R.D. Pohl
@rdpohl.bsky.social
Writer, critic, literary journalist, poetry editor. Trained as language philosopher. Follow at POETRY/POETICS/LANGUAGE/COMMUNITY (https://rdpohl.substack.com). Formerly with The Buffalo News, currently The Buffalo Hive, a non-profit arts & culture startup.
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November 29, 2025 at 3:58 PM
In Buffalo, we were fortunate enough to host Omar twice around the writing and publishing of the book. At
@justbuffalolit.bsky.social in late November of 2023, and at Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center in March of this year. It was Talking Leaves Books here that sponsored both events.
@justbuffalolit.bsky.social in late November of 2023, and at Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center in March of this year. It was Talking Leaves Books here that sponsored both events.
November 20, 2025 at 4:04 PM
In Buffalo, we were fortunate enough to host Omar twice around the writing and publishing of the book. At
@justbuffalolit.bsky.social in late November of 2023, and at Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center in March of this year. It was Talking Leaves Books here that sponsored both events.
@justbuffalolit.bsky.social in late November of 2023, and at Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center in March of this year. It was Talking Leaves Books here that sponsored both events.
I've not yet read Rabih Alameddine's "The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother," the 2025 Fiction winner. But I hope to, and I hope someday we can bring him to Buffalo.
November 20, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I've not yet read Rabih Alameddine's "The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother," the 2025 Fiction winner. But I hope to, and I hope someday we can bring him to Buffalo.
Pope Bob from Chicago can't rescue the American 'brand' (if you want to call it that) around the world, but he is a significant moral counterweight against Trump the transactionalist.
November 19, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Pope Bob from Chicago can't rescue the American 'brand' (if you want to call it that) around the world, but he is a significant moral counterweight against Trump the transactionalist.
But his principled pushback against Trumpism, oligarchic capitalism, anti-immigrant xenophobia, and especially the musings of that fledgling theologian J.D. Vance, is a joy to behold.
November 19, 2025 at 5:37 PM
But his principled pushback against Trumpism, oligarchic capitalism, anti-immigrant xenophobia, and especially the musings of that fledgling theologian J.D. Vance, is a joy to behold.
We shouldn't expect too much from him doctrinally, because he is already way to the Left of the American bishops and Cardinals on most issues, and might trigger a schism or mutiny if he relaxes the Church's positions on reproductive rights and LGBQTIA+ rights around the world.
November 19, 2025 at 5:37 PM
We shouldn't expect too much from him doctrinally, because he is already way to the Left of the American bishops and Cardinals on most issues, and might trigger a schism or mutiny if he relaxes the Church's positions on reproductive rights and LGBQTIA+ rights around the world.
I send you salutations from Buffalo.
November 19, 2025 at 1:36 AM
I send you salutations from Buffalo.
She served as a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets from 2001 to 2006. In 2011, she received Yale University’s Bollingen Prize in American Poetry. She lives in Guilford, Connecticut.
November 17, 2025 at 6:55 PM
She served as a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets from 2001 to 2006. In 2011, she received Yale University’s Bollingen Prize in American Poetry. She lives in Guilford, Connecticut.
Susan is professor emerita of English at the State University of New York at Buffalo, where she held the Samuel P. Capen Chair of Poetry and the Humanities.
November 17, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Susan is professor emerita of English at the State University of New York at Buffalo, where she held the Samuel P. Capen Chair of Poetry and the Humanities.