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Christopher Merrill

@clmerrill.bsky.social

Poet, writer, translator, and director of the International Writing Program. My views, not those of the University of Iowa.

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Christopher Merrill@clmerrill.bsky.social · last wk.

Happy to share this long list for the National Book Award in Translated Literature. There were so many good books to choose from! www.nationalbook.org/longlist-for...

Longlist for the 2026 National Book Award for Translated Literature - National Book Foundation

The ten contenders for the National Book Award for Translated Literature Find the New Yorker announcement here. New York, NY (September 15, 2026) – The National Book Foundation today announced the Lon...

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Christopher Merrill@clmerrill.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Iran protest doctor: ‘In one street, I saw blood pooled in a gutter with a trail stretching several metres’ | Anonymous www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Iran protest doctor: ‘In one street, I saw blood pooled in a gutter with a trail stretching several metres’ | Anonymous

I’ve worked as a surgeon in disaster zones. Nothing compares to the nightmare I saw in Iran’s hospitals when the state started shooting protesters

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Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 8mo ago

We already had the real-world experience of unvaccinated people getting measles, and it's why we invented the vaccine for measles. It's one thing to be a sociopath playing with the lives of others. It's another to be gleefully stupid about it.

Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD@elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 8mo ago

RFK Jr. appointee Kirk Milhoan has just clearly stated, out loud, that he wants to experiment on the people of the United States by seeing what happens as vaccination coverage plummets and infectious diseases spread.

Screenshot from STAT article that says "What we're going to have is a real-world experience of when unvaccinated people get measles," he said. "What is the new incidence of hospitalization? What's the incidence of death?"