@liznangel3.bsky.social
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From @ajlees.bsky.social, famed neurologist and author of Mentored by a Madman, The William Burroughs Experiment.
"The music seemed timeless. Soon I was floating out on the floor, feeling the syncopated horns and strings, galvanising my thinning muscles. I was still the old modernist, making moves I didn’t know I still had in me."
A.J. Lees regains his Northern Soul in Blackpool.
@thearsonista.bsky.social
A.J. Lees regains his Northern Soul in Blackpool.
@thearsonista.bsky.social
Tangerine Coast by A.J. Lees
The North Shore, Blackpool. All photos by Stefan Svennson. Every year, in the last week of June, the mills, engine rooms, and coal mines in Oldham closed down, and an exodus followed. My great-gran…
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November 26, 2025 at 7:22 PM
From @ajlees.bsky.social, famed neurologist and author of Mentored by a Madman, The William Burroughs Experiment.
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The holidays are coming. Be of good cheer and generosity for my destitute, unwell, aging friends. Whenever you give, something good returns to you. Yes, America is hurting but fling some cash to CC and Given. It's worth it.
We are between a rock and a hard place, pleading for help.
An excerpt from our latest @gofundme.com update:
www.gofundme.com/f/a-voyage-i...
An excerpt from our latest @gofundme.com update:
www.gofundme.com/f/a-voyage-i...
November 18, 2025 at 8:25 PM
The holidays are coming. Be of good cheer and generosity for my destitute, unwell, aging friends. Whenever you give, something good returns to you. Yes, America is hurting but fling some cash to CC and Given. It's worth it.
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Sometimes I build Time Machines.…
November 16, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Sometimes I build Time Machines.…
Thinking about the approaching season, hoping this year I will participate.
Christmas is not my best time of year.
Sticking to my own colourscape
💙🩷🤍
Christmas is not my best time of year.
Sticking to my own colourscape
💙🩷🤍
November 25, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Thinking about the approaching season, hoping this year I will participate.
Christmas is not my best time of year.
Sticking to my own colourscape
💙🩷🤍
Christmas is not my best time of year.
Sticking to my own colourscape
💙🩷🤍
We weren’t queen-and-crumpet Anglophiles of the sort who buy checkout magazines about royal weddings. We liked a certain idea of Englishness that was eccentric and knowing and understated: not high-posh, more like mid-posh.
This is an essay I wrote about music and grief and sunsets and water and grief and brothers and grief. It’d mean a hell of a lot if you set aside a little time to read it.
The Consolations of Waterloo Sunsets
mcblogs.montgomerycollege.edu/potomacrevie...
The Consolations of Waterloo Sunsets
mcblogs.montgomerycollege.edu/potomacrevie...
November 25, 2025 at 7:17 AM
We weren’t queen-and-crumpet Anglophiles of the sort who buy checkout magazines about royal weddings. We liked a certain idea of Englishness that was eccentric and knowing and understated: not high-posh, more like mid-posh.
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Jimmy Cliff, Guns of Brixton. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ck1Z...
Jimmy Cliff - Guns of Brixton
YouTube video by ReggaeNeration
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November 24, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Jimmy Cliff, Guns of Brixton. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ck1Z...
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"Once you see past the cellophaned shop-window of tourism and into the infected stomach-wound of political history you begin a journey to the centre of dictatorship..."
Jagged reflections by @linecaro.bsky.social's, via @thearsonista.bsky.social, on being an observer at Turkish writers' trials.
Jagged reflections by @linecaro.bsky.social's, via @thearsonista.bsky.social, on being an observer at Turkish writers' trials.
Journey To The Centre Of Dictatorship by Line Stockford
Photo by Caroline Stockford Once you see past the cellophaned shop-window of tourism and into the infected stomach-wound of political history you begin a journey to the centre of dictatorship. And …
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November 22, 2025 at 12:08 PM
"Once you see past the cellophaned shop-window of tourism and into the infected stomach-wound of political history you begin a journey to the centre of dictatorship..."
Jagged reflections by @linecaro.bsky.social's, via @thearsonista.bsky.social, on being an observer at Turkish writers' trials.
Jagged reflections by @linecaro.bsky.social's, via @thearsonista.bsky.social, on being an observer at Turkish writers' trials.
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"The cost of the coast is the loss
of honest sand, which was host
to myriad lives we’ve failed
to understand. Now there are
daily sweeps of machines
to scrape the bought sand smooth."
The Long Game, a poem by another American, Kyla Houbolt, via @thearsonista.bsky.social.
of honest sand, which was host
to myriad lives we’ve failed
to understand. Now there are
daily sweeps of machines
to scrape the bought sand smooth."
The Long Game, a poem by another American, Kyla Houbolt, via @thearsonista.bsky.social.
The Long Game by Kyla Houbolt
Cutting locust tree saplingsto feed to the sheep whoblatt impatiently. A locust grovehas started and it must be stopped.Locust has thorns and is goodfor little except feeding goatsand sheep. Althou…
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November 21, 2025 at 4:04 PM
"The cost of the coast is the loss
of honest sand, which was host
to myriad lives we’ve failed
to understand. Now there are
daily sweeps of machines
to scrape the bought sand smooth."
The Long Game, a poem by another American, Kyla Houbolt, via @thearsonista.bsky.social.
of honest sand, which was host
to myriad lives we’ve failed
to understand. Now there are
daily sweeps of machines
to scrape the bought sand smooth."
The Long Game, a poem by another American, Kyla Houbolt, via @thearsonista.bsky.social.
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We are between a rock and a hard place, pleading for help.
An excerpt from our latest @gofundme.com update:
www.gofundme.com/f/a-voyage-i...
An excerpt from our latest @gofundme.com update:
www.gofundme.com/f/a-voyage-i...
November 18, 2025 at 7:42 PM
We are between a rock and a hard place, pleading for help.
An excerpt from our latest @gofundme.com update:
www.gofundme.com/f/a-voyage-i...
An excerpt from our latest @gofundme.com update:
www.gofundme.com/f/a-voyage-i...
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"I think of those landscapes now that we’re not there,
the spaces where we used to be.
Your presence as it shifts into abstraction
and distant thought now
the space between you and me and the lines that I draw."
– @brianmchenry.bsky.social
Words and drawings via @thearsonista.bsky.social.
the spaces where we used to be.
Your presence as it shifts into abstraction
and distant thought now
the space between you and me and the lines that I draw."
– @brianmchenry.bsky.social
Words and drawings via @thearsonista.bsky.social.
Everything Is Far Away by Brian McHenry
Drawings by Brian McHenry I have a favourite road. There is a moment in the film version of Gavin Maxwell’s Ring of Bright Water when the main character, Graham, gets off the MacBraynes’ bus and fo…
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November 18, 2025 at 11:48 PM
"I think of those landscapes now that we’re not there,
the spaces where we used to be.
Your presence as it shifts into abstraction
and distant thought now
the space between you and me and the lines that I draw."
– @brianmchenry.bsky.social
Words and drawings via @thearsonista.bsky.social.
the spaces where we used to be.
Your presence as it shifts into abstraction
and distant thought now
the space between you and me and the lines that I draw."
– @brianmchenry.bsky.social
Words and drawings via @thearsonista.bsky.social.
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Retreats to Iceland...
"History burns as quickly as a cigarette paper. People don’t even buy art anymore. Whatever happened to art as sanctuary—art as the antithesis of meanness?"
– Peter Bach, a.k.a. @lyst.bsky.social
[via @counterpunchmedia.bsky.social]
"History burns as quickly as a cigarette paper. People don’t even buy art anymore. Whatever happened to art as sanctuary—art as the antithesis of meanness?"
– Peter Bach, a.k.a. @lyst.bsky.social
[via @counterpunchmedia.bsky.social]
You Do It to Yourself
So Thom Yorke has just insisted Radiohead will “absolutely not” perform in Israel under Netanyahu. This marks a clear departure from their previous
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November 19, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Retreats to Iceland...
"History burns as quickly as a cigarette paper. People don’t even buy art anymore. Whatever happened to art as sanctuary—art as the antithesis of meanness?"
– Peter Bach, a.k.a. @lyst.bsky.social
[via @counterpunchmedia.bsky.social]
"History burns as quickly as a cigarette paper. People don’t even buy art anymore. Whatever happened to art as sanctuary—art as the antithesis of meanness?"
– Peter Bach, a.k.a. @lyst.bsky.social
[via @counterpunchmedia.bsky.social]
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My wife died some years ago and so with much gratitude to @ccohanlon.bluesky.social for the invitation to publish this piece through Burning House Press @thearsonista.bsky.social on her anniversary:
Mòran taing
burninghousepress.com/2025/11/18/e...
Mòran taing
burninghousepress.com/2025/11/18/e...
November 19, 2025 at 12:21 PM
My wife died some years ago and so with much gratitude to @ccohanlon.bluesky.social for the invitation to publish this piece through Burning House Press @thearsonista.bsky.social on her anniversary:
Mòran taing
burninghousepress.com/2025/11/18/e...
Mòran taing
burninghousepress.com/2025/11/18/e...
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I usually stay well offshore of anything 'literary' but I've drifted into shoal waters this month...as a guest editor of UK-based online journal, Burning House Press.
Submissions are open for another five days.
burninghousepress.com/2025/11/01/n...
Submissions are open for another five days.
burninghousepress.com/2025/11/01/n...
November 19, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I usually stay well offshore of anything 'literary' but I've drifted into shoal waters this month...as a guest editor of UK-based online journal, Burning House Press.
Submissions are open for another five days.
burninghousepress.com/2025/11/01/n...
Submissions are open for another five days.
burninghousepress.com/2025/11/01/n...
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the powers that be are an illusion. the true power is in the birdsong and shifting clouds and in the challenges of light and dark. it is a constant turning of desires and of return. the night inverted shows threads woven there, which when pulled leave a space, in which you will find the dream keys.
November 14, 2025 at 8:24 AM
the powers that be are an illusion. the true power is in the birdsong and shifting clouds and in the challenges of light and dark. it is a constant turning of desires and of return. the night inverted shows threads woven there, which when pulled leave a space, in which you will find the dream keys.
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Will be reading pomes at Danny Clarke’s book launch Bethnal Green 2nd Dec @hesterglock.bsky.social
>>>if you’re in London come down say yo hear a poem launch a book get yr portrait took 📸 s’gonna be good 🥳❤️📕<<<
>>>if you’re in London come down say yo hear a poem launch a book get yr portrait took 📸 s’gonna be good 🥳❤️📕<<<
November 19, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Will be reading pomes at Danny Clarke’s book launch Bethnal Green 2nd Dec @hesterglock.bsky.social
>>>if you’re in London come down say yo hear a poem launch a book get yr portrait took 📸 s’gonna be good 🥳❤️📕<<<
>>>if you’re in London come down say yo hear a poem launch a book get yr portrait took 📸 s’gonna be good 🥳❤️📕<<<
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The Island
As if it is guarding us.
Always there
As if it is guarding us.
Always there
November 16, 2025 at 9:12 AM
The Island
As if it is guarding us.
Always there
As if it is guarding us.
Always there
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"Greenland gives Denmark its major seabed claims in the Arctic Ocean, a legal and geological smørrebrød layered with what diplomats call “resource and sovereignty implications.” Don’t underestimate this. Further phrases like “continental shelf” hide very real power politics."
– Peter Bach
– Peter Bach
A Small Kingdom at the Top of the World
Nor is it helped by Trump’s habit of treating allies as optional accessories. We saw this last week with the favoritism shown to Hungary in the form of a one-year exemption from sanctions. Greenland d...
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November 14, 2025 at 9:31 AM
"Greenland gives Denmark its major seabed claims in the Arctic Ocean, a legal and geological smørrebrød layered with what diplomats call “resource and sovereignty implications.” Don’t underestimate this. Further phrases like “continental shelf” hide very real power politics."
– Peter Bach
– Peter Bach
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First time for
@thearsonista.bsky.social
First time for my creative writing, ever!
Tá athas an domhain orm
Over the moon!
@thearsonista.bsky.social
First time for my creative writing, ever!
Tá athas an domhain orm
Over the moon!
A writer to watch: my dear friend, @liznangel3.bsky.social. Her extraordinary Original Sin, excerpted from a work-in-progress, is a poignant prose poem of remembrance and loss.
This is her first for @thearsonista.bsky.social.
This is her first for @thearsonista.bsky.social.
Original Sin by Liz Cullinane
Sculpture by Liz Cullinane Watercress abundant, pooled, fed by a freshwater stream that leaks a channel, a winding furrow carving an arc across the sands. Joining the Atlantic salt waters. Di…
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November 18, 2025 at 7:38 AM
First time for
@thearsonista.bsky.social
First time for my creative writing, ever!
Tá athas an domhain orm
Over the moon!
@thearsonista.bsky.social
First time for my creative writing, ever!
Tá athas an domhain orm
Over the moon!
First time for
@thearsonista.bsky.social
First time for my creative writing, ever!
Tá athas an domhain orm
Over the moon!
@thearsonista.bsky.social
First time for my creative writing, ever!
Tá athas an domhain orm
Over the moon!
A writer to watch: my dear friend, @liznangel3.bsky.social. Her extraordinary Original Sin, excerpted from a work-in-progress, is a poignant prose poem of remembrance and loss.
This is her first for @thearsonista.bsky.social.
This is her first for @thearsonista.bsky.social.
Original Sin by Liz Cullinane
Sculpture by Liz Cullinane Watercress abundant, pooled, fed by a freshwater stream that leaks a channel, a winding furrow carving an arc across the sands. Joining the Atlantic salt waters. Di…
burninghousepress.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:38 AM
First time for
@thearsonista.bsky.social
First time for my creative writing, ever!
Tá athas an domhain orm
Over the moon!
@thearsonista.bsky.social
First time for my creative writing, ever!
Tá athas an domhain orm
Over the moon!
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"The truth of irrevocable realities — do not belong to them: cannot be named by them: cannot be contained by them — truth is the most garish of foundlings, it is the eternal spirit companion of weeping angels..."
A searing piece for @thearsonista.bsky.social by the extraordinary Jenni Fagan.
A searing piece for @thearsonista.bsky.social by the extraordinary Jenni Fagan.
Imprint Of Weeping Angels by Jenni Fagan
Photo by Jenni Fagan There are people with real names and there are those who will never know such a thing. Those with real names have had them called out loud in the valley of their soul. Those pe…
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November 17, 2025 at 5:14 PM
"The truth of irrevocable realities — do not belong to them: cannot be named by them: cannot be contained by them — truth is the most garish of foundlings, it is the eternal spirit companion of weeping angels..."
A searing piece for @thearsonista.bsky.social by the extraordinary Jenni Fagan.
A searing piece for @thearsonista.bsky.social by the extraordinary Jenni Fagan.
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"The sea sets free one of its winds to lose it inside the labyrinth. You’ll find it carrying the rumor of distant chimes and sad stones and metals that shine from afar. ..."
– Gaspar Orozco
His three beautiful poems in two languages, translated by Ilana Luna.
[via @thearsonista.bsky.social]
– Gaspar Orozco
His three beautiful poems in two languages, translated by Ilana Luna.
[via @thearsonista.bsky.social]
3 poems from Book of Mirages (Libro de los Espejismos) by Gaspar Orozco, translated from the Spanish by Ilana Luna
Photo by C.C. O’Hanlon ¿Y el fuego que no se ve? ¿Cómo registrarlo? ¿Y la llama que invisible cerca al cuerpo? ¿Y la hoguera incolora que arde en el cerebro? ¿Cómo dibujarlas, cómo explicarla…
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November 17, 2025 at 9:42 PM
"The sea sets free one of its winds to lose it inside the labyrinth. You’ll find it carrying the rumor of distant chimes and sad stones and metals that shine from afar. ..."
– Gaspar Orozco
His three beautiful poems in two languages, translated by Ilana Luna.
[via @thearsonista.bsky.social]
– Gaspar Orozco
His three beautiful poems in two languages, translated by Ilana Luna.
[via @thearsonista.bsky.social]
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A writer to watch: my dear friend, @liznangel3.bsky.social. Her extraordinary Original Sin, excerpted from a work-in-progress, is a poignant prose poem of remembrance and loss.
This is her first for @thearsonista.bsky.social.
This is her first for @thearsonista.bsky.social.
Original Sin by Liz Cullinane
Sculpture by Liz Cullinane Watercress abundant, pooled, fed by a freshwater stream that leaks a channel, a winding furrow carving an arc across the sands. Joining the Atlantic salt waters. Di…
burninghousepress.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:44 PM
A writer to watch: my dear friend, @liznangel3.bsky.social. Her extraordinary Original Sin, excerpted from a work-in-progress, is a poignant prose poem of remembrance and loss.
This is her first for @thearsonista.bsky.social.
This is her first for @thearsonista.bsky.social.