Sam Rasnake

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Scribbler of words... Fallen Leaves (Rare Swan Press, forthcoming), Like a Thread to Follow (Cyberwit), Cinéma Vérité (A-Minor Press), World within the World (Cyberwit), Inside a Broken Clock (Finishing Line Press).

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“Every book is the wreck of a perfect idea. The years pass and one has only one life. If one has a thing at all, one must do it and keep on and on trying to do it better.” Iris Murdoch #writer

Indigo Girls, “Closer to Fine” 🎵 #MusicianSky youtu.be/HUgwM1Ky228

Indigo Girls - Closer to Fine (Official HD Video)youtu.be Official HD Video for “Closer to Fine” by Indigo GirlsThe Indigo Girls are an American folk rock duo from Atlanta, Georgia, United States, formed in 1985. Th...

Koyaanisqatsi / Godfrey Reggio, dir., 1983 📽️🎬

“I was outside St. Cecelia's Rectory smoking a cigarette when a goat appeared beside me. It was mostly black and white, with a little reddish brown here and there. When I started to walk away, it followed. I was amused and delighted...There's a leash law for dogs, but what about goats?” James Tate

"Pond Life" by Glenis Moore at Moist Poetry Journal... @moistpoetryjournal.bsky.social #poetry moistpoetryjournal.com/2024/07/17/p...

“Pond Life” by Glenis Mooremoistpoetryjournal.com The pond is calm today.Its surface a glassy mirrorfor the bright blue of the summer morning.Leaves of water bistort dot the surface:lie lows for the adventurous ladybirdsvoyaging to the foreign landbe...

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I'm basically a scientist

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“I have a mask for every occasion – always one to see me through. I wear it because I’m completely afraid – serial-killer-fear, bodies-in-the-basement scared of who you would see and know and hear if I weren’t wearing one.” 🎭

My new piece of creative non-fiction, "On The Midnight Hour," is at @atmosphericlit.bsky.social. Special thanks to editors Joely Fitch & Anthony Garrett for including my work. @jo-ely.bsky.social #writer www.atmosphericquarterly.com/sam-rasnake

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"When you get an idea, go and write. Don't waste it in conversation." Kenneth Koch #writer

The Robert Cray Band, “Acting This Way” #MusicianSky youtu.be/P_wzsDHre6g

Acting This Wayyoutu.be Robert Cray - [1986] Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark06 - Acting This Way

Grey Gardens / Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Muffie Meyer, Ellen Hovde, dirs., 1976 📽️🎬

“How swiftly the strained honey of afternoon light flows into darkness and the closed bud shrugs off its special mystery in order to break into blossom as if what exists, exists so that it can be lost and become precious” Lisel Mueller #poetry

"...I began as something other than rock. I was once the tender inside of something true." - from "How To Be a Fallout Shelter" by Terri Linn Davis & Aubri Kaufman at @atmosphericlit.bsky.social @terrilinndavis.bsky.social @aubrirose.bsky.social www.atmosphericquarterly.com/davis-kaufman

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Read this and listen to people from Appalachia on how to fight back against grifters like JD Vance

Hillbillies Need No Elegy — THE BITTER SOUTHERNERbittersoutherner.com In the new book “Appalachian Reckoning,” dozens of mountain voices combine to talk back to J.D. Vance’s “Hillbilly Elegy” arguments. Today, an exclusive story from its co-editor and a powerful essay...

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I have two poems out today in this issue of @atmosphericlit.bsky.social, alongside a host of other fresh and crackling pieces! Zap into “Axe Flare” in the screenshot, then follow the link to hum through “And Whom?” and the rest of issue 1.2 ⚡️🦪

summer issue's here if you'd like something to read :) atmosphericquarterly.com

I've new work coming to Boudin (McNeese Review), Harpy Hybrid Review, Eunoia Review, Trampoline Poetry, and atmospheric quarterly. Special thanks to the editors for including in my work. @atmosphericlit.bsky.social @eunoiareview.bsky.social

“We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.” Maya Angelou #writer

Orphée / Jean Cocteau, dir., 1950 📽️🎬

Tom Jones & Rhiannon Giddens, “St. James Infirmary” #musiciansky 🎵 youtu.be/rhVT0fx3rFs

Tom Jones & Rhiannon Giddens - St. James Infirmary Blues [HD] Jools' Annual Hootenanny 2015/16youtu.be Jools Holland, Tom Jones & Rhiannon Giddens perform St. James Infirmary Blues for Jools' Annual Hootenanny 2015/16.All rights BBC.

“You have it but you don’t have it. You miss it, it misses you. You miss each other. The poem is sad because it wants to be yours, and cannot.” John Ashbery #poetry

"Fields no longer seized by a sere sameness, sunlight lingers to breathe warmth into the room’s every seam..." - New work by Taylor Brunson at @moistpoetryjournal.bsky.social moistpoetryjournal.com/2024/07/15/s...

“Spring Evening” by Taylor Brunsonmoistpoetryjournal.com Andrew Wyeth, 1948Fields no longer seized by a sere sameness, sunlight lingers to breathe warmth into the room’s every seam, returning to remind me: See? Imagine no virtue in hoping for so little. Her...

“The great thing about reading novels is, nobody can tell you whether or not you should like a certain novel. When you open a book, it belongs to you because it exists in your mind.” Jane Smiley #writer

Ikiru / Akira Kurosawa, dir., 1952 📽️🎬

“The night sounds like a murder of magpies and we’re replacing our cabinet knobs because we can’t change the world, but we can change our hardware. America breaks my heart some days, and some days it breaks itself in two.” Kelli Russell Agodon #poetry

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It was a joyful marathon recording the audio book: 'Home Is Where We Start', my memoir about growing up in a utopian commune & the many meanings of home. I spent 4 days, 30 hours, telling the story of 15 years of my life. A journey from page to ear. Pre-order here: www.penguin.co.uk/books/457409...

“All of us know...mirrors can only lie, that death by drowning is all that awaits one there. It is for this reason that love is so desperately sought and so cunningly avoided. Love takes off the masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within.” James Baldwin #writer

Artemisia Gentileschi, Self-Portrait as a Lute Player, ca. 1615–18 🎨

Written on the Wind / Douglas Sirk, dir., 1956 📽️🎬

“We find out the heart only by dismantling what the heart knows. By redefining the morning, we find a morning that comes just after darkness.” Jack Gilbert #poetry