D. A. Powell

The little boy has an extra leg. The chimney is blowing bubbles. A bird is wearing a fedora but it looks good on him so I doubt it's a mistake.

Life is short; fiction is long.

A digitally drawn homage to the George Herriman comic strip Krazy Kat. Starting left of frame we see yellow Ignatz Mouse having just thrown a brick which is sailing across the center of the frame and in another instant will bash the oblivious Krazy Kat (a blue bipedal cartoon cat wearing a red scarf) in the back of the head as he walks innocently to the right. Everything is drawn in rough black pen and colored in pale washes. A speech bubble from Ignatz reads ‘Maybe it will…’, the word ’Happen’ appears in the whooshing trail of the sailing brick, and a final speech bubble belonging to the Kat reads ‘…Today’.

Explore Financial Disclosures From President Trump and 1,500 of His Appointees - ProPublica Use this database to explore potential conflicts of interest for President Donald Trump and his team. The documents disclose positions officials have held outside government, their assets and their de...

Wow. The corruption and self-dealing is boundless — in the billions.

The University of Iowa presents Homecoming, a reading, 90 years of writing at Iowa. Featuring Carmen Maria Machado, Paul Harding, Alexander Chee, Sarah Minor, Lauren Haldeman, Rodney Dailey II. Friday March 6, 7-10PM, Checkerspot Brewing, 1421 Ridgely St. AWP 2026 Baltimore Maryland

The Beautiful Room Is Emptier Now,a tribute to Edmund White. Alysia Abbott, Brian Alessandro, Alexander Chee, Alden Jones, Rakesh Satyal. Associated Writing Programs Conference Saturday March 7, 3:20-4:35pm, room 301, Level 300, Baltimore Convention Center.

If you’re at AWP2026, I am reading tonight at this Iowa Writers’ Workshop event with Carmen Maria Machado, Paul Harding, Sarah Minor, Lauren Haldeman and Rodney Dailey II. Tomorrow I’ll be honoring Edmund White alongside @rakeshsatyal.bsky.social, Alysia Abbott, Brian Alessandro and Alden Jones.

Home Alone IV

“Yo brother, legal team confirmed we can’t work with minors rn”

MS NOW confirms Corey Lewandowski is also out at DHS.

Ah but why ruin a sabbatical with academic pursuits. Better to go to a canyon and watch it yawn.

If you're going to the Book Fair, stop by CutBank Books table and pick up my latest collection, Tricks. But be forewarned: it is raunchy, crude, and perhaps even indecent. In other words, makes a great gift.

This is by far my favorite AWP conference so far (and no I'm not there but I'm attending vicariously through everybody's posts).

Frankly his whole criminal enterprise should be dismantled, and the spoils divided among the taxpayers.

Christmas comin' early 🥰

NOEM: I would disagree with the judge

CROCKETT: I'm sure you would, but can you tell me whether or not you have a law degree?

NOEM: A what?

CROCKETT: A law degree

NOEM: No I do no-

CROCKETT: Okay

Claudine's husband, Andy Williams, recorded a popular version of the song Moon River.

Claudine Longet with her husband (singer Andy Williams) and Senator Bobby Kennedy.

Claudine Longet

The rest of us.

When I insisted my mother, father and me send fanmail to Claudine Longet.

Allen Ginsberg on William Carlos Williams - The Allen Ginsberg Project March the 4th marks the date of the great poet William Carlos Williams‘ death “On the morning of March 4, 1963, Flossie, his wife,  tried to awaken Williams in his room at approximately 8:30 and found...

@dapowell.bsky.social - Allen Ginsberg on Wiliam Carlos Williams - allenginsberg.org/2026/03/w-m-...

🍿 This is gonna be fascinating 🍿🍿

“Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats”- Voltaire.

I just left a classified briefing with the Trump Admin about the war in Iran. YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren

I just left a classified briefing with the Trump Administration about the war in Iran.

I was worried before, but I’m more worried now.

California poppies near Lake Elsinore.

Rattlesnakes weren't around, so I took a moment to sit at the edge of the trail and bathe in the light of the poppies. (Photo by @henricole.bsky.social )

Beginning of the superbloom near Lake Elsinore. California's golden poppies are popping 🧡

DHS has launched a secretive campaign to allow warrantless entry into the homes of Americans.
 
Republicans brand themselves as the party of “small government.” But if DHS can kick in your door without a warrant, that isn’t limited government. And if you’re allowing it, you’re not for freedom.

Haven't yet seen the headline "trump being rash"

I think I should get double points.

Name a Movie Starting With The Letter "B"

Being There

Me, Henri, moon.

Moon over Claremont

Moon viewing with the maestro, @henricole.bsky.social

Q: "Do you think Trump should be deposed by this committee?"

HILLARY: "Absolutely. Trump has been held civilly liable for sexual assault by a jury of his peers. That is behavior that fits a pattern."

Poppy 🥰

I love the weird wild shapes of jacaranda pods