Dan O'Brien
@bydanobrien.bsky.social
Plays, poems, prose http://danobrien.org
Can't find out much about this but presume it's real: When you're kneeling through the hours And you're doubting your given powers And when you're ready for her mercy And you're worthy it will come www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIPy...
Glen Hansard busking in Noto, Sicily, and singing "Her Mercy" for Illès Gennaro
YouTube video by Antonio Cennamo
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Check this out if you are interested in the history of our Journal!
Mémoires du livre / Studies in Book Culture@memoiresdulivre.bsky.social · 2w agoEli MacLaren reviews Tony Tremblay's "The Fiddlehead Moment: Pioneering an Alternative Canadian Modernism in New Brunswick", which examines the origins of "The Fiddlehead", the longest-running literary magazine in Canada. doi.org/10.7202/1126...
Like so many arts writers, I've been the victim of downsizing. But I'll continue to write and you can find my work here, for free. Maybe I'll be a respite from all the political Substacks. Thanks!
Yes, Yet Another Substack. But On The Arts.
15 years after launching my website, I have adopted the platform de jour.
hesherman1.substack.com
Many thanks to the Midwest Independent Publishers Association for awarding Acre Books "Best Small Press" for 2026! We are grateful for this recognition! 🎉🎉🎉 #publishers #booksky
Many thanks to David Weldon Hudson @ the Criterion Current for the kind words about my essay on EEPHUS in @filmquarterly.bsky.social 🙏🏻 @textplusimage.bsky.social www.criterion.com/current/post...
Many thanks to David Weldon Hudson @ the Criterion Current for the kind words about my essay on EEPHUS in @filmquarterly.bsky.social 🙏🏻 @textplusimage.bsky.social www.criterion.com/current/post...
Many thanks to @dwhdaily.bsky.social at Criterion Current for this note on FQ's new issue: "Playwright and poet @bydanobrien.bsky.social has a beautiful piece in the new Film Quarterly on Carson Lund’s Eephus (2024), 'a perfect little film'..."
David Hudson@dwhdaily.bsky.social · last mo.ZIDANE @screenslate.bsky.social, Pedro Costa on Mizoguchi and Tourneur @sabzian.bsky.social, EEPHUS @filmquarterly.bsky.social, Louise Weard (@weard.moe) @ InRO, Alexander Sokurov @nytimes.com … Did You See This? www.criterion.com/current/post...
We are always delighted to publish new books by Acre author @bydanobrien.bsky.social! 🎉🎉🎉 #booksky
Dan O'Brien@bydanobrien.bsky.social · 2mo agoVery pleased to share that I have a new book coming out with @acrebooks.bsky.social in May 2027. The title is “Ash,” and it’s a collection of personal essays about, well, as the subtitle says, “catastrophe, performance, and the craft.” I can’t wait to collaborate with everyone at Acre again.
Delighted to see Acre twice represented on the finalist list for the Julie Suk Award for Best book of #poetry! Congrats to @marthasilano.bsky.social (TERMINAL SURREAL) and CD Eskilson (SCREAM / QUEEN)! 🎉🎉🎉 #booksky jacarpress.com/suk-award/
Julie Suk Award - Poetry Book Contest - Jacar Press
Enter the Julie Suk Award Competition for the best poetry book published by a small, literary press in 2024. Call Jacar Press.
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Vaccines save lives. This is the FIRST time that ZERO cervical-cancer deaths have been recorded for this age group, and it’s thanks to the introduction of a vaccine against the human papillomavirus (HPV). Yes, you read that correctly. ZERO.
Cervical cancer deaths for vaccinated young women fall to zero in England: study
The HPV vaccine for cervical cancer has reduced the risk of dying from the disease before the age of 30 in England to almost zero, the first study of its kind showed Thursday.
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With the coming retirement of our extraordinary publisher / editor Nicola Mason, the Acre masthead will soon enter a new era! Stay tuned for details. In the meantime, our sister publication @cincinnatireview.bsky.social is in need of a new managing editor! Details below. #booksky 🖊️
The Cincinnati Review@cincinnatireview.bsky.social · 2mo agoOur beloved Lisa Ampleman is moving into a leadership role with our sister press, @acrebooks.bsky.social. We're so excited for everything she will do for the press and can't wait to see what comes next for her. But...that means we're looking for a new Managing Editor! Application in thread.
Copies of FQ’s Summer Issue are landing in subscribers’ mailboxes and Inboxes (thanks to @ucpress.bsky.social), Cover: My Father’s Shadow (Akinola Davies Jr.). Inside: Alexandra Juhasz’s Please Hold, Horror in the High Desert, Marie Epstein, The Boys/Gen V, interview w/ J. Hoberman & other gems!
imagine drawing a crowd in the middle of the night to watch them remove your name from a building
Chris Geidner@chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 2mo ago99 minutes until the compliance deadline.
Update: I'm going to move over to @acrebooks.bsky.social full-time starting in Aug. Sarah Haak and I will be co-executive editors there as Nicola Mason moves into a consulting role after 10 ears founding and running the press. So we're seeking a new managing ed at @cincinnatireview.bsky.social!
‘The Body of an American’ announced for early next year at LAC Lugano in Switzerland, before touring to the National Theaters of Rome, Naples, and Genoa. Very grateful to Director Jacopo Gassmann, the artistic team he’s assembled, and the co-producing theaters for their care and artistry.
‘The Body of an American’ announced for early next year at LAC Lugano in Switzerland, before touring to the National Theaters of Rome, Naples, and Genoa. Very grateful to Director Jacopo Gassmann, the artistic team he’s assembled, and the co-producing theaters for their care and artistry.
So excited that this magazine is back in the world. Read it!
Northwest Review@northwestreview.bsky.social · 2mo agoOur relaunch issue is OUT NOW! Please go check out all the excellent writing within! Special thanks to everyone who contributed their work, our editors for making this all happen, and to you, reader, for supporting our community of writers. nwreview.org
Check out our recent interviews and reviews before our relaunch issue goes live on Monday! nwreview.org
Very pleased to share that I have a new book coming out with @acrebooks.bsky.social in May 2027. The title is “Ash,” and it’s a collection of personal essays about, well, as the subtitle says, “catastrophe, performance, and the craft.” I can’t wait to collaborate with everyone at Acre again.
Very pleased to share that I have a new book coming out with @acrebooks.bsky.social in May 2027. The title is “Ash,” and it’s a collection of personal essays about, well, as the subtitle says, “catastrophe, performance, and the craft.” I can’t wait to collaborate with everyone at Acre again.
Imagine dialogue co-written by Samuel Beckett & Yogi Berra. The situation—amateur players at the final game before their stadium is torn down—had a lot to say to this midcareer playwright. Thanks to editor @textplusimage.bsky.social, and to @csvich.bsky.social for tipping me off to see this film.
Imagine dialogue co-written by Samuel Beckett & Yogi Berra. The situation—amateur players at the final game before their stadium is torn down—had a lot to say to this midcareer playwright. Thanks to editor @textplusimage.bsky.social, and to @csvich.bsky.social for tipping me off to see this film.
Thrilled to share that The Body of an American is heading to Europe in 2027. The play will be produced at the Teatro di Roma, directed by Jacopo Gassman and starring Danilo Nigrelli and Paolo Mazzarelli. Part of a year-long tour across Italy and Switzerland—more details in the weeks ahead ✨
Thrilled to share that The Body of an American is heading to Europe in 2027. The play will be produced at the Teatro di Roma, directed by Jacopo Gassman and starring Danilo Nigrelli and Paolo Mazzarelli. Part of a year-long tour across Italy and Switzerland—more details in the weeks ahead ✨
Available for preorder. I’ve loved this play about love for a very long time. Glad it’s out there.
