“Now there’s this culture … without nuance— “it’s all or nothing” thinking. The same judgment evangelicals show the world is also being shown to religious people. There’s no understanding or nuance” Anna Gazmarian on writing “from a place of kindness instead of condemnation.”

For anyone who couldn't make it to tomorrow's Bi+ Lines (Bi+ Poets) inspired workshop, or who fancies some writing about in betweenness, quantum physics and erasure, check out my DLF From Home pack of prompts below for free!

Brilliant piece of writing - finely-crafted language, and movement between front and interiority, plus skilful dialect, energy, character and vivid realness 👇🏻

This #BlackHistoryMonth , we're celebrating Black women writers in a special blog series by four writers all about their writing journeys, the Black women writers they admire & advice for new & emerging writers. 🌟 Read Davina Tijani's fantastic post: spreadtheword.org.uk/celebrating-bl…

“Transness makes it impossible not to be aware of how even the things that seem the most fixed can change […] It is a gift to know that.” - Travis Alabanza, over on Instagram, from their book.💗If this is probs gonna end up being my last tweet, yes, let this be it! 💗

n+1’s “uniquely attentive and structural approach to editing has helped cement a reputation as a major site of discovery for new talent, and it indisputably lives on the cutting edge of literary and political discourse.” lithub.com/here-are-the-w…

Congratulations to n+1, winner of a 2023 Whiting Literary Magazine Prize! Our judges said that n+1 is “both magnet and catapult for intellectually fearless writers.” Subscribe here: nplusonemag.com/subscribe/

A very happy work day! Hugely excited to join ⁦DHH Literary Agency⁩ and thrilled to have my clients alongside me. thebookseller.com/news/fellows-j…

Studying responsiveness, always. Theologian Catherine Keller on the connection between mourning & responsibility. “The ability to respond depends upon our capacity to feel response…the openness also to negative emotion, to our own grief and that of others.”

It was still
exciting, to hold a secret. Over absolute truth,
they preferred suggestion. ‘A river implies,
doesn’t prove, an ocean.’

from ‘Nightfall’, one of two poems by Carl Phillips in the new issue:
lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v45/…

“grief, uncertainty, and a kind of power”

Re-reading one of my favourite Carl Phillips poems ‘Gold Leaf’ this morning 💕

poems.com/poem/gold-leaf/

★★★★☆ Kira McPherson’s debut novel, Higher Education, examines queer longing, complicated friendships, and the pleasure and pain of growth in your early 20s:

Kira McPherson Ultimo Press #book #review #novel #lgbtqia
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critique and rigorous engagement overall can happen within a framework and an environment of generosity, compassion, and gentleness, which to me are all forms of imagination. that's what i mean by 'imaginative': the ways one can offer a depth—and warmth—of attention