Books: Underscore; Mud, Blood, and Ghosts; Real Life: An Installation; 100 Notes on Violence; Someone Shot my Book. RAG. &others. Ac-job: Chair of WGST; teach poetry; CUB. juliecarrpoet.com; counterpathpress.org; aprilinstitute.org. https://bsky.app/profile/juliecarr.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/juliecarr.bsky.social/post/3mnbyhwjcwc2lThe world is being held hostage by a madman.02 Jun 2026 06:42 +0000at://did:plc:qdsa2tpsawdgnvsq4widc6jc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnbyhwjcwc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/juliecarr.bsky.social/post/3mmr5yl7pgk2qcourage. [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 May 2026 14:05 +0000at://did:plc:qdsa2tpsawdgnvsq4widc6jc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmr5yl7pgk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/juliecarr.bsky.social/post/3mmbkzjg4fs2kThe great thing about a really bad toothache is you can ONLY eat soft things. Soft things = ice cream (and soup) but really ice cream. Hurrah.20 May 2026 09:16 +0000at://did:plc:qdsa2tpsawdgnvsq4widc6jc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmbkzjg4fs2khttps://bsky.app/profile/juliecarr.bsky.social/post/3mm73d5nuxc2oWhat I (always) want to know is why the fuck does the mother have "several guns" that her teenaged son can grab and go with? Again and again and again.19 May 2026 09:29 +0000at://did:plc:qdsa2tpsawdgnvsq4widc6jc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm73d5nuxc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/juliecarr.bsky.social/post/3mlqcm5e5cc2yThomas Friedman actually thinks anyone listens to him anymore? This is pure desperation from someone who has totally lost the plot. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/opinion/israel-united-states-iran-hormuz-nato.html13 May 2026 12:30 +0000at://did:plc:qdsa2tpsawdgnvsq4widc6jc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqcm5e5cc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/juliecarr.bsky.social/post/3mlokq3xptc2whttps://youtu.be/pE-dV4BtK6Q?si=j9dellGIRVXP5s9e12 May 2026 19:50 +0000at://did:plc:qdsa2tpsawdgnvsq4widc6jc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlokq3xptc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/juliecarr.bsky.social/post/3mjcccqdulk2iIf anyone thought Vance was sent to make peace... no he was sent to try to negotiate a more convincing justification for genocide.12 Apr 2026 11:57 +0000at://did:plc:qdsa2tpsawdgnvsq4widc6jc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjcccqdulk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/juliecarr.bsky.social/post/3mixypgcmmc2jGreat. so, we bombed them so that we could arrive at the point where things are back where they were except a lot of people, including 100s of children, are dead. The utter sickness of war. And it won't last. [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Apr 2026 09:38 +0000at://did:plc:qdsa2tpsawdgnvsq4widc6jc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mixypgcmmc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/juliecarr.bsky.social/post/3mit6r5cc3c2b100%. And the general population too. A deadening of the heart - been a long time coming and now it is here. [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Apr 2026 11:43 +0000at://did:plc:qdsa2tpsawdgnvsq4widc6jc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mit6r5cc3c2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/juliecarr.bsky.social/post/3mit6joxjgs2bThe fact that poets are still emerging from this fiery pit of a world is a miracle. An astounding miracle that we who teach poetry are so privileged to witness.06 Apr 2026 11:39 +0000at://did:plc:qdsa2tpsawdgnvsq4widc6jc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mit6joxjgs2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/juliecarr.bsky.social/post/3mij5zxd3k22tis it just me, or did some people take the whole feminist killjoy thing a little too literally? (speaking as a feminist killjoy)02 Apr 2026 12:04 +0000at://did:plc:qdsa2tpsawdgnvsq4widc6jc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mij5zxd3k22thttps://bsky.app/profile/juliecarr.bsky.social/post/3mhaswwskd22u“The peace of empires issued from war rests on war. It does not restore to the alienated beings their lost identity.” - Levinas17 Mar 2026 10:59 +0000at://did:plc:qdsa2tpsawdgnvsq4widc6jc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhaswwskd22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/juliecarr.bsky.social/post/3mg65gged6s2xhttps://open.substack.com/pub/judithlevine/p/030326?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email03 Mar 2026 16:03 +0000at://did:plc:qdsa2tpsawdgnvsq4widc6jc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg65gged6s2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/juliecarr.bsky.social/post/3mg4cmvo5222kMaybe the MAGAs will care about this (since they don't seem to really care about the more than 100 other precious lives already lost) https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/world/middleeast/us-military-death-toll-iran.html02 Mar 2026 22:31 +0000at://did:plc:qdsa2tpsawdgnvsq4widc6jc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg4cmvo5222khttps://bsky.app/profile/juliecarr.bsky.social/post/3mfwfby5jkk2eTo read something profound and deeply relevant that is not just starting at the news in horror - and to be reminded of the power of writing and of reading (which they cannot kill): https://www.parapraxismagazine.com/articles/when-bombs-fall28 Feb 2026 14:03 +0000at://did:plc:qdsa2tpsawdgnvsq4widc6jc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfwfby5jkk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/juliecarr.bsky.social/post/3mfwexlvtos2eThis is all I can say as well. Already children are killed. [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Feb 2026 13:57 +0000at://did:plc:qdsa2tpsawdgnvsq4widc6jc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfwexlvtos2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/juliecarr.bsky.social/post/3mfwen65ha22eThe peace president.28 Feb 2026 13:51 +0000at://did:plc:qdsa2tpsawdgnvsq4widc6jc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfwen65ha22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/juliecarr.bsky.social/post/3mftvvd6xt22rThank you to Judith Levine for taking note and not turning away. https://open.substack.com/pub/judithlevine/p/022726?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email27 Feb 2026 14:22 +0000at://did:plc:qdsa2tpsawdgnvsq4widc6jc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mftvvd6xt22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/juliecarr.bsky.social/post/3mdkpbkohds2bspitting on them should be a national pastime29 Jan 2026 11:39 +0000at://did:plc:qdsa2tpsawdgnvsq4widc6jc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdkpbkohds2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/juliecarr.bsky.social/post/3mdf2vxwi722vThese are 80-90s year olds at my step father's assisted living place. Organized themselves in the snow.27 Jan 2026 05:51 +0000at://did:plc:qdsa2tpsawdgnvsq4widc6jc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdf2vxwi722v