When all you know is stories, writing a poem be like hoping for pretty words to leap from your pen into a journal like forcing yourself to cry so that the tears can birth a feeling it be like 3am staring contests with computer screens and drinking wine alone in a cold 2nd floor apartment… Read more »
For 2019… (This Might Look Familiar!)
Guess who completely ignored all of her 2018 literary goals in 2018?? Right. Me. So while thinking of a wish list for 2019, I realized that my wants were basically the same. This post is pretty much a cut-and-paste situation, but you’ll read it and YOU’LL LIKE IT. PUBLISH. Two anthologies and a zine in one year proved to… Read more »
A Pause Before the New Year Approaches
In September I released two projects of which I’m extremely proud: Péinate: Hair Battles Between Latina Mothers & Daughters, and Declaraciones: the Zine. Both are beautifully designed and feature some amazing talents. Promoting these has been difficult–when you’re a small operation like La Pluma Y La Tinta, you can’t afford to just take out ads… Read more »
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- Alicia Anabel Santos - http://findingyourforce.blogspot.com
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