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Writer/Editor. @solsticemfa alum, @notebookscltv co-founder/director, Max Tilt co-founder/editor, @vida_lit reader. Personal acct/all opinions my own.

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Joined May 2008
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We've raised more than $200 so far. The lines of readers is 😍 and we hope to see you there, whether you stay for the entire reading or drop in when you can.
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Listen, things are fucked, but that doesn’t mean your accomplishments don’t matter. Wrote a book? Got accepted to a program? Recorded a song? One year sober? Whatever it is, share it. Maybe your joy will bring someone else a bit of joy, and we all need that.
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Women don’t owe the world children. They don’t owe men babies. And they don’t owe you an explanation.
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So sad to have missed this. Looking forward to the next.
Lovely and dynamic #BearReview Presents reading last night with Kristi Maxwell and Megan Kaminski. Thanks to gallerist Jori Chevelle and 21c Gallery Hotel in Kansas city for this beautiful space for #poems
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oh 🥹 Theophanies is the New York Public Library’s book of the day 🥹 thank you deeply @nypl!
'Theophanies' by @caesarah_ are poems that explore the complexities of gender, faith, Pakistani history, art, music, and family by unraveling the age-old idea that seeing is believing. #BookOfTheDay: on.nypl.org/3WwXHs5
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Become a writer! Just squeeze it in between your two other jobs and full-time equivalent commitments!
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This Saturday, Kansas City! @MFiteJohnson with @backtoallen and M. Cynthia Cheung
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This Saturday, Kansas City! With @backtoallen and @MFiteJohnson
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It's me! Hi! Come listen to me, @MFiteJohnson & M. Cynthia Chung read at c21 Hotel this Saturday at 7 pm thanks to @BearReview 💛.
This Saturday, Kansas City! @backtoallen with M. Cynthia Cheung and @MFiteJohnson
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Eid Mubarak! my offering to you today: I recommend seven new & forthcoming poetry collections that transform the personal into portal for @ElectricLit ☄️ featuring @sabzi_k @LKTuffaha @garciajoshxa @rootwards @tracyfuad & more— electricliterature.com/7-poe…
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This is tomorrow! Still time to sign up. We hope you do!
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This reading will be special and this lineup is 🔥🔥🔥. April 16. Free to attend, donations for direct aid to Gaza encouraged.
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So excited for this class! Still time to sign up--come join us!
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This is going to be an awesome class! Come join us ☺️.
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Too relatable.
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