Z.L. Nickels

Comparative Literature PhD & Philosophy MA student. MFA from @UMassMFA. Words with @BOMBmagazine, @Image_Journal, @lithub, @The_Rumpus, others

[Z.L. Nickels @hereandnow44]

Paywall is down. Talking with @richardsiken for @BOMBmagazine about... well, you'll need to see it for yourself

https://t.co/UeNgcRYrA3

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Sony has an amazing collection with
@CMUPress. People are sleeping on Konbit—thanks to @BOMBmagazine for providing a platform for this interview.

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Writer and director of Pittsburgh Arts and Lectures Sony Ton-Aime discusses his poetry collection, “Konbit” (@CMUPress, 2026), that reimagines the communal solidarity of the Haitian revolution with writer @hereandnow44.

https://t.co/07J1006rne

[BOMB Magazine @BOMBmagazine]

Writer and director of Pittsburgh Arts and Lectures Sony Ton-Aime discusses his poetry collection, “Konbit” (@CMUPress, 2026), that reimagines the communal solidarity of the Haitian revolution with writer @hereandnow44.

https://t.co/07J1006rne

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@normalfunnygirl The Postcard was a pretty fun book tbh

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@heynavtoor Nice AI post there champ

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@the1tonygill lol what? This is a sign that absolutely nothing will change, c’mon

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@JonasLGray Caleb, Mendoza, Bryce Young and Baker all rushed for less than 400 yards when they won the Heisman. Bryce had literally 0 yards.

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@burnersands @Jackkk I’m not sure you understand what constitutes metabolic activity, but I assure you it’s a lot more than iron

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@burnersands @Jackkk My metabolic activity is what I share with other living organisms. Yes, lots of elements contribute to making things; none of what you named has any metabolic activity and so therefore is not organic or alive. Metal is nothing like a planet—it’s a stupid-ass thing to say

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@burnersands @Jackkk Yes, you can take a dead plant and use it to birth new life. But the initial thing dies because it is organic; it has stakes in what happens to it. Metal is not organic, cannot die and has no stakes

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@bengrossbg So, so happy for you man. Congratulations

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@GrahamCoffeyDC @Fravel_Ryan It’s easier just to write “I’m stupid,” champ

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@tyorrique Heidegger on the Greeks might win on the fact that the influence of the misreading influenced a lot more to come (and the second inception that has yet to occur)

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@theoryjoe1 Well yeah, she sucks also

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@OtitoNosike Weird way to say you’re stupid, but please go off

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@philosophysux Or if he hadn’t done a bad Richard Siken impersonation at a time when Richard was working on his next book

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@TW1NKD3STR0YER 🙏🙏🙏

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@DobzMiles @BullsNationOZ @ZarkTweets He was also better than Loul and Nate in that series lol

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@DobzMiles @BullsNationOZ @ZarkTweets The Joakim Noah erasure is wild lol

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@ToddZywicki Lol. Calm down there, slugger