@MyExplodingPen

Novelist, poet, scholar. She/they. Author of Out of Order (2015), Order in the Court (2016), & Doctor's Orders (2023). Lit PhD from Trinity College Dublin.

 Canada β€’ Sweden
medium.com/@clawrenc
Joined June 2012
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I know the submission and defense are the actual milestones, but graduating makes it feel real. I have a PhD! πŸŽ“ #PhDone
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Cee Rhiannon@CeeDoraReads21 May 2025
Literary Blackface, DEI, and the Ethics of Authorship by @MyExplodingPen aninjusticemag.com/literary-…

Literary Blackface, DEI, and the Ethics of Authorship

What Jasper Ceylon reveals about publishing’s diversity crisis

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β€œthe ampersand is the sexiest punctuation mark & I dont case who knows it & she doesnt either because shes the one holding it togetherβ€β€Šβ€”β€Š@MyExplodingPen medium.com/promptly-written/…
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Bag of Bones Press@BagBonesPress2 Apr 2025
Congratulations to @MyExplodingPen Their marvellous story (which we first published in our SKIN Anthology) has been shortlisted by Tenebrous Press for Brave New Weird Vol 3! tenebrouspress.com/blog/2025…?

Announcing the Shortlist for BRAVE NEW WEIRD Volume Three! β€” tenebrous press

Hails, Tenebrous Cult!

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After what just happened to @DrAllyLouks, I’m officially deleting this app from my phone. Twitter keeps sending notifications to tell me I’ll be interested in this pile-on, but all I see is how vile this app has become. I’m out. Find me on Bluesky with the same handle.
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Transitioning over to where the skies are bluer: find me over there with the same handle, MyExplodingPen.
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Replying to @LiamJHogan
Oh if only!
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Replying to @helolaw67
"Notes on Camp," for a book explaining queer theory through poetry. Tentative publication date in late 2025.
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Got my 100th rejection for the year today (goal = met), on the same day as receiving $300 for a poem. Being a writer is really weird!!
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James Joyce Society (New York)@JoyceSocietyNY11 Nov 2024
Joyce readers in Ireland/UK/Europe/Middle East, we scheduled this so you could attend! Vicki Mahaffey online book launch: "The Joyce of Everyday Life" 12 November, 5pm GMT RSVP for link: forms.gle/MiYfkaPeMNNKra7K7… @JoyceFound @JamesJoyceCentr @JJ_Gazette @JoyceTower @JoyceTrieste

Vicki Mahaffey at The James Joyce Society, 11/12/24 12pm EDT

Registration form for this ONLINE event

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Periodic reminder that you can request indie books from your library, and authors get paid a lump sum. My commission on a library acquisition is like $35, which amounts to a LOT of eBooks. Instead of pirating that $1.99 eBook, help the author get paid and still read for free!!
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Neil Renic@NC_Renic4 Nov 2024
1994 academic: "do you do spousal hiring?" 2024 academic: "do you do hiring?"
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Replying to @DiannaLGunn
I’m slowly moving to the Other Place as well. Followed you!
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Yeah sure let's boil whales alive for this
Schmidt@AndrewSchmidtFC25 Oct 2024
My mom: That hike almost killed me! Apple’s AI summary:
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Neil Renic@NC_Renic21 Oct 2024
Academics will have a 2 hour conversation about how busy they both are that ends in them agreeing to co-write something new
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Two things can be true at the same time
໊@wynrosei20 Oct 2024
you don’t have a crush. you have attachment issues and someone is giving you attention
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Natali Simmonds@NJSimmondsbooks18 Oct 2024
Watching a cheesy movie where the hot young neighbour gifts Jennifer Lopez a first edition of her favourite book...The Iliad. A first edition. Of The Iliad. He found it in a garage sale.
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Replying to @BnotBea
American spellings usually throw me off, but I got today’s. Not really fair for the rest of the world. MOMMY, CORER, and STINT all in one week was messed up.
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