Pattie McCarthy
@pattiemccarthy.bsky.social
Philly poet https://linktr.ee/pattiemccarthy
Why flesh. Why standing. Why Wednesday at noon. Why not speak Latin. We have to worry. Let's worry in Latin.
Kenyon Review@kenyonreview.bsky.social · 11h agoCongratulations to Anne Carson, winner of the 2026 @nobelprize.org in Literature! Anne Carson's oeuvre is immense, and this award is so well deserved. To acknowledge the occasion, we're unlocking "The Mirror of Simple Souls" from our archive. Read on: kenyonreview.org/piece/januar...
the only reason I've ever heard of the discourse song is bc I follow the delightful Irish Number Ones, but I've never actually heard the song. I started following Irish Number Ones for their Mr Brightside watch (424 weeks in total on the Irish charts, but never number 1) which I find fascinating
Irish Number Ones@irishnumberones.bsky.social · 2w agoWeeks spent so far by 'Choosin' Texas' at number one in... 🗽 US: 23 (current; all-time record) 🍁 Canada: 20 (current) 🥝 Aotearoa - New Zealand: 18 (current) 🪃 Australia: 14 (current) ☘️ Ireland: 3 (in May 2026) 💂 UK: 1 (in Sept. 2026) [As of 23 September 2026] www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLOh...
RIP Rachel Blau DuPlessis, poet & critic extraordinaire. from one of her poems, & from an essay of hers on George Oppen—
In this interview, Rachel Blau DuPlessis says: "I was lucky enough to have George Oppen’s intransigent eye on my very early work." I was lucky enough to have Rachel's intransigent eye on my very early work. Rest in peace— dear fierce brilliant generous Rachel
rob mclennan@robmclennan.bsky.social · last yr.12 or 20 (second series) questions with Rachel Blau DuPlessis / @coffeehousepress.bsky.social ; robmclennan.blogspot.com/2025/09/12-o...
I'm genuinely at a loss trying to imagine for whom this description is a positive thing
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2mo agoLinda McMahon on successful uses of AI in classrooms: "The first couple hours every day students really have on headphones, they're in front of their computers, they're getting their subjects fed to them...the beauty of that is the student almost has a one-on-one tutor...I have seen it work so well"
it's worth reading the linked policy memo. here's the last paragraph:
Anna Kornbluh@annakornbluh.bsky.social · 2mo agocognitive sabotage, you can ban it extra credit to U Chicago for bans on professional AND undergrad programs; smart SLACs are going to market AI free campuses soon chicagomaroon.com/53262/news/s...
Don’t even need to smoke in one of these. Just stand there & absorb
Mike Boylan-Kolchin@mbkplus.bsky.social · 2mo agoWelcome to flavor country (derogatory), where you can enjoy cancer sticks in a confined space while being observed like a zoo animal
Red card couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy [saracasm]. Enzo Fernández is notorious for his racism & transphobia.
When I was 14 years old I read A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man on a flight from Philly to Dublin. Probably the most significant reading experience of my life, Irish & otherwise & all
Irish Literary Times@irishlittimes.bsky.social · 3mo ago
Lisa Robertson, out of Riverwork, part of a lovely paean to dust (“I am a dust artist . . . displacing cosmic matter temporarily from its solid support to make a negative image of time.”) A way of talking about quotation, circulation, infinite reuse, and how language is ever-borrowed, ever-impure.
the english child who just scored that goal has a real Dulce et Decorum Est face
It's like a Breughel painting, depicting the folly of man in a range of little scenes.
Brendan Hark! T'is nearly Halloween.@brendanjharkin.bsky.social · 3mo agoThe Village have built a skyscraper
VAR sifting through archaeological evidence from the reign of Ramses II to overturn that goal
philadelphia mentioned / philadelphia considered
Darach Ó Séaghdha@darach.bsky.social · 4mo agoBoston. Cheating on us with our fucking brother. Well maybe we like Philadelphia now?
they should let the players pick between a hydration break and a smoke break if that's more the team's vibe
American television has seriously over-estimated my feelings for the England team & Beckham
it was a bad penalty. the stutter-stop run-up is bad (& unfair imo). there was no justification for retaking that pen
What could possibly go wrong in placing disability education in the hands of someone who has dedicated his life to spreading lies about autism?
Julia Métraux@juliametraux.bsky.social · 4mo agoIn bad news, with disability education oversight being moved to the Department of Health and Human Services from the Department of Education, that means Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will have power over disability policy positions. New from me at @motherjones.com www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
My spouse just informed me that he’s instituted a 30-minute daily maximum on my complaints about Lalas
Brian@brian215.bsky.social · 4mo agoI love Zlatan's energy and there is a decent chance that he drops Lalas on live TV sometime in the next month. Go Birds.
New online issue of @barrelhouse.bsky.social guest-edited by MFA students at Temple University. The Aftermath!
Online Issue: The Aftermath — Barrelhouse
We asked writers to imagine what comes next. What’s the story after the story? Or the sequel no one asked for? How do we keep going, or revive ourselves, in the new normal?
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every world cup since the beginning has been the Crimes world cup but idk man this one's just really embarrassing to me
I would not wish / Any companion in the world but you
