Stevie Ada Klaark

New Dirtbag Hymn via Substack on radical openness as a necessity for the paradigm shifts in human consciousness that we are presently experiencing.

“No Self No Other Everywhere” is a dharma talk from July 4,2024 offered again - a year later - here:

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Wrote this short-but-punchy, little essay on our collective free fall: “Benevolent Cowards: On Looking Away and Turning Back”.

Because cowardice is in fashion and we better get curious about how we find courage.

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#cowardice #freefall #lookaway #turnback #courage

“Sum Zero: On Sharing and Holding” just published on #substack

Quote featured by Agustina Bazterrica, from #TenderistheFlesh

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Newest #dirtbaghymn on Substack : “Against Resiliency: On Resistance and Levitation”.

Read, subscribe, share!

#resistance #levitation #resiliency #classism #floaton

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Nature writing for ICE Detainees Figuring out what to say to a pen pal

every time i sit down to write a letter to a new pen pal in ICE detention, im struck mute. what could i possibly say to someone in such a place? here’s a reminder to myself, and an invitation to you.

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I Hope We All Make It Birds Before the Storm I Hope We All Make It or: reflections on mutual aid and the network of care https://substack.com/home/post/p-152572206 Margaret Killjoy Dec 04, 2024 Not all my friends wa...

Just fielded a heartbreaking apology from someone who at the time said I was being SO DRAMATIC calling his 1st term eugenics. But now in his 2nd, their ppl are dying too. Fam, in the gorgeous words of @margaret.bsky.social "I Hope We All Make It" docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Found in a Little Free Library in Chicago. Love to see it.

#tyranny #fascism #everydaypeople #LittleFreeLibrary #lessons #seeds

AI pollution could cost billions Recent research projects AI data centers’ public-health harms.

But...AGI is gonna bring utopia & AI will stop climate change!

"By looking at where power is being generated & the size of nearby populations, the researchers estimated the number of adverse health events that would likely be caused by AI-related air pollution."

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The Blaze of Cultural Amnesia On Delusion and Sacrifice

Another Dirtbag Hymn in the world. “The Blaze of Cultural Amnesia: On Delusion and Sacrifice” is a reflection on the complexities of choosing to forget. Content warning for this essay as it concerns war, self-immolation and violence.

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#war #delusion #sacrifice

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“The dirtbag hymn I hear when I listen to this winter memory: nothing will teach you more about the necessity of being able to wait than the violent sting of impatience. Growth means being willing to see some harbors as a nest of salt. Confluence is vastly different than influence.” - Stevie Klaark

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“A Nest of Salt: On Discomfort and Advantage” - new essay on Substack now.

A dirtbag hymn which serves as a reminder of an awkward and gentler kind of grit and grace.

Image by Nayelie Avalos.

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The Bear and the Mountain On perspective and memory

“The Bear and the Mountain: On Memory and Origin”. This one has been swimming around in my body somewhere since 2022. The first essay for #DirtbagHymns.

Offering a reclamation of grit and grace through culture, world-building and economy.

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Support our literary presses! Made a donation to the centennial campaign for @uminnpress.bsky.social and am excited for what is ahead.

Imagine the possibilities for the next 100 years of the #UniversityofMinnesotaPress.

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Cover of book - image courtesy Princeton University Press.

“Without stories of progress, the world has become a terrifying place. The ruin glares at us with the horror of its abandonment.“

- Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing, “The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins”

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#mushroom #economy

Of course, Alejandra. Thank you for your writing ❤️❤️❤️

Have really been enjoying “Rivermouth: A Chronicle of Language, Faith and Migration” by @olivalejandra.bsky.social - what incredible and timely writing!

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Went searching for my shadow last weekend. Thank you for the feature @ronvanderende.nl on @artbbq.nl