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James Schwartz
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X-Amish poet/ Lambda Literary Award nom author of The Literary Party: Growing Up Gay and Amish in America, Big Island Beatnik (Alien Buddha Press) http://Literaryparty.blogspot.com
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I was honored to collaborate with my friend Butch Baxter, the end result "Acceleration" is on SoundCloud and YouTube! I'm officially a #detroittechno songwriter! 🔥🔥🔥

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January 13, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Cover reveal!
Release date 2/18
January 13, 2026 at 10:44 AM
"Amish Alchemy" release date 2/18! 🌹
@alienbuddhapress.bsky.social
#poetry #Amish #bookrelease #alchemy
January 13, 2026 at 6:29 AM
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I was honored to collaborate with my friend Butch Baxter, the end result "Acceleration" is on SoundCloud and YouTube! I'm officially a #detroittechno songwriter! 🔥🔥🔥

youtu.be/kpMz-6FpqIQ?...
January 9, 2026 at 6:11 PM
I was honored to collaborate with my friend Butch Baxter, the end result "Acceleration" is on SoundCloud and YouTube! I'm officially a #detroittechno songwriter! 🔥🔥🔥

youtu.be/kpMz-6FpqIQ?...
January 9, 2026 at 6:11 PM
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Today we are honored to begin PROCESS/MARGINALIA/OTHERWOR(L)D(S) a series of 32 pieces from Jan-Feb 2026.
First up: a #videopoem by Cam Whelr.
Cam is a #disabled #poet/artist #activist
Her vid/poem is a meditation on illness, process, changing energies. Click link:
icefloepress.net/2026/01/05/d...
Departure i am trying to render – a Video Poem by Cam Whelr
Artist Statement – Cam Whelr In creating this digital collage, I endeavor to render my poem “Body Surfing” as an urgent, sensorial, and impressionistic plunge into my embodied rea…
icefloepress.net
January 5, 2026 at 5:42 PM
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Today's "The Guardian" newspaper has an article on 'Cowboy Poetry' & it's revival as an art form & traditional means of storytelling. L.A. seems to be the center of this resurrection of a long, lost art & storytelling form #CountrySky
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
‘A big bad bull whipped me down’: cowboy poetry, old art form of the US west, lassos a new generation
From Los Angeles to Nevada, younger people are preserving a longstanding tradition one lyric at a time
www.theguardian.com
January 5, 2026 at 4:11 AM
Circling back to my heritage, back to the Amish.... 🐎 Delighted to announce my new book is coming soon from Alien Buddha Press! 🙏 Cover art and more details to follow next month! #amish #poetry #booklaunch #artambassador #themisfitamish @alienbuddhapress.bsky.social
January 6, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Video short from my recent poetry reading at the Psychedelic Shack (Detroit) is now on YouTube! Watch here:

youtube.com/shorts/cW7kN...
#poetry #poetsofbluesky #hamtramck #shroomtrip
January 5, 2026 at 8:09 AM
January 4, 2026 at 7:15 AM
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New year, new you? This is the year we reimagine what life in Michigan can be for working people.

Medicare for All.
Free childcare.
Canceling medical debt.
An economy that empowers unions.
Government that stops price-gouging.

Michigan, 2026 is OUR year.
January 1, 2026 at 2:12 PM
January 2, 2026 at 8:17 AM
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January 1, 2026 at 9:28 PM
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The Alien Buddha’s Chaos Countdowns Part 2 is now just $9.87 to celebrate the death of 2025!!! (yeet)

Link to paperback:
amazon.com/dp/B0G5J1JHCX

alienbuddhapress.wordpress.com/2025/12/07/the-alien-buddhas-chaos-countdowns-part-2-vanity-by-lemmy-winegardner/)
December 31, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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Cornelius Eady, a National Book Award finalist, will read an original poem at Zohran Mamdani’s swearing-in as mayor of New York City on Thursday. Read an excerpt from “Proof,” the poem he wrote for the ceremony. trib.al/i0Uhwxr
December 30, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Ending / beginning the year with 2 poems in the @alienbuddhapress.bsky.social Zine #82! Selections from me are my recent @newversenews.bsky.social poem The Great Louvre Caper and a new Langston Hughes inspired poem, February Blues. ✨️🎉🕶 a.co/d/38KY8Ox
December 27, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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Here are 380+ great reads from 2025 handpicked just for you by NPR staffers and trusted critics.
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Here are 380+ great reads from 2025 handpicked just for you by NPR staffers and trusted critics.
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December 27, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Spiritual Tripping in Hamtramck
12-6-25 Psychedelic Shack (Detroit, MI.)
#poetry reading from
Big Island Beatnik @alienbuddhapress.bsky.social
www.amazon.com/Big-Island-B...
December 27, 2025 at 7:08 AM
A nice post holiday, post ice storm walk today! ❄️❄️❄️
December 26, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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Blessings, Love, and Joy to all
December 25, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Christmas Bells by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow | Academy of American Poets share.google/N6P5HogRceVQ...
Christmas Bells
I heard the bells on Christmas Day
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December 25, 2025 at 6:13 AM
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My team would like to present to you…

🎅🎄Abdul's First Christmas🎄🎅
December 24, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Nothing says December 24th quite like a glass of eggnog. Hope it’s as good as it looks! Merry Christmas!
December 24, 2025 at 7:48 PM