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Nathaniel Perry

@longrules.bsky.social

Author of two books of poems, Nine Acres (Copper Canyon, 2011) and Long Rules (Backwaters, 2021), and a book of essays, Joy (or Something Darker but Like It): Poetry and Parenting (University of Michigan, 2024). Also a runner, musician and cocktail maker.

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Oh they have a masthead, but it sounds like a roll call of Elf Lords; it's towards the end of the thing

25.11.2025 02:11 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes, my front yard in rural central VA

25.11.2025 01:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
David Thomas and Two Pale Boys

David Thomas and Two Pale Boys

24.11.2025 23:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You got this

24.11.2025 23:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Love Brooks too.....

22.11.2025 01:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Certainly in the mix!

22.11.2025 01:26 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Sorry all, it's Frost and Bishop in this particular argument. Crane coming in hot for third perhaps

22.11.2025 01:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Tbh, I taught a Frost seminar last year and it was a lot of fun. No shade on Eliot of course

22.11.2025 01:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is a horrible take, tbh

22.11.2025 01:18 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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edna lewis and scott peacock's lemon chess pie β€” THE BUTTER LAB This recipe comes from The Gift of Southern Cooking , a cookbook collaboration between Edna Lewis and Scott Peacock . The two chefs were close friends; in fact, Edna spent the last six years of ...

www.thebutterlab.com/blog/lemonch...

20.11.2025 17:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If you use a mix of squashes it's even better, say one butternut and a small acorn

20.11.2025 17:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

At least 3

Pumpkin
Lemon Chess
Pecan

This assumes also homemade crust and roasting the squash, because you only get one life

20.11.2025 17:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Pandas are often inside

19.11.2025 02:41 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ˜…

17.11.2025 23:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Embarrassingly perhaps, I once went to a gbv show just to see June of 44 open. I couldn't handle the Pollard worship that ensued afterwards and left halfway through the set...... Probably should have been more generous

17.11.2025 23:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

You definitely have the muscles

16.11.2025 17:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Your own, personal, Jesus

15.11.2025 14:38 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

You need to get this in front of the McTeague people

15.11.2025 00:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Mr. Soul

12.11.2025 02:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

He knows you too well

08.11.2025 22:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Wait, there are books?!

08.11.2025 22:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Namesake also of one of the greatest live albums ever recorded

05.11.2025 02:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm sorry but every one of these songs sounds like something AI could make😬

03.11.2025 02:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Why we should set our clocks back in November and keep them there Like one-third of my fellow Americans, I prefer Standard Time. Unfortunately for us, the clock is ticking toward permanent DST

It’s our time down here. www.salon.com/2022/11/03/l...

02.11.2025 12:50 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 8

You need to get up earlier. That's where your daylight is supposed to be

03.11.2025 00:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Someone has to fight for rhyme

31.10.2025 12:13 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"parasites ... perish as they should" Good lord

31.10.2025 12:11 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

City of Orgies ...

28.10.2025 23:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Anderson ( and Pynchon) would like a word with reality about stealing their ideas....

28.10.2025 23:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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