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Chill Subs @chillsubs.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

A little bit of luck, a little bit of skill—you might just make it through the sweet spot. Check out how to submit to them here: www.chillsubs.com/lists/sweet-... #writing #writingcommunity #litmags

17 Lit mags in the sweet spot (3-8%)

Competitive | Popular

• The Colored Lens - Stories that shift our perspective
• New Ohio Review - The breadth of the American experience
• Fiction - Publishing the difficult, experimental, and unusual
• Oxford Poetry - Oldest dedicated poetry magazine in the UK
• Gulf Coast - International cultures, voices, and aesthetics
• North American Review - Challenging the status quo
• Pseudopod - Podcast of dark, compelling short horror
• The Shore Poetry - Cutting, strange, and daring work
• Intrepidus Ink - Danger, struggle, emotion, and overcoming
• Pigeon Pages - Voices not always allowed to sing loudly
• Waxwing Literary Journal - Harmony and dissonance
• Hayden's Ferry Review - Work that takes risks and engages
• EPOCH - Cornell University's long-established print magazine
• Factor Four Magazine - High-quality speculative flash fiction
• lowa Review - Expertly curated, carefully edited, and beautifully designed
• Sundog Lit - Engaging with tension, introspection, empathy
• Room - Canada's oldest feminist literary journal

Our stats-backed lists are based on 258642 tracked submissions from our 69378 users. Check them out at our link in bio!

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Pigeon Pages @pigeonpagesnyc.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

“Who ever said, that my paintings are not in the traditional Indian style, has poor knowledge of Indian art indeed.” Oscar Howe’s art accompanies poetry by @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social and Sean Glatch this week: pigeonpagesnyc.com/poetry (🎨: Courtesy of the Whitney Museum of American Art)

Oscar Howe’s Retreat (1968). Casein on paper.

Oscar Howe’s Eagle Dance (1960). Casein and graphite pencil on paper.

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Pigeon Pages @pigeonpagesnyc.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

“here is your whole / self against her whole self / the one with violets in her lap” Read “Against Her” by @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social, in the nest now (🎨: Oscar Howe, courtesy of the Whitney Museum of American Art) pigeonpagesnyc.com/against-her

Oscar Howe’s “Eagle Dance” in casein and graphite pencil on paper with a title card: “Against Her” by Allison Field Bell

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Pigeon Pages @pigeonpagesnyc.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

“I want you; I want / to preserve you—like the taxidermist / who transforms a carcass to carrion cast," Read “Essay on Vanity” by Sean Glatch, in the nest now (🎨: Oscar Howe, courtesy of the Whitney Museum of American Art) pigeonpagesnyc.com/essay-on-van...

“Retreat” by Oscar Howe, an abstract work of art, with a title card: “Essay on Vanity” by Sean Glatch

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Pigeon Pages @pigeonpagesnyc.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

We have new poems in the nest this week from Allison Bell Field and Sean Glatch (🎨: Oscar Howe, courtesy of the Whitney Museum of American Art) pigeonpagesnyc.com/poetry

Oscar Howe’s Eagle Dance; and abstract work of art, with a title card: poems by We have new poems in the nest this week from Allison Bell Field and Sean Glatch

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Pigeon Pages @pigeonpagesnyc.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Extension alert! We added a couple more days to our Poetry Contest! Send your poetry for our judge, Cecily Parks by this Friday; the winner will receive $250 and publication. Find details in the nest and on Submittable: pigeonpagesnyc.submittable.com/submit

Flyer for Pigeon Pages Poetry Contest

Deadline Extended! September 19

Winner receives $250 and publication

Judged by Cecily Parks

(There is also a photo of Cecily and images of yellow flowers)

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Pigeon Pages @pigeonpagesnyc.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

It’s the last day of our Poetry Contest! Send your poetry for our judge, Cecily Parks, tonight; the winner will receive $250 and publication. Find details in the nest and on Submittable: pigeonpagesnyc.submittable.com/submit

Flyer for Pigeon Pages Poetry Contest

Submission deadline: September 15

Winner receives $250 and publication

Judged by Cecily Parks

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Pigeon Pages @pigeonpagesnyc.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Not to sound like a ghost with a grudge that crawls out of your TV, but…seven dayssssss! Send us your poetry before time is up.

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Pigeon Pages @pigeonpagesnyc.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

It’s contest time again! Send your most beautiful poetry for our judge, Cecily Parks, by September 15. The winner will receive $250 and publication. Find details in the nest and on Submittable: pigeonpagesnyc.submittable.com/submit

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Pigeon Pages @pigeonpagesnyc.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

Christina Quarles’ gestural, abstract paintings confront themes of racial and sexual identities, gender, and queerness. Quarles’ work accompanies new poems by MaKenzie Copp this week: pigeonpagesnyc.com/poetry (🎨: Courtesy of the Whitney Museum)

Acrylic painting of abstract figures in bright colors on an off-white background

Acrylic painting of abstract figures in bright colors on a black “floor” with pink flowers

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Pigeon Pages @pigeonpagesnyc.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

TGIF! We hope your weekend plans include writing some poetry and submitting to our Poetry Contest, judged by Cecily Parks. Submit by September 15; the winner will receive $250 and publication. Find details in the nest and on Submittable: pigeonpagesnyc.submittable.com/submit

Flyer for Pigeon Pages’ Poetry Contest, judged by Cecily Parks. Submission deadline: September 15. Winner receives $250 and publication. A photo of Cecily is included among some yellow flowers with a sepia tone.

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Pigeon Pages @pigeonpagesnyc.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

“but there she is / laughing, my grandmother in her hospital gown—” Read “Lumpectomy” by MaKenzie Copp, in the nest now (🎨: Christina Quarles; courtesy of the Whitney Museum) pigeonpagesnyc.com/lumpectomy

Abstract figure painting with a title card: “Lumpectomy” by MaKenzie Copp

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Pigeon Pages @pigeonpagesnyc.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

“I want a mouthful of vinegar, salt, and all the things I can't have.” Read “Without Saying Homesick” by MaKenzie Copp (🎨: Christina Quarles; c/o the Whitney Museum) pigeonpagesnyc.com/without-sayi...

Abstract figure painting with a title card: “without saying homesick” by MaKenzie Copp

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Pigeon Pages @pigeonpagesnyc.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

We have new poems in the nest this week by MaKenzie Copp, just for you! (🎨: Christina Quarles; courtesy of the Whitney Museum) pigeonpagesnyc.com/poetry

An abstract painting with various limbs in a room with a black flower with pink flowers; and a title card: poems by MaKenzie Copp

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Pigeon Pages @pigeonpagesnyc.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

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Pigeon Pages @pigeonpagesnyc.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

“It is too soon to test. We wait. The bleeding will stop or it won’t, and then we will know.” ICYMI, the winning story from our Flash Contest is in the nest now! Read “Implantation Bleeding” by Olivia Fantini, chosen by our judge, Rachel Lyon (🎨: Debbi Kenote) pigeonpagesnyc.com/implantation...

Abstract painting in blues, tans, and red with a title card: “Implantation Bleeding” by Olivia Fantini

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Pigeon Pages @pigeonpagesnyc.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

"When I started, I wanted to make paintings that…you didn't need 'talent' to make. You just had to think in a certain way." Carroll Dunham’s work accompanies new poetry by Jenny Maaketo and Molly Moran (🎨: Courtesy of the Whitney Museum of American Art) pigeonpagesnyc.com/poetry

Abstract monotype sheet with some squares in yellow, red, and a textured brown

Abstract lithograph, primarily in red with yellow and blue accents

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Pigeon Pages @pigeonpagesnyc.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

“And we were the laugh track to our sick version of America’s Funniest Home Videos—rewinding/replaying Mom’s punchline.” Read “In the Oven” by Jenny Maaketo, in the nest now (🎨: Carroll Dunham; courtesy of the Whitney Museum of American Art) pigeonpagesnyc.com/in-the-oven

Abstract lithograph with red, yellow, and blue and title card: “In the Oven” by Jenny Maaketo

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Pigeon Pages @pigeonpagesnyc.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

“no two things ever really touch– / except on maps. Huron and Michigan look a little like a pair of lungs.” Read “Lover’s Leap” by Molly Moran, in the nest now (🎨: Carroll Dunham; courtesy of the Whitney Museum of American Art) pigeonpagesnyc.com/lovers-leap

A monotype with yellow and red and some brown with title card: “lover’s leap” by Molly Moran

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Pigeon Pages @pigeonpagesnyc.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

We have new poems in the nest this week by Jenny Maaketo and Molly Moran (🎨: Carroll Dunham; courtesy of the Whitney Museum of American Art) pigeonpagesnyc.com/poetry

Abstract lithograph with lots of red, some blue and yellow, with a title card: poems by Jenny Maaketo and Molly Moran

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Pigeon Pages @pigeonpagesnyc.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

“Don’t make me out to be an artist. I am an engineer. I am after the facts. Only the facts.” Harold Edgerton’s work accompanies new poems by Madeleine Mori this week: pigeonpagesnyc.com/poetry (🎨: Courtesy of Whitney Museum of American Art)

Black and white silver print of a repeated image of a man’s arm holding a violin

Black and white silver print of glass that looks like splashing water

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Pigeon Pages @pigeonpagesnyc.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

“When fresh retina is braided into / burnt fibers, do the living see through the dead," Read “Rotoscope” by Madeleine Mori, in the nest now (🎨: Harold Edgerton; courtesy of Whitney Museum of American Art) pigeonpagesnyc.com/rotoscope

Black and white silver print of a man’s arm holding a violin, the image repeated many times from the top to the bottom with the title card: “rotoscope” by Madeleine Mori

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Pigeon Pages @pigeonpagesnyc.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

“I sign no lease in Brooklyn, / do not accept the life you envision for me without you.” Read “Remain” by Madeleine Mori now (🎨: Harold Edgerton; c/o Whitney Museum of American Art) pigeonpagesnyc.com/remain

Black and white silver print of glass that looks like falling water with a title card: “remain” by Madeleine Mori

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Pigeon Pages @pigeonpagesnyc.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

We have new poems in the nest by Madeleine Mori this week, check them out! (🎨: Harold Edgerton; courtesy of Whitney Museum of American Art) pigeonpagesnyc.com/poetry

Black and white silver print with a repeating image of a man’s arm holding a violin, with a title card: poems by Madeleine Mori

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Pigeon Pages @pigeonpagesnyc.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

“Spanning from tiny figurines to large scale installations, the works come across as sometimes innocent and sometimes distinctly ominous – but always immensely attractive.” Louise Hindsgavl’s work accompanies new poetry by Maya Bernstein and Michael Juliani: pigeonpagesnyc.com/poetry

Red glazed ceramic of some blocks and a face at the top

Glazed ceramic that looks like a blue and orange piece of coral

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Pigeon Pages @pigeonpagesnyc.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

“who gathered these and why / pursue a form that would be razed / by noon." Read “Sand Mermaid” by Maya Bernstein, in the nest now (🎨: Louise Hindsgavl, courtesy of Hans Alf Gallery) pigeonpagesnyc.com/sand-mermaid

Photo of a glazed ceramic that looks like a piece of coral with a title card: “Sand Mermaid” by Maya Bernstein

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Pigeon Pages @pigeonpagesnyc.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

“The sky looks uninspired / when I plead with it. / I want to see the planets / my father showed me." Read “Inland” by Michael Juliani, in the nest now (🎨: Louise Hindsgavl, courtesy of Hans Alf Gallery) pigeonpagesnyc.com/inland

Glazed ceramic piece with a face and title card on top: “Inland” by Michael Juliani

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Pigeon Pages @pigeonpagesnyc.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

We have new poems in the nest this week by Maya Bernstein and Michael Juliani (🎨: Louise Hindsgavl, courtesy of Hans Alf Gallery) pigeonpagesnyc.com/poetry

Photo of a glazed ceramic piece that looks like coral with title card: poems by Maya Bernstein and Michael Juliani

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Pigeon Pages @pigeonpagesnyc.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

"I use a lot of references from female body and nature and a lot of Hindu mythology. I draw inspiration from my culture too. I do not know what I am known for. I think others can answer that better." Madhurima Ganguly’s work accompanies new poetry by Kuhu Joshi this week: pigeonpagesnyc.com/poetry

Red and brown watercolor with white ink on top

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Pigeon Pages @pigeonpagesnyc.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

“Unlike Ganga and Yamuna, you seemed to have / no role. In you, my grandmothers drowned / who they could be.” Read “Letter to Saraswati” by Kuhu Joshi, in the nest now (🎨: Madhurima Ganguly) pigeonpagesnyc.com/letter-to-sa...

Red and brown watercolor and ink image with title card: “Letter to Saraswati” by Kuhu Joshi

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Pigeon Pages @pigeonpagesnyc.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

“What I wanted to know was, / are you lonely? Do you have enough / family?” Read “Spell to Call on My Future Family” by Kuhu Joshi, in the nest now (🎨: Madhurima Ganguly) pigeonpagesnyc.com/spell-to-cal...

Blue and orange batik print with title card: “Spell to Call on My Future Family” by Kuhu Joshi

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Pigeon Pages @pigeonpagesnyc.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

We have new poems in the nest for you this week by Kuhu Joshi (🎨: Madhurima Ganguly) pigeonpagesnyc.com/poetry

Red and brown watercolor and pen on paper, with a title card: poems by Kuhu Joshi

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Pigeon Pages @pigeonpagesnyc.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

“For me, poetry is devotional, and the process is deeply private. I see poetry as a way of being in the world, attuned to the ebbs and flows of daily life.” Read our interview with Carlie Hoffman, in the nest now: pigeonpagesnyc.com/carlie-hoffm...

Photo of Carlie Hoffman looking to camera with a title card: Carlie Hoffman, author of One More World Like This One

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Pigeon Pages @pigeonpagesnyc.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Abigail Hunt uses re-appropriated textures and surfaces from found images to make collages which explore a haptic relationship between the hand and the object. Hunt’s work accompanies new flash from Madeline Rosales: pigeonpagesnyc.com/like-broken-...

Found paper collage in shades of white and blue

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Pigeon Pages @pigeonpagesnyc.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

“It was the broken glass that took my husband’s life. That was all it was, just a little piece of broken glass from an old syringe, slicing through his palm during our morning search through the recyclables.” New in the nest by Madeline Rosales (🎨: Abigail Hunt) pigeonpagesnyc.com/like-broken-...

Abstract paper collage with a title card: “Like Broken Glass” by Madeline Rosales

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Pigeon Pages @pigeonpagesnyc.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

“Kiko’s paintings layer grids and patterns of hard-edge color that draw formal inspiration from design, urban infrastructure, and the visual palette of city life.“ Kiko Bordeos’ work accompanies poetry by Shanley Poole and Ken Holland: pigeonpagesnyc.com/poetry

Graphic print with a black and white chevron and colorful circles

Graphic painting with vertical lines and two light blue triangles

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Pigeon Pages @pigeonpagesnyc.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

“and yes, the she is you, / and yes, the you is me." Read “Homecoming” by Shanley Poole, in the nest now (🎨: Kiko Bordeos) pigeonpagesnyc.com/homecoming

Painting with strong vertical lines and two light blue triangles with a title card: “Homecoming” by Shanley Poole

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Pigeon Pages @pigeonpagesnyc.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

“how to peel an orange in the dark, / or make small talk in a blacked-out bar / to a person who may or may not be a woman." Read “Magnetic Charm” by Ken Holland, in the nest now (🎨: Kiko Bordeos) pigeonpagesnyc.com/magnetic-charm

Acrylic painting with black and white stripes layered with colorful circles and a title card: “Magnetic Charm” by Ken Holland

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Pigeon Pages @pigeonpagesnyc.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

We’ve got new poems in the nest this week by Shanley Poole and Ken Holland (🎨: Kiko Bordeos) pigeonpagesnyc.com/poetry

Abstract acrylic painting with a lot of vertical lines and light blue triangles with a title card: poems by Shanley Poole and Ken Holland

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Pigeon Pages @pigeonpagesnyc.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

"[Sculpture] feels like crossing into another dimension where all the footing has to be figured out and a new language should be invented, like having a map in a dream jungle." Rodrigo Hernández’s work accompanies a new story by Janelle Greco, in the nest now: pigeonpagesnyc.com/cabbage-white

Photo of a sheet of hammered stainless steel into an image of a butterfly

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Pigeon Pages @pigeonpagesnyc.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

“I cupped it in my hands as if it were an egg or a small flower and peeked through my fingers just to be sure.” Read a new story in the nest by Janelle Greco (🎨: Rodrigo Hernández; c/o of Galeria Madragoa, Lisbon) pigeonpagesnyc.com/cabbage-white

Hammered steel piece of a butterfly with a title card: “cabbage white” by Janelle Greco

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Pigeon Pages @pigeonpagesnyc.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Today’s the day! We’re excited to open back up for the poets!

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Pigeon Pages @pigeonpagesnyc.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

It’s been a rough start to 2025, and we don’t know about you, but we’d like to take a moment to think back to some good things in 2024. So here are some very belated picks from Team Pigeon of pieces that we loved last year 🧵

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Pigeon Pages @pigeonpagesnyc.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

We’re telling you now so you know it’s not a joke: we’re opening our poetry submissions back up in April, including our fast reads option for a quick response! Keep an eye out on Submittable for all of the details: pigeonpagesnyc.submittable.com/submit

Flyer with a black and white pigeon and text:

Poetry Submissions Open
April 1-15
Fast Reads available: responses within two weeks

Pigeonpagesnyc.com

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Pigeon Pages @pigeonpagesnyc.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

"A ghost is an unresolved emotion. Once it is resolved it disappears. I think the role of the artist, the writer, is to suspend ghosts, because that suspends the emotion, the drama and the duration." Izhar Patkin’s art accompanies new poems in the nest by Carlie Hoffman: pigeonpagesnyc.com/poetry

Oil on metal screen that looks like a rug on a tan background

Oil on metal screen that looks like a rug on a pink background

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Pigeon Pages @pigeonpagesnyc.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

”the voice is speaking, though only the wind / motions toward me.” Read “New World” by Carlie Hoffman, in the nest now (🎨: Izhar Patkin; courtesy of the Whitney Museum of American Art) pigeonpagesnyc.com/new-world

Oil painting of a traditional rug with a title card: “New World” by Carlie Hoffman

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Pigeon Pages @pigeonpagesnyc.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

“I plant a tree with the certainty my brother will reemerge from beneath the sea— / How many metaphors less damaging for escaping?” Read “Myth of Icarus as Girl, Leaving” by Carlie Hoffman, in the nest now (🎨: Izhar Patkin; c/o the Whitney Museum of American Art) pigeonpagesnyc.com/myth-of-icar...

Oil painting of a rug with a title card: “Myth of Icarus as Girl, Leaving” by Carlie Hoffman

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Pigeon Pages @pigeonpagesnyc.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

We have new poems in the nest this week by Carlie Hoffman (🎨: Izhar Patkin; courtesy of the Whitney Museum of American Art) pigeonpagesnyc.com/poetry

Oil on velvet that looks like a rug, with a title card: poems by Carlie Hoffman

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Pigeon Pages @pigeonpagesnyc.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

"I like to find parallels between the trickster and folklore and the trickster in nature." Ilana Savdie’s work accompanies poems by ceara margaret hennessey and Kelsey L. Smoot this week: pigeonpagesnyc.com/poetry (🎨: Courtesy of the Whitney Museum of American Art)

A black and white pen and acrylic drawing of a parasitic-looking worm

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Pigeon Pages @pigeonpagesnyc.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

“kissing those tender-most junctures— / the ones implying permanence.” Read “our moment under the sun” by Kelsey L. Smoot, in the nest now (🎨: Ilana Savdie, courtesy of the Whitney Museum of American Art): pigeonpagesnyc.com/our-moment-u...

A black and white pen and acrylic drawing with a title card: “our moment under the sun” by Kelsey L. Smoot

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