poet john compton 🍉
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#freepalestine • buy: melancholy arcadia (today!)•poet•order my books in the linktree below•poetry editor: ghost city review—the @ghostcitypress mag
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can everyone share this! i need to sell 100 copies of my ebook "the castration of a minor god" this month! available worldwide for $5! happy pride month extravaganza! support small presses not corporations!
published by
@GhostCityPress
link in quoted post. thank you 💜💙💚💛🧡❤
i wanted my book "the castration of a minor god" in a pdf version so people around the world could buy it. i believe in this book! & it's only $5! the paperback sold over 600 copies in the u.s. i have amazing blurbs & praise for this book on goodreads.
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do the following thing, it's easy!
find three of your best poems that you love. find your bio. attach word file. paste bio in body of email.
submit to:
ghostcityreview
@gmail
.com
let me read your poetry 🥰 and possibly publish one of your poems in ghost city review 🥳
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i'm the poetry editor of ghost city review. the magazine side to
@GhostCityPress
i want everyone to submit short poems. 10 lines MAX!
i don't get enough little poems.
submit to: ghostcityreview
@gmail
.com
up to 3 poems & a bio
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i hate being alive. i work to pay bills & i'm still behind. we can't afford anything. we live on one meal a day if we are lucky. i go to sleep wondering why i should wake up. i wish i could articulate better the dire situation most people are in. paycheck to paycheck is a dream.
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if you get a rejection, don't respond like this. its rude & immature. a rejection doesn't mean you're a bad writer. it means that I get 400 subs a month & I can only accept 20ish. the same goes for lots of magazines. also don't ask how you can improve. write for you & no one else
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comment all your rejection erasure poems below and share this so others can comment and read!
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comment your poetry. give me one of your poems. i want to read poetry. retweet this post. give me 100s of poems. thank you!
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i get angry that the poetry world has tiers & if you aren't on the top tier people pretend you aren't worth it as poet. why can't we be a community & support one another. just because a poet doesn't have that silver spoon, doesn't mean they're not as good.
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yall. recent events & ongoing events have fucked me up but
i got a full length book acceptance today. my fourth forthcoming collection (2 chaps; 2 full). it'll be in the world dec 2026
that's all for now. i love you. you who are reading this. you who fight for a better world!
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this is a threaded post. follow the comments:
this is going to be my last post for a while. don't dm me. i'm tired. my mental health is not good. and many other reasons. my light has died. — i have someone else's book to edit, poetry subs to catch up on for ghost city review and
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Announcement:
@FlowerSongPress
accepted my manuscript & will be publishing my next full length collection! i'm excited, honored & thrilled. it's titled:
my husband holds my hand because i may drift away & be lost forever in the vortex of a
crowded store: (new & selected poems)
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may i jump with glee, my poem "tender community of fabled people" was accepted into the inaugural issue of
@atmosphericlit
and i'm so happy!!! love the editors!
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unfortunately, the plagurist john kucera has stolen my poem "mary" which was published in
@OneArtPoetry1
& my latest book.
he published it as "codependency" in the magazine The Fictional Café —
luckily i have messaged the editors & they're working to fix it!
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never be afraid to dm for a pdf version of my poetry books if you can't afford them. i'm my own digital library. i'd rather you read my poetry even if you can't afford it — or if you live in a different country. there's no shame in asking! a library is whatever a library may be.
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my chapbook "the trees speak in suburbian" was accepted & will be published in the
@GhostCityPress
summer series as a pdf chapbook you will be able to download for FREE!
cover art: Tavo Arrieta
edited: Tommy Sheffield
blurbs: Robert Carr, Tara A. O'Brien Elliott & Lorcán Black
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exciting news: my publisher is sending my book to the lambda awards. this will be the first time i have ever had anything sent to where it could win an award!
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what mags are no fees and have a decent response time 🥰 I feel like submitting and I know there is a ton of mags on Twitter! (i'm not being rude with the no fee part. i'm just poor)
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my goal is to be friends with every living poet. & it makes me sad when i see poets i don't know because i should know them & we should be talking joyously about their poetry & adventures & goals. & we should be celebrating!
anyhow, poets! you're allowed to friend me & dm me.
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it is here! it is publication day!
melancholy arcadia
buy and/or share the link!
@harbor_review
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signed my contract with
@FlowerSongPress
!!!
screaming and dancing as this becomes more and more real!
projected publication date is: dec 2024
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an exciting response i just recieved from someone who got a rejection letter 😅🤣😂
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I need poems by you! comment these poems so I can read them!
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it is official haha i'm on the masthead!
poetry editor of
@GhostCityPress
review (the magazine)
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i have three poems accepted in the magazine JanusWords. how lovely! very excited and honored!
thank you Ivy Rozen
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i'm unfortunately late with reading Lyn Hejinian, so of course i'm doing a deep dive and i just really love this poem "Ring Burial, 34" —
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over 4 years married!
Can we start a thread of cute couples that AREN’T divorced/breaking up???
All this celebrity divorce news is upsetting me & my homegirls.
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poetry does not have to be cohesive; they're not a novel. we don't have to fit each poem into a story line. poems are individual beings. let them be their own selves. quit manufacturing poems & just write naturally. quit rearranging poems & let them live how they were written.
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my poem "tender community of fabled people" published in
@atmosphericlit
's
in debut issue!!!
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exciting publishing news!!!
so honored
@nakedcatlitmag
has accepted my manuscript "our trees speak in suburbian" which has 10 poems and 2 erasure poems for a digital chapbook!!!
🥰🥰🥰
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@InternetInsider
kink is an at home thing or a really slutty bar/club. not walking down the street.
I'm gay and married to my husband. we fight daily to be taken seriously. people in dog suits and 90% naked make that really hard.
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so greatful
@IdentityTheory
accepted my poem "you became the holy water" — thank you
@Justin_Aoba
& the team for believing in my poetry 🥰🥰🥰
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my poem "tender community of fabled people" is now up in
@atmosphericlit
debut issue!!!
go read:
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so very excited! my micro-chap 'our trees speak in suburbian" is coming to you soon from
@GhostCityPress
summer series! for free! 10 poems and 2 erasure poems.
(look at all the names included!)
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a magazine doesn't solidify a poem or make it any better. plus waiting is impatient, so here are three new poems:
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what are chapbook presses who don't charge reading fees (i'm poor). i want to submit my new chapbook "melancholy arcadia" to them 🥰
it's 29 poems!
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with the whole PhD discord:
i don't have an mfa, or a PhD & i don't have a college degree.
i'm a poet. period. not interested in the capitalistic paperwork. not interested in trying to make someone happy enough to accept me into a place that will try to change me & charge me.
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it is my birthday today, i am 37 🥳: if you'd like to do something nice—buy my book or share it or write rate my books you've read on goodreads!
@GhostCityPress
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this is my book "the castration of a minor god" it's a damn good book. only $12. retweet & buy. buy & retweet. share if you see this. everyone share. i'm invisible on here & i'd love it if yall helped send my book around the twitterverse.
@GhostCityPress
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@MatthewKeysLive
trump wants pence hung but pence doesn't 25th him. wtf kind of nonsense is that?!?!?!?!
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opening the box to my book "melancholy arcadia" from Small Harbor Publishing (
@harbor_review
) people who bought copies, they'll be mailed out within the next few days!
the video is horrible! enjoy!
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🥳: i'm writing my 20th poetry collection! 17 collections are published or forthcoming; 18th is currently waiting for a response; 19th is waiting for the right time to be sent out.
i've sold 1000s of copies of my poetry books.
i 💙 my community! thank you for letting me dream!
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so excited
@QuerenciaPress
accepted my poem "escaping oppression to oppress" !!! i hope this poem is as loud as i intend it to be! thank you
@emily_perkovich
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my chapbook is officially on
@harbor_review
website (can't order until may 9th) BUT you can go read the blurbs by
@Martelli89
,
@jezzbah
,
@WillieETCarver
, &
@jasonbcrawford
— go read them! right now hehe 🥰🥰🥰 they fill me with joy!
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my first (and only, so far!) nonfiction piece i wrote being accepted. never imagined! what an exciting thing. i have goosebumps.
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i've recieved over 100 submissions in the last 24 hours because my post. please don't hate me with these rejections. i love all of you. you came in swarms and are rocking! i get to read so many poems. all the poems. every poem. unfortunately, i can only choose so many.
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very excited that my chapbook sold out of their first run of 40 copies in 2 days.
no worries — 20 more will be available soon!!!
so please be patient!
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may issue is up! check out all the amazing poems! i love being the poetry editor of ghost city review!
share share share. spread the love of the poems from these spectacular poets!
The May 2024 issue of Ghost City Review is now up on our website! Thank you so much to all of our wonderful contributors this month. Thanks to Ulyses Razo for the awesome banner image. And thanks to
@poetjohncompton
for the editorial labor of love.
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i have tomorrow off work and if you see this post, comment one of your favorite poems that you've written 🥰 i wanna read all of them!
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@JoshuaPotash
@MNateShyamalan
@jk_rowling
that's what I said in my head. she is so toxic. it's sad. and now shes simmering in it.
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Mary Oliver has enough poems to build a thrown but she built her career from the ground up & used her platform for good
instead of 50 pubs a year, try for 100
pub a book every month. believe in yourself & others will also
celebrating others is funner than bitching
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a third magazine with my poem "mary" (he has plagurized it under the title "codependency") from john kucera has been found. this time with
@MusePiePress
not their fault of course. i have emailed them and made a comment notifying them.
when will this hell end?! it is tiring.
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i sold 40+ copies of
blacked out borderland from an exponential crisis
at awp!
published by
@the_ethelzine
& remember. all presses are equally great. indie or "glamorous" — little or better known. they're all publishing great poems & great poets. read some poems, buy the book
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i've been writing "not poetry" stuff lately & so far i have:
one nonfiction essay piece written & accepted—coming out march 6th
and two micro fiction pieces finished—one submitted.
working on a 3d micro fiction.
it's a very terrifying & exciting venture.
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people are allowed to critique poetry & criticism doesn't always equal praise.
people are allowed to not like other's writing.
the only thing is that if you don't like something & you write about it, make a statement, break down your thoughts—do not write a rambling hate speech.
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why have the 200 page poetry collections died?
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next year i'm becoming a poetry critic. i miss being a poetry critic. i did it long ago. and all published poems will be my food to feast on!
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@alanasaltz
and I love how when people get vaxxed they think they are now invincible. you can still catch and spread covid. I know a ton of people who are vaxxed and then caught covid.
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"melancholy arcadia" is still
#1
. dreams! thank you everyone!
buy your copy in the link: (and please share. everyone who sees this post, please share! sharing is the best way to get the word out!)
@harbor_review
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i got my proof copy of "melancholy arcadia" today — so cute & beautiful! it's 6x6! an adorable square!
i don't have my authors copies yet but the publication date is april 11th!
also included is a little poem for your enjoyment!
published by: harbor editions
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poets would take over the world if the poetry community was community
it is easy and free
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any publishers open that don't charge sub fees for full length and chapbooks of poetry?
have a list of poets needing to submit some poetry manuscripts!
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below the 1% that you think are gods and goddesses. get over yourself. share books and share poets beyond the big poets. most are rude and narcissistic anyhow and could care less about you.
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new poem!
my new manuscript is something i'm trying to do with language and words. Lyn Hejinian is the inspiration for this book.
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my poem is in the new:
@SoDakReview
58.2!!
thank you
@artichokeheart
and the team for believing in this poem!
very happy to be in these pages!
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are y'all ready for my chapbook "melancholy arcadia" with
@harbor_review
?
dropping in may and will be around $12!
which means you have 3 months to save your money so you can purchase it!
also i have been blessed with some incredible blurbs that i am most excited to share!
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why do poets assume their poem is bad if they get rejected? firstly, you should always write for yourself. secondly, even if the editor did not like your poem — it's their opinion. theirs. don't change your whole poem cause a rejection. there's 100 reasons one gets a rejection.
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you can now preorder "the castration of a minor god" from
@GhostCityPress
at the link below:
NOTE: All orders come with a FREE echapbook, "the skies fell revelations." You’ll receive an email with the echapbook within 24-36 hours of purchase.
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food for thought: if a magazine accepts your poem, don't email them constantly asking if they forgot about your poem. sometimes there are backlogs or sometimes the issue takes months to come out. we don't accept poems to forget about them (unless the mag goes defunct)
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ghost city review updates: i took all day yesterday & read all of feb subs. i'm on march 1st subs. i sent out rejections. once the march issue comes out i'll sent out acceptances!
also! i've received over 100 subs so far for the little poems! thank you!
@GhostCityPress
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meeting
@TaylorByas3
and them knowing who i was, was a pretty cool experience. (yes, i'm still learning my name is known lol)
we hugged and talked a bit and they are so kind and sweet.
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june is my anniversary month for being the poetry editor of ghost city review
2 magnificent years and counting!
everyday is such a thrill to get to read a plethora of poetry!
@GhostCityPress
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check out the feb issue of ghost city review! i love doing this 🥰 sharing poems with the world 🥳
The February 2024 issue of Ghost City Review is now up on our website! Thanks so much to all of our contributors! 💘
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my books are haunted houses & each page is a different suspense or surprise, full of spider webs & maybe a mouse.
the first poem chooses itself, as does the last poem. i am wild. i don't organize. i write my poems as they lay in the book. the only thing i do is remove bad poems.
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how can one be a tortured poet & also a billionaire?
how can one just take the role as the director of the tortured poet department without a meeting with actual poets?
i need people to buy my book like they'll buy taylor's new album.
i am actually a tortured poet.
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1 of 2) be enthused & do not apologize for sharing your happiness & joy. an acceptance, a new publication of a poem or book, a blurb you've gotten, a review or anything! it is 2024. quit deflecting & holding joy for yourself. the world needs your happy light to shine on us.
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did everyone in the Twitter world get an acceptance from
@gutslutpress
? all I see in every other tweet is how everyone got accepted.
who got rejected. we need rejections to fly high and have a moment of joy.
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thank you
@the_ethelzine
for the amazing cover design (and publishing my poems) that will be on my chapbook! the artwork is by the talented
@meganamerchant
I'm so delighted and joyous and happy! a light of hope on my sad day
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for those who don't own a copy of
the castration of a minor god
published by
@GhostCityPress
you need it now!
here are some poems in the collection!
$12
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i have sold
350+ copies
the castration of a minor god
dec 2022—Ghost City Press
90+ copies
how we liberated what secrets we modified
march 2023—Etched Press
55+ copies
blacked out borderland from an exponential crisis
aug 2023—Ethel Zine & Micro Press
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EXCITING BOOK UPDATE: my book "melancholy arcadia" was pushed forward! it's released date is april 11th instead of may 9th! if you'd like to preorder a signed copy, $15 (includes shipping!) payment options & blurbs are in the comments. ships after april 11th. thank you!
my chapbook is officially on
@harbor_review
website (can't order until may 9th) BUT you can go read the blurbs by
@Martelli89
,
@jezzbah
,
@WillieETCarver
, &
@jasonbcrawford
— go read them! right now hehe 🥰🥰🥰 they fill me with joy!
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omg what a shocking honor. my book "melancholy arcadia" is included on this amazing list. luckily my publisher posted it or i'd had no clue! i'm very giddy. go check the whole list out!
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this is a hype post. my poem "walking bishop back to moonlight" drops from
@OneArtPoetry1
april 11th — (be sure to read it)
& it is the same day my new book "melancholy arcadia" releases from
@harbor_review
— be sure to buy it. it'll be $12.
boom! how exciting!
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at least 19 tornadoes hit kentucky tonight. it was very scary. a few touched down near my house. we are safe. many thoughts to everyone.
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i stand with the Palestinian people and am against genocide
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my third book
"the castration of a minor god"
is coming!
nov 1st preorders will open. it's release date is
dec 2nd!
so excited to have
@GhostCityPress
as the home for this book!
also if you preorder you will get an exclusive gift! will reveal details about it soon!
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submissions for
@GhostCityPress
review (the magazine) open next Wednesday Feb 1st! so get ready to submit!!! i want to read all your poetry!
remember, email is:
ghostcityreview
@gmail
.com
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@jennyyangtv
I am in full support of that. or quit. death is not worth it and no teacher should be writing their wills just because they're going to teach! STRIKE! dont go to the schools.
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i sent out acceptances for ghost city review for the may issue.
march issue launched today.
i'm on march 1st with subs.
& make preparations for the rejections that will come, especially with the small poem subs. they skyrocketed subs, doubling what i usually get in a month.
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those two little words make me so excited! "sold out" — what a wonderful feeling! the paperback version sold over 600 copies — now for the next installment for my book: the downloadable PDF version coming soon for $5, avaliable worldwide!
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should i post everything about my ghost city summer series chapbook coming out within june to august— which will be FREE! meaning everyone will download it when it becomes available because you don't have to buy it because it'll be free. but shall i share the cover and blurbs?
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@billybones709
I haven't listened to them in forever and now I have this reason to continue not listening to them
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part 1 of the wonderful and exciting news!
the COVER reveal for "melancholy arcadia" being published by
@harbor_review
in May 2024! there will be blurbs on the back cover.
the cover art is by photographer and poet Janet Lees!
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cover reveal: "our trees speak in suburbian"
i fell in love with the beautiful art of Tavo Arrieta! i'm thrilled they let me use this.
accepted by
@nakedcatlitmag
as a digital chapbook. due out: tba!
& save some money and buy it to support the publisher! they're amazing!
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