Bitch, start writing. Then keep writing and finish it.

— Jane Austen

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This Jane Hirshfield poem ruins my heart 💛 'Each time,/ the found world surprises'

The Alice Munro news is so completely and tragically consistent with the world she evoked in her stories—all those young people betrayed and sabotaged by adults who were supposed to care for them. This is the most awful feeling of recognition. Not “I always imagined this,” or 1/2

New poem up today in the dreamy lit mag Psaltery & Lyre, with thanks to the editors! This one is for everyone who has ever hidden in a hidey-hole. Or in a blue heart emoji 💙 psalteryandlyre.org/2024/07/08/fir…

“I hate hearts please don’t have one” — Kim Addonizio

I eat well, and am far from the corpse I might be. So I’ll carry on. 7/12/51

— José Olivarez

Virginia Woolf on this day in 1908

Diane Seuss, taking no prisoners.

take a break 🎨Marta Ponce

The wonderful Danusha Laméris curated an absolutely beautiful bonanza of favorite poet/humans in the newest issue of AlaskaQuarterlyReview, and I’m very grateful to be among them! Here’s one of my little poems (from a bigger something 😉). Thank you, Team AQR, for your support of my work! 💕

What I look for in a pitch: -surprising, personally relevant, or just-plain-cool new science -smart takes on news moments Best format: -a one paragraph summary -a sentence on why this story matters/why readers should care -an eye-catching headline

I pick strawberries, beans, radishes, spinach, peas, and I weed other vegetables. 8/12/50

sometimes i write & sometimes i do other things