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Author. Editor. Consultant. Artist? Masked since 2020. Here for the good stuff the other platforms suppress, like facts. HEAD OF A GORGON (VA Press), etc. Memoir in progress; seeks rep. She/her. Raegenmp.wordpress.com
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Four years ago today, I got one of the best emails of my life: Freddy from VA Press wanted to publish my debut poetry collection, Head of a Gorgon.

This week, I got word that a streaming show my book is mentioned in, Deep End, is available worldwide!

fawesome.tv/category/913...
Covers of Head of a Gorgon with screaming Medusas
December 30, 2024 at 5:45 AM
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About me:

Award-winning titles: 

Head of a Gorgon
vegetarianalcoholicpress.com/titles/raege...

An Animal I Can't Name
twoofcupspress.wordpress.com/titles/

For event/workshop/podcast/other bookings, freelance, consults, interviews, requests, etc: raegenmp.wordpress.com

Resources I’ve made (🧵)
A Medusa doll holding copies of Head of a Gorgon and An Animal I Can’t Name.
November 15, 2024 at 1:06 AM
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New review of my book Head of a Gorgon from Matt McBride! Thanks for reading and sharing your thoughts on it! 🐍👩🏻💜🥳🎉

And the collection is on sale right now on Amazon for the rest of you, if you’re so inclined! 📚💙
Review of Head of a Gorgon
November 7, 2023 at 8:53 PM
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Had a great conversation with Kathy Binner at the Ohio Writers Guild about the writing life & Medusa during the 🐍👩🏻’s favorite month — which also happens to be while the book is on sale over at Amazon! 👉👈

Interview👇

https://youtu.be/VdmefHBaJG8?si=ibVjgDNH3nsHUihF

📕👇

https://a.co/d/83A9zog
A screenshot of Raegen and a copy of Head of a Gorgon from her recent interview
October 12, 2023 at 9:35 PM
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IT’S HERE!!! 🥳🎉 It was amazing to have my companion essay to Head of a Gorgon picked up by the online journal @EunoiaReview, & it’s also awesome to see this piece that’s so close to my 🖤 in print now in this gorgeous @QuerenciaPress anthology, along with some 🐍👩🏻 poems & art!
Medusa doll holding her copy of the Not Ghosts, but Spirits anthology Opening text of Head of a Gorgons’s companion essay, “Justice Isn’t Possible: Why I Write,” by Raegen Pietrucha
September 20, 2023 at 7:07 PM
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Last day of Sealey Challenge 2023! 🥳🎉

Day 31 of #SealeyChallenge 📚💙

Gender Flytrap by Zoë Estelle Hitzel with Sundress Publications 📚

To purchase: https://sundress-publications.square.site/product/gender-flytrap-by-zo-estelle-hitzel/66

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Cover of Gender Flytrap by Zoë Estelle Hitzel “Ghost Body, Medicated” by Zoë Estelle Hitzel
August 31, 2023 at 12:25 PM
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Day 30 of #SealeyChallenge 2023 📚💙

Biographies of Runaway Dogs by Troy Schoultz with VA Press 📚

To purchase: http://vegetarianalcoholicpress.com/titles/biographies-of-runaway-dogs-by-troy-schoultz

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Cover of Biographies of Runaway Dogs by Troy Schoultz “For the Girls Whose Names Once Graced Toilet Stalls” by Troy Schoultz
August 30, 2023 at 12:35 PM
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Day 29 of #SealeyChallenge 2023 📚💙

Every Poem a Potion, Every Song a Spell by Stephanie Parent with Querencia Press 📚

To purchase: https://www.querenciapress.com/every-poem-a-potion

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Cover of Every Poem a Potion, Every Song a Spell by Stephanie Parent Page 1 of “Amphibious Love” by Stephanie Parent Page 2 of “Amphibious Love” by Stephanie Parent
August 29, 2023 at 1:17 PM
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Day 28 of #SealeyChallenge 2023 📚💙

The Apocalyptic Mannequin by Stephanie M. Wytovich with @rdspress.bsky.social 📚

To purchase: https://rawdogscreaming.com/books/the-apocalyptic-mannequin/

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Cover of The Apocalyptic Mannequin by Stephanie M. Wytovich “Identification” by Stephanie M. Wytovich
August 28, 2023 at 12:45 PM
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Day 27 of #SealeyChallenge 2023 📚💙

This Bright Darkness by Sarah McKinstry-Brown with Black Lawrence Press 📚

To purchase: https://blacklawrencepress.com/books/this-bright-darkness/

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Cover of This Bright Darkness by Sarah McKinstry-Brown Page 1 of “Chorus: The Mothers Advise Girls on the Cusp” by Sarah McKinstry-Brown Page 2 of “Chorus: The Mothers Advise Girls on the Cusp” by Sarah McKinstry-Brown
August 27, 2023 at 12:26 PM
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Day 26 of #SealeyChallenge 2023 📚💙

Alms for the Bored by Sam Pekarske with VA Press 📚

To purchase: http://vegetarianalcoholicpress.com/titles/alms-for-the-bored-by-sam-pekarske

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Cover of Alms for the Bored by Sam Pekarske “Forgetting, but It’s Complicated” by Sam Pekarske
August 26, 2023 at 1:22 PM
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Day 25 of #SealeyChallenge 2023 📚💙

English Garden Bondage by Russell Carisse with above/ground press 📚

To purchase: http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2022/05/new-from-aboveground-press-english.html

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Cover of English Garden Bondage by Russell Carisse “6.Maintaining” by Russell Carisse
August 25, 2023 at 5:01 PM
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Day 24 of #SealeyChallenge 2023 📚💙

Empire of the Mind by Roger DeBlanck 📚

To purchase: https://a.co/d/8hnuizk

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Cover of Empire of the Mind by Roger DeBlanck “In the Dark” by Roger DeBlanck
August 24, 2023 at 3:25 PM
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Day 23 of #SealeyChallenge 2023 📚💙

Funny Zoo by Renee Agatep with Bottlecap Press 📚

To purchase: bottlecap.press/products/zoo

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Cover of Funny Zoo by Renee Agatep “Love Story” by Renee Agatep
August 23, 2023 at 12:21 PM
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Day 22 of #SealeyChallenge 2023 📚💙

Talking to Snakes by R. Bratten Weiss with Ethel 📚

To purchase: https://www.ethelzine.com/shop/talking-to-snakes

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Cover of Talking to Snakes by R. Bratten Weiss “In the Garden” by R. Bratten Weiss
August 22, 2023 at 12:04 PM
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Day 21 of #SealeyChallenge 2023 📚💙

Look Out Animal by Noah Burton with VA Press 📚

To purchase: http://vegetarianalcoholicpress.com/titles/look-out-animal-by-noah-burton

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Cover of Look Out Animal by Noah Burton “Mother” by Noah Burton
August 21, 2023 at 12:57 PM
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Day 20 of #SealeyChallenge 2023 📚💙

Ordinary Hazards by Nikki Grimes 📚

To purchase: https://a.co/d/g09bxJr

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Cover of Ordinary Hazards by Nikki Grimes “October Surprise” by Nikki Grimes
August 20, 2023 at 12:59 PM
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Day 19 of #SealeyChallenge 2023 📚💙

Wiregrass and Other Poems by @mjseyesopened.bsky.social with Ethel 📚

To purchase: https://www.ethelzine.com/shop/wiregrass-and-other-poems-by-moira-j-saucer

#thesealeychallenge #poems #poetry
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Cover of Wiregrass and Other Poems by Moira J. Saucer Page 1 of “Kindnesses” by Moira J. Saucer Page 2 of “Kindnesses” by Moira J. Saucer
August 19, 2023 at 4:00 PM
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Day 18 of #SealeyChallenge 2023 📚💙

Have You Heard the One About…? by Matthew E. Henry with Ghost City Press 📚

To read for free(!): https://ghostcitypress.com/2023-summer-series/have-you-heard-the-one-about

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Cover of Have You Heard the One About…? by Matthew E. Henry “when asked what I learned during the ‘community forum’ on the appropriateness of my poem by Matthew E. Henry
August 18, 2023 at 3:40 PM
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Day 17 of #SealeyChallenge 2023 📚💙

City of Incandescent Light by Matt McBride with Black Lawrence Press

To purchase: https://blacklawrencepress.com/books/city-of-incandescent-light/

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Cover of City of Incandescent Light by Matt McBride “City of the Whites” by Matt McBride
August 17, 2023 at 3:57 PM
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Day 16 of #SealeyChallenge 2023 📚💙

What Is Home if Not a Person by Lindsey Heatherly with Bay Media LLC 📚

To purchase: a.co/d/hWVd7ht

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Cover of What Is Home if Not a Person by Lindsey Heatherly “Hot Mustard” by Lindsey Heatherly
August 16, 2023 at 12:29 PM
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While out on my walk today, I had this uncomfortable feeling I was being watched.

So I turned around.

And I saw this 👇
Bold-ass crab staring at me menacingly
August 15, 2023 at 2:36 PM
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Day 15 of #SealeyChallenge 2023 📚💙

In February by Larissa Reid 📚

To purchase: https://twistedcolon.blog/2019/01/30/poetry-collection-in-february/

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Cover of In February by Larissa Reid Page 1 of “Checkmate” by Larissa Reid Page 2 of “Checkmate” by Larissa Reid
August 15, 2023 at 12:24 PM
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Day 14 of #SealeyChallenge 2023 📚💙

A Sky Full of Wings by Ksenia Rychtycka 📚

To purchase: https://a.co/d/1i85lkq

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Cover of A Sky Full of Wings by Ksenia Rychtycka “I Knew Nothing” by Ksenia Rychtycka
August 14, 2023 at 12:20 PM
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Day 13 of #SealeyChallenge 2023 📚💙

The Keys to the Jail by Keetje Kuipers with BOA Editions 📚

To purchase: https://www.boaeditions.org/products/the-keys-to-the-jail

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Cover of The Keys to the Jail by Keetje Kuipers “Brotherhood” by Keetje Kuipers
August 13, 2023 at 12:37 PM