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sjane.bsky.social
Reluctant non-smoker Author of Hotel Almighty
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Thanks to Kelly Fordon for sharing my (current) favorite piece from Classic Crimes open.substack.com/pub/kellyfor...

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who turned the window down and surveyed all the tatters and waste and cleared his throat as if about to speak

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I remember 15 years ago it was great to wake up to find you'd gotten an email. Now I feel like oh my god what can this email be, nothing good...!

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Liegt Böhmen noch am Meer, glaub ich den Meeren wieder. Und glaub ich noch ans Meer, so hoffe ich auf Land. -Ingeborg Bachmann

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"If there could be love without violence, there would be no breakers or boat. There would be no tower to dive from. Maybe there would be a field..." Run over & read @jessicapoli.bsky.social's poems about diving horses at Blackbird. I took the image from her post on the poems elsewhere! rb.gy/wi6md7

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in books we learn enough of despair

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Today’s featured cover: Classic Crimes by Sarah J. Sloat. True crime transformed—collage, whimsy, and cheek where mayhem once lived. Vote via link in bio. 🩸 #booksky #books #art #design @sjane.bsky.social @sarabandebooks.bsky.social

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antonio gomez

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A website that holds a weekly book cover competition has Classic Crimes up this week, competing with other nice covers. Would you go over and vote for your favorite, even if it isn't mine? It's @willpassbooks.bsky.social's Book Jacket Bracket. bookjacketbracket.com?fbclid=PAZXh...

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THE SHINING (1980) in Lego

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"I crossed / deep on a level elsewhere and / sleigh-bells / bent down" Three poems by 𝗦𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗵 𝗝. 𝗦𝗹𝗼𝗮𝘁 @sjane.bsky.social in the Spring 2025 issue bit.ly/AmsterdamReview #poetry #poetrycommunity

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“CLASSIC CRIMES is a work of genius.” —Mark Wunderlich Out now, Sarah J. Sloat’s (@sjane.bsky.social) newest collection of visual poetry repurposes William Roughhead’s mid-century true-crime volume with her signature whimsy, wry humor, and cheeky, liberating poetics. Link in bio to get your copy!

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"Wonderful, imaginative, lively, angry in a good way" -- Nancy Hopkins (MIT) www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/777553...

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If you ignore me, I will become more ignored than you can possibly imagine

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It's pub day for my 2nd book of visual poetry, Classic Crimes. Thanks to the super humans at @sarabandebooks.bsky.social. They took great care -- from the paper that makes the images/text crisp & vibrant to the title page to collage outtakes scattered throughout. Support independent publishers!

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‘SESAME STREET’ is coming to Netflix with new episodes and past seasons premiering later this year.

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"If there could be love without violence, there would be no breakers or boat. There would be no tower to dive from. Maybe there would be a field..." Run over & read @jessicapoli.bsky.social's poems about diving horses at Blackbird. I took the image from her post on the poems elsewhere! rb.gy/wi6md7

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Good morning from Placa Prim. Two girls are filling balloons from the fountain and watering the trees.

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next street over got a new cheese monger he was passing out little slivers of cheese getting all of the neighbourhood hooked I am broke now and very happy

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The judges have chains in their sleeves * WS Merwin

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Our 4th reading period is coming to a close soon! Submit now to be considered for Issue 4 (and maybe 5 or 6 or 7!)!!

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Pennsylvania Ave. SE is the opening poem to Taylor Johnson's "Inheritance." There's a short discussion of the poem over at Poetry Unbound. onbeing.org/programs/tay...

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Happy #PubDay to A TERRIFYING BRUSH WITH OPTIMISM, new & selected works by Lambda & Asian-American Literary Award winner Brian Leung! “Fascinating… beautiful” —Entertainment Weekly “Engaging and beguiling” —Kirkus Reviews “Stylish and unique” —Out Magazine Get your copy at the link in our bio!

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I love the look of old paper, the so-called yellowing, as if it were a living thing aging. When I'm plundering the free public bookshelves I open the older ones first to see what shades are taking over. I love using old paper in my visual poems. This one is from "Classic Crimes," out May 20.

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For #smallpoemsunday, "A Moment to Consider" from my book Classic Crimes, which comes out end of next week from @sarabandebooks.bsky.social ! And to note for Mother's Day, the book is dedicated to my mom, who passed away in Jan. Amid final proofs, Sarabande generously let me change the page.

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freaking people out in church by doing the sign of the cross with both hands simultaneously

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