Miciah Bay Gault
@miciahbay
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Author of GOODNIGHT STRANGER @parkrowbooks @HarperCollins. Coordinator, Vermont Book Award. Faculty @VCFA. Obsessed with sea glass, snowflakes, & cake. She/her
Montpelier, VT
Joined November 2018
#ClipOfTheDay: Watch the trailer for the short film Greta, directed by Benjamin Font and based on the short story of the same name by @miciahbay, which was first published in @SwitchyardTulsa. https://t.co/B2DmfaDvxM
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Stopped at @BearPondBooks to pick up my special order of AMERIKALAND by @ddouglasgoody which I absolutely ordered bc it was recommendation by @miciahbay and has blurbs by Daniel Torday and @ilanaslightly. #writershelpingwriters (And yes Ziggy is still nonplussed đ).
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Dannyâs book is truly great! Canât wait for you all to read it.
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Canât wait to celebrate with @evamckend and the finalists at the Vermont Book Awards this weekend. â¤ď¸
Iâm really excited to return to Vermont this weekend to offer the keynote address at this year's Vermont Book Awards. Hope to see folks during the event! There are still tickets available. @VCFA
@VtHumanities
#LoVermont
https://t.co/MFrJ5tOpi3
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Congrats to the Vermont Book Award finalists! You can hear me announcing this yearâs group here. Love these authors. What an amazing year for the Vermont Book Award.
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âThe most gloriously teachable writers arenât simply learning how to write but learning how to see.â @miciahbay explains the value of being âporousâ in our new issue. #PrintOnly
https://t.co/JMjNXGANBJ
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This is so nice. B&N shared an excerpt from my @poetswritersinc essay.
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We know lots of folks have âstart writingâ or âwrite the novelâ or âwrite the memoir this yearâ on their list of resolutions for 2024.
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Hey dear readers and writers! Vermont Book Award nominations are open to everyone for the next week or so. Please nominate your favorite book by a Vermont author published in 2023. Message me with questions! Happy to answer. Or here's the nomination form:
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âYou will stay you, even as you explore. âJust as water takes the shape of its container, you can let yourself be shaped by influence.â @miciahbay on the place of influences, mentors, and being fresh-eyed as a writer: https://t.co/JMjNXGAfMb
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Okay, I LOVED writing a piece for the Alchemy of Inspiration issue of @poetswritersinc. (With the best insight and guidance from @skunkorama of course) â¤ď¸â¤ď¸â¤ď¸
New issue, new features! At the heart of this issue: Essays from Lidia Yuknavitch, @miciahbay, @brendashaughnes, @LauraSpenceAsh, and Camille T. Dungy to inspire magic in your writing, and our annual celebration of debut poets! https://t.co/JMjNXGAfMb
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This list looks amazing, and Iâm especially glad to see @amandathegunn and @lesannsai here! đĽđĽ
Introducing this yearâs debut poets: @ina_carino, @shieh_simon, @amandathegunn, @CHotchandani, @lesannsai, @kwxkuu, @athenek, @joshuaburton23, @mznieboer, and @ShainaPhenix! https://t.co/geB958jPuw
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Did you know that you canât write a book if you donât sit down and write one?
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Dan @dchiasso, it was good to read this intimate portrait of Louise GlĂźck and love letter to Vermont. We're lucky to house such fine poets. <3 B https://t.co/zQTRFWOkdU
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The news that Louise GlĂźck had died reached me an hour or so after I learned, from others in her large circle of friends, that sheâd been diagnosed just
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Yesterdayâs rainbow in Vermont. Unreal.
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One of my favorite genres!
There's a genre of poem I think of as "All my little things are very special, in the sunlight. I've had a little drink"
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But seriously do I have to stop naming characters after my friendsâ children? Or will they be sort of flattered?
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