"Death to suburbia and you begin to think again, militantly aroused resident alien of every which nowhere."

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300,000 Black women have left the labor force in 3 months. It’s not a coincidence. For decades, the public sector has been a lifeline for Black women shut out of economic opportunity. It’s no surprise that Trump's federal downsizing targeted them first, explains gender economist Kat...

I am disturbed by the news that 300,000 Black women have left the labor force within a three-month period, largely due to dramatic cuts to the federal workforce.

www.msnbc.com/know-your-va...

Among the rare pleasures of having poor vision: misreading blurry signs as my inmost self desires to. Today: "Our Lady of the Holy Shits."

Today's Feature:

In this week's installment of What Sparks Poetry: Endlessly Now: An Interview with @aditimachado.bsky.social

Read here: poems.com/features/wha...

Apparently I'm growing papaya and musk melon by accident (seeds left in the compost last year).

Bird Watching by Eileen Myles: An Archival Collection Support Fonograf Editions in publishing a volume of four early Eileen Myles books, including the never-before-published Bird Watching

A very important fundraiser for a very important book! www.kickstarter.com/projects/bir...

Ah the fart of July

Trendy summer footwear

Damn Tom is such a proud papa this season.

Left town for three rainy days and my babies had a growth spurt!

Just wept through that Top Chef semifinal. Ant fucking togarashi on cabbage. Tom going "I love my job."

Hahaha, I love that!

Something I am realizing is that when people say "I just need an hour of your time," what they mean is "3 to 4 hours" and because I work at the snailiest of paces, that's anywhere from 6 to 12 hours of labor from me.

Blanket flower and Ohio spiderwort

I'm so so sorry, Anselm!

Desperately need an ad blocker extension but for AI. An AI blocker extension. Does this already exist?

Wild indigo! And another columbine!

Book cover against blue background. Cover reads "In the Realm of Motes Baptiste Gaillard Translated by Aditi Machado." Cover image is of artwork by Gaillard.

I have translated a book of poems from French! It is appearing from Roof Books in September! The poet is the wonderful Baptiste Gaillard (baptistegaillard.com)!

Also blooming: wild geranium and wild hyacinth

Came home (five days later) to columbines in full bloom!

Should have posted this at least 24 hours ago, but well: I'm reading with Kai Ihns, Imani Elizabeth Jackson, & Margaret Ross at the Neubauer Collegium (U of Chicago) at 5 pm today!

neubauercollegium.uchicago.edu/events/new-d...

Thanks so much for sharing this, Monika!

CLE Poetry Fest, Poetry Crawl Closing Reading, April 26, 2025, 7 pm @ Literary Cleveland, Ajanae Dawkins, Sony Ton-Aime, RA Washington, Aditi Machado, plus an open mic

Workshop: Feeling Transcript, April 27, 1.30-3 pm, @ CMA Community Art Center at Pivot

Poetry in the Community Panel, Apr 27, 3.15-4.45 pm, @ CMA Community Art Center Ali Black, Ajanae Dawkins, Stephanie Ginese, Aditi Machado, moderated by Hilary Plum

I am at the Cleveland Poetry Festival this weekend with some amazing poets!
4/26, 7 pm, Poetry Crawl closing reading @ Literary Cleveland
4/27, 1.30 pm, Workshop @ CMA Community Art Center at Pivot
4/27, 3.15 pm, Poetry in the Community Panel @ CMA Community Art Center at Pivot

New street sign

It is not spring until Mx Violet the Wood Sorrel maketh an appearance. Herewith:

Everything sucks about my university except we have a great reading series. Personal heroes Julie Carr & Gillian Conoley will read tonight at 5.30 pm.

Never call me a creative.

I would like to punch someone very hard for claiming my punctuation is inconsistent when I made an actual document with a list of rules to follow and then read the text aloud three times to check against the rules.

Trying to send "energy" to the poet I translate from French ... does not seem to work en français ...

OK, this piece hit them HARD--in a good way. Hard-recommend this essay for writing students who are struggling for any number of reasons. Also for being a writer in a neoliberal institution where everything is "what's the deliverable?" There are no fucking deliverables!

I have a PDF.