alina pleskova/ alinapleskova.bsky.social Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Alina Pleskova is a poet and editor. poet-in-residence of the astral realm / Toska (@deepvellum) / @the_cheburaski / coeditor @bedfellowsmag / get my book below 🩸🐺
Enough: Poetry Judged by Robin Davidson, Roy G. Guzmán, Patricia Spears Jones, and Carmen Jiménez Smith
Public Poetryalina pleskova/ alinapleskova.bsky.socialfair enough that the philly public school system had other things to worry about like asbestos & how many kids could reasonably share one textbook, but the rote memorization that came w/ ussr education led to some neat party tricks........ & possibly even casual poetry enjoyment
Paperback, 2019
$11.00$5.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Crush: Volume 99
Richard Sikenalina pleskova/ alinapleskova.bsky.social@saderotica oh & richard siken's 'crush' bc i'd never read anything like it-- queer & brutal & terrifying & desiring, like someone totally turning themselves inside out. it made me want to be less precious.
Paperback, 2005
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Judas Goat: Poems
Gabrielle Batesalina pleskova/ alinapleskova.bsky.social@GabrielleBates @natalie_eilbert @brendashaughnes @MonicaYoun @k_ivertown @ErinAdairHodges @sallywenmao @_joseolivarez @lyncherinmarie @athenek @mbrrray @_emilyluan @mag_gabbert @MattMinicucci it's a truly blesséd year for poetry, & who better to start us off? GABRIELLE BATES JUDAS GOAT LET'S GOOO
Paperback, 2023
$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
What We Did in Bed: A Horizontal History
Brian Faganalina pleskova/ alinapleskova.bsky.social^^ from Brian Fagan and Nadia Durrani's What we did in bed: A horizontal history
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Bird & Diz
Gary Golioalina pleskova/ alinapleskova.bsky.social🟣🟨🟣 if yr around this friday, 10/21, i'm reading upstairs at Abyssinia (neé Fiume) w/ dear pal Warren C. Longmire, author of the stellar Open Source (@radiatorpress) & Bird/Diz: An Erased History of Bebop (out w/ @fonograf_ed this winter), hosted by @tall_spy & Lauren Holguin! https://t.co/WdUDlBw0ZK
Hardcover, 2015
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Tropical Sacrifice
Lucas De Limaalina pleskova/ alinapleskova.bsky.sociali’ve never read a book like this & i don’t think another book like this has ever existed— challenging & trippy & immense in scale & elucidating & stylistically/aesthetically inventive —Tropical Sacrifice by Lucas de Lima pub’d by @Birdsllc https://t.co/sn6ZEfQ1Os https://t.co/SoWpCHaZ6T
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Blizzard of One: Pulitzer Prize Winner
Mark Strandalina pleskova/ alinapleskova.bsky.socialText: "The trouble with teaching in Universities is that you get lots of book in the mail with titles like An Anthology of Contemporary American Poetry, edited by guys with names like Mark Strand, and that have two or three poems in them that you like a lot which haven't been
Paperback, 2000
$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Natch: City Lights Spotlight No. 20
Sophia Dahlinalina pleskova/ alinapleskova.bsky.socialseasonally apropos/perennially delightful poem by Sophia Dahlin, from Natch (@CityLightsBooks) 🧹 ⛓ https://t.co/fFmrg40VQD
Paperback, 2020
$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Open Source
Warren C. Longmirealina pleskova/ alinapleskova.bsky.social🟣🟨🟣 if yr around this friday, 10/21, i'm reading upstairs at Abyssinia (neé Fiume) w/ dear pal Warren C. Longmire, author of the stellar Open Source (@radiatorpress) & Bird/Diz: An Erased History of Bebop (out w/ @fonograf_ed this winter), hosted by @tall_spy & Lauren Holguin! https://t.co/WdUDlBw0ZK
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Punks
John Keenealina pleskova/ alinapleskova.bsky.socialworking my way thru John Keene’s new & selected poems (Punks), & it’s divine
Paperback, 2021
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book