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Word Riot

@wordriot

Former online lit mag + small press. Ex-publisher @jcorley

 New Jersey
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Joined June 2009
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Thanks, @TimothyGager! Great to catch up + chat about @wordriot, the lit world of the early ‘00s, how KGB Bar never changes, the local media landscape, and reading from the New Jersey-based Hurricane Sandy novel I’m querying youtu.be/Jq8naQr6IwE?feature… via @YouTube
9/6/24, JACKIE CORLEY/Virtual Thursdays Dire Literary Series, plus Q...

9/6/24, JACKIE CORLEY/Virtual Thursdays Dire Literary Series, plus Q...

Jackie Corley is a content strategist and writer living in New York...

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Thanks for the @wordriot mention in here, @blakebutler
blake butler (@blakebutler) profile pictureblake butler@blakebutler10 Jun 2024
3rd installation of dividual PFR dives into my early days of internet publishing and how the proliferation of independently run, low cost web mags begat a whole new era of possibility and approach (shout out to Eyeshot dot net) - link in profile
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Omg *whispering* we miss you
Word Riot (@wordriot) profile pictureWord Riot@wordriot18 Apr 2024
🌸🧹 SPRING CLEANING: Snag a Word Riot button from ex-publisher @jcorley at @kgbbarlitmag on Weds, 4/24 from 7-9PM at the NYC Writers Circle reading w/@tal___________, @brianpascus, Kelly Young + Mark Salzwedal Hosts: @Nat_TRF+ @teateemple Sponsors: @gothamwriters + @TRFNews
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🌸🧹 SPRING CLEANING: Snag a Word Riot button from ex-publisher @jcorley at @kgbbarlitmag on Weds, 4/24 from 7-9PM at the NYC Writers Circle reading w/@tal___________, @brianpascus, Kelly Young + Mark Salzwedal Hosts: @Nat_TRF+ @teateemple Sponsors: @gothamwriters + @TRFNews
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Zombie Word Riot temporarily rising from the dead to say catch our ex-lit zombie publisher @jcorley reading at @kgbbarlitmag on 4/24 @ 7PM for the first time in 8 years. She'll come bearing a dusty box of Word Riot pins for your clout purposes
Jackie Corley (@jcorley) profile pictureJackie Corley@jcorley15 Apr 2024
Reading at @NYCWriters meetup @kgbbarlitmag on 4/24 @ 7PM w/ @tal___________, @brianpascus, Kelly Young + Mark Salzwedal Hosts: @Nat_TRF + @teateemple Sponsors: @gothamwriters + @TRFNews
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Hail my townie, Mr Bram Stoker, fellow Dub, fellow Northsider; I doff my hat, Sir. Best wishes for Samhain. They... fb.me/7lVJAnEvB
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Hail niina pollari and her “Form N-400 Erasures” ... read more here: heartbarf.tumblr.com &... fb.me/75bIs1Slz
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Let's not talk about books today, or reading, or anything else. Please read and share the post below, which... fb.me/8WWLCc2iC
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Yes, Kitzbühel, what a place. Short fiction from WR fiction monkey O Cuinn at Amy Fusselman's Ohio Edit:... fb.me/E0gNGvCP
I am tripping on George and I'm not coming down. FIRPO. No apologies, the doctor is out of town, he's on a house... fb.me/1HC6F5E7z
The End of Firpo in the World

The End of Firpo in the World

Cody’s last stand

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What can you say except, really, GEORGE SAUNDERS! Brilliant news. And for his first novel! FFS. I mean. It's just... fb.me/1mhuenyeh
Man Booker Prize: George Saunders wins for Lincoln in the Bardo

Man Booker Prize: George Saunders wins for Lincoln in the Bardo

The US author is awarded the £50,000 prize for his first full-length novel, Lincoln in the Bardo.

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The Trap For Christmas I gave him a jar of three-fruit marmalade made with barley water. He spooned it after... fb.me/9npDiyuem
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¡Hola! So here we are back at the start. Chop wood; carry water. Show up on time and tell the truth. Pass GO and... fb.me/ZTDA1r0d

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¡Hola! So here we are back at the start. Chop wood; carry water. Show up on time and tell the truth. Pass GO and get your $200. And, if you are a Goodreads person, please check out kevin o cuinn's...

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“Well, now that we have seen each other,” said the unicorn, “if you’ll believe in me, I’ll believe in you.” --... fb.me/6BWSO5UdP
Why the unicorn has become the emblem for our times | Alice Fisher

Why the unicorn has become the emblem for our times | Alice Fisher

The modern unicorn is everywhere. On children’s TV, on Gay Pride marches and selling beauty products. Alice Fisher looks at why this magical creature has become so popular

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To quote The Guardian (I'm not linking to this directly as I don't want to see this mug on our FB) -- "Weinstein... fb.me/984ilOX9Q
It's going to be okay, breeeathe. It's just a day like any other, or, better, it's Friday again, you made it --... fb.me/2iKnxdfVM
The trains are striking, my classes have cancelled, and I was anyway under the weather. QED: I am staying put in... fb.me/1s61bIUre
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Is there a Grandma Day? If there isn't, there should be. Think of you still, Gran. But Sherman Alexie said it... fb.me/7oE3taJYM
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Monsters in Times Square by Sarah Beaudette goo.gl/fb/6T7NWe
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