Venita Blackburn
@jailthepoets.bsky.social
Author of Dead in Long Beach, California. Professor, wife and chronically unbothered.
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Thank you @jailthepoets.bsky.social for capturing a sentiment many are feeling these days. Excerpt from Dead in Long Beach, California 🤌🏽🔥
April 19, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Thank you @jailthepoets.bsky.social for capturing a sentiment many are feeling these days. Excerpt from Dead in Long Beach, California 🤌🏽🔥
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Thoughts on time and flash fiction from @jailthepoets.bsky.social:
“My favorite flash fiction pieces cover an entire lifetime in 1000 words—you have to be able to fly.”
Lot devices she recommends “Lists. Images that are contradictory but still relevant to the character.”
#ExperimentsinTime #AWP25
“My favorite flash fiction pieces cover an entire lifetime in 1000 words—you have to be able to fly.”
Lot devices she recommends “Lists. Images that are contradictory but still relevant to the character.”
#ExperimentsinTime #AWP25
March 29, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Thoughts on time and flash fiction from @jailthepoets.bsky.social:
“My favorite flash fiction pieces cover an entire lifetime in 1000 words—you have to be able to fly.”
Lot devices she recommends “Lists. Images that are contradictory but still relevant to the character.”
#ExperimentsinTime #AWP25
“My favorite flash fiction pieces cover an entire lifetime in 1000 words—you have to be able to fly.”
Lot devices she recommends “Lists. Images that are contradictory but still relevant to the character.”
#ExperimentsinTime #AWP25
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We have a triple shoutout on ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY! SLM Fam @janellebassett.bsky.social , @amystuber.com , & @jailthepoets.bsky.social were all nominated for prizes from PEN. Congrats on the love for their new books! buff.ly/4aD6PhD
March 23, 2025 at 3:35 PM
We have a triple shoutout on ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY! SLM Fam @janellebassett.bsky.social , @amystuber.com , & @jailthepoets.bsky.social were all nominated for prizes from PEN. Congrats on the love for their new books! buff.ly/4aD6PhD
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In America we have only the present tense. I am in danger. You are in danger.
—Adrienne Rich
—Adrienne Rich
March 11, 2025 at 12:40 PM
In America we have only the present tense. I am in danger. You are in danger.
—Adrienne Rich
—Adrienne Rich