SOMEone asked me if the "jellyfish thing" I read at the 804 Salon Reading was published online, but I can't remember and can't find the notification anywhere!
(I read the version from TACOMA, but the standalone story was:
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thanks!!
tired: arguing about genre labels
wired: just make your writing better
IN
one of my fave AWP moments!! 🫶🫂
I've had people rave to me about two different times/readings where she read this one, and crushed it. It's great on the page (screen), too!
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same! gf has been keeping her distance, lol, SURE i'll be sick, but other than voice still being gone and general exhaustion, i'm feeling pretty miraculously good still/so far!
AWP is really the best of times (getting to see and hang out with so many fave people!) and also the worst of times (being so near but missing so many fave people!)
had multiple AWP convos with people about how @emilylauracosta.bsky.social is just one of the best doing it rn, and here's another example. heavy, sad, hard piece that is also its own kind of joy to read because she's so damn good.
LOVED this reading!
feeeeeel this
suggested to my thesis student that maybe her story might be even stronger in second person, continuing my streak of encouraging everyone around me to make art that is more interesting but that will be less well received
Hello, today is a great day to read a book for the sake of health and happiness 📚.
(And I’m just assuming TACOMA accidentally got cropped out and is just out of frame.)
(I meant to swing by Malarkey table one more time on Saturday and snag a stack… but got busy gabbing with people and never made it back over.)
I also snagged SD Stories! Bet you'll love Bad Foundations (a banger) and kinda curious what you'll think of Perfection (I *loved* it!).
looks like a great haul! that mcandrew collection is a banger.
The cover of Tacoma by Aaron Burch
Finally getting around to this one by @aaronburch.bsky.social, and it’s like, exactly the type of radical joy and heart that I needed this weekend. Loved the little Metroid reference.
sorry I missed you!
this the cover for "nostalgia, ultra (the neonpajamas remix)"
really need to cancel classes for the next 1-8 weeks to recover from AWP, but also to spend time reading all these books I picked up at AWP, and also also to spend time writing, all geeked up on inspiration from all the books and writers and readings and conversations from AWP...
I'm a loner, Dottie. A rebel.
Just because we sold out of what we had doesn’t mean I can’t feel like more people should have bought it!
AWP was great, but I’m back where I belong: on my phone.
TACOMA, an excerpt (with last-minute edits to get down to 5-minute reading time for AWP)
Sorry I missed you! As much as it is so nice to have the freedom to wander and come and go, being always at the Ho table was always fun and did make me easily findable!
I’m full of bravado and confidence online… and more shy and awkward in person 🤷🏼♂️🤣
congrats!
