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joannapocock.bsky.social
• Author of SURRENDER. Published by Fitzcarraldo Editions, Errata Naturae & Memoire d'encrier. • Words in Guardian, Spectator, New Statesman, TLS, The Nation, Dark Mountain, etc... • Creative Writing tutor at the University of the Arts, London.
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My brother just reminded me of this beautiful photo of my mother Jasmine taken by my father. This was from their first year of marriage before kids. His nickname for her was Jazzmouse & they always laughed about this — a private joke they shared. #photography #family #mothers #fathers #whitemice

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The next time someone asks me why I miss Montana, I’ll show them this:

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Detail of a woodcut of Fire Foxes by Utagawa Hiroshige from 1857. Fire foxes of the rice god Inari gather to worship on New Year’s Eve, their breath turning to foxfire in the cold winter air. The show now on at the British Museum is absolutely beautiful. #Hiroshige #printmaking #BritishMuseum

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The new Dark Mountain (volume 27) on bodies is out. This beauty landed as my heartsease also flowered. Another gorgeous, thoughtful book from this wonderful cooperative. My first piece for Dark Mountain, which was on wolf trapping, was published back in in 2014. I’ve since gone on… (1)

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Blueblossom (ceanothus) as seen on my street this morning. Laden with blossom. #ceanothus #blueblossom #blossoms #spring #Leytonstone

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Call for Proposals: SAH | Places | Graham Foundation Prize on Race and the Built Environment: placesjournal.org/news/call-fo...

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Tonight on Wanstead Flats. Am I alone in thinking that this spring has been more lush and magical than usual? Also, perhaps things feel more fragile as we sense the seasons slipping out of their regular grooves. #wansteadflats #sunset #spring #seasons #london #leytonstone

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Thanks @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social for some amazing book post - by the formidable Claire-Louise Bennett, and @joannapocock.bsky.social whose Surrender was a book I loved in lockdown. Can't wait to take Greyhound's tour of American edgelands.

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Look what just arrived! I read Julian Hoffman’s memoir online as a PDF and I am so looking forward to reading it in proper book form! Thank you @elliottandthompson for sending this beautiful book my way. #nonfiction #memoir #greece #julianhoffman #prespa #europe

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🌍 Earth Day reminded us what’s at stake. Let’s keep that momentum going. A monthly pledge empowers Mongabay to deliver daily, credible and accurate coverage that increases awareness and accountability. Take action to support nonprofit environmental news: donorbox.org/spring-2025-....

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Jackie Kay will lead a “landmark” conference at the University of Salford this summer to support literacy leaders in tackling the challenging climate for reading and writing 👇 #BookSky

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Life in the 'before times': my brother and one of my sisters in our kitchen. It confounds my daughter that when we were young, we were often bored and had to work our way out of our boredom by finding things to do. (1/2)

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Symposium Future Memories: How Photography Shapes Our Understanding of the World | 14 May 2025 at The Rijksmuseum | A one-day international symposium exploring the impact of photojournalism and documentary photography on our perceptions of the world | Live & online www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/whats-on/...

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@flakphoto.news Have you seen this? Looks wonderful. 👇👇👇

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Gypsy Bridge, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex. #gypsybridge #leighonsea #essex #modernism #estuary #design

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For anyone who has yet to discover Christopher Brown's newsletter and his book 'A Natural History of Empty Lots', this is for you. He has also very kindly written a few words about my next book 'Greyhound'. He's well worth a follow! open.substack.com/pub/edgeland...

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As a writer, I love being fact-checked and edited. As an editor, I love doing the fact-checking. It's symbiotic. This interview in the @nybooks with Fergus McIntosh, the head research editor at The New Yorker, is brilliant.

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A visit with friends who wear hats. #friends #hats #shadows #community

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Pylon and Victorian gasholder en route from Essex to London. #essex #london #edgesofthecity #industriallandscapes

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Bethnal Green Road, ‘window of a closed shop’, 2025 or Hans Hoffman’s ‘The Wind’, 1942. #bethnalgreen #hanshoffman #accidentalmodernism #abstractart #markmaking #london #abstraction

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Revisiting old haunts. Graffiti ghosts in Hackney. #graffiti #erasures #ghosts #hackney #london #walls #accidentalconstructivism

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Running in his sleep. #rescuecatsarethebestcats #cats #sinjin #dreaming

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Bluebells and goslings in Wanstead Park, the setting and the characters in some kind of fairy tale… #WansteadPark #chaletwood #bluebells #egyptiangeese #goslings #london

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Rather nice Bodoni-style cinematic neon typeface seen in central London this evening. #typefaces #bodoni #neon #signage #tottenhamcourtroad #london #night #walking #design

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