You Held My Hand, But Had Nowhere to Take Me | Carella Keil
Anti-Heroin Chic Issue 34
Anti-Heroin Chic
*Originally published in Writeresque Vol. 5
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'A poem can't free us from the struggle for existence, but it can uncover desires and appetites buried under the accumulating emergencies of our lives...'

-- Adrienne Rich, What is Found There: Notebooks on Poetry and Politics

I am so honored be among this group of *incredible* women writers, sharing some of my stories from my cozy, little @storyknife1 cabin next week. Maybe some new material from the chapbook I've been working on like crazy?? I hope to see some familiar faces at the zoom reading!

'We are four girls, we are 18 and 19, we are cropped and long brown hair. Lost virginities. We harbour birthday-gifted champagne and half full vodka bottles... We jet down long stretching, pale grey, roads in an old car that smells like the very opening of the world.'

honored to have two poems included in this incredible issue! <3

If you missed it, check out the artwork in the latest Anti-Heroin Chic! I'm in here also. And lots of moving writing...

Artwork/photography from our latest issue by TJ Butler, Rhea Adri, Irina Tall, and Koss.

'Trying to outrun a manic episode is like trying to outrun an eclipse. Eventually blackness swallows everything. Oh, but those moments of staring straight at the sun!'
Anti-Heroin Chic
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Cover reveal - for 'unwordly', publication soon from @UnCollected Press. My husband, Bob Guzikowski, has aphasia. I am his voice on social media. So grateful to EIC, Hank Stanton. #aphasia #poetsandwriters #disabilityawareness

Holy hell, you guys — my 1st chapbook! So grateful to Bottlecap for bringing it life. As someone who considers herself more fiction writer than poet, it’s special for me to have my poetry and my vision (including my cover design) validated in this way.

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Next Friday! New work from Farai Chaka, Marina Hope Wilson, Charlotte Amelia Poe, Babo Kamel, Craig Foltz, Rachel Walker, nyitrai_reka, Bethany Cutkomp, & Ryan Griffith.

Mark your calendars!

L Mari

We planned a million escapes—me from my brother’s torture, Shane from his drunk dad’s fists. Not once did we imagine we’d stay and stay and stay.

Heartbreaking and brave Rachel Laverdiere in Anti-Heroin Chic

This transparency was long overdue and sorely needed. The excessively punitive judges identified in this report have been rubber-stamped for decades, given new terms with no accountability for harms they've caused. It’s time for that to change. law360.com/articles/18193…

A big thank you to @unbrokenjournal for including my prose poem, The Sweet Smell of Cherries in their newest issue. With a shoutout to Tommy Dean in whose workshop it was born. 🍒🥧🙏🏼
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Don’t forget to read our newest issue!

It’s Publication Day —WHIPSAW is officially out from Anhinga Press!

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'A few years ago, while in deep grief, I became aware that stories and poems reside in my body, not just in my head.'
New Wind & Root today from Guest Columnist Koss (Insta: @koss_singular) and Features Editor Charlotte Hamrick⚜️⚜️⚜️ :
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Honored to have this 'lil piece in @reckonreview today. Thank you, Charlotte Hamrick⚜️⚜️⚜️ for your patience and editing. The hallmark of a good editor is meeting the writer where they are coming from. Charlotte does just that. TY also, Meagan Lucas and staff!
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'Powerlessness does strange things to me. And it’s always the same. Like the nights when Daddy comes home drunk, knocking over tables, searching for enemies. At first I watch him throw things, my fists clenched, stomach burning, but then a kind of surrender takes over.'