@JacksonHolbert

writer | poems in FIELD, @thenation, @poetrymagazine | Winter Stranger @milkweed_books | he/him | [email protected] | Free Palestine

 Oakland, CA
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Joined March 2012
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The IMEU
@theIMEU22 May 2024
Israel is killing Palestinian healthcare workers and restricting Palestinians’ access to medical care – not only in Gaza, but in the West Bank too. Like all people, Palestinians deserve care, safety, and freedom. Stop the genocide. End Israel’s brutal military occupation.
MSF International
@MSF21 May 2024
Replying to @MSF
Our teams working in the West Bank have witnessed repeated instances where access to healthcare has been hindered during raids by Israeli forces, as well as the targeting of ambulances and medical staff, and acts of violence and killing in Khalil Suleiman hospital.
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Another day of the POETRY MONTH and here’s ‘Unsent Letter to Jakob’ by @jacksonholbert from a 3-year-old issue of the @poetrymagazine — 🌊 . . . poetryfoundation.org/poetrym…
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Book Review: “Winter Stranger” by Jackson Holbert #poetry #books #reviews #JacksonHolbert #nature #landscapes #snow #mortality #opioids #grit #lyricalsophistication datebook.sfchronicle.com/boo…

Award-winning Oakland author wrestles with ‘big philosophical questions’ in the dead of night’

Jackson Holbert’s poetry collection “Winter Stranger,” which won the prestigious Max Ritvo Poetry Prize, balances darkness and hope.

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On the latest episode of the Poetry Magazine Podcast, contributor Jackson Holbert @JacksonHolbert and The Mountain Goats' John Darnielle @mountain_goats discuss everything from Iowa, nostalgia for Slipknot, and the physicality of writing. bit.ly/2XCLB1a

The Poetry Magazine Podcast

When we learned that poet Jackson Holbert asked to speak with John Darnielle for this episode, it made so much sense to us. Holbert’s poems in the magazine are simple in construction, but the voice...

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Julianne Neely@juleneely29 Dec 2020
this will always be my favorite Jean Valentine poem
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Hannah Solow@hamstertalk2 May 2020
My cousins once brought a full steak dinner from Benihana into a Regal Cinemas, you’re telling me they’ll be able to check for COVID?
IndieWire
@IndieWire2 May 2020
Theaters Prepare to Reopen with TSA-Style Check-in, Temperature Screenings, and Plexiglass bit.ly/3fctOFC
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"Your separateness could kill you unless I take it from you as a sickness." --Anne Carson
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Liam 🇵🇸@Hezbolsonaro28 Apr 2020
Liberals think only 58,000 people were killed in the Vietnam war
Manu Raju
@mkraju28 Apr 2020
Deaths now in US from coronavirus now sadly surpasses Vietnam War, with 58,365 now killed from the pandemic
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harvard university is three hedge funds in a trench coat pretending to be a school
Harvard University
@Harvard21 Apr 2020
Harvard has announced that the endowment will become greenhouse gas-neutral by 2050 hrvd.me/gasneutral2050t

Harvard endowment to go greenhouse gas-neutral by 2050 — Harvard Gazette

In an announcement Tuesday, Harvard signaled its expanding commitment to attacking climate change with a dramatic new pledge to drastically reduce emissions in its investment portfolio so Harvard’s...

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still one of the best exchanges on twitter dot com
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ellie@odairannies18 Apr 2020
that moment when the cullens, super smart vampires, cooked bella italian meal only cause of her name, a classic, why do other movies even try
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Ace Watkins@GamerPres_202417 Apr 2020
It isn't "communist" to suggest that the entire Adobe Creative Suite should be free. It's common sense. And I will make sure it happens on the first day of my presidency.
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gwen@verychillgwen18 Apr 2020
I dunno, did my $1200 check come in? you tell me
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Victoria Chang@VChangPoet16 Apr 2020
Issa.
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GoliathFan1952@ByYourLogic15 Apr 2020
quarantine is making me such a clean freak, Lol. I already washed my sheets in January and I washed them again today
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The Postal Service does not exist to turn a profit it exists to remind us that the freckles in our eyes are mirror images and when we kiss they're perfectly aligned.
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Ian Cohen@en_cohen13 Apr 2020
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having the absolute worst luck in the world today
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