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Rusty Barnes

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Thank you!

03.03.2026 04:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Clarification on Tough's Future Hi y'all. Just a note. I needed some time--perspective--away from short stories to get a handle on Tough for the future. During 2026 and ea...

redneck-press.blogspot.com/2026/03/clar...

03.03.2026 03:29 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

They should be available in stores and at the usual suspects. :-)

03.03.2026 01:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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New!

01.03.2026 01:57 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Shits and giggles on a Friday: whatchoo got going on?

28.02.2026 03:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hope you're all ok out there in the snow. We're fine here.

24.02.2026 03:55 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Find poems here!

@livenudepoems.bsky.social

21.02.2026 03:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Saturday night, I'll be in Weymouth listening to these folks. Come join?

20.02.2026 21:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Just saw this! Congrats!

20.02.2026 21:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Hope all of you have a great weekend!

20.02.2026 20:45 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
PennSound: Authors

Which poet of these should I listen to tonight?

writing.upenn.edu/pennsound/x/...

14.02.2026 01:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It's a good night to revisit FAST ONE, by Paul Cain, the best crime novel you probably haven't read. What novels do you wish more people had read?

07.02.2026 04:16 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Today's delivery:

03.02.2026 01:27 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Got some cool editorial news TBA soon!

02.02.2026 23:30 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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What's happening in poetry tonight?

I'm reading this:

01.02.2026 02:19 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Reading John Steinbeck's letters. He had every confidence in himself even though he struggled mightily with the public business of writing. It's a comforting read, I guess.

28.01.2026 02:15 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trying not to think about MN. Failing.

Skimming these.

25.01.2026 01:25 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Spurs tonight!

23.01.2026 01:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I finished the Jim Harrison bio. 4.5 stars. Really good. Now I'm taking on Peter Matthiessen's new bio. I probably should reread him too. I remember the nonfic impressed me--especially the Snow Leopard and Nine Hearted Dragon River. Loved At Play in the Fields of the Lord.

22.01.2026 23:24 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Fucking snow. I don't want it.

22.01.2026 23:12 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Rusty Barnes β€” Scapegoat Review Abandonment I watched Uncle Walt pull a fake tittie out of his inner flannel shirt, present it to my father like a gift he ought to bow and scrape for. Dad laughed and pulled at his beer, I went o...

I self-Googled today and found these: 17 years ago!

www.scapegoatreview.org/winter-2009/...

22.01.2026 16:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks John!

22.01.2026 14:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I recognize the name, but have never read. Could you suggest some titles? Thanks!

22.01.2026 14:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I'll try this here.

Anyone reading the new Jim Harrison bio? It's a good read for me so far. I don't think anyone else successfully hits the trifecta of poetry, fiction, nonfiction over the last 75 years or so.

22.01.2026 13:57 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I want to believe better things are coming.

22.01.2026 05:43 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Rust Belt Review #11 Issue #11 of the American poetry series from Rust Belt Press

New at Rust Belt Review!

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03.01.2026 21:28 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Tackling this again. I can't recall why I stopped reading it.

02.01.2026 02:19 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Altered States of John Wieners In his letters we can glimpse a radiant, jazz-struck testament to the vocation of poetry.

Today's quote:

β€œThe world is so futile, we have such little time."

www.thenation.com/article/cult...

29.12.2025 14:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Peak privilege: gearing up to watch Spurs basketball, reading Red Sonja comics, aternately reading The Inquisitor series book 1, The Devil in Kansas, by Simon Quinn aka Martin Cruz Smith. What you doing?

23.12.2025 23:46 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0