Can't wait to get my hands on this! I have a short piece about Norbert Blei and Al Johnson's Swedish Restaurant. Pre-order is available now, and this will make a great gift for those Midwesterners in your life who love regional history and culture.
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Lingering Inland
Check it out: the pre-order link for Lingering Inland: A Literary Tour of the Midwest! This book collects dozens of #LiteraryLandscapes essays, and pre-orders will ship in Novemberβperfect for Christmas! www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...
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City Poets Laureate in US
Thank you! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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I'm asking for the public's help in curating a list of city poets laureate in hopes of building some kind of record of this unique role in the literary community making. Will you help me by adding what you know and re-posting the below?
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The Academy of American Poets helpfully hosts a list of state poets laureate on their website, but there is nothing similar for city poets laureate (that I know of). In general, there is a dearth of writing on city poets laureate....
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Going to start calling this the #BrendaChronicles.
08.04.2025 02:48 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Today one of her bank accounts got frozen. She thinks it might be hacked.
Whew. I'm already feeling better! Thanks, bluesky!
08.04.2025 02:47 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Also, she's a therapist and has a bad potty mouth.
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Thank you!
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I've told my upstairs neighbor I can hear her conversations. She doesn't seem to care and continues to scream/talk into her telephone. How long before I start publishing transcripts of her conversations to the internet π.
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Tuesday at 7pm, join the new Rockford region ACLU chapter for a Zoom update from American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois staff. We've got work to do. Request the link here: forms.gle/DAx8fDPSX3bq...
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The lawyers get to work: Trump sued over DOGE
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@jamiattenberg.bsky.social's #mini1000 starts tomorrow and I'm going to try it. This is my first go at a book of prose and could use the structure. Let's gooooo!
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I'm currently reading a story that requires knowledge of both Buffy AND Tegan & Sara, and haven't felt this powerful in a long time.
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Sometimes life really is the L Word.
15.12.2024 03:09 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
The idea of giving $15 million to build a library for a group that's more likely to burn books than it is to read them...
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I was a juror in a trial for the first time this week. Whoa! It was really tough work, but I'm so grateful I got to go through that.
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Liberal talking head (co-host of The Five on Fox News) and excellent mom if I do say so myself. Democracy enthusiast. Perusing the blue skies.
Celebrating and uplifting the official poets of our communities who celebrate and uplift all of us! | Not linked to any government organization | also on IG & Threads at @poetslaureate.us | linktr.ee/poetslaureate
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Currently working on Paranormal Fantasy, Neo-Noir, YA Romance, and Poetry.
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Psych prof who swears a lot
English professor at Rockford University // sound & music // creative nonfiction // IP & remix & fair use // family & local history // weirdly deep dives into learning // coauthor of Soundwriting: A Guide to Making Audio Projects (Broadview).