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poet, fiction writer, publisher, critic, papa, etc. out now: the book of sentences (University of Calgary Press) https://robmclennan.blogspot.com/ https://www.patreon.com/robmclennan http://robmclennanauthor.blogspot.com/ https://robmclennan.substack.com/

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TtD supplement #289 : seven questions for Susan Gevirtz Susan Gevirtzโ€™s most recent books include Burns (Pamenar), Hotel abc (Nightboat) and Aerodrome Orion & Starry Messenger (Kelsey Street). ...

Touch the Donkey supplement #289 : seven questions for Susan Gevirtz / @pamenarpress.bsky.social ;
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04.12.2025 15:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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De Villo Sloan reviews Johannes S.H. Bjerg and Charlotte Jung's collaborative eyesore (2025) at Asemic Front 2 De Villo Sloan was good enough to provide a first review of Johannes S.H. Bjerg and Charlotte Jung's collaborative eyesore (2025) over at A...

De Villo Sloan reviews Johannes S.H. Bjerg and Charlotte Jung's collaborative eyesore (above/ground press, 2025) at Asemic Front 2
abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2025/12/de-v...

04.12.2025 16:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Margaryta Golovchenko : The Character Actor Convention, by Guy Elston The Character Actor Convention , Guy Elston Porcupineโ€™s Quill, 2025 ย  ย  ย  It takes getting to the collectionโ€™s titular poem, which is lo...

newly posted at @periodicities.bsky.social : Margaryta Golovchenko : The Character Actor Convention, by Guy Elston
periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2025/12/marg...

01.12.2025 14:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Patrick Oโ€™Reilly : Two poems THE INVENTION OF THE EXTINCTION OF THE AUK The imagination kindles and memory scrolls through its rolodex of gifs, findsย  Auk: pen...

newly posted at @periodicities.bsky.social : Patrick Oโ€™Reilly : Two poems
periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2025/12/patr...

01.12.2025 14:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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new from above/ground:
Cahill, Earl, Cavaleri, Niespodziany, Comay/Fagan, Birchard, Chernoff, la Rocque, carisse, Hill, Neฤ‡akov, Siklosi + Bjerg/Jung, @neonpajamas.bsky.social @amandaearl.bsky.social @jungcharlotte.bsky.social @jimmytcahill.bsky.social ;
abovegroundpress.substack.com/p/new-from-a...

30.11.2025 23:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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a (zoom) conversation between Renรฉe Sarojini Saklikar + rob mclennan : December 7, 2025 / @ucalgarypress.bsky.social @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social @canadianpoets.bsky.social @poetryincanada.bsky.social ;
, in which we shall discuss things + things + things,
robmclennan.substack.com/p/a-zoom-con...

30.11.2025 15:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

takes a lot of work to find out what everyone thinks i already know,

04.12.2025 21:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

most folk ive published don't bother updating me with readings or online anything, as ive requested, for my weekly round-ups; i often have to scour the internet, social media + google alerts to find out what any of them (and you) are even doing,

04.12.2025 21:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Kiik Araki-Kawaguchi : Two poems thunderstruck ย  When my wife was struck through by lightning We all wondered aloudย  What superpowers will befall the baby And how ...

two new poems by Kiik Araki-Kawaguchi!

much love to @robmclennan.bsky.social & @periodicities.bsky.social

periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2025/12/kiik...

04.12.2025 20:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Jane Shi : What makes a good poem? How does a poem begin? ย  ย  ย  When Mary Oliver writes in "Wild Geese," "You do not have to be good" I wonder if she was also referring to...

newly posted: Jane Shi : What makes a good poem?
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03.12.2025 14:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Maw Shein Win : An End of Year Note About the Process Note Series, December 2025 During my fall semester of 2022 while teaching Poetry Workshop at the University of San Francisco, I reached out to some of th...

newly posted: Maw Shein Win @mawsheinwin.bsky.social : An End of Year Note About the Process Note Series, December 2025
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03.12.2025 14:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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12 or 20 (second series) questions with Rodrigo Toscano Rodrigo Toscano is a poet living in New Orleans. He is the author of twelve books of poetry. His latest three books are WHITMAN. CANNONBALL...

12 or 20 (second series) questions with Rodrigo Toscano / @omnidawn.bsky.social ;
robmclennan.blogspot.com/2025/12/12-o...

04.12.2025 13:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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De Villo Sloan reviews Johannes S.H. Bjerg and Charlotte Jung's collaborative eyesore (2025) at Asemic Front 2 De Villo Sloan was good enough to provide a first review of Johannes S.H. Bjerg and Charlotte Jung's collaborative eyesore (2025) over at A...

De Villo Sloan reviews Johannes S.H. Bjerg and Charlotte Jung's collaborative eyesore (above/ground press, 2025) at Asemic Front 2
abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2025/12/de-v...

04.12.2025 16:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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DeVillo Sloan has written a wonderfully generous review of โ€œeyesoreโ€ โ€“ a chapbook Johannes S.H. Bjerg and I created, weaving his asemics with my concrete poems.
A warm thank you to DeVillo Sloan for insightful reading and to @robmclennan.bsky.social at above/ground press for publishing. Link below.

04.12.2025 16:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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above/ground press author spotlight #16 : Cary Fagan
, catch him in March at the Little Lit Fest in London, Ontario;
abovegroundpress.substack.com/p/abovegroun...

04.12.2025 16:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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TtD supplement #289 : seven questions for Susan Gevirtz Susan Gevirtzโ€™s most recent books include Burns (Pamenar), Hotel abc (Nightboat) and Aerodrome Orion & Starry Messenger (Kelsey Street). ...

Touch the Donkey supplement #289 : seven questions for Susan Gevirtz / @pamenarpress.bsky.social ;
touchthedonkey.blogspot.com/2025/12/ttd-...

04.12.2025 15:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

you saw this, @christinemcnair.bsky.social ?

04.12.2025 14:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

if you didn't know, I was recently a writer-in-residence at the Al & Eurithe Purdy A-frame. after the fact I wrote almost 2000 words about the highs and lows of living and writing in that cottage for 4 weeks and now @robmclennan.bsky.social graciously published these words on periodicities. thanks!

04.12.2025 14:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Chris Johnson : โ€œIโ€™m so fuckin self conscious I doubt the motives for shittingโ€: on being a writer-in-residence at the Al & Eurithe Purdy A-frame in late Fall 2025 I watched a National Film Board documentary about P.K. Pageโ€™s life and literary career while I was the writer-in-residence a...

newly posted at @periodicities.bsky.social : Chris Johnson @ceeeejohnson.bsky.social : โ€œIโ€™m so fuckin self conscious I doubt the motives for shittingโ€: on being a writer-in-residence at the Al & Eurithe Purdy A-frame in late Fall 2025
periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2025/12/chri...

04.12.2025 14:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Daniel Barbiero : Contemporary Tangential Surrealist Poetry: An Anthology, edited by Tony Kitt Contemporary Tangential Surrealist Poetry: An Anthology , ed. Tony Kitt SurVision Books, 2023 ย  ย  ย  ย  Of all the pioneering avant-garde m...

newly posted at @periodicities.bsky.social : Daniel Barbiero : Contemporary Tangential Surrealist Poetry: An Anthology, edited by Tony Kitt
periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2025/12/dani...

04.12.2025 14:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Kiik Araki-Kawaguchi : Two poems thunderstruck ย  When my wife was struck through by lightning We all wondered aloudย  What superpowers will befall the baby And how ...

newly posted at @periodicities.bsky.social : Kiik Araki-Kawaguchi : Two poems / @pizamapress.bsky.social ;
periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2025/12/kiik...

04.12.2025 14:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Laura Kerr : Wanting / Silence Wanting / Silence Wanting is the first mark. Not the line, but the tension that precedes itโ€”the quiet pressure gathering in the hand...

newly posted at @periodicities.bsky.social : Laura Kerr @sedserio.com : Wanting / Silence
periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2025/12/laur...

04.12.2025 14:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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12 or 20 (second series) questions with Rodrigo Toscano Rodrigo Toscano is a poet living in New Orleans. He is the author of twelve books of poetry. His latest three books are WHITMAN. CANNONBALL...

12 or 20 (second series) questions with Rodrigo Toscano / @omnidawn.bsky.social ;
robmclennan.blogspot.com/2025/12/12-o...

04.12.2025 13:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Dimana Radoeva : Three poems 1. i am interested in furthering the discourse on reality, but first i would love it if you let me showcase this ak-47 i made out of o...

newly posted: Dimana Radoeva : Three poems
periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2025/12/dima...

02.12.2025 14:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Jรฉrรดme Melanรงon : je me rรฉclame du vertige, by Geneviรจve Dufour je me rรฉclame du vertige , Geneviรจve Dufour Hashtag, 2023 ย  ย  ย  In her debut collection, je me rรฉclame du vertige (โ€œI am of vertigoโ€), ...

newly posted: Jรฉrรดme Melanรงon @lethejerome.bsky.social : je me rรฉclame du vertige, by Geneviรจve Dufour
periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2025/12/jero...

02.12.2025 14:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

i did mean to email you abt it,

04.12.2025 00:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Brandon Kilbourne, Natural History: poems On the trail of oblivionโ€™s beasts, their lives now nothing more than tales sealed down in deposits of bones sown epochs ago, we have trave...

Brandon Kilbourne, Natural History: poems / @graywolfpress.bsky.social ;
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03.12.2025 14:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Jane Shi : What makes a good poem? How does a poem begin? ย  ย  ย  When Mary Oliver writes in "Wild Geese," "You do not have to be good" I wonder if she was also referring to...

periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2025/12/jane...

Thanks @robmclennan.bsky.social for this interview!

03.12.2025 21:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"i'm rob mclennan, and i support this message."

03.12.2025 21:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

hard to know if this is a good thing or a bad thing;

03.12.2025 20:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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