Maxine Scates
@maxinescatespoet.bsky.social
I’m the, author of four books of poetry, most recently My Wilderness (Pitt Poetry Series 2021) , teacher, gardener, walker with Sylvie my dog.
A good day in Eugene, Oregon.
October 19, 2025 at 3:39 AM
A good day in Eugene, Oregon.
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If you read nothing else today, I pray that you will read every word of this necessary, powerful, and much-needed piece by @nhannahjones.bsky.social.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/m...
What the Public Memory of Charlie Kirk Revealed
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September 28, 2025 at 6:01 PM
If you read nothing else today, I pray that you will read every word of this necessary, powerful, and much-needed piece by @nhannahjones.bsky.social.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/m...
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"We don't have an answer as to what happens the decade after." Ayman Mohyeldin reflects on remarks by former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak about the potential long term fallout of a possible regime change in Iran.
June 22, 2025 at 2:46 AM
"We don't have an answer as to what happens the decade after." Ayman Mohyeldin reflects on remarks by former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak about the potential long term fallout of a possible regime change in Iran.
No Kings Day Eugene, Oregon
June 15, 2025 at 12:51 AM
No Kings Day Eugene, Oregon
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"It is those who wrestle with the challenging contradictions of this country, those who see the truth of our shortcomings, but also hold on to an unshakeable belief in the possibilities of this nation, who teach us how to commit ourselves to improving our deeply flawed and often perverse nation."
My latest essay is up. “Selma is Stronger than MAGA: On Loving Your Country.” Inspired by the 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday…and, ironically Justice Kennedy. READ AND SHARE.
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Selma is Stronger than MAGA
On Loving Your Country
open.substack.com
March 10, 2025 at 2:09 AM
"It is those who wrestle with the challenging contradictions of this country, those who see the truth of our shortcomings, but also hold on to an unshakeable belief in the possibilities of this nation, who teach us how to commit ourselves to improving our deeply flawed and often perverse nation."
The Logic of Destruction
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open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
The Logic of Destruction
And how to resist it
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February 4, 2025 at 4:31 AM
The Logic of Destruction
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open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
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One of the bravest and most gifted poets I know. This is a must listen. #poetry @marthasilano.bsky.social www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
Self-Elegies
I wouldn’t press myself into a grief box, but I will confess I’m happiest under a sleeping sky, love the darkness like I loved to run through old-growth Doug firs and cedars. It’s the never-leaving pa...
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December 3, 2024 at 9:26 AM
One of the bravest and most gifted poets I know. This is a must listen. #poetry @marthasilano.bsky.social www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
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M. Gessen deftly brings together many anxieties about fertility, regret, gender norms, and more. And they mentioned my work on intersex! I agree that trans rights are reproductive rights.
Opinion | The Secret Behind America’s Moral Panic
Trans rights aren’t just trans rights. They’re reproductive rights.
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2024 at 12:22 PM
M. Gessen deftly brings together many anxieties about fertility, regret, gender norms, and more. And they mentioned my work on intersex! I agree that trans rights are reproductive rights.
From Inger Christensen’s
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November 17, 2024 at 9:28 PM
From Inger Christensen’s
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