Laura Leigh Morris

If you’re coming to AWP and care about regional representation, come check out our panel.

Is it just me, or is it harder than ever to sell short story collections? #amwriting #shortfiction #flashfiction

4: School gets in the way of me playing.

Me too, Bud. Me too.

#parenting

Biggest personal problem: when writing contests announce the winner before letting everyone else know.
Biggest national problem: the rise of #fascism and incompetence.

My writing spot for the next week. James Still’s desk. In his house. I can feel the magic.

I keep thinking of you up there. Speaking. Fighting.

2020 Academy of American Poets Prize On Learning to Dissect Fetal Pigs by Renée Nicole Macklin

Say her name and read her words: poets.org/2020-on-lear...

I kind of forgot about bsky for a while. Still hoping this app will replace #writingcommunity from that bird place.

4: do your teachers let you say potty words at your school?
Me: I am the teacher.
4: do you students let you?

Reports of icy conditions in Greenville, SC, especially near White Horse Road. Stay safe. Keep your neighbors safe. Keep your eyes open and your cameras on. #greenvillesc

She dresses up nicely. (Birthday gift from the husband.)

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Honored to be on the Writers Conference of Northern Appalachia longlist with so many other great books. @kentuckypress.bsky.social #Appalachia #Writing

Gorgeous cover!!!

It only took 256 days to reach the “zip tying little kids at 2am on the street” stage of this administration.

How does it feel to have leopards eating your face? #leopards #leopardsatemyface

Schrödinger’s army: the best on earth but also fat and woke.

Thank you!!

Mostly black flier with a green leaf on the left with a silhouette of a frog. Text announces Best of the Net nominations: Laura Leigh Morris and Sonia Alejandra Rodriguez.

Our BotN nominations are in! Congrats to Sonia Alejandra Rodríguez and @lauraleighwrite.bsky.social We're rooting for you! 🐸💙

Tomorrow at 6pm, join writers from @hubcitypress.bsky.social and @kentuckypress.bsky.social for a short reading and discussion about reading, writing, and the South. Sign up here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#fiction #memoir #poetry #writingcommunity

Excited to take part in the virtual open night mic at the Pat Conroy Literary Center tomorrow. Check it out: patconroyliterarycenter.org/.../virtual-...

Come be my colleague! Open rank position in multi-ethnic US literature.
Feel free to reach out if you have questions. #multiethniclit #academia #English #litjobs

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I'm not sure why I like to see my #submittable pieces move from received to in progress, but it feels so very good.

DC is FORTY-ONE PERCENT Black.

Do you understand?

when people don't want to preserve what we have, when people act like authoritarians. And right now, this system is breaking. Is broken. And there's no stopping it until everyone stands up against authoritarianism. 2/2 #authoritarianism #America #democracy

I keep thinking about people saying, "well, technically, he is allowed to..." whatever it is. Here's the thing: not everything is made illegal or legal for leaders, but we do expect our elected officials to act within the spirit of the law, to hold democracy high. The whole system breaks down 1/2

Watched Superman tonight. When the right equates themselves with the bad guys and blames the left for that...that says more about them than us. #Superman

Me to Three: I love you.
Three: Thanks.

Later...
Three: I don't love you everyday, but I love you right now.

#parenting

Just called the lawnmower repair place and then scheduled a colonoscopy. I think I just crossed the official threshold into middle age.