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Susan Barba

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Poet. Editor @NYRB_Imprints. Author of FAIR SUN (2017) and GEODE (2020) Black Sparrow Press/@GodinePub. Editor of AMERICAN WILDFLOWERS @ABRAMSbooks

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How a community fought for survival amid Azerbaijan's bombs bit.ly/3PUHUON | read more ⤵️
How a community fought for survival amid Azerbaijan's bombs

How a community fought for survival amid Azerbaijan's bombs

Azerbaijan said Armenians left Nagorno-Karabakh of their own accord. The story of one village proves otherwise

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This is nothing short of a massacre. Starving people for 9 months and then directly killing them. There isn't even enough fuel for ambulances in Nagorno-Karabakh.
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Time is running out to submit a comment on the @forestservice's proposed 650-acre logging project in the spectacular Sandwich Range in NH's @WhiteMountainNF. Our #ClimateForests are #WorthMoreStanding - please take action today! standingtrees.org/post/take-…
TAKE ACTION: Submit a comment to protect NH's beloved Sandwich Range!

TAKE ACTION: Submit a comment to protect NH's beloved Sandwich Range!

The US Forest Service needs to hear from you by August 30th on a proposed logging project that threatens the White Mountain National Forest!

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“An institution running a $100 million fund on heritage protection must assess how it impacts the most vulnerable and overlooked victims of state-sponsored cultural destruction.” — Simon Maghakyan hyperallergic.com/804374/is-…
Is the Destruction of Armenian Heritage Not Important Enough for the Getty?

Is the Destruction of Armenian Heritage Not Important Enough for the Getty?

When asked why Azerbaijan’s ongoing assault on Armenian heritage was excluded from a major Getty publication, a co-editor responded with appalling condescension.

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CNN Opinion@CNNOpinion5 Jan 2023
“As Russian-Turkish ties have grown closer, Russia has been more reluctant to push back on Azerbaijan's behavior. That has left the situation in freefall, moving toward more serious and potentially deadly outcomes,” writes @Lara edition.cnn.com/2023/01/05/o…
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#Azerbaijan must end the blockade of the #Lachin corridor, which has left residents of Nagorno Karabakh without access to essential goods and services. Freedom of movement and protection of economic and social rights for those affected must be ensured
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A literary field guide to wildflowers- oh this anthology looks wonderful. Edited by @BarbaSusan, illustrated by @Shaptonia abramsbooks.com/product/amer… #flowers #wildflowers #nature #poetry #booktwitter

American Wildflowers: A Literary Field Guide Anthology pairing poems and essays with wildflower...

A unique, stunningly illustrated exploration of North American wildflowers, weaving together history, folklore, and literature.This beautiful coffee table book pairs the detailed botanical knowledge...

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“The language we use to describe people and plants often overlaps,” writes @BarbaSusan, “with taxonomies that divide and place value on those divisions, words that actively discriminate.” go.nybooks.com/3SDWREw
Language of the Field | Susan Barba, Leanne Shapton

Language of the Field | Susan Barba, Leanne Shapton

Here on a hill in Massachusetts, the fog is lifting and the sun, still in the east, is turning the yellow leaves gold. The wind is from the east, too, and

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My translation of Maxim Osipov’s honest, self-interrogating piece on the consequences of this war for Russia, Russians, and the Russian language is now up @LAReviewofBooks: lareviewofbooks.org/short-ta…
The Fifth Day of the War | Los Angeles Review of Books

The Fifth Day of the War | Los Angeles Review of Books

A Russian author faces the war in Ukraine.

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Massachusetts Book Awards @MassBook has named Geode by Susan Barba a MUST READ BOOK. Congrats, Susan! See the full list of winners here: massbook.org/mass-book-award… #blacksparrowpress #susanbarba #poetry #climatecrisisliterature
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