Julie Mannell
@juliemannell.bsky.social
Award-winning author of fiction/poetry/memoir/criticism. Editor. Journalist. Columnist. Professor. Forthcoming novel is titled little girls. Niagara child.
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Julie Mannell
@juliemannell.bsky.social
· Nov 13
Do poets fight on here? I really hope so.
My poem “I Wanted to Touch Your Shadow” is in the latest issue of @fiddlehd.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 6:51 PM
My poem “I Wanted to Touch Your Shadow” is in the latest issue of @fiddlehd.bsky.social
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ME: so what do you think of this cluster of big lakes
TONY THE TIGER: *deep breath*
TONY THE TIGER: *deep breath*
November 20, 2025 at 4:22 PM
ME: so what do you think of this cluster of big lakes
TONY THE TIGER: *deep breath*
TONY THE TIGER: *deep breath*
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Great piece by Zadie Smith. When the right talks about classics or "Western" culture, these works are only important to the extent that it demonstrates their superiority, they have no interest in art in and of itself beyond that www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Great piece by Zadie Smith. When the right talks about classics or "Western" culture, these works are only important to the extent that it demonstrates their superiority, they have no interest in art in and of itself beyond that www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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sure sex is great but have you ever had a growing and persistent sense of dread that turned out to be horribly, sickeningly justified
November 10, 2025 at 1:51 PM
sure sex is great but have you ever had a growing and persistent sense of dread that turned out to be horribly, sickeningly justified
Get Chuck Schumer out
November 11, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Get Chuck Schumer out
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"Mamdani’s victory, above all, is a rebuke to the conventional strategies of the Democratic party. Democratic congressional leadership seems to have replaced the work of politics with a sort of learned helplessness," writes @moiradonegan.bsky.social. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Mamdani’s victory is a rebuke to the failed strategies of the Democratic party | Moira Donegan
The Democratic party appears listless and unprincipled, unwilling to fight because they do not believe in anything. Zohran Mamdani is the opposite of this
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:22 PM
"Mamdani’s victory, above all, is a rebuke to the conventional strategies of the Democratic party. Democratic congressional leadership seems to have replaced the work of politics with a sort of learned helplessness," writes @moiradonegan.bsky.social. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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"Mamdani is not a warning shot; he is a sign of things to come. Dem voters everywhere want transformative change. They’re furious at party’s leaders and suspicious of candidates backed by an establishment that gets everything wrong," writes @alexshephard.bsky.social. newrepublic.com/article/2027...
The Democratic Tea Party Is Here
The party’s base is energized and mad as hell. And their rage isn’t just aimed at Donald Trump.
newrepublic.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:13 PM
"Mamdani is not a warning shot; he is a sign of things to come. Dem voters everywhere want transformative change. They’re furious at party’s leaders and suspicious of candidates backed by an establishment that gets everything wrong," writes @alexshephard.bsky.social. newrepublic.com/article/2027...
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Different Dem candidates winning in different places should be evidence of the big tent - huzzah!
Also, Mamdani winning in NYC despite the tepid support of Jeffries, lack of support from Schumer, and outright opposition from Cuomo should absolutely be seen as a marker of what's to come.
Also, Mamdani winning in NYC despite the tepid support of Jeffries, lack of support from Schumer, and outright opposition from Cuomo should absolutely be seen as a marker of what's to come.
this is the factional argument for Tuesday...which, idk. it's hard to sustain when not just Spanberger but Sherrill won commanding victories.
like, this wasn't an anti D establishment night, really. 1
like, this wasn't an anti D establishment night, really. 1
"Mamdani is not a warning shot; he is a sign of things to come. Dem voters everywhere want transformative change. They’re furious at party’s leaders and suspicious of candidates backed by an establishment that gets everything wrong," writes @alexshephard.bsky.social. newrepublic.com/article/2027...
November 5, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Different Dem candidates winning in different places should be evidence of the big tent - huzzah!
Also, Mamdani winning in NYC despite the tepid support of Jeffries, lack of support from Schumer, and outright opposition from Cuomo should absolutely be seen as a marker of what's to come.
Also, Mamdani winning in NYC despite the tepid support of Jeffries, lack of support from Schumer, and outright opposition from Cuomo should absolutely be seen as a marker of what's to come.
Are people still here or is this a void?
October 25, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Are people still here or is this a void?
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They are called writers
we need a word for a type of person who spends all their time working to live in a city so they can be near cool things, but they don't actually like going out
October 6, 2025 at 12:44 AM
They are called writers
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Timeline cleanse.
Newspaper clipping, 1906.
Newspaper clipping, 1906.
October 3, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Timeline cleanse.
Newspaper clipping, 1906.
Newspaper clipping, 1906.
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how it feels to contribute to an edited volume
September 7, 2025 at 12:26 PM
how it feels to contribute to an edited volume
I’m pmsing on an eclipse in Pisces god help us all
September 7, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I’m pmsing on an eclipse in Pisces god help us all
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For me, the main message from Brokeback Mountain is that you should only see people a few times a year.
August 15, 2025 at 7:20 PM
For me, the main message from Brokeback Mountain is that you should only see people a few times a year.
RIP Marcel Proust, you would’ve loved Lana Del Rey.
July 20, 2025 at 3:20 PM
RIP Marcel Proust, you would’ve loved Lana Del Rey.
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With the updated RCV totals just released by the Board of Elections, our campaign has officially earned the most total votes in a primary in New York City history.
July 8, 2025 at 6:32 PM
With the updated RCV totals just released by the Board of Elections, our campaign has officially earned the most total votes in a primary in New York City history.
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By the time you’re 32 you should have lived in at least one haunted apartment
July 7, 2025 at 1:32 AM
By the time you’re 32 you should have lived in at least one haunted apartment
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Oh youre jacking off to the sabrina carpenter sexy dog pic? Boring. Ill instead be jacking off to the album covers of Schubert , and Strauss
June 13, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Oh youre jacking off to the sabrina carpenter sexy dog pic? Boring. Ill instead be jacking off to the album covers of Schubert , and Strauss
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Facebook decided to suspend my account because of a piece (below) I wrote Monday about violence which in no way advocates for it (but does point out who is violent in the current ruckus).
June 11, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Facebook decided to suspend my account because of a piece (below) I wrote Monday about violence which in no way advocates for it (but does point out who is violent in the current ruckus).
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Every flashbang could instead be a meal for a poor kid. Every hotel room for a National Guardsman deployed to fire at our neighbors could house a homeless vet. Every "less-than-lethal" bullet pulled from a journalist's eye could be already needed healthcare for anyone else. All of this is a choice.
June 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Every flashbang could instead be a meal for a poor kid. Every hotel room for a National Guardsman deployed to fire at our neighbors could house a homeless vet. Every "less-than-lethal" bullet pulled from a journalist's eye could be already needed healthcare for anyone else. All of this is a choice.
Today a politician congratulated me on my resume.
June 5, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Today a politician congratulated me on my resume.
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63% of American adults had unfavorable views of Martin Luther King Jr in August 1966, per Gallup surveys
46% of Mississippi GOP voters said interracial marriage should be illegal in a 2011 PPP poll
to push w/e is popular instead of trying to popularize justice is to admit you lack moral leadership
46% of Mississippi GOP voters said interracial marriage should be illegal in a 2011 PPP poll
to push w/e is popular instead of trying to popularize justice is to admit you lack moral leadership
EXCLUSIVE: A top Democratic strategist has launched new policy research and messaging hub, called Searchlight, with a goal of pushing the party toward the most effective, broadly popular positions.
Dems are quietly forming a think tank to help them win again
Searchlight, a name inspired by the birthplace of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, comes at a precarious moment for a Democratic Party.
www.politico.com
June 4, 2025 at 11:50 AM
63% of American adults had unfavorable views of Martin Luther King Jr in August 1966, per Gallup surveys
46% of Mississippi GOP voters said interracial marriage should be illegal in a 2011 PPP poll
to push w/e is popular instead of trying to popularize justice is to admit you lack moral leadership
46% of Mississippi GOP voters said interracial marriage should be illegal in a 2011 PPP poll
to push w/e is popular instead of trying to popularize justice is to admit you lack moral leadership
Today is my birthday
June 3, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Today is my birthday