Up now on The Hobbyhorse: Nathan Knapp with a lengthy rumination on the work of the bard of gallows humor, Emil Cioran. Knew this was going to be great from the hilarious opening monologue. Don't miss it! thehobbyhorse.substack.com/p/on-cioran

Americans killed by Israeli forces: –Peace activist Ayşenur Eygi –Teenagers Mohammad Khdour & Tawfic Abdel Jabbar –World Central Kitchen worker Jacob Flickinger –Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh –Peace activist Rachel Corrie

Ashbery and Harry Mathews, 1968.

He has remained a major figure in American poetry for over 60 years, influencing while innovating, teaching younger generations to experiment in ways that invariably find a common thread of acknowledgement: “he did it first.” Award the Nobel Prize in Literature to Robert Kelly.

Delany says amazing things like “science fiction is about the transition from a money economy to a credit economy, fantasy is about the transition between a barter economy and a money economy” and its true.

Jeff Dolven is an absolute legend. If you didn’t know, now you do.

It started with Randell Jarrell and landed near Christina Tudor-Sideri. oceanstatereview.org/2024/09/06/ali…

The longlists for the 2024 National Translation Awards in Poetry and Prose are here! With works in 17 languages from 21 presses, this year’s longlists highlight the beauty of translation across cultures and time. Congrats to all! tinyurl.com/4mrcm6wd

Regret being reminded that Dick Cheney is still alive.

🚨 An Important Update on JC Live 🚨

Some news 💛 "Sad Tiger" by Neige Sinno, tr. Natasha Lehrer, publishes in the US and the UK in March 2025

Back in my day if you wanted to do this you had to read Derrida.

headed to second printing…

no one* saw that coming *everyone

Friday night Ruby ... Ryan Ruby minorliteratures.com/2021/03/01/ecc…

He forgot to add: first time as tragedy, second time as farce.

we’re going to need a smaller tent

"Without music, life would be a mistake."