# ![@amjuster Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::2693016583.png) @amjuster A.M. Juster (#Petrarch @wwnorton April 7, 2026)

A.M. Juster (#Petrarch @wwnorton April 7, 2026) posts on X about books, twitter, history, book of the most. They currently have [-----] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [-----] engagements in the last [--] hours.

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### Social Influence

**Social category influence**
[social networks](/list/social-networks)  6.35% [technology brands](/list/technology-brands)  6.35% [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations)  2.38% [countries](/list/countries)  1.59% [finance](/list/finance)  1.59% [celebrities](/list/celebrities)  1.59%

**Social topic influence**
[books](/topic/books) 3.97%, [twitter](/topic/twitter) 3.97%, [history](/topic/history) 3.17%, [book of](/topic/book-of) 3.17%, [sunday](/topic/sunday) 2.38%, [the first](/topic/the-first) 2.38%, [list](/topic/list) 2.38%, [lit](/topic/lit) #472, [if you](/topic/if-you) 2.38%, [hope](/topic/hope) 2.38%

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### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

"If you're undecided about your rooting interest tomorrow just take a look at this little guy This is a photo of the Maye family in [----]. The Patriots had just won their first Super Bowl earlier that year. The baby in diapers and a onesie in this photo will be the quarterback for the Patriots this Sunday in Super Bowl LX. https://t.co/cuUUoA1fRz This is a photo of the Maye family in [----]. The Patriots had just won their first Super Bowl earlier that year. The baby in diapers and a onesie in this photo will be the quarterback for the Patriots this Sunday in Super Bowl LX. https://t.co/cuUUoA1fRz"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/2020070209688576290)  2026-02-07T09:40Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@jamesamarcus @KelleyBVlahos @andrewmcockburn When I was working at the White House they stripped some of the paint all the way down to the wood for the first time & found scorch marks from 1814"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/2020200801717875092)  2026-02-07T18:19Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Let's bring back #gargoyles. Wouldn't your mall entrance be more memorable with them looming over it Wouldn't you like the faces of your foes carved into stone Wouldn't a #FrankGehry building do better with gargoyles C'mon you know you're with me Hard to determine to which species this gargoyle on the front of the Reims Cathedral belongs. Photo credit: Kreatinst. https://t.co/Gn4qAYPF6x Hard to determine to which species this gargoyle on the front of the Reims Cathedral belongs. Photo credit: Kreatinst. https://t.co/Gn4qAYPF6x"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/2020552029161103493)  2026-02-08T17:35Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Update: @wwnorton's release of my Petrarch is still on track for April [--] [----]. Both of my books for [----] are as of a few minutes ago with their publishers (one certain & one probable I think.). I am taking the rest of #SuperSunday off"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/2020576358905074100)  2026-02-08T19:11Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@gabrielle_sivia @thetimes: A serious newspaper would fire a reporter smearing people with AI slop. Moreover given the target it suggests antisemitism as a motive. Do your job"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/2021004868081909823)  2026-02-09T23:34Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@JosephBottum Sniper shot from just across the state line"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/2021006026863260103)  2026-02-09T23:39Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@mark_bauerlein @boazbaraktcs The "social sciences" are also part of the failure"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/2021139933327425706)  2026-02-10T08:31Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"A warm Twitter welcome to Gerard Butler aka @butler_ger34181"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/2021748983014510892)  2026-02-12T00:51Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"A warm Twitter welcome to editor Robert Gittings aka @rjgittings"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/2021749199717499007)  2026-02-12T00:52Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@neilsonandrew on #WHAuden's "The Fall of Rome": https://open.substack.com/pub/northseapoets/p/audens-imaginary-friendsutm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email https://open.substack.com/pub/northseapoets/p/audens-imaginary-friendsutm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/2021849947306447149)  2026-02-12T07:32Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@cjsarett @dcexaminer I believe at some traditional schools students memorize the names of all the presidents. I suspect there are more pejorative terms for Manifest Destiny in today's history books"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/2022038834708623366)  2026-02-12T20:03Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@brecht_dp I'm sorry. Hang in there big guy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/2022218315259949363)  2026-02-13T07:56Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"An ambitious longish blank verse #poem "Dissent at the Temple of Gemini " from #AustinAllen: https://www.badlilies.uk/austin-allen-2 https://www.badlilies.uk/austin-allen-2"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/2022221616185565560)  2026-02-13T08:09Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@anecdotal @Georgetown Mark my words it won't end well"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/2022403951484899630)  2026-02-13T20:14Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"I can't conceive of the thought process that would lead a @Georgetown trustee to think this choice would be a good idea: BREAKING: Georgetown University named Liz Magill the former president of the University of Pennsylvania as the next dean of Georgetown Law today over two years after she resigned from Penn following a contentious congressional hearing on antisemitism. https://t.co/NCWzoJX2RW BREAKING: Georgetown University named Liz Magill the former president of the University of Pennsylvania as the next dean of Georgetown Law today over two years after she resigned from Penn following a"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/2022373008619287009)  2026-02-13T18:11Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"I first read #ARAmmons in [----] in a seminar with #HaroldBloom and the main thing I learned about Ammons is that he sucked up shamelessly to Bloom and that Bloom gladly ate it up. I have however always admired this #poem's wit & concision:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/2022610384247460266)  2026-02-14T09:54Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"#ValentinesDay2026 (our 51st): Open with grandchildren drive south for a lunch in Washington VA then [--] minutes in @LurayCaverns (a hauntingly Dantesque experience) now a big family dinner"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/2022778123171836217)  2026-02-14T21:01Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@DemocritusSr @jasonwblakely Yes Thomas Bergin who was retired but still a presence @Yale when I was there edited several anthologies--I own what is probably the most ambitious of them"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/2022825820201341346)  2026-02-15T00:10Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@neilsonandrew @MrRavoon Thanks. I have been amply supplied for the 51st Valentine's Day in a row but I very much appreciate the sentiment"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/2022833303716331737)  2026-02-15T00:40Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"A warm Twitter welcome to poet & writer Vin Convertito aka @vinconvertito"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/2022998595100987547)  2026-02-15T11:37Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"#DavidGoddard: A friends gift: https://quadrant.org.au/magazine/poem/david-goddard-a-friends-gift/ https://quadrant.org.au/magazine/poem/david-goddard-a-friends-gift/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/2023025824698663404)  2026-02-15T13:25Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"#DanielBrown's: #Rhyme: https://quadrant.org.au/magazine/poem/daniel-brown-rhyme/ https://quadrant.org.au/magazine/poem/daniel-brown-rhyme/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/2023026809919754589)  2026-02-15T13:29Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"My new short piece on #Petrarch: https://thedispatch.com/article/petrarch-sonnets-italy-romance-valentine/ https://thedispatch.com/article/petrarch-sonnets-italy-romance-valentine/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/2022623106943107271)  2026-02-14T10:45Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@BNWestHartford April [--] launch of my Canzoniere translation--it's already #1 on Amazon's list of new Italian lit crit releases"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/2023353585870725353)  2026-02-16T11:07Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@podsekalnikov When you don't know what you're talking about you should just listen"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/2022614345604034665)  2026-02-14T10:10Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Sad joyous & important work today--I'm blurbing my friend #JaneGreer's posthumous book of poems"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/2023069766349729911)  2026-02-15T16:19Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"For now at least my Canzoniere translation with detailed notes is Amazon's #1 New Release in Italian Literary Criticism. My new short piece on #Petrarch: https://t.co/YsUozwwSht My new short piece on #Petrarch: https://t.co/YsUozwwSht"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/2023144263249178865)  2026-02-15T21:15Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Hmm.cutting a little close to home. #Petrarch Petrarch is good proof that no harm can come to your reputation if you yank your neuroses into hyperdrive and go absolute full complete self-serious mode about your goings on this is no hobby this is a civilizational project etc. If you're a Petrarch. Petrarch is good proof that no harm can come to your reputation if you yank your neuroses into hyperdrive and go absolute full complete self-serious mode about your goings on this is no hobby this is a civilizational project etc. If you're a Petrarch"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/2023181924374806548)  2026-02-15T23:45Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


""This ain't no party this ain't no disco disco this ain't no foolin' around"--The Talking Heads"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/2023203766032560611)  2026-02-16T01:12Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@CaitlinPacific @asymmetricinfo Fine fine you popular kids rub it in"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/2023308422259601782)  2026-02-16T08:08Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"#Captcha is starting to ask for math problems to prove non-robothood and I am becoming afraid I will be banished to the land of discarded #robots"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/2023363836376653832)  2026-02-16T11:48Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Long-timers here know I get excited by use of imaging plus AI to decipher carbonized #Herculaneum scrolls. Results highlighted in this @PBS trailer confirm my oft-stated view there is more to be discovered in the scrolls than just Epicurean treatises the old consensus. #ClassicsTwitter (40) The Discovery of Seneca the Elders Lost Roman History - YouTube https://t.co/0eSJZhhU7N (40) The Discovery of Seneca the Elders Lost Roman History - YouTube https://t.co/0eSJZhhU7N"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/2023303859007820193)  2026-02-16T07:50Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@PowellsBookChi @SeminaryCoop (April [--] launch--already Amazon's #1 new release for Italian Lit Crit)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/2023325386910908912)  2026-02-16T09:15Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"My Canzoniere translation is #1 on Amazon's new Italian lit crit books and launch is not until April [--]. I would rather sell through bookstores @bntustin @BNMarlton @BNParkSlope @bnmiramesa @BNEventsGrove"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/2023369302275964949)  2026-02-16T12:10Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Creative Writing Professor Takes Time To Give Every Student Personalized False Hope: https://local.theonion.com/creative-writing-professor-takes-time-to-give-every-stu-1819578365utm_medium=sharefromsite&utm_source=onionlocal_twitter&utm_campaign=sharebar https://local.theonion.com/creative-writing-professor-takes-time-to-give-every-stu-1819578365utm_medium=sharefromsite&utm_source=onionlocal_twitter&utm_campaign=sharebar"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/1070410469381414918)  2018-12-05T20:11Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


""The Last Roman Poet"--#JohnTalbot on @amjuster's "The Elegies of Maximianus" (@PennPress 2018): https://tws.io/2SHtgv8 https://tws.io/2SHtgv8"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/1074616613628989440)  2018-12-17T10:45Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@kaleighderhosen @ulabeast @Utleyjacobite I agree it's a beautiful gesture but technically it's a felony fully recorded by video cameras. Next time I'd suggest donating to their union assistance fund"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/1080891138918232064)  2019-01-03T18:18Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"I have been blessed to sneak into many of my "dream" journals (@poetrymagazine @TheHudsonReview @parisreview @RattleMag) but the editor who rejected my first submission [--] years ago did it once more yesterday. Next year I will have fun storming that castle again"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/1086285756174422017)  2019-01-18T15:34Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"It's here folks--and I am declining my royalties and asking that they go to the Paideia Institute's Father Reginald Foster scholarship fund--a wonderful tribute to the Vatican's legendary Latinist The Paideia Institute Press is pleased to announce the publication of "John Milton's The Book of Elegies" translated by A.M. Juster. Emily Wilson says "Juster makes the young Milton live again in a fresh and contemporary idiom. Available now at: https://t.co/GmhJKVq3Pb https://t.co/LKzsGEKyBu The Paideia Institute Press is pleased to announce the publication of "John Milton's The Book of Elegies""  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/1105493094873608194)  2019-03-12T15:37Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"OK I'm shutting down & heading to the hospital for the aforementioned tests. I hope to be back in about ten hours. I welcome prayers from the religious & obsessive retweeting from the nonreligious"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/1118813701946081280)  2019-04-18T09:49Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"My poetry editor duties have been a little depressing lately but I just broke a very long streak of rejections & accepted two splendid poems from a poet with whom I was unfamiliar. A good day a very good day"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/1142890228442685440)  2019-06-23T20:20Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"#Jeopardy #AlexTrebek I recently learned the word JEOPARDY was originally a chess metaphor it's from French JEU PARTI "divided game" = "chess problem evenly divided between winning and losing" pictured: chess problem in @GettyMuseum MS Ludwig XV [--] France 14th century https://t.co/pbAcYbrQDs I recently learned the word JEOPARDY was originally a chess metaphor it's from French JEU PARTI "divided game" = "chess problem evenly divided between winning and losing" pictured: chess problem in @GettyMuseum MS Ludwig XV [--] France 14th century https://t.co/pbAcYbrQDs"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/1146067216770592775)  2019-07-02T14:44Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"I just got a rejection (let's call it "The Insensitive Review") from a journal I otherwise admire that signed the note "The Insensitive Review Slushpile." Seriously no joke"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/1161402997827670017)  2019-08-13T22:23Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"What's that little poem that everyone points to as the finest #epigram in the English language The one by #JohnHarington: Treason doth never prosper; what's the reason For if it prosper none dare call it treason. One could die happy in heaven having written those two lines"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/1165598369865027585)  2019-08-25T12:14Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"I have just received my signed contract & the advance for my first book of "serious" original poetry since [----]. Details to dribble out"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/1172585824166305792)  2019-09-13T19:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"I am thrilled that my next book of original poetry sprinkled with a few translations will be published @PaulDryBooks which has published such formal poets as #DavidMason & #AEStallings. There is no firm launch date yet but early [----] is a good bet"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/1174699932923637761)  2019-09-19T15:01Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Shame @BostonGlobe for today's crossword puzzle defining a #sestina as a poem with six stanzas. The seventh stanza the #envoi is the key one but will they apologize to the sestina for docking its last stanza I think not"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/1198603795829272577)  2019-11-24T14:06Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"It was a long trip and a longer delivery for our daughter but Evelyn arrived last night--all [--] pounds [--] 1/2 ounces of her. Everyone is doing well. Thank you all for your good wishes"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/1203432392544968704)  2019-12-07T21:53Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Not that you asked for my opinion but I think it is a mistake to make poetry one's whole life; we are sometimes told with great authority that we should make that choice. I am quite sure that writing poems is an adjunct to a rich & good life not a substitute for such a life"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/1212360286029668352)  2020-01-01T13:09Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Another reminder that you shouldn't get trapped by your "career path.'"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/1228672261898559490)  2020-02-15T13:27Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"I am immuno-suppressed & my medication causes chronic respiratory congestion. For dinner I drove over to Watertown & picked up Chinese food from a sizable restaurant with just a mother & daughter there. Don't give in to panic or prejudice--support your local Asian businesses"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/1233890568218062854)  2020-02-29T23:03Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"A classic #RichardWilbur poem. Note the fluidity of the title. Is the second word an adjective or a noun Is the third word a noun or a verb Hbd Richard Wilbur. Your hands hold roses always in a way that says / They are not only yours; the beautiful changes / In such kind ways / Wishing ever to sunder / Things and things selves for a second finding to lose / For a moment all that it touches back to wonder. https://t.co/mRui3FkGYu Hbd Richard Wilbur. Your hands hold roses always in a way that says / They are not only yours; the beautiful changes / In such kind ways / Wishing ever to sunder /"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/1234467800678313985)  2020-03-02T13:17Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Going off topic for just a moment: I worked intermittently near & with #TonyFauci from 1985-1992. In that time period he dealt with colossal egos political blackmail and ignorance & always fought his way through with logic & facts. Don't worry about him--he's unbreakable"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/1242789940485926913)  2020-03-25T12:26Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


""Behold" by @amjuster: https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2020/04/20/behold/ https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2020/04/20/behold/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/1245759958567788547)  2020-04-02T17:08Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"I think what @brian_bilston is trying to say is that when all is said & done it's just spilt milk under the bridge:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/1247806702105182208)  2020-04-08T08:41Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Who is the one living poet--who you do not know personally--who you should be thanking"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/1255067018228834310)  2020-04-28T09:31Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Some great news: In January [----] I sent out my first batch of poems. Five journals promptly rejected them including @Commonweal. Since [----] I have had one rejection from them almost every year. Today I have my first acceptance a pseudo-#villanelle called "Revelation Hymn.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/1259956860934815744)  2020-05-11T21:21Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"A useful expansion of my vocabulary: ONOLATRY is a total preoccupation or obsession with something worthless or ultimately unsubstantial. It literally means donkey-worship. https://t.co/qP9VIw4tBI ONOLATRY is a total preoccupation or obsession with something worthless or ultimately unsubstantial. It literally means donkey-worship. https://t.co/qP9VIw4tBI"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/1262021609948352512)  2020-05-17T14:06Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"I stepped down @firstthingsmag on May [--]. The very capable Moriah Speciale can address any questions you have about your pending submissions"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/1262455595766071297)  2020-05-18T18:50Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Forty-one years ago today at the age of twenty-two I married my best friend--a brilliant beautiful & kind college classmate. Best decision I ever made"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/1272821010455318529)  2020-06-16T09:19Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"No lists please. What one poem meant the most to you as a teenager"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/1281909917457186817)  2020-07-11T11:15Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"I have a prosody joke but it's too stressful"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/1287384478889979906)  2020-07-26T13:49Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Thank you Jon. The new book of poems by @amjuster publishing next month is wonderful. I've been reading this one out loud to everyone I know. Read it out loud. https://t.co/Jsqe933uSK The new book of poems by @amjuster publishing next month is wonderful. I've been reading this one out loud to everyone I know. Read it out loud. https://t.co/Jsqe933uSK"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/1290336299820486657)  2020-08-03T17:18Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"I don't mean to be negative about [----] but I will have a record number of grievances by the time we get to #Festivus"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/1296790076211568641)  2020-08-21T12:43Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"#EmilyDickinson with two perfect lines that would never survive a workshop today. "As imperceptibly as Grief The Summer lapsed away " Emily Dickinson https://t.co/0laP034OOf "As imperceptibly as Grief The Summer lapsed away " Emily Dickinson https://t.co/0laP034OOf"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/1297172287830085632)  2020-08-22T14:02Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Folks: As of [--] a.m. yesterday I have been dealing with some difficult & complicated family matters so I will sometimes need the distraction of Twitter but for a while I won't be as active or promptly responsive as I usually am. I know I can count on your support. Mike"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/1304353237374468101)  2020-09-11T09:37Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"It's been a rough stretch--two close relatives with three heart attacks in eight days (we lost one held onto the other) & another with accelerating medical issues. Please remember to thank the caregivers in your life"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/1306965210083794945)  2020-09-18T14:36Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@robmclennanblog @WriterLDavis I strongly disagree and changed policy at my previous journal to allow simultaneous submissions--even thought it meant more work to me. Given the long response times and the low acceptance rates "No simultaneous submissions" means "You might as well give up""  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/1311417067170603010)  2020-09-30T21:26Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"So as a teenager [--] years ago today I was dragged into a dance I didn't want to go to by a friend who promptly abandoned me but I promptly found someone else who was kind brilliant & beautiful. A little less than three years later I awkwardly proposed"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/1315642552968765440)  2020-10-12T13:16Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"I'm thrilled to tell you I've signed a contract for my translation of #Petrarch's #Canzoniere & a second book-to-be named later @TNL_WWN of #WWNorton. I'm eager to work with @Pete__Simon & honored to be on a list with @EmilyRCWilson @Poochigian & other great translators"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/1331661972140650504)  2020-11-25T18:12Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Our daughter who is an inner city teacher has been reading regularly to our granddaughter who is almost [--] months old. A couple nights ago the little rascal snuck a book into her crib. We're so proud"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/1355524928792096770)  2021-01-30T14:35Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Some great news Our second granddaughter arrived a few hours ago. Mom & baby are doing well and the little one will carry my mom's name as her middle name"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/1360047057311043586)  2021-02-12T02:04Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"You're a poet not a contestant"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/1367808197860462594)  2021-03-05T12:04Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"When I was [--] the professor for my poetry workshop F.D. Reeve snarled at me "Find another hobby" Two decades later he awarded me the Firman Houghton Award for lyric poetry in a blinded competition"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/1379499770700517378)  2021-04-06T18:22Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"I held our second granddaughter this afternoon"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/1383163412876775427)  2021-04-16T21:00Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Early freshman year I met a kind brilliant & beautiful classmate. Three years later with no money or life plan I clumsily proposed marriage; our peers considered it a charming mistake. We were married [--] years ago. Best mistake ever. via @YouTube https://youtu.be/tbNlMtqrYS0 https://youtu.be/tbNlMtqrYS0"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/1405090298942922755)  2021-06-16T09:10Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"My mother-in-law died unexpectedly last fall and she had provided heroic care for my father-in-law. Her loss accelerated his decline & he died early yesterday. They were kind & thoughtful & welcomed me into their family while I was a teenager. Thank you for your notes"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/1411729147492290568)  2021-07-04T16:50Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"#JonathanSwift is roaring in his grave: Well this does mix the menu up. https://t.co/q68XMOR9Tz Well this does mix the menu up. https://t.co/q68XMOR9Tz"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/1414515827576086533)  2021-07-12T09:23Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"I read a lot of poems each week to find a few I like & I think many of you will like but I have to tell you that in the past week I have read more dreadful poems in major publications than ever before. This "whatever pops into my head is a great poem" thing is killing poetry"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/1423941596089921540)  2021-08-07T09:38Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Folks I'm shutting down for a while because I have a medical procedure early tomorrow morning. Please don't allow any insurrections while I am gone"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/1432877290682257413)  2021-09-01T01:25Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"39 years ago today my best friend since our freshman year in college and I bought a house together. Until then we had lived in cramped cheap city apartments so it was strange to have space & quiet. I woke up today in the same house with the same person & felt blessed"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/1476886234593120256)  2021-12-31T12:01Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"I fell early yesterday on the ice & have a nasty concussion. See ya in a few days"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/1491484858455150594)  2022-02-09T18:51Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"I have a theory that it is the polished & good-looking poets who whine about their rejections. Those of us in the #poetrycommunity who are unattractive & awkward learned to deal with rejection by dating in high school"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/1514613785444511751)  2022-04-14T14:37Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Most importantly today marks [--] years of marriage to my Laura. As for that other Laura last night I sent my translation of #Petrarch's Canzoniere to @wwnorton. The text was [---] pages & [-----] words. The glossary notes & translator's note ran [--] pages & [-----] words"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1537360025643098113)  2022-06-16T09:02Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"A heartbreaking #poem from #RichardWilbur about the death of his wife Charlee. @Joseph_Fasano_ The House by Richard Wilbur from his [----] collection Anterooms written after the death of his wife. One of my favorite poems of all time. https://t.co/0yFQTcxZaX @Joseph_Fasano_ The House by Richard Wilbur from his [----] collection Anterooms written after the death of his wife. One of my favorite poems of all time. https://t.co/0yFQTcxZaX"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/1596891797988741120)  2022-11-27T15:40Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"I am the soft touch of blurbing--I have never said no. It's very hard on the poets who get told no. Many of the big shots in New Formalism aren't great about helping their admirers and I still remember how that felt twenty years ago"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/1597718611858448384)  2022-11-29T22:26Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Folks I am signing off for a few days. It has been another tough year so I am looking forward to [----]. If you have suggestions for improving what I do here please respond politely to this tweet. I very much appreciate the support that so many of you have given me. Mike"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/1608246667245158400)  2022-12-28T23:40Z [----] followers, 10.2K engagements


"Sunday night I lost a college roommate who I was trying to fly from Thailand to the US for cardiac surgery. He grew more isolated and lonely in his later years & needed the outpouring of love now on social media. In his memory please reach out to an old friend. Thanks"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/1635609446012289024)  2023-03-14T11:50Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"O @elonmusk Lord of the #Twitterverse giver of blue checks keeper of chaos: Thy algorithmic servants doth abandon you & sendeth tweets from the lowlifes. Give us our tweets from those we followeth banish the undeserving from our timelines & bring joy to our world Amen"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/1637383217161314304)  2023-03-19T09:19Z [----] followers, 46.6K engagements


"The high point of erasure #poetry: https://t.co/kfeOLv0upi https://t.co/kfeOLv0upi"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/1652991129317437442)  2023-05-01T10:59Z [----] followers, 18K engagements


"Amen Miles Davis https://t.co/1T89z9xUqX https://t.co/1T89z9xUqX"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/1659878070109581313)  2023-05-20T11:05Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"No one seems to want to admit that #poets write more and more in code only for graduates of MFA/PhD programs. Millions of potential readers get discouraged by today's poetry & they enjoy other arts instead of buying #poetry books and attending poetry readings. #poetrycommunity"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/1672700572670074881)  2023-06-24T20:17Z [----] followers, 35.4K engagements


"Note that there is still room for more books under the table in the lower left part of this picture. #BookTwitter #booklovers What is there's a cat under there somewhere https://t.co/hmmeMq3Dkn What is there's a cat under there somewhere https://t.co/hmmeMq3Dkn"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/1675068197777580033)  2023-07-01T09:05Z [----] followers, 65.1K engagements


"Thank you everyone for the kind support. I'm home now and it looks like they learned some useful things. I am still a little wobbly so I am taking no criticisms or complaints until tomorrow Thanks again. I have a medical procedure very early tomorrow morning so I will be shutting down for a while. I have a medical procedure very early tomorrow morning so I will be shutting down for a while"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/1679127720196710404)  2023-07-12T13:56Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"I'm shutting down for a bit. I'm leaving early tomorrow with the remains and some of the effects of one of my college roommates who is the godfather of our son. The memorial service is Saturday. Don't you all run off to #Metathreads #Dribble or #FriendlySkies while I am gone"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/1704656833460228248)  2023-09-21T00:40Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Speaking of my bride we are celebrating [--] years together tomorrow. We were six weeks into freshman year. I was thinking seriously about transferring and suddenly everything changed for the better. It's a good one: Japanese Maple in January by A.M. Juster https://t.co/HiIaRYVsAi It's a good one: Japanese Maple in January by A.M. Juster https://t.co/HiIaRYVsAi"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/1712032624816869768)  2023-10-11T09:09Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Most of you know I suffer from rheumatoid arthritis which uncharacteristically has damaged my feet far more than my hands. Today my right ankle locked on the bottom step of the stairs & I fell & broke two toes. That will be my excuse for grumpiness here until Thanksgiving"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/1718746830195057047)  2023-10-29T21:49Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"I wrote to the provost @gettysburg twice this month offering to buy the assets of @GburgReview so I could move the journal somewhere where it could continue but I have not gotten the courtesy of a response"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1718907274452721966)  2023-10-30T08:26Z [----] followers, 30.8K engagements


"I want to say something I haven't said explicitly before. One of my missions is to support poetry with depth enough for scholars that is still accessible to the general public (#Larkin #Dickinson #Frost) so if you are not a #poet or scholar I am thrilled that you are here"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1728409796599062789)  2023-11-25T13:46Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"#PaulGiamatti's father #ABartlettGiamatti was the last great @Yale English professor the last great #IvyLeague president and would have been the last great Commissioner of Baseball had he not died five months into the job at the age of [--]. Go ahead & try to prove me wrong"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/1761810689625030847)  2024-02-25T17:49Z [----] followers, 22.9K engagements


"I vote yes. #JohnDonne #AdamDriver"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/1775572594172785145)  2024-04-03T17:14Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"OK folks a serious challenge. I am working with a friend to start a new journal for formal #poetry. We need a name a REALLY good name. Be the first to suggest a name that my friend accepts & I will send you a signed copy of Gerytades"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1794496567379997070)  2024-05-25T22:31Z [----] followers, 12.1K engagements


"I was the runner-up among the English-language #poems for the inaugural #JuliaBudenz Commemorative Prize sponsored by the Scottish #Poetry Library (@ByLeavesWeLive): The online hybrid ceremony is July [--]. https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/postscript-to-lost-neighbors/ https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/postscript-to-lost-neighbors/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/1798706991495544947)  2024-06-06T13:22Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"I was the runner-up for English #poems for the #JuliaBudenz Award of the Scottish #Poetry Library. The hybrid award ceremony is scheduled for July [--]. https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/postscript-to-lost-neighbors/ https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/postscript-to-lost-neighbors/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1805582488695181319)  2024-06-25T12:43Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@SeanAstin @VP @KamalaHarris I miss your mom"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1816829171412140198)  2024-07-26T13:33Z [----] followers, 12.7K engagements


"Girlatee coming soon https://www.pauldrybooks.com/products/girlatee https://www.pauldrybooks.com/products/girlatee"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1840071156235415955)  2024-09-28T16:48Z [----] followers, 26K engagements


"Folks I'm taking a little time off from here to celebrate fifty years with my bride"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/1845043204241891827)  2024-10-12T10:05Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@Alicia_Bittle_ Met at [--] engaged at [--] (we were broke & had no post-college plans) married at [--] and just celebrated [--] years together last month. Two kids three dogs four grandkids--it's been great"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/1856983227191234663)  2024-11-14T08:51Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"I need a break from the Homer wars. Give we the WORST translation of the opening line of the Iliad that you yourself can produce"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1873421391317565501)  2024-12-29T17:30Z [----] followers, 70.3K engagements


"OK here's mine with apologies to @EmilyRCWilson: Sing to me of a man O Muse the world would easily confuse as well as his travels as his journey unravels and a trail of disaster ensues"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/1873455081015939239)  2024-12-29T19:44Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@amwilson_opera A prominent poet/translator whose work I have defended from substantive & sexist criticism sent me an email a few years ago that informed me she didn't know what I thought about political issues & gave me a list of positions which her friendship required. We don't talk today"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/1873747681811800181)  2024-12-30T15:07Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"I'm hosting a film crew from CBS' Sunday Morning most of tomorrow. I have always liked their long-form interviews. With any kind of luck our chat will appear on Palm Sunday"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/1907393171903881605)  2025-04-02T11:22Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@DannyDeraney Bill Clinton stopping at McDonalds"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/1927804618882396602)  2025-05-28T19:10Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@TheFP Absolutely true about @WGBH in Boston where I was a radio & TV contributor for many years"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/1938947526280798496)  2025-06-28T13:08Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Horrible developments @utulsa. I guess when you put your former athletic director in as interim president clumsy & thoughtless things happen. Two years ago Imoved to Tulsa to become the inaugural dean of anew honors college.Then President @bradrcarson convinced me to leave my endowed position at Carolina to build the universitys sixth college. I am so proud of all we accomplished over the last two years 🧵(1/21) Two years ago Imoved to Tulsa to become the inaugural dean of anew honors college.Then President @bradrcarson convinced me to leave my endowed position at Carolina to build the"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/1939672111343124897)  2025-06-30T13:07Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"The moving van has gone. The kids' empty rooms hit me hard. It's not likely they were coming back since they both have two kids of their own but somehow it did"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/1943729951968014353)  2025-07-11T17:51Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"My essay is out: https://thedispatch.com/article/american-poetry-frost-form/ https://thedispatch.com/article/american-poetry-frost-form/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1944106366202790381)  2025-07-12T18:47Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"I just heard about the death of my old friend Jane Greer a wonderful person and a poet whose work ignited in recent years. I still have a lot of catching up to do but I am going to shut down on Twitter for the rest of the day as a sign of respect for her. Well this just made my Saturday. Well this just made my Saturday"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/1948006431979917799)  2025-07-23T13:05Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"I think #JaneGreer would have loved this exchange I had about her yesterday with my bride of [--] years: Me: You know she always referred to her husband as "Mr. Wonderful." Her: (meaningful silence) Me: Well it's something to think about"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/1948315622502182943)  2025-07-24T09:33Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@SaraSchon Have hope. My wife was more than an hour late for our first date in the pre-cellphone era. Needless to say she had a good excuse"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/1966639341209301088)  2025-09-12T23:05Z [----] followers, 25.2K engagements


"@SaraSchon Yes a little more enthusiasm is a reasonable expectation"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/1977848081317023781)  2025-10-13T21:25Z [----] followers, 476.8K engagements


"I have always thought Hell would most likely for me be an eternity as a high school driving instructor. A #sonnet from the great #GwendolynBrooks: https://t.co/JveIjhCQLG https://t.co/JveIjhCQLG"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/1981839920718299183)  2025-10-24T21:47Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"In #OldEnglish the word for "dream" is "maeting" or "swefn." Their word "dream" means "joy" or "melody." There is a fascinating meandering history there"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/948189698261962752)  2018-01-02T13:50Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


""A Cartoon History of Late Antiquity"--my review of #CatherineNixey's The Darkening Age: The Christian Destruction of the Classical World: https://www.claremont.org/crb/basicpage/a-cartoon-history-of-late-antiquity/#.Wo2uifMjZSY.twitter https://www.claremont.org/crb/basicpage/a-cartoon-history-of-late-antiquity/#.Wo2uifMjZSY.twitter"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/966366740585345026)  2018-02-21T17:39Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"So two more weeks and I am grateful that I will be completely chemo-free for the first time in six years (part of a combo therapy for severe rheumatoid arthritis not cancer)--already I am not trying to work through a fog"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/996716614140743680)  2018-05-16T11:38Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"By age [--] a poet should have collected enough rejection letters to build a retirement home uncomfortably vulnerable to fire"  
[X Link](https://x.com/amjuster/status/997058228096823297)  2018-05-17T10:16Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

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