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poet x comms specialist (she/her) ✶ @americanu mfa, @uva appw ✶ words: @thedodgemag, @tinderboxpoetry, @vqr ✶ alum: @greenamerica, @brafb, @probcausation Ⓥ

ky → va → dc
Joined August 2011
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Replying to @SydneyBattle
but i’d be lying if i said this book didn’t play a part in molding my young mind – at Washington, DC
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people be like "bear with me" and they don’t even have a bear with them
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This raccoon is having a rough morning-just wanted some trash & ended up in Rosslyn! >And yes I alerted the driver
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“Paul and I will do many things together in our life. We became so close. We plan on having a whole career shared with one another.” – Saoirse Ronan on Paul Mescal
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Variety has announced the line-up for season 21 of Actors on Actors: Andrew Garfield & Ryan Reynolds Ariana Grande & Paul Mescal Selena Gomez & Saoirse Ronan Angelina Jolie & Cynthia Erivo Zendaya & Nicole Kidman Drew Starkey & Harris Dickinson Kate Winslet & Zoë Saldaña Daniel Craig & Josh O’Connor Pamela Anderson & Mikey Madison Colman Domingo & Kieran Culkin Demi Moore & Amy Adams Adrien Brody & Tilda Swinton
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snoopy reading dorian gray before bed
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mom, i’m nominated for a PUSHCART PRIZE 😭 endless gratitude for the editors at @thedodgemag. thank you for believing so fervently in “hammerhead”!
Drumroll please.....Here's a list of our nominations for the 2025 Pushcart Prize! Featuring incredible works and writers, including: @monalisavitti @thedwmckinney @BrandiHandley24 @sidewalkchock @piotr_poet
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We're delighted to announce our nominees for the Orison Books 2024 Spiritual Literature Awards-- @sidewalkchock
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Tell me, what do you plan to do with your one wild and precious month of democracy?
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me after just one hour of being productive
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I'll leave this here
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Greatest country in the world?? Why is every woman I know crying on the way to work today???
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idk why i’m always shocked to rediscover how deeply our country hates women
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he has it all but it cost him everything
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This short story will brighten your day 🧵 At the age of 40, Franz Kafka — who never married and had no children — was walking through a park in Berlin when he met a young girl who was crying because she had lost her favorite doll... (1/6)
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This is what made Marilynne Robinson different from every other writer I ever studied with and why she had the deepest influence (from @parisreview interview)
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How it feels to be a poet
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This is who you're asking to come into work tomorrow.
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My first #BestOfTheNet nom—and it’s from @THEDODGE?!? Pinch me! A massive thank you to the editors. It’s an honor to be published in your (digital) pages. 🌿
The Dodge is thrilled to announce our nominations for the 2025 Best of the Net Anthology! Including incredible works from: @rbminerauthor @blakesarah @VioletaGMpoet @sidewalkchock @_robblerobble @piotr_poet @thedwmckinney Read these and more at the link in our bio!
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Going to cry... he's so sweet and diligent and intelligent
Beavers pause while chewing trees to listen for movements so that the tree doesn’t fall on them.. nitter.gq/buitengebieden/status/…
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