I was going to hear Mr. Rosenbaum talk about his book on Sunday, but the program got cancelled. Now I know why: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/b...

I don't have too much of a problem with using a Large Language Model to assist with research (but still would double check). It's the "make this more beautiful" part I object to: lithub.com/nobel-laurea...

Every day of Trump 2.0 I think “it can’t get more outrageous than this,” and I am wrong. This slush fund thing is so fucking rancid and unacceptable and I hate the feeling and reality that no politician is going to stop it, or call in Batman or something. This is not a country.

One of humanity’s great art forms, literature is a lot to lose. For too long, literature and writers, and the literary arts nonprofits that champion them both, have not been supported by philanthropy. There’s a huge opportunity to make a difference. May this be a moment of change.

An impossible assignment: name only 15 books "most vital" to American literature. Here's Publishers Weekly's take. What's missing? www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Always THE event at IML!

"...There is value in banding with the poets, and fighting for the value of being curious and trying to articulate the world with whatever tools are available to us." —Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, physicist www.nytimes.com/2026/05/13/s...

Door Is A Jar Literary Magazine will be at the Rainbow Bookfest today at the LGBT Center, 208 West 13th Street, in Greenwich Village, New York, NY, from 12 noon until 6 PM rainbowbookfair.com

Its all related

Join us for our next Reading Series on Friday, May 29, featuring poets Rachel Camacho, Cortney Lamar Charleston & Zefyr Lisowski! Free and open to the public, the event will also be livestreamed via Zoom. Get tickets at events.brooklynpoets.org/events/brook... @bardsbesidebars.bsky.social

High praise - that adds to my unease at the thought of watching it. How disturbed and unsettled do I want to be?

Teachers deserve living wages. Robbinsdale teachers have been working without a contract for over 300 days. The district must get serious and treat our teachers with the dignity and respect they deserve. I was proud to stand with them in their fight for a fair contract. ✊🏽

For poets and writers wondering what to do with your archives and how... The WashU Libraries’, with support from the Mellon Foundation, have created an incredibly helpful guide for you on digital preservation practices. library.washu.edu/research-sup...

Brava Kim!

Always loved this series of maps. 👁 Also: Comics! h/t @anuncivilphd.bsky.social & @iansociologo.bsky.social

Thank you @smartishpace.bsky.social !

None of us take pleasure in being right: But we are in the Second Nadir. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/m...

I am not being hyperbolic. Our insistence on segregating our histories, in encapsulating the struggle for voting/civil rights as a Black struggle and not an American one, has helped bring us to this moment. We did not have representative democracy until 1965. W/o the VRA, it is unlikely to survive.

We must understand that the Voting Rights Act was not merely about ensuring Black Americans rights, it was about democratizing America. This ruling is not just a decimation of Black rights and Black Americans’ ability to have representation, it is a fatal blow to multiracial democracy.

I'm just going to say it, the people who smugly write off and abandon the South helped build to this moment because they never valued the VRA or the voters it enfranchised.

I've seen that guy before somewhere....

Join me at the Rainbow Book Fair for a special book signing I’ll be signing copies of Still, We Are Sacred Saturday, May 9 2:00–3:00 PM Rebel Satori Press table at the Rainbow Book Fair The LGBT Center, NYC Bring your copy or pick one up there. Books will be available for purchase.

From artist Joan Semmel, a good credo for anyone doing creative work:

i think unfocused AI adoption angst is driving a lot of people fairly insane, and many of them run companies

literally fucking eugenics

"autonomous agent"? back in my day we called those employees

You don’t have to use ableist language.

thanks for literally nothing

Disgusting. We'll need to fix Language along with everything else

The long-term battle is not just to break the grip these companies have on our governments. It’s to break the grip they have on the world. https://bit.ly/4vXAcrA

RIP www.npr.org/2026/04/23/n...

You can’t make this stuff up. The most corrupt first family of all time.

It CAN be done! And the real work begins www.nytimes.com/2026/04/12/w...

ICE = Evil

This is not ok. Invoke the 25th amendment. Impeach. Remove. This unhinged lunatic must be removed from office.

Some jackass carpenter couldn't keep his yap shut about the government and that's why I had to make a billion chocolate bunnies last week.

Today we celebrate the resilience, courage, and brilliance of transgender and non-binary people everywhere. This is a day to uplift their voices, honor their journeys, and recognize the incredible contributions they make to our communities, workplaces, and families. #WeAreONYX

"A judge ruled that Trump—" It doesn't matter. He will do it anyway, and nobody will stop him.

For Trans Day of Visibility, Gabriel Arkles spoke to trans people behind bars to learn how they've navigated anti-trans violence in an increasingly hostile environment. theappeal.org/trans-visibi...

FIYAH Poetry Editor @bsharise.bsky.social has you covered for National Poetry Month!!! We bouta eat goooood. ♥️♥️♥️ #30FIYAHPOEMS

“Their vision of citizenship…would bring Dred Scott back from the dead. And it would do this in support of a political agenda that seeks nothing less than the reconstruction of race hierarchy & the rank domination of despised minorities.” www.nytimes.com/2026/04/01/o... @jamellebouie.net is right.

Is this (one of the reasons) WHY the US is a Republic: "Women, non-whites, and the poor *voting*!? The Horror...The Horror..."

Wonderful article on organizing and hOPE and how to keep on keeping on in the face of Fascism by @saulausterlitz.bsky.social @theguardian.com

To honor Transgender Day of Visibility, an annual day celebrating the incandescence of the trans community, Split This Rock is pleased to announce a special collection in The Quarry: A Social Justice Poetry Database. The collection will be released in April. Read the full letter: bit.ly/4rYRXn9

I'm gonna wear out my debit card and start loading up on coins...

Treason.

Follow up: if you're unsure if you're a party (author/publisher) in the Anthropic AI settlement, you can check here (secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup) & then file a claim. You can search by ISBN/ASIN, Title, Author, Publisher & Copyright Reg #. The deadline is **March 30, 2026**.

Just a reminder if you're an author & are wondering about the varying lawsuits against AI companies that might have used your work without your permission: chatgptiseatingtheworld.com/2025/09/20/u...

"For authors, this is not just a technology, it’s a moral issue. Authors feel their work has been stolen." —Seth Fishman www.nytimes.com/2026/03/19/b...