Chris Eaton
@rockplazacentral.bsky.social
Punctuationist. Parent. Shiba owner. Runner. Used to play music as Rock Plaza Central. (Cover art by Yvon Gallant and photo of my dog by Marek Tyler of the band ASKO in the fabulous Ducky's of Sackville, NB, during Sappyfest 2024.)
Late to the game, clearly, rewatching Arrested Development so many years later with my teen, but... Ann Veal was also Katara?!
November 22, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Late to the game, clearly, rewatching Arrested Development so many years later with my teen, but... Ann Veal was also Katara?!
“I tried to make sense of the Four Books,
until love arrived,
and it all became a single syllable.”
― Yunus Emre
until love arrived,
and it all became a single syllable.”
― Yunus Emre
November 20, 2025 at 5:38 PM
“I tried to make sense of the Four Books,
until love arrived,
and it all became a single syllable.”
― Yunus Emre
until love arrived,
and it all became a single syllable.”
― Yunus Emre
My new secret to writing is that I don't have to write, I only have to read. Once the kids are off, I force myself to sit down with a book and begin and, so far, within a few minutes, I want to write. There is no rule about quitting. I'm actually getting very little reading done.
November 13, 2025 at 9:44 PM
My new secret to writing is that I don't have to write, I only have to read. Once the kids are off, I force myself to sit down with a book and begin and, so far, within a few minutes, I want to write. There is no rule about quitting. I'm actually getting very little reading done.
Haven't even listened yet but so excited to learn there's a new @nehrujackets.bsky.social record! And to read that he inspired Mamdani to get into politics!
open.spotify.com/album/5pBP3g...
open.spotify.com/album/5pBP3g...
A Hundred Alibis
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November 11, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Haven't even listened yet but so excited to learn there's a new @nehrujackets.bsky.social record! And to read that he inspired Mamdani to get into politics!
open.spotify.com/album/5pBP3g...
open.spotify.com/album/5pBP3g...
How do people read so many great books without immediately getting lost in what is a tree, even?
November 9, 2025 at 2:43 AM
How do people read so many great books without immediately getting lost in what is a tree, even?
I would be happy just reading lists of bird names all day.
November 4, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I would be happy just reading lists of bird names all day.
I feel like I'm finishing multiple poems per day, but because it's what most people would call fiction, it also feels like I'm accomplishing so little. Very frequently difficult on the soul.
October 28, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I feel like I'm finishing multiple poems per day, but because it's what most people would call fiction, it also feels like I'm accomplishing so little. Very frequently difficult on the soul.
Sometimes there's nothing quite a gorgeous as my pup in the autumn leaves.
October 27, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Sometimes there's nothing quite a gorgeous as my pup in the autumn leaves.
Feels a little too close to home.
October 27, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Feels a little too close to home.
The guy who comes in around the 4:20s playing that one note on the guitar and, even then, flubbing about half of them, makes me so happy because I was totally that guy in Rock Plaza Central.
Van Morrison - Astral Weeks
YouTube video by SpaceOdyssee0
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October 26, 2025 at 2:45 PM
The guy who comes in around the 4:20s playing that one note on the guitar and, even then, flubbing about half of them, makes me so happy because I was totally that guy in Rock Plaza Central.
Every morning I want to inhale the entire world but my lungs feel full and the front door seems immeasurable.
October 26, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Every morning I want to inhale the entire world but my lungs feel full and the front door seems immeasurable.
Excited to share new work.
The twelfth issue of Socrates on the Beach is live. Thank you to the authors and the translator and those who helped with the issue. socratesonthebeach.com
October 26, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Excited to share new work.
Feeling honoured, after working and reworking this stuff for years, trying to lean fully into the way my brain works and create a style that works with that, to have
@greggerkesocrates.bsky.social
accept this piece for his wonderful Socrates on the Beach.
socratesonthebeach.com
@greggerkesocrates.bsky.social
accept this piece for his wonderful Socrates on the Beach.
socratesonthebeach.com
Socrates on the Beach Literary Journal
A literary journal highlighting longer works of prose.
socratesonthebeach.com
October 24, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Feeling honoured, after working and reworking this stuff for years, trying to lean fully into the way my brain works and create a style that works with that, to have
@greggerkesocrates.bsky.social
accept this piece for his wonderful Socrates on the Beach.
socratesonthebeach.com
@greggerkesocrates.bsky.social
accept this piece for his wonderful Socrates on the Beach.
socratesonthebeach.com
Often thankful for the seemingly selfless and thankless work Chris Godwin has put into translating the oeuvre of Alfred Döblin. It feels insane that a writer so brilliant only had one of his other books translated into English otherwise.
October 21, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Often thankful for the seemingly selfless and thankless work Chris Godwin has put into translating the oeuvre of Alfred Döblin. It feels insane that a writer so brilliant only had one of his other books translated into English otherwise.
Excited to share that I'll soon be sharing new work, a demonstration of my current obsession of text that works more like a painting. Coming soon from @greggerkesocrates.bsky.social's Socrates on the Beach.
October 20, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Excited to share that I'll soon be sharing new work, a demonstration of my current obsession of text that works more like a painting. Coming soon from @greggerkesocrates.bsky.social's Socrates on the Beach.
Just hearing Geese for the first time and I think I'm loving it so much because it reminds me of Suckers.
October 17, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Just hearing Geese for the first time and I think I'm loving it so much because it reminds me of Suckers.
Simon Evans. Not sure what the title is!
October 14, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Simon Evans. Not sure what the title is!
Writing IS visual art.
October 14, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Writing IS visual art.
After several decades of life and an insane spot where my hair bugs me because it flares out when it gets too long, I've only now realized my natural part is on the other side.
October 14, 2025 at 1:24 AM
After several decades of life and an insane spot where my hair bugs me because it flares out when it gets too long, I've only now realized my natural part is on the other side.
I know I'm at my neurodivergent worst when the Gowan starts on repeat.
October 13, 2025 at 9:27 PM
I know I'm at my neurodivergent worst when the Gowan starts on repeat.
Any of you skilled with obscure German words?
October 7, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Any of you skilled with obscure German words?
Is it that I'm just not convinced about the value of publishing any more, or about books, or about finishing, or is it something else?
October 3, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Is it that I'm just not convinced about the value of publishing any more, or about books, or about finishing, or is it something else?
Any of you travelled recently to Turkey? Been discussing a family vacation and it seems like everywhere in the world has a travel warning at the moment. Travelling with t(w)eens.
September 30, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Any of you travelled recently to Turkey? Been discussing a family vacation and it seems like everywhere in the world has a travel warning at the moment. Travelling with t(w)eens.
Can something have consciousness without anything at stake?
September 22, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Can something have consciousness without anything at stake?