Out of Chris Nealon’s new collection All About You (Wave Books, 2024), one part of the long title poem. To admire: the speed (and its variability), the sheer formal capaciousness, the turn-on-a-dime register shifts . . .

To confront the new normal climate change has foisted upon us, the novel needs to adapt. Richard Powers has been at the innovative forefront—so why, asks @madeleinewatts.bsky.socialthebaffler.com/latest/clear...

Clearly It Is Ocean | Madeleine Watts

Richard Powers’s “Playground” offers up so many ideas ripe for innovation—but the story gets lost inside the plot.

Today I learned that Moebius did illustrations for Maxwell House Coffee magazine ads. And they are amazing.

“The pleasure’s something like that of codes” A poem by Tom Clark.

Better than Zeno’s Express Shipping for sure. I filed a complaint with them over failure to deliver but apparently my complaint hasn’t reached them yet

Some reporting on the Stanford CW program and the decision of the tenured faculty to fire all lecturers. The goal is to structure the lecturers as "temps" and make sure they know they aren't real jobs, just 1-year waystations for former students. www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

Stanford creative writing program laying off lecturers

The university says creative writing faculty recommended returning its Jones Lectureships to their “original intent” as short-term teaching appointments for talented writers. A lecturer of 20 years sa...

Doctors Without Borders forced to close primary care centre in Al Mawasi due to Israel’s offensive in #Rafah#Gaza

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I fear that said hill is comprised of y’all’s bodies