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Writing & editing with delight. I help writers affordably. Literary editor "emerita" @ Missouri Review. Fiction writer with 40 years' experience editing #books & short prose. Feminist, cat lover, shelter volunteer. Find me at stylitebooks.com
Hope to win a free e-book? Marcia Farrar and Mr. Whiskey Time Travel to 1997, the deadly serious comedy about an empty-nester and her time-traveling cat, is now available as an e-book via my Goodreads giveaway. Open now through November 15. You can find it here: stylitebooks.com/love-cats-an...
October 22, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Launch day for Marcia Farrar and Mr. Whiskey Time-Travel to 1997! If you've ever wanted a do-over of your life, ever been bossed around by a cat--or if you just want to laugh at an absurd (but deadly serious) adventure, this book just might be for you! Available here: www.amazon.com/Marcia-Farra...
October 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Paperback now available for preorder! If you love cats, comedy, stories about do-overs, or have ever been stuck where you didn't want to be, this book is for you. www.amazon.com/Marcia-Farra...
September 30, 2025 at 5:42 PM
New poem of the week at Missouri Review is this "confession" by Malaysian poet Lyn Li Che: missourireview.com/lyn-li-che/
September 22, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Met a semi-friendly lizard today, hanging out on our porch--highlight of the day!
May 14, 2025 at 9:21 PM
"Magnificat" by Matt Poindexter is the latest poem of the week at Missouri Review--a father's expectation, grief, and loss articulated in this precise lyric. #poetry #writing #fatherhood missourireview.com/magnificat-b...
February 11, 2025 at 12:46 PM
The new poem of the week from Missouri Review is "Sound and Vision" by Rebecca Griswold. "It is an intersection of diction, science, and faith," says the poet of her lyric invoking religion, myth, and the complications of pregnancy. missourireview.com/sound-and-vi... @rebeccagriswold.bsky.social
February 4, 2025 at 2:23 PM
This hard-hitting poem about hazing and male rituals is Missouri Review's new poem of the week. Thanks to the poet, James Ciano, for offering and to TMR for publishing. missourireview.com/the-committe...
January 28, 2025 at 12:24 PM
$1000 prize for poetry, fiction, nonfiction about health & medicine. Entry fee $15. Missouri Review's Perkoff Prize now open for entries. missourireview.com/contests/per...
January 25, 2025 at 11:31 AM
And here's a co-written feminist assemblage poem by Simone Muench and Jackie K. White, an homage to early twentieth-century artists Dora Maar and Dorothea Tanning. Thanks to the poets for offering and to Missouri Review for publishing. missourireview.com/dora-and-dor... #poetry
January 21, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Thoughtful, smart, fully engaged critiques of your writing. Experience in many genres, both long form and short form. 40 years as a literary journal editor. Even more years as a cat lover. Visit me at StyliteBooks.com.
January 16, 2025 at 2:54 PM
This history-inflected poem from Missouri Review., by M. B. McLatchey. missourireview.com/full-disclos... #poetry #history #litmags Thanks to the journal and the poet for offering. You have 352 days left in 2025 to discover new poems/poets.
January 14, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Potato soup made, cat in lap. Writing. 354 days left in 2025 to do this--
January 12, 2025 at 8:02 PM