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One of the most common arguments you hear from fans of generative ‘AI’ is that it’s not plagiarizing people’s work, it’s just learning like a human learns. So I’m going to break down why that’s just not true, and why it can never be true, with the existing systems. 1/

This is tonight! Come see us!

Tonight!!

Look at this.

If you're in Michigan in May, come see me! I'm reading with @britrogers.bsky.social & @sabadilla15.bsky.social in Ypsilanti to celebrate my new collection of poetry, To Let the Sun. Published by @uarkpress.bsky.social and selected by the amazing Patricia Smith 🧡 www.eventbrite.com/e/john-allen...

The Carolyn Moore Writing Residency at Portland Community College is open for applications for our 2025-2026 year. We will be open through May 15. Application link in replies. @cmwritershouse.bsky.social

I'm not hostile to the Abundance Agenda per se but I *am* irked by the sense that its adherents disdain the conservation movement as a bunch of retrograde obstructionists who only exist to weaponize NEPA & block govt from building Stuff Humans Need. Like does Ezra Klein even know what a bird is.

So excited to dig into this!!! Thanks @johnallentaylor.bsky.social ❤️

We can fight for a better world. White liberals screaming for the preservation of an immigrant underclass so we have access to cheap produce and clothing is as evil as anything else.

Rhubarb says it’s spring.

This residency was life changing. I got to go during fall, and I picked apples and pears and quince everyday. It was amazing.

If you’re at AWP, I’m signing at the University of Arkansas Press table at 2:00! Table 1136. Come see me :)

The worst part of hosting the neighborhood social at the local brewery is showing up 30 minutes early to roost over two ten tops as the bar gets busier ☠️

Thrilled to receive our copy of @johnallentaylor.bsky.social’s new collection TO LET THE SUN. John is one of our bravest, most compassionate poets; his chapbook UNMONSTROUS was a masterpiece and this book is undoubtedly another. See the post below to order TLTS yourself from U of Arkansas Press!

Without being accused of a crime, Columbia grad student and green card holder Mahmoud Khalil was arrested, and now his whereabouts are unknown to his wife and attorneys. Call your congresspeople tomorrow. Collapsing free speech protections should scare the shit out of all of us.

I am really, really excited about my debut collection coming out from University of Arkansas Press. Selected by Patricia Smith(!). You can pre-order it here ❤️ www.uapress.com/product/to-l...

wayne state is having a black history month 20% OFF sale when using this code: RSAVER at checkout... so, you know, if you were in the mood for discounted speculative poetry collections, then, um/uh, i got you — The Second Stop Is Jupiter. recommend it to your students! wsupress.wayne.edu

I guess the first thing I want to tell you all is that I'm making a Poetry Album that includes my own songs. Check out the first three tracks on SoundCloud! on.soundcloud.com/PPGZVikXok4W...

that old woman who is pulling a goat on a rope is more necessary and more precious than the seven wonders of the world whoever thinks and feels that she is not necessary he is guilty of genocide Tadeusz Różewicz from “In the Middle of Life” trans. Miłosz

Having a little cry with my diet coke 🥰

These resources and organizations are providing aid to those affected by the Los Angeles fires.

My salt-crusted heart on the borderlands. Mexicali monstrous Persephone + Demeter. Don't mess with this mama. 7.22.25 from Mulholland 🖤🖤

Please consider donating to my dear friend Jana's family. It would mean a lot to me if you donated or shared. gofund.me/21919078

KCAL: Fire approaching Mt Wilson, which is home to basically every TV tower in LA.

Mt. Wilson, a communications hub for southern CA and home to the Mt. Wilson Observatory, is threatened. 19 telescopes are housed there, Einstein visited the site and Hubble made many important discoveries there including the identification of other galaxies. 🙏🙏

KTLA @KTLA #BREAKING: The #EatonFire has reached the broadcast transmission towers atop Mt. Wilson. Watch live: ktla.com/news/califor...

A new evacuation order just now for Mt. Wilson from the #Eaton fire. Live view of the fire approaching Mt. Wilson: app.watchduty.org/camera/2718/... app.watchduty.org/i/40388

I used to ride my bike to this McDonalds with my friend Hunter and we would get McFlurries. And then we’d go across the street to 7/11 and get Spree and then go to the park. It’s all gone now.

Hard to overstate the heartbreak of seeing your childhood neighborhoods / stomping grounds burn down on live TV. The reporter going street by street through Altadena. No end in sight. My parents’ home is still there. They evacuated. They’re safe. But it’s nowhere near close to over.

Merry Crustmas! 🍕

Grading first-year college writing for this term has been so destabilizing. I’m just not sure what I’m reading a lot of the time. I don’t / won’t use AI detection tools. I changed my assignments to be less AI friendly. Something just feels off.

Never got to share these two from december mag this summer. It was a really lovely issue :)

I found this old rock tumbler at an estate sale for $1.00. So I brought it home and made it new :) 💚

The first preorder from our 2025 catalog is up! The Nothing, the debut fiction collection from award winning poet, Lauren Davis. With cover art by Todd Hildo and design by Olivia Hammerman. Check out our website for more info: www.yesyesbooks.com

Work in progress - still adding people - but go.bsky.app/4fwNdP5

I'd like to create an "Authors of Small/Indie Press Books 2024-2025" starter pack. Is that you? If so, please reply here. Also, if you don't mind reposting this for visibility, I'd appreciate it! #writingcommunity #indiebooks #indieauthors #booksky

Can someone redirect me to an inexpensive wintertime hobby. I’m dangerously close to “getting into vinyl” 🙄

I got author photos, so I obviously threw in a portrait sesh with my dog.

Several of my students at UM-Dearborn have family in Palestine. Many have lost loved ones in the past month. Their determination to show up, write, and advocate in the midst of such immense grief and horror is astounding. You can’t sit this out. Palestine will be free.

On my final day at the Carolyn Moore Writers House: Poetry books as rocks📕 🪨 THE GREAT UNCLUTTERING // blue kyanite

Poetry books as rocks📕 🪨 FAITHFUL AND VIRTUOUS NIGHT // carborundum by Louise Glück

Poetry books as rocks📕 🪨 WHEN I GROW UP I WANT TO BE A LIST OF FURTHER POSSIBILITIES // red snowflake obsidian by Chen Chen

Poetry books as rocks📕 🪨 OVERLAND // banded chert by Natalie Eilbert

Poetry books as rocks (fossils) 📕 🪨 A RIVER DIES OF THIRST by Mahmoud Darwish // Cedrelospermum nervosum. Eocene.

Poetry books as rocks📕 🪨 SALT BODY SHIMMER // thunderegg Aricka Foreman / YesYes Books

Poetry books as rocks📕 🪨 BESTIARY // wavelite by Donika Kelly Graywolf Press

Poetry books as rocks📕 🪨 THE BOOK OF NIGHTMARES // brecciated jasper