quite fond,

G-l-o-r-i-a , a further short story, robmclennan.substack.com/p/g-l-o-r-i-a

sending out books and chapbooks soon to Patreon supporters: www.patreon.com/robmclennan

12 or 20 (second series) questions with Paul E. Nelson / @paulenelson.bsky.social ; robmclennan.blogspot.com/2026/07/12-o...

Tuesday poem #693 : Elizabeth Johnston Ambrose : My 91-Year-Old Grandmother in the Hospital, Again / @poetlady74.bsky.social @rattlepoetry.bsky.social ; dusie.blogspot.com/2026/07/tues...

sending out books and chapbooks soon to Patreon supporters: www.patreon.com/robmclennan

Six Questions interview (via @chaudierebooks.bsky.social) #237 : August Chun / @augustchun.bsky.social ; chaudierebooks.blogspot.com/2026/07/six-...

Thanks to @robmclennan.bsky.social for publishing my poem about my grandmother and lightening bugs on Dusie <3 FYI: my grandmother pulled through that illness. I'm headed to PA tomorrow to see her and my grandfather (75 yrs of marriage!). Every day is a gift and I've been luckier than most.

G-l-o-r-i-a , a further short story, robmclennan.substack.com/p/g-l-o-r-i-a

The fact that J.K. Rowling successfully bullied Amnesty International into taking down a report that accurately called out her attack on trans people, especially trans women, is so repulsive and such a display of the power of her money, and her choice to put her vast fortune behind persecution.

newly posted at @periodicities.bsky.social : Mrityunjay Mohan : on Pillars of Sand periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2026/07/mrit...

newly posted at @periodicities.bsky.social : Phil Spotswood : on PRESS 254 periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2026/07/phil...

newly posted at @periodicities.bsky.social : Kim Fahner @kimfahner.bsky.social : What Is Broken Binds Us, by Lorne Daniel / @lornedaniel.bsky.social @ucalgarypress.bsky.social ; periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2026/07/kim-...

newly posted at @periodicities.bsky.social : Melanie Marttila @melaniemarttila.bsky.social : Yield, by Jaime Forsythe / @jaimeforsythe.bsky.social @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social ; periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2026/07/mela...

The Art Gallery of the Ottawa Valley is seeking artists and/or small collectives to submit exhibition proposals for the new Art Gallery of the Ottawa Valley Killaloe Location. ottawavalleycommunityarts.ca/agov/

12 or 20 (second series) questions with Paul E. Nelson / @paulenelson.bsky.social ; robmclennan.blogspot.com/2026/07/12-o...

Tuesday poem #693 : Elizabeth Johnston Ambrose : My 91-Year-Old Grandmother in the Hospital, Again / @poetlady74.bsky.social @rattlepoetry.bsky.social ; dusie.blogspot.com/2026/07/tues...

Six Questions interview #237 : August Chun / @augustchun.bsky.social ; chaudierebooks.blogspot.com/2026/07/six-...

ah, Sam Neill (1947–2026). Until The End of the World, dir. Wim Wenders (1991) remains my favourite film,

you saw this new review of Christine McNair's Toxemia (Book*hug Press, 2024) writ by Frances Boyle, yes? such a good book; @christinemcnair.bsky.social @francesboyle19.bsky.social @bookhugpress.bsky.social @freefallmagazine.bsky.social ; freefallmagazine.ca/review-of-ch...

The Capilano Review issue 4.6 (spring 2026) : love bends / the mover: The Roy Miki Issue / @bcbooklook.bsky.social ; robmclennan.blogspot.com/2026/07/the-...

attempting further headway through this novel manuscript (extending a thread or two from my short story collection, On Beauty); might this be the summer the book is finally complete?

you saw this new review of Christine McNair's Toxemia (Book*hug Press, 2024) writ by Frances Boyle, yes? such a good book; @christinemcnair.bsky.social @francesboyle19.bsky.social @bookhugpress.bsky.social @freefallmagazine.bsky.social ; freefallmagazine.ca/review-of-ch...

ah, Sam Neill (1947–2026). Until The End of the World, dir. Wim Wenders (1991) remains my favourite film,

The Capilano Review issue 4.6 (spring 2026) : love bends / the mover: The Roy Miki Issue / @bcbooklook.bsky.social ; robmclennan.blogspot.com/2026/07/the-...

my new poetry title, edgeless (Caitlin Press) is now available! robmclennan.blogspot.com/2026/07/my-n...

happy thirty-third birthday sale, above/ground press! , in which an anniversary begins to be celebrated, abovegroundpress.substack.com/p/happy-thir...

happy thirty-third birthday sale, above/ground press! , in which an anniversary begins to be celebrated, abovegroundpress.substack.com/p/happy-thir...

Six Questions interview (via @chaudierebooks.bsky.social) #237 : August Chun / @augustchun.bsky.social ; chaudierebooks.blogspot.com/2026/07/six-...

my new poetry title, edgeless (Caitlin Press) is now available! robmclennan.blogspot.com/2026/07/my-n...

some above/ground press author activity: James Hawes, Alice Burdick, Salem Paige, Penn Kemp + Gregory Crosby, / @monostich.bsky.social @salempaige.bsky.social @aliceburdick.bsky.social ; abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2026/07/some...

12 or 20 (second series) questions with Hugo dos Santos robmclennan.blogspot.com/2026/07/12-o...