shareen k. murayama
@ambusypoeming.bsky.social
here, not here, there a poet, here a flash, and other sorts of non-fiction
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"If we die, know that we are content and steadfast, and convey on our behalf that we are people of truth."
Poet and Novelist Heba Abu Nada, 32, Reported Dead in Israeli Bombardment arablit.org/2023/10/20/p... via @arablit.bsky.social
Poet and Novelist Heba Abu Nada, 32, Reported Dead in Israeli Bombardment
Poet and novelist Heba Abu Nada, author of the novel Oxygen is Not for the Dead (2017), died under bombardment in Khan Yunis on Friday, the Palestinian Ministry of Culture announced. Born in Mecca ��...
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October 21, 2023 at 1:27 AM
"If we die, know that we are content and steadfast, and convey on our behalf that we are people of truth."
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Another wonderful anaphora #FlashFiction, this one repeating a powerful "what if". The swarm of emotions in this piece by @suzannehicks.bsky.social is breath-taking:
Crickets ~ by Suzanne Hicks
What if you lived in Elko, Nevada? What if this was the summer when a swarm of Mormon crickets invaded the town? What if they engulfed your house, clinging to the clapboard, blacking out the windows s...
milkcandyreview.home.blog
October 21, 2023 at 8:09 AM
Another wonderful anaphora #FlashFiction, this one repeating a powerful "what if". The swarm of emotions in this piece by @suzannehicks.bsky.social is breath-taking:
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This #FlashFiction from @votang.bsky.social unspools through its succession of questions in such an interesting way, building in insistence from beginning to end and exploring so much in such a small space. Great piece!
Mom, can I ask you a question ~ by Thao Votang
Which finger was it that I should use to measure water for rice? Was it up to three quarters of one segment of my ring finger? Not my left ring finger though, not the finger I will tie myself to a man...
milkcandyreview.home.blog
October 21, 2023 at 8:12 AM
This #FlashFiction from @votang.bsky.social unspools through its succession of questions in such an interesting way, building in insistence from beginning to end and exploring so much in such a small space. Great piece!
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#SubmissionCall from the wonderful @lunatejournal.bsky.social
October 21, 2023 at 8:28 AM
#SubmissionCall from the wonderful @lunatejournal.bsky.social
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"She feels it, as though the last bit of linen had frozen in her hands. / She looks at her hands—how old they are. It’s not the beginning, it’s the end."
The Paris Review has unlocked Louise Glück's poems in their archive.
The Paris Review has unlocked Louise Glück's poems in their archive.
Louise Glück
Stories, poems, essays, and interviews from The Paris Review by Louise Glück
www.theparisreview.org
October 13, 2023 at 9:23 PM
"She feels it, as though the last bit of linen had frozen in her hands. / She looks at her hands—how old they are. It’s not the beginning, it’s the end."
The Paris Review has unlocked Louise Glück's poems in their archive.
The Paris Review has unlocked Louise Glück's poems in their archive.
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RIP Louise Glück. My favorite poet, someone whose work was incredibly influential on my own. I have spent years—joyously—trying to pin down the command of voice that Glück wielded effortlessly.
October 13, 2023 at 9:35 PM
RIP Louise Glück. My favorite poet, someone whose work was incredibly influential on my own. I have spent years—joyously—trying to pin down the command of voice that Glück wielded effortlessly.
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October 13, 2023 at 7:52 PM
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Just finished two full days of student meetings with detailed essay notes. From morning to late afternoon, both days.
My brain right now.
My brain right now.
October 13, 2023 at 8:17 PM
Just finished two full days of student meetings with detailed essay notes. From morning to late afternoon, both days.
My brain right now.
My brain right now.
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Come write with me! Two essay drafts in two hours, $50, plus 2 BIPOC scholarships available! This December!
www.chillsubs.com/writeordie/w...
www.chillsubs.com/writeordie/w...
2 Essays in 2 Hours!
Two essay drafts on the page in two hours? Is that even possible? YES!
www.chillsubs.com
October 10, 2023 at 6:07 PM
Come write with me! Two essay drafts in two hours, $50, plus 2 BIPOC scholarships available! This December!
www.chillsubs.com/writeordie/w...
www.chillsubs.com/writeordie/w...
It’s Friday, the war is still going on and ugh 🤬😭. I hope you don’t mind me in this little corner of the world acknowledging how privileged and happy I am to find my writer friends here. Home again. 💕
October 13, 2023 at 9:49 PM
It’s Friday, the war is still going on and ugh 🤬😭. I hope you don’t mind me in this little corner of the world acknowledging how privileged and happy I am to find my writer friends here. Home again. 💕
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Reminder that our submissions are open! You still have time, so cook up some creativity as we head into fall 🍁❤️ You can find more submission info on our website, and check out the wonderful works we have published in the past :)
October 12, 2023 at 3:58 PM
Reminder that our submissions are open! You still have time, so cook up some creativity as we head into fall 🍁❤️ You can find more submission info on our website, and check out the wonderful works we have published in the past :)
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Happy Friday, wildlings 🙂 A special treat from @vcmccabe.bsky.social to get your weekend off to the best start.
And don't forget that if you preorder Ophelia before 10/17 you'll get 10% off the cover price!
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And don't forget that if you preorder Ophelia before 10/17 you'll get 10% off the cover price!
femmesalvebooks.net/ophelia-by-v...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbeA...
Ophelia by V.C. McCabe Book Trailer
Ophelia by V.C. McCabe Book TrailerOn Sale, Print & eBook, October 17, 2023Pre-order: femmesalvebooks.net/ophelia-by-vc-mccabeV.C. McCabe Official Site: vcmc...
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September 22, 2023 at 12:46 PM
Happy Friday, wildlings 🙂 A special treat from @vcmccabe.bsky.social to get your weekend off to the best start.
And don't forget that if you preorder Ophelia before 10/17 you'll get 10% off the cover price!
femmesalvebooks.net/ophelia-by-v...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbeA...
And don't forget that if you preorder Ophelia before 10/17 you'll get 10% off the cover price!
femmesalvebooks.net/ophelia-by-v...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbeA...
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Really, really need a novel reader for our submission reading period. Any takers? Please email @ elj.editions@gmail.com
September 22, 2023 at 11:10 PM
Really, really need a novel reader for our submission reading period. Any takers? Please email @ elj.editions@gmail.com
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Lit mags are important. Sign to show your support for The Gettysburg Review.
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
Gettysburg Review is the global literary magazine that put Gettysburg College on the map. Every year tuition goes up, and somehow the college has enough money to build and remodel parts of campus, but...
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October 12, 2023 at 4:58 PM
Lit mags are important. Sign to show your support for The Gettysburg Review.
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My new poem "Self Portrait as an Order at the Delicatessen" was published yesterday. I hope you like it.
www.havehashad.com/hadposts/sel...
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Self Portrait as an Order at the Delicatessen by Jared Beloff
after Chen Chen
With a side of pickles. Without a Bar Mitzvah. With
a Mother and Father. With one matzoh ball or two?
With chocolate babka and gelt. Without friends
to haggle over winning...
www.havehashad.com
October 5, 2023 at 9:52 AM
My new poem "Self Portrait as an Order at the Delicatessen" was published yesterday. I hope you like it.
www.havehashad.com/hadposts/sel...
www.havehashad.com/hadposts/sel...
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My favorite @readinstead.bsky.social poems: "The Feral Pigs of Chernobyl are Glowing"; "Watching Time Lapse Videos w/ My Daughter"; "Bar Mitzvah"; "Ariadne Slept"; "Experiments w/ the Perception of Time"; "Still Life w/ Flowers, Shells, a Shark’s Head, & Petrifications"; "That Would Keep You"...
October 12, 2023 at 10:40 PM
My favorite @readinstead.bsky.social poems: "The Feral Pigs of Chernobyl are Glowing"; "Watching Time Lapse Videos w/ My Daughter"; "Bar Mitzvah"; "Ariadne Slept"; "Experiments w/ the Perception of Time"; "Still Life w/ Flowers, Shells, a Shark’s Head, & Petrifications"; "That Would Keep You"...
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A @readinstead.bsky.social appreciation thread. Back when I was a poetry co-editor for Barren Magazine, I fell in love w/ an anonymously submitted ekphrastic poem called "The Ray." Once I found out it was by poet Jared Beloff, I devoured every poem of his I could find...
barrenmagazine.com/the-ray/
barrenmagazine.com/the-ray/
Barren Magazine - Issue 22 - Glass Horizons
after Jean Baptiste Simeon Chardin Chardin pulls our eyes to its translucent skin announcing its wound, pink and gap
barrenmagazine.com
October 12, 2023 at 10:32 PM
A @readinstead.bsky.social appreciation thread. Back when I was a poetry co-editor for Barren Magazine, I fell in love w/ an anonymously submitted ekphrastic poem called "The Ray." Once I found out it was by poet Jared Beloff, I devoured every poem of his I could find...
barrenmagazine.com/the-ray/
barrenmagazine.com/the-ray/
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Check this out! Hannah is a gem!
Come write with me! Two essay drafts in two hours, $50, plus 2 BIPOC scholarships available! This December!
www.chillsubs.com/writeordie/w...
www.chillsubs.com/writeordie/w...
2 Essays in 2 Hours!
Two essay drafts on the page in two hours? Is that even possible? YES!
www.chillsubs.com
October 12, 2023 at 9:22 PM
Check this out! Hannah is a gem!
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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
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
🥸
1/16
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1/16
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A strong voice gone. #poetry
Poem of the month: Oil Music by Gboyega Odubanjo
Each month the Guardian’s Review section chooses a poem or poet to highlight
www.theguardian.com
August 31, 2023 at 10:04 PM
A strong voice gone. #poetry
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Special call to submissions of African writing judged by Chris Abani.
Submit
General Submissions | Special Calls | Pitches | Prizes General Submissions for the Print Journal Now Accepting Submissions via Submittable! General submissions for the print journal will be accepte…
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August 24, 2023 at 10:20 PM
Special call to submissions of African writing judged by Chris Abani.
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“The mystery in how little we know of other people is no greater than the mystery of how much”
—Eudora Welty
—Eudora Welty
September 19, 2023 at 11:59 PM
“The mystery in how little we know of other people is no greater than the mystery of how much”
—Eudora Welty
—Eudora Welty
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Dorothea Grossman.
September 2, 2023 at 3:42 AM
Dorothea Grossman.