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  • February 10, 2023

    Multigenre Macabre: On Rejection

    Multigenre Macabre: On Rejection

    How Apex magazine reads slush, putting yourself out there, and recent publications

  • December 9, 2022

    Multigenre Macabre: A Starving Artist’s Tips for Saving $

    Multigenre Macabre: A Starving Artist’s Tips for Saving $

    Right, so I’m not actually starving, but with inflation merrily inflationing away, sometimes I feel like I could be. After housing costs, food is the next largest expense in my household, and it turns out that that’s pretty typical. So, apropos of a conversation with a friend who wanted to know how I managed to…

  • November 17, 2022

    How Interfolio Actually Works for Graduate References / LORs

    How Interfolio Actually Works for Graduate References / LORs

    Ah, applying to graduate school, the warm-up crucible for the real deal, academia. Transcript fees, diploma fees, NACES evaluation fees, application fees and–what’s this? Fees to send LORs? Yes, if you’re using Interfolio. If you’re anything like me, you probably want to know what you’d be paying for (a smooth $48 for the first 50…

  • November 13, 2022

    Welcome Application Season: List of Writer’s Residencies & More

    Application season is in full force: Graduate schools, a slew of book awards, many of the top Best Of collections and anthologies, some top competitive workshops and fellowships, and a whole lot of writer’s retreats all happen to have chosen October-January for applications/nominations. If you miss the window, it’s gone until next year, so I’m…

  • October 4, 2022

    Multigenre Macabre: It’s Launch Day, Baby!

    It’s launch day for my hybrid chapbook, inVISIBLE, and I couldn’t be more excited. inVISIBLE explores my experience navigating the confluence between chronic illness and climate change. It’s experimental–not quite prose, not quite poetry, not quite image lit. I threw it all in a blender, and I hope you love what came out. You can…

  • September 4, 2022

    Multigenre Macabre : Storm the PSL Gates ☕

    Multigenre Macabre : Storm the PSL Gates ☕

    It’s officially pumpkin spice season, which seems like a great day to kick off a newsletter. Not that I have a PSL to power through this task. It’s 80 degrees outside, and also that would involve leaving the house. I do love this time of year though, not least because the second half of the…

 

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