Derek Mong

Poet, Translator, Essayist. New collection from @SaturnaliaBooks (2024). The Joyous Science w/@annieofisher; Prof @WabashCollege; Cont. Ed. @ThePublicSquare

[Derek Mong @derek_mong]

In the midst of a bonkers semester, I forgot to post an image of these beauties, which arrived a couple of months ago from @SaturnaliaBooks. I'm grateful to have this book alive in the world.

[Derek Mong @derek_mong]

Friends: I'm getting off Twitter/X because @elonmusk supported a man who sought to violently overthrow the results of the 2020 election.

That twat can eat a bag of toe jam.

So: find me on Blue Sky, ya'll: @derekmong.bsky.social

[Derek Mong @derek_mong]

@Shteyngart Well, I was also grateful for the laughter. And for being reminded of St. Petersburg. Thanks for that!

[Derek Mong @derek_mong]

Reading @Shteyngart’s Absurdistan while waiting two hours to vote was, in retrospect, a dark foreshadowing of the adminstration to come.

[Derek Mong @derek_mong]

Join Jesse Nathan, Isabella Mansfield, and I for poetry tonight at Tomorrow Bookstore in Indianapolis.

Because it sure as shits beats hanging around Elon Musk's asshat social media platform.

https://t.co/cy1PMTk0Un

[Derek Mong @derek_mong]

Friends: I'm reading in Indianapolis at Tomorrow Bookstore (with Jesse Nathan & Isabella Mansfield) this Wednesday night at 7:30 PM.

Come join us. Because it's better to be around other right now. And poetry. And books.

https://t.co/cy1PMTk0Un

[Derek Mong @derek_mong]

It may be time to try some of the coping strategies I wrote about in this essay @ThePublicSquare. The world's quotient of awfulness is on the rise.

https://t.co/PhNYkxurBs

[Derek Mong @derek_mong]

Once more into the breach, as I attend The Democratic National Committee's event, “20 Million Calls to Win!” - sign up now to join me! https://t.co/mBZk6Y8rdG

[Derek Mong @derek_mong]

There are over 500 people in the @KamalaHarris phonebank right now. Yesterday, there were over 400, and 400 the day before that. This buoys me. This keeps me strong. #SaveDemocracy

[Seth Abramson @SethAbramson]

This video is incredible.

Everyone should RETWEET it so the whole *world* sees it.

[Derek Mong @derek_mong]

This is tonight in Lafayette, Indiana! @annieofisher, @HURI_Harvard

[Derek Mong @derek_mong]

Come see Annie and Olena in Indianapolis tonight and W. Lafayette tomorrow! Glory to Ukraine!

[Derek Mong @derek_mong]

Friends! @annieofisher has two events next week with Olena Stiazhkina, whose book, Ukraine, War, Love, depicts the harrowing events in and around her hometown, Donetsk, following the 2014 Russian invasion. Annie translated the book for @HURI_Harvard.

Please consider attending!

[Zócalo Public Square @ThePublicSquare]

"Imagination is an asset at such moments of crisis. There’s no hope without it, nor any social justice."
—Zócalo contributing editor @derek_mong"https://t.co/lZoXLgQb2J

[Zócalo Public Square @ThePublicSquare]

How does one cope with today's awfulness? Zócalo contributing editor @derek_mong finds respite in conceptualizing his tiny lifespan as a microscopic mark on the grand geological timeline of the Earth.https://t.co/lZoXLgQb2J

[Derek Mong @derek_mong]

Wanna know why I'd title a poetry book after a cataclysmic cosmic eventuality? Well, here's the essay for you--with thanks to @ThePublicSquare & @TheErynBrown for supporting my prose!

https://t.co/MIp0KUHReU

[Verse Daily (@versedaily.bsky.social) @versedailypoems]

The Verse Daily Podcast: Episode 4 - @derek_mong https://t.co/XVXL2zgVZW

[Zócalo Public Square @ThePublicSquare]

Sometimes, the world's awfulness seems too much. That's when @derek_mong reimagines geologies where people disappear. https://t.co/lZoXLgQb2J

[Derek Mong @derek_mong]

Friends! @annieofisher has two events next week with Olena Stiazhkina, whose book, Ukraine, War, Love, depicts the harrowing events in and around her hometown, Donetsk, following the 2014 Russian invasion. Annie translated the book for @HURI_Harvard.

Please consider attending!

[Derek Mong @derek_mong]

@vjoshuaadams Well, thank you, sir! Hoping to get a reading set up with the two of us soon!

[Derek Mong @derek_mong]

It has been a busy enough day that I almost forgot that When the Earth Flies into the Sun celebrates its publication! It's official and out in the world--with thanks to @SaturnaliaBooks for all their hard work!

[Derek Mong @derek_mong]

Wearing my Alan Trammell jersey while I address @Postcards2WIN bound for the great state of Michigan. Come on, Michiganders! Let's deliver for @KamalaHarris.