Eric Braman

Today sucks, so wanted to share this poem that I wrote while "walking it out" a bit ago. I'm filled with mourning for the people who will suffer and/or die as a result of today's bill. To those also grappling with our ever-darkening reality, I love y'all.

#NewPoem #TodaySucks #SomedaySeeds #Poetry

03.07.2025 22:47 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Promotional flyer for Poets of Cirque Press reading event.

Tune in this Wednesday at 7pm PDT for live poetry readings from Cirque Press authors, including myself, in celebration of national Poetry Month!
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21.04.2025 17:25 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

‘A Very Gay Thing to Do’ The flowery pink cover and enchanting title of Eric Braman’s premiere romance poetry book, Bury Me In Cherry Blossoms, makes you think that you will be reading only dreamy yet bittersweet stanzas a…

‘A Very Gay Thing to Do’ shares insights on my premier poetry collection, Bury Me in Cherry Blossoms!

(one small correction: I studied nonprofit management at the University of Oregon 😅)

13.03.2025 23:45 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

ICE arrests Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia University protests Mahmoud Khalil was inside his university-owned apartment Saturday night when several Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents entered and took him into custody.

ICE arrests Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia University protests -- he literally tweeted that this was his next move. His dictatorship does not operate on secrets and we need "free speech" politicians from the left and the right to start SPEAKING THE FUCK UP.

11.03.2025 05:12 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

LIVE: Elissa Slotkin delivers Democratic response to Trump’s speech YouTube video by Associated Press

Powerful, pointed, intentional, and grounded. Give it a full listen if you haven't yet.

07.03.2025 02:54 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

At what point will the "Free Speech" advocates on the right acknowledge this is a direct infringement on those very rights? None of this is subtle. This is the direct precursor to our own version of the Tiananmen Square protest and massacre.

04.03.2025 21:30 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

During Trump's CFPB Director nomination hearing, it broke that the agency is dropping lawsuits against companies accused of cheating American families out of their money.

This wasn't a coincidence. It shows exactly who is in charge right now: Elon Musk.

27.02.2025 18:16 — 👍 2302    🔁 564    💬 62    📌 21

I got to spend the weekend with this sparkle of a human as we took time in Pendleton, Baker City, and Bend spreading the good news of the Oregon Arts Education Collective! Of course we had to stop by and check out the Painted Hills and Kam Wah Chung along the way. 🏞️ #BestColleague #BringConsulting

24.02.2025 03:46 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Cover of Tethered Literary, Winter 2025, an abstract painting of a dragon fly in cool tones.

A screen shot of the page where Eric's poem is published, the poem is cut off just a few lines down. "Eric Braman" and "Obsidian and Pumice" can be read.

Photo of Eric, a white genderqueer individual with beard and glasses, sitting on some wooden stairs giving a peace sign with their hand. Their nails are painted and they are wearing a red hat and blue striped shirt.

This premier issue of Tethered Literary is out, and my poem "Obsidian and Pumice" (written on the shores of East Lake in the Newberry Volcano National Monument) is included! You'll have to visit the journal to read the whole thing! 😉 www.tetheredliterary.com

20.02.2025 19:05 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

@raskin.house.gov: "The whole anti-corruption crusade is an absolute fraud. They started by decimating the ranks of the inspectors general. These are the people whose job is actually, day in and day out, 365 days a year, to ferret out waste, fraud and abuse in the departments and the agencies."

18.02.2025 16:20 — 👍 29643    🔁 8699    💬 546    📌 257

Mr. Musk is an employee of the White House Office. He holds that position as a non-career Special Government Employee ("SGE"). In that job, Mr. Musk is a Senior Advisor to the President. It is not uncommon for the President to have Senior Advisors who are SGEs. For instance, Anita Dunn was an influential Senior Advisos to President Biden, while serving as an SGE. In his role as a Senior Advisor to the President, Mr. Musk has no greater authority than other senior White House advisors. Like other senior White House advisors, Mr. Musk has no actual or formal authority to make government decisions himself. Mr. Musk can only advise the President and communicate the President's directives. The U.S. DOGE Service is a component of the Executive Office of the President. The U.S. DOGE Service Temporary Organization is within the U.S. DOGE Service. Both are separate from the White House Office. Mr. Musk is an employee in the White House Office. He is not an employee of the U.S. DOGE Service or U.S. DOGE Service Temporary Organization. Mr. Musk is not the U.S. DOGE Service Administrator. Dated: Washington, D.C. February 17, 2025 Joshua Fisher Director Office of Administration

NEW non-clarifying clarifications about Elon Musk's employee status filed just now in a NM-led lawsuit:
—Musk, as a presidential senior adviser, "has no actual or formal authority to make government decisions himself." He is also not DOGE's administrator.
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18.02.2025 01:58 — 👍 2420    🔁 682    💬 47    📌 140

A friend from the VA just sent this and asked me to share. PMDB is Prevention and Management of Disruptive Behavior in the workplace. THIS is the real war against women: being forced to say there are only 2 genders but not being allowed to mention 96% of violence is perpetrated by men.

18.02.2025 16:48 — 👍 19094    🔁 8349    💬 1172    📌 677

Another extraordinary exchange just now about "animus" in the court hearing on trasngender members of the military:

18.02.2025 20:32 — 👍 9720    🔁 2267    💬 252    📌 596

A moment of appreciation for the view from the cozy Kokanee Inn. 🗻

This first round of my Fishtrap residency has paid off! Sunday evening I was finally able to draft a story I've been trying to write for YEARS (since 2010?!). Something shook loose as I looked out over the snowy mountains... 😌

18.02.2025 18:30 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Jacobs: It's so funny to me that my colleagues on the other side spent 30 minutes talking about how we don't want unelected bureaucrats making these rules when they're literally allowing a unelected Elon Musk run roughshod over congress' power of the purse

12.02.2025 21:40 — 👍 8615    🔁 2010    💬 101    📌 61

An abstract watercolor, pencil, and ink artwork in yellows, oranges, and pinks on paper. Comprising smooth and jagged lines, a circle shape with a portion cut off floating in front depicting an abstract sunset.

"Never Met You / Remember You" by Eric Braman
a reflection on Queer ancestry, in/visibility, erasure, legacy, inheritance.

#Fishtrap #WriterInResidence #FiresideReflections #QueerAncestry #AgainAndAgainAndAgainAndAgain

12.02.2025 06:26 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

A moment of appreciation for this view out the front doors of Joseph High School, please... 😎

Just wrapped day one of teaching with Fishtrap, focused on 10-minute plays and Where I Come From poems. Tomorrow, theatre games with a Building Healthy Families...

This place is gorgeous, y'all. 🗻

11.02.2025 23:25 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

200,000 protestors

200,000 protestors

200,000 protestors

In Germany over 200,000 protestors in Munich gathered against the Musk backed far-right / neo-Nazi AfD ahead of the German election.

Thousands chanted "Save Democracy" and "Oppose Nazis" #3E

09.02.2025 21:58 — 👍 15091    🔁 3714    💬 233    📌 228

Picture of Eric smiling with the Columbia River gorge in the background.

The Vista House, an art deco octagonal shaped building.

View of the Columbia Gorge framed by a stone arch.

Greetings from the road! I'm on my way to Enterprise, Oregon for my first two-week run of being the @fishtrapwrites Writer in Residence! This is the first of three trips I'll make between now and the end of June!
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Here's hoping for clear roads the rest of the way...

09.02.2025 19:00 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0