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Through November, writers and the people who love them can get a custom-built website for 15% off the regular price at chrisdaley.com.
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ZYZZYVA@zyzzyvamag13 Oct 2023
What will the soul do for solace then? I tell myself maybe it won't need these pleasures anymore; maybe just not being is simply enough, hard as that is to imagine. — Louise Glück, 1943-2023
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We are celebrating the launch of our very own writing journal with creative writing prompts! Pick up your copy of “What’s Behind the Blue Door?” at Octavia’s Bookshelf! #BlueDoor #writingjournal #writingprompts
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Deadline extended! Apply to be a WriteGirl volunteer and help teens write their way to brilliant futures. WriteGirl is based in Los Angeles, but volunteers can join us from anywhere! Apply by 9/20: writegirl.org/join-us
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The Ploughshares Summer 2023 Issue, featuring work from Jess Walter, Jen Trynin, Eva Warrick, Andre Dubus III, and others is out now! Perfect to read while soaking up the summer sun. Check it out here: pshr.us/3opa0rI.
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WriteGirl is seeking volunteers! Join a vibrant community of writers and mentor a young writer by volunteering for WriteGirl! Apply to volunteer by Aug. 13th. Details at writegirl.org/join-us
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Be discovered! Our regular reading period is now open: pshr.us/submit
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A reminder that the @CalArtsCouncil Individual Fellowships deadline is June 2nd! performancepractice.la/cac-i…
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The Moth@TheMoth7 Oct 2022
Some story extras from this week's #MothRadioHour. Terrance during his college years. & Nina wearing her mother's wedding sari. Full Episode: bit.ly/3CbZiId
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Ploughshares’s Emerging Writers Contest closes tomorrow, May 15, noon EST! Submit for the chance to win $2,000, publication in Ploughshares, and a conversation with literary agency Aevitas Creative Management. pshr.us/2luwvs5
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Fans of memoir, storytelling, truth-telling, comedy, family secrets, nuanced tales of people becoming who they are: the new Jerrod Carmichael special on HBO is so so good.
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Tune into issue 67, in which I recount what I learned from my foray into the world of clown, further insights on playing the fool from @thejessicadore, @JamesClear, & @tomcritchlow + using humor as a tool from @HiddenBrain and @KarlTooomey tinyrevolutions.substack.com…
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Wrote about our grand collective need to chill the fuck out in this week’s newsletter. And about how I, uh, may or may not have exploded a Tide Pod in my eye last weekend. tinyrevolutions.substack.com…
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EVERY OTHER RETAILER PLEASE DO LIKEWISE.
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@CNN2 Sep 2020
Old Navy said that it will pay store employees for eight hours who serve as poll workers for the 2020 election. The company said employees "will also be eligible for compensation from their local jurisdiction." cnn.it/32QhRQe
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When you’re starting to regret your vote for Trump
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WWS Submission Conference is a FREE all-day event with three panels on submission strategies, editors' best practices, and building a writing community in your area. Join us August 8th! Follow the link to register. forms.gle/YjW55Zs4Rc1hPes16
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Avidly@veryeager19 Jul 2020
"I have been studying Virginia Woolf for years. To the Lighthouse and Mrs Dalloway used to feel safely distant, like beautifully wrought historical artifacts; now they feel eerily proximate, like guides to grieving your loved ones in a pandemic." avidly.lareviewofbooks.org/2…
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pen.org/event/instagram-live… In recognition and celebration of Juneteenth on Friday, June 19, @PENamerica is partnering with @MagicCityBooks, an independent bookstore in Tulsa, to feature an Instagram Live conversation with poet and activist Aja Monet.
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A century ago, Caltech reinvented itself as a science and engineering research institution. Join us on Zoom to learn about that history, starting on Thursday, June 11: library.caltech.edu/becoming…
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