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Thanks for post Ben. I like this one a lot - Jäderlund at her most Björling-esque.
November 17, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Thanks for post Ben. I like this one a lot - Jäderlund at her most Björling-esque.
"Beautiful and grotesque surrealist poetry. Sludgy secrets between sea floor abominations. This is Berg’s best collection since “With Deer”."
This is what someone on Goodreads wrote about Aase Berg's Aase's Death. It's out now from Black Ocean:
www.blackocean.org/catalog1/aas...
This is what someone on Goodreads wrote about Aase Berg's Aase's Death. It's out now from Black Ocean:
www.blackocean.org/catalog1/aas...
Aase's Death by Aase Berg, translated by Johannes Göransson — Black Ocean
One might expect a book by Aase Berg with the title Aase’s Death to be dark, and it is. You may also expect it to be parodic, and maybe it is that too. But if it’s parodic, it’s darkly parodic. A defi...
www.blackocean.org
November 14, 2025 at 5:12 PM
"Beautiful and grotesque surrealist poetry. Sludgy secrets between sea floor abominations. This is Berg’s best collection since “With Deer”."
This is what someone on Goodreads wrote about Aase Berg's Aase's Death. It's out now from Black Ocean:
www.blackocean.org/catalog1/aas...
This is what someone on Goodreads wrote about Aase Berg's Aase's Death. It's out now from Black Ocean:
www.blackocean.org/catalog1/aas...
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Trump promised the tariffs would help lower grocery bills. Dept. of agriculture has money from tariffs and he is barring them from using that money to fund SNAP. Tell everyone who voted for him (the not-rich ones, the rich ones don't care). Also, ball rooms easily funded. Hungry kids, nah.
November 8, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Trump promised the tariffs would help lower grocery bills. Dept. of agriculture has money from tariffs and he is barring them from using that money to fund SNAP. Tell everyone who voted for him (the not-rich ones, the rich ones don't care). Also, ball rooms easily funded. Hungry kids, nah.
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Joyelle McSweeney winning Jeopardy is a win for poets everywhere
November 4, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Joyelle McSweeney winning Jeopardy is a win for poets everywhere
Congrats to Joyelle for winning Jeopardy tonight...
Let's play some Jeopardy! Starting with Notre Dame for $1,000:
A 2022 Guggenheim fellow, the chair of the Notre Dame Department of English, and one of tonight's Jeopardy! contestants.
!!!!🛎‼!!
Who is Joyelle McSweeney?
Tune in at 7:30 p.m. EST on CBS to watch her compete!
A 2022 Guggenheim fellow, the chair of the Notre Dame Department of English, and one of tonight's Jeopardy! contestants.
!!!!🛎‼!!
Who is Joyelle McSweeney?
Tune in at 7:30 p.m. EST on CBS to watch her compete!
November 4, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Congrats to Joyelle for winning Jeopardy tonight...
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I know it is infuriating to faculty at Ohio State that their institution is being converted into a para-governmental incubator for technofeudal collaborationist hackery like this.
We’ll worry about AI slop, cognitive atrophy, AI psychosis, etc. AFTER we compel every teacher & student to use it. 🤬
We’ll worry about AI slop, cognitive atrophy, AI psychosis, etc. AFTER we compel every teacher & student to use it. 🤬
We’re Losing the Thread on AI in Education
A call for systematic preparation in an increasingly reactive landscape
open.substack.com
November 2, 2025 at 1:01 PM
I know it is infuriating to faculty at Ohio State that their institution is being converted into a para-governmental incubator for technofeudal collaborationist hackery like this.
We’ll worry about AI slop, cognitive atrophy, AI psychosis, etc. AFTER we compel every teacher & student to use it. 🤬
We’ll worry about AI slop, cognitive atrophy, AI psychosis, etc. AFTER we compel every teacher & student to use it. 🤬
My trip to Chile was incredible. Not only did I read from Verano/Summer in Neruda's house, but I found this great cafe run by a young guy and there in a fit of inspiration I finished writing my next book. I marked my gratefulness to Santiago by having this tattoo made by a Santiago artist.
October 31, 2025 at 2:18 PM
My trip to Chile was incredible. Not only did I read from Verano/Summer in Neruda's house, but I found this great cafe run by a young guy and there in a fit of inspiration I finished writing my next book. I marked my gratefulness to Santiago by having this tattoo made by a Santiago artist.
”I slept, then recited my most beautiful poems.
The flames of my poetry dried the Virgin’s hair.
She thanked me and went off, seated on her soft rose."
At Huidobro's grave in Cartagena, Chile.
(Thanks Weinberger for translation.)
The flames of my poetry dried the Virgin’s hair.
She thanked me and went off, seated on her soft rose."
At Huidobro's grave in Cartagena, Chile.
(Thanks Weinberger for translation.)
October 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM
”I slept, then recited my most beautiful poems.
The flames of my poetry dried the Virgin’s hair.
She thanked me and went off, seated on her soft rose."
At Huidobro's grave in Cartagena, Chile.
(Thanks Weinberger for translation.)
The flames of my poetry dried the Virgin’s hair.
She thanked me and went off, seated on her soft rose."
At Huidobro's grave in Cartagena, Chile.
(Thanks Weinberger for translation.)
I'm in Santiago Chile to do some readings from Summer/Verano as well as talk about translation. It's spring here and the city is beautiful.
October 18, 2025 at 9:26 PM
I'm in Santiago Chile to do some readings from Summer/Verano as well as talk about translation. It's spring here and the city is beautiful.
Now on sale! Aase Berg ’s Aase’s Death!
25% off with code DEATH at checkout!
www.blackocean.org/catalog1/aas...
25% off with code DEATH at checkout!
www.blackocean.org/catalog1/aas...
Aase's Death by Aase Berg, translated by Johannes Göransson — Black Ocean
One might expect a book by Aase Berg with the title Aase’s Death to be dark, and it is. You may also expect it to be parodic, and maybe it is that too. But if it’s parodic, it’s darkly parodic. A defi...
www.blackocean.org
October 15, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Now on sale! Aase Berg ’s Aase’s Death!
25% off with code DEATH at checkout!
www.blackocean.org/catalog1/aas...
25% off with code DEATH at checkout!
www.blackocean.org/catalog1/aas...
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Top advice on teaching creative writing: teach Keats' letter to Leigh Hunt.
"I’ll cavern you, and grotto you, and waterfall you, and wood you, and water you, and immense-rock you, and tremendous-sound you, and solitude you..."
"I’ll cavern you, and grotto you, and waterfall you, and wood you, and water you, and immense-rock you, and tremendous-sound you, and solitude you..."
October 2, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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Top advice on teaching creative writing: teach Keats' letter to Leigh Hunt.
"I’ll cavern you, and grotto you, and waterfall you, and wood you, and water you, and immense-rock you, and tremendous-sound you, and solitude you..."
"I’ll cavern you, and grotto you, and waterfall you, and wood you, and water you, and immense-rock you, and tremendous-sound you, and solitude you..."
October 2, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Top advice on teaching creative writing: teach Keats' letter to Leigh Hunt.
"I’ll cavern you, and grotto you, and waterfall you, and wood you, and water you, and immense-rock you, and tremendous-sound you, and solitude you..."
"I’ll cavern you, and grotto you, and waterfall you, and wood you, and water you, and immense-rock you, and tremendous-sound you, and solitude you..."
AASE'S DEATH
(Forthcoming from Black Ocean)
(Forthcoming from Black Ocean)
September 28, 2025 at 5:03 PM
AASE'S DEATH
(Forthcoming from Black Ocean)
(Forthcoming from Black Ocean)
Some of my Courtney Love fan fiction
September 26, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Some of my Courtney Love fan fiction
Be sure to check out the internet launch of the critical-electronic edition of Joyelle McSweeney's brilliant and immensely influential Dead Youth, or The Leaks today at 3:30 eastern time. There will be reading, discussion and writing prompts.
www.eventbrite.com/e/open-poeti...
www.eventbrite.com/e/open-poeti...
Open Poetics — Launch & Workshop w. Joyelle McSweeney & Tonya M. Foster
eBook Launch of Dead Youth, or, The Leaks with a Generative Writing Workshop led by Joyelle McSweeney & Tonya M. Foster
www.eventbrite.com
September 25, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Be sure to check out the internet launch of the critical-electronic edition of Joyelle McSweeney's brilliant and immensely influential Dead Youth, or The Leaks today at 3:30 eastern time. There will be reading, discussion and writing prompts.
www.eventbrite.com/e/open-poeti...
www.eventbrite.com/e/open-poeti...
"It’s difficult picking up another collection of poetry after finishing Burn the Losses; it’s such a damn compelling and spellbinding book... it is stunning both in image and in idea."
Review of Gamoneda's Burn the Losses at Action, Spectacle: www.action-spectacle.com/summer-2025-...
Review of Gamoneda's Burn the Losses at Action, Spectacle: www.action-spectacle.com/summer-2025-...
September 18, 2025 at 11:41 PM
"It’s difficult picking up another collection of poetry after finishing Burn the Losses; it’s such a damn compelling and spellbinding book... it is stunning both in image and in idea."
Review of Gamoneda's Burn the Losses at Action, Spectacle: www.action-spectacle.com/summer-2025-...
Review of Gamoneda's Burn the Losses at Action, Spectacle: www.action-spectacle.com/summer-2025-...
September issue of Poetry Magazine is up on the PF website, incl my translations of a couple poems from Aase's Death. They also posted sound files of us reading the poems, so if you want to hear what Aase Berg sounds like when she reads her poems, go here:
www.poetryfoundation.org/audio/171462...
www.poetryfoundation.org/audio/171462...
Från “Aases Död” [“Jag går naturlig”]
Poems, readings, poetry news and the entire 110-year archive of POETRY magazine.
www.poetryfoundation.org
September 9, 2025 at 9:22 PM
September issue of Poetry Magazine is up on the PF website, incl my translations of a couple poems from Aase's Death. They also posted sound files of us reading the poems, so if you want to hear what Aase Berg sounds like when she reads her poems, go here:
www.poetryfoundation.org/audio/171462...
www.poetryfoundation.org/audio/171462...
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Cracked open Aase Berg's "Hackers" as part of my reading for Women in Translation month and this is the first page 🔥
Eagerly awaiting her new book later this year.
Eagerly awaiting her new book later this year.
August 27, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Cracked open Aase Berg's "Hackers" as part of my reading for Women in Translation month and this is the first page 🔥
Eagerly awaiting her new book later this year.
Eagerly awaiting her new book later this year.
”Hers are poems of the abyss, its irresistibility, its absurdity, its gooey splendor…”
Great review of Aase Berg’s Aase’s Death (forthcoming from Black Ocean) by Nina MacLaughlin
open.substack.com/pub/ninamacl...
Great review of Aase Berg’s Aase’s Death (forthcoming from Black Ocean) by Nina MacLaughlin
open.substack.com/pub/ninamacl...
Slugs, Swedish poetry, Mel Allen's New England, lots of litfests
New England Literary News
open.substack.com
September 1, 2025 at 12:47 PM
”Hers are poems of the abyss, its irresistibility, its absurdity, its gooey splendor…”
Great review of Aase Berg’s Aase’s Death (forthcoming from Black Ocean) by Nina MacLaughlin
open.substack.com/pub/ninamacl...
Great review of Aase Berg’s Aase’s Death (forthcoming from Black Ocean) by Nina MacLaughlin
open.substack.com/pub/ninamacl...
Joyelle McSweeney on the connection between grief and "disobedience" in the late great Alice Notley's work: www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/171...
A Charmed and Desperate Poet
Poems, readings, poetry news and the entire 110-year archive of POETRY magazine.
www.poetryfoundation.org
August 27, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Joyelle McSweeney on the connection between grief and "disobedience" in the late great Alice Notley's work: www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/171...
Looking forward to seeing Verano, the Spanish translation of my book Summer, to be published in Chile this fall. Especially look forward to it bc it's so indebted to Latin American poetry, esp Chilean poetry.
August 21, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Looking forward to seeing Verano, the Spanish translation of my book Summer, to be published in Chile this fall. Especially look forward to it bc it's so indebted to Latin American poetry, esp Chilean poetry.
Ghayath Almadhoun's second English-language book, I Have Brought You A Severed Hand (Action Books 2025), is on the filmmaker Sepideh Farsi great list of Palestinian books here:
a-rabbitsfoot.com/editorial/cu...
a-rabbitsfoot.com/editorial/cu...
8 essential books to add to your Palestine reading list
Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk director Sepideh Farsi gives us eight essential texts to add to your Palestine reading list.
a-rabbitsfoot.com
August 20, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Ghayath Almadhoun's second English-language book, I Have Brought You A Severed Hand (Action Books 2025), is on the filmmaker Sepideh Farsi great list of Palestinian books here:
a-rabbitsfoot.com/editorial/cu...
a-rabbitsfoot.com/editorial/cu...
I'm syllabus-making which reminded me of Swift's "On Snow," which kind of disproves the common rhetoric that poetry should not be a riddle:
poets.org/poem/snow-0
poets.org/poem/snow-0
August 19, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I'm syllabus-making which reminded me of Swift's "On Snow," which kind of disproves the common rhetoric that poetry should not be a riddle:
poets.org/poem/snow-0
poets.org/poem/snow-0