Amanda Karch is somewhere else writing

poet • author • feminist • HER FAVORITE COLOR WAS SUNSHINE YELLOW (2020) • writing on substack: STORIES NEVER DIE

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poets writing prose is my new favorite book vibe — Ocean Vuong’s novel, Joy Harjo’s memoir…so much beauty in language

[eBookFairs @ebookfairs]

Love is in the air, and so is sunshine yellow! Dive into the heartwarming pages of #HerFavoriteColorWasSunshineYellow, a must-read #bookoftheday by @AKKWRITING 🌞❤️📖

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@ebookfairs grateful for this shoutout 🥰

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@anovelideaphl @Bookshop_Org going to see what on my TBR is next up for purchasing 🧡

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@anovelideaphl is a staple in the philly literary community — help support them on gofundme: https://t.co/MNcyH3Va9M

or buy online through @Bookshop_Org: https://t.co/lhcy641xJw

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any upcoming workshops you’re looking forward to? preferably poetry but open to cnf/essays too

#PoetryCommunity #WritingCommunity #PoetsOfTwitter #WritersOfTwitter

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we’re already moving backwards for women’s rights — the dobbs decision made sure of that.

but that doesn’t just affect women. it affects EVERYONE.

what we need to do is keep pressing forward & making our voices HEARD.

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the supreme court just overturned the ruling on affirmative action and, according to @WSJ, one of our justices doesn’t know what diversity is!

let me help you on that one, justice thomas…

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if i’ve been taught anything in school, work, or life, it’s that surrounding yourself with a diversity of thoughts, perspectives, and humans makes your life better. it leads to progress, innovation, creativity, and success for humanity.

take that away? we regress as a society.

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this is a beauty

[Academy of American Poets @POETSorg]

Read today’s #PoemADay: “Subjunctive” by Zaina Alsous
@zainaalsous

https://t.co/dSWzunntmW

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Today is the 70th anniversary of the Freedom to Read Statement - and I just signed on! Join me here: https://t.co/j495nfrSue via @UABookBans

[Kimberly Nguyen-Poet Laureate of Pay Transparency @knguyenpoetry]

This is just a friendly reminder that buying a book, reading it, and then returning it actually costs authors money. It’s not net zero. Stop using Amazon as a library and go to the real library.

[A Novel Idea on Passyunk @anovelideaphl]

Philadelphia Bookstore Map is here and it features 46 Philly bookshops! Come grab your free copy today!

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oooooohhhh going through subs for @empowerhervoice and i’m EXCITED!!!

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coming back into a normal @submittable makes me feel like they saw all the twitter commotion about it and went “CTRL+Z, CTRL+Z!!!!”

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prepping early for @SealeyChallenge — send me your chapbook recs!!

#Poetry #PoetryCommunity #PoetsOfTwitter

[Read A Little Poetry @readalittlepoem]

“poetry is tying—untying”

— Emilio Villa

(via https://t.co/4sq8eKJZ26 )

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@havehadhavehad most stressful 3.5 seconds of my monday so far

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READ THIS!!

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@peelijay @JoseHernandezDz @PoetLoreMag this is beautiful 😍