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Chapped Season 2 Finale (opens the original)
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The time has come to unveil the final masterpieces of our excellent contestants. As Lumiere in Beauty and the Beast would say… Be our guest! We have four amazing mini-chapbooks for you to enjoy. As we go make ourselves a strong cup of tea and rest finally put our pens down, you can relax, too. You’ve followed us this far, you deserve it. A four-course meal of some truly astonishing poetry. We hope it is a worthy feast. Thank you again to our superb contestants. We couldn’t do any of this without
Chapped Season 2: Episode 4 (opens the original)
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It’s been one spicy season, and our poets have served up some delicious appetizers for your palate. As we head towards our final episode, where we will feast on four new miniature chapbooks/zines, we are tiptoeing into the kitchen of , careful not to disturb her. Her stove is maxed out, and we don’t even know how many adjectives she’s juggling, but boy, does it smell GOOD in here. Of course, before we head to read the appetizer, let’s get to know the poet herself:<a class="image-link image2 is-v
Chapped Season 2: Episode 3 (opens the original)
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Dear friends,We are in the third week of our challenge! It’s the home stretch. This week we have our own Julia sweating by the oven. What can she conjure up with this basket of strange ingredients? Whatever she is cooking, I am sure that the exquisite language combination will leave you yearning for more. Here is an interview and an amuse-bouche of her full course meal:<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JMd2!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressi
Chapped Season 2: Episode 2 (opens the original)
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Dear friends,We are a second week into our challenge, and the air is thick with the smell of diced onions and hot oil. Our contestants are frantically preparing their dishes, and the sounds of clattering dishes and knives scraping against cutting boards are sweet music to our ears. We join you now for an exclusive interview with Riley Morsman, whose apron is stained with whatever she’s whipping up.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!n6EY!,f_
Chapped Season 2: Episode 1 (opens the original)
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Happy Friday, folks! Welcome to a month of delicious literary devices and delectable poetic forms as we serve up a new season of CHAPPED. Four contestants, four sets of ingredients… Can our poets rise to the challenge and whip up some gourmet verses? If you remember from last season, each participant received an envelope filled to the brim with things chosen to delight the senses. A snail-mail simmer pot, if you will. From those envelopes, they wrote miniature chapbooks. It went so well that we
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