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  1. look at the vagabond

    look at the vagabond
    see that his ears are cropped

    ask was it yesterday his feet
    were locked in the stocks

    ask was it last week he couldn’t
    pull his head nor his hands from the pillory

    say tell me stranger
    was it a month ago the good people
    of wittenburg threw offal at you

    smell that he’s putrid

    ask if under the wool of his doublet
    the once white linen of his smock is slashed
    with dried blood ask if he was whipped

    ask if for the hours of the night
    or if for years of a long dark he was
    fettered in the dungeon under job’s castle1

    look that his eyes blink against daylight
    or that it’s his terrors that blink his eyes say

    to the man who walks the world alone
    return with me to the town
    i’ll give you a company to walk with
    and a regiment to walk with the company


    1. Kloden Castle, about 30 miles from Wittenberg: In the late 16th century it was owned and the home of Jobst Kanne of the noble family of Kanne.
    #DramaticPoetry #earlyModernEurope #HistoricalFiction #Imagery #literary #literature #outcast #Poetry #SerialPoetry #SpokenWord #transient #writing
  2. look at the vagabond

    look at the vagabond
    see that his ears are cropped

    ask was it yesterday his feet
    were locked in the stocks

    ask was it last week he couldn’t
    pull his head nor his hands from the pillory

    say tell me stranger
    was it a month ago the good people
    of wittenburg threw offal at you

    smell that he’s putrid

    ask if under the wool of his doublet
    the once white linen of his smock is slashed
    with dried blood ask if he was whipped

    ask if for the hours of the night
    or if for years of a long dark he was
    fettered in the dungeon under job’s castle1

    look that his eyes blink against daylight
    or that it’s his terrors that blink his eyes say

    to the man who walks the world alone
    return with me to the town
    i’ll give you a company to walk with
    and a regiment to walk with the company


    1. Kloden Castle, about 30 miles from Wittenberg: In the late 16th century it was owned and the home of Jobst Kanne of the noble family of Kanne.
    #DramaticPoetry #earlyModernEurope #HistoricalFiction #Imagery #literary #literature #outcast #Poetry #SerialPoetry #SpokenWord #transient #writing
  3. look at the vagabond

    look at the vagabond
    see that his ears are cropped

    ask was it yesterday his feet
    were locked in the stocks

    ask was it last week he couldn’t
    pull his head nor his hands from the pillory

    say tell me stranger
    was it a month ago the good people
    of wittenburg threw offal at you

    smell that he’s putrid

    ask if under the wool of his doublet
    the once white linen of his smock is slashed
    with dried blood ask if he was whipped

    ask if for the hours of the night
    or if for years of a long dark he was
    fettered in the dungeon under job’s castle1

    look that his eyes blink against daylight
    or that it’s his terrors that blink his eyes say

    to the man who walks the world alone
    return with me to the town
    i’ll give you a company to walk with
    and a regiment to walk with the company


    1. Kloden Castle, about 30 miles from Wittenberg: In the late 16th century it was owned and the home of Jobst Kanne of the noble family of Kanne.
    #DramaticPoetry #earlyModernEurope #HistoricalFiction #Imagery #literary #literature #outcast #Poetry #SerialPoetry #SpokenWord #transient #writing
  4. look at the vagabond

    look at the vagabond
    see that his ears are cropped

    ask was it yesterday his feet
    were locked in the stocks

    ask was it last week he couldn’t
    pull his head nor his hands from the pillory

    say tell me stranger
    was it a month ago the good people
    of wittenburg threw offal at you

    smell that he’s putrid

    ask if under the wool of his doublet
    the once white linen of his smock is slashed
    with dried blood ask if he was whipped

    ask if for the hours of the night
    or if for years of a long dark he was
    fettered in the dungeon under job’s castle1

    look that his eyes blink against daylight
    or that it’s his terrors that blink his eyes say

    to the man who walks the world alone
    return with me to the town
    i’ll give you a company to walk with
    and a regiment to walk with the company


    1. Kloden Castle, about 30 miles from Wittenberg: In the late 16th century it was owned and the home of Jobst Kanne of the noble family of Kanne.
    #DramaticPoetry #earlyModernEurope #HistoricalFiction #Imagery #literary #literature #outcast #Poetry #SerialPoetry #SpokenWord #transient #writing
  5. look at the vagabond

    look at the vagabond
    see that his ears are cropped

    ask was it yesterday his feet
    were locked in the stocks

    ask was it last week he couldn’t
    pull his head nor his hands from the pillory

    say tell me stranger
    was it a month ago the good people
    of wittenburg threw offal at you

    smell that he’s putrid

    ask if under the wool of his doublet
    the once white linen of his smock is slashed
    with dried blood ask if he was whipped

    ask if for the hours of the night
    or if for years of a long dark he was
    fettered in the dungeon under job’s castle1

    look that his eyes blink against daylight
    or that it’s his terrors that blink his eyes say

    to the man who walks the world alone
    return with me to the town
    i’ll give you a company to walk with
    and a regiment to walk with the company


    1. Kloden Castle, about 30 miles from Wittenberg: In the late 16th century it was owned and the home of Jobst Kanne of the noble family of Kanne.
    #DramaticPoetry #earlyModernEurope #HistoricalFiction #Imagery #literary #literature #outcast #Poetry #SerialPoetry #SpokenWord #transient #writing
  6. Julie Buntin: Time Is an Underrated Ingredient in the Making of a Novel

    In this interview, author Julie Buntin discusses how personal questions about identity helped inspire her new novel, Famous Men.
    The post Julie Buntin: Time Is an Underrated Ingredient in the Making of a Novel appeared first on Writer's Digest.
    writersdigest.com/julie-buntin

    #BeInspired #Genre #Interviews #Literary #WriteBetterFiction

  7. Julie Buntin: Time Is an Underrated Ingredient in the Making of a Novel

    In this interview, author Julie Buntin discusses how personal questions about identity helped inspire her new novel, Famous Men.
    The post Julie Buntin: Time Is an Underrated Ingredient in the Making of a Novel appeared first on Writer's Digest.
    writersdigest.com/julie-buntin

    #BeInspired #Genre #Interviews #Literary #WriteBetterFiction

  8. Julie Buntin: Time Is an Underrated Ingredient in the Making of a Novel

    In this interview, author Julie Buntin discusses how personal questions about identity helped inspire her new novel, Famous Men.
    The post Julie Buntin: Time Is an Underrated Ingredient in the Making of a Novel appeared first on Writer's Digest.
    writersdigest.com/julie-buntin

    #BeInspired #Genre #Interviews #Literary #WriteBetterFiction

  9. Julie Buntin: Time Is an Underrated Ingredient in the Making of a Novel

    In this interview, author Julie Buntin discusses how personal questions about identity helped inspire her new novel, Famous Men.
    The post Julie Buntin: Time Is an Underrated Ingredient in the Making of a Novel appeared first on Writer's Digest.
    writersdigest.com/julie-buntin

    #BeInspired #Genre #Interviews #Literary #WriteBetterFiction

  10. Aruni Kashyap: I Was Scared To Write the Ending

    In this interview, author Aruni Kashyap discusses the decade that went into writing his new novel, How to Date a Fanatic.
    The post Aruni Kashyap: I Was Scared To Write the Ending appeared first on Writer's Digest.
    writersdigest.com/aruni-kashya

    #BeInspired #Genre #Interviews #Literary #WriteBetterFiction

  11. Aruni Kashyap: I Was Scared To Write the Ending

    In this interview, author Aruni Kashyap discusses the decade that went into writing his new novel, How to Date a Fanatic.
    The post Aruni Kashyap: I Was Scared To Write the Ending appeared first on Writer's Digest.
    writersdigest.com/aruni-kashya

    #BeInspired #Genre #Interviews #Literary #WriteBetterFiction

  12. Alicia Upano: Restraint Is My Most Useful Tool

    In this interview, author Alicia Upano discusses borrowing characters from a different story for her debut novel, Everything to the Sea.
    The post Alicia Upano: Restraint Is My Most Useful Tool appeared first on Writer's Digest.
    writersdigest.com/alicia-upano

    #BeInspired #Genre #Interviews #Literary #WriteBetterFiction

  13. Alicia Upano: Restraint Is My Most Useful Tool

    In this interview, author Alicia Upano discusses borrowing characters from a different story for her debut novel, Everything to the Sea.
    The post Alicia Upano: Restraint Is My Most Useful Tool appeared first on Writer's Digest.
    writersdigest.com/alicia-upano

    #BeInspired #Genre #Interviews #Literary #WriteBetterFiction

  14. The Astral Library

    "A Fantasy Adventure Where Books Become Doorways to Literary Worlds, Danger, and Escape"

    Sale: $21.11 to $2.99

    by Kate Quinn
    Rating: 4.0/5 (6,276 Reviews)

    #books #fantasy #magic #library #booksky #adventure #fiction #reading #escape #literary #doorways #worlds

    The Astral Library

  15. The Astral Library

    "A Fantasy Adventure Where Books Become Doorways to Literary Worlds, Danger, and Escape"

    Sale: $21.11 to $2.99

    by Kate Quinn
    Rating: 4.0/5 (6,276 Reviews)

    #books #fantasy #magic #library #booksky #adventure #fiction #reading #escape #literary #doorways #worlds

    The Astral Library

  16. hay lit folks, please teach me how to write a good query letter and what makes an effective synopsis. i know i can web search it, but i'd rather hear from you what works and what doesn't; striking the right balance is key. thankers #books #novels #literary #fiction #literaryagents #bookpublishing

  17. hay lit folks, please teach me how to write a good query letter and what makes an effective synopsis. i know i can web search it, but i'd rather hear from you what works and what doesn't; striking the right balance is key. thankers #books #novels #literary #fiction #literaryagents #bookpublishing

  18. hay lit folks, please teach me how to write a good query letter and what makes an effective synopsis. i know i can web search it, but i'd rather hear from you what works and what doesn't; striking the right balance is key. thankers #books #novels #literary #fiction #literaryagents #bookpublishing

  19. hay lit folks, please teach me how to write a good query letter and what makes an effective synopsis. i know i can web search it, but i'd rather hear from you what works and what doesn't; striking the right balance is key. thankers #books #novels #literary #fiction #literaryagents #bookpublishing

  20. hay lit folks, please teach me how to write a good query letter and what makes an effective synopsis. i know i can web search it, but i'd rather hear from you what works and what doesn't; striking the right balance is key. thankers #books #novels #literary #fiction #literaryagents #bookpublishing

  21. hay lit folks, please teach me how to write a good query letter and what makes an effective synopsis. i know i can web search it, but i'd rather hear from you what works and what doesn't; striking the right balance is key. thankers #books #novels #literary #fiction #literaryagents #bookpublishing

  22. Judeo-Christian :fozzie_wocka_wocka:

    "Among the many #faiths practiced by millions of #Texas #students, a new statewide required #reading list that includes #biblical passages draws from just two traditions: #Protestant #Christianity and #Judaism.

    Yet Texas #rabbis say #Jews had no role in shaping how #Judaism appears in the #curriculum, and they disagree with how the lone #Jewish text is presented. Rather than teaching about Judaism on its own terms, they argue, the lessons filter Jewish texts through a #Christian perspective.

    The #readinglist, which is expected to go into effect in 2030, will have #publicschool students across the state reading passages from the #NewTestament and mostly Christian #translations of the #Hebrew Bible alongside #literary classics. Of the curriculum’s six #HebrewBible readings, just one uses a Jewish #translation."

    forward.com/news/834539/texas-

  23. Judeo-Christian :fozzie_wocka_wocka:

    "Among the many #faiths practiced by millions of #Texas #students, a new statewide required #reading list that includes #biblical passages draws from just two traditions: #Protestant #Christianity and #Judaism.

    Yet Texas #rabbis say #Jews had no role in shaping how #Judaism appears in the #curriculum, and they disagree with how the lone #Jewish text is presented. Rather than teaching about Judaism on its own terms, they argue, the lessons filter Jewish texts through a #Christian perspective.

    The #readinglist, which is expected to go into effect in 2030, will have #publicschool students across the state reading passages from the #NewTestament and mostly Christian #translations of the #Hebrew Bible alongside #literary classics. Of the curriculum’s six #HebrewBible readings, just one uses a Jewish #translation."

    forward.com/news/834539/texas-

  24. Judeo-Christian :fozzie_wocka_wocka:

    "Among the many #faiths practiced by millions of #Texas #students, a new statewide required #reading list that includes #biblical passages draws from just two traditions: #Protestant #Christianity and #Judaism.

    Yet Texas #rabbis say #Jews had no role in shaping how #Judaism appears in the #curriculum, and they disagree with how the lone #Jewish text is presented. Rather than teaching about Judaism on its own terms, they argue, the lessons filter Jewish texts through a #Christian perspective.

    The #readinglist, which is expected to go into effect in 2030, will have #publicschool students across the state reading passages from the #NewTestament and mostly Christian #translations of the #Hebrew Bible alongside #literary classics. Of the curriculum’s six #HebrewBible readings, just one uses a Jewish #translation."

    forward.com/news/834539/texas-

  25. Judeo-Christian :fozzie_wocka_wocka:

    "Among the many #faiths practiced by millions of #Texas #students, a new statewide required #reading list that includes #biblical passages draws from just two traditions: #Protestant #Christianity and #Judaism.

    Yet Texas #rabbis say #Jews had no role in shaping how #Judaism appears in the #curriculum, and they disagree with how the lone #Jewish text is presented. Rather than teaching about Judaism on its own terms, they argue, the lessons filter Jewish texts through a #Christian perspective.

    The #readinglist, which is expected to go into effect in 2030, will have #publicschool students across the state reading passages from the #NewTestament and mostly Christian #translations of the #Hebrew Bible alongside #literary classics. Of the curriculum’s six #HebrewBible readings, just one uses a Jewish #translation."

    forward.com/news/834539/texas-

  26. Judeo-Christian :fozzie_wocka_wocka:

    "Among the many #faiths practiced by millions of #Texas #students, a new statewide required #reading list that includes #biblical passages draws from just two traditions: #Protestant #Christianity and #Judaism.

    Yet Texas #rabbis say #Jews had no role in shaping how #Judaism appears in the #curriculum, and they disagree with how the lone #Jewish text is presented. Rather than teaching about Judaism on its own terms, they argue, the lessons filter Jewish texts through a #Christian perspective.

    The #readinglist, which is expected to go into effect in 2030, will have #publicschool students across the state reading passages from the #NewTestament and mostly Christian #translations of the #Hebrew Bible alongside #literary classics. Of the curriculum’s six #HebrewBible readings, just one uses a Jewish #translation."

    forward.com/news/834539/texas-

  27. Teddy Wayne: Write the Book You Would Want To Read

    In this interview, author Teddy Wayne discusses how a film inspired his new literary thriller, The Au Pair.
    The post Teddy Wayne: Write the Book You Would Want To Read appeared first on Writer's Digest.
    writersdigest.com/teddy-wayne-

    #BeInspired #Genre #Interviews #Literary #MysteryThriller

  28. Teddy Wayne: Write the Book You Would Want To Read

    In this interview, author Teddy Wayne discusses how a film inspired his new literary thriller, The Au Pair.
    The post Teddy Wayne: Write the Book You Would Want To Read appeared first on Writer's Digest.
    writersdigest.com/teddy-wayne-

    #BeInspired #Genre #Interviews #Literary #MysteryThriller

  29. One more followup. Something many of you know already but in case some of you don't: #DuaLipa founded possibly the most potent #podcast for #books currently in the #literature #literary world. Partly because of her reach as a #popIcon but also because, as many #authors she has interviewed say, she delivers thoughtful deep dives. Dua Lipa is really admirable

    #Service95 #BookClub

    youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoR

    service95.com/

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Service95

  30. One more followup. Something many of you know already but in case some of you don't: #DuaLipa founded possibly the most potent #podcast for #books currently in the #literature #literary world. Partly because of her reach as a #popIcon but also because, as many #authors she has interviewed say, she delivers thoughtful deep dives. Dua Lipa is really admirable

    #Service95 #BookClub

    youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoR

    service95.com/

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Service95

  31. "#Authors are eager. #Literary professionals want to help. Potential funders are paying attention. #Readers have already shown that the audience exists. What has been missing is structure.

    We need to build something of our own. It should include a #publishing platform, yes, but also #editors, agents, marketers, reviewers, #booksellers, events, newsletters, donors, and readers working in concert. It should help #Jewish authors develop excellent #books, place them before the right audiences, and prove what should never have needed proving: Jewish #stories matter, and Jewish books can sell.

    This wouldn’t be the first time that #Jews built institutions because existing institutions would not make room for us."

    algemeiner.com/2026/06/18/jewi

  32. "#Authors are eager. #Literary professionals want to help. Potential funders are paying attention. #Readers have already shown that the audience exists. What has been missing is structure.

    We need to build something of our own. It should include a #publishing platform, yes, but also #editors, agents, marketers, reviewers, #booksellers, events, newsletters, donors, and readers working in concert. It should help #Jewish authors develop excellent #books, place them before the right audiences, and prove what should never have needed proving: Jewish #stories matter, and Jewish books can sell.

    This wouldn’t be the first time that #Jews built institutions because existing institutions would not make room for us."

    algemeiner.com/2026/06/18/jewi

  33. The Book Club for Troublesome Women: A Novel "She never meant to start a book club. Or a feminist revolution, for that matter" Sale: $18.99 to $2.99 by Marie Bostwick Rating: 4.4/5 (23,542 Reviews) #historical #fiction #literary #suburban #women #friendship #feminist #sixties #booksky #books

    The Book Club for Troublesome ...

  34. The Book Club for Troublesome Women: A Novel "She never meant to start a book club. Or a feminist revolution, for that matter" Sale: $18.99 to $2.99 by Marie Bostwick Rating: 4.4/5 (23,542 Reviews) #historical #fiction #literary #suburban #women #friendship #feminist #sixties #booksky #books

    The Book Club for Troublesome ...

  35. The Book Club for Troublesome Women: A Novel "She never meant to start a book club. Or a feminist revolution, for that matter" Sale: $18.99 to $2.99 by Marie Bostwick Rating: 4.4/5 (23,542 Reviews) #historical #fiction #literary #suburban #women #friendship #feminist #sixties #booksky #books

    The Book Club for Troublesome ...

  36. The Book Club for Troublesome Women: A Novel "She never meant to start a book club. Or a feminist revolution, for that matter" Sale: $18.99 to $2.99 by Marie Bostwick Rating: 4.4/5 (23,542 Reviews) #historical #fiction #literary #suburban #women #friendship #feminist #sixties #booksky #books

    The Book Club for Troublesome ...

  37. The Seven Daughters of Dupree: A Novel "It’s 1995, and 14-year-old Tati is determined to uncover the identity of her father" Sale: $30 to $3.99 by Nikesha Elise Williams Rating: 4.4/5 (637 Reviews) #books #black #africanamerican #literary #familydrama #historicalfiction #booksky #novel #fiction

    The Seven Daughters of Dupree:...

  38. The Seven Daughters of Dupree: A Novel "It’s 1995, and 14-year-old Tati is determined to uncover the identity of her father" Sale: $30 to $3.99 by Nikesha Elise Williams Rating: 4.4/5 (637 Reviews) #books #black #africanamerican #literary #familydrama #historicalfiction #booksky #novel #fiction

    The Seven Daughters of Dupree:...

  39. The Sant Joan Prize discovers two new literary voices

    You might be interested in All the mysteries (and coincidences) surrounding the deaths of Gaspi and Oliver Tree…
    #Spain #ES #Europe #Europa #EU #BBVA #discovers #joan #literary #new #prize #sant #the #two #voices
    europesays.com/spain/41033/