Sheree La Puma

Passionate Wordsmith-Feminist MFA Writing CalArts. Find me on Bluesky. same name #binders |Broken: Do Not Use| Main St Rag Press, Reader @OBR_LitJournal

[Sheree La Puma @Shereewrites]

My chapbook "Broken: Do Not Use" is now available through @MainStreetRag Thought I'd share a blurb. https://t.co/yzUb8H9Y89

[Jim Acosta @Acosta]

Breaking: Kennedy Center staff is now being ordered to remove Trump’s name from the building. The removal of his name could happen within hours or days. As I found earlier today, his name is even on the center’s buses.

[Hayden's Ferry Review @haydensferryrev]

BIG NEWS: HFR can now pay our print contributors starting with our next issue!

We've been working toward this goal for a long time, so celebrate with us & submit! Thank you for trusting us with your art throughout the years❣️

Subs for Issue 79 will open June 15-July 15, 2026

[Sheree La Puma @Shereewrites]

On Death, Anne Sexton

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To the absent, the dead, the estranged: I am Mother | Burningword Literary Journal https://t.co/Zn77yvfLAM

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[The Husky @Mr_Husky1]

If you are debating whether to get your kids the chicken pox vaccine, I would like to tell you a story. When I was 5 I got chicken pox. No big deal. I was sick for a couple of days and then went on with my life. But what I didn’t know as a 5 year old kid was I had been entered into the world’s shittiest lottery. 30 years later, my number came up. If you don’t know about shingles, it is a condition that causes a horrible blistery rash and fiery, stabbing nerve pain. Most people get theirs on their torso. If you are unlucky you might get it on your face. If you are EXTREMELY unlucky like I am, you can get it on your genitals. So there I was (on my goddamn birthday) at the first of two consecutive ER visits, crying in pain when I was diagnosed with shingles. I was given antiviral medication and each day a shot of fentanyl. That’s right, fentanyl. The pain was so egregious they gave me the same pain reliever they gave my stepfather after OPEN HEART Surgery! I CANNOT overstate the excruciating agony I was in. I was given a prescription for Vicodin. I spent the next 7 days curled into a fetal ball on my mother’s couch. I did not eat and I barely drank because otherwise I would have to use the bathroom. Let’s say, that was something I would do anything to avoid. 7 days of absolute, unrelenting misery. I am telling you this story because if you can spare your children from being entered into the shingles lottery, you really should. The chicken pox vaccine prevents more than just chicken pox. Chicken pox is not a problem. Shingles most definitely is.

[Ted Johnson @tedstew]

Pulitzer Committee has announced a special citation to Julie K. Brown for her reporting on Jeffrey Epstein.

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"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom." — Anais Nin

#Glassworks #MotivationMonday #AnaisNin #Writing

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We're extending the deadline for our ANGER issue. Submissions are now open till May 1st! Submit here and now! https://t.co/eU3wrrHCDN Send us all your angries <3

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Read “Bully: A Love Note” by Nancy Miller Gomez, 2025 Poet Laureate Fellow and Poet Laureate of Santa Cruz County, California: https://t.co/hfyI2Z6p6G

[River Heron Review @River_Heron]

Submissions for River Heron and the River Heron Poetry Prize are open through May 31. Send us your favorite poems.

[BOMB Magazine @BOMBmagazine]

Our Spring 2026 Fellowships & Residencies listing is here! Each quarter, we list programs with open application periods for artists, writers, and performers. We value our creative community and support those artists among us with this free resource.

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Whatever you choose to claim 
of me is always yours; 
nothing is truly mine 
except my name. I only 
borrowed this dust.

—Stanley Kunitz

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[Physics & Astronomy Zone @zone_astronomy]

The highest quality video of the moon was just released… this is so beautiful.

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18 No Fee Lit Mags Elevating Disabled Voices, by @trishhopkinson

Discover journals dedicated to amplifying voices that have long been underrepresented, offering a wealth of opportunities for writers and artists to share their stories, poetry, and art.

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Submissions open April 1st. Send us your best short fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction.

Before submitting, please review our submissions guidelines at the link below:

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[Nicole Tallman @natallman]

I handed these keepsake cards out at Wednesday’s ceremony, but a lot of people I love couldn’t be there in person, so here’s a digital version for you! 💙