Alexander Luft

A reader and writer of fictions. Macquarie Uni/UIC. Friend to dogs everywhere.

[Alexander Luft @AlexP_Luft]

My essay "Terra Nulliparous" is in the spring issue! Thanks to CR and fellow writers of the stubborn variety.

[Chestnut Review @ChestnutReview]

Spring issue is here!
Share and enjoy :)
https://t.co/Y2mmsrga68

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Now that the holidays are over, the COVID positivity rate in #McHenryCounty has been creeping up. We analzyed the post-Thanksgiving positivity rates in every ZIP code in the county. See the full story on our website: https://t.co/sYOQPZGCXC

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More than 5,000 business in #McHenryCounty received loans as part of the #PaycheckProtection program. Learn more about them with our interactive tool. https://t.co/qfmW6WENYt

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Proud to announce our Best of the Net Nominees! Please check out these writers' works in our free issues online. @hiway61carl @AlexP_Luft @laperkins @JamieTews

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@Callarda War on Everything.

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I was always afraid of sleeping through graduation, but this one wasn't my fault. I wish I could have been there. So many people to thank.

[Tai Neilson @Tai_Neilson]

Congrats @AlexP_Luft! Your name listed in the Macquarie graduation ceremony today. @mmccs_tweet

[GASHER @gasherjournal]

This submissions period, we are working to support immigrants being held at detention centers. Submit to our dedicated donation form and a portion of the submission fees will go to The Florence Project in Arizona which provides legal representation to men, women, and children.

[Alexander Luft @AlexP_Luft]

"Tain't every man can be a poet
No more'n a sheep can be a go-at."
--Ayer's American almanac for the use of farmers, planters, mechanics, mariners, and all families, 1862

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"But what if some friends take your sister's bike. They strip it and sell the parts. Where does your loyalty lie? This may be hard to decide."

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I recently found a 1976 edition of the Boy Scout manual. It is an endless source of entertainment.

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"Over there watching things is your Scoutmaster. He's a great guy. He gives hours of his time to you and the troop. And do you know why? Mostly because he knows Scouting is important to his city and nation. Besides, he is interested in boys."

[Alexander Luft @AlexP_Luft]

"You found it! Found what? Why, the radioactive material your counselor hid. When you found it, you passed one of the test for Atomic Energy merit badge."

[Michelle Donahue @ML_Donahue]

So excited to share the diverse array of funny, heart-wrenching, and downright strange fiction in the newest issue of @QuarterlyWest. Check it out! https://t.co/EeuiJevjXy

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"Our laws essentially force [driving] on all of us—by subsidizing it, by punishing people who don’t do it, by building a physical landscape that requires it, and by insulating reckless drivers from the consequences of their actions." https://t.co/wGsRen4rI9

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Every time I see a book blurb in praise of 'unflinching prose,' I wonder what happens to writers who do flinch. But of course we know. They have to marry their mothers-in-law.

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One summer @callarda danced to this song on a daily basis, and this essay (which reminds me music and writing can be good, happy things) brought me back to that place: https://t.co/0yMhWmhif2

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I dressed my son in a shirt with whales on it but shorts with a shark on it and he can now blame me for being denied admission to elite colleges.

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@lostballoonmag all clear. we made it.

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Thrilled to have @lostballoonmag feature my short-short this week, all about a trip to the Sydney Observatory and how the world could end at any moment--hopefully not as I hit 'tweet.'
https://t.co/bvetCVFhN2