I Will Not Submit: on literary journal submissions
Welcome to the Sunday post. The shelf of copies of my own books + literary journals I edited or was published in, from about 2000 to today. I have a shelf...
pit stop 2
Welcome to the Sunday post. This is the final week that I have the pleasure of facilitating a nonfiction writing workshop with Tin House, and all my creative...
pit stop 1
Welcome to the Sunday post. This week and next I have the pleasure of leading a nonfiction writing workshop with Tin House, and all my creative energies will...
the adolescent closet portal
Welcome to the Sunday post. What on earth? And: A note to premium subscribers and Founding Members! The first 2024 Mommy's El Camino FRONT SEAT OFFICE HOUR...
"what’s the worst that could happen to me if I tell this truth"
A mini-interview with Chris J. Rice Chris J. Rice Sitting across from her at an outdoor lunch. Making tamales at my dining room table. Seeing her at the...
collecting, collaging
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caring for the wound
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The Practice
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we are heading on out of here
out of 2023, off of substack
Lolling
in the lull
"...enough personal exposure. I want to talk to you about this next time we see each other IRL."
a mini-interview with K. Huntress Inskeep
ALL THE BOOKS I READ
in 2023
EXIT INTERVIEW #2, Part 2
Mila and Amanda
Sunday glove box
reading and listening
EXIT INTERVIEW #2
Mila and Amanda, Part 1
JOBS
and HOW I SURVIVED THEM
I always have a gift for you.
It's me.
"...and all over again– I’m found."
a mini-interview with Sloan Asakura
mother of
not a birth story
feel drowsy
exit and rest
Still Alive: an excerpt from LJ Pemberton's forthcoming novel from Malarkey Books
"In this story, as in life, there’s no cure for living."
dry spell
tumbleweeding
"Can you imagine!"
A mini-interview with MariNaomi
remember
forget
where to begin
and dreams that reflect current nightmares
EXIT INTERVIEW, Part 3
Katie and Sonia
language acquisition
astrological musings
EXIT INTERVIEW #1, Part 2
Katie and Sonia
::performance notes::
ephemera
EXIT INTERVIEW #1, Part 1
Katie & Sonia
interior night table
language inside a drawer, inside a body
sensitivities as "discredited knowledge" and a focus of creative work
a mini-interview with Alicia Lochard
what's the point of trying/writing
aka WHY THE FUCK AM I DOING THIS AGAIN
"...I’m very fortunate because I have poetry which they simply cannot take from me."
a mini-interview with Bradley Paul
6 months or 3,000 miles
what's up
I'm not here to make friends*
*unless
Green Tortoise Travelogue, 1992
edits, 2023
"I was put here to write, so I suppose that’s what I’ll continue to do."
a mini-interview with Kasai Richardson
up in the gloomy humid
my black seam bound by hand
Fire
walk with me? or, don't??
urgency
notebook entry
nothing compares
💔
marking time
+ a list of books I finished reading, January to June 2023
"what do you call the person who got the worst GPA in their PhD program but still defended successfully? Dr."
a mini-interview with Amy Silverberg
rejected
10k copies sold anyway
“making less happen and just letting things meander a little”
a mini-interview with Kevin Maloney
34.2628° N, 118.6123° W
plot point 1988/1989
clearing out the glove box
calls for submissions and an announcement of next Front Seat Office Hour
ethereality
a brief submersion
Get Rec'd
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