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Puneet Dutt

@puneetdutt.bsky.social

Poetry Editor @TheFiddlehead. Poet, too. Best-of-The-Net Nominee, Better Monsters (Mansfield Press) Founding Board Director @canthius. puneetdutt.com Toronto, ON & Jersey City, NJ linktr.ee/puneetdutt

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Todd Dillard @toddedillard.bsky.social · 2y ago

I don't think artists can actually stop the onslaught of AI bc tech companies have invested too much money in it to walk away from it now (I'm sure there'll be a tech burst in the coming years bc of it though), but I do think one way we can defend against AI is to be uniquely weird in our art

Joseph Fasano @josephfasano.bsky.social · 2y ago

Certainly. It's called The Magic Words. I hope it helps: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/744300...

The Magic Words by Joseph Fasano: 9780593716878 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

Discover the joy of expressing what’s inside you, with fill-in-the-blank poems that are sparking a creative movement We all have stories inside us—whether or not we consider ourselves “creative.” ...

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Joseph Fasano @josephfasano.bsky.social · 2y ago

I will never, ever get over this.

Joseph Fasano @josephfasano.bsky.social · 2y ago

Wow. Just wow.

Todd Dillard @toddedillard.bsky.social · 2y ago

I was super lucky to be able to place two poems with @ex-puritan.bsky.social this year too! Here's one based on an exchange with my daughter.

My Daughter Asks Me to Write an Honest Poem

And when I ask what she means she says a poem
where nothing impossible happens in it, just the truth,
and I say OK and put her in this poem and she sprouts
forty two robin wings down her neck and back and legs
and she says why would you do that, that’s not true
and I say OK I say Sorry and I put an orchard
in her arms, a huge orchard, with rows of pear trees,
and it’s spring and a million white blossoms fur her skin like snow
and she says DAD she says THIS ISN’T REAL and
I say I am sorry my love I didn’t mean to it’s just that
but it’s too late, she’s gone upstairs, I hear her feet
march across the floorboards, soft claps
like a dozen cages closing in a bird shop that specializes
in songless birds, and once more winter settles softly
in my mind, I walk my orchard’s empty rows and remember
how full my arms used to be when my daughter was young,
how busy my hands, my sad, empty hands
reaching for this liar’s pen.

Jayaprakash has a mastertape @jayaprakash777.bsky.social · 2y ago

This

Todd Dillard@toddedillard.bsky.social · 2y ago

I was super lucky to be able to place two poems with @ex-puritan.bsky.social this year too! Here's one based on an exchange with my daughter.

Ewen Glass @ewenglass.bsky.social · 2y ago

From my wee corner of the world, I’m lucky to have had work published by @havehashad.com, @okaydonkey.bsky.social, @bendinggenres.bsky.social, @publishedbyjake.bsky.social and @maudlinhouse.bsky.social among others. Here's 1 of mine from @puneetdutt.bsky.social’s amazing schism issue of Ex Puritan

Amsterdam Review @amsterdamreview.bsky.social · 2y ago

"It’s not what has wings, / but what makes it through / the narrow slits of tunnels" A poem by @puneetdutt.bsky.social in the Fall 2024 issue bit.ly/AmsterdamReview #poetry #poetrycommunity

—but for how long will they survive
the jar, before transforming?

Before placing their tarsomeres,
thirsty of nectar,

to the lid we stabbed with holes
then ask, with eyes alone:

is it time? is it time?

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

We are so excited to announce that the shortlist for our 2024 Fiction Contest is now on our website! Thank you to our judge Zilla Jones and all who entered and congratulations to the fifteen finalists! thefiddlehead.ca/content/2024...

Amsterdam Review @amsterdamreview.bsky.social · 2y ago

"Is it—are they— / ever aware of failing, / of being awkward, inept?" Four poems by 𝗥𝗮𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝘂𝘁 in the 𝗔𝗺𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗮𝗺 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 Spring 2023 issue bit.ly/armantrout #poetry #poetrycommunity

Poetry Daily@poetrydaily.bsky.social · 2y ago

Today’s Featured Poet: Rae Armantrout’s latest book is Go Figure (Wesleyan, 2024). Her book Versed won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 2010. She is retired from UC San Diego where she taught Poetry and Poetics. She lives in Everett, WA.

Esther Lin @estherwslin.bsky.social · 2y ago

When my dad worked in a laundromat, he found all sorts of coins people used to stick in the machines: wheat pennies, Eisenhower dollars, Indian head cents. The l’mat was tough; his health suffered after years of 15-hour days. But he collected them for me—he found beauty in them and wanted me to, too

Lorne Daniel @lornedaniel.bsky.social · 2y ago

Guest editor @puneetdutt.bsky.social 's remarkable "Schism" issue of Ex-Puritan: "pieces that speak to one another, fragments of a conversation that is far from finished." It's an honour to be included. 🙏 Puneet! ex-puritan.ca/editors-letter #poetry #poetrycommunity #newwriting #literarymagazine

Editor's Letter

Read guest editor Puneet Dutt's introduction to the Schism issue of The Ex-Puritan, then check out the Austin Clarke Prize in Literary Excellence!

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Amorak Huey @amorak.bsky.social · 2y ago

Thank you to @puneetdutt.bsky.social for including this prose poem in the new issue of The Ex-Puritan -- ex-puritan.ca/adventure-ar...

Adventure / Ars Poetica

Read Amorak Huey's poem "Adventure / Ars Poetica" in the Schism issue of The Ex-Puritan, then check out the Austin Clarke Prize in Literary Excellence!

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Lorne Daniel @lornedaniel.bsky.social · 2y ago

Here's a direct link to Schism special edition of @ex-puritan.bsky.social , edited by the amazing @puneetdutt.bsky.social , incl this 5 poem sequence Episodic Tremor & Slip ex-puritan.ca/episodic-tre... Huge thanks to Puneet - it's an honour to be published alongside so many great writers.

Episodic Tremor and Slip

Read Lorne Daniel's excerpt from Episodic Tremor and Slip in the Schism issue of The Ex-Puritan, then check out the Austin Clarke Prize in Literary Excellence!

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Lorne Daniel @lornedaniel.bsky.social · 2y ago

What an honour and delight to be included in the Schism special edition of @ex-puritan.bsky.social , alongside so many amazing writers. Huge thanks to guest editor @puneetdutt.bsky.social , whose interest and support has been off the charts.

Nancy Huggett @nancyhuggett.bsky.social · 2y ago

Honoured to be in @ex-puritan.bsky.social 's special issue, Schism, curated by the amazing @puneetdutt.bsky.social along with so many of my favourite writers. Gah! This poem: How to Love a Monster. Its a darkness of a poem.

Alice White @poetalicewhite.bsky.social · 2y ago

Many thanks to @ex-puritan.bsky.social & guest editor @puneetdutt.bsky.social for giving this poem a home.

Nicola Vulpe @nicolavulpe.bsky.social · 2y ago

Thank you, @snullr.bsky.social and @puneetdutt.bsky.social at the #ex-puritan for this brilliant poem . ex-puritan.ca/four-teaspoo...

Four Teaspoons to One Quart

Read Susan Robertson's poem "Four Teaspoons to One Quart" in the Schism issue of The Ex-Puritan, then check out the Austin Clarke Prize in Literary Excellence!

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Susan Robertson @snullr.bsky.social · 2y ago

What a wonder @puneetdutt.bsky.social has achieved with the Schism issue of the Ex-Puritan. Gratitude, gratitude, gratitude. ex-puritan.ca/editors-letter

Editor's Letter

Read guest editor Puneet Dutt's introduction to the Schism issue of The Ex-Puritan, then check out the Austin Clarke Prize in Literary Excellence!

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Nicola Vulpe @nicolavulpe.bsky.social · 2y ago

Thank you, @puneetdutt.bsky.social at the Ex-Puritan. #poetry #ex-puritan ex-puritan.ca/in-the-morni...

"In the Morning" and "I Walk Out"

Read Jila Mossaed's poems "In the Morning" and "I Walk Out," translated by Nicola Vulpe, in the Schism issue of The Ex-Puritan, then check out the Austin Clarke Prize in Literary Excellence!

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Manahil @manahil.bsky.social · 2y ago

I have my first fiction publication in the @ex-puritan.bsky.social today, guest-edited by @puneetdutt.bsky.social. If you're interested in roommates and using duct tape to repair everything, this might be the story for you! ex-puritan.ca/duct-tape

Duct Tape

Read Manahil Bandukwala's short story "Duct Tape" in the Schism issue of The Ex-Puritan, then check out the Austin Clarke Prize in Literary Excellence!

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Susan Robertson @snullr.bsky.social · 2y ago

Grateful to @puneetdutt.bsky.social and @ex-puritan.bsky.social for making room for my poem among so many fine writers in the Schism issue.

FOUR TEASPOONS TO ONE QUART

I was taught God made us in His image.
Let’s mix the bleach—
I’m cleaning cupboards.

Four teaspoons bleach to one quart water.
Many of Gaza’s Medical Workers Have Been Detained or Killed.
I was taught God made us in His image.

I spritz the outside of a door, circle the sponge.
Israeli Strike Kills Dozens at Gaza Shelter.
I’m cleaning cupboards.

Rinse the sponge, swab the inside; the hinges squeak.
‘They Are Burned Alive’: A Doctor Captures the Toll of War
on Gaza’s Children
I was taught God made us in His image.

The paper lining the shelves should be replaced.
At Least 30 Are Reported Killed in Khan Younis in 24 Hours
I’m cleaning cupboards.

Seven cabinets above, eight below.
U.S. Will Allow Delivery of 500-Pound Bombs to Israel,
an Official Says.
I was taught God made me in His image.
I’m cleaning cupboards.

Words in italics are all headlines which appeared on The New York Times website during the one-month period from July 11 through August 10, 2024.

In order of appearance the links to headlines are:

Sankar, Anjana. 2024 August 2. “Many of Gaza’s Medical Workers Have Been Detained or Killed.” The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/02/world/middleeast/gaza-doctors-medical-workers-israel.html

Video by Storyful and Reuters. 2024 August 4. “Israeli Strike Kills Dozens at Gaza Shelter.”
The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/middleeast/100000009610600/israel-strike-gaza-city-shelter.html

El-Naggar, Mona and Kerr, Sarah. 2024 August 10. “‘They Are Burned Alive’: A Doctor Captures the Toll of War on Gaza’s Children.” The New York Times.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/10/world/middleeast/gaza-al-aqsa-hospital-children.html

Sankar, Anjana. 2024 July 24. “At Least 30 Are Reported Killed in Khan Younis in 24 Hours.” The New York Times.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/25/world/middleeast/israeli-forces-press-forward-in-khan-younis-at-least-30-people-are-reported-killed-in-24-hours.html

Boxerman, Aaron. 2024 July 11. “U.S. Will Allow Delivery of 500-Pound Bombs to Israel, an Official Says.” The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/11/world/middleeast/us-israel-bombs.html

Conyer Clayton @conyerclayton.bsky.social · 2y ago

It's a delight to be in this issue alongside pals @manahil.bsky.social, Ellen Chang-Richardson, Claire Farley, Frances Boyle, @snullr.bsky.social and so many folks I admire, with huge gratitude to @puneetdutt.bsky.social for championing this story along, and to The Ex-Puritan for making space.

NG @nikigjoni.bsky.social · 2y ago

Being published alongside so many of the names in this issue is crazy business for me. I'm so excited to be in it and so grateful to have had @puneetdutt.bsky.social believe in this little story. If you have 5 mins on this Monday, give "The Quiet Room" a read. ex-puritan.ca

Susan Robertson @snullr.bsky.social · 2y ago

Thank you @nicolavulpe.bsky.social for your fine translations introducing me to the poems of Jila Mossaed. Gratitude to @puneetdutt.bsky.social for curating this excellent issue of the Ex-Puritan. ex-puritan.ca/in-the-morni...

"In the morning / they wake me" and "I walk out / with my papers into the rain"

Read Jila Mossaed's poems "In the morning / they wake me" and "I walk out / with my papers into the rain," translated by Nicola Vulpe, in the Schism issue of The Ex-Puritan, then check out the Austin ...

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Bethany Jarmul @bethanyjarmul.bsky.social · 2y ago

So pleased to have my poem "Almost" up with The Ex-Puritan today for their "Schism" issue! Thank you @puneetdutt.bsky.social! I'm honored to be in such fantastic company as well. PS. This is fictional, so no one hate on my husband. Ha! Check out the issue: ex-puritan.ca/news/the-sch...

My husband says the pork chops are not bad.
Does that mean they are good or just okay?
He says, not bad, not bad as if
that clears everything up.

Somewhere, a butcher splits
the carcass of a pig, slicing
flesh from bones. This after
stunning, slaughtering, scalding, scraping.

When I ask my husband
if my striped dress makes me look fat,
he looks me up-and-down and says,
it is what it is.

Somewhere, a seamstress feeds
fabric through a Singer.
The machine purrs and clicks
as the needle jerks up and down.

My husband tells me
he used to love me,
but not anymore. When did
you stop? He watches the clock.

Somewhere, a watchmaker
tinkers with a gear, then ear
to its metronome, hears the ticking
too fast—now, too slow.

Ewen Glass @ewenglass.bsky.social · 2y ago

Thanks to @puneetdutt.bsky.social for including me in a special issue of The Ex-Puritan. Honestly, I have a lot of chill and it's no big deal being issue mates with poets like @josehernandezdz.bsky.social, @janezwart.bsky.social and @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social ex-puritan.ca/my-meds-alarm

My meds alarm

Read Ewan Glass's poem "My meds alarm" in the Schism issue of The Ex-Puritan, then check out the Austin Clarke Prize in Literary Excellence!

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Allison Field Bell @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social · 2y ago

So grateful to @puneetdutt.bsky.social for including my essay “Lemons” in this special issue of @ex-puritan.bsky.social ! And to be in such amazing company here! 😍💙 ex-puritan.ca/lemons

Lemons

Read Allison Field Bell's essay "Lemons" in the Schism issue of The Ex-Puritan, then check out the Austin Clarke Prize in Literary Excellence!

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Jane Zwart (she/her)@janezwart.bsky.social · 2y ago

Here is a little Thanksgiving/New-Year/secret-third-thing poem for your holidays. It's called "Nostalgia." Thank you, @puneetdutt.bsky.social, for making a spot for it over at @ex-puritan.bsky.social, and for putting it in such beautiful, formidable company.

Jose Hernandez Diaz @josehernandezdz.bsky.social · 2y ago

Excited to have a new prose poem "The Mirror World" published in the just-launched "The Ex-Puritan" out of Canada. My thx to poet and editor @puneetdutt.bsky.social and the entire team! More here: ex-puritan.ca/the-mirror-w...