THIS MONDAY, 9/8: I’ll be reading at KGB Bar w/ Tom Thompson & Sullivan Summer. Starts at 7:30, doors at 7. More info here!: bit.ly/3VCoIss

Hello, friends. There’s a new #HeyItsMe episode today, in which @rachzuck.bsky.social and I talk about how when we become parents, we make promises to our kids which are really promises to ourselves. www.heyitsmepodcast.com/episodes/epi...

Hello friends. There’s a new #HeyItsMe today, in which @rachzuck.bsky.social and I talk about how to navigate our friendship when we’re in very different places in our lives emotionally: www.heyitsmepodcast.com/episodes/epi...

On Tuesday my son goes into the hospital for 4-6 weeks for an autologous stem cell transplant with the hope of wiping out every last Ewing Sarcoma cancer cell that might have survived the 11 rounds of chemo that he’s already undergone.

I’m not going to be here very often but maybe a little. We’ll see. Sending so much love & a song: open.spotify.com/track/4uK2qe...

Hello, friends. There's a new #HeyItsMe today, in which Rachel gives an update about her situation, and we talk about how and why she needs to put her show @commonplacepod.bsky.social on hiatus. www.heyitsmepodcast.com/episodes/epi...

I'll be offline from Jan 20-27 but before I go, wanted to let y'all know we've got a few spaces left for The Ferguson Report: poems with Nicole Sealey salon on Jan 30! You can sign up here: forms.gle/nACPDa64KJou...

Oh wow, thank you Amorak! I've been thinking about this conversation & the form of it & "criticism" since @sakeriver.bsky.social & I had it... something is shifting in my thinking... not quite ready to express it yet.

I’m grateful to be having a normally sad, unhappy birthday today compared to the devastatingly sad birthdays of my past. That said, the day’s not over!

In June, I talked with @rachzuck.bsky.social about her essay collection The Poetry of Wrongness: www.keepthechannelopen.com/episodes/202...

THIS is what I wanted & most want to give for Hanukkah. I listened over 2 days: crying, learning, nodding. I feel seen & understood as a Jew in ways I never have B4. Thank you @davidnaimon.bsky.social & Naomi Klein for loosening your tongues & describing a container for hope.

My therapist has been asking when my psychiatrist will be back from maternity leave. Just found out: this week! So, this should be interesting. #Unmedicated

Writing. Is. Ridiculous.

Today on #ChannelOpenPod, @rachzuck.bsky.social returns to the show for a KTCO Book Club conversation about Eugenia Leigh's poetry collection Bianca, how to talk about difficult subject matter, and form as an embodiment of the healing process: www.keepthechannelopen.com/episodes/202...

THIS WAS A JOY TO MAKE! Hope you enjoy nearly as much as I did!

I don't even know where to start with this. I wish everyone could be interviewed by a friend who knows and sees all the disparate parts, and loves them enough to make even the messes feel beautiful. How will I ever thank @rachzuck.bsky.social for this? Please play it at my funeral.

New episode of Commonplace! www.commonpodcast.com/home/2023/10...

For example, I texted a man I was supposed to have coffee with today that I’m just not feeling the enm thing right now but good luck & he gave me a lecture on nonattachment & told me to take Buddhism off my profile. So turns out enm was not the only best reason not to go out with him. #DatingFail

Maybe this is the place to post about dating?

This made me remember a bit I copied out from THE POETICS OF WRONGNESS by @rachzuck.bsky.social —

Why am I having so much trouble just leaving Twitter & being here & here only? (Serious question.)

Tonight, from 7-8:15pm ET I'll be here, schmoozing & fielding questions abt the new school! Drop in if you feel like it. Commonplace Town Hall: zoom.us/meeting/regi...

You’re invited!! Commonplace School Town Hall! 9/12 7pm ET zoom.us/meeting/regi...

💖💖💖

New class! Check it out!

Feeling a lot of feelings today. Including & especially some jealousy. Feels like an upset stomach gnawing nasty ugh. Sitting with it. Trying to figure out what’s underneath it. Yuck.

My next #ChannelOpenPod episode should be coming out shortly but in the meantime, perhaps you’d like to listen to my conversation with @rachzuck.bsky.social about her latest essay collection, The Poetics of Wrongness: https://www.keepthechannelopen.com/episodes/2023/6/28/episode-142-rachel-zucker

My friend @rachzuck.bsky.social was kind enough to feature my conversation with Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah on her podcast, Commonplace. If you’re not already listening to Commonplace, it’s one of my favorite lit/arts podcasts: https://www.commonpodcast.com/home/2023/8/7/113-nana-kwame-adjei-brenyah

I just sent @laurelsnyder.bsky.social the most important piece of writing I’ve ever done.

Hadn’t checked my Titter for a while & I suddenly had so many notifications when I logged in I thought maybe I’d died or something! Nope. Turns out some nice writer tagged me & a bunch o other writers & everyone was like tittering oh thanks for @@ me!

Stop blaming strikes for economic damage. Strikes are a logical response to overreach and greed from corporations and the wealthy. If there is resulting economic damage, look to those who drove the workers to strike in the first instance.

I guess I’m here now?