@BarbaSusan

Poet. Editor @NYRB_Imprints. Author of FAIR SUN (2017) and GEODE (2020) Black Sparrow Press/@GodinePub. Editor of AMERICAN WILDFLOWERS @ABRAMSbooks

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How a community fought for survival amid Azerbaijan's bombs bit.ly/3PUHUON | read more ⤵️

How a community fought for survival amid Azerbaijan's bombs

Azerbaijan said Armenians left Nagorno-Karabakh of their own accord. The story of one village proves otherwise

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Thank you New York Review Books online @nybooks for giving me the space to write about Armenia and Artsakh. Register with your email to read the article for free. Armenia’s Mortal Calculus nybooks.com/online/2023/10/1… via @nybooks

Armenia’s Mortal Calculus | Susan Barba

This year marked the 850th anniversary of the death of the Armenian poet and apostle Nerses Shnorhali (Nerses the Graceful). Nerses, who had the arduous

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This is nothing short of a massacre. Starving people for 9 months and then directly killing them. There isn't even enough fuel for ambulances in Nagorno-Karabakh.
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Another Ethnic Cleansing Could Be Underway — and We’re Not Paying Attention nytimes.com/2023/09/02/opini…
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Time is running out to submit a comment on the @forestservice's proposed 650-acre logging project in the spectacular Sandwich Range in NH's @WhiteMountainNF. Our #ClimateForests are #WorthMoreStanding - please take action today! standingtrees.org/post/take-…

TAKE ACTION: Submit a comment to protect NH's beloved Sandwich Range!

The US Forest Service needs to hear from you by August 30th on a proposed logging project that threatens the White Mountain National Forest!

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“An institution running a $100 million fund on heritage protection must assess how it impacts the most vulnerable and overlooked victims of state-sponsored cultural destruction.” — Simon Maghakyan hyperallergic.com/804374/is-…

Is the Destruction of Armenian Heritage Not Important Enough for the Getty?

When asked why Azerbaijan’s ongoing assault on Armenian heritage was excluded from a major Getty publication, a co-editor responded with appalling condescension.

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For @nybooks I wrote about Azerbaijan's blockade of Artsakh. #StopTheBlockade #LachinCorridor The Road to Artsakh nybooks.com/online/2023/02/2… via @nybooks

The Road to Artsakh | Susan Barba

There’s an old joke about a turtle being mugged by a gang of snails. When asked to describe the attackers, the turtle says he’s not sure, it all happened

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“As Russian-Turkish ties have grown closer, Russia has been more reluctant to push back on Azerbaijan's behavior. That has left the situation in freefall, moving toward more serious and potentially deadly outcomes,” writes @Lara edition.cnn.com/2023/01/05/o…
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#Azerbaijan must end the blockade of the #Lachin corridor, which has left residents of Nagorno Karabakh without access to essential goods and services. Freedom of movement and protection of economic and social rights for those affected must be ensured
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A literary field guide to wildflowers- oh this anthology looks wonderful. Edited by @BarbaSusan, illustrated by @Shaptonia abramsbooks.com/product/amer… #flowers #wildflowers #nature #poetry #booktwitter

American Wildflowers: A Literary Field Guide Anthology pairing poems and essays with wildflower...

A unique, stunningly illustrated exploration of North American wildflowers, weaving together history, folklore, and literature.This beautiful coffee table book pairs the detailed botanical knowledge...

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Joins us for our launch in New York on Wednesday November 9th at 6pm! Go to Rizzoli events to register in advance.
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“The language we use to describe people and plants often overlaps,” writes @BarbaSusan, “with taxonomies that divide and place value on those divisions, words that actively discriminate.” go.nybooks.com/3SDWREw

Language of the Field | Susan Barba, Leanne Shapton

Here on a hill in Massachusetts, the fog is lifting and the sun, still in the east, is turning the yellow leaves gold. The wind is from the east, too, and

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Excited to have a great first review of this anthology I've spent the past few years compiling! With beautiful illustrations by Leanne Shapton publishersweekly.com/9781419…

American Wildflowers: A Literary Field Guide by

Presented as a field guide with abstract watercolor illustrations by Shapton, this anthology offers a rich compendium of classic...

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My translation of Maxim Osipov’s honest, self-interrogating piece on the consequences of this war for Russia, Russians, and the Russian language is now up @LAReviewofBooks: lareviewofbooks.org/short-ta…

The Fifth Day of the War | Los Angeles Review of Books

A Russian author faces the war in Ukraine.

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Massachusetts Book Awards @MassBook has named Geode by Susan Barba a MUST READ BOOK. Congrats, Susan! See the full list of winners here: massbook.org/mass-book-award… #blacksparrowpress #susanbarba #poetry #climatecrisisliterature
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A Call for Lasting Peace in Nagorno-Karabakh - Los Angeles Review of Books - A Call for Lasting Peace in Nagorno-Karabakh lareviewofbooks.org/short-ta…
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Looking forward to reading with @dartmouth Cleopatra Mathis tomorrow night at 7pm, thanks to the Norwich Bookstore @NorwichBooksVT. Email [email protected] for the link to join.
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Thank you to Carl Little! A Poet Defends the Earth hyperallergic.com/565502/geo…

A Poet Defends the Earth

Susan Barba's poems are both environmental plea and protest, at once personal and broad.

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