My article, "Psych ward gothic: melodrama, hospitalisation anxiety and a case for the humanities in psychiatric research" is now in print from BMJ Medical Humanities! mh.bmj.com/content/52/3...

Psych ward gothic: melodrama, hospitalisation anxiety and a case for the humanities in psychiatric research

This article offers a critical assessment of representations of psychiatric hospitalisation in modern Western societies, with the goal of informing clinicians’ approach to communication and reassuranc...

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Our friends at Room Magazine are currently fundraising in order to keep the magazine going. The fund will support the production of the journal and pay contributors and staff. You can donate, or purchase or bid on fantastic auction items here: app.galabid.com/save-room-ma...

My article, "Psych ward gothic: melodrama, hospitalisation anxiety and a case for the humanities in psychiatric research" is now in print from BMJ Medical Humanities! mh.bmj.com/content/52/3...

Psych ward gothic: melodrama, hospitalisation anxiety and a case for the humanities in psychiatric research

This article offers a critical assessment of representations of psychiatric hospitalisation in modern Western societies, with the goal of informing clinicians’ approach to communication and reassuranc...

mh.bmj.com

Andrea Cohen

So proud of our new Disability: The Revolution issue. Really looking forward to hosting this in-person launch event. Hope to see you there!

The Fiddlehead@fiddlehd.bsky.social · last wk.

The Fiddlehead will be at Printed Matters, Indie Press & Zine Fair at The Charlotte Street Arts Centre in Fredericton on Sept. 12! nancy davis viva Halifax, Patrick O'Reilly, Rebecca Salazar & Ysabelle Vautour will be reading work from our special disability issue! (Tentative reading time: 1 pm)

Issue 308 (Summer 2026) Disability: The Revolution Special Issue is now on our website! For this special issue, readings of each piece available on the website for you to listen to now! thefiddlehead.ca/issue/308

From the Fiddlehead's essential new issue on disability, check out my review of Shane Neilson's strange and marvelous book "The Reign." thefiddlehead.ca/content/alas...

I'll be reading from "The Old Woman Who Became a Bear." Come celebrate with us!

The Fiddlehead@fiddlehd.bsky.social · 2w ago

We’re celebrating The Fiddlehead’s new special issue, Disability: The Revolution, with a virtual launch! Join us on Zoom for readings from contributors A-E Best, M.L. Campbell, and Shantell Powell! @shanmonster.bsky.social Sept. 24, 2026, 7pm ADT Email thefiddlehead@gmail.com to register!

From the Fiddlehead's essential new issue on disability, check out my review of Shane Neilson's strange and marvelous book "The Reign." thefiddlehead.ca/content/alas...

Delighted to have a poem in this lovely new issue of The Antigonish Review!

Delighted to have a poem in this lovely new issue of The Antigonish Review!

U.S. “We demand Canada stop this alcohol boycott that isn’t working and also we don’t even care”

U.S. “We demand Canada stop this alcohol boycott that isn’t working and also we don’t even care”

WASHINGTON D.C. - U.S. lawmakers are demanding several Canada provinces not only stock their spirits again, but also formally acknowledge that the anti-tariff boycott wasn't working at all and that th...

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The opening passage of Charles Wright's Littlefoot (2007)

Touch the Donkey [a small poetry journal] : FIFTIETH ISSUE, with new poems by David Miller, Jason Heroux, Kiik Araki-Kawaguchi, Laura Farina, Elena Zhang, Daphne Marlatt, Eve Luckring and Steven Ross Smith, / @ezhang77.bsky.social ; touchthedonkey.blogspot.com/2026/07/touc...

Touch the Donkey [a small poetry journal] : FIFTIETH ISSUE,

The FIFTIETH ISSUE is now available, with new poems by David Miller, Jason Heroux, Kiik Araki-Kawaguchi, Laura Farina, Elena Zhang, Daphne...

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F/4 #4ertilefest #KFB10 #poetrywellserved #firstlook A series of online & live events to celebrate our 10th Anniversary of “Poetry. well-served.” beginning this Fall 2026. knifeforkbook.com/4ertile/

Sadiqa de Meijer, from the May 2026 issue of @thewalrus.ca

Best Canadian Poetry 2027 will be published on November 17, 2026. It was the honour of a lifetime to serve as guest editor, working alongside the brilliant series editor, Anita Lahey.

Dean Gorman

Fahmidan Journal believes in making literary publishing more accessible through free submissions and timely responses. Submit now: fahmidanjournal.submittable.com/submit%E2%81...

Astra’s point is well defended, but title really says it all. Mamdani admin is besieged by all varieties of entrenched power because if NYC flourishes the myth of social democratic naïveté evaporates. If humanist policies raise the standard of living, the Washington Consensus is truly cooked.

Astra Taylor@astra.bsky.social · 3mo ago

"Centrists don’t fear bad government...They fear a left-wing that governs well. That’s the terrifying threat Mamdani poses to the status quo—and the massive opportunity his administration presents for all of those who want to transform it." Read the whole forum: hammerandhope.org/forums/mamda...

I am terribly pleased to announce that my book of sonnets, Glosses and Ligatures, will be published by Sagging Meniscus Press in the autumn of 2027. @saggingmeniscus.bsky.social

Found this: bit.ly/3S4Pmvx

Doctors removed by police from New Orleans convention after handing out anti-Trump article

None of those who were removed were arrested, according to Louisiana State Police.

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What the hell? www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

UW diabetes researcher removed from conference by police

Dr. Steven Kahn, director of the UW Diabetes Research Center, was removed by police from a national conference as he and others handed out copies of an editorial.

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Get your tickets for SHORED FRAGMENTS - the launch of our Eliot-inspired anthology on Wed 10th June, 6:30pm. Contributors and audience, book here! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/online-lau... #eliot #modernism #tseliot

Something I hope people will consider is that the reason there are so many enraging anti-education pieces coming out right now is that there's a full-court press from PR departments in tech & asset management. Nothing about the last year went according to script for their investments.

Genuine colossus. RIP www.cbc.ca/news/enterta...

Jazz great Sonny Rollins dead at 95 | CBC News

Sonny Rollins, the tenor saxophonist and restless genius whose bold, distinctive tone and constant experimentation kept him on the cutting edge of jazz for more than 50 years, died Monday at age 95.

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Craig Morgan Teicher

Friends, please contact your representatives and express outrage at this violation of human rights:

ACLU@aclu.org · 4mo ago

BREAKING: The House of Representatives just voted to require teachers to forcibly out transgender youth against their will. Censoring "gender ideology" does nothing to advance the basic promise that every child deserves the same opportunity to thrive, and that includes transgender students.

The marvelous folks @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social were kind enough to include a poem of mine in this very cool collection. Check it out: www.blackboughpoetry.com/shored-fragm...

Awesome to have you Alastair! Welcome to the Bough!

Alastair Morrison@alasmorrison.bsky.social · 5mo ago

The marvelous folks @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social were kind enough to include a poem of mine in this very cool collection. Check it out: www.blackboughpoetry.com/shored-fragm...