Puneet Dutt

I don't think artists can actually stop the onslaught of AI bc tech companies have invested too much money in it to walk away from it now (I'm sure there'll be a tech burst in the coming years bc of it though), but I do think one way we can defend against AI is to be uniquely weird in our art

Thank you! Will be ordering.

The Magic Words by Joseph Fasano: 9780593716878 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books Discover the joy of expressing what’s inside you, with fill-in-the-blank poems that are sparking a creative movement We all have stories inside us—whether or not we consider ourselves “creative.” ...

Certainly. It's called The Magic Words. I hope it helps: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/744300...

Could you provide the link/name of this book?

I will never, ever get over this.

Wow. Just wow.

My Daughter Asks Me to Write an Honest Poem And when I ask what she means she says a poem where nothing impossible happens in it, just the truth, and I say OK and put her in this poem and she sprouts forty two robin wings down her neck and back and legs and she says why would you do that, that’s not true and I say OK I say Sorry and I put an orchard in her arms, a huge orchard, with rows of pear trees, and it’s spring and a million white blossoms fur her skin like snow and she says DAD she says THIS ISN’T REAL and I say I am sorry my love I didn’t mean to it’s just that but it’s too late, she’s gone upstairs, I hear her feet march across the floorboards, soft claps like a dozen cages closing in a bird shop that specializes in songless birds, and once more winter settles softly in my mind, I walk my orchard’s empty rows and remember how full my arms used to be when my daughter was young, how busy my hands, my sad, empty hands reaching for this liar’s pen.

I was super lucky to be able to place two poems with @ex-puritan.bsky.social this year too! Here's one based on an exchange with my daughter.

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From my wee corner of the world, I’m lucky to have had work published by @havehashad.com, @okaydonkey.bsky.social, @bendinggenres.bsky.social, @publishedbyjake.bsky.social and @maudlinhouse.bsky.social among others. Here's 1 of mine from @puneetdutt.bsky.social’s amazing schism issue of Ex Puritan

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—but for how long will they survive the jar, before transforming? Before placing their tarsomeres, thirsty of nectar, to the lid we stabbed with holes then ask, with eyes alone: is it time? is it time?

"It’s not what has wings, / but what makes it through / the narrow slits of tunnels"

A poem by @puneetdutt.bsky.social in the Fall 2024 issue

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An updated graphic for The Fiddlehead’s Twenty Twenty-Four Fiction Contest. The background is a picture of pink mushrooms in purple soil. From top to bottom, the following is on the graphic: Text reading Don’t put a cap on your creativity; The Fiddlehead logo, which is the name of the magazine in a serif font; enter our Twenty Twenty-Four Fiction Contest now open for submission; the September second deadline is striked out with a revised September third deadline below it, twenty twenty-four; Enter via Submittable; a pink star bubble with the text Two thousand dollar prize plus publication in white; next to this is a picture of Zilla Jones who is an African-Canadian woman with dark, curly hair, and is wearing a black top with the text Judged by Zilla Jones under her picture; text reading for more information and the link to The Fiddlehead’s contest page fiddlehead dot c a slash contest and email fiddle h d at u n b dot c a

We are so excited to announce that the shortlist for our 2024 Fiction Contest is now on our website! Thank you to our judge Zilla Jones and all who entered and congratulations to the fifteen finalists!
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"Is it—are they— / ever aware of failing, / of being awkward, inept?"

Four poems by 𝗥𝗮𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝘂𝘁 in the 𝗔𝗺𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗮𝗺 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 Spring 2023 issue

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When my dad worked in a laundromat, he found all sorts of coins people used to stick in the machines: wheat pennies, Eisenhower dollars, Indian head cents. The l’mat was tough; his health suffered after years of 15-hour days. But he collected them for me—he found beauty in them and wanted me to, too

Editor's Letter Read guest editor Puneet Dutt's introduction to the Schism issue of The Ex-Puritan, then check out the Austin Clarke Prize in Literary Excellence!

Guest editor @puneetdutt.bsky.social 's remarkable "Schism" issue of Ex-Puritan: "pieces that speak to one another, fragments of a conversation that is far from finished." It's an honour to be included. 🙏 Puneet! ex-puritan.ca/editors-letter #poetry #poetrycommunity #newwriting #literarymagazine

Adventure / Ars Poetica Read Amorak Huey's poem "Adventure / Ars Poetica" in the Schism issue of The Ex-Puritan, then check out the Austin Clarke Prize in Literary Excellence!

Thank you to @puneetdutt.bsky.social for including this prose poem in the new issue of The Ex-Puritan --

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Episodic Tremor and Slip Read Lorne Daniel's excerpt from Episodic Tremor and Slip in the Schism issue of The Ex-Puritan, then check out the Austin Clarke Prize in Literary Excellence!

Here's a direct link to Schism special edition of @ex-puritan.bsky.social , edited by the amazing @puneetdutt.bsky.social , incl this 5 poem sequence Episodic Tremor & Slip ex-puritan.ca/episodic-tre...

Huge thanks to Puneet - it's an honour to be published alongside so many great writers.

What an honour and delight to be included in the Schism special edition of @ex-puritan.bsky.social , alongside so many amazing writers. Huge thanks to guest editor @puneetdutt.bsky.social , whose interest and support has been off the charts.

Honoured to be in @ex-puritan.bsky.social 's special issue, Schism, curated by the amazing @puneetdutt.bsky.social along with so many of my favourite writers. Gah! This poem: How to Love a Monster. Its a darkness of a poem.

Many thanks to @ex-puritan.bsky.social & guest editor @puneetdutt.bsky.social for giving this poem a home.

Four Teaspoons to One Quart Read Susan Robertson's poem "Four Teaspoons to One Quart" in the Schism issue of The Ex-Puritan, then check out the Austin Clarke Prize in Literary Excellence!

Thank you, @snullr.bsky.social and @puneetdutt.bsky.social at the #ex-puritan for this brilliant poem . ex-puritan.ca/four-teaspoo...

Editor's Letter Read guest editor Puneet Dutt's introduction to the Schism issue of The Ex-Puritan, then check out the Austin Clarke Prize in Literary Excellence!

What a wonder @puneetdutt.bsky.social has achieved with the Schism issue of the Ex-Puritan. Gratitude, gratitude, gratitude. ex-puritan.ca/editors-letter

"In the Morning" and "I Walk Out" Read Jila Mossaed's poems "In the Morning" and "I Walk Out," translated by Nicola Vulpe, in the Schism issue of The Ex-Puritan, then check out the Austin Clarke Prize in Literary Excellence!

Thank you, @puneetdutt.bsky.social at the Ex-Puritan.
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Duct Tape Read Manahil Bandukwala's short story "Duct Tape" in the Schism issue of The Ex-Puritan, then check out the Austin Clarke Prize in Literary Excellence!

I have my first fiction publication in the @ex-puritan.bsky.social today, guest-edited by @puneetdutt.bsky.social. If you're interested in roommates and using duct tape to repair everything, this might be the story for you!

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FOUR TEASPOONS TO ONE QUART I was taught God made us in His image. Let’s mix the bleach— I’m cleaning cupboards. Four teaspoons bleach to one quart water. Many of Gaza’s Medical Workers Have Been Detained or Killed. I was taught God made us in His image. I spritz the outside of a door, circle the sponge. Israeli Strike Kills Dozens at Gaza Shelter. I’m cleaning cupboards. Rinse the sponge, swab the inside; the hinges squeak. ‘They Are Burned Alive’: A Doctor Captures the Toll of War on Gaza’s Children I was taught God made us in His image. The paper lining the shelves should be replaced. At Least 30 Are Reported Killed in Khan Younis in 24 Hours I’m cleaning cupboards. Seven cabinets above, eight below. U.S. Will Allow Delivery of 500-Pound Bombs to Israel, an Official Says. I was taught God made me in His image. I’m cleaning cupboards.

Words in italics are all headlines which appeared on The New York Times website during the one-month period from July 11 through August 10, 2024. In order of appearance the links to headlines are: Sankar, Anjana. 2024 August 2. “Many of Gaza’s Medical Workers Have Been Detained or Killed.” The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/02/world/middleeast/gaza-doctors-medical-workers-israel.html Video by Storyful and Reuters. 2024 August 4. “Israeli Strike Kills Dozens at Gaza Shelter.” The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/middleeast/100000009610600/israel-strike-gaza-city-shelter.html El-Naggar, Mona and Kerr, Sarah. 2024 August 10. “‘They Are Burned Alive’: A Doctor Captures the Toll of War on Gaza’s Children.” The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/10/world/middleeast/gaza-al-aqsa-hospital-children.html Sankar, Anjana. 2024 July 24. “At Least 30 Are Reported Killed in Khan Younis in 24 Hours.” The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/25/world/middleeast/israeli-forces-press-forward-in-khan-younis-at-least-30-people-are-reported-killed-in-24-hours.html Boxerman, Aaron. 2024 July 11. “U.S. Will Allow Delivery of 500-Pound Bombs to Israel, an Official Says.” The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/11/world/middleeast/us-israel-bombs.html

Grateful to @puneetdutt.bsky.social and @ex-puritan.bsky.social for making room for my poem among so many fine writers in the Schism issue.

It's a delight to be in this issue alongside pals @manahil.bsky.social, Ellen Chang-Richardson, Claire Farley, Frances Boyle, @snullr.bsky.social and so many folks I admire, with huge gratitude to @puneetdutt.bsky.social for championing this story along, and to The Ex-Puritan for making space.

Being published alongside so many of the names in this issue is crazy business for me. I'm so excited to be in it and so grateful to have had @puneetdutt.bsky.social believe in this little story. If you have 5 mins on this Monday, give "The Quiet Room" a read.
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"In the morning / they wake me" and "I walk out / with my papers into the rain" Read Jila Mossaed's poems "In the morning / they wake me" and "I walk out / with my papers into the rain," translated by Nicola Vulpe, in the Schism issue of The Ex-Puritan, then check out the Austin ...

Thank you @nicolavulpe.bsky.social for your fine translations introducing me to the poems of Jila Mossaed. Gratitude to @puneetdutt.bsky.social for curating this excellent issue of the Ex-Puritan. ex-puritan.ca/in-the-morni...

My husband says the pork chops are not bad. Does that mean they are good or just okay? He says, not bad, not bad as if that clears everything up. Somewhere, a butcher splits the carcass of a pig, slicing flesh from bones. This after stunning, slaughtering, scalding, scraping. When I ask my husband if my striped dress makes me look fat, he looks me up-and-down and says, it is what it is. Somewhere, a seamstress feeds fabric through a Singer. The machine purrs and clicks as the needle jerks up and down. My husband tells me he used to love me, but not anymore. When did you stop? He watches the clock. Somewhere, a watchmaker tinkers with a gear, then ear to its metronome, hears the ticking too fast—now, too slow.

So pleased to have my poem "Almost" up with The Ex-Puritan
today for their "Schism" issue! Thank you
@puneetdutt.bsky.social! I'm honored to be in such fantastic company as well.

PS. This is fictional, so no one hate on my husband. Ha!

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My meds alarm Read Ewan Glass's poem "My meds alarm" in the Schism issue of The Ex-Puritan, then check out the Austin Clarke Prize in Literary Excellence!

Thanks to @puneetdutt.bsky.social for including me in a special issue of The Ex-Puritan. Honestly, I have a lot of chill and it's no big deal being issue mates with poets like @josehernandezdz.bsky.social, @janezwart.bsky.social and @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social

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