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Fin (C. Desirée Finley)

@coastalwrite

WRITER & DOODLER instagram/aletafin

 western Massachusetts
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Joined November 2014
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♡ Jorie Graham... (+ the Paris Review) theparisreview.org/interview…
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How frail the human heart must be...(♡) themarginalian.org/2015/07/0…
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Tom Snarsky@TomSnarsky16 Oct 2024
Robert Creeley
Think slowly. See the things around you, taking place.

ALT Think slowly. See the things around you, taking place.

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@themarginalian21 Oct 2024
The two souls within – Hermann Hesse on the dual life of the creative spirit themarginalian.org/2024/01/0…

The Two Souls Within: Hermann Hesse on the Dual Life of the Creative Spirit

“Like a precious, fleeting foam over the sea of suffering arise all those works of art, in which a single individual lifts himself for an hour so high above his personal destiny that his happ…

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I sent this to myself so I could read it again... especially the sidebars/observations, e.g., "..taped on his back porch, near a defunct old well, and away from any tidying influence..." 🧡 the interviewed & interviewer ♡
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@parisreview15 Oct 2024
“I must love big novels, because that’s what I’ve written. It takes a while before you begin to breathe the air the characters breathe.” —Norman Rush buff.ly/46pslFt
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the sun is out after much rain and this is what it feels like... . #WritingPrompts
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With a piece of my heart still in Portland, OR - let me recommend this for tonight's agenda ♡ #writerscommunity #poetry #pdx
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.@NostosLit13 Oct 2024
Louise Glück, from October
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"I drifted into my profession as a fly lands on fly paper.." ---Wallace Stegner [ ♡ reading The Spectator Bird ]
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I see a face and arms breaking a fall... use #clouds as a writing #prompt
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Tom Gauld@tomgauld28 Sep 2024
My cartoon for this week’s @GuardianBooks
Caption: The other squirrels laughed, but Carol knew that the key to surviving the harsh winter months was a store with the correct ratio of nuts to novels” Image: A squirrel inside a hollow tree arranges a books and various types of nut on a set of wooden shelves.

ALT Caption: The other squirrels laughed, but Carol knew that the key to surviving the harsh winter months was a store with the correct ratio of nuts to novels” Image: A squirrel inside a hollow tree arranges a books and various types of nut on a set of wooden shelves.

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This Marianne Worthington #poem is worth taking a moment to read... 🩵 #poetry
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Dear Sandra, thank you for something to smile about (in a world filled with war, violence and injustice). . I am fond of parens:)
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the Tell It Slant Festival coming next week is a western Ma treasure ~looking fwd to a week of #poetry ♡
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Check out our #poetrynearyou Pick of the Week: Pulitzer Prize winner Diane Seuss @dlseuss, Jane Huffman @janechuffman, & Molly Akin @molly_akin will read at the Emily @DickinsonMuseum’s Tell It Slant Poetry Festival on September 26. Register in advance for this free, online reading. Learn more: poets.org/event/phosphoresce… (Sponsored)
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a reminder~
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✨🪩REMINDER🪩✨ : WE WANT TO READ YOUR POETRY & HYBRID CHAPBOOKS! Visit the link in our bio to learn more and submit your work!
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"It’s not wise to think of life as a lost and found," part of 'the geography of tallying,' pub'd in Meat For Tea Valley Review, Vol 18 issue 3, Looseleaf, fall 2024 Check out this hard- working western Mass. publication ♡ the cover. #writinglife #poetry
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Turners Falls Unnameable Books hosts authors OCT 6 #WritingCommmunity
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perfect Friday the 13th post ~ 👻
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@womensart112 Sep 2024
The Groke is a dark, ghost like character in Tove Jansson's Moomin stories embodying the idea of a curse, though the creature also sought love. Tove loved all things scary and unknown #womensart
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Cian McCarthy@arealmofwonder12 Sep 2024
• Hermann Hesse •
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