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melayna pongratz
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they/them ꩜ artist ꩜ mfacw candidate ꩜ mid-american review poetry editor
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The 25th annual Winter Wheat Writing Festival is open for workshop proposal submissions until September 24! Mid-American Review looks forward to seeing many of you at BGSU on November 6-8.

Learn more at bgsu.edu/winterwheat or go directly to our proposals page: casit.bgsu.edu/winterwheat/...
Winter Wheat – The Mid-American Review Festival of Writing
bgsu.edu
August 26, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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I hate writing and myself. It's great, really.
July 26, 2025 at 11:07 PM
my queer little poem "Mineral" has temporarily found its home in the Toledo Museum of Art alongside the darling hippopotamus-shaped cosmetic palette and other evidence of humans' ancient and everlasting love of beauty and art 🫶🏻 #tmapoetryprize
June 27, 2025 at 3:55 AM
the children yearn for well-constructed garments of times past
May 18, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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We are excited to announce that BOTH of our genre editors, @skoeplin.bsky.social and @mmelayna.bsky.social, are finalists for the TMA Poetry Prize!
May 8, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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morale low in the office today @midamericanreview.bsky.social help
April 23, 2025 at 6:09 PM
in case your vibe today is hugs & an unmade bed
April 23, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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a poetic reading of jump by kris kross
January 3, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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People don’t sit and ponder like they used to
December 14, 2024 at 5:47 PM
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I think a new Rachel Ann Bovier billboard could heal me right now
November 15, 2024 at 1:35 PM
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Nikki Giovanni was such a tremendous talent and a light guiding the way. She will be missed but I will always be full of gratitutude. Rest in Power, Nikki.
December 10, 2024 at 1:11 PM
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December 10, 2024 at 2:25 PM
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December 10, 2024 at 6:17 PM
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Try to make your mental illness work with you, not against you. Become a writer.
December 9, 2024 at 4:29 PM
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berry time
December 6, 2024 at 5:24 PM
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It's not new. Trans people have been around as long as there have been people. And the revolutionary institute that performed the first known gender affirming surgeries, founded by a gay Jewish doctor, was among the Nazis' first targets. Learn more from @bschillace.brandyschillace.com:
The Forgotten History of the World's First Trans Clinic
The Institute for Sexual Research in Berlin would be a century old if it hadn’t fallen victim to Nazi ideology
www.scientificamerican.com
December 4, 2024 at 7:24 PM