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Harvest Moon (opens the original)
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Rejection and The Moon (opens the original)
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“All that happens to us, including our humiliations, our misfortunes, our embarrassments, all is given to us as raw material, as clay, so that we may shape our art.” - Jorge Luis BorgesBecause the publishing industry promotes conventional notions of failure and success, I’d like to recount a story to help writers treat rejection with poetic detachment and utility.A few years ago, I saw an online contest where a regular civilian would be selected to go to the moon. I immediately sent them moon po
Suicide Prevention Week (opens the original)
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We must be kinder to writers! and be careful with algorithms. Seeking constant production from a poet is like asking a lightning rod to be more productive. The coincidences, discoveries, hidden narratives, serendipities ,and beautiful analogies aren't just output. Becoming a conduit is more than a romantic ideal.It may well be that certain creative people are mentally flooded by negative emotions and images that they cannot manage, and so become further overwhelmed and drown metaphorically, in s
What Prestige (opens the original)
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A collection of stones (opens the original)
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