Adam Levon Brown

Award-Winning Poet (He/Him)

Queer/Schizoaffective

Published in: Burningword Lit, Barren Magazine, Rust+Moth, Good Men Project

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Break: Poems on Mental Illness
by Adam Levon Brown

Available online wherever books are sold.
#Poetry #MentalHealth #MentalIllness

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@ennaelpb @GreatApeJournal @LuciHeron @NayrouzQarmout @KA_Raines @101words @thestory__sofar @TheBookWay Thank you for the tip. I went ahead and blocked them.

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@aliner @lutherxhughes Could also have something to do with Protestant values that the country was founded on. Same reason we have protestant work guilt.

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Some people call it welfare.

I prefer to be called the term,

"Sponsored American"

#guilty

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@adamm0rgan Not gonna lie. My memoir'ish essay collection WIP is at 15,000 words. Sending it to editors and agents already.

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@RiyaMCyriac Not really sure what I want to do with my life. I write for fun. =)

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What is the absolute minimum for memoir'ish essay collections? I've heard 50,000 words, but I've also heard "as much as it takes to write the story."

Agents, publishers, readers: What do you think?

#MSwishlist #askagent

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@Phoebe_A_Morgan @laurawritesit Working on my first memoir. Would love some eyes on it.

[Phoebe Morgan @Phoebe_A_Morgan]

Can’t stand the negativity so want to put positivity out again! Offering 1 free editorial assessment of your first 3 chapters, RT by end of tomorrow to enter. Will provide publishing advice too if you’d like. If you’re feeling down, try a bit of writing; I find it helps! 💫📚

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10,000 words into my WIP. I want to get it to 60,000. My prose looks A LOT sharper since I began writing poetry. Sharper more eloquent, and concise. #amwriting

[☭ @sleepisocialist]

The worst capitalist brainwash is being proud of your own exploitation. Saying you've worked 80 hour weeks since you turned 17 isnt a flex, it's sad

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9,200 words into my WIP, which is a mental health me memoir. Also reading Mary Karr's The Art of Memoir as a guide.

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@RiyaMCyriac POETRY, Foundry, and Witness. Received an acceptance from Rust+Moth this year.

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My WIP is a poetic mental health memoir. It deals with codependency, mental illness, trauma, and more. Can't wait to find an agent for this thing.

Tentative title: "Medication Time: A Memoir" taken from a scene in the movie, "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

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@AlhaythamOla @PoetrySociety Super congrats! Well deserved! 😁

[Loft @LoftBooks]

Poetry competition

Previously unpublished. Maximum of 40 lines. Deadline 1st January. Winners announced in January.

Prize money £250.
Printed in our anthology.

Good luck!

[Dusty old bones, full of green dust @ottertitties]

I'm 36 and have achieved ABSOLUTELY NOTHING of note academically or professionally, but I've stuck around when I didn't want to and maintained meaningful connections with people I love and though we may not live in a world that values this, I'll be damned if it isn't special.

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@leslieswartz333 Please send me your address.

You can either DM it to me, or email it to [email protected]

Thank you, again, and I hope you enjoy your book. =-)

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@leslieswartz333 Thank you again, Leslie. I've offered to send the gentleman a new book with personalized inscription. I'd like to offer the same to you for pointing out the error. If you'd like a free copy of the book w/ inscription, just let me know.

Thank you, again.

- Adam Levon Brown