come see me on Monday night, 7 pm, Brookline Booksmith

Books have arrived in Brooklyn ! Don’t miss the book event in Park Slope on 5/14 @communitybooksga.bsky.social for details

if this is for you, join me!

Books have arrived- pub date isn’t until
May but pre-order your book now !

Me in an alternate country this week- meeting at the #canadianembassytotheUN with #ambBobRae, one of the very good guys

Found this in my files - an essay by poet Muriel Rukeyser with her edits in it. It is a copy given to me years ago by a friend who was her assistant . #murielrukeyser #womenpoets #politicalpoetry #jewishpoets #howpoetsgetmade

from one of the many anti-gov't demos tonight in Israel. the cruelty of the Netanyahu gov't....toward its own people and toward the Palestinians-both

One more photo as I leave Mexico City- entrance to the old national high school where Octavio Paz’s urn resides . His spirit is everywhere here

Visited Trotsky’s house in Coyocan- photos of his library, kitchen, office. Was thrilled to see an old copy of Dissent mag there, which would have made Irving Howe happy … our good old politics ….

Amazing visit today to the museum of popular art in Mexico City - highly recommend. Also notice the installation of Mexican presidents with one at the end in a skirt- go Claudia Sheinbaum . Will we ever see this in the US??

notable Israeli journalist today, Nahum Barnea: "Netanyahu... The[ICC]warrant, obviously, is groundless, but so was the victimhood-reeking statement issued by Netanyahu, in which he compared himself to Dreyfus. It seems to me he would have been more accurate had he compared himself to Machiavelli. "

The gorgeous cover of my forthcoming book of poetry - may 2025 from @arrowsmithpress.bsky.social w/ thanks to Kandinsky