"I try to see each silver lining: fall in New England, a partner to lean on, time spent reminiscing over old photographs, letters, and memorabilia." You should read this gorgeous comic by @nickylefe 🍂

Philip Larkin, born 100 years ago today.

weekly goal met ✔️👍🏼

I speak from experience when I say this department is the BEST to work with ❤️ if you wanna teach poetry, this is it people

Nothing to see here but pure joy 🥰

What's harder? A. packing B. unpacking The answer is C. renovating a home, packing, and unpacking while 7 months pregnant

oh wow! super grateful for this Best of the Net nomination from Up the Staircase ❤️🥲

but I can't select "I'm Jean Valjean"

two big milestones coming up for me in November! 1. giving birth 2. my Harvard Review submission turns 2 years old

So excited to be nominated for a Pushcart alongside such talented writers! Thank you to longleaf review 🍃 for the nomination ❤️🥳

stoked to have my prose poem, "My Secret Life as a Chain Smoker," up in @lostballoonmag! 🚬🚭thanks so much to the editors--what a great way to end the year 🥳

highly recommend this piece, which I'd describe as lit mag true crime. and incidentally, A+ reading material while nursing your baby (for those who celebrate)

there's no thrill like when your baby falls asleep right at the moment when HAD opens a submission call & that is what you do with your one precious minute of freedom

ahhh I'm so excited for this book!! congrats Michael Dhyne 🥳😭

finished reading my contributor copy of Sycamore Review & it's fantastic. so grateful my strange story comprised entirely of transcribed dialogue from Say Yes to the Dress found this home. Q: was it worth watching so much SYTTD for this? A: yes, but I'll never watch it again

*A dissertation, based on reading five billion advice columns that boil down to "why doesn't my avocado-toast daughter want my heirloom end table" and "my mom won't stop trying to give me her shitty end table."

Greg Orr:

one minute babies seem so wise and all-knowing, the next minute they try to nurse from your sleeve

Wow, such a lovely surprise to have my story from Sycamore Review discussed in this podcast! (and lovely to discover a new writing podcast, too!)

truly the pinnacle of excitement in today's world