Congrats GuggenheimFoundation! Getting a Gugg changed my life. Reading this list, it's stunning who is JUST NOW getting one (Sianne Ngai? Tracy K. Smith? David Mura?), which should give everyone heart. Even famous folks took a little extra time. Courage! gf.org/announcements/

This Buttercup looks so much like a pressed flower found in a book, but is actually an example of ‘nature printing’ from original plant specimens. From Cambridge University Library’s wonderful copy of Johann Hieronymus Kniphof’s ‘Botanica in originali seu herbarium vivum’ (1757-64). S370.a.75.1-4 💚

Children are starving to death. nytimes.com/live/2024/04/1…

Gutted to hear this. I had the privilege of teaching for Goddard's low-res MFA many many years ago. Thinking about what this means for its students now--

This talk got the only standing ovation I have ever witnessed at AWP. Take a look!

Thank you, Book Riot, for putting me on this list! bookriot.com/genre-blending…

Well, I saw nothing. Just like that Lord Huron concert I went to this summer.

Let's start out National Library Week strong: Sign and share this 'I support Utah Libraries' petition! letutahread.org/petition :-)

Happy right to read day!

I missed that I was a recent poem-of-the-day selection on the Poetry Foundation site. Here it is! poetryfoundation.org/podcasts/76717…

Total Eclipse of the Sun! We may not be able to see the show today in the UK, but we can enjoy this amazing 13th-century diagram of an eclipse from a Latin copy of De motibus planetarum by Alfraganus, now Bodleian Libraries MS. Arch. Selden. B. 34, f. 47v 🌘

These are the most targeted books in the US. Notice a similarity? nytimes.com/2024/04/08/boo…

Actually, they're all arguing about Mary Oliver.

Recently Utah was profiled in The Atlantic as 'the state trying to rein in DEI without becoming Florida.' Reading this essay by Michael Hoffman (full disclosure: one of my own former profs), I think we're still tracking Florida closely. lrb.co.uk/blog/2024/apri…

I had no idea that NYC was in an earthquake zone--

theintercept.com/2024/03/30/pen…

Tonight, tonight!

No—this is “not a normal army”,this is not “a normal government “,this is truly not“normal” Judaism. Jews worldwide watch in horror at this betrayal of their faith.

‘Not a normal war’: doctors say children have been targeted by Israeli snipers in Gaza theguardian.com/world/2024/apr…

Very honored to be part of this beautiful anthology! Scroll down to read a sample of poems from the book, including one of mine. Thank you to Ada Limón, Orion Mag, and Milkweed: orionmagazine.org/article/you-ar…

Tomorrow! Register here: nhmu.utah.edu/events/future-…

It is rare that I'd argue to read the comments section. But every member of the Supreme Court should read THIS comment section to see just how much the court has fallen in people's estimation. nytimes.com/2024/04/03/opi…