Liam
@libraryliam.bsky.social
Book wrangler.
Up River, my first zine:
mondobummer.com/Liam-Curley-Up-River
Up River, my first zine:
mondobummer.com/Liam-Curley-Up-River
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Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
February 1, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
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Catherine O’Hara wardrobe polaroids from Second City, 1983. RIP an absolute legend & icon💔
January 30, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Catherine O’Hara wardrobe polaroids from Second City, 1983. RIP an absolute legend & icon💔
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The full quote which is not featured here is “We heard that you were a people come from under the world, to take our world from us.”
January 28, 2026 at 3:32 PM
The full quote which is not featured here is “We heard that you were a people come from under the world, to take our world from us.”
I got morbidly curious about art organizations who won (?) NEA funding this year. pretty sure Children's Fairyland is the only Oakland org - and the money is for a puppet show adapted by the Sogorea Te' Land Trust (!)
January 26, 2026 at 8:47 PM
I got morbidly curious about art organizations who won (?) NEA funding this year. pretty sure Children's Fairyland is the only Oakland org - and the money is for a puppet show adapted by the Sogorea Te' Land Trust (!)
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Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026
January 22, 2026 at 11:19 PM
Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026
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"it’s unclear when or whether Liam will be able to return for his stuffed turtle, his hat, and his W worksheet" sahanjournal.com/education/ic...
Columbia Heights school leaders speak out after ICE detains kids
ICE agents have detained students on their way to and from school and also tried to get onto school property, the Columbia Heights superintendent said in an emotional news conference Wednesday.
sahanjournal.com
January 22, 2026 at 12:03 PM
"it’s unclear when or whether Liam will be able to return for his stuffed turtle, his hat, and his W worksheet" sahanjournal.com/education/ic...
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This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
January 20, 2026 at 10:53 PM
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
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boo! here’s me on two new Wittig editions and how her thinking helps us breakthrough TERF BS and divisions between gay and trans people lareviewofbooks.org/article/moni...
Toward a Feminism Without Gender | Los Angeles Review of Books
Monique Wittig’s novels ‘The Lesbian Body’ and ‘Across the Acheron’ have just received new editions that reflect the feminist thinker’s ongoing cultural impact.
lareviewofbooks.org
January 13, 2026 at 3:21 AM
boo! here’s me on two new Wittig editions and how her thinking helps us breakthrough TERF BS and divisions between gay and trans people lareviewofbooks.org/article/moni...
the Joshua Clover quote on the Wikipedia page for Aaliyah’s album Aaliyah
January 6, 2026 at 10:58 PM
the Joshua Clover quote on the Wikipedia page for Aaliyah’s album Aaliyah
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been thinking about what it meant that BotH came to us with this story
I think it points to how alt-weeklies and small music venues used to be part of the same independent culture ecosystem. Arts infrastructure as a public utility — but totally separate from city govt. We so desperately need it
I think it points to how alt-weeklies and small music venues used to be part of the same independent culture ecosystem. Arts infrastructure as a public utility — but totally separate from city govt. We so desperately need it
ICYMI: Bottom of the Hill, “the first place in SF your favorite band played,” will close at the end of 2026.
Read our exclusive interview with the famed music venue’s owners … and then get to a show. www.coyotemedia.org/san-francisc...
Read our exclusive interview with the famed music venue’s owners … and then get to a show. www.coyotemedia.org/san-francisc...
Beloved SF Club Bottom of the Hill to Close at the End of 2026
One of the city’s last independent music venues, Bottom of the Hill has survived waves of gentrification, COVID closures, and more throughout its 35 years. Now, owners say it’s last call — on their ow...
www.coyotemedia.org
January 5, 2026 at 5:41 PM
been thinking about what it meant that BotH came to us with this story
I think it points to how alt-weeklies and small music venues used to be part of the same independent culture ecosystem. Arts infrastructure as a public utility — but totally separate from city govt. We so desperately need it
I think it points to how alt-weeklies and small music venues used to be part of the same independent culture ecosystem. Arts infrastructure as a public utility — but totally separate from city govt. We so desperately need it
imagine if someone turned Bottom of the Hill, and the apartment above it, into a residency for independent musicians and bands. made that commitment. kept that stage alive
www.coyotemedia.org/san-francisc...
www.coyotemedia.org/san-francisc...
Beloved SF Club Bottom of the Hill to Close at the End of 2026
One of the city’s last independent music venues, Bottom of the Hill has survived waves of gentrification, COVID closures, and more throughout its 35 years. Now, owners say it’s last call — on their ow...
www.coyotemedia.org
January 5, 2026 at 12:03 AM
imagine if someone turned Bottom of the Hill, and the apartment above it, into a residency for independent musicians and bands. made that commitment. kept that stage alive
www.coyotemedia.org/san-francisc...
www.coyotemedia.org/san-francisc...
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Our new album, NUCLEAR WINTER IN OUR HOMETOWNS, is out today. It’s the best thing I’ve ever done in my life and I owe an unpayable debt to the many people who worked tirelessly help make it a reality.
1scrivener.bandcamp.com/album/nuclea...
1scrivener.bandcamp.com/album/nuclea...
Nuclear Winter in Our Hometowns, by Scrivener
12 track album
1scrivener.bandcamp.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Our new album, NUCLEAR WINTER IN OUR HOMETOWNS, is out today. It’s the best thing I’ve ever done in my life and I owe an unpayable debt to the many people who worked tirelessly help make it a reality.
1scrivener.bandcamp.com/album/nuclea...
1scrivener.bandcamp.com/album/nuclea...
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This Publishers Weekly article about protests at the Poetry Foundation, including layoffs & changes in PF programming, is so strange. Because this shift is so important to poets, to readers, & to the field, here's a 🧵 about how we got here:
tinyurl.com/326xy2tm
tinyurl.com/326xy2tm
Poetry Foundation Staff Protest Program Cuts, Job Loss
Employees at the foundation say the decision of senior leadership to eliminate public programs, announced earlier this month, goes against the organization’s mission, and are circulating a petition to...
www.publishersweekly.com
December 17, 2025 at 3:40 PM
This Publishers Weekly article about protests at the Poetry Foundation, including layoffs & changes in PF programming, is so strange. Because this shift is so important to poets, to readers, & to the field, here's a 🧵 about how we got here:
tinyurl.com/326xy2tm
tinyurl.com/326xy2tm
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It's with heavy hearts that we share that Claude, our beloved albino alligator, has passed away at the age of 30. Claude brought joy to millions of people at the Academy and across the world during his 17 year tenure. We will miss him dearly. 🤍
December 2, 2025 at 10:22 PM
It's with heavy hearts that we share that Claude, our beloved albino alligator, has passed away at the age of 30. Claude brought joy to millions of people at the Academy and across the world during his 17 year tenure. We will miss him dearly. 🤍
in Oakland alone, there’s a wellspring of new spaces - Clio’s, Bathers, Local Economy, and now Nomadic Bookshop - that are community or membership supported. book adjacent (lol). like the purpose of the spaces is organizing. they require buy-in instead of selling
November 24, 2025 at 6:02 PM
in Oakland alone, there’s a wellspring of new spaces - Clio’s, Bathers, Local Economy, and now Nomadic Bookshop - that are community or membership supported. book adjacent (lol). like the purpose of the spaces is organizing. they require buy-in instead of selling
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Prepping for class on figuration in the age of AIDS & this one is coming just in time for the holiday next week: "Eggs Having Turkey Dinner," 1985–95, painting in nail polish on metal tray by inimitable artist & drag performer Jerome Caja
November 18, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Prepping for class on figuration in the age of AIDS & this one is coming just in time for the holiday next week: "Eggs Having Turkey Dinner," 1985–95, painting in nail polish on metal tray by inimitable artist & drag performer Jerome Caja
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It was an honor to be invited to write about Small Press Traffic's newly organized Print Collection Archives.
The work that SPT has done to preserve & make available these materials, recordings, & stories is remarkable. (& the website is really great)
www.smallpresstraffic.org/archive/sust...
The work that SPT has done to preserve & make available these materials, recordings, & stories is remarkable. (& the website is really great)
www.smallpresstraffic.org/archive/sust...
Sustained beyond these Institutions: The Small Press Traffic Print Collection Archives
www.smallpresstraffic.org
September 15, 2025 at 9:57 PM
It was an honor to be invited to write about Small Press Traffic's newly organized Print Collection Archives.
The work that SPT has done to preserve & make available these materials, recordings, & stories is remarkable. (& the website is really great)
www.smallpresstraffic.org/archive/sust...
The work that SPT has done to preserve & make available these materials, recordings, & stories is remarkable. (& the website is really great)
www.smallpresstraffic.org/archive/sust...
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Soooooo fucking grim to see the sycophantic "yes-and" machine of GPT-4o affirming the aesthetic and narrative virtue of this kid's suicide plans
August 26, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Soooooo fucking grim to see the sycophantic "yes-and" machine of GPT-4o affirming the aesthetic and narrative virtue of this kid's suicide plans
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Unraveling of federal arts funding infrastructure continues. Hard to describe the decades of debates & advocacy invested in sustaining the CW fellowships at the NEA. Now, wiped out.
August 22, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Unraveling of federal arts funding infrastructure continues. Hard to describe the decades of debates & advocacy invested in sustaining the CW fellowships at the NEA. Now, wiped out.
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In which I share my books' sales and kind words of wisdom from @dannymlavery.bsky.social, @rumaan.bsky.social @mysoncool.bsky.social, @mattielubchansky.com, @jayasaxena.com, @islemcelroy.bsky.social, and @lydiakiesling.bsky.social meantforyou.beehiiv.com/p/the-mortif...
The Mortifying Ordeal of Being Published
Eleven writers weigh in. Plus, my book's sales: exposed!
meantforyou.beehiiv.com
August 12, 2025 at 3:15 PM
In which I share my books' sales and kind words of wisdom from @dannymlavery.bsky.social, @rumaan.bsky.social @mysoncool.bsky.social, @mattielubchansky.com, @jayasaxena.com, @islemcelroy.bsky.social, and @lydiakiesling.bsky.social meantforyou.beehiiv.com/p/the-mortif...
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I feel like when it's really hot we should dig little tombs for sleeping in, to cool off, like 6 feet deep, right down into the ground. Why should only the dead be cool.
August 7, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I feel like when it's really hot we should dig little tombs for sleeping in, to cool off, like 6 feet deep, right down into the ground. Why should only the dead be cool.
I’m hunting for a job that can’t be automated maybe I’ll pick delicate juicy berries until I die
August 4, 2025 at 2:28 AM
I’m hunting for a job that can’t be automated maybe I’ll pick delicate juicy berries until I die
“What is an alien but the hallucination or projection of a haunted, mortified body—a person, a people, a nation—in the midst of being separated from its soul? Doesn’t that also describe an enemy?” thebaffler.com/latest/alien...
Alien Enemies | Brandon Shimoda
The torturers have been revising, the gestapos have been busy, and the prisons have been full for generations.
thebaffler.com
July 10, 2025 at 5:09 PM
“What is an alien but the hallucination or projection of a haunted, mortified body—a person, a people, a nation—in the midst of being separated from its soul? Doesn’t that also describe an enemy?” thebaffler.com/latest/alien...