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Go to the link in our bio to get your tickets for this weekend!! We'll have @mikeafff leading a generative workshop on how your work could interact with the environment! Join us for some rad writing, just $10!!
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GREEN FICTION will be November 19 at 5 CST! Join us as @mikeafff leads this generative virtual workshop! Get tickets in our bio!!
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For all my eco-writers out there!
SUNDAY 10/22 will be led by @mikeafff GREEN FICTION, he'll cover the interaction of literature and the environment and the possibilities in incorporating this connective tissue into your writing! Tickets are just $10! Get yours here: defunktmag.com/event-details…
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EXCITED!!
This SUNDAY 10/22 we're stoked for this virtual generative workshop led by @mikeafff at 5cst. Get your tickets defunktmag.com/event-details…
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We shared this statement in our newsletter today which reaffirms our ongoing solidarity with Palestinian liberation. Mizna will continue to support artists in making and presenting work which proposes political liberation and self determination. Decolonization is not a metaphor.
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Come see me tomorrow at The Nook for Pueblo Unidos! @DefunktMag
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I hope to see you all there!
Announcing our featured readers for Pueblo Unidos on 9/30 at @nookcafehouston
We're featuring Icess Fernandez, Matthew Tavares, and Gerard Robledo !! We cannot wait for these readers and we'll be sharing more information in the coming days!
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We are so excited to have our Latinx Heritage Celebration return this September 30th!!! We'll have three featured readers, a musical act, an open mic, and tabling organizations! Join us at 7:30PM @nookcafehouston
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Wonderful. Especially loved seeing this story by @lisampiazza !!! 👏🏼👏🏼
Oh my god it's happening! Stay calm everybody!
Volume 12 is officially LIVE for everybody to read! Thank you to all the amazing writers who contributed to the work, and we hope you all enjoy it.
Check it out: defunktmag.com/volume-12
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Defunkt's new volume is out and it is lit!🔥 Love how impactful & voice-driven each piece is. And the level of attention & care the mag put into publishing is something. So proud to be part of this. A dream mag for me!
Have a read online - or buy the print issue! Worth it.💯
Oh my god it's happening! Stay calm everybody!
Volume 12 is officially LIVE for everybody to read! Thank you to all the amazing writers who contributed to the work, and we hope you all enjoy it.
Check it out: defunktmag.com/volume-12
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Oh my god it's happening! Stay calm everybody!
Volume 12 is officially LIVE for everybody to read! Thank you to all the amazing writers who contributed to the work, and we hope you all enjoy it.
Check it out: defunktmag.com/volume-12
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My poem "Mary Ball Washington" is out with @DefunktMag. This one's for my ride or dies from college. We went through some shit with them white folks 😂
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My Poem "An Open Letter to Dr. Frankenstein and Company" is published in @DefunktMag! Thank you for including my piece in this stunning and brilliant volume! You can also read this piece at the link below!
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hi i’m in this!!! go read it!! everything is so good!
Oh my god it's happening! Stay calm everybody!
Volume 12 is officially LIVE for everybody to read! Thank you to all the amazing writers who contributed to the work, and we hope you all enjoy it.
Check it out: defunktmag.com/volume-12
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Highly recommend!
There are only a few copies left of the second print run of @sg_poetry’s poetry chapbook LAST STOP! Snag your copy while we still have them!! ❤️❤️
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I just finished @sg_poetry's chapbook "Last Stop". Omg friend I literally can't put it down! This book hit very close to home with me and it's such a special collection that everyone needs to read!
You can find their book at the link below!
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So lucky to have Victoria with us!
Please help us welcome Victoria Richards as she joins us as our managing editor! She is a poet, writer, and educator residing in Houston and a talented creative voice all around! We are so excited for her join the Defunkt family😍
ALT Meet Victoria Richards, Managing Editor We are over the moon to introduce Defunkt Magazine’s new Managing Editor, Victoria Richards!
ALT VICTORIA RICHARDS received a MFA in Creative Writing from The New School in New York, NY. She is a poet, writer, and educator residing in Houston, Texas by way of Queens, New York. Her work focuses on the evolution of language as a resistance to declassification of Black folks in the United States of America with a specific interest in exploring the beauty of ecology and generations of Black women existing in the deep south. She has been published in Lunch Ticket Journal, Eleven and a Half Journal, and was the 2019 winner recipient of The New School MFA Chapbook Series in Poetry. She was recently supported by Tin House at the 22’ Tin House Summer Workshops.
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I am so excited for this baby.💖 I have a list poem that made it here, and fuck, guys. I read the final proof. Every story, poem, artwork, and music is breathtaking. I couldn't be prouder to share pages with the 17 other artists featured here. Worth every cent you'll spend.
…Are you ready for it?
Volume 12 goes LIVE on June 2nd!! If you just can't wait, you can subscribe to our Patreon to read it all before Volume 12 is officially released to the world!
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ALT Vol. 12 goes LIVE on June 2nd Subscribe to our Patreon to read Vol. 12 sooner, or join us on June 2nd when Vol. 12 goes live to the world!
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Check out the cover for WE'RE HERE: THE BEST QUEER SPECULATIVE FICTION 2022 and full table of contents here:
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The stories come from @FusionFragment @apexmag @bafflingmag @strangehorizons @FantasyMagazine @anathemaspec @DefunktMag @CossmassInfinit & more.
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Houston peeps! There’s an amazing literary festival happening TODAY until 3pm at the HCC West Loop Campus!
More deets 👇🏽👇🏽
Come and celebrate with us SATURDAY at the
@hpoartsfestival at the HCC West Loop Campus! There'll be 30+ literary and art exhibitors, plus an open mic and music, so join us! Party starts at 10 am, or as soon as you walk in😋
ALT Houston Poetry & Arts Fest May 6, 10:00 AM-3:00PM 5601 West Loop S. Houston TX, 77081
ALT Join us as we celebrate! Amazing performers and 30+ literary and art exhibitors! Open mic, music, & gallery walk. Free to the public @ HCC West Loop Campus