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@ellecantwell.bsky.social
writer, wanderer, theatre person Associate Poetry Editor at Identity Theory Jeff Marks Memorial Poetry Prize Pushcart Prize nominated
Happy Saturday! We're accepting submissions! Mostly micro and poetry!
Submission Guidelines - Identity Theory
Literary journal submission guidelines for Identity Theory. Our online magazine publishes interviews, fiction, essays, poetry, and more.
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"I try to create space for myself to find rest for the body and freedom for the mind—two things mothers have no time for. Sitting down to write poems is a mental and physical embodiment of exactly this." An interview with Vic Nogay (Naming a Dying Thing) by Justin Aoba.
Interview: Vic Nogay on Naming a Dying Thing
Writing, for me, is defiance of all mothers must or should do. It is my intention to be and do less than is expected or demanded of me, and to be all the happier and healthier for it.
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Some poems are mantras, I have been reading this poem all day as needed. “new moon rules” by @ellecantwell.bsky.social may even sing me to sleep tonight. Read it in the 98th edition. Here. 👇 www.roifaineantpress.com/post/anthem-...
“…and i willed your heartbeat, that little song…” Oh, these exquisite poems by @ellecantwell.bsky.social in @rfpress.bsky.social!❤️❤️
Finally, the poetry party can start! “anthem” by Elle Cantwell @ellecantwell.bsky.social made me cry, not gonna lie. Read this beautiful piece about the ‘odyssey’ of childbirth and the absolute devotion of motherhood when it feels all so in the balance. Sunday 7/26.
AYO! Guess what day it is? We're going back to a simpler time. Tell the uncle who wears his flip phone in a belt holster. www.roifaineantpress.com/blog #WritingCommunity
Finally, the poetry party can start! “anthem” by Elle Cantwell @ellecantwell.bsky.social made me cry, not gonna lie. Read this beautiful piece about the ‘odyssey’ of childbirth and the absolute devotion of motherhood when it feels all so in the balance. Sunday 7/26.
“love is a certain type of war…” This wonderful poem by @ellecantwell.bsky.social!💙
happy to have a few poems in the latest issue of The Pointed Circle—here’s “b movie teaser”🖤
happy to have a few poems in the latest issue of The Pointed Circle—here’s “b movie teaser”🖤
Our new micro issue is up! Ten little pieces. Have at 'em.
Micro - Identity Theory
Prose up to 500 words. Poetry up to 9 lines.
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carrot cake counts as a balanced breakfast, right? i’m saying yes
some friends and i made watercolor love notes to leave around town and that’s what i’ve got going on 🩵