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Through November, writers and the people who love them can get a custom-built website for 15% off the regular price at chrisdaley.com.

WordCraftLA's tweet image. Through November, writers and the people who love them can get a custom-built website for 15% off the regular price at chrisdaley.com.

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What will the soul do for solace then? I tell myself maybe it won't need these pleasures anymore; maybe just not being is simply enough, hard as that is to imagine. — Louise Glück, 1943-2023

zyzzyvamag's tweet image. What will the soul do for solace then?
I tell myself maybe it won't need
these pleasures anymore; 
maybe just not being is simply enough,
hard as that is to imagine.
— Louise Glück, 1943-2023

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We are celebrating the launch of our very own writing journal with creative writing prompts! Pick up your copy of “What’s Behind the Blue Door?” at Octavia’s Bookshelf! #BlueDoor #writingjournal #writingprompts

WriteGirlLA's tweet image. We are celebrating the launch of our very own writing journal with creative writing prompts! Pick up your copy of “What’s Behind the Blue Door?” at Octavia’s Bookshelf!

#BlueDoor #writingjournal #writingprompts

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Deadline extended! Apply to be a WriteGirl volunteer and help teens write their way to brilliant futures. WriteGirl is based in Los Angeles, but volunteers can join us from anywhere! Apply by 9/20: writegirl.org/join-us

WriteGirlLA's tweet image. Deadline extended! Apply to be a WriteGirl volunteer and help teens write their way to brilliant futures. WriteGirl is based in Los Angeles, but volunteers can join us from anywhere! Apply by 9/20: writegirl.org/join-us

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The Ploughshares Summer 2023 Issue, featuring work from Jess Walter, Jen Trynin, Eva Warrick, Andre Dubus III, and others is out now! Perfect to read while soaking up the summer sun. Check it out here: pshr.us/3opa0rI.


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WriteGirl is seeking volunteers! Join a vibrant community of writers and mentor a young writer by volunteering for WriteGirl! Apply to volunteer by Aug. 13th. Details at writegirl.org/join-us

WriteGirlLA's tweet image. WriteGirl is seeking volunteers! Join a vibrant community of writers and mentor a young writer by volunteering for WriteGirl! Apply to volunteer by Aug. 13th. Details at writegirl.org/join-us

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Be discovered! Our regular reading period is now open: pshr.us/submit

pshares's tweet image. Be discovered! Our regular reading period is now open: pshr.us/submit

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A reminder that the @CalArtsCouncil Individual Fellowships deadline is June 2nd! performancepractice.la/cac-iaf/


"To get past it, we need to identify a place of safety, knowing that we are held, that our stories matter, that we are powerful and capable, and that we are not alone. And not just logically…but in an embodied way, a deep-seated gut and soul feeling."

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Some story extras from this week's #MothRadioHour. Terrance during his college years. & Nina wearing her mother's wedding sari. Full Episode: bit.ly/3CbZiId

TheMoth's tweet image. Some story extras from this week's #MothRadioHour.
Terrance during his college years. & Nina wearing her mother's wedding sari.

Full Episode: bit.ly/3CbZiId
TheMoth's tweet image. Some story extras from this week's #MothRadioHour.
Terrance during his college years. & Nina wearing her mother's wedding sari.

Full Episode: bit.ly/3CbZiId

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Ploughshares’s Emerging Writers Contest closes tomorrow, May 15, noon EST! Submit for the chance to win $2,000, publication in Ploughshares, and a conversation with literary agency Aevitas Creative Management. pshr.us/2luwvs5

pshares's tweet image. Ploughshares’s Emerging Writers Contest closes tomorrow, May 15, noon EST! Submit for the chance to win $2,000, publication in Ploughshares, and a conversation with literary agency Aevitas Creative Management. pshr.us/2luwvs5

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Fans of memoir, storytelling, truth-telling, comedy, family secrets, nuanced tales of people becoming who they are: the new Jerrod Carmichael special on HBO is so so good.


Saturday!

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Tune into issue 67, in which I recount what I learned from my foray into the world of clown, further insights on playing the fool from @thejessicadore, @JamesClear, & @tomcritchlow + using humor as a tool from @HiddenBrain and @KarlTooomey tinyrevolutions.substack.com/p/tiny-revolut…


Whether you’re a novice or an experienced writer looking for a boost, submitting fiction or nonfiction, pitching stories or putting together a query letter, you’ll get something out of this seminar on Saturday, April 24. It’s also only $80 right now. chrisdaley.com/improve-your-s…


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Wrote about our grand collective need to chill the fuck out in this week’s newsletter. And about how I, uh, may or may not have exploded a Tide Pod in my eye last weekend. tinyrevolutions.substack.com/p/tiny-revolut…


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