Lauren Brazeal Garza
@lbrazealgarza.bsky.social
Poet, Novelist, & Essayist | Rep'd by Charlotte Sunderland at Park, Fine, & Brower | 🏳️🌈♿️
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listening to depeche mode
June 18, 2025 at 3:22 AM
listening to depeche mode
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Gillian Flynn calls Fox by Joyce Carol Oates “Eerie, shocking, provoking, and beautifully written . . . Further proof Oates is one of the greatest writers among us today.” [Sponsored] bookshop.org/p/books/fox-...
June 18, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Gillian Flynn calls Fox by Joyce Carol Oates “Eerie, shocking, provoking, and beautifully written . . . Further proof Oates is one of the greatest writers among us today.” [Sponsored] bookshop.org/p/books/fox-...
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A large pot sits in plain sight. There’s a frog in it.
Every day, Leader announces his plans to boil the frog. His campaign slogan was “BOIL THAT FROG.”
He has already made at least one run on the stove.
A man stirs the pot with a large stick. “It’s a metaphor,” he says.
Every day, Leader announces his plans to boil the frog. His campaign slogan was “BOIL THAT FROG.”
He has already made at least one run on the stove.
A man stirs the pot with a large stick. “It’s a metaphor,” he says.
Signs the Frog Has Been Boiled
A large pot sits in plain sight. There’s a frog in it. Every day, Leader announces his plans to boil the frog. His campaign slogan was “BOIL THAT F...
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June 16, 2025 at 6:27 PM
A large pot sits in plain sight. There’s a frog in it.
Every day, Leader announces his plans to boil the frog. His campaign slogan was “BOIL THAT FROG.”
He has already made at least one run on the stove.
A man stirs the pot with a large stick. “It’s a metaphor,” he says.
Every day, Leader announces his plans to boil the frog. His campaign slogan was “BOIL THAT FROG.”
He has already made at least one run on the stove.
A man stirs the pot with a large stick. “It’s a metaphor,” he says.
Heading into the query trenches after being self-represented for five traditionally published books...
Anyone have an agent who's wild about LGBTQ+ literary thrillers?? 😅
#amquerying
Anyone have an agent who's wild about LGBTQ+ literary thrillers?? 😅
#amquerying
June 2, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Heading into the query trenches after being self-represented for five traditionally published books...
Anyone have an agent who's wild about LGBTQ+ literary thrillers?? 😅
#amquerying
Anyone have an agent who's wild about LGBTQ+ literary thrillers?? 😅
#amquerying
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#AWP25 is officially less than two weeks away so get excited about this virtual panel i participated in w/ @haileypiperfights.bsky.social @pauladashe.bsky.social @raewilde.bsky.social @lbrazealgarza.bsky.social
OMG It’s Out! Love & Craft in Queer Horror - VIRTUAL EVENT
OMG It’s Out! Love & Craft in Queer Horror - VIRTUAL EVENT
March 14, 2025 at 10:42 PM
#AWP25 is officially less than two weeks away so get excited about this virtual panel i participated in w/ @haileypiperfights.bsky.social @pauladashe.bsky.social @raewilde.bsky.social @lbrazealgarza.bsky.social
OMG It’s Out! Love & Craft in Queer Horror - VIRTUAL EVENT
OMG It’s Out! Love & Craft in Queer Horror - VIRTUAL EVENT
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State of the Union today: 3/5, go bring some 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈joy into the world. Out of spite, ofc.
March 5, 2025 at 11:20 AM
State of the Union today: 3/5, go bring some 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈joy into the world. Out of spite, ofc.
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Join us in solidarity—fly your American flag upside down, the traditional signal of distress and extreme emergency.
February 24, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Join us in solidarity—fly your American flag upside down, the traditional signal of distress and extreme emergency.
I've been hiding since June revising one novel for publication, finishing another novel, and sketching out my latest novel. I miss my writer friends!
So I'm THRILLED to be reading with @caitlincowan.bsky.social as she tours with her new book 😍
Come say hi on 2/15 at @patchoulijoes.bsky.social
So I'm THRILLED to be reading with @caitlincowan.bsky.social as she tours with her new book 😍
Come say hi on 2/15 at @patchoulijoes.bsky.social
February 5, 2025 at 2:48 AM
I've been hiding since June revising one novel for publication, finishing another novel, and sketching out my latest novel. I miss my writer friends!
So I'm THRILLED to be reading with @caitlincowan.bsky.social as she tours with her new book 😍
Come say hi on 2/15 at @patchoulijoes.bsky.social
So I'm THRILLED to be reading with @caitlincowan.bsky.social as she tours with her new book 😍
Come say hi on 2/15 at @patchoulijoes.bsky.social
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Jasmine is on FIRE 🔥 🔥🔥
"...we are going to be in your face, we are going to be on your asses, and we are going to make sure you understand what democracy looks like...
...and this ain't it!"
"...we are going to be in your face, we are going to be on your asses, and we are going to make sure you understand what democracy looks like...
...and this ain't it!"
February 4, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Jasmine is on FIRE 🔥 🔥🔥
"...we are going to be in your face, we are going to be on your asses, and we are going to make sure you understand what democracy looks like...
...and this ain't it!"
"...we are going to be in your face, we are going to be on your asses, and we are going to make sure you understand what democracy looks like...
...and this ain't it!"
I'm thrilled to be leading a 12-month poetry manuscript incubator with the indie MFA program at Writing Workshops starting in March!
Please share with friends, family, & students who're interested in a nurturing community of writers!
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Please share with friends, family, & students who're interested in a nurturing community of writers!
writingworkshops.com/products/12-...
January 20, 2025 at 12:44 AM
I'm thrilled to be leading a 12-month poetry manuscript incubator with the indie MFA program at Writing Workshops starting in March!
Please share with friends, family, & students who're interested in a nurturing community of writers!
writingworkshops.com/products/12-...
Please share with friends, family, & students who're interested in a nurturing community of writers!
writingworkshops.com/products/12-...
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Raising money for the Pasadena Humane society- they've taken in over 300 pets so far during the Eaton Fire, & many now being brought in w/ critical burn injuries. Sharing this poem, from 2021, w/ this fundraiser for obvious & devastating reasons. Donate link here:
instagram.com/p/DEngYGTSaN...
instagram.com/p/DEngYGTSaN...
January 9, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Raising money for the Pasadena Humane society- they've taken in over 300 pets so far during the Eaton Fire, & many now being brought in w/ critical burn injuries. Sharing this poem, from 2021, w/ this fundraiser for obvious & devastating reasons. Donate link here:
instagram.com/p/DEngYGTSaN...
instagram.com/p/DEngYGTSaN...
Being compared to a "cool older sister" as a professor is the highest praise I've ever received as an educator.
December 12, 2024 at 8:38 PM
Being compared to a "cool older sister" as a professor is the highest praise I've ever received as an educator.
One more day in the semester!
I've had so much fun with my poetry students at UT Dallas this fall! And I can't wait to do it all again in the spring ❤️
#UTDallas
#collegeprofessors
#poetrycommunity
I've had so much fun with my poetry students at UT Dallas this fall! And I can't wait to do it all again in the spring ❤️
#UTDallas
#collegeprofessors
#poetrycommunity
December 4, 2024 at 7:56 PM
One more day in the semester!
I've had so much fun with my poetry students at UT Dallas this fall! And I can't wait to do it all again in the spring ❤️
#UTDallas
#collegeprofessors
#poetrycommunity
I've had so much fun with my poetry students at UT Dallas this fall! And I can't wait to do it all again in the spring ❤️
#UTDallas
#collegeprofessors
#poetrycommunity
Hello December!! ✨️
December 1, 2024 at 8:52 PM
Hello December!! ✨️
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"Submissions are open but there is a cap."
December 1, 2024 at 3:21 PM
"Submissions are open but there is a cap."
What a frigging poem!
Hey we're Taco Bell Quarterly, we're a prestigious Literary Magazine. We pay $100! We're open for another week. Submit something. This is one of our favorite poems published in our last issue, TBQ6, Staircase wit by Rhiannon McGavin.
https://tacobellquarterly.org/staircase-wit/
https://tacobellquarterly.org/staircase-wit/
December 1, 2024 at 8:08 PM
What a frigging poem!
Feeling ok about AI all of a sudden...
November 30, 2024 at 5:47 PM
Feeling ok about AI all of a sudden...
I'm looking for two to three beta readers for my recently completed novel.
The book is an upmarket thriller that takes place in the aftermath of a serial stalker's murder, as the three women closest to the crime are haunted by ghosts of their past.
DM me 🙂
#writingcommunuty
#amquerying
The book is an upmarket thriller that takes place in the aftermath of a serial stalker's murder, as the three women closest to the crime are haunted by ghosts of their past.
DM me 🙂
#writingcommunuty
#amquerying
November 28, 2024 at 1:50 AM
I'm looking for two to three beta readers for my recently completed novel.
The book is an upmarket thriller that takes place in the aftermath of a serial stalker's murder, as the three women closest to the crime are haunted by ghosts of their past.
DM me 🙂
#writingcommunuty
#amquerying
The book is an upmarket thriller that takes place in the aftermath of a serial stalker's murder, as the three women closest to the crime are haunted by ghosts of their past.
DM me 🙂
#writingcommunuty
#amquerying
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November 26, 2024 at 3:39 AM
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Reading & interview with the great Robert Hayden is up at the Brockport Writers Forum YT page. This exchange feels very much locked in its time--would love the chance to hear how his views might have changed or perhaps intensified in the ensuing decades, chissà. ❄️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hvF...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hvF...
Robert Hayden at the Brockport Writers Forum
YouTube video by Brockport Writers Forum
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November 26, 2024 at 12:56 AM
Reading & interview with the great Robert Hayden is up at the Brockport Writers Forum YT page. This exchange feels very much locked in its time--would love the chance to hear how his views might have changed or perhaps intensified in the ensuing decades, chissà. ❄️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hvF...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hvF...
Staying entertained over fall break...
November 25, 2024 at 12:51 AM
Staying entertained over fall break...
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Kenyatta Rogers bringing the electricity⚡️ poets.org/poem/ars-poe...
November 20, 2024 at 8:40 PM
Kenyatta Rogers bringing the electricity⚡️ poets.org/poem/ars-poe...
Truth.
This is how you become a writer: just pick one of the things that is deeply wrong with you. Make it a character. Now send it on a self-help journey or try to kill it. Now call it a book.
November 21, 2024 at 10:03 PM
Truth.