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Richmond, VA
Joined November 2020
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Is this thing on? Poetry books Hit Me When I'm Pretty by Ryan Kent and The Sound in this Time of Being by @sprestonduncan are out now. #rva
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y’all Richmond is so cool I’m ready to move here
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Our weekly list of lit mags that are open for submissions is here! Click the link. themarkliteraryreview.com/po… #litmag #writingcommmunity #writers
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Okay. I want to emphasize the importance of taking responsibility when you harm a community (intentionally or not), not forgiving someone who is *just* starting to take responsibility for harm they caused (when you are not the harmed party), and not reacting with fragility. 1/
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submissions open January 31st 👀
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Hey thanks for the shout!
It's time for another #FF! This week we're shouting out: @HASHJOURNAL @radartreview @RunWildBooks @ParacosmLit @BigWrk
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Replying to @mcrane_12
I’m very proud of this piece - the first thing that got accepted this year after a bit of a funk: threepennyreview.com/samples…
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Get it.
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a gentle reminder that small, independent, & non-profit presses still exist. you could even start one of your own, if you want
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Who?
Apparently Penguin Random House will buy Simon & Schuster.
**whispers while the sharks eat each other: okay, but small, indie publishers are still doing the important work**
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"Someone's brains get blown out in the next paragraph. On the porch his brush is dripping like a child's hand in cream. Almost all our sadnesses happen in this manner." - Mary Ruefle in "The Perfection of Clouds" (which is also a great book)
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"Artist" is a potential some people are born with. Craft is the developed ability to fulfill that potential. Craft is not lesser than art. Art requires craft.
Ocean Vuong’s thread on metaphor reminding me how poems that try to be poetic tend to not work, which just shows how impossible poetry is or can be
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A piece by Ryan Kent from his latest collection, Hit Me When I'm Pretty. Pick it up from an independent bookseller like our friends @FountainBkstore, @ChopSueyBooks
a book launch bar called pub date
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It does.
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still over here trying like hell to be in love with the world
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submissions are OPEN! we can't wait to read your poems and give them a nice home 🫐 while you're at it, donate to your local bail fund or food bank — if you show us a receipt for a donation of at least $5, we'll provide feedback on your submission!
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