mark leidner
@markleidner
new book of poems “Elegy for Pangaea” out 9/15/26. pre-order here:
love this poem about why poetry is the way it is among other things @darabarroisdixon.bsky.social Dara Barrois/Dixon in new iterant.org
dreamt I started a bottle water brand using desalinated seawater taken ONLY from shark-infested waters. Brand was called FÍN. label on every bottle listed cool shark facts copy and pasted from google
An essay I originally wrote for substack about seeing Tom Hanks at the airport has been republished at Post Road. Content warning: this essay features elaborate descriptions of Tom Hanks in airport situations that have caused some readers discomfort. www.postroadmag.com/2025/01/01/4...
Wishing all a huge bite of beans on the chip of goodwill from the cauldron of prosperity in 2025.
Without downloading any new pics what's your energy going into 2025?
Just invented a new way to eat called the Two Forks method. Use it like a big shovel or like chopsticks. Very versatile and more elegant than you’d think. Perfect for things that are arduous to stab.
Me and my best friend in grad school arguing over whether bread is just big soft crackers, or if bread and crackers differ on a more fundamental level than that.