Jean Gingembre (seanccroberts.bsky.social)

I write long things (books), medium things (blog posts), short things (poems), and very short things (tweets).

Mastodon @aurelianobuendato/@social.linux.piz

[Jean Gingembre (seanccroberts.bsky.social) @SeanCCRoberts]

A shocking (though admittedly hilarious) example of the chaos wrought by the intrusion of our world into this one

[Horse ebooks @Horse_ebooks]

Everything happens so much

[Christina Holland 🐀 @americanwombat]

Didn't get to see the end of the cool dream I was having. Because of woke

[Briana Mills, LMFT ♿️🏳️‍🌈🍉 @theBrianaMills]

It seems like most things humans need to function are now considered radical. Rest is radical. Not wanting to get sick is radical. Wanting to work less hours and be able to afford a house is radical. Even stating you don’t want people to die is radical. This isn't sustainable.

[Joseph Fasano @Joseph_Fasano_]

words whispered to a child under siege

[Jean Gingembre (seanccroberts.bsky.social) @SeanCCRoberts]

Basically like having a baby! A crisis you volunteer for

[Taco Bell Quarterly @TBQuarterly]

A student asked me if I had any editorial experience before TBQ and the answer is no, I'd never even had my own work edited by another person. Prerequisites are for gatekeepers. Being an editor at a literary magazine is not a job you do, it's more of a crisis you start having!

[J.R. Andrews @andrewshorror]

I've really embraced the "No one is going to read it! Go crazy. Get nuts." philosophy this past month, and, it's like, I've rediscovered the joy of writing in the process 😂. Thanks for the wise words @TBQuarterly

[Taco Bell Quarterly @TBQuarterly]

I'm not a cool person! You don't have to be intimidated! I literally have no idea what I'm doing and I am very afraid! Let's be friends!

[Jean Gingembre (seanccroberts.bsky.social) @SeanCCRoberts]

@Kimmylea4 @megpillow This sounds like a podcast I would like to listen to. Can you share the name?

[Sasha Luccioni, PhD 🦋🌎✨🤗 @SashaMTL]

SO ACCURATE 💀

[Taco Bell Quarterly @TBQuarterly]

There is no agreed upon set of books we think are cool, there is no lit discourse that's relevant, there is no bar to entry except a willingness to have your heart broken repeatedly

[Taco Bell Quarterly @TBQuarterly]

Burnout and total implosion are part of the creative process, you're doing great

[Jean Gingembre (seanccroberts.bsky.social) @SeanCCRoberts]

The gatekeeper urge to tell me u don't read poetry without telling me u don't read poetry

Knowledge of form and meter and history can be helpful! I know a lot about those things and don't use them! Some poets do, lots don't! It's easier to define what poetry isnt than what it is

[Raphael Pradeau @raphpradeau]

Contrairement à une idée souvent répandue dans les médias détenus par des milliardaires, non seulement les milliardaires ne sont pas assommés d'impôts, mais il en paient proportionnellement moins que... les ménages les plus pauvres.

Cette injustice doit cesser !
#TaxTheRich

[Jean Gingembre (seanccroberts.bsky.social) @SeanCCRoberts]

@chewingbones @TBQuarterly a literal (literary) nothing burger

[Jean Gingembre (seanccroberts.bsky.social) @SeanCCRoberts]

@ElyKreimendahl As a white boy, I do this, white boys do this, more people who are not white boys should do this. You might not be qualified! but you're very probably more qualified than the white boys applying

[Jean Gingembre (seanccroberts.bsky.social) @SeanCCRoberts]

@profstalina what the actual... sorry that happened :(

[Jean Gingembre (seanccroberts.bsky.social) @SeanCCRoberts]

Paris Review: "We don't **read** poetry, we don't want to be **influenced**

[Taco Bell Quarterly @TBQuarterly]

They claimed they never heard of it to my face. How embarrassing. This shit is so fake.

[Lucas Brown Eyes @LucasBrownEyes]

The median US rent is $1967. Which means the median US hourly pay which would be considered livable (1/3 of rent) should be $35.40

The current US median hourly pay is… $17.02

Society will never be “okay” until this is fixed. It’ll always feel like a bad economy because of this