I turn to this Joseph Campbell quote again and again throughout the decades, with tremendous gratitude that there still is life waiting for me.

“We must be willing to let go of the life we planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us.”

My friend Ibrahim is an English tutor and freelancer. Please help him get out of Gaza! gofundme.com/f/urgent-evacu…

Very inspiring & formally inventive The Poetry Society annual lecture by Don Mee Choi at The Tung Auditorium tonight. Greatly introduced by Judith Palmer & insightly asked by Deryn Rees-Jones! OF & Of & oF & of & o & f!

Reading J Leow's poetry book by the water~ What a powerful volume. Catch her read in person at SFU later this month for the event we are doing together!

Love Mirror Nation by Don Mee Choi!

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Top 10! Congrats to Rachel Khong & Alfred A. Knopf on REAL AMERICANS instantly hitting the NYT bestseller list! Marya 🤷🏼‍♀️ Janklow & Nesbit

Happy birthday to one the poets whose work is closest to my heart. And two of the most unforgettable conversations I've had on the show as well.
Runaway: tinhouse.com/podcast/jorie-…
To 2040: tinhouse.com/podcast/jorie-…

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Many thanks to Book Marks for selecting my L.A. Times Books review of Kaliane Bradley's THE MINISTRY OF TIME as one of your five book reviews you need to read this week. You really can't do better than to pick up this brainy, suspenseful, sexy book. bookmarks.reviews/5-reviews-you-…

I wrote about a new history of hypochondria, & tried to tackle the fact that we have no language for disentangling health anxiety from health vigilance, or unfounded anxiety from the uncertainty of living with illness.

Medicine needs to do a better job of listening to patients:

Hala Alyan, in the Los Angeles Times, on student solidarity protests, the “Palestinian exception,” psychic numbing & its crucial antidotes: latimes.com/opinion/story/…

Congratulations, Brett!

New #poetry #books from Stanchion, Andrews McMeel, @PicadorBooks, @MUPress, Wave Books, Alice James Books, Graywolf Press, Copper Canyon Press, @BOAEditions, Black Lawrence Press, Bloodaxe Books & CavanKerry Press. #poetry community #poetry lovers phillychapbookreview.org/new-poetry-tit…

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On #PynchoninPublic day, I am enjoying one of my favorite episodes from Mason & Dixon (and check out this free, full-episode preview of my forthcoming UGA Press companion while you're at it!).

'In Katie Peterson’s FOG & SMOKE Farrar,Straus&Giroux, every search for clarity & connections must proceed through the full awareness of what constrains us. Both poet & reader must submit to assessment': from my 'Book Notes' column + 2 more reviews On The Seawall bit.ly/44B6GKI

As some of you know, I relocated back to Santa Fe, NM, during the pandemic. This spring, I'm thrilled that WordsWithoutBorders is presenting a poetry & translation event at the Santa Fe International Literary Festival w/ Arthur Sze & Wang Jiaxin on 5/18: sfinternationallitfest.org

Dear friends and strangers, tommorrow Don Mee Choi is giving the annual lecture for the The Poetry Society and you can livestream it virtually if aren't in Liverpool and this is just a small, beautiful thing I felt the need to share today.

poetrysociety.org.uk/event/poetry-s…

A friend of a friend is mired in the process of evacuating Gaza with her family. If you're able to donate or share -- every bit helps, as we know 💗

gofundme.com/f/evacuations-…