@yukondawn.bsky.social
Poet. Yukoner. Knitter. Book hoarder. Author of Northerny (University of Alberta Press, 2024). Reviewing older books alongside new stuff at https://reviewsofbooksigotforfreeorcheap.substack.com/
"A really pronounced style might feel in the way, but I think that science fiction is such a capacious genre that it has space for a lot of experimentation."
Let's talk more about words! Thanks to @ndbooks.bsky.social and @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social for work that sparks these sorts of conversation.
I had such a blast chatting with Dan and Paul. Please give it a listen, or check out the transcript if audio is not your jam
02.03.2026 16:56 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
and to cap off the Black History Month book posts, this controversial classic
28.02.2026 13:52 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
another from Sean's library. Tough going for me, but if you're equipped to comprehend things like "its primary intertextual relations are with politico-ideological discourses and forms of praxis" then it's a solid read.
27.02.2026 16:34 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
a banger, as the cover would imply
26.02.2026 13:17 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Before "James" and "The Trees", Percival Everett had already published a lot of books, and some of them are pretty out there (in the best way)
25.02.2026 13:43 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
total-ly recommend
24.02.2026 13:15 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Nigerian-Albertan poetry
23.02.2026 13:16 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I don't have my letter because the mail takes a bit longer to get here but like my fellow authors I too am thankful for libraries, library users, and the program that pays authors for thier books being in libraries
23.02.2026 13:14 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I wish @fillingstation.bsky.social would assess my last submission so that I could submit all this new stuff to @fillingstation.bsky.social
22.02.2026 14:40 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
situating dub poetry within the avant garde
22.02.2026 14:05 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
some above/ground press author activity: Christina Wells, Eileen Myles, Gary Barwin, Larry Sawyer, Misha Solomon + Dawn Macdonald, / @garybarwin.bsky.social @mishasolomon.bsky.social ;
abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2026/02/some...
Valerie Mason-John responds to James Baldwin
21.02.2026 15:57 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
To: Poplar From: Clover Subject: Leaf Rust “Leaf Rust” by Dawn Macdonald in -ette Illustration of clover plant
Two deep-rooted charmers on plant communication (yes, there are emails!) by @yukondawn.bsky.social :
“Leaf Rust” and “Lichen on Moss.”
Read them in our Winter issue
www.ettereview.com/winter2026/m...
Dawn won the 2025 Canadian First Book Prize for her poetry collection, Northerny
massive biography of this pioneering data scientist and sci-fi writer
20.02.2026 13:47 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
super problematic but VERY EXCITING 1930s newspaper serials about a megalomaniacal mastermind out of Harlem who plots to take over the world
19.02.2026 13:48 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Black existentialist thought
18.02.2026 13:31 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
continuing with the "education" theme for today's Black History book recommendation
17.02.2026 13:24 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Really fine review to start the week from @yukondawn.bsky.social on CF Ramuz, whose Into The Sun has just been reissued by @ndbooks.bsky.social, in a translation by Olivia Baes and Emma Ramadan.
“Ramuz’s sentences have the beauty of a beam of sunlight through swirling dust.”
-ette issue 7 cover with writers names and snow graphics
Issue 7 is now live! With new work by:
Lauren Camp
Theodore Heil
Marc Kaufman
@yukondawn.bsky.social
@nataliemarino.bsky.social
Adam McOmber
www.ettereview.com/winter2026/
hey i've got stuff at the beautifully designed online journal -ette review
www.ettereview.com/winter2026/
reminders for all of us involved in post-secondary education
16.02.2026 13:41 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
In which we explore my likes and dislikes, and meet this stunning first collection from poet Alexander Hollenberg!
#booksky
@gaspereaupress.bsky.social
reviewsofbooksigotforfreeorcheap.substack.com/p/alexander-...
not the first time I've repped this classic
15.02.2026 13:46 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
another selection from Sean's bookshelf
14.02.2026 15:20 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I have a small piece in the inaugural issue of Journal of Experimental Practice, out of NYU -- mine is a "fake translation" of Paul Valery, seizing false cognates and mishearing the sounds of French; one of a little series and possible future chapbook.
wp.nyu.edu/artsampscien...
Today's book recommendation courtesy of my husband Sean, who is the main philosophy reader around here.
13.02.2026 13:33 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Just read the words "Open Mic" as "Ozempic"; that is the feeling of 2026
12.02.2026 19:54 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
May I recommend to you the surreal and astonishing Wizard of the Crow.
12.02.2026 14:47 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The one and only Dany Laferriere. Not actually a Japanese writer.
11.02.2026 13:50 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0