My kid had to give a speech about the Odyssey for English class, so she decided to compare Odysseus’s leadership style & character to those of Trump, Biden, & Obama. I am very sad I was not a fly on the wall to overhear this presentation. 😂

SCOTUS has granted a stay in Trump v. Orr, the trans passport case, meaning that the government will be able to once again deny gender marker changes to trans passport applicants. This is a terrible decision with horrifying consequences for trans folks. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

Just followed the aloof wife over on Instagram. Maybe you want to also?

A dear friend sent me this double rainbow from the Berkshires and I thought you should see it too!

I’m sorry, but what???? The NYT should not be running headlines like this is 2025. Why are they still platforming Ross Douthat?

It's a great day to announce Split Lip's nominees for the first ever MONARCH QUEER LITERARY AWARDS! Congratulations @theoceanisgay.bsky.social @poonaikaari.bsky.social @sfeycreates.bsky.social @maxpasakorn.bsky.social & MORE!

Now can we go back to poetry? This one by @jessicainclan.bsky.social in the latest @newohioreview.bsky.social is a delight. I’m here for poignant speculative poetry.

Gee. I wonder why they fired all the political reporters at Teen Vogue this week…

I hope last night's resounding vote shows Universities & Law Firms & the Media that they can stand up to Trump. They don't need to bend the knee to this president. He does not have a mandate. Whatever pain he wants to inflict on them will be temporary. So don't give in. Stand up for what is right.

So this is what it feels like to wake up!!!!!!! Thank you New York! Thank you Virginia! Thank you New Jersey! Thank you Pennsylvania! Thank you CALIFORNIA!!!!! (And thank you to Cincinnati for saying NO to JD Vance’s half brother!!)

It feels very good to see a sexual harasser like Andrew Cuomo lose. We've had enough predators ascend to power in the US despite their violence against women: Trump, Kavanaugh, Thomas. Men like this should not be anywhere near our government. Thank you to New Yorkers for saying NO this time.

CNN PROJECTS MAMDANI IS OUR NEW NYC MAYOR

Mamdani’s win isn’t just good for NYC. It’s good for Dems in general. It shows that voters can be energized again. Young people can be energized. Voter turnout SURGED. People were fired up and got to the polls. I feel very good about 2026 now.

I didn’t even know the half brother of JD Vance was running for office. But I’m glad to see he lost.

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSS

Virginia Republicans leaned hard into anti-trans propaganda as part of their main messaging in the final months of this campaign. It fell completely flat with voters. It did not resonate. Virginia Republicans came across as bizarre and detached from working class families.

That was fast

Today my kid asked me who Chelsea Clinton is.

Feeling so anxious today because of the election. Is anyone else out there extra jittery?

Really loved Ellen Bryant Voigt’s discussion of Larkin’s “Cut Grass” in her book THE ART OF SYNTAX, so I copied the poem into my notebook today.

(they don’t want young women to know about politics)

The “Kavanaugh stop” thing is getting to him.

This magazine just fired all of their politics staffers

This is such a shame. Teen Vogue was doing fantastic reporting. It's disturbing to see their political work silenced like this. The times are so dystopian.

Funny to see a rotary phone in a furniture shop window displayed like it’s an antique or a prop. I wonder if it’s for sale! I’m guessing its only incoming calls are from ghosts.

Emotional resonance? Yes, please! Some thoughts on the subject by SLM staff @mollyandrearyan.bsky.social @michaeltoddcohen.bsky.social @ruthlefaive.bsky.social @cedarchromatic.bsky.social @razishadmehry.bsky.social @maxpasakorn.bsky.social @terivela.bsky.social & more!

My kid made this for us tonight with coconut rice & it was delicious. Gift recipe: cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1020...

This weekend was a glorious POETRY POETRY POETRY weekend for me. I wrote one, edited a bunch, submitted some, and read a few chapters of THE ART of SYNTAX. This book is blowing my mind. But also breaking my mind a bit. I find it very hard to fully take in & yet also so cool. I will need to reread.

Did you know about the Bald Cypress? I did not & was so shocked when I came upon this magnificent tree bc it’s got needles but also turns colors! It’s a deciduous conifer! It’s a hybrid-genre tree! Like the larch. It gets its cool name bc it goes bald in winter, dropping its needles.

The Earl Grey MarTEAni is, without a doubt, the best cocktail ever invented. Audrey Saunders is a genius.

Came to the realization that I have enough poems for a collection at this point. So weird.

I did a lot of the business of writing this week, so I'm rewarding myself by tinkering with poems. Here are some pointy yellow leaves on a sky of asphalt if you want to write poems with me now too.

Caught a glimpse of the marathon fireworks.

Marathon fireworks on Halloween seems a little scary for all the little goblins out there tonight!

In addition to being absolutely enormous (way bigger than life-sized), this skeleton also has a rat sitting in its pelvis.

I am certainly no seasoned strategist but I am a little skeptical of the political wisdom behind building a giant golden ballroom and sharing a dozen photos of a renovated marble bathroom at the very moment that millions of people are losing access to healthcare and food.

Line to get into Spirit Halloween is down the block!! A lot of costume procrastinators out there! 👻

A muddy lost baby shoe hits different on Halloween.

Happy Halloween, friends! Keep it spooky.

Rainy days are the best days to vote because there are no lines! Walked right in, voted for Mamdani, walked right out. I love the pen they give you. I use mine all year to copy poems into my notebook.

Spending some time here today:

“We’re tired of hiding the bodies.”

Thanks so much, @saralippmann.bsky.social for this kind post! 🧡

Excellent mail day. Excited to read you @ambersparks.bsky.social

I wrote about seeing Yiyun Li and Miriam Toews in conversation with Alexandra Schwartz at #NewYorkerFest. It was an emotional evening and I thank you in advance for reading about it: www.maureenlangloss.com/you-have-to-...

I wrote about seeing Yiyun Li and Miriam Toews in conversation with Alexandra Schwartz at #NewYorkerFest. It was an emotional evening and I thank you in advance for reading about it: www.maureenlangloss.com/you-have-to-...

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Boo!

🎃 This Halloween, families are getting tricked by Trump’s economy: Candy prices are up 11% Tootsie Rolls are up 34% Hershey’s packs are up 22% Trump promised to make life cheaper. Instead, he’s haunted Americans with higher prices. (via @groundwork.bsky.social and @tcfdotorg.bsky.social)