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Nancy Chen Long
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author of poetry books Wider than the Sky (Diode Editions, 2020) and Light into Bodies (U. of Tampa Press, 2017) | NEA fellow in poetry | https://nancychenlong.com/
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I'm happy to share this interview by Patty Paine of @diodeeditions.bsky.social Diode Editions! Please take a look, and I'd be really grateful if you might share this elsewhere on social media. Thank you. diode.substack.com/p/auto-towns...
September 2, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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NEW: Senator Marshall (R-KS) RUNS AWAY, fleeing his own town hall after being asked about DOGE firing Veterans. MAKE HIM GO VIRAL.
March 1, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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No platform is ever truly free.

That applies whether we’re talking about TikTok, Google, YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, WhatsApp, Facebook - or Substack. And if you think to yourself, this time, it'll be different, good luck to you.

But sooner or later, you're going to get fucked.
Why I Won't Write on Substack
There is something perverse about every voice of record, every journalist with a profile, every writer with an audience abandoning ship for Substack. It's been a growing trend for the past few years, and it's getting worse. Substack has done an excellent job convincing intelligent people from legacy media backgrounds
www.joanwestenberg.com
March 1, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT! 7 Days left to enter. Poems from manuscripts considered for features along with a chance for the book prize! www.versedaily.org/bookprize.sh...
February 21, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Felt powerless-needed to hear this: "The real value of the first step isn't in its specific direction. It's in breaking the paralysis of possibility." "Movement creates information. Standing still creates nothing." "There's value in a shitty First Step."—JA Westenberg www.youtube.com/watch?v=TB8U...
Nothing Is Impossible (If You Know How to Start): On First Steps and False Barriers
YouTube video by JA Westenberg
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February 16, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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According to DOGE...
$65 for grandma: waste
$8 million for the richest man in the world: not waste
February 12, 2025 at 6:36 PM
#poem #poetry #wsmerwin #spring
"To Paula in Late Spring" by W.S. Merwin, from The Shadow of Sirius (2009, Copper Canyon Press) and found in The Essential W.S. Merwin, edited by Michael Wiegers (2017, Copper Canyon Press)
March 23, 2024 at 6:39 PM
Happy Lunar New Year! We are entering the year of the Dragon. I read that this is to be a year of luck, growth, and change/reinvention. May your year be auspicious, Friends.🎉🐉💖

#YearOfTheDragon
#LunarNewYear
February 10, 2024 at 3:45 PM
Rest in peace, Rosalynn Carter.
November 20, 2023 at 5:40 PM
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Nice to have a poem up today at Verse Daily, thanks to J P Dancing Bear, @cincinnatireview.bsky.social, @lisaampleman.bsky.social.

www.versedaily.org/2023/stay.sh...
www.versedaily.org
November 15, 2023 at 8:22 AM
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@triohousepress.bsky.social is pleased to announce that submissions have opened for our Louise Bogan Award! Win $1000 and publication. This year’s judge is Oliver de la Paz, author of The Diaspora Sonnets. For more info, click here: triohousepress.org/contests
November 2, 2023 at 12:46 PM
#Bloomington #IN #MorgensternBooks Poetry Open Mic, 11/12 , 2pm. Poet Patsy Rahn will be MC'ing.
November 2, 2023 at 5:21 PM
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Poets! The Trio Award is now open! Enter to win publication of your first or second book of poetry. This year’s judge is Jessica Q Stark, author of the collection Buffalo Girl. For more info, click here: triohousepress.org/contests
November 2, 2023 at 12:45 PM
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Okay, to help everyone make their BlueSky what they want it to be, here's a thread about feeds. What they are, how to find them, how to add them, how to pin them, what feeds to follow if you're a #writer, and how you can make your own

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October 12, 2023 at 7:11 PM
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The new journal my grad students and I are creating has gotten a flood of poetry and fiction submissions (yay!), but the editors are especially hoping for more open genre (hybrid, multimedia) and nonfiction pieces too! Send them some good longform work!
We are officially open for submissions until October 31st! Send us your long-form fiction, poetry, non-fiction, and your work that transcends the genres!
Submit on: lastsyllablelit.com
October 20, 2023 at 9:15 PM
"Snowdrops" by Louise Glück. RIP. 💔
October 13, 2023 at 9:08 PM