👀 from John Bonanni's "Drug Buddy" 👀 Issue Thirteen countdown 🪓 11 days until launch 🪓 @bananascallops.bsky.social

The UNBOXING www.instagram.com/reel/DbjVtQK...

Bonanni Comma John on Instagram: "The unboxing! Thanks to all the folx who helped me bring this book into the world especially @marthacollinspoet @turnerlens @evem_alex @kazimalipoet @pswordwoman @lau...

114 likes, 51 comments - bananascallops on August 2, 2026: "The unboxing! Thanks to all the folx who helped me bring this book into the world especially @marthacollinspoet @turnerlens @evem_alex @kazi...

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If anyone’s gonna peel me like a pear it’s gonna be Hepburn

If the money you throw down for an independent publicist could be used for a fat down payment on a house in the country, that honestly might be the better option. Equity. Your future. Your writing retreat. Your nonprofit. Or maybe start your own press?

looking forward to reading some fiction that just arrived 👀

Bonanni Comma John@bananascallops.bsky.social · last wk.

pretty sure Lincoln in the Bardo is actually poetry, but george saunders marketed it as fiction bc well fiction makes more money & also bc george saunders can do whatever he wants & really I'm thankful for this bc like genre bend that shit

pretty sure Lincoln in the Bardo is actually poetry, but george saunders marketed it as fiction bc well fiction makes more money & also bc george saunders can do whatever he wants & really I'm thankful for this bc like genre bend that shit

but honestly, if you drive an expensive car I'm not letting you in

"We've got to moogie, moogie, move on this one" --Michael Stipe

"thank you for the birthday wishes" actually those were demands🫵

Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.

Reality Bites (1994) - Winona Ryder & Janeane Garofalo

Alt: Reality Bites (1994) - Winona Ryder & Janeane Garofalo My Sharona Dance Scene

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Anyone else under the suspicion that none of this is worth it?

I get that it's Pride month, but I'm a teacher in June & therefore spending my weekends sleeping

Annual rejection from Bread Loaf!

How to get yr students to stop using AI for their essays? Assign books from Indie presses. Assign new poetry titles. The bots don't know shit, the kids have to think, & it's a win-win.

Really wish writers would just stop using "unlock" in their corporate copy. I get that it's a benefit-driven verb, but we don't need it EVERYWHERE.

Here's your Art of the Deal. It's almost as though having virtually any experience in diplomacy would help these talks. Instead we get this white supremacist, bootlicking class traitor. www.npr.org/2026/04/12/n...

No Deal: U.S.-Iran peace talks in Islamabad collapse

The United States and Iran failed to reach an agreement after a day of highly anticipated face-to-face peace talks, Washington's lead negotiator Vice President J.D. Vance announced on Sunday.

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Finally caved and watched Love Story, & yes, painfully historically inaccurate & clearly written for protagonist-antagonist character development. & they did Daryl Hannah dirty! www.nytimes.com/2026/03/06/o...

Friends! I know the world is burning. But, just for a moment, you can celebrate with me: This is the cover of my book of poems. Can't thank Alex Wolfe enough for this crisp attention to graphic design. And feeling very eager to hold this spine in my hands!

University of Pittsburgh Press@upittpress.bsky.social · 4mo ago

COVER REVEAL We're thrilled to share the cover for retrovirology by @bananascallops.bsky.social, winner of the 2025 Donald Hall Prize for Poetry, selected by @blklibrarygirl.bsky.social Details and preorders are now available on our website: upittpress.org/books/978082...

heyhey my book, retrovirology, has a due date! It will be birthed from my loins (and from the loins of the printer) on September 15, 2026 through @upittpress.bsky.social DM me if you want to 1. read together, 2. talk about queer docupoetics, 3. need an ARC, or 4. just nerd out about poetry #booksky

Hot-take: Go with Subfolio, not Submittable if you're an editor, managing editor, & lit-mag starter that doesn't want to overpay. I've used it as both a submitter & an editor: better functionality, user friendly, cheaper--overall better experience.

A Palm Sunday poem therumpus.net/2022/04/16/n...

National Poetry Month Day 16: D. A. Powell - The Rumpus

Celebrate National Poetry Month with new poems daily, featuring a variety of voices and perspectives in contemporary poetry.

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"Protests don't do anything," said the person who has never been to a protest.

rewatching Cruel Intentions & remember feeling pure fear at this storyline as a 13 year old; now I can't stop laughing

I don't think people fully appreciate how apocalyptic things are for US science. I haven't had any new funding since 2024, but I'm still ok since typical grants are for three years. This means next year I will be completely out of funding and will have to fire everyone in the lab. It's not great.

Jeremy Berg@jeremymberg.bsky.social · 5mo ago

NSF Update through March 13, 2026 1/2

I never actually cared about the men's U.S. hockey team tbh

Bonanni Comma John@bananascallops.bsky.social · 8mo ago

I actually never cared about nicki minaj tbh

Bhanu Kapil

We must protect Connor Storrie from that demon at all costs.

Made a list of first book contests for folx with a poetry collection forthcoming this year. If anyone wants it, feel free to DM me

make 'what are you reading?' a normal question... akin to 'how are you?'

"post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, pearl jam, soundgarden, or alice in chains"

Bonanni Comma John@bananascallops.bsky.social · 7mo ago