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Dana Delibovi

@danadelibovi.bsky.social

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Poet, essayist, translator. Consulting Poetry Editor, Cable Street, https://cablestreet.org. New book: Sweet Hunter: The Complete Poems of St. Teresa of Ávila, available everywhere.

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Dana Delibovi @danadelibovi.bsky.social · 24d

Reposting this great thread from @bcdreyer.social on the etiquette of social media responses. And pinning.

Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · Jul 2

7. Don't quoteskeet anyone to dunk on what they just said unless you're doing it with the full understanding that they are quite likely to detach their skeet from yours and then block you.

Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · Jul 2

1. Don't snitch-tag.
2. Don't explain to people what they just said.
3. Don't "correct" people's jokes.
4. Don't respond seriously to silly little posts.
5. Don't respond trivially to obviously serious posts.
6. Don't "jocularly insult" people you don't know.

The rest is commentary.

Dana Delibovi @danadelibovi.bsky.social · 58m

If you write poetry in English, the Shakespearean sonnet is influencing your work, even if you hate the form.

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Han VanderHart @hanvanderhart.bsky.social · 6h

Y’all seriously do not want to sleep on this beautiful book, this poet 💜💜💜

Of Poetry Podcast @ofpoetrypodcast.bsky.social · 6h

Find your copy of The Deletions by Sarah Green here: blogs.uakron.edu/uapress/prod...

The Deletions (U Akron Press, 2025) by Sarah Green featuring art by Kyle Gellatley—a house photograph eerily washed and cracked and warped by flood water, in greens and pinks and deep violet blues

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Dana Delibovi @danadelibovi.bsky.social · 7h

Excellent!

Nuala O'Connor @nualaoconnor.bsky.social · 7h

I have a new (ghostly) poem published today @ekphrasticreview.bsky.social 'Beatrice Cenci, Roman Warrior'.

Based on the painting below, Portrait of Beatrice Cenci, by Ginevra Cantofoli (Italy) c. 1608 or 1616
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Robin Reagler @robinreagler.bsky.social · Jun 18

I received a box of my new book today from my wonderful publisher, @flowersongpress.bsky.social ! Thank you so much, @edwardvidaurre.bsky.social and Avery Castillo. It’s a beauty. Happy Birthday, little book! #poetry #booksky #writers #pubday #publication

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Dana Delibovi @danadelibovi.bsky.social · 7h

Yes—preorder this from @flowersongpress.bsky.social ❤️

Robin Reagler @robinreagler.bsky.social · May 8

You can pre-order THE ALWAYS from @flowersongpress.bsky.social using this link, and it would make my day 🌞🩵🧡: www.flowersongpress.com/books/p/the-...

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Dana Delibovi @danadelibovi.bsky.social · 7h

I checked out the new Aesop’s Fables from my library—very good work. So surprised to find there are 400 hundred fables! #aesop #translation

Book cover: Aesop’s Fables, a new translation by Robin Waterfield.

Dana Delibovi @danadelibovi.bsky.social · 9h

This spoke right to my heart.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 18h

What I learned from Miss Major was persistence and also keeping a sense of humor. I was lucky to see her work in various organizing meetings over the years. She was a model of how to be a good elder. Truly grateful for everything she did to make the world better. Time for the rest of us to continue.

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Derbyshire Record Office @derbyshiredro.bsky.social · 9h

Our #ArchiveOfTheWeek is this example of gorgeous calligraphy. Benjamin Wilson was only 15 when he made this in 1736 and was largely self-taught. He later moved to London and became a painter, theatre manager and scientist!

#calligraphy #18thCentury

A sheet of paper, beautifully caligraphed, stating 'The Art of Writing in all the hands with variety of ornament… Benjamin Wilson, Leeds July ye 8th day Anno Domini 1736'. Around the text are drawings of animals including a squirrel, monkey, dog, snail, butterfly, birds and a dragon.

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Dana Delibovi @danadelibovi.bsky.social · 9h

So tired of it all.

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Billy Hanlon @bhanlon15.bsky.social · 14h

Medical Republic: “Reinfection doubles kids’ risk of long covid”

‘Repeat infections in children and adolescents are linked to a rise in long-term complications, including heart and respiratory problems.’

www.medicalrepublic.com.au/reinfection-...

Reinfection doubles kids’ risk of long covid - Medical Republic

Repeat infections in children and adolescents are linked to a rise in long-term complications, including heart and respiratory problems.

www.medicalrepublic.com.au

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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 14h

OH MY GOSH THIS IS GOING TO BE SO MUCH FUN

December 15, 2025: An Evening of Shirley Jackson Readings – Writers Bloc Presents

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Dana Delibovi @danadelibovi.bsky.social · 9h

The vulnerability of an island…how I wish we were collectively focused on these real problems.

Dana Delibovi @danadelibovi.bsky.social · 16h

Want to read—now in English translation.

Aidan McGlynn @aidanmcglynn.bsky.social · 1d

Zoe Williams interviews feminist philosopher @manongarcia.bsky.social - the English translation of her book about the Pelicot trial was published last week

‘These men think they’ve done nothing wrong’: the philosopher who tried to understand Gisèle Pelicot’s rapists

When 50 men went on trial in France, accused of raping a woman who had been drugged by her husband, Manon Garcia was in the courtroom – and in the prosecutors’ closing arguments. How does she make sen...

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Broken Sleep Books @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social · 6d

Róisín Ní Neachtain's I, bird is a fragmented, lyrical reckoning with grief, trauma, and the porous boundary between body and voice. @roisinnineachtain

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Minimalist book cover for “I, bird” by Róisín Ní Neachtain; the coral-red title sits at top left above the author’s name; below, a dark, sweeping tree branch with sparse red leaves spans the page, from which a simple wooden swing hangs on thin ropes; “Broken Sleep Books” appears small at the bottom.

THE WHITE ROOM MEDUSA

This is a square, empty room in which there is one window. You can’t see a door and you have no idea how you got in. The window is too small to have entered through. You are not in your usual clothes but it’s not in a straitjacket either. You find no relief in this. You are frozen against the floor. The floor is strangely soft but provides you with no comfort. This is a clinical space and not the type of hospital you have been forced to stay in. For a moment you think it is no different to White Cube. This isn’t a hospital. This is not an experiment. You are part of an exhibition. You are the exhibition. All eyes are on you and you must perform.

It would be something not to perform. It would be something to lie here perfectly still and immobile, both in body and mind. You would not think about solitary confinement. You would not recite poetry in your head. You would not try to count time. You would not try to stay sane. How different would it be from outside of these walls really?

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chris-ture from the black lagoon @thecorlew.bsky.social · 19h

my literary take is if you haven’t read small press poetry in the last month you’re doing life itself wrong

this isn’t unhinged, tho, this is every screw in perfect place with a fresh spray of WD40 anywhere that creaks

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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 1d

Along with writer Ling Ma and Chicago Public Library star Stephen Sposato, I’m to be one of the three judges of the 2025 Story Prize, and I’m super thrilled about this (plus honored).

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Dana Delibovi @danadelibovi.bsky.social · 1d

Middle Ages fans! 🏰 Give a listen to this series of pods from @meetinginthema.bsky.social. It’s great, and I have a bunch of pals old and new in various episodes. I’m on the lastest episode talking ‘bout Teresa de Jesús. #medieval #middleages #siglodeoro
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Meeting in the Middle Ages

History Podcast · Updated Monthly · Meeting in the Middle Ages is the Medieval Institute of Notre Dame's podcast. Our goal is to answer the questions

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Dana Delibovi @danadelibovi.bsky.social · 1d

This is beautiful🌸

Alastair Millar @skriptorium.info · 1d

"The author’s decision to split the prize between his translator Szirtes, who was responsible for introducing him to the English–speaking world, & Ottilie Mulzet, who produced a stream of translations of his later work, shows that perceptive translators play a key role in international recognition."

Erik Hansson @erikhansson.bsky.social · 1d

How László #Krasznahorkai ’s Nobel-prize winning genius slowly spread around Europe
theconversation.com/how-laszlo-k...
via @theconversation.com
#nobelprize #literature #translation #xl8 #litsky #langsky

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Mr. Snarky Pantalones @mrsnarkypantalones.bsky.social · 1d

West 34th St., NYC. #iphone #blackandwhite #empirestatebuilding #westside #west34th #nyc #manhattan #newyork #eastcoastkin #urbangaze #classicmono #monochrome

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Dana Delibovi @danadelibovi.bsky.social · 1d

I love #Zohran Mamdani and his campaign—wish I still lived in NYC so I could vote for him. In the meantime, his skeets are a fantastic magnet for trolls and bots to block, so that's something.

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Stuart Aken @stuartaken.bsky.social · 2d

#ourworldiswonderful; I close tonight with one of many shots I took during my absence online. This is Derwentwater from the shore near Keswick. A wonderful place for great landscapes!

A beautiful September sky is reflected it the still waters of Derwentwater, the lake that laps the shores of Keswick in the English Lake District.

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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 1d

#OtD 13 Oct 1947 the Soviet military govt in East Germany introduced measures to fight "slackers", including piecework pay and bigger wage differentials. But workers resisted: they shared food and goods, and did slowdowns and sabotage stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8524...

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Dana Delibovi @danadelibovi.bsky.social · 1d

An atrocity. This baby and her mom have a long road ahead. We are at the point where parents cannot let their kids do sleepovers, visits without a parent present, even play in the yard unsupervised. School or with the main caregiver, that’s it.