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september 14: round-up (recs, links, calls for submissions)
Happy Tuesday! I hope you’re all doing well and taking good care of yourselves. A few housekeeping things: I am now offering editing and tutoring…
Despy Boutris
Sep 14, 2021
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on tracking your influences
& 2021 round-up: updates, gifts, books, all my failures, etc. etc.
Despy Boutris
Dec 21, 2021
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calls for submissions, reading recs, and a selfié
Happy July, folks. I’m moving cross-country a week from now and frantically packing in the meantime, but here are at least a few resources I’ve rounded…
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Jul 14, 2021
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on good poems
I have this strange obsession with collecting every quotation by writers I admire regarding “the art of writing,” advice, hot takes, etc. etc. etc. It’s…
Despy Boutris
May 11, 2021
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journals with fast-response times
This post is straight-forward. Here are some journals that, if you submit, will get back to you fairly quickly. WITHIN DAYS Eunoia Review The Penn…
Despy Boutris
Jun 3, 2021
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on reading (& articulating your poetics)
If you want to be a good writer, you have to be a good reader. In undergrad, I forced myself to read 1+ book a day—whether that be poetry, fiction, or…
Despy Boutris
Oct 12, 2021
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i'm moving!
Hi. After reading a lot of recent (to me) discourse about Substack’s transphobic habits [(here’s one article) (here’s another) (and another) (a fourth…
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Oct 21, 2021
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on weak similes
& round-up
Despy Boutris
Jan 17
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some handy links // guys, what the f*ck?
Hi all & happy Monday! I don’t have much to share today—just some handy links and a callout. A few quick reminders: here is my Twitter. And here is my…
Despy Boutris
Aug 24, 2021
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the art of titles (or, title discourse ft. seething jealousy)
Titles are tricky things—and, for whatever reason, titling your own work, specifically, is the trickiest. That’s how I feel, anyway. I can help my…
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May 3, 2021
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re: accessibility, summer reading, and journals open for submissions
Hello & happy one-month-til-Leo-season to all who celebrate! Today’s post contains a smattering of different topics regarding recent reflections re…
Despy Boutris
Jun 27, 2021
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the art of personification
per·son·i·fi·ca·tion /pərˌsänəfəˈkāSH(ə)n/ (noun): the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the…
Despy Boutris
May 15, 2021
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