Benjamin Landry
@1benjaminlandry.bsky.social
MERCIES IN THE AMERICAN DESERT (@lsupress), BURN LYRICS (Spuyten Duyvil Press) & PARTICLE AND WAVE (@uchicagopress). Host of VerseCurious.
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✨📚NEW EPISODE📚✨Ep. 44: Theo LeGro’s DON'T LET IT KILL YOU, from Persea Books.
"LeGro turns the poem into a reliquary or sacred cache."
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Episode 44: Theo LeGro's DON'T LET IT KILL YOU
Podcast Episode · VerseCurious · September 13 · 8m
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September 14, 2026 at 12:58 PM
✨📚NEW EPISODE📚✨Ep. 44: Theo LeGro’s DON'T LET IT KILL YOU, from Persea Books.
"LeGro turns the poem into a reliquary or sacred cache."
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"LeGro turns the poem into a reliquary or sacred cache."
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Amazing textile sculpture by Olga de Amaral (Colombia) at the ICA.
September 13, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Amazing textile sculpture by Olga de Amaral (Colombia) at the ICA.
I thought he was strictly a telegraph man. www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
Mitch McConnell’s Colleagues Say He's Alive, Talking On The Phone
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July 7, 2026 at 10:21 PM
I thought he was strictly a telegraph man. www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
One thing #TheBoroughs 💯 got right from the start:
A vampire-spider terrorizing and systematically draining a community of residents is the perfect embodiment of private equity assisted living.
A vampire-spider terrorizing and systematically draining a community of residents is the perfect embodiment of private equity assisted living.
May 31, 2026 at 12:52 PM
One thing #TheBoroughs 💯 got right from the start:
A vampire-spider terrorizing and systematically draining a community of residents is the perfect embodiment of private equity assisted living.
A vampire-spider terrorizing and systematically draining a community of residents is the perfect embodiment of private equity assisted living.
I saw #AlvinAiley #dance on May 2, 2026, including some new choreography. Here are some thoughts, in the form of a #review.
Dance Review: Old, New, Borrowed, Blue / Alvin Ailey at the Wang Theatre
May 2, 2026 There’s a moment early on when one braced dancer places their hand on the sternum of another dancer who has been moving furiously and is now, momentarily, paused in their exertion…
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May 8, 2026 at 4:26 PM
I saw #AlvinAiley #dance on May 2, 2026, including some new choreography. Here are some thoughts, in the form of a #review.
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✨📚NEW EPISODE📚✨Ep. 43: Serena Chopra’s A CATALOG OF FUTURE MERCIES, from @graywolfpress.bsky.social.
"Surreal, enigmatic moments war with the confessional pain in a way that seems to make the suffering briefly livable."
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"Surreal, enigmatic moments war with the confessional pain in a way that seems to make the suffering briefly livable."
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Episode 43: Serena Chopra's A CATALOG OF FUTURE MERCIES
Podcast Episode · VerseCurious · May 7 · 10m
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May 8, 2026 at 4:10 PM
✨📚NEW EPISODE📚✨Ep. 43: Serena Chopra’s A CATALOG OF FUTURE MERCIES, from @graywolfpress.bsky.social.
"Surreal, enigmatic moments war with the confessional pain in a way that seems to make the suffering briefly livable."
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"Surreal, enigmatic moments war with the confessional pain in a way that seems to make the suffering briefly livable."
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Now *that's* fucking up with precision!
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U.S. military shoots down government drone in Texas accident, Reuters sources say
The U.S. military shot down a government drone with a laser-based anti-drone system, causing the FAA to bar flights near Fort Hancock, Texas, sources told Reuters.
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February 27, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Now *that's* fucking up with precision!
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Trust me, this is better news than that other thing that happened yesterday (@milkweededitions.bsky.social). podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/v...
Episode 42: Anna Nygren's BLUSH/RIVER/FOX
Podcast Episode · VerseCurious · February 22 · 10m
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February 25, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Trust me, this is better news than that other thing that happened yesterday (@milkweededitions.bsky.social). podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/v...
Snowed in? Have a listen!
✨📚NEW EPISODE📚✨Ep. 42: Anna Nygren’s BLUSH/RIVER/FOX, from @milkweededitions.bsky.social.
"[BLUSH/RIVER/FOX] is deeply personal and yet also high-wire daredevilry and in this strange combination, profoundly moving."
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"[BLUSH/RIVER/FOX] is deeply personal and yet also high-wire daredevilry and in this strange combination, profoundly moving."
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Episode 42: Anna Nygren's BLUSH/RIVER/FOX
Podcast Episode · VerseCurious · February 22 · 10m
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February 24, 2026 at 5:13 PM
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Have a listen this weekend!
✨📚NEW EPISODE📚✨Ep. 41: Asa Drake’s MAYBE THE BODY.
"Asa Drake urges us to reconsider, and this is invaluable in a time
of hot takes."
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"Asa Drake urges us to reconsider, and this is invaluable in a time
of hot takes."
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Episode 41: Asa Drake's MAYBE THE BODY
Podcast Episode · VerseCurious · 02/05/2026 · 9m
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February 5, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Have a listen this weekend!
WOW, this is the 🎉FORTIETH EPISODE🥂 of VerseCurious!
✨📚NEW EPISODE📚✨Ep. 40: Andrés Cerpa's THE PALACE (@alicejamesbooks.bsky.social).
"We need any refuge built of wood or kindness or, indeed, of language."
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"We need any refuge built of wood or kindness or, indeed, of language."
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Episode 40: Andrés Cerpa's THE PALACE
Podcast Episode · VerseCurious · 12/29/2025 · 8m
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December 29, 2025 at 1:50 PM
WOW, this is the 🎉FORTIETH EPISODE🥂 of VerseCurious!
I loved this blistering demolition of JP Morgan’s architectural hubris: www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
An eco obscenity: Norman Foster’s steroidal new skyscraper is an affront to the New York skyline
It contains enough steel to go round the world twice – and even has a fake breeze to flutter the stars-and-stripes flag in its lobby. If this colossus is just the first of a new breed of bulky superta...
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December 3, 2025 at 11:30 PM
I loved this blistering demolition of JP Morgan’s architectural hubris: www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
A special weekend update:
✨📚NEW EPISODE📚✨Ep. 39: Ally Ang's LET THE MOON WOBBLE (@alicejamesbooks.bsky.social).
"As much as Ally Ang's LET THE MOON WOBBLE serves as a testament to survival, it is also buzzing with erotic energy."
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"As much as Ally Ang's LET THE MOON WOBBLE serves as a testament to survival, it is also buzzing with erotic energy."
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Episode 39: Ally Ang's LET THE MOON WOBBLE
Podcast Episode · VerseCurious · 11/15/2025 · 8m
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November 16, 2025 at 3:47 PM
A special weekend update:
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✨📚NEW EPISODE📚✨Ep. 39: Ally Ang's LET THE MOON WOBBLE (@alicejamesbooks.bsky.social).
"As much as Ally Ang's LET THE MOON WOBBLE serves as a testament to survival, it is also buzzing with erotic energy."
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"As much as Ally Ang's LET THE MOON WOBBLE serves as a testament to survival, it is also buzzing with erotic energy."
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Episode 39: Ally Ang's LET THE MOON WOBBLE
Podcast Episode · VerseCurious · 11/15/2025 · 8m
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November 16, 2025 at 2:54 PM
✨📚NEW EPISODE📚✨Ep. 39: Ally Ang's LET THE MOON WOBBLE (@alicejamesbooks.bsky.social).
"As much as Ally Ang's LET THE MOON WOBBLE serves as a testament to survival, it is also buzzing with erotic energy."
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"As much as Ally Ang's LET THE MOON WOBBLE serves as a testament to survival, it is also buzzing with erotic energy."
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(1/2) #OneBattleAfterAnother is really quite good, but be forewarned, it isn’t nearly as humorous as suggested in the trailers I saw in the months leading up to its release. The script is eerily timely. I wish PTA had spent a bit more time exploring the righteousness of the resistance’s cause
October 13, 2025 at 7:33 PM
(1/2) #OneBattleAfterAnother is really quite good, but be forewarned, it isn’t nearly as humorous as suggested in the trailers I saw in the months leading up to its release. The script is eerily timely. I wish PTA had spent a bit more time exploring the righteousness of the resistance’s cause
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Check out the most recent episode of @versecurious.bsky.social reviewing Wrecks by @erinlmccoy.bsky.social!
Link to the full episode in our story
Wrecks will be released on October 15th!
Link to the full episode in our story
Wrecks will be released on October 15th!
October 8, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Check out the most recent episode of @versecurious.bsky.social reviewing Wrecks by @erinlmccoy.bsky.social!
Link to the full episode in our story
Wrecks will be released on October 15th!
Link to the full episode in our story
Wrecks will be released on October 15th!
New episode. Have a listen!
✨📚NEW EPISODE📚✨Ep. 38: Erin L. McCoy's WRECKS (@noemipress.bsky.social).
"I appreciated [McCoy's] skillful weaving of textures and materials in a book that comes to resemble less the chaos of the wreck than the natural artistry and ingenuity of a nest."
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"I appreciated [McCoy's] skillful weaving of textures and materials in a book that comes to resemble less the chaos of the wreck than the natural artistry and ingenuity of a nest."
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Episode 38: Erin L. McCoy's WRECKS
Podcast Episode · VerseCurious · 10/07/2025 · 11m
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October 7, 2025 at 2:38 PM
New episode. Have a listen!
Summer is over, you say?
October 1, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Summer is over, you say?
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Intriguing autumn harvest of ARCs to consider for VerseCurious. Thanks to @akashicbooks.bsky.social, @graywolfpress.bsky.social and @tinhouse.bsky.social/ @zandoprojects.bsky.social for sending!
September 22, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Intriguing autumn harvest of ARCs to consider for VerseCurious. Thanks to @akashicbooks.bsky.social, @graywolfpress.bsky.social and @tinhouse.bsky.social/ @zandoprojects.bsky.social for sending!
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📚🚨VerseCurious is back from summer hiatus with Episode 37: Marcella Durand's A WINTER TRIANGLE (@fordhampress.bsky.social). "Marcella Durand's A WINTER TRIANGLE holds us, briefly, back from the fray, provides the curative caesura." Listen/enjoy/rate/share/subscribe!
Episode 37: Marcella Durand's A WINTER TRIANGLE
Podcast Episode · VerseCurious · 09/09/2025 · 11m
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September 9, 2025 at 1:14 PM
📚🚨VerseCurious is back from summer hiatus with Episode 37: Marcella Durand's A WINTER TRIANGLE (@fordhampress.bsky.social). "Marcella Durand's A WINTER TRIANGLE holds us, briefly, back from the fray, provides the curative caesura." Listen/enjoy/rate/share/subscribe!
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VerseCurious returns shortly from its customary summer holiday with new #poetry reviews of work by #LGBTQIA+, #BIPOC, #women and debut authors. Up next: a collection published by @fordhampress.bsky.social. Watch this space!
September 8, 2025 at 3:18 PM
VerseCurious returns shortly from its customary summer holiday with new #poetry reviews of work by #LGBTQIA+, #BIPOC, #women and debut authors. Up next: a collection published by @fordhampress.bsky.social. Watch this space!
Gourmet Emergency!🚨
Folks, where are the pine nuts? I cannot find them in our local grocery stores. Has anyone else noticed their absence? Is this a result of Trump tariffs on European goods? Agricultural crisis? Any insights appreciated.
Folks, where are the pine nuts? I cannot find them in our local grocery stores. Has anyone else noticed their absence? Is this a result of Trump tariffs on European goods? Agricultural crisis? Any insights appreciated.
August 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Gourmet Emergency!🚨
Folks, where are the pine nuts? I cannot find them in our local grocery stores. Has anyone else noticed their absence? Is this a result of Trump tariffs on European goods? Agricultural crisis? Any insights appreciated.
Folks, where are the pine nuts? I cannot find them in our local grocery stores. Has anyone else noticed their absence? Is this a result of Trump tariffs on European goods? Agricultural crisis? Any insights appreciated.
Moonlight minute.
August 8, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Moonlight minute.