on poetry & being human

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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…
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& 2021 round-up: updates, gifts, books, all my failures, etc. etc.
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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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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…
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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…
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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…
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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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& round-up
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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…
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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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Hello & happy one-month-til-Leo-season to all who celebrate! Today’s post contains a smattering of different topics regarding recent reflections re…
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per·son·i·fi·ca·tion /pərˌsänəfəˈkāSH(ə)n/ (noun): the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the…
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