Chris
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Trying to watch more cricket than I write about. 🏏 The next book is about Nancy Sharp [https://tinyurl.com/2736jaw4].
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Anti-Prime Day starts…NOW! 🥳 Today through midnight on 10/7, enjoy free shipping site-wide, all while supporting local, independent bookstores.
October 6, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Anti-Prime Day starts…NOW! 🥳 Today through midnight on 10/7, enjoy free shipping site-wide, all while supporting local, independent bookstores.
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I'm the Guest Poetry Editor for Issue 9 of The Madrid Review, and they've very kindly put my name on the cover too...!
October 6, 2026 at 10:54 AM
I'm the Guest Poetry Editor for Issue 9 of The Madrid Review, and they've very kindly put my name on the cover too...!
Maybe Sharp over-estimated the number of people reading poetry for its contemporary social news updates? #poetry #LouisMacNeice
October 6, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Maybe Sharp over-estimated the number of people reading poetry for its contemporary social news updates? #poetry #LouisMacNeice
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Urghh whatever, another test match/hundred club, another loss for Sussex. GIVE US AUGUST BACK OR GIVE US INTERNATIONALS.
October 6, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Urghh whatever, another test match/hundred club, another loss for Sussex. GIVE US AUGUST BACK OR GIVE US INTERNATIONALS.
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Guess I'm moving to the UK
Here's your chance to live in a Victorian train station signal box.
You can now buy part of a Devon railway station – and even live there
The ‘quirky’ property is just one mile from one of the country’s most popular coastlines
www.independent.co.uk
October 6, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Guess I'm moving to the UK
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England of the humming wires. England of the ghosted fields. England of the nephomantic sky. This is where my patriotism lives, not in its ragged flags, but in a land that knows its spectres. – #DAKilroy
October 6, 2026 at 9:19 AM
England of the humming wires. England of the ghosted fields. England of the nephomantic sky. This is where my patriotism lives, not in its ragged flags, but in a land that knows its spectres. – #DAKilroy
Quick glance (because, work) hints at shades of #TristramShandy here, so I'm on board.
This arrived this morning. Which is great. It's not as if I have work to do or anything... #booksky #ThursdayNext
October 5, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Quick glance (because, work) hints at shades of #TristramShandy here, so I'm on board.
That traffic warden! Less than a second from seeing the image and I was thrown into the existential mire. But this is 'sweet': www.bbc.com/news/uk-engl....
October 5, 2026 at 6:13 PM
That traffic warden! Less than a second from seeing the image and I was thrown into the existential mire. But this is 'sweet': www.bbc.com/news/uk-engl....
After Nancy Sharp married Bill Coldstream they went to Bude to tell her parents. It didn't go well...
October 5, 2026 at 5:31 PM
After Nancy Sharp married Bill Coldstream they went to Bude to tell her parents. It didn't go well...
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October 5, 2026 at 4:08 PM
This arrived this morning. Which is great. It's not as if I have work to do or anything... #booksky #ThursdayNext
October 5, 2026 at 1:52 PM
This arrived this morning. Which is great. It's not as if I have work to do or anything... #booksky #ThursdayNext
“It’s not far from London if you must.”
October 4, 2026 at 4:32 PM
“It’s not far from London if you must.”
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Fear not... I've got hundreds of scientists researching this for you.
Which song will make the Sox offense exist again? We need that next year.
October 4, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Fear not... I've got hundreds of scientists researching this for you.
A colleague in Alberta has shared one of the finest pieces of writing I have seen in a long time (though there is one sentence that jars unnecessarily). Need I say he (my colleague) will be voting Hell, no! (should be an option) on question 10 (and, I assume) the rest? Anyway, do read this.
The Annual Migration of Canadian Men To Canadian Tire
Hans Casteels went to Canadian Tire for one screw. He returned ninety minutes later with bungee cords, WD-40, a tactical flashlight, smoked almonds and enough winter equipment to clear snow
nutmegphantasy.substack.com
October 4, 2026 at 2:02 PM
A colleague in Alberta has shared one of the finest pieces of writing I have seen in a long time (though there is one sentence that jars unnecessarily). Need I say he (my colleague) will be voting Hell, no! (should be an option) on question 10 (and, I assume) the rest? Anyway, do read this.
My contribution is going to look the other way, at the Caribbean where all sorts of interesting things happen and there are some interesting peripheral interactions between what will be TEC, the CoE, and an emerging CPWI. Hopefully, it will be readable when I am done. Hawai'i must be fascinating
Someone write a better paper than mine about the history of Anglicanism in Hawaiʻi pleaseeeeee
The Historical Society of the Episcopal Church invites chapter proposals for Vol. 2 of a 5-volume History of Anglicanism in the Americas.
Especially seeking: early evangelicalism, TEC church parties, mission & frontier colonialism, development of TEC in regions.
Especially seeking: early evangelicalism, TEC church parties, mission & frontier colonialism, development of TEC in regions.
October 4, 2026 at 1:16 PM
My contribution is going to look the other way, at the Caribbean where all sorts of interesting things happen and there are some interesting peripheral interactions between what will be TEC, the CoE, and an emerging CPWI. Hopefully, it will be readable when I am done. Hawai'i must be fascinating
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The Historical Society of the Episcopal Church invites chapter proposals for Vol. 2 of a 5-volume History of Anglicanism in the Americas.
Especially seeking: early evangelicalism, TEC church parties, mission & frontier colonialism, development of TEC in regions.
Especially seeking: early evangelicalism, TEC church parties, mission & frontier colonialism, development of TEC in regions.
October 4, 2026 at 12:58 PM
The Historical Society of the Episcopal Church invites chapter proposals for Vol. 2 of a 5-volume History of Anglicanism in the Americas.
Especially seeking: early evangelicalism, TEC church parties, mission & frontier colonialism, development of TEC in regions.
Especially seeking: early evangelicalism, TEC church parties, mission & frontier colonialism, development of TEC in regions.
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Well, for one thing, there's the giant cat problem
October 4, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Well, for one thing, there's the giant cat problem
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Word of mouth lasts longer than a sale-or-return promotion. In the poetry world, at least.
It's so so frustrating. I went into several bookshops in London the other day and none stocked it. Yet it was number one on the Blackwell's bestseller chart for weeks.
There is no competing with the big publishers who pump books into the shops.
You just have to pray word of mouth alters things.
There is no competing with the big publishers who pump books into the shops.
You just have to pray word of mouth alters things.
I have gone into at least 5 shops and kiosks looking for Everything Will Swallow You. No dice. Ordered online there. I look forward to seeing it in every shop I enter for the next 6 months.
October 4, 2026 at 11:42 AM
Word of mouth lasts longer than a sale-or-return promotion. In the poetry world, at least.
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Autumn is here, so I feel I can mention this book, which, of course, spends some time considering Autumn Journal (and does its best with Autumn Sequel), though still my favourite MacNeice poem is Didymus from Ten Burnt Offerings, a linguistic and emotional tour de force. #booksky
Louis MacNeice: In a Between World
Prof. Christopher J. Fauske
April 2016
This powerful new perspective on MacNeice’s life and work explores his poetry, prose and drama as part of a biographical re-evaluation. Christopher Fauske places...
www.irishacademicpress.ie
October 3, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Autumn is here, so I feel I can mention this book, which, of course, spends some time considering Autumn Journal (and does its best with Autumn Sequel), though still my favourite MacNeice poem is Didymus from Ten Burnt Offerings, a linguistic and emotional tour de force. #booksky
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War is target fixation. War is concrete cicatrix. War is an unbanishable ghost. Hookland knows this. It pillboxes remain manifestations of invasion fears. The abandoned sound mirrors of its salt marshes still listen out for phantom planes. There is no psychic peace. – #DAKilory
October 3, 2026 at 5:44 PM
War is target fixation. War is concrete cicatrix. War is an unbanishable ghost. Hookland knows this. It pillboxes remain manifestations of invasion fears. The abandoned sound mirrors of its salt marshes still listen out for phantom planes. There is no psychic peace. – #DAKilory
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HOLY FUCK.
I’m blown away by the generosity of people here. This will fund researchers working on ovarian cancer. You are all amazing.
I’m blown away by the generosity of people here. This will fund researchers working on ovarian cancer. You are all amazing.
October 3, 2026 at 1:12 PM
HOLY FUCK.
I’m blown away by the generosity of people here. This will fund researchers working on ovarian cancer. You are all amazing.
I’m blown away by the generosity of people here. This will fund researchers working on ovarian cancer. You are all amazing.
Autumn is here, so I feel I can mention this book, which, of course, spends some time considering Autumn Journal (and does its best with Autumn Sequel), though still my favourite MacNeice poem is Didymus from Ten Burnt Offerings, a linguistic and emotional tour de force. #booksky
Louis MacNeice: In a Between World
Prof. Christopher J. Fauske
April 2016
This powerful new perspective on MacNeice’s life and work explores his poetry, prose and drama as part of a biographical re-evaluation. Christopher Fauske places...
www.irishacademicpress.ie
October 3, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Autumn is here, so I feel I can mention this book, which, of course, spends some time considering Autumn Journal (and does its best with Autumn Sequel), though still my favourite MacNeice poem is Didymus from Ten Burnt Offerings, a linguistic and emotional tour de force. #booksky
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Not bad at all for a domestic competition! 💪👏👏👏 Long live the County Championship 🏏
October 3, 2026 at 8:25 AM
Not bad at all for a domestic competition! 💪👏👏👏 Long live the County Championship 🏏
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That’s a boat I could get behind @dreadships.bsky.social
New life goal:
Buy a boat and name it Buoyancy Knowles
Buy a boat and name it Buoyancy Knowles
October 3, 2026 at 9:40 AM
That’s a boat I could get behind @dreadships.bsky.social