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Winter Death Blizzard Melting Saturn Snow AWP: Rejections Nine, Ten, Eleven, and Twelve.
I call this “Double Rejection: This Part Of The Door Thingie Isn’t For Walking, And That Is Because In Boston, Much Like Hobby Lobby, We Reject The Idea That Christmas Is Not Forever Happening.” I call this “Shelf Of Rejected Beverages And Snacks, Which Were Probably Supplies Necessary To Survive The Line In The Women’s … Continue reading »
Winter Death Blizzard Saturn Storm AWP Rejection Eight (I Think. Numbers Are Hard.)
I call this “Rejection: Writers Wear Their Hearts On Their Sleeves. Then They Rip Them Off And Throw Them ON THE GROUND.” Continue reading »
Winter Death Blizzard Storm Saturn AWP Boston Rejections Four, Five, Six, and Seven
I call this “Rejection of Your Deliciousness, California Pizza Kitchen, In Favor of a Poetry Book (Which Appears to Be Kate Greenstreet’s Young Tambling, So Right On).” I call this “Emma Totally Gets Caught Instagramming Someone In Line For The Ladies’ Room Dressed As A Shark, And Emma And Her Instagramming Are Summarily Rejected.” I … Continue reading »
Winter Storm Saturn Barbaric AWP Rejection One
The first rejection (it’s kind of like the first Noel, only with despair instead of hope and all): I call this “Rejection and Scandal: Nudity at the Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport.” Continue reading »
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The Four-Month Grind: Stats and Averages
Player Stats and Data for Emma Bolden’s Four-Month-Long Writing Something A Day Project Continue reading »
A Mailbox Full of Awesome
A Mailbox Full of Awesome Originally uploaded by emmabolden My contributor’s copies of The Best of Toadlily Press and of the witch-themed Fall issue of the James Dickey Review, plus, as a special bonus, OR: A Literary Tabloid! Continue reading »
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Crutches, Moonboots, Badassery, and Rock-It-To-Me Fish
In which Emma discusses her tendency to Do Way Too Much At Once. Continue reading »
“Winged, to be winged means that white is yellow and pieces pieces that are brown are dust color if dust is washed off, then it is choice that is to say it is fitting cigarettes sooner than paper.”
Gertie and birdie. Originally uploaded by emmabolden This brief post is necessary to correct a Serious Problem with the blog. Said Serious Problem was reported by my good man Ross White, who noted that there were far more photographs of Alice B. Toklas on the blog than there were of Gertrude Stein. My good man … Continue reading »
Come see me in Georgia!
I’m teaching a master class and giving a reading at the Centre for Performing and Visual Arts in Newnan, Georgia, on Tuesday, November 16th. The master class is at 4 and the reading at 6:30. The class is free — you will need to contact the Centre to let them know you’re coming, though! — … Continue reading »
