Holy shit! In Chicago last night, thousands of residents took to the street to protest fascist authoritarian Trump, the National Guard, and Nazi ICE Gestapo's attempted coup of their city. 🙌💪👏✊️🇺🇸👇

This needs to be played on a loop wherever she shows up for the rest of her life.

if you speak german, take three minutes to watch this clip. not only will you learn that lászló krasznahorkai speaks german very well, but also that his estate is held in the austrian national library, bc he does not entrust a single page to orban. orf.at/av/video/onDem…

thinking about samuel beckett posing with a pile of trash

Interview with Michael Lentz: On his literary influences, the genesis of Schattenfroh, two Bosches, Kabbalah, the German Baroque, U.S. readers, and a new big project theuntranslated.wordpress.com/2025/10/11/int…

Fascinating that all those “don’t tread on me” posers and their AR-15’s are nowhere to be seen and government tyranny is instead being opposed by a guy in an inflatable frog suit.

Met Laszlo in 2014 and again in 2016 at Brown—amazing, amazing!

Big shout out to Cider Press Review for running this poem about when I worked on a rip saw and crosscut saw 25 years ago at Kraftmaid... ciderpressreview.com/cpr-volume-27-…

RIP D’Angelo, don’t even know what to say. Three timeless albums, each one an incredible expansion of his sound—a peerless, flawless discography. It wouldn’t even be crazy to say he released the best album of the 90s, the 2000s, and the 2010s. One of our greatest artists.

D’Angelo, a legendary R&B singer who helped pioneer neo-soul, has died. He was 51. His family wrote in a statement: “The shining star of our family has dimmed his light for us in this life…After a prolonged and courageous battle with cancer, we are heartbroken to announce that

D’Angelo was one of a kind. As a pioneer in neo-soul, he inspired a generation of singers, and helped shape music today. Michelle and I are thinking of his family, and all those who loved and admired him. nytimes.com/2025/10/14/art…

And a huge heartfelt thanks to Charles Kell and Alina Stefanescu for their kind and close readings of the chapbook.

Samuel Beckett at home.

Hundreds have lined Monroe Street for Toledo's "No Kings" protest. I spoke to a couple demonstrators, including one who took a bit of inspiration from those in Portland, as well as the founder and president of the Farm Labor Organizing Committee.

I have never seen a protest this large in New York in my entire life. I've lived here my entire life.

Holy shit, look at this crowd from the Boston No Kings protest. Samuel Adams would be damn proud.

WOW! Chicago's Grant Park is packed. Mayor Brandon Johnson fires up the crowd: "Are you ready to fight fascism? Are you prepared to destroy authoritarianism? Then let the world hear you. No Kings"

No Kings jammed in Providence, RI!