Ronita Chattopadhyay
@ronita.bsky.social
Gave myself permission to be a poet; Love books, mountains and tea; working at the intersection of process documentation and qualitative research in India
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I love many things about what @lindzmcleod.bsky.social did with An Honour & a Privilege, but best of all is that it's a book that can be enjoyed by readers (thanks to 11 remarkable pieces of original fiction) AND writers, because the authors discuss process in paired nonfiction conversation pieces!
Yes I smell the books 2x during this video!
Collaborative writing & the craft of collaborative writing in one gorgeous book. @lindzmcleod.bsky.social et al, we've made a beautiful, purposeful book!!
Order your copy & breathe it in, too, & get a free bookmark!
www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...
Collaborative writing & the craft of collaborative writing in one gorgeous book. @lindzmcleod.bsky.social et al, we've made a beautiful, purposeful book!!
Order your copy & breathe it in, too, & get a free bookmark!
www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...
November 14, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I love many things about what @lindzmcleod.bsky.social did with An Honour & a Privilege, but best of all is that it's a book that can be enjoyed by readers (thanks to 11 remarkable pieces of original fiction) AND writers, because the authors discuss process in paired nonfiction conversation pieces!
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Patch of Blue – John Coburn @johncoburn.bsky.social
Patch of Blue – John Coburn
Patch of Blue . . John Coburn is an Anglo-Irish poet living in London. He has been published in A New Ulster, the Black Nore Review, the Sunday Independent and the Poet’s Yearbook Autumn Anthology…
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November 14, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Patch of Blue – John Coburn @johncoburn.bsky.social
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The room is
almost all
elephant.
Almost none
of it isn’t.
Pretty much
solid elephant.
So there’s no
room to talk
about it.
-Kay Ryan, “The Elephant in the Room”
#everynightapoem
almost all
elephant.
Almost none
of it isn’t.
Pretty much
solid elephant.
So there’s no
room to talk
about it.
-Kay Ryan, “The Elephant in the Room”
#everynightapoem
November 13, 2025 at 12:13 AM
The room is
almost all
elephant.
Almost none
of it isn’t.
Pretty much
solid elephant.
So there’s no
room to talk
about it.
-Kay Ryan, “The Elephant in the Room”
#everynightapoem
almost all
elephant.
Almost none
of it isn’t.
Pretty much
solid elephant.
So there’s no
room to talk
about it.
-Kay Ryan, “The Elephant in the Room”
#everynightapoem
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Lit mags are usually known for their slow response times, but these amazing flash fiction pubs are trying to change that!
Submit to them here: www.chillsubs.com/lists/fast-f...
#writing #writingcommunity #litmags
Submit to them here: www.chillsubs.com/lists/fast-f...
#writing #writingcommunity #litmags
November 13, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Lit mags are usually known for their slow response times, but these amazing flash fiction pubs are trying to change that!
Submit to them here: www.chillsubs.com/lists/fast-f...
#writing #writingcommunity #litmags
Submit to them here: www.chillsubs.com/lists/fast-f...
#writing #writingcommunity #litmags
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“Work like a dog now because in your 30s you will have back pain.” Survival notes for young artists.
www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/11/m...
www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/11/m...
‘Make a lot of bad work for as long as possible’: new book brings you top tips from artists
In Lydia Figes’s publication more than 50 successful artists share their wisdom on everything from defining success to dealing with galleries
www.theartnewspaper.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:04 AM
“Work like a dog now because in your 30s you will have back pain.” Survival notes for young artists.
www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/11/m...
www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/11/m...
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I don’t know who needs to hear this, but your desire to inhale the pages of every book you pick up is something you never need to apologize for.
Anyone who tells you otherwise doesn’t belong in your circle of friends.
Anyone who tells you otherwise doesn’t belong in your circle of friends.
November 12, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but your desire to inhale the pages of every book you pick up is something you never need to apologize for.
Anyone who tells you otherwise doesn’t belong in your circle of friends.
Anyone who tells you otherwise doesn’t belong in your circle of friends.
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It’s #WorldPneumoniaDay. Here is my #SciArt lung #embroidery, she breathed (2018) with a poem about ease of breath stitched between the bronchi.
🧪🐡🧶 #Medsky
🧪🐡🧶 #Medsky
November 12, 2025 at 4:05 PM
It’s #WorldPneumoniaDay. Here is my #SciArt lung #embroidery, she breathed (2018) with a poem about ease of breath stitched between the bronchi.
🧪🐡🧶 #Medsky
🧪🐡🧶 #Medsky
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81% to the goal--thank you so much to everyone for your generosity in sharing & giving so far. Archita would be very grateful for your continued support so she can make her goal and find some semblance of security in this terrible time.
Fellow Calcuttan writer/editor Archita Mittra is in desperate need of financial help. She recently lost her father, her home was damaged in the recent rains, & her mother's in hospital. They don't have insurance, & she's a freelancer. I can vouch for her. Please share widely & donate:
Donate to Help Archita and Her Mom Rebuild Their Lives, organized by tehseen baweja
Hey Everyone! My name is Tehseen and I publish an online magazine called T… tehseen baweja needs your support for Help Archita and Her Mom Rebuild Their Lives
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November 11, 2025 at 8:38 AM
81% to the goal--thank you so much to everyone for your generosity in sharing & giving so far. Archita would be very grateful for your continued support so she can make her goal and find some semblance of security in this terrible time.
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JMWW Journal is open for poetry, CNF, fiction, and hybrid/beyond genre submissions. Closes 11/15
jmww.submittable.com/submit
jmww.submittable.com/submit
JMWW Submission Manager
jmww is a literary journal publishing fiction, flash, poetry, hybrid work, essays, interviews, and other miscellany weekly. We are happy you found us!We want to see your work, but don't be all stalke...
jmww.submittable.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:56 PM
JMWW Journal is open for poetry, CNF, fiction, and hybrid/beyond genre submissions. Closes 11/15
jmww.submittable.com/submit
jmww.submittable.com/submit
Not sure how my words sneaked into this amazing lot. But I am grateful. And we do need to hold on to our many, many languages and our journeys with and between them.
www.polluxjournal.com/issue-6/edit...
www.polluxjournal.com/issue-6/edit...
Editor's Note — Pollux Journal
www.polluxjournal.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Not sure how my words sneaked into this amazing lot. But I am grateful. And we do need to hold on to our many, many languages and our journeys with and between them.
www.polluxjournal.com/issue-6/edit...
www.polluxjournal.com/issue-6/edit...
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Who would like to be a headliner in the final issue of 2025 of The Starbeck Orion? Have you unpublished work about endings, conclusions, finality? Love to feature your work. See details below:
bsky.app/profile/thew...
bsky.app/profile/thew...
Love to feature three your unpublished writings in the final The Starbeck Orion of 2025. Theme: Not Advent, Endings and so on. Here are the contribution details:
open.substack.com/pub/the880/p...
open.substack.com/pub/the880/p...
Contributions
How to contribute to The Starbeck Orion
open.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Who would like to be a headliner in the final issue of 2025 of The Starbeck Orion? Have you unpublished work about endings, conclusions, finality? Love to feature your work. See details below:
bsky.app/profile/thew...
bsky.app/profile/thew...
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Announcing!
ICE FLOE PRESS reopening for Submissions Oct 25th.
Full sub prompt below at website link
Guest Editor Vikki C. @vikkicwrites.bsky.social & @rfredekenter.bsky.social
We are looking for new, original hybrid work on:
PROCESS/ MARGINALIA / OTHER (WOR(L)D)(S)
icefloepress.net/open-for-sub...
ICE FLOE PRESS reopening for Submissions Oct 25th.
Full sub prompt below at website link
Guest Editor Vikki C. @vikkicwrites.bsky.social & @rfredekenter.bsky.social
We are looking for new, original hybrid work on:
PROCESS/ MARGINALIA / OTHER (WOR(L)D)(S)
icefloepress.net/open-for-sub...
OPEN FOR SUBMISSION: PROCESS/ MARGINALIA / OTHER (WOR(L)D)(S)
Ice Floe is excited to announce a new on-line project is opening for submissions on the 25th of October. We will accept work until Nov. 18th, 2025. In the spirit of experimentation, hybridity and c…
icefloepress.net
October 16, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Announcing!
ICE FLOE PRESS reopening for Submissions Oct 25th.
Full sub prompt below at website link
Guest Editor Vikki C. @vikkicwrites.bsky.social & @rfredekenter.bsky.social
We are looking for new, original hybrid work on:
PROCESS/ MARGINALIA / OTHER (WOR(L)D)(S)
icefloepress.net/open-for-sub...
ICE FLOE PRESS reopening for Submissions Oct 25th.
Full sub prompt below at website link
Guest Editor Vikki C. @vikkicwrites.bsky.social & @rfredekenter.bsky.social
We are looking for new, original hybrid work on:
PROCESS/ MARGINALIA / OTHER (WOR(L)D)(S)
icefloepress.net/open-for-sub...
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regretfully, i am no longer accepting unsolicited rejections
November 12, 2025 at 1:39 AM
regretfully, i am no longer accepting unsolicited rejections
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#submissions are now open! Response time will vary. Please submit up to 2 micros/250 word max/2 per sub. Payment 1 calendar. $3 reading fee. More here: eljpublications.submittable.com/submit/34116...
November 6, 2025 at 11:07 PM
#submissions are now open! Response time will vary. Please submit up to 2 micros/250 word max/2 per sub. Payment 1 calendar. $3 reading fee. More here: eljpublications.submittable.com/submit/34116...
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» Ten Manuscript Publishers Open to Direct Submissions in November 2025
authorspublish.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:35 AM
People across religions can be radicalised. Let's not forget that either.
November 12, 2025 at 8:57 AM
People across religions can be radicalised. Let's not forget that either.
Same.
November 11, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Same.
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We're reading now. Right this second. Submitttttt.
November 11, 2025 at 10:54 AM
We're reading now. Right this second. Submitttttt.
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Poetry might be defined as the clear expression of mixed feelings.
W.H. Auden
W.H. Auden
November 11, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Poetry might be defined as the clear expression of mixed feelings.
W.H. Auden
W.H. Auden
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Anyone have some great flash to recommend for this new flash writers / readers group in Iowa City?
We're starting a group for Flash Fiction writers in Iowa City, following a workshop by the wonderful @kathyfish.bsky.social.
We're going to read a few flash fiction stories as part of our meeting time -- what are some of your favorite flash fiction pieces that I should include?
Thanks!
We're going to read a few flash fiction stories as part of our meeting time -- what are some of your favorite flash fiction pieces that I should include?
Thanks!
November 11, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Anyone have some great flash to recommend for this new flash writers / readers group in Iowa City?
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The 2026 lit mag rankings are now available from my website! They include an overall ranking, as well as separate rankings for fiction, flash fiction, non-fiction and poetry. If you find these helpful, please show your support by liking & sharing 🙏
November 9, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The 2026 lit mag rankings are now available from my website! They include an overall ranking, as well as separate rankings for fiction, flash fiction, non-fiction and poetry. If you find these helpful, please show your support by liking & sharing 🙏
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Unmechanical (ed. by Shamya Dasgupta) brings together diverse voices talking about the world and craft of Ritwik Ghatak.
Now in bookstores and online
#Ghatakat100
Now in bookstores and online
#Ghatakat100
November 11, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Unmechanical (ed. by Shamya Dasgupta) brings together diverse voices talking about the world and craft of Ritwik Ghatak.
Now in bookstores and online
#Ghatakat100
Now in bookstores and online
#Ghatakat100
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Eight people were killed after an explosion in a Swift Dzire car at a crowded area near the Red Fort in Delhi today.
Here's what we know so far.
#delhi #delhiblast #redfortblast
Here's what we know so far.
#delhi #delhiblast #redfortblast
November 10, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Eight people were killed after an explosion in a Swift Dzire car at a crowded area near the Red Fort in Delhi today.
Here's what we know so far.
#delhi #delhiblast #redfortblast
Here's what we know so far.
#delhi #delhiblast #redfortblast
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A reminder that you could buy my collection on Amazon or review it there or on Goodreads if you have been lovely enough to buy it already. It really helps. In the Shadow of Gods amzn.eu/d/gRaCt0j
November 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
A reminder that you could buy my collection on Amazon or review it there or on Goodreads if you have been lovely enough to buy it already. It really helps. In the Shadow of Gods amzn.eu/d/gRaCt0j
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"Abstract Submission Deadline" ok let me know when there's a real one
November 10, 2025 at 9:57 AM
"Abstract Submission Deadline" ok let me know when there's a real one