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Writer and producer of heightened literary stories in theater, poetry, and fiction. Pushcart Prize nominated. Featured in the NYT, the Verge, Lonely Planet.

New York
Joined December 2009
Can someone teach me how to play the theremin or do I just wave my hands around?
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I would pay good money to see DCC do Enter Sandman choreographed by Damien Jalet. 👀 @DCCheerleaders
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I got so hungry today I ate a raw banana that was for some reason in my house
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My debut chapbook!! I'm so excited to share GOLD HOOD has been published by Bottlecap Press. Please take a minute out of your day to supporting a small press and independent art. These poems are precious, weird worlds that contain so much of me. bottlecap.press/products/gol… #poetry
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Grapefruit juice, instant miso soup, and Fritos for dinner.
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Ah the first snow falls and so schlepping season in New York begins.
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Mm delicious read today - Gertrude Stein's “Tender Buttons [Breakfast]” by Academy of American Poets via #soundcloud soundcloud.com/poets-org/ger…
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Tessa Shea Whitehead retweeted
What the great Percy Shelley said about poetry is true, to differing extents, of all art: painting, sculpture, cinema, literature, and anything else. Obsessing over realism negates the fundamentally imaginative powers of art.
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Tessa Shea Whitehead retweeted
Replying to @waronweakness
YES I read somewhere that taste in films (especially horror-savviness) is a huge predictor of relationship success
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Excited to announce I’ve won a poetry prize! Check out my writing in this issue of Red Noise Collective 😍😍
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Never expected to love writing poetry so much. But sometime you just have to follow the writing #poetrylovers #POEMS
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Tessa Shea Whitehead retweeted
Writing a murder mystery as a panster: anyone know who the killer is because I sure as hell don't.
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It’s a double Postmates kind of day.
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Anyone have advice on getting into MFA programs? Is there a class I can take to help me prepare? #WritingCommmunity
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Well hopefully this can help someone else - I did some research! Both Sackett Street and Gotham Writers Workshop have courses on MFA applications. I’ve signed up I’ll let you know how it goes.
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I just got burned so bad by an old lady on the street who asked me if the sack of laundry I was tightly clutching was my boyfriend.
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Whuuuut
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This makes me depressed for all of humanity
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