Not me getting a print subscription to the The New Yorker so I’d read more nonfiction, then immediately flipping to the poetry and fiction. But wow, this Dobby Gibson poem.

Walz — He is bringing to our country in his words, “The Politics of Joy!” So needed, so welcomed. Now.

Thank you, Kamala Harris, for the trust that you've placed in me. And maybe more so, thank you for bringing back the joy. I couldn't be prouder to be on this ticket—and to help make you the next President of the United States.

Our 2024 fiction issue is online now, featuring stories from Anna Badkhen, Nikki Ervice, Bret Anthony Johnston, Susan Minot, Koye, Derek Palacio, and more, plus poetry by @MJArlett, @MEspadaPoet, and Philip Metres فيليب أبورجيلي, and a portfolio by Adam Ekberg: vqronline.org/fiction-2024

Thrilled to have a #VQRTrueStories piece, "Island" in the incredible 2024 Fiction issue of Virginia Quarterly Review with Susan Minot! Bret Anthony Johnston! Poems by Philip Metres فيليب أبورجيلي! Paul Yoon! @MEspadaPoet! vqronline.org/fiction-2024 #VQR #story #fiction #essay #photographs #poems

It was such a pleasure to work with Virginia Quarterly Review editors on this piece which takes place on Martha's Vineyard and in South Yarmouth, Massachusetts: vqronline.org/fiction-2024/v…

W. S. Merwin

New #flashfiction: "It’s night. I’m in the back of the station wagon. My brother younger, quiet. Beside me as we’re too small to be left alone." —Kelle Groom, "Floaters" buff.ly/4dsaPEK

OCT 3rd, 6 PM ET: So happy to be reading with these amazing writers: Airea D. Matthews, Emily Nemens, & Nova Ren Suma for beloved & much missed Fine Arts Work Center. Join us! fawc.org/events/wilder-… #readings #fineartsworkcenter #writers Jennifer Jean

Michelle Obama: "For years, Donald Trump did everything in his power to try to make people fear us. See, his limited narrow view of the world made him feel threatened by the existence of 2 hard-working highly educated successful people who happened to be Black."

Obama: Here is a 78-year-old billionaire who has not stopped whining about his problems since he rode down his golden escalator nine years ago. There's the childish nicknames, the crazy conspiracy theories, this weird obsession with crowd sizes

Spectacular speech

Elizabeth Warren being moved to tears. She deserves this moment so much 💙

History.

Vice-President Kamala Harris’ great-niece, Amara, watches her auntie accept the Democratic nomination for President of the United States. Photo via NYT

The arrival of American Poetry Review is always thrilling, and I’m so happy to have 4 poems in the Sept/Oct issue in such amazing company. #americanpoetryreview #poems #poetry

Early voting has begun for the Massachusetts primary! I’m running for re-election to the U.S. Senate so I can stay in the fight for Massachusetts families. Here’s a look at what I ran on in my first campaign, what we’ve gotten done, and what I’m working to accomplish.

“When they built it, my ancestor Thomas Greenough was still alive on the mainland, eighty-one years old. A Christian Indian, Wampanoag.” Read Kelle Groom’s “Island,” a #VQRTrueStory from our latest issue: vqronline.org/fiction-2024/v…

miraculous new book from Joan Wickersham, NO SHIP SETS OUT TO BE A SHIPWRECK, arrived. Lucky to hear haunting selections over last summers at Fine Arts Work Center. FAWC Fellow, Adam Davies’ stunning photo of the Vasa on the cover. Pub date: Sept 24! #newbook #shipwreck

A thrill to receive stunning print copies of Virginia Quarterly Review with 2nd dispatch in my #VQRTrueStory series included here (you can read the rest on IG at vqreview) in such incredible company #nonfiction #virginiaquarterlyreview #printmagazine #newissue