It’s fascinating how much you can learn about a person based on what they think the point of a dictionary is: to tell people how to use words, or to tell them how words are being used.

Emily Wilson, translator of the incredible recent version of The Odyssey, put into words a lot of the confusion and misgivings and disappointment I had watching the latest film adaptation. Worth a read if you’re at all interested. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Emily Wilson · An Uncomplicated Man

As they say at the awards shows, I was humbled to learn that Christopher Nolan has read at least the first line of my...

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By far the funniest moment in Homer’s Odyssey is when Circe says, “Shall we have sex?” and Odysseus says, “You just turned all my men into pigs. You have the GALL to think I would sleep with you? Of course I will. Absolutely. But don’t do any weird spells”

Holding the bittersweetest thing in my hands—the final issue of @theflreview.bsky.social for which I helped curate the poetry. Will forever be grateful to Jamie Poissant, the talented readers at TFR, everyone who sent us poems to consider, and to @rochellehurt.bsky.social for editing alongside me.

woop woop / that's the sound of the police / honk honk / that's the sound of the geese

Gerard Cunningham@faduda.eurosky.social · 2w ago

Bí gé, do crimes.

They made me a cowboy hat!

It’s July and I want an apple cider donut

Q: Did I need another MTG playmat? A: Nope Q: Was there any chance I was going to miss out on this beauty from @rhysticstudies.bsky.social, @ropearrow.bsky.social, and @stitcherssupply.bsky.social? A: No freakin way

Is there a run on balloons that I didn’t know about?

Easy lock for top 5 most gorgeous cards Magic has printed in recent memory, and probably pretty high on that list—Otherworldly Gaze by @mollymendoza.bsky.social

BREAKING: Johnny and Junebug have withdrawn from the great American “state fair”

This was fun! And a bunch of games on here I want to replay…

Grateful to Julie Benbassat for this hand-drawn Icarus that mirrors the reaching Moonshadow in this MTG artist proof of Julie’s work. Gorgeous stuff!

This game is just pandering to poets

Asheville friends: Please vote Gamers’ Haunt for Best Game Store in Mountain Xpress’s Best of WNC! We have been working our tails off to make our space and community the best around. Give us a vote when you have a few mins! (And voting closes soon too, so don’t wait!) mountainx.com/bestofwnc/

Me today

🎶 I’m not a gentleman, I’m a gentle man Let me handle my business, please

“I need to find a gingerbread house artist.” A real sentence my wife said about their work. This is life in Asheville, I guess

Okay, I’ll play!

“We must risk delight. We can do without pleasure, but not delight. Not enjoyment. We must have the stubbornness to accept our gladness in the ruthless furnace of this world.” —Jack Gilbert poetrysociety.org/poems/a-brie...

A Brief for the Defense

Placing poetry at the crossroads of American life since 1910.

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I finished The Chair Company season one and I just had to ask what the Fuck did I just watch

Just learned something unbelievable Did you know poetry can rhyme?!

Very proud to have been on the editorial team of Florida Review the last few years—congrats to Bertha and all!

The Florida Review@theflreview.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Please join us in celebrating the following Florida Review contributors on their special mentions in the 2026 Pushcart Prize Anthology: Bertha Crombet, "Tongue Mother" Naomi Gordon-Loebl, "Lost Uncle" Matthew Neill Null, "In the 301" #flreview

Louise Glück ♥️ “I speak / because I am shattered.” Always revisiting this poem.

“Flavor text” is the intersection of two of my passions: literature and MTG, so I sorted through well over a thousand cards’ flavor to find the best texts of the year. Check out the article at @edhrec.com: edhrec.com/articles/the...

The Best MTG Flavor Text of 2025 | EDHREC

It's been a big year for Magic; let's pause for a moment to read the Flavor. This list gathers the best flavor text of Magic in 2025.

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Happy “you bought a few gifts online so enjoy the next six months trying to unsubscribe from more newsletters than you ever thought even existed” season for those who celebrate it

Kinda have a dream job working not just for an LGS, but one staffed by and frequented by really amazing people?

Gamers’ Haunt@gamershaunt.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Thank you to the 240+ players who came out for our Avatar prerelease weekend, it was a blast hanging out with you all! And special congrats to Mark Mason, who won our collector booster draft in a hard-fought match in the finals against reigning champ Anthony.

A quote on “seriousness” in individuals from an old lecture by John Cleese. Feels especialy apt lately—

Honored to have two poems from my pandemic crown of sonnets in the latest South Dakota Review along with several friends and writers I admire. Thank you to @artichokeheart.bsky.social for including me in this storied journal.

sex is fine but have you ever had someone review your poetry who fundamentally gets what you were doing and a few things you didn't realize you were doing?