new book: THE ANXIETY WORKBOOK (@pittpoetry). author of THE LAST MASTODON (@rattlemag). former director, @poetrycircuit. tweets, mine.
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A little Wonder Years ekphrasis. And if you like poems about TV shows, there's more where that came from! juneroadpress.com/certain-sh…
My mom reassured her with statements
of fact: You’ll never be an orphan. We’ll never own a dog.
—Abbie Kiefer @heyAbbieK, from her new book, Certain Shelter (@juneroadpress, 2024).
poets.org/poem/wonder-years-…
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THE FIRE WILL NOT BE SNUFFED OUT BY HURRICANE. THE SWAMP BURNS AGAIN THIS FRIDAY, 4 PM. Spread the word. We've got a whole lot of kindling that needs to go.
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The "big lake" is seeing water temperatures that are warmer than ever recorded at this time of year. It’s worth noting, water temperature records only go back to 1995 @LakeSuperior #GreatLakes
bringmethenews.com/minnesota… – at Scio, MI
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Today's Featured Poet:
Christina Olson is the author of The Anxiety Workbook (Pitt Poetry Series, 2023) and The Last Mastodon (Rattle, 2019). Other work appears in The Atlantic, The Missouri Review, The Nation, and Scientific American.
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Technically adding more students to your section of 101 is a fire hazard, but only if they all show up on the same day.
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re: The Feud Tearing the Paleontology World Apart
I understand that drama sells headlines, but those of us in mammal land are doing just fine, thanks.
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That’s my veep! An avid hunter (who was little-kid-excited to hear that my husband had gotten a buck for deer opener that morning) who also GETS it: gun ownership and common sense go hand in hand. #HarrisWalz24 @MomsDemand
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Hey we’re all going to the brewery for hecking doggo trivia night. It’s in a renovated factory with no sound absorption and you can play giant Jenga. The food comes out of a window that says SEND NOODS in giant neon letters. There are one hundred men named Greg here
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Why did no one tell me about the study at the St Augustine Alligator farm in the 1980s that discovered that most alligator courting is gay? This is huge news for the gaytor community
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when we listened to @thedrevlow's voicemail reading this total TKO of a short on our roadtrip, we went, "holy shit" & immediately listened to it again
"I showed him though.
I wet the bed all the way until I was thirteen, but I never electrocuted myself."
havehashad.com/hadposts/elec…
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you wouldn’t last an hour in the asylum where they raised me.
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@chenchenwrites begins the southern circuit this week! check berry.edu/gpc to find a school near you, or come to Statesboro on Thursday to see him hosted by @GeorgiaSouthern and the @GSUEnglish department!
I've been a little busy of late with Personal Things but don't forget that this Thursday, @GSUEnglish and the @PoetryCircuit bring @chenchenwrites to Statesboro!!!! this is going to be gangbusters, friends, so see you at 7 pm in the IT building!
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Things you can do while waiting for Meta to sort its situation:
1) Fill out a March Mammal Madness bracket: libguides.asu.edu/MarchMamma…
2) Play animordle: animordle.com/
3) Play metazooa: metazooa.com/
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Creative nonfiction writers be like:
I first ate a hotdog when I was six years old. I remember the taste, the scent, the summer.
SECTION BREAK
Hot dogs were invented in 1693 by Steven Hotdog. According to Scientific American, the hotdog is
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Learning that some wolves have developed a specific taste for cow calf manure > weird morning reading.
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