Amber Reichert, MFA

poet (MFA). book blogger and reviewer. latinx scholar. || *punny joke here* || 🏳️‍🌈 waiting for the bi flag emoji 🏳️‍🌈 Instagram: @ampspoetry @speakupamps

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@odcgg This squish can’t wait to meet her Tía!

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@odcgg IM JUST A BABY

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@odcgg Every time we host anything I lose him in the crowd

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@ForestHillsStdm With severe thunderstorms do we know if this is still on?

[Odalis Del Carmen @odcgg]

For @latinamediaco I spoke with Latinas about what it meant to grow up with #Barbie. Specifically, what it looked like to create our own worlds shaped by the telenovelas we watched. https://t.co/se7i0AzWZp

[McCormack Writing Center @mccormack_wc]

Our submission period for 📚debut poetry & short story collections that explore food and/or place opens on Sat 5/6/2023 at 12:01 a.m. PT and stays open until Sun 5/7/2023 at 11:59 p.m. PT. 🎉

See full guidelines, FAQ, and how to submit your work here: https://t.co/DEjZclGAdA

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@baileymeyers Jokes on them though, I work in publishing now

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@baileymeyers Preface. I literally would say pre-face. And that is apparently wrong according to the laughter

[Dictionary.com @Dictionarycom]

WE HAVE A MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT.

It's spelled "whoa," not "woah."

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Besides the amount spam calls I keep getting: the second most annoying thing is my LinkedIn inbox full of people who don’t work with me or know me adding me without even a message to let me know why some current UF student in engineering might be interested in talking to me.

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Not me waiting to see if I can buy NJ tix for Taylor Swift’s concert. But anyway hi. I’m not obsessively staring at my email.

[Anaïs Nin @anaisninlovebot]

I get deeply tired because everything touches me, I am never indifferent.

[Latino Book Review @LatinoBookRev]

I M P O R T A N T 🚨🚨🚨

[Read A Little Poetry @readalittlepoem]

“I move in this house with you, the way I move
in my mind, unencumbered by beauty’s cage.”

— Ada Limón, from Love Poem with Apologies for My Appearance

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Hey Siri, how do I stay awake when I didn’t sleep crossing the Atlantic and now my body thinks I’ve been up 24 hours?

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@Rakuten I would slow cook some good chuck and let it break down to make some ropa vieja. It’ll be great to let the sauce stew and I can smell it already 🤤

[Rakuten @Rakuten]

🍂 DAY 3 OF GIVEAWAYS 🍂 For our final prize, we’re giving one lucky winner the coveted Le Creuset Pumpkin Cocotte in Persimmon ($368 value!)

To enter:
-Follow @Rakuten on Twitter
-Retweet this post
-Reply to this post with the fall dish you’d cook first with your new dutch oven

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I just put on a set of Invisalign and I’m having PTSD flashbacks to my three years of braces.

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@Rakuten I’d choose Ulta! Getting my gifts ready for my family with that!!