John Duberstein

Dad. Lawyer. Widowed from Nina Riggs (❤️💔). He/him/his.

[John Duberstein @Duberstein]

Poetry enthusiasts: seen any poems you think merit nomination for the 2d annual Nina Riggs Poetry Prize (named for my late wife, no objectivity claimed)? You can nominate up to 6 pieces until 11/1/20. See link or thread for nom-nom nomination criteria. 1/6
https://t.co/tx1LDKu8AV

[Cave Wall Press @CaveWallPress]

Read a Nina Riggs Award nomination that has me sitting here weeping. Weeping! For beauty. For life. For love. @Duberstein, this is why we do this. Nina would’ve loved these. (I now gather myself to go play with my kids but those poems were a hinge and this day has been changed.)

[John Duberstein @Duberstein]

Just realized that in the Greek alphabet Pi follows Omicron, so the next variant will repeat endlessly. 😳

[Cave Wall Press @CaveWallPress]

Big thanks to everyone who donated to the Nina Riggs Poetry Award yesterday. We raised $580. In one day! You are awesome.

We are giving away a bonus prize of Cave Wall #13, which contains this poem by Nina Riggs.

Happy end of one year, beginning of another.

[John Duberstein @Duberstein]

@jazayerli Montana being the most insightful, dignified state by this measure took me off guard.

[David Alan Sklansky @d_a_sklansky]

A statement from my colleague Robert Weisberg and me about public defenders:

[Cave Wall Press @CaveWallPress]

If you're thinking about end of the year tax-deductible donations, please keep the Nina Riggs Poetry Foundation in mind. And if you'd like to donate as a gift in honor of someone, you can email Cave Wall and we'll send a note to let them know. https://t.co/kP9NBGdWmI

[John Duberstein @Duberstein]

@CatapultStory edited an amazing anthology & put Nina’s essay “Crematorium” among a diverse and talented group of writers - Body Language: Writers on Identity, Physicality, & Making Space for Ourselves hits shelves 7/12/21, but you can preorder it now:
https://t.co/HDDsLCPU19

[kexp @kexp]

R.I.P. Gift of Gab, underground rap hero and half of Blackalicious. The Bay Area rapper was 50 years old and passed away from natural causes. He left an immeasurable impact on music through landmark records like ‘Blazing Arrow’ and ‘Nia.' https://t.co/GSuiNE54Fx

[Dr. Daniel Grossman @DrDGrossman]

Today, the UC regents are meeting to decide whether or not UC should permanently partner with health centers that allow discrimination against patients who need reproductive and queer-affirming healthcare.

I hope they do not betray our values or patients.
https://t.co/sGPO6q1xTm

[Katie Couric @katiecouric]

OMG...drum roll, please! I can't believe this is real -- Going There! Writing this thing is the result of three years of labor, and yes it does feel like giving birth! You can preorder it now: https://t.co/Qj1Mr079MF. I can't wait for all of you to get your hands on it this fall!

[Scalawag @scalawagmag]

In Greensboro, local media outlets had long been misinforming residents about the safety of this country’s largest historically Black college—until a group of student journalists decided to hold their professional colleagues accountable.

https://t.co/MZpBorUX8h

[John Duberstein @Duberstein]

Our shaved-meat demystification Oracle has spoken. 🙏 @steak_umm

[Steak-umm @steak_umm]

people often conflate descriptive (positive) claims with prescriptive (normative) claims. descriptive claims are all about what “is," such as “steak-umm is 100% beef.” prescriptive claims on the other hand are all about what “ought to be," such as “everyone should love steak-umm”

[HuffPost @HuffPost]

People living in congregate settings like prisons and jails are at particularly high risk of getting the coronavirus. https://t.co/PA9qYOrIgA

[Katrina vandenHeuvel @KatrinaNation]

And this isn’t junk math, it’s human math— Minimum Wage Would Be $44 Today If It Had Increased at Same Rate as Wall St. Bonuses: Analysis - via @commondreams https://t.co/p09KOckaK6

[John Duberstein @Duberstein]

The international relations metaphors are busy writing themselves...

[Amanda @ShooguhLipz]

Don’t mess with the Goose. 😂

P.E.I. man captures on-ice battle between Canada goose and bald eagle | CBC News https://t.co/M7jlt54Slu

[McSweeney's @mcsweeneys]

"Over here we have our trunk of Batarangs. We have so many of these that we could end Gotham’s hunger epidemic twice over if we sold all of them."
https://t.co/hybouKSs7i

[John Duberstein @Duberstein]

New license plate idea: Heartbreaking. Infuriating. Quotidian. North Carolina criminal justice.

North Carolina sends 6-year-olds to court. Why some say it's time for change. | | https://t.co/7GcS8Mur87 https://t.co/U2JvIwqODT

[The Onion @TheOnion]

Sympathetic Police Know What It’s Like To Have A Bad Day And Kill 8 People https://t.co/O6MCzgA4Ii

[Katie Mack @AstroKatie]

The proper term for this is “superior mirage” or “superior looming mirage” but I have seen the term “fata morgana” used for a similar phenomenon also caused by weird kinds of light bending over the ocean.

[Gary Winzelberg @garywinz]

Inspiring discussion of Nina Riggs' The Bright Hour (https://t.co/AdbHlIZxzt) with the @UNC_SOM medical student palliative care interest group. Excited for Part 2 tomorrow.

Thx @CambraySmith @cberenblum for organizing!

@uncmed2024 @ashley_allen87 @Duberstein #hpm #hapc