Ron Slate @ronslate.bsky.social

Hosting @On_The_Seawall -- a community gallery of writing & commentary at JOY RIDE, new poetry via Carnegie Mellon. Also on Substack.

[Ron Slate @ronslate.bsky.social @ronslate]

"For this secret flame I extinguish the world, / I burn up all that is living without love" Octavio Paz

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At my Substack, a short essay on encountering the a-bombing of Nagasaki while at the deli counter / https://t.co/YVCqpYzgIv

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One of the most-read reviews @On_The_Seawall is a piece I wrote in 2008 about Roberto Bolaño's evolution as a writer and his poetry in THE ROMANTIC DOGS. April 28th = his birthday
https://t.co/Q0P5NUCK9j

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I've started a Substack for brief reviews of titles I can't cover for @On_The_Seawall -- starting with one about Martin Walker's latest Bruno mystery AN ENEMY IN THE VILLAGE @fsgbooks / & I'll be writing on other topcs as well / https://t.co/J6CaQMeQZc

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"Perhaps the 'secret' of Dylan’s late stage creativity resides in his ability to store & process an enormous database about himself & the history of American folk music": Barry Faulk reviews @Fantomas2go's AFTER THE FLOOD @wwnorton @On_The_Seawall https://t.co/7HSBG9yrpk

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"Kertész was wincingly aware of what he saw as his artistic misfortune & neglect, but by posthumously landing Albers as his biographer, he’s gotten lucky": @bquinnterest on Patricia Albers' EVERYTHING IS PHOTOGRAPH @otherpress https://t.co/8jOrKOpzpj @On_The_Seawall

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Looks like @bluehost is having issues again because https://t.co/7yZKuRbEJL @On_The_Seawall is dark. Apologies to our readers.

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"Her poetry often reflects on getting things wrong while imagining what getting things right might look or sound like. This amounts both to an attitude and a technique": my review of TRUE MISTAKES by @lenamschmitt @uarkpress https://t.co/r1T3Ws8AWt @On_The_Seawall

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"The book couldn’t be timelier: wars in the Middle East signal the folly of American Empire ... an 'unraveling of political cultures built up over many decades'": @HamiltonCain on Rana Dasgupta's AFTER NATIONS @VikingBooks https://t.co/K8dGI8m1c8 @On_The_Seawall

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"The collection is about what the bonds between parent and child are made of, offering a story not just about separation but violent renting and grief": Valerie Duff-Strautmann on Maggie Dietz's poems in IF YOU WOULD LET ME @FourWayBooks @On_The_Seawall https://t.co/lSHO6ue5ju

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The April qtrly edition of @On_The_Seawall awaits your arrival.

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Amazed by how much Ada Limón accomplished during her 3-year tenure as US Poet Laureate, much of it mentioned in her AGAINST BREAKING: ON THE POWER OF POETRY coming next month via @ScribnerBooks.

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The Zoom link will be available open Tuesday afternoon. Please join us!

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Please join us on Tuesday night 7:30ET when Robin Becker comes to PathwaysArts via Zoom. The link will be available on Tuesday afternoon at https://t.co/MVACC8ILtj -- scroll down to this poster & click on the Zoom prompt.

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@asymptotejrnl My take on Bolano via @On_The_Seawall ... https://t.co/Q0P5NUDhYR

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Coming Tuesday night 7:30ET -- Catherine Barnett will read for us at PathwaysArts & you can watch & listen via Zoom. The link will be available on Tuesday afternoon at https://t.co/MVACC8ILtj ...

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Please join us when Thea Matthews reads via zoom for PathwaysArts -- Tuesday nite 1/20 7:30 ET -- link will be available on Tuesday afternoon. Her latest collection is GRIME via @CityLightsBooks ...