ooh this looks really interesting and I believe just came out : _Behind Our Backs: Feminized Poetry and Capitalist Abstraction_, Amy De’Ath, in the Post45 series from Stanford U. Press
www.sup.org/books/litera...
Book cover of Behind Our Backs: Feminized Poetry and Capitalist Abstraction by Amy De'Ath
Behind Our Backs is out!
"In this brilliant study of social forms, De'Ath shows how a surprisingly speculative strain of contemporary poetry explores unseen connections between the domination of value and the process of feminization."
—Sianne Ngai, University of Chicago
https://ow.ly/IJRh50YgW1o
ooh this looks really interesting and I believe just came out : _Behind Our Backs: Feminized Poetry and Capitalist Abstraction_, Amy De’Ath, in the Post45 series from Stanford U. Press
www.sup.org/books/litera...
none of them using it bc …burgers
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Wow. Thank you for sharing it- what a poem.
The surrealism reminds me of Randall Jarrell’s Ball Turret Gunner poem, & the Pater reference is kinda interesting. I think of this one, too, but only for a sec
happy birthday, Elizabeth Bishop 2/8/11-1969), who thought about the banality of brutality & competition quite well. Here’s “Roosters” (1940) 1/2
happy birthday, Elizabeth Bishop 2/8/11-1969), who thought about the banality of brutality & competition quite well. Here’s “Roosters” (1940) 1/2
"we cannot begin to talk about freedom and justice in any culture if we are not talking about mass based literacy movements."
bell hooks 1997
we cannot begin to talk about freedom+justice in any culture now if we are not talking about mass de-literacy cognitive-incapacitating industries.
Screenshot of letter, full text linked in reply.
Screenshot of letter, full text linked in reply.
Screenshot of letter, full text linked in reply.
I am calling on @icegov.bsky.social Director Todd Lyons to immediately confirm or deny the existence of a “domestic terrorist” database. If true, you’re violating the Constitution. If not, maybe talk to your “border czar” to get your stories straight. This isn’t a game–it’s the Constitution.
call your senators
informative!
Adding these folks to the growing list of ppl who eat for free at my house. hyperallergic.com/artists-stre...
so many teachers called in sick with Ice in the area taking
parents at bus stops waiting for little kids,
they closed our schools,
which is to say:
shut it down. January 30.
Call your senators today,
call again.
Modernism/modernity seeks a Book Reviews Editor (3-year term, 2026–2029).
The role involves commissioning and editing reviews for both the print journal and Print+.
Deadline to apply: March 16, 2026
Please share widely.
consider calling Mary Moriarti today to ask her to do the job
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Only Le Monde bothers to report that the agent who shot & killed RG called her a “fucking bitch” seconds after. Wapo reports it’s said but #CNN and #BBC & #Newyorktimes do not. Also this is the 9th person shot by Ice & yes, remember Philando Castile.
Headline: Minnesota Officials Dispute Federal Account of Fatal ICE Shooting
This is the current front page of the Times. The Washington Post is even worse. Their headlines are privileging the accounts of the administration with a track record of lying as being as valid as eye witness accounts and videos.
same
The book Here Is a Figure in front of a “flower cake,” with a sparkly sign that says “happy birthday.” An unblossomed amaryllis is beside it.
Happy book birthday to Here Is a Figure!! (Flowers repurposed from my human birthday last week, haha.) I’m very grateful to everyone who’s read it over the past year. This book is about people lying down & bodies on the ground in contemporary literature—esp poetry & drama, but also fiction.
o my, they are caving
this is exciting! Congratulations!!
A toddler, adult, and child holding copies of POETRY IN GENERAL: How a Literary Form Became Public
Today is the official publication day for POETRY IN GENERAL: How a Literary From Became Public.
✨ Now available wherever books are sold ✨
Use CUP20 for a discount from the press
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talk about fragility - even if this were true, which i sincerely doubt, it’s our job to shape/ educate about discourse and shape civic conversation. she sounds like a bad classroom manager (and like someone unsure of their own strength to address racism and politics in classroom)
it is quite good! so is the spin off - the Good Fight
i’ve fallen into a hans christian andersen situation
