βWe can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to existβ
James Baldwin
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Reader, writer, Prof. Katherine Anne Porter Prize for Last Words of the Holy Ghost, stories, Edna Ferber Prize for Our 13th Divorce, a novel. NC-born, GA-raised, OR-educated Prof. of Creative Writing @U. Wisconsin-La Crosse. mattcashion.com
βWe can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to existβ
James Baldwin
Iβm sure βDOGEβ will be all over this..
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30.01.2025 19:47 β π 10 π 5 π¬ 1 π 0Found a new textbook, via 1927, by someone named LC Smith & Corona.
23.01.2025 15:27 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0βWe must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.β
- Dr. Martin Luther King
Here are some, but hardly all, of the #100smallpress reviewers. We're all eager to shine a light on the voices our indie presses support. If you've a forthcoming book with a small press, fill out the author form on Miriam's website and help us find you!
12.01.2025 21:43 β π 12 π 4 π¬ 0 π 0Great story, Patricia! You're rockin' it!
11.01.2025 21:08 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Honored to have an essay in this months Sun, the monthly out of Chapel Hill that has remained ad-free for 50 years while publishing personal & political essays, fiction, poetry, interviews, & beautiful b&w pics. If you don't subscribe, consider. Their editors are smart and kind (at least with me).
08.01.2025 22:02 β π 7 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Thanks. I just now read "Coronary." What a powerful poem!
13.12.2024 00:25 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Thanks. Just now read "Coronary." What a powerful poem!
13.12.2024 00:22 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Thanks South Carolina Review eds for publishing this story, to be included in my forthcoming collection What Kills You, from Cornerstone Press.
12.12.2024 00:21 β π 11 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Current re-read.
23.11.2024 21:34 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Good-smelling literature unearthed from my bookshelf. 35 cents in 1943.
18.11.2024 02:21 β π 8 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Recommended essays for writers and readers by Tracey Daugherty, UGA Press. And a good mantra for ex-Xers.
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