oh are you contemplating death well i wrote a poem about a really good orange oh do you love someone a whole lot here is a whale

My poem "I Carry the Grief for My Homeland in My Wallet Behind a Photo of My Dead Lover" appears at The Honest Ulsterman. It's a poem I penned during the 2025 The John Hewitt International Summer School: humag.co/article/3335...

This is what one of Ukraine’s thermal power plants looks like inside after a russian attack. This is how russia wants “peace” — deliberately targeting energy infrastructure during freezing temperatures, leaving people to freeze.

It is #ToonieTuesday! 𝗖𝗼𝗱𝗲𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱: “𝗡𝗼𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆”⁉️ This week, we’re supporting “Nobody” a detachment within GUR, operating behind enemy lines. Donate €2 £2 $2 📬 screenshot in replies & repost 🅿️🅿️ [email protected] (put Toonie in comment) 🏦 send.monobank.ua/jar/4rEv3MAgFq 🧵⤵️1/2 #NAFO #Ukraine

Gongs, goldfinches and Olympic gold; sea monsters, stone music and stars of the silver screen with John O'Donnell Zoe Devlin Val O'Donnell Niall McArdle Catherine Foley #RonnieDelany #MaggieSmith #Jaws #Deise @RTERadio1 Listen in/listen back! Sun 2 March 📻 www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/sunday-miscellany

"The birthmark was small but unmissable, a heart-shaped rash-red bump placed precisely over the pulse on the right side of my neck ... I was always aware when people stared at it." From issue 4 (spring/summer 2017) -- fiction by Niall McArdle 💕 bansheepress.org/read/the-two...

My review of Olga Khomenko's The Faraway Sky of Kyiv has published at @neweasterneurope.eu! Read it here: neweasterneurope.eu/2026/01/27/r...

📗January is nearly over—see which new books are coming out in February in our fully searchable database First Flush!📗 @theobrienpress.bsky.social @mercierpress.bsky.social @charleenhurtubise.bsky.social @bansheepress.bsky.social booksirelandmagazine.com/first-flush-...

Amid a humanitarian disaster fueled by russian strikes on critical infrastructure, Ukrainians are fighting to protect stray animals from the freezing winter. From makeshift shelters and fleece blankets to shops and cafes opening their doors, people are doing

Submissions are now open for 2026 BBC National Short Story Awards with Cambridge University. Deadline Monday 16th March. The BBC National Short Story Award is open to published writers who are British citizens and/or resident in the UK www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/a...

"A poetry collection for old souls grappling with the modern world’s demands and trappings. Simultaneously, its verses are quiet, meditative spaces where loss, grief, acceptance, and the natural world collide." @nyurtsaba.bsky.social reviews FOXGLOVEWISE by Ange Mlinko. @fsgbooks.bsky.social

Let's bring the storm fellas! Every Toonie makes a difference, let's go! See our post below⤵️ for info #ToonieTuesday #NAFO #Ukraine #donatetoukraine #FNDRUA #StandWithUkraine

My review of Lesyk Panasiuk's LETTERS OF THE ALPHABET GO TO WAR has published at @worldlittoday.bsky.social! worldliteraturetoday.org/2026/january... @ilyakaminsky.bsky.social @sarabandebooks.bsky.social

Tonight in Kyiv, it’s −13°C. Some parts of the city have been without electricity for more than 60 hours after russian attacks.

“Molly Aitken offers the literary world a beautifully written, fascinating novel about one of Ireland’s—and perhaps history’s—most extraordinary women: Alice Kyteler.” — Nicole Yurcaba @nyurtsaba.bsky.social pghrev.com/she-was-no-p...

Grateful to the @wirobooks.bsky.social and @nyurtsaba.bsky.social for such a thoughtful, generous review of IF THE OWL CALLS. Read the full review: buff.ly/tfKuPn9 #IftheOwlCalls #BookReview #WashingtonIndependentReviewofBooks #NicoleYurcaba #LiteraryFiction #BookCommunity

Archie reminds when we collect 100 jars of the Retumbo gunpowder ($80 per jar), we will give some of them to Viacheslav Kovalskyi! The sooner we take the next steps in the Mega-collection for gunpowder and scopes - the sooner we will help Viacheslav Kovalskyi with everything he has long dreamed of!

Read @nyurtsaba.bsky.social's review of Walter Serner's The Tigress (pub. @twistedspoon.bsky.social) in Issue 33! ... What Serner provides in these characters is a brief examination of how an individual changes, reveals, or keeps hidden their masks ... www.thetemzreview.com/yurcaba-sern...

It's here! Today, my chapbook HAVE YOUR EYES published, thanks to Dancing Girl Press! I hope you'll buy a copy! dulcetshop.myshopify.com/products/hav...

Three of my poems published at Last Syllable. I hope you'll take a moment to read and share: lastsyllablelit.com/the-washing-....

I'm so very honored that my chapbook HUTSULKA has been selected as a finalist in the 2025 Silent River Poetry contest! This is a very emotional collection--one that navigates the grief of war in one's homeland.

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A murder in Norway reveals anti-Sami prejudice. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/i... @wtawpress.bsky.social @sharonw.bsky.social @nyurtsaba.bsky.social #booksky

My review of a new translation of Walter Serner's fantastic and controversial novel THE TIGRESS has published at @thetemzreview.bsky.social! www.thetemzreview.com/yurcaba-sern...

The galley stinks of sour milk. She has to shoulder the cabin door to budge it. The bed is lumpy. She has a strong sense that someone died here. ~from "Sea State" by Niall McArdle AGNI Online

We like posting photos of Artur, particularly as his poetry collection has just been reviewed by @worldlittoday. The review can be read here, worldliteraturetoday.org/2025/july/we... Signed copies of WE WERE HERE can be found online at www.jantarpublishing.com/product-page... #UkraineWillWin

I have two poems in the most recent issue of @thebelfastreview.bsky.social: thebelfastreview.wixsite.com/home/copy-of.... Please read & share. One is for my father. Ozzy Osbourne fans--you will appreciate it.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=3F_d... Черемшина - Ukrainian Post Punk / Darkwave - a thriving music scene in Ukraine that echoes my youth in the eighties and my Ukrainian roots and is simply wonderful. @nyurtsaba.bsky.social think you might like this.

I'm so honored to have a poem forthcoming in @poetryireland.bsky.social! It's a very special poem, written for someone very dear to me. I hope you'll consider ordering a copy of this issue!

Help us send 2,000 books to readers who are incarcerated this winter through our Books Not Bars program

🌟✨𝗧𝗼𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱: 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗪𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗲!✨🌟 This holiday season #ToonieTuesday supports @libertyukraine.bsky.social to bring smiles to the children of Ukraine’s fallen and missing defenders. Donate €£$2📬screenshot in replies & repost 🔗 www.paypal.com/donate?campa... (Write “Toonie” in comments) 🧵⤵️1/3

“The Little Lost Armadillo” Chisos Mountains/Big Bend National Park *acrylic on canvas #MountainMonday

Dress for the TSA pat down you want, not the TSA pat down you have.

I don't always use Twitter. But when I do, I prefer to shitpost memes on Rubio's insipid tweets.

𝗥𝗘𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗥 – #FiverFriday 𝗧𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝗙𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗧𝗼𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗼𝘄!🛩️ We’re soaring sky-high together, one FIVE at a time! Tomorrow is your chance to turn the unseen into the unforgettable. Lift up a neglected or slow-moving fundraiser and help it take wing! How to join the flight? ⤵️1/2 #NAFO #Ukraine #FNDRUA

🔴 Ukraine has named a Russian platoon commander as a suspect in the 2022 Bucha civilian killings—the first commander identified in the case.

This is why you have to support Ukraine. Every donation helps: u24.gov.ua/nafo-dark-ni...

The moment a missile struck a building in Ternopil.

👀🇺🇦🇺🇸 50 Ukrainians were deported from the US to Ukraine, – State Border Service of Ukraine. We are talking about people without US citizenship. The reason for the deportation is still unknown.

I have a poem shortlisted for pick of the month here…. Check the link to read it and the other finalists. Voting open to 6pm Wednesday, if you like one of the poems.

A couple of months ago, my poem "Death in Ukraine Has Become More Accessible than Salt"--a poem I penned in 2022, was published in Black Horse Review. Seems appropriate to share this today. www.blackhorsereview.com/poetry/death...

🏁 #FiverFriday – Standing with #Ukraine! 🏁 Help them cross the finish line—every FIVE counts! ✅Quote-repost this post with a 📷screenshot of your $5/€5/£5 donation ✅Add a quick description+🔗to their🦋handle ✅Drop it in the thread too! ✅Can't fiver, be their biggest cheerleader and spread the word 1/2

A short and not very sweet indictment of the world's feckless cowards.

My review of Emilia Hart's breathtaking novel THE SIRENS, published by @stmartinspress.bsky.social, has published at The Los Angeles Review: losangelesreview.org/the-sirens-b.... I cannot recommend this novel enough.

So proud to see two of my poems forthcoming in the upcoming issue of @thebelfastreview.bsky.social!

Hello friends of NAFO! Do you have a Ukraine related patch collection? Share a picture of your patch collection down below! Everyone loves to see it!

Thanks a lot for all your support to the Star Battalion of the 22 Mechanized Brigade to get what they need @sudetsoleil.bsky.social 💫💙💛