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@PushcartPrize winner Ravi Shankar is poet @recentpress, prof @tufts @nyww & editor @wwnorton of over 15 books. His memoir "Correctional” is now out. ✌🏾

Providence, RI
Joined January 2010
What a long, hard, strange, revelatory journey it has been to write #Correctional - been blown away by my readers’ responses- so immensely grateful to you for helping me share my quintessential #American story #WritingCommunity @commonmag @mqr_tweets @thedailybeast @MarshallProj – at Cranston, RI
📚 🎉 Happy official publication day to @empurpler, whose memoir Correctional releases today!
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Replying to @FabrizioRomano
HARRY KANE HAS WON THE BALLON D’OR Fair play and fully deserved.
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Here's what I think about Trump's pledge to give everyone $5,000 if he wins the midterms: It's as real as Trump's promise to lower costs on Day 1. Check the receipts from @Groundwork for the 15 times Trump promised Americans $$$. Remember the DOGE dividend?
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Also on the page are pointers to this week's Books & Authors podcast with Paramita Sen, author, Batanagar; A Personal History of India's Forgotten Company Town + a review of Bhutan by @sudeepsennet and @empurpler
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I just donated to LitArts RI! Will you join me in supporting their cause? secure.qgiv.com/for/summer20…
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Sidny Lopes Cabral with an ABSOLUTE GOLAZO to bring Cape Verde level with Argentina in extra time 😱 INCREDIBLE SCENES
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If this is it for Luka Modrić in the World Cup, it's been a pleasure 🇭🇷
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Replying to @empurpler
@empurpler Hello, I thought you may find this conversation I just had with the Indian poet and ambassador Abhay K. interesting. We talked about the poetic imagination and the writer-diplomat tradition, Buddhism, and many other things. Thank you. youtube.com/watch?v=RZt7ELju…
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The studio will never forget
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Thank you, Seattle. You created an unforgettable day in American soccer history. I’ve seen a lot of days, but this was special. Onward. 🇺🇸⚽️
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