Thread by @shailjapatel

This is unconscionable, @poetrymagazine. Fix it.

theguardian.com/books/2021/feb…

"In the February 2021 issue of @poetrymagazine, "The Practice of Freedom," editors published the work of convicted pedophile Kirk Nesset...When arrested, Nesset was in possession of over half a million images of child rape and had circulated these images."
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"We call on @poetrymagazine to remove Nesset's work from their pages and their website. That such an established publication would use their widely-read and highly selective platform to further the work and career of a predator cannot be labeled an oversight, nor defended."

"The reward and high standing that comes with publishing in @poetrymagazine should be withheld from someone who has relished the torture and degradation of innocent children, some only months old."

"Besides removing Nesset's work, @poetrymagazine should issue an apology to Nesset's voiceless victims, their readers and subscribers, and victims of sexual violence everywhere."

"the issue is not so much the lack of knowledge about Nesset’s history as it is @poetrymagazine's response to being informed of his history. We don’t blame the guest editors and we feel for the other writers in the issue" ~ @persephonesmag

docs.google.com/document/d/1ab…

"@poetrymagazine amplifying the voice of a White male predator at the expense of the voices of incarcerated or formerly incarcerated transgender, non-binary, and female survivors of color is egregious." ~ @persephonesmag
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"The next steps @poetrymagazine takes should be directly informed by survivors of abuse, especially survivors of childhood sexual abuse. And if such survivors are to demand removal of Nesset’s work, then by all means so be it." ~ @persephonesmag
docs.google.com/document/d/1ab…

Kirk Nesset, published by @poetrymagazine, was convicted for owning-sharing over half a million images of children being sexually assaulted. This white ex-college professor, also accused of attempted rape by former students, is now faking Latino identity.

https://twitter.com/okaydonkeymag/status/1357048590225444864?s=20

"once the poetry was chosen, there was ostensibly a team of seasoned @poetrymagazine editors who were privy to the names of the authors... those editors either did not check to make sure none of the poets had committed [sexual violence] or did not care."

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