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Sarah Ann Winn | Poet Camp @poetcamp.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Lots cooking at Little Free Lit Mag! Issue 3 (Spring) is nearly ready for release, we're open for subs, and we've got big news to share in a couple of weeks! Please send us your shorts! littlefreelitmag.com/submissions-...

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Submissions Page - Little Free Lit Mag

Submission guidelines Please note! We’ve changed our guidelines and updated our instructions! LFLM is a quarterly, no fee/no payment publication. Our issues are released online and in PDF in the firs...

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Sarah Ann Winn | Poet Camp @poetcamp.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

*Please do share this with anyone who has been impacted by these illegal layoffs. Some of the prompts will be about writing resistance, and the whole offering really is about creative resilience, and who doesn't need that these days?

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/03/2025

Trudeau: "I want to speak first directly to the American people. We don't want this. We want to work with you as a friend and ally. We don't want to see you hurt either. But your government has chosen to do this to you. As of this morning, markets are down and inflation is set to rise dramatically."

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Sarah Ann Winn | Poet Camp @poetcamp.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Next week! Write joy and solace in kindred community! Sliding scale. Please reach out if you are impacted by the illegal firings or in a DEI "reduction in staff." If you've lost your job thanks to performing the service you've provided to this nation, join us for free! poetcamp.com/2025-march-j...

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Sarah Ann Winn | Poet Camp @poetcamp.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Last call for submissions for issue 3 of Little Free Lit Mag! <3 We close on 1/31, and won’t reopen til April! Littlefreelitmag.com

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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 09/01/2025

as LA is burning, a swath of the country is recovering from an ice storm, Alabama is preparing for up to 6” of snow and I’m praying for the TX power grid, a reminder: we don’t need climate action just for future generations, we need it now. the climate crisis is here, all around us

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Sarah Ann Winn | Poet Camp @poetcamp.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Little Free Lit Mag is now reading for issue 3! Do you write cross genre shorts? Short poems? Micro-memoirs? Any sort of little lit is welcome! We'd love to read it! (We were #8 on @chillsubs.bsky.social 's amazing list of "WTF Is Genre Anyway?" top 10 from last year! littlefreelitmag.com

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Little Free Lit Mag

A quarterly literary journal celebrating short form writing and Little Free Libraries.

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Sarah Ann Winn | Poet Camp @poetcamp.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

*forgot we read the excellent and moving Soil by Camille Dungy! Last Spring seems so long ago!

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Tara Campbell @taracampbell.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

Y'all, this is one I'm really excited about The Black Fantastic: 20 #Afrofuturist Stories from @libraryofamerica.bsky.social edited by @andrecarrington.bsky.social My story "The Orb" is described as "a spell of ecofeminist #horror" 🥹 It's wild to be published w/authors I teach in my classes!🤩

Cover with title "The Black Fantastic" with three profiles of women's heads in three different African patterns, in the shape of waves

Contents

Introduction
by andré m. carrington * 1

HERBAL
Nalo Hopkinson * 13

ALL THAT TOUCHES THE AIR
An Owomoyela * 17

BLUDGEON
Thaddeus Howze * 41

A GUIDE TO THE FRUITS OF HAWAII
Alaya Dawn Johnson * 58

SANFORD AND SUN
Dawolu Jabari Anderson * 89

A SONG FOR YOU
Jennifer Marie Brissett * 115

TENDER
Sofia Samatar * 126

THE MALADY OF NEED
Kiini Ibura Salaam * 136

THE VENUS EFFECT
Violet Allen * 139

CONTENTS

THE SECRET LIVES OF TASHING NEGRO TERR
OF GEORGE WASHINGTON
Phenderson Djèli Clark * 169

THE HOSPITAL WHERE
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah * 181

THE ONES WHO STAY AND FIGHT
N. K. Jemisin * 197

THE FINAL FLIGHT OF THE UNICORN GIRL,
Alex Smith * 209

CALENDAR GIRLS
Justina Ireland * 222

SHAPE-UPS AT DELILAH'S
Rion Amilcar Scott * 236

HABIBI
Tochi Onyebuchi * 259

SPYDER THREADS
Craig Laurance Gidney * 279

THE ORB
Tara Campbell * 291

WE TRAVEL THE SPACEWAYS
Victor LaValle * 310

RULER OF THE REAR GUARD
Maurice Broaddus * 341

Biographical Notes * 357

Notes * 363

Sources & Acknowledgments * 366

TARA CAMPBELL
The Orb
Every time I stir the biomass, I feel lucky to have been chosen. The stirrer is flat and smooth, made of blonde wood; the biomass is thick and smells of overripe fruit. I look down into the buttery orange swirls in the bucket, and it amazes me that just a few months ago I was helping a friend paint her new nursery walls a similar color. But before her baby arrived, I was selected, and now I'm here making history.

I walk across the dusty field to the wooden shed in our small corner of the "estate" —which is more like a compound--and press my palm to the scanner, one of the Master's few concessions to modern technology. Electricity and running water seem almost out of place here. Everything else on the compound is rustic: the big farmhouse in which he lives; the bunkhouse where the astants sleep; a couple of small cabins, one of which is crammed with materials, the other which I claimed for myself by...

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Sarah Ann Winn | Poet Camp @poetcamp.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

*To give you an idea of our wide ranging reading, here's a list - past Poet Camp Book Club books have inspired some amazing and now, award winning poems! We've read Rooted by Lyanda Lynn Haupt, A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle, Inciting Joy by Ross Gay, Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson.

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Sarah Ann Winn | Poet Camp @poetcamp.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Wintering by Katherine May is full of strategies for getting through difficult times - whether that's having a hard time writing, coping with the news cycle, or personal difficulties in the weeks and years to come. I hope you'll join us! Read at your own pace, and write along when you're able.

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Sarah Ann Winn | Poet Camp @poetcamp.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Tomorrow Poet Camp's winter Book Club, Wintering by Katherine May begins again! This is a generative, slow moving book club. Month 1 - pre-write questions go out. Month 2, prompts based on the book. In Month 3 we gather on Google Meet to discuss/readaround. ❤ (poetcamp.com/poet-camp-bo...)

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Sarah Ann Winn | Poet Camp @poetcamp.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

I like this one www.instagram.com/reel/DDm9fpw...

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Sean Dague @dague.net · 24/12/2024

As we are coming up on the holidays, there are some truly great Star Trek holiday songs. All I want for Christmas... www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KvW...

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"All I Want For Christmas..."

YouTube video by John C. Worsley

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Sarah Ann Winn | Poet Camp @poetcamp.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

*Please reach out if you find money is a barrier to joining, and I'll get you squared away. I want a house with a crowded table, as the Highwaywomen so eloquently sing!

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Sarah Ann Winn | Poet Camp @poetcamp.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

From a Poet Camper - Debra Darby gave me permission to share this blurb about our recent time together: "I wanted to thank you so much for the craft classes. They were rich with information, ideas and prompts. Your material is so helpful and the presentation is so rich and unique."

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Sarah Ann Winn | Poet Camp @poetcamp.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

Still time to join us on Boxing Day for the 5th annual Boxing Day Cozy Writing Retreat! Come and go as you're able, or stay the whole time. We'd love for you to join our kindred spirit family! ❤ poetcamp.com/retreats/

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Miriam Gershow @miriamgershow.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Small press directory 2.0 (cont in comment)! U.S. 50ish bks max/yr. Who's missing? Point them to www.miriamgershow.com/100smallpress. If u suggested a press & it's missing, they didnt list contact info online. Next wk: guidelines to reviewers for "100 notable small press bks 2025" #100smallpress

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1080 press
8th House Publishing
Acre Books
Action Books
After Hours Editions
Air and Nothingness Press
Airlie Press
Akashic Books
Alice James Books
Alternating Currents
Alternative Book Press
Anti-Oedipus Press
Apocalypse Party
Aqueduct
Argos Books
Argyll Productions
Atelos
Atthis Arts
Autofocus Books
Autumn House
Back Patio Press
Bard Books
Belle Point Press
Bellevue Literary Press
Belt Publishing
BHC Press
Birds, LLC
Black Lawrence
Black Opal Books
Black Sun Lit
Blackwater Press
Blair
Blazevox
Boa Editions
Bordighera Press
Brandeis University Press
Broadstone books
Bucknell University Press
Bull City Press
Bullshit Lit
Burnside Review Press
Burrow Press
Canarium Books
Catapult
Cemetery Gates
Chax Press and MadHat Press
Circumference Books
City of Light
Clash Books

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CLEARWATER PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC.
co*im*press
Coffee House Press
Columbia University Press
Contra Mundum Press
Coolest Stories Press
Copper Canyon Press
Cornerstone Press
Counterpath
Counterpoint
Dark Moon Books
Delete Press
Dialogos
Digging Press
Dorothy
Driftwood Press
Duck Prints Press
Dulzorada Press
Dzanc Books
ECW Press
Edge Books
ELJ Editions
Empty Bowl
Entre Rios Books
Essay Press
Eulalia Books
Ex Ophidia Press
Featherproof Press
Feminist Press
Fence Books
Fieldmouse Press
Filthy Loot Books
Finishing Line Press
Flowersong Press
Forest Avenue Press
Foundlings Press
Four Way Books
From Beyond Press
Future Tense Books
Futurepoem
Georgetown University Press
Glass Poetry Press
Gnashing Teeth Press
gnOme
Graywolf
Green Linden Press
Hadley Rille
Hanuman Editions
Hawthorne Books
Haymarket Books
Hesse Press

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Hoopoe, an imprint of The American University in Cairo Press
Host Publications
Hub City Press
Igneus Press
Inlandia Institute / Inlandia Books
Insert Press
Inside the Castle
Islandport Press
Jacar Press
Kallisto Gaia Press
Kaya Press
Kelsey Street Press
Kent State University Press
KERNPUNKT Press
Lanternfish
Lavender Ink
Lightscatter Press
Lily Poetry Review Books
Lithic Press
Litmus Press
Little Ghost Books
Mad Creek Books
Mad House Press
Madrona Books
Malarkey Books
Mason Jar Press
Maverick Duck Press
McSweeney's
Meekling Press
Meerkat
Microcosm Publishing
Milkweed Editions
Minnesota Historical Society Press
Moon City Press
Moon Tide Press
Neon Hemlock
New Press
New South Books
New Vessel Press
New Village Press
Nightbooat Books
Nightscape Press
Noemi Press
Okay Donkey
Omnidawn
Ooligan Press
Open Letter Books
Outpost 19
Owl’s Nest Publishers
Perugia Press
Press 53

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Propeller Books
Psychopomp
Publishing Genius
Quale Press
Queen of Swords Press
Querencia Press
Rabbit Catastrophe Press
Raven Chronicles Press
Raw Dog Screaming Press
Red Sweater Press
Redbone Press
Regal House Publishing
River River Books
Roadside Press
Rose Metal Press
Running Wild Press
Sagging Meniscus
Santa Fe Writing Project
Sarabande Books
Seven Stories Press
Shortwave Publishing
Shotgun Honey
Sloth & Envy Press
Small Beer Press
Sobelo Books
Soft Skull
Solid Objects
Speculation Publications
Split/Lip Press
Spout Press
Spuyten Duyvil
Stalking Horse Press
Stillhouse Press
Sublunary Editions
Subterranean Press
Sundress Press
Susquehanna University Press
Syracuse Press
Tarpaulin Sky
Tavern Books
Tenebrous Press
Texas Tech University Press
The Economy Press
The University of Georgia Press
The University of Utah Press
Thirty West Publishing
Tilted House
Timber Ghost Press
Tin House
Tiny Fox Press

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Sarah Ann Winn | Poet Camp @poetcamp.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Yesterday, I wrote a Substack celebrating Nikki Giovanni's life & work. It includes a prompt & some links to more about her life and work. Such an amazing poet & human being. <3 sarahannwinn.substack.com

Greyed out photo of Nikki Giovanni in background. Title reads "Nikki Giovanni (1948-2024). Quote underneath reads "i hope i die warmed by the life i tried to live" by Nikki Giovanni. Link on footer to sarahannwinn.substack.com

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Black Earth Institute @blackearthinst.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Climate Catastrophe & the Writer’s Task - Learn more about this generative @poetcamp.bsky.social workshop with #BlackEarthInstitute Fellow Nickole Brown. 🗓️ December 3, 2024, 7 - 9 p.m. Eastern Time. #Poetry #Climate poetcamp.com/climate-cata...

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Climate Catastrophe & the Writer’s Task with Nickole Brown | Poet Camp

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Myna Chang @mynachang.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Short, Shorter, Shortest: A Reading of Flash and Short Stories Join us for an evening of readings from: DeMisty D. Bellinger Tara Campbell Tara Isabel Zambrano Avitus B. Carle Featuring our special guest host Exodus Oktavia Brownlow! December 19 8 - 9 pm (Eastern) Register:

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Sarah Ann Winn | Poet Camp @poetcamp.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Portraying the writing life as constant daily output is a harmful stereotype. But I do believe in the power of routine. Bite sized, manageable, a reliable meeting point for you & your muse. Anyone want to practice with me for 15 mins a morning in Dec? poetcamp.com/december-jum...

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V.C. Myers @vcmyers.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

This. I can't recommend enough reading & editing for journals if you get the chance. It shows you how much time & work goes into the publishing process. Also that rejections aren't a reflection on the quality of work, because there's often hundreds of submissions to sort through.

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Sarah Ann Winn | Poet Camp @poetcamp.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Looking forward to being with kindred spirits next week, and to Nickole Brown joining Poet Camp to offer such an amazing and timely workshop! sarahannwinn.substack.com/p/more-than-...

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More-than-human, more than seasonal

Join us at Poet Camp for workshops a week away with Guest Teaching Artist Nickole Brown, December Jumpstarts & approaching 2025 with hope

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Dr. Han VanderHart @hanvanderhart.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

But I really, really encourage folks to create the spaces you want to see in the world. Don’t wait for someone else to give you permission. Always happy to talk and share resources.

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Erin Coughlin Hollowell @beingpoetry.bsky.social · 02/10/2023

When Nickole Brown and I started talking about this topic, the more-than-human world, we had no idea that so many people would feel that it is indeed time to de-center human experience and consider a world where animals and plants have autonomy, their own experiences, their own lives.

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Home – About Place Journal

a literary journal published by the Black Earth Institute dedicated to re-forging the links between art and spirit, earth and society

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Sarah Ann Winn | Poet Camp @poetcamp.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Use it once and it gets all over everything.

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Sarah Ann Winn | Poet Camp @poetcamp.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Late to the game over fully leaving the bXd place & experiencing some serious grief over my carefully curated feed there - a lovely mix of poetry, flash fiction, folklore, medieval scholars, art historians. Have to have faith the pruned account will grow back! (& keep fingers crossed for bookmarks!)

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Sarah Ann Winn | Poet Camp @poetcamp.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

I’ve had a few published in Tupelo Quarterly, Nashville Review and Rhino, tho I didn’t call them non-fiction. They were short enough to qualify as poetry, or had a separate category for hybrid texts.

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Sarah Ann Winn | Poet Camp @poetcamp.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

I’m trying to do it by hand and it’s a loooong process - did you use an app or some other timesaver? It’s the only thing keeping me there!

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Don’t let it all harden your heart. That’s the real rebellion.

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Sarah Ann Winn | Poet Camp @poetcamp.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

When Triskidell loses her big city candy job, she moves back home only to find her family’s chocolate farm is about to go under. Triskidell will have to work with her nemesis, the handsome & annoyingly nutty farmer next door, to get neighbors back in the spirit of the season. Trisk or Treats?

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Sadie Hartmann (Mother Horror) @sadiehartmann.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

You're not "late to the party" when you enjoy an old book for the first time. Books don't have an RSVP deadline. The party started long ago, and guests show up when they're meant to.

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Sarah Ann Winn | Poet Camp @poetcamp.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Should have tagged her! bsky.app/profile/tara...

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The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

more users are joining and the hog grows longer

A painting of a long hog, made even longer. It is very long.

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lucie brock broido bot @lucie-bot.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

“everybody has a heart, except some people”

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Sarah Ann Winn | Poet Camp @poetcamp.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Seems like he’d prefer one about neighborhood families called Chekhov the Old Block?

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Matt Kendrick @mattkendrick.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

So, I got starter-pack FOMO and decided to make one for writing people who know stuff and pass it on through courses, workshops, newsletters etc. It includes all the savants who teach me stuff. I've probably missed people but these were the ones who sprung to my head. go.bsky.app/K7ftxtv

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Sarah Ann Winn | Poet Camp @poetcamp.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

“…every kind of someone needs someone else to insist with.” @chenchenwrites.bsky.social Synchronicity today! www.fishousepoems.org/nature-poem/

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Nature Poem | Fishouse

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Sarah Ann Winn | Poet Camp @poetcamp.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Hi! So glad to see you here! (Also love your poems so much, and literally just added one to the Jumpstarts I’m leading in December! Love synchronicity! <3)

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