Caitlin Palmer

cat owner | hopelessly enthusiastic | writing instructor at University of MO | fiction reader for The Missouri Review | repped by Janklow & Nesbit

[⛧ @Rainwontmiss]

no one has a victim complex like a man who thinks he's a good person

[Unserious Collective @UnseriousCo]

"In silence I have watched you
comb your hair."

[Chris @citehchris]

aloof wife autumn

[Carly Incontro @carlyincontro]

politics down so bad im excited about a mayoral election 2,000 miles away

[jynx @jynxbby]

men be like yes i hurt you but now you hate me so i am the true victim

[Into The Forest Dark @ElliottBlackwe3]

Someone I know sent this to me. I don't know who created it, but this is so true.

[Caitlin Palmer @Cait_the_Lin]

A few things in short stories that make me put something in the 'no' pile:

- passive voice
- lots of adverbs & adjectives
- opening w violence w no context (it's not interesting by itself)
- justifying rape or sexual assault anywhere in the story

🙏 my thoughts on craft, ty

[Caitlin Palmer @Cait_the_Lin]

😆

[✧ @cessonmute]

hearing a man say “i was going to” is such a turn off because

1. you didn’t
2. you’re lying
3. and now i’m bored

[Impressions @impression_ists]

Monet's Irises

[Richard Siken @richardsiken]

I'll save some time and just put it out here:

Q: I don't like it but I don't want to stop.
A: Then do it with a lighter heart.

[Caitlin Palmer @Cait_the_Lin]

So excited to see this story from this awesome and kind writer who gives so much to the literary community

[Brecht De Poortere @brecht_dp]

While I was in Rwanda, I found out that Mutware (meaning "Chief") died in 2018 at 48. He had been brought up and rejected by humans and lived a solitary life ever after, often displaying violent behaviour. He was the inspiration behind my forthcoming story in the @Missouri_Review

[Caitlin Palmer @Cait_the_Lin]

love this

[Miranda Holmqvist @MirandaHqv]

Jack Underwood

[buy Fenestration @Othuke__Umukoro]

Look at the last line of this poem. Not even dementia can make you forget it. I’m still mad that The Atlantic’s “The Best American Poetry of the 21st Century (So Far)” list doesn’t include any of Dean Young’s books. Great list, but no Dean Young? Come on, man.

[Caitlin Palmer @Cait_the_Lin]

wow I'm offended 😆

[jynx @jynxbby]

“you dodged a bullet” close enough! i actually ran after him and begged to be shot at

[scott 🌞 @scottdomes]

the courage to allow things to get worse before they get better

applies to all sorts of domains:
- relationships (being fully honest in a way that may expose wounds, but also allow them to heal)
- creative projects (doing “bad” work because it’s what will eventually allow you to get better)
- emotions (turning towards your grief & fear, rather than running away from it)

this is essentially having a long time preference, but also means turning away from forcing/fixing/“need it now” to trust, abundance, unfolding

[Michael Shindler @MichaelShindler]

The more you study the Great Books, the more insane and unemployable you become. On the upside tho, you stop caring about those things around 5 years in. Instead, you care about pastries and local tap water quality.

[Carla Sarett @cjsarett]

Jack Spicer, “Any fool can get into an ocean”

But it takes a Goddess
to get out of one.