Hamish Hawk would write a song about this

GREG DAVIES: seems like a kind of a shit task. Everyone just seems like they're going home normally. ALEX HORNE: well before you say that let's have a look at how Odysseus did. cut to panel of AJAX, MENELAUS, AGAMEMNON, and DIOMEDES who are all staring at ODYSSEUS with his head in his hands

Never thought of Lukács as hot, but turns out I was wrong.

"Seductive as hell" does make AI sound like a femme fatale.

If I listen to Arthur Russell on repeat, all my work will get done, right?

It's a bank holiday weekend here in the UK and the sun is shining, so we've decided to keep our submissions window OPEN for an extra day. Submissions will now close midnight on Monday 25th May. Tell you poet pals, tell your poet selves... atriumpoetry.com/submission-g...

My new book

Someone in the pub has fist-bumped me because I am reading, headphones on, pencil poised ready to annotate. Not all heroes, etc.

Just did a DIY bodge that was aesthetically unappealing but strong, and I could feel the approval of my ancestors as I tightened that M4 bolt.

Just occurred to me that young kids are basically just that "RIP your grandma but I'm different" meme.

Have given up explaining to the youngest that the paddling pool water is too cold and have just let him stand in it. His verdict? Too cold.

Blinded by moonshine? Still issue

Seconded

The book is up on @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social's website. Book description coming soon. Link below.

Muting this now. Thank you all for your kindness.

My grandfather died yesterday. It was expected and peaceful and his daughter (my aunt) was with him. I've not lost a close family member for over 30 years, and I've had to become reacquainted with its physical pain.

Have you got precious poems waiting for the right competition? Look no further than Buzzwords Poetry! Judged by the discerning Penrlope Shuttle, your poem could win £600 (or a special prize of £200 if you live in Gloucestershire )! Closes 29 August! Why not enter this Bank Holiday? LINK IN COMMENTS

I read everything on the list. It was only 100 entries, so it didn't take me that long.

PHANTOMS (Reverse Abecedarian) Zephyrs yawn xanthic wraiths, vestiges upon the stairs. Rising quietly, phantoms overburden nascent moonlight. Looming kinsmen journey into hallways. Ghosts flood every dusty cellar, bedroom, attic....

We asked people to vote for their favourite navels and they all picked their own.

Heads Shoulders Knees Toes Knees (reprise) Toes (reprise)

Mr Onion Bloom ate with relish the inner rings of the allium.

On the face of it, a poor decision from the Pittsburgh front office, but Little Joe is the consummate glue gorilla.

So The Metamorphosis is a novel now, is it? Cool.

I've realised I avoid opening pâté for fear of committing to the two-day consumption window.

Here, from a lovely tribute by Luke Roberts, is a J.H. Prynne opinion I wholeheartedly share www.littlemirrormag.com/luke-roberts...

As a treat, for his 100th, they should let Attenborough record a smutty Blue Planet.

Navigating SEN provision is like confronting the chasm between is and ought and then falling into it.

Fredric Jameson was one of the most influential thinkers of our time. In "The Future of Totality" Nicholas Brown, Maria Elisa Cevasco, Fabio Durão, and @roberttally.bsky.social gather scholars to discuss the usefulness of his work for this moment. Read the intro for free now: buff.ly/vPk2taH

Edmund White was a dear friend and teacher whom I miss terribly nearly a year after his death. I've written a brief memoir about him here: substack.com/home/post/p-...

They will pair beautifully with. @ryanruby.bsky.social's essay for @bookforum.bsky.social www.bookforum.com/print/3204/i...

Oxford friends and poetry folk! Next week Sir Andrew Motion is giving a reading at Univ! 13 May, 5pm in the 10 Merton Street Lecture Theatre. Free to attend, get in touch if you’d like to join us.

For tax purposes, none of my takes should be considered hot.

RIP Baudrillard. You would have loved this.

No dogs at the polling station :-(

some news from Deep Vellum:

Postmodern Magritte

Wind farms, citoyens

As the World Snooker Championship draws to a close I thought I might recreate a thread I enjoyed putting together over on Twitter: snooker players as composers.

For those who are reading Black Reconstruction by W.E.B. Du Bois for the first time or again, here are some sources I recommend to read along with it, if you haven’t read them.

Slightly diminish a book: The Unbearable Lightness of Beekeeping

Our freshly dug and seeded vegetable patch has proved irresistible to the neighbourhood cats, one of which has laid an enormous, glistening turd.

First thought this was the cover of Mau's "Mute Compulsion."

Call it pedantry but I think this is stretching the definition of "disarmed."

Nooo, it's full of sharks!

Pavilion launch tonight and there are three tickets left! Join us! www.ticketsource.com/school-of-th... @livunienglish.bsky.social @livunipress.bsky.social

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Cloud-cracked sky of Sèvres blue.