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Author and Publisher, Literary Citizen. MPP + MFA. @TheDCArts grantee, Fiction Editor @The_Rumpus, #Macondista. formerly @abc @chci @Kennedy_School

DC by way of Wichita
Joined October 2011
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Ploughshares’ blog publishes critical, longform, and personal essays as well as book reviews. We’re currently open for blog submissions, too! bit.ly/3Tpgn7P
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Oprah delivers November surprise, endorses Fetterman over Oz (from @AP) apnews.com/article/7845b55e7…
It's Periplus application season! We just opened the application — due 10/24 — for our mentorship collective serving emerging writers of color. Please help us spread the word as far and wide as possible. We rely on word of mouth to find our Fellows.♥️ forms.gle/TgNNYS2Y6Hw7UXycA
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We’re open for essay submissions at @The_Rumpus through July 31. therumpus.submittable.com/su… If you’re wondering what our editors look for in essay submissions, here’s a thread of our favorite #RumpusEssays:
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Not our best #KansasDay ever, folks:
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More than 17,000 deaths caused by police violence have been misclassified on death certificates since 1980, a new report suggests. It also found that Black Americans are killed at 3.5x the rate of whites. n.pr/2WAy2lK
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I cannot support a spending bill that does not include a DACA fix, CHIP reauthorization or disaster relief. How can Congress find the time and $ to cut taxes for the wealthiest Americans but can’t help kids w/o healthcare or kids on the verge of being kicked out of their country?
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Welcome home, @RealDonaldTrump! While you were gone we started actually punishing people for sexual harassment so, you know, heads up.
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Pool: Motorcade "overtook a female cyclist... who responded by giving the middle finger... cyclist caught up, still offering the finger."
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Reminder: NFL players are protesting racial injustice & police brutality (as they should). Not our troops, the Flag, or the National Anthem.
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2007: i'm drunk, gonna call my ex 2017: i'm drunk, gonna call my senator
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The correlation between the collapse of Trump’s legislative agenda & his heightened interest in Twitter culture war fights is pretty strong.
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That's actually not how it works. Anyone can protest, regardless of their occupation.
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I'm a Dreamer and a middle school teacher. My school system is still hiring teachers. Pretty sure I didn't steal anything teapaw.org/glennthrush/status/905…
Sessions is claiming Dreamers stole American jobs w/o presenting evidence.
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For all the members of Congress over the past 5 years who said DACA should've been done "legislatively" here's your chance. #DefendDACA
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We stand with Dreamers. #DefendDACA
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it wasn't an eclipse the sun was facepalming
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