Rahat Kurd
@rahat.bsky.social
reader writer editor / linktr.ee/RahatKurd / THE BOOK OF Z: https://talonbooks.com/books/the-book-of-z / ahl-e-zubaan / she/they / free palestine
July is a month which, if elected Mohtarma-in-Chief-of-the-Global-Imaginary, I will not only decree everyone HAS to take the full 31 days off, but pay them to do it from the public exchequer. That said, I'm never ever ever running for public office so I made a Linktree. Afsōs. linktr.ee/RahatKurd
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poet, critic, ahl-e-zubaan ~ academic editor + literary manuscript consultant
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happy thirty-third birthday sale, above/ground press! , in which an anniversary begins to be celebrated, / @meetthepresses.bsky.social @montrealprize.bsky.social @griffinpoetryprize.bsky.social @ottawasmallpress.bsky.social ; abovegroundpress.substack.com/p/happy-thir...
All the fabulous prize-contender titles are ON SALE including THE BOOK OF Z at Talonbooks for the month of July!
Just got mine! Great idea to take it along on my next jaunt to the beach.
Event Magazine@eventmags.bsky.social · 4w agoBring summer with you in EVENT 55/1. The cover, 'Patio Parasol' by Hannah Block, invites us to pause, to look up from our screens, and toward the sky. Inside: the 2025 Non-Fiction Contest winners, plus poetry, fiction, and reviews. Order your copy here: www.eventmagazine.ca/product/even...
New Westminster's Poetry in the Park series lineup has been announced! This Summer, they'll feature @raoulfernandes.bsky.social, @allegorically.bsky.social, @christinashah.bsky.social, @jkirton.bsky.social, @isabellawangbc.bsky.social, @kevinspenst.bsky.social, and more. @rclas.bsky.social
CAN someone survive a genocide? We should all hope so. Please share and donate if you can.
divyabot@thedivyabot.bsky.social · last mo.STILL the most stagnant fund today, last donation 🚨 June 18 🚨: Hamza is young journalist who recently left Gaza to attend university abroad. He needs support for medical care, due to the genocide's toll. @pipagaopoetry.bsky.social
American commentators bluntly calling this a murder and correctly stating he should never have been detained after his service to the US. The death of this man brings up SO much of the trauma of the racist Bush/Obama wars which began 25 years ago.
NBC News@nbcnews.com · 4w agoAn Afghan national who fought alongside U.S. forces has died from an allergic reaction while in ICE custody, one day after he was detained for deportation proceedings, his death certificate shows. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Physical books. You own them. They don't require updates. They don't surveil you or collect and sell your data. They are a genuinely safe hallucinogen that leaves you smarter and more empathetic and with a longer attention span the more you use them. Free from the library. What's not to like?
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #FeatheredFemmes, captures showing the beauty of any female bird. Female #Kingfisher
It's the oddest thing, I feel the same way about the current Canadian prime minister
Anton Hur@antonhur.com · 3mo agoHaving to spend my morning rage-tracking my UPS package because PEOPLE DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO THE JOBS THEY ARE BEING PAID FOR
excited to be taking part in this event next week!
Elena Johnson @elenajohnson.bsky.social · 3mo agoJoin us next Sunday for our next iteration of the Dead Poets Reading Series. Always inspiring and fun! Readings by @danielaelza.bsky.social , @yilinwriter.bsky.social , Cris Holman and Annie LaFleur. Details in poster. Accessible space. Hope to see you! 🌞
Please join me in donating to Crips for eSims
Jane Shi | 皮爬高 echolalia echolalia is out now@pipagaopoetry.bsky.social · 3mo agoIt’s my birthday and I am once again doing my matching campaign of $340! Somebody already matched $340 for Crips for eSims but you can still donate $3.4, $34, $340, or more! :) Email screenshots to cripsforesimsforgaza[at]gmail[dot]com. chuffed.org/project/crip...
I’ll tell you more about my Inuit friend. He is a Sixties Scoop survivor who’s also done some organizational work with Sixties Scoop survivors in the past. He got this place and has been trying to raise it for a while then reached out to me. We got him 550 on Twitter but it’s been stuck.
Everyone I see on here so far is either an American, or a Canadian following American news all wide-eyed, munching popcorn, as if there is no other world.
April 22 is Earth Day! If you want to engage with thinkers who care about the planet, water, the forests, the rivers, land stewardship, combatting extractive practices, and the more-than-human world as much as you do, here are a handful of titles we think you’ll love. talonbooks.com/news/earth-d...
I live most my life in the effort to hold onto some steadying ballast between extremes
This 19th day of National Poetry Month, Chaudiere Books shares "The Harrowing Hour", a poem I wrote in 2005, when my son was ~18 months old, in stark contrast to last week, when he expressed professional dismay at my attempt to trim my own bangs, (seen here in alarming close-up).
Chaudiere Books@chaudierebooks.bsky.social · 4mo agoNational Poetry Month : Rahat Kurd, / @rahat.bsky.social @talonbooks.bsky.social ; chaudierebooks.blogspot.com/2026/04/nati...
I can't deal with the cuteness.
BERGΛMΛX@bergamax.bsky.social · 4mo agoProbably one of the most cutest birds I ever saw! 🟢⚪️🔵🟣🔴 The Cuban Tody (Todus multicolor), one of the most colorful birds in the Caribbean, only ten centimeters long with a bright red throat, emerald green and a pinkish belly. Photo by Yadiel Veunes [FB] yadielveunes.com #nature #birds #beauty
The Berger Chart is up at Verso! It's like playing bingo or "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon" or collecting Pokemon cards, but so much better, because it's for grownup Berger nerds and devotees. @versobooks.bsky.social
We are delighted that The Book of Z by @rahat.bsky.social is a finalist for the 2026 Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize! A huge congratulations to Rahat, and to all of this year's finalists! bcyukonbookprizes.com/2026/04/14/a...
Because we can never spend too much time reading literature and thinking about literature
Joanne Merriam@joannemerriam.bsky.social · 7mo ago9/9 #DSPBposts #SmallPress #books from @agpasquella.bsky.social @jeffdupuis.bsky.social @dundurnpress.bsky.social @eddyboudeltan.bsky.social @agawilmot.bsky.social @eddyboudeltan.bsky.social @khanwong.bsky.social @angryrobotbooks.bsky.social @micherobinson.bsky.social @paulghammond.bsky.social 💙📚
Coming back to this platform after some time away.
Joanne Merriam@joannemerriam.bsky.social · 7mo ago6/9 #DSPBposts #books from @tracepress.bsky.social @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social @vincenzo.bsky.social @intifadabatata.bsky.social @mayadamayadamay.bsky.social @lenakt.bsky.social @arsenalpulp.bsky.social @tracepress.bsky.social @mailbykite.bsky.social @wordsweaver.bsky.social @rahat.bsky.social 💙📚
Daily(ish) #SmallPress #books Bad Land by Corinna Chong (@arsenalpulp.bsky.social) & River in an Ocean: Essays on Translation, ed. Nuzhat Abbas (@tracepress.bsky.social & contribs @mailbykite.bsky.social @wordsweaver.bsky.social @rahat.bsky.social). See alt-text. #DSPBposts 💙📚 #BookSky
