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bobblack1.bsky.social

Poet, writer, photographer, filmmaker, teacher. I surf (waves) From USA but have lived around world. Childhood in Taiwan 🇹🇼 I write. I make things with cameras. I listen. 我愛台灣一期一会 Currently in Toronto

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Brilliant Just begun. I wrote thoughts at IG A true master of the lucid, culmination and beautiful, fox-like sentence of shadow I love this book @cbeditions.bsky.social Invisible Dogs 🐕 @usrofc.bsky.social nominee Read it! In the realm of hirsute and warm nations Genius

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After finishing Dr Jake Swan’s @JakeSwan Hilarious novel Grantreprenrur (@galleonbooks ), then most afternoon reading Pizarnik poems, tonight I return to Ernaux two of Ernaux short novels as the snow continues to devour Toronto I hunger to read an amour fou Publishers @GalleonBooks @7storyPress

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This weekend’s poetry reading Having finished Pizarnik final book in London, I return to her words again She ravishes Read her as important and brilliant as poetry gets and survives

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I loved @cbeditions.bsky.social The Other Jack Brilliant book of many things Congratulations on being a okay. Would love to see 🍷🙏🎉

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In Praise of the short Novel Last night, I read in a sitting Lee Thompson oneiric & beautiful first book, 75 pages In an era of maximalism,I wish to share some of the most beautiful & meaningful short books read over the last 6 months like Death in Venice, genius can be divined in a sitting

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a day struggling with something i thought (initially, alas) had worked (drunken delirium of jet lag), i turn away from the poem and language of the head and seek something else and return an old series to toss out the sentimental into the river www.criterionchannel.com/videos/scene...

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May we all be brave, smart and undeterred enough to live to 98 let alone write and publish a book Biggest congratulations This may well be my fave photograph of an author reading in years 🙏💚💚🧎‍♂️🌻

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Some new books to read people, including the newest by @cbeditions.bsky.social Congratulations to all the nominees Well done! 🙏🎉🍷🌻

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I returned from London with this package nestling at my door @nuzhatbukhari7.bsky.social remarkable collection Brilliant Corners Why hadn’t I heard of it before Remarkable Reading all early morning Read this collection 🙏🍷🎉 @cbeditions publisher

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Today Marjorie Ann Watts celebrates (at Daunt Books in Hampstead) both publication of her book and her 98th birthday. (Her grandmother founded PEN International in 1921; + organisations to help young writers and help women into work; + at age 24 published an epic poem supporting women's rights.)

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The editor @cbeditions.bsky.social has updated my book page to include recent review quotes from essays in journals and books. The best place to acquire my book (& peep into the opening pages) is from the publisher's website: cbeditions.com/bukhari.html

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Big big congratulations to @cbeditions.bsky.social book Invisible Dogs being nominated for the @usrofc.bsky.social prize Big congratulations Very excited for Charles 🙏🍷🍷🎉🎉🧎‍♂️

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“The spider a web, man a friendship” two mild lones pay a visit to William Blake chip over the seesaw between grief & mourning & the acceleration of all things except the collective better wisdom of the world Stone Doves, Sea Shells & an orange’s shadow sing over a grave With Marc Nash

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Escaping the dark world of Trump et al with this brilliant Pirandello meets Agatha Christie play in London Genius and hysterical @theplaythatgoeswrong Absurdist comedic theatre. Loved it. 🙏🧎‍♂️💛

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Escaping the dark world of Trump et al with this brilliant Pirandello meets Agatha Christie play in London Genius and hysterical @theplaythatgoeswrong Absurdist comedic theatre. Loved it. 🙏🧎‍♂️💛

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