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Join Me in Greece in May! (opens the original)
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Join me at Rosemary’s House May 15—22 in Sithonia, Greece. Spend the week beside the Aegean Sea writing, workshopping, and exploring alongside 10 other poets. <img alt="" class="sizing-normal
My maternal instinct is why I’m not having kids (opens the original)
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I led a 40 person writing retreat. Here’s how it went. (opens the original)
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Four years ago, I founded Sustenance, an online writing community that helps poets and short-form essayists reach their writing goals.Sustenance offers monthly craft talks, generative sessions, accountability pods, and feedback sessions. This year, literary legends like Danez Smith, Pam Houston, Ellen Bass, and Mark Doty all visited Sustenance and led in-depth workshops. (See who our next guest speaker is here). 👀<
What I know now about friendship (that I wish I knew in my 30s) (opens the original)
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Lately, my friends and I have been scheming about how we can share more life together. We’re daydreaming about a co-housing compound and a stretch of land. We want a sauna, a communal dinner table, and maybe, if we’re lucky, a field with a few horses. In this economy, it might be a bit of pipe dream, but it surprises me that more women aren’t dramatically orienting their lives to prioritize proximity to their closest friends.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.
REPLAY: Gritty Revision Workshop (opens the original)
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BIG NEWS: My craft-driven writing community, Sustenance, opens September 9th to 50 new members. This is the last time we will open this year and you must be on the waitlist to enroll. Not only do I teach regularly in Sustenance, but we bring in monthly guests like Ellen Bass, Danez Smith, and Chen Chen.See why we sell out each year<
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