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We’re open for submissions for another month friends! Send us your work!
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Reminder that we’re open for submissions of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction now through April 1st!!
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We want to read your beautiful poems! Reply with links to or pictures of poems you're proud of writing. ✨
#NationalPoetryMonth
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Ok team. It's time to show some love. Tag a poet whose work you admire, and let them know what their work means to you!
#NationalPoetryMonth
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We’re open for submissions from now until April 1, 2021 📥💻📚.
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Attention writers! West Branch is currently in search of a new Associate Poetry Editor! Do you love poetry? Do you have literary magazine experience? Apply now! We’d love to have you join us!
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Attention writers! West Branch has a call for submissions for a special feature curated by
@caesarah_
! She is looking for work that evokes slow violence. Deadline for submissions is April 1st, we hope you’ll send some work along! Let us know if you have questions!
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Attention writers! A reminder that the deadline to submit work for our upcoming issues is at the end of the week! It is free to submit and we pay all our contributors! We hope you’ll submit!
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We're so very saddened to hear of the death of the late, great, Mary Oliver. In remembrance, we'd like to share one of our favorite poems of hers:
"They're tired of sleep.
They have a new idea.
They want to swim away
into the world."
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The print issue is out! Check out the WEST BRANCH 98, Winter 2022 issue for poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and reviews. You can subscribe here:
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sending it out into the ether that we are looking for more nonfiction 👀 send us your darlings
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We're proud to share that Vu Tran and Shane McCrae have joined our staff as Contributing Editors!
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Send us your bravest, your best. Submissions are open now through April 1st! You can read WEST BRANCH's digital issues and submit your work at our website
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Submission are open! Send us your best now through April 1st. We look forward to reading your work!
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Congratulations to our editor GC Waldrep on winning the 2019 William Carlos Williams award for his book, FEAST GENTLY!
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two weeks before we close submissions! send us your darlings!
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Thank you to everyone who has shared their poems & shown love to other poets recently! For the last week of
#NationalPoetryMonth
, we'd love it if you'd share a poem you can't stop reading. What are the poems you can't get out of your head? The ones you return to again and again?
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What a phenomenal reading!! Thank you so much to our stellar readers and our beautiful audience!
@garciajoshxa
@lesannsai
@haydenmcasey13
@LucySchiller
@caesarah_
@jessnirvanapoet
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Our winter issue just dropped!!! Issues are on their way to contributors and subscribers as we speak! Look at this stunning cover!!! We hope you’re on your way to securing your own copies!!
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Send us your best! Submissions are open until April 1st. You can check out our online issues and submit poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and translation at our website:
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WEST BRANCH submissions are open! Send us your
#poetry
,
#translation
,
#nonfiction
, and
#fiction
!
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Congrats to all the finalists, including WB contributor Chen Chen (
@chenchenwrites
)! We're big fans of
@glass_poetry
, and wish you all the best of luck!
We were incredibly blessed during our snap reading period, during which more than 300 manuscripts. Today, we're proud to announce the 20 finalists for the 2019-2020 Glass Chapbook Series! Congratulations to each of the finalists!!
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our April 1st deadline is approaching!! you have until Monday to send us work!! we are in search of more nonfiction, mid length fiction (around 6,000 words), and translations!!!!
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Final reminder that this themed call for submissions closes on Saturday April 1st! We hope you’ll send your work to
@caesarah_
! Let us know if you have questions!
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Thank you for 600+ followers! To pay it forward, here are some journals we think you should follow and support:
@adroitjournal
,
@BlackWarriorRev
,
@platypuspress
,
@witnessmag
,
@TheShallowEnds
,
@32poems
,
@glass_poetry
,
@SmallOrangePoem
,
@BennReview
,
@creamcityreview
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hello fiction writers!! do we have pieces hitting that 15 page mark? like a sweet 7,000 words or so? we love our longer pieces over here but we’d love to see some medium lengths in the queue
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WEST BRANCH wishes former associate editor Shubha Sunder many congratulations for being awarded the 2021 St. Lawrence Book Award with her short story collection BOOMTOWN GIRL!
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We highly recommend reading
@literari_ana
's erasure of Justice Sotomayor's dissent to Brandon Bernard's execution called "To Our United States"
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"He looks at me like how I did
when I first saw him. Like grease that bids
with the pot’s skin; the boiling over that gambles me
dry."
"The Art of Staying Alive" by
@jasonbcrawford
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Attention writers! West Branch is also in search of an Associate Fiction Editor! This is a paid and remote editorship, we’d love to have you join our team! Apply today!
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Issue 92 is hot off the press! Work by
@AriaAber
,
@Anis_Shivani
,
@comewancomeall
,
@KatNuernberger
,
@YvonneReddick
, Catherine Imbriglio, and so many more brilliant contributors! ⚡️⚡️⚡️
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Happy pub day to our poetry editor
@caesarah_
!! We’re so thrilled for you and can’t wait to watch this collection thrive out in the world!
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Don't forget, our submissions will close on April 1, 2021! We look forward to reading your work! 📔📝
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Big thanks to all who have helped spread the word about our new Twitter page! To share the love, we think you should follow these stellar publishers:
@BlackWarriorRev
@adroitjournal
@glass_poetry
@kenyonreview
@platypuspress
@The_Rumpus
@redividermag
@BatCityReview
@CincinnReview
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"a fresh song flares / something is listening / —the moon rises from within the Great River: there"
From "La Route Chante" by Varun Ravindran in WEST BRANCH 87 (2018), print edition.
#tbt
#fromtheWBarchives
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It's that time of year again! We're thrilled to announce our nominees for the 2019
@PushcartPrize
: Paige Cooper, Corey Van Landingham, Leslie Harrison, Chen Chen (
@chenchenwrites
), Hayan Charara, & Amy Stuber (
@amy_moss_
). Congratulations!
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💫COMING SOON💫
@aremuadebisi_
@literari_ana
@PoetNotRockStar
@jasonbcrawford
@friendlypoet
@garciajoshxa
@iamaytman
@lucialo
Mark Maza
@smoky_barnable
Cynthia Parker-Ohene
@erinslaughter23
@SnehaKantaS
@lisasumme
@Dango_Ramen
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Today's a good day to share our news: we have a new Associate Fiction Editor, Lindsey Drager, who just won an
@NEAarts
Fellowship in Creative Writing! Welcome to the team, Lindsey! We're thrilled to have you!
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You asked and we listened! We're separating our West Branch social media presence from the great work we're doing over at our
@StadlerCenter
handle. Help us spread the word, and stay tuned for more content!
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“Sh, sh, make your voice a ghost. / make your way through the deep. Re- / member, though, that you’ll have to come / back.”
Read Sumita Chakraborty’s “Image 002” in West Branch 97, in print and online:
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Join us at AWP!!! Look at this all star lineup of readers!! We’ll have free food and drinks for all attendees so it’s a first come first served event! We hope to see you there!
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"I wanted to figure out what, if anything, I wanted to keep. I ended up in a place of renunciation, of rejection and refusal..."
Read more of our interview with
@officialdonika
in the WEST BRANCH 98: Digital Issue here:
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West Branch 94 is out! Featuring work from
@RennieAment
@heeeyberta
@aburchfield9
@dchiasso
@vanessajcuti
@mg_leibowitz
@amy_stuber_
@nikkimwalls
Read select poems and prose at
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We love a good short poem! This one by Jill Osier appeared in our Winter 2016 issue.
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"one-hand, one single hand | triggers us | conceptualizes our body | defines what is exclusive in ownership | & art of naming | where i come from | one-hand snaps fingers to ward off evil | we say mo tàka òṣì dànù"
-
@aremuadebisi_
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Take a mid-day break with one of our favorite stories! Guest Editor Roxane Gay (
@rgay
) curated the fiction for our W'18 Digital Issue, and we can't stop reading Brandon Taylor's (
@brandonlgtaylor
) story! Give "The Larger World" a read, ASAP:
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Introducing our new associate poetry editor
@thejenniferloyd
, a 2020/21
@StadlerCenter
fellow. She served as managing editor for
@SycamoreReview
and as a senior editor for
@coppernickel
. Her work has appeared in
@southern_review
,
@TheSchooner
,
@NewSouthJournal
and elsewhere.
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Three. More. Days. to submit your best writing to West Branch! We read everything, we don't prefer one style over another, and we like to be surprised. Submissions close 4/1, and we'd love to read your work🌟
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What a fabulous night!! Bursting at the seams with gratitude for these stunning humans and their breathtaking work.
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We are happy to share our 2021 Pushcart Prize Nominations! Congratulations to these writers whose work continues to intrigue and inspire.
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Reminder that the deadline to apply to these positions is tomorrow, May 1st! We hope you’ll apply to join our team! Let us know if you have questions! Workload for both is 2-4 hours weekly during high periods, 1-2 hours during slower months. These are paid positions!
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Issue 91 is making it's way to contributors & subscribers now! Featuring work by
@SharaLessley
@brownbrandonj
Yongyu Chen,
@amie_zimmerman
Marianne Boruch,
@aliciaawwright
Taenum Bambrick, & more!
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Today’s the day! Submit now!! Get those last minute subs in under the deadline!! You have until midnight!!
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Congratulations to the 2019
@NEAarts
grant recipients! We're especially excited for WB contributors Chen Chen (
@chenchenwrites
), and Charlie Clark!
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"you want to dig for treasure and maybe / I just want to be buried either way / we need a shovel"
From "Four Snakes Makes Our Flag" by
@CTsalazar_
. Read this and two more poems by Salazar in WEST BRANCH 98, Winter 2022, print issue.
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We’re taking it back to our Winter 2013 issue with this beautiful poem by Richie Hofman (
@RichieHof
).
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We’re extending our current reading period deadline to April 15th! Don’t miss out on the opportunity to send us your best poetry, fiction, and non-fiction.
Submit here:
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grateful to
@PoetryFound
for this expansive sampler of work from Latinx poets, which includes West Branch contributors
@CarolinaEbeid
Gina Franco,
@nascenters
@la_ilianarocha
Daniel Borzutsky, Cynthia Cruz, and more
Explore our collection of U.S. Latinx Voices in Poetry in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month which starts today!
#HispanicHeritageMonth
#LatinxHeritageMonth
[Artwork by
@chemaskandal
]
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We're beyond excited to share the special feature "Welcome to the River: Queerness & Lineage," curated by David Winter (
@dvdwntr
) featuring work by
@queerpoetics
,
@chenchenwrites
,
@KathyFaganPoet
,
@CPhillipsPoet
, and
@rckylrnts
!
Join the conversation:
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West Branch 101 Digital Issue is now live on our site! Link in our bio! Be sure to check it out!
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#poemswelove
"I birth a child, and the wet wound never closes.
My mother diagnoses postpartum casually
as if saying – mail is here, and your name is on it."
-Pantoum for Postpartum by
@brittanyroger_
@SundressPub
&
@TinderboxPoetry
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Though we always accept creative nonfiction, now is the time to submit! Our Spring 2022 issue will be exclusively CNF. To be considered for this issue, submit by December 1st. And don't be afraid to send your longform, reported essays. We're ready to delve into your writing!
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Still feeling that summer heat, but the West Branch 97, Fall 2021 print issue is here, and she is BLOOMING.
#WestBrach
#LitMag
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#poemswelove
"Momma told / Me nothing grows without sunlight, so I / Learned dark lived in me."
-
@bealestreetpoet
in
@adroitjournal
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During this precarious time, we hope you'll keep writing and submitting your work to us at West Branch through 4/1. (That's in ten days!) Thank you for trusting us with your words, brilliant writers!💛
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Have you checked our new digital issue yet?! Feat. poems by
@SarahEMangold
&
@brent_house
, fiction by
@AndresReconco
&
@cqkerns
, & reviews by
@AriaAber
,
@KatNuernberger
,
@NiallMunro
—and so much more! ❄️❄️❄️
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#poemswelove
"I am afraid of my own chemistry. Ions
moving like insects through my blood.
Salt infused with just enough oxygen
& carbon to make the poison palatable."
"Lithium" by
@tagreathouse
in
@HungerMtn
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Thank you for 400+ followers! We’re thankful for all the support we’ve received after separating our social media presence from our sister account,
@StadlerCenter
. There’s more to come from this space so keep an eye out and tell your friends!
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Have you gotten your hands on a copy of our 101 issue yet? No? Head on over to our website (linked in our bio) and order a copy today! Look at this lineup!
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give
@caesarah_
the warmest welcome by sending her your beautiful poems! we’re so lucky to have her!
dear poets! i’m the new poetry editor for West Branch
@WestBranchMag
this year! send us your poems, and tell me your deepest darkest fears in your cover letter! (just kidding. unless 👀)
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@earthandstars
' Document(s) feature
@aremuadebisi_
@literari_ana
@PoetNotRockStar
@jasonbcrawford
@friendlypoet
@garciajoshxa
@iamaytman
@lucialo
Mark Maza
@smoky_barnable
Cynthia Parker-Ohene
@erinslaughter23
@SnehaKantaS
@lisasumme
@Dango_Ramen
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We're back from winter recess and ecstatic to have reached 500+ followers while we were gone! Thank you for the support. More exciting things to come!
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Have you checked out the latest from West Branch Wired? Guest Editor Gabrielle Calvocoressi (
@rocketfantastic
) selected a suite of poems by
@mayabphillips
and
@mronda77
.
Give them a read:
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It’s (a)live! West Branch 97, Fall 2022: Digital Issue is online!
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Check out
@KatNuernberger
's review multi-book review "Building an Archive of Earth and Water
New Poetry That Excavates the Past to Imagine a Future" in our new issue.
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Thread:
We're so excited about this special feature that we want you to read some other fantastic poems by these writers!🎉
💫COMING SOON💫
@aremuadebisi_
@literari_ana
@PoetNotRockStar
@jasonbcrawford
@friendlypoet
@garciajoshxa
@iamaytman
@lucialo
Mark Maza
@smoky_barnable
Cynthia Parker-Ohene
@erinslaughter23
@SnehaKantaS
@lisasumme
@Dango_Ramen
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WEST BRANCH 99, Spring/Summer 2022, Digital Issue is here! Poetry, fiction, reviews, and a poetry retrospective on Ellen Bryant Voigt’s KYRIE—all online:
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We will never get enough of this
@chenchenwrites
poem, from Issue 88. "Your logic / more beautiful than mine." 🥀
Here’s a love poem set in Lubbock, TX, where I lived for about 3 years. Also featuring Cheez-Its & shoe shopping.
“The School of Logic” is in the recently released & stunning anthology What Saves Us: Poems of Empathy & Outrage in the Age of Trump, edited by Martín Espada 💛
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Big congrats to
@MikhailBazharov
, whose poem “Hunger,” originally published in West Branch 86, will appear in THE ECHO CHAMBER this October and has also been made into a short film by Sherng-Lee Huang.
#fromtheWBarchives
#tbt
#Hunger
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Could we be any more excited for West Branch Contributing Editor
@GarthGreenwell
? Could we be any prouder to have published some of his early work? Could we recommend CLEANNESS any more highly? The answer is no. No, we could not.
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Our Managing Editor and Reviews Editor, Andrew Ciotola, is our longest-serving staff member currently. Here's what he's looking for when considering writing to be published. 💫
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"I fold a paper crane,
put it in my mother’s hair.
A daughter is not
an exercise in sameness."
Read
@lucialo
's "Iconographic"
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Congrats to
@BhsniderBruce
, whose essay "Sestinamerica: Poetic Form in the Age of Trump" was named as a notable nonfiction piece in the 2022 Pushcart Anthology!
Published in WEST BRANCH, you can read Snider's essay here:
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We’re taking it back to 1985 with this poem from Harry Humes that appeared in WB issue 17!
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The latest issue of
@adroitjournal
is jam-packed with talent! We're particularly excited to see new work from WB contributors Donika Kelly (
@officialdonika
) and Rachel Mennies (
@rmennies
), and Stadler Associate Editor Leslie Sainz (
@lesannsai
)!
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happy monday y’all! what’s everyone reading right now? what’s giving you inspiration?
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@manykinsmen
@platypuspress
@thrushjournal
@CottonXenomorph
@adroitjournal
@glass_poetry
@algebraofowls
Keep trying us--most of our contributors submit multiple times before receiving an acceptance. Best of luck!
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WBWired 96 is live!
Poetry by
@CCitroPoet
& Megan Neville
Features:
-Maurice Carlos Ruffin (
@MauriceRuffin
), Fiction Selections
-Document(s), edited by Laura Villareal (
@earthandstars
)
-Protactile Poetry, translated/edited by John Lee Clarke (
@johnleeclark
)
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What are our Associate Poetry Editors,
@thejenniferloyd
&
@earthandstars
looking for when they read submissions?
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Come meet next year's interim West Branch editor,
@Joe_Scapellato
at Booth 1745 at
#awp20
! (Bonus points to the first person to recognize him without the 'stache.)
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Our Winter 2021 digital issue is live! ❄️
Check out a guest-edited selection of poetry by
@OrahMark
,
@noahbaldino
's feature At the Gate: Poems of Friendship, an interview with Amy Gustin, and fiction by
@rahkan
.
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"I fumble in our kitchen drawers for the easy metaphor. / Liken a regenerating plant to myself. Cut / cheese for crackers before dinner. You are hungry, / wanting to know how to write about daily life."
Former Stadler Fellow
@earthandstars
in
@AmPoetryReview
!
#PoemsWeLove
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Have you read
@nikkimwalls
tempestuous poems in our latest issue yet? Order West Branch 94 today.
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This
@adroitjournal
interview with WB contributor Sally Wen Mao (
@sallywenmao
) is a must-read!
"Visibility can confer its own kind of violence."
@alinedolinh
is in conversation with
@sallywenmao
(OCULUS,
@GraywolfPress
), today on the blog!
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