Rahat Kurd
@rahat.bsky.social
reader & writer / THE BOOK OF Z: https://talonbooks.com/books/the-book-of-z / ahl-e-zubaan / she/they / free palestine
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Rahat Kurd
@rahat.bsky.social
· Sep 5
The Book of Z is a persona poem, written in the imagined voice of a contemporary Zulaykha.
amid vague mostly-misses on this app, a rare hit
To review:
Sincerely : formal
Best : neutral
All the best : positive
All the very best : can we be friends???
Regards : from hell's heart I stab at thee; for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee
Sincerely : formal
Best : neutral
All the best : positive
All the very best : can we be friends???
Regards : from hell's heart I stab at thee; for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee
December 10, 2025 at 8:09 AM
amid vague mostly-misses on this app, a rare hit
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My 14 year old was introduced to AI thru the fan-fiction community, meaning complete outrage. She has not touched it. Her Comp Sci teacher was trying to get her to *just try* it to which she angrily replied:
I already use AI, the original AI. Actual Intelligence.
I already use AI, the original AI. Actual Intelligence.
OpenAI? No, Open Rebellion. #FuckAI
December 10, 2025 at 6:00 AM
My 14 year old was introduced to AI thru the fan-fiction community, meaning complete outrage. She has not touched it. Her Comp Sci teacher was trying to get her to *just try* it to which she angrily replied:
I already use AI, the original AI. Actual Intelligence.
I already use AI, the original AI. Actual Intelligence.
ALL day
Lets start calling it FI, Fake Intelligence.
December 10, 2025 at 7:49 AM
ALL day
This sounds clearly like it would be the ONLY option… if this city weren't run by a mayor who seems to hate the ordinary functionality of cities and people who want Vancouver to be livable and have nice things
Wouldn’t it have been cool if this building was taken over by the Vancouver Art Gallery, and a floor given to arts programming or other community space, and the rest turned into retail to help fund those programs.
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With Vancouver’s former Hudson’s Bay building now for sale, what could it become? | CBC News
The more than 600,000 square-foot space centred in the core of Vancouver’s downtown is up for sale — minus an asking price. Experts say its future owner will need to figure out how it can balance bein...
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December 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
This sounds clearly like it would be the ONLY option… if this city weren't run by a mayor who seems to hate the ordinary functionality of cities and people who want Vancouver to be livable and have nice things
I have had to listen to a vexing number of "But I just use it to…" and "Well actually it's better than…" lately. It reminds me of the 90s, when people would nod, smile, & "you go girl" my rants against patriarchy and then go serenely off to another lavish 5-event wedding.
“AI is clearly sticking around so you have to get used to it” wrong. I don’t have to get used to shit. I am a practiced hater and I can keep this going for decades if I am required to
December 5, 2025 at 7:30 AM
I have had to listen to a vexing number of "But I just use it to…" and "Well actually it's better than…" lately. It reminds me of the 90s, when people would nod, smile, & "you go girl" my rants against patriarchy and then go serenely off to another lavish 5-event wedding.
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All I want for Christmas is for the worst people in the world to experience some consequences
December 3, 2025 at 8:03 PM
All I want for Christmas is for the worst people in the world to experience some consequences
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It’s always difficult to help people from Gaza in Egypt- but they are generally trapped there without the ability to work- Sharif is also has a serious back condition which means he can’t even get off books work generally. But he’s still trying to deal with the medical issues of his infant son
I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Sharif. Sharif and his wife came to Egypt prior to the war to get IVF treatment- which was successful and they had twins Husam and Ahmad. Husam has a congenital heart disorder. They have not been able to go back but also cannot work in Egypt.
December 4, 2025 at 1:07 PM
It’s always difficult to help people from Gaza in Egypt- but they are generally trapped there without the ability to work- Sharif is also has a serious back condition which means he can’t even get off books work generally. But he’s still trying to deal with the medical issues of his infant son
Good morning!
The Book of Z is reviewed by the human literary institution known as rob mclennan:
@periodicities.bsky.social
If you'd like to buy a signed copy please send me a note 💛 🖤
#WinterIsHere #Poetry
The Book of Z is reviewed by the human literary institution known as rob mclennan:
@periodicities.bsky.social
If you'd like to buy a signed copy please send me a note 💛 🖤
#WinterIsHere #Poetry
newly posted at @periodicities.bsky.social : rob mclennan : The Book of Z, by Rahat Kurd / @rahat.bsky.social @talonbooks.bsky.social @bcbooklook.bsky.social ;
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rob mclennan : The Book of Z, by Rahat Kurd
The Book of Z , Rahat Kurd Talonbooks, 2025 As the back cover of Vancouver poet, writer, editor and cultural critic Rahat Kurd’s T...
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December 2, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Good morning!
The Book of Z is reviewed by the human literary institution known as rob mclennan:
@periodicities.bsky.social
If you'd like to buy a signed copy please send me a note 💛 🖤
#WinterIsHere #Poetry
The Book of Z is reviewed by the human literary institution known as rob mclennan:
@periodicities.bsky.social
If you'd like to buy a signed copy please send me a note 💛 🖤
#WinterIsHere #Poetry
Z…at the lonely end of the rink 💛
ringette practice for the small one, and beginning into Rahat Kurd’s Z, // @talonbooks.bsky.social @rahat.bsky.social
December 2, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Z…at the lonely end of the rink 💛
I also signed copies of THE BOOK OF Z at The Paper Hound last month here in #Vancouver 💜
Be sure to look up these incredible titles at your local #bookstore:
📚The Book of Z by @rahat.bsky.social
📚th book uv lost passwords 1 by bill bissett
📚No Depression in Heaven by @ryanfitzpublic.bsky.social
📚Stigmata by @scottjackshaw.bsky.social
📚tours, variously by @drewmcew.bsky.social
📚The Book of Z by @rahat.bsky.social
📚th book uv lost passwords 1 by bill bissett
📚No Depression in Heaven by @ryanfitzpublic.bsky.social
📚Stigmata by @scottjackshaw.bsky.social
📚tours, variously by @drewmcew.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I also signed copies of THE BOOK OF Z at The Paper Hound last month here in #Vancouver 💜
Progressive political coverage from Teen Vogue began to grab headlines a decade ago, in the Obama-era of progressive stupefaction + celebrity worship. Teen Vogue came as a good shock esp here in magazine-starved Canada. I hope its success will be carefully studied.
We now know that the Teen Vogue fold is more than an absorption & clearly a full shift from the pub’s DNA. Laying off the entire politics team a day before the NYC election is heinous + a knife in the back to a brand that has solidified its importance for youth. Devastating.
November 4, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Progressive political coverage from Teen Vogue began to grab headlines a decade ago, in the Obama-era of progressive stupefaction + celebrity worship. Teen Vogue came as a good shock esp here in magazine-starved Canada. I hope its success will be carefully studied.
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Hey friends, our next reading is 3 weeks away! It will feature Betsy Warland (reading H.D.), Justyna Krol (reading Adam Zagajewski), Cabil Martinez (reading Jim-Wong Chu), and Kyle McKillop (reading Bill Knott).
It all happens November 16th, 3pm at Outisiders and Others. Save the date!
It all happens November 16th, 3pm at Outisiders and Others. Save the date!
November 3, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Hey friends, our next reading is 3 weeks away! It will feature Betsy Warland (reading H.D.), Justyna Krol (reading Adam Zagajewski), Cabil Martinez (reading Jim-Wong Chu), and Kyle McKillop (reading Bill Knott).
It all happens November 16th, 3pm at Outisiders and Others. Save the date!
It all happens November 16th, 3pm at Outisiders and Others. Save the date!
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Cover reveal day for Palestine -1: Stories from the Eve of the Nakba by Comma Press! I have a story in this one. It launches November 13th. Pre-orders are open at the link below:
commapress.co.uk/books/palest...
commapress.co.uk/books/palest...
Palestine - 1 - Stories from the eve of the Nakba | Comma Press
£11.99 (Paperback / Anthology) - Mazen Maarouf, Selma Dabbagh, Ahmad Jaber, Anwar Hamed, Mahmoud Shukair and others
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November 3, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Cover reveal day for Palestine -1: Stories from the Eve of the Nakba by Comma Press! I have a story in this one. It launches November 13th. Pre-orders are open at the link below:
commapress.co.uk/books/palest...
commapress.co.uk/books/palest...
Just going to leave the Minions Banana song here for the sake of youngest daughters who should not be hungry in siege state and leave off what I'm really thinking (inwardly screaming). Please share + scream at your elected officials. Sanctions now. Free 🍉
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFuk...
October 29, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Just going to leave the Minions Banana song here for the sake of youngest daughters who should not be hungry in siege state and leave off what I'm really thinking (inwardly screaming). Please share + scream at your elected officials. Sanctions now. Free 🍉
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFuk...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFuk...
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Christina Shah channels her experiences working in a male-dominated field into her new poetry collection, if: prey, then: huntress. Read her full interview with BC BookLook.
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Sparkling under steel toes - BC Booklook
Poet Christina Shah merges industrial grit with lyrical insight in if: prey, then: huntress exploring work, history and the beauty in labour.
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October 26, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Christina Shah channels her experiences working in a male-dominated field into her new poetry collection, if: prey, then: huntress. Read her full interview with BC BookLook.
bcbooklook.com/sparkling-un...
bcbooklook.com/sparkling-un...
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Check out Marguerite Pigeon’s reviews of November, November by Isabella Wang, and I Would Like to Say Thank You by Joseph Dandurand, now on The BC Review.
#BCPoetry #JosephDandurand #IsabellaWang
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#BCPoetry #JosephDandurand #IsabellaWang
thebcreview.ca/2025/10/26/2...
Marguerite Pigeon reviews I Would Like To Say Thank You, by Joseph
Marguerite Pigeon reviewsI Would Like To Say Thank You, by Joseph Dandurand (Madeira Park: Harbour Publishing, 2025) $19.95 / 9780889714908 and November, November, by Isabella Wang (Madeira Park:
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October 26, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Check out Marguerite Pigeon’s reviews of November, November by Isabella Wang, and I Would Like to Say Thank You by Joseph Dandurand, now on The BC Review.
#BCPoetry #JosephDandurand #IsabellaWang
thebcreview.ca/2025/10/26/2...
#BCPoetry #JosephDandurand #IsabellaWang
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Reading SCAR/CITY + then being in conversation about it with @danielaelza.bsky.social has given me - paradoxically! - the feeling of connection + livability Vancouver constantly tells me I can't have. Also, Daniela's poetics of wordplay has an unusually deep, searching quality, (cont'd)
September 28, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Reading SCAR/CITY + then being in conversation about it with @danielaelza.bsky.social has given me - paradoxically! - the feeling of connection + livability Vancouver constantly tells me I can't have. Also, Daniela's poetics of wordplay has an unusually deep, searching quality, (cont'd)
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The new #poetry collection The Book of Z by @rahat.bsky.social is here! Kurd writes from the imagined voice of Zulaykha, “the wife of Aziz”/“wife of Potiphar" as she reflects on what consolations human desire and divine longing might offer our shared present tense. 💙📚
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September 18, 2025 at 5:06 PM
The new #poetry collection The Book of Z by @rahat.bsky.social is here! Kurd writes from the imagined voice of Zulaykha, “the wife of Aziz”/“wife of Potiphar" as she reflects on what consolations human desire and divine longing might offer our shared present tense. 💙📚
talonbooks.com/books/the-bo...
talonbooks.com/books/the-bo...
Yeah, I refuse to stop sharing them and I refuse to be overwhelmed alone. I live in a state that ships arms to the terrorists who enforced this state of siege and famine onto Palestinian families. I will not let them forget that what they are doing is illegal, immoral, and does not represent me. 🍉✊
If you're overwhelmed by the amount of Gaza fundraisers flooding your TL just imagine how overwhelmed they are getting the 25th evacuation order while being starved to death and terrorized with bombs paid by our tax money. Choose 3 fundraisers and give $5 to each...even that can save lives. 🙏🏼
September 12, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Yeah, I refuse to stop sharing them and I refuse to be overwhelmed alone. I live in a state that ships arms to the terrorists who enforced this state of siege and famine onto Palestinian families. I will not let them forget that what they are doing is illegal, immoral, and does not represent me. 🍉✊
Please keep sharing and keep demanding systemic change for Palestinian freedom from your elected officials.
September 12, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Please keep sharing and keep demanding systemic change for Palestinian freedom from your elected officials.
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Help us celebrate the release of
📚 The Book of Z by @rahat.bsky.social
📚 th book uv lost passwords 1 by bill bissett
📚 No Depression in Heaven by @ryanfitzpublic.bsky.social
📚 Stigmata by @scottjackshaw.bsky.social and
📚 tours, variously by @drewmcew.bsky.social!
See you there! 💙📚
📚 The Book of Z by @rahat.bsky.social
📚 th book uv lost passwords 1 by bill bissett
📚 No Depression in Heaven by @ryanfitzpublic.bsky.social
📚 Stigmata by @scottjackshaw.bsky.social and
📚 tours, variously by @drewmcew.bsky.social!
See you there! 💙📚
September 12, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Help us celebrate the release of
📚 The Book of Z by @rahat.bsky.social
📚 th book uv lost passwords 1 by bill bissett
📚 No Depression in Heaven by @ryanfitzpublic.bsky.social
📚 Stigmata by @scottjackshaw.bsky.social and
📚 tours, variously by @drewmcew.bsky.social!
See you there! 💙📚
📚 The Book of Z by @rahat.bsky.social
📚 th book uv lost passwords 1 by bill bissett
📚 No Depression in Heaven by @ryanfitzpublic.bsky.social
📚 Stigmata by @scottjackshaw.bsky.social and
📚 tours, variously by @drewmcew.bsky.social!
See you there! 💙📚
Vancouver folks, you're invited 🙂 💜
You're invited to the Talonbooks Fall 2025 Launch on October 24! Join us at the Martha Lou Henley Rehearsal Hall to celebrate the release of five fantastic poetry collections. Attendance is free!
Get all the details here: talonbooks.com/events/talon...
Get all the details here: talonbooks.com/events/talon...
September 12, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Vancouver folks, you're invited 🙂 💜
Everyone in the world who has not lost their humanity is now talking with pleasure and excitement about this image, which makes it - as stain, in shadow - even more hopeful and excellent
Found an even better image of it on face thing:
September 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Everyone in the world who has not lost their humanity is now talking with pleasure and excitement about this image, which makes it - as stain, in shadow - even more hopeful and excellent
What about seizing all Lockheed Martin assets to fund affordable housing in perpetuity for everyone right now?
No fighter jets for you!
No fighter jets for you!
🇨🇦, cancel the F-35 "deal."
"F-35 flying into more delays and cost increases, U.S. government report says."
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"F-35 flying into more delays and cost increases, U.S. government report says."
www.msn.com/en-ca/news/c...
MSN
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September 10, 2025 at 12:35 AM
What about seizing all Lockheed Martin assets to fund affordable housing in perpetuity for everyone right now?
No fighter jets for you!
No fighter jets for you!
