A literary magazine celebrating America’s Rust Belt. Publishing poetry and fiction from the Rust Belt and around the world.

Joined January 2020
The Electric Rail retweeted
one of my pet peeves is the belief that a poem is just a more complicated way of saying something you could say plainly. no. at its best, every line of a poem is actually the simplest way you could say something—it’s just that the something is complicated & strange & alive.
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Editor: this sentence is confusing. Can you reword it? Me: no problem *deletes sentence*
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We’re immensely relieved to hear the guilty verdict in Derek Chauvin’s trial. We know there’s still so much more work to do. Sending love and solidarity to George Floyd’s family and to all of you fighting for justice. #BlackLivesMatter
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The Electric Rail retweeted
Hi Everyone, In support of the uprising and the BLM movement, we've decided to temporarily halt submissions. For all those who submitted, we will still consider your submissions when we re-open. Here's an explanation: nonpluslit.com/poetry
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The Electric Rail retweeted
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaand submissions are open! Send em in y’all 🤠🤠🤠 #litmag #poetry #poems #poet #poem #WritingCommunity
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The Electric Rail retweeted
Journals that congratulate you when you withdraw a simulation submission that got picked up elsewhere are good, good folks.
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