#WashingtonPost’s #Pulitzer prize-winning editorial #cartoonist Ann #Telnaes resigned from the newspaper after its refusal to publish a #satirical cartoon depicting the outlet’s owner, Jeff #Bezos – along with other media and technology barons – kneeling before Donald #Trump as he gears up for his second US presidency

I’ve never had a cartoon killed because of who or what I chose to aim my pen at

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/jan/04/washington-post-cartoonist-resigns-jeff-bezos

#newbook , The Old Age of The Eternal Priest - translation of Guerra Junqueiro’s satirical poem A Velhice do Padre Eterno, is published.
You can get it here:

https://leanpub.com/theoldageoftheeternalpriest

"Guerra Junqueiro played an extremely important role in Portugal’s cultural scene. He was labelled the “Portuguese Victor Hugo”..."

"The book contains twenty-eight poems of widely varying lengths, from ten lines (The Bogeyman) to over five hundred (Holy Week), and the themes range from pious or personal lamentation;
...
to the most ferocious social, moral, religious, radical and revolutionary criticism: ..."

#book #newbook #satirical #poetry #translation #fiction
#adult #socialcriticism #religiouscriticism #radical

#December 19, 1753
#OTD George Ellis, Jamaican-born #English #Antiquary, #Satirical #Poet, and Member of Parliament, is born.

His #Poem, The #Twelve Months, is a #Winter #Favorite.

Snowy, Flowy, Blowy,
Showery, Flowery, Bowery,
Hoppy, Croppy, Droppy,
Breezy, Sneezy, Freezy.

#Poetry #Almanac #Calendar, #Months,
#Snowy #Flowy #Blowy #Showery #Flowery
#Bowery #Hoppy #Croppy #Droppy #Breezy #Sneezy #Freezy