Paperback Literary Journal

Our mission is to discover & celebrate excellence in the full song - text spectrum of literature or language/verbal arts.

[Paperback Literary Journal @pbljournal]

Everyone (us included) needs to take this thread as the first lesson plan of 2019.

[Kima Jones🦉🖌🔮🗽📚🚀♠️🔫📝🔪🦪🐍🌕🐎 @kima_jones]

Since I didn't make a "thread" on my $21k mistake, I turned the tweets into a "moment" so they can be read in order and with some context. https://t.co/KkUBgpyNxZ

[The Paris Review @parisreview]

“I work in book-length projects because I don’t trust the authenticity of any moment by itself.” —Claudia Rankine https://t.co/uH5Keo4szQ

[Carlos Maza @gaywonk]

As we enter the “Bernie vs Warren” stage of the primary, please remember:

Corporate media (1) does not give a shit about you or your country (2) is trying to rile you up over trivial bullshit (3) will do anything to steer the debate away from critiques of capitalism/corporatism.

[StanceGrounded @_SJPeace_]

“I'm saying we love Americans, but we hate your president” 😭

Are these the "terrorist" we are fighting in the middle east?

Does this man look or even sound a terrorist to you?

My heart breaks for my people.💔

"Are we human or not?"

[Malcolm Tariq @MalcolmTariq]

Hi Philly! Cheesesteak now. Poems later.

[Paperback Literary Journal @pbljournal]

@umicomplexion YES.

[spider…sex!❤️‍🔥🌎☄️ @maintainmarko]

i don’t know her, but this is somebody’s daughter, pittsburgh & surrounding areas share this post. a rt could save her life.

[LindoYes (He/Him) @lindoyes]

College debt is 1.5trillion.

We just spent 2 trillion on war.

When I said just I meant over weekend.

So, a issues that have been oppression folks for generations could be solved in a weekend but instead we want to buy bombs, guns and etc.

We rather buy guns than education.

[jean @tweetsbybub]

I don’t... know if this is just my ego talking but I really don’t care if my work is rejected from a press. I value my work for what it is — if a press decides that it doesn’t fit THEIR standards/aesthetic, that has NOTHING to do with me or the value of my work.

[Virginia Center for the Creative Arts @VCCA]

VCCA is currently accepting applications for Summer 2020. Application Deadline: January 15, 2020. For more information: https://t.co/TjwyRmf43O

[Alina Stefanescu @aliner]

I blog a little about poetry things, and I don't share those blogs as often as I should because imposter syndrome has a long shadow but I blog these b/c other poetry blogs are my gurus and go-tos. Here's to "neglected poems". For anyone that needs it.
https://t.co/G5Icbr7QNI

[aurielle is off socials. @YesAurielle]

Beloved, it’s okay...

Hating Rupi’s work is not classist. Caring about preserving the integrity of Black womxn‘s work and labor is actually the opposite of classist.

[Nikki @NeptuneNix]

“hating rupi kaur is classist because it is easy to read” is one of the dumbest takes I’ve seen. Why do you assume poor people cant read? Why do YOU assume poetry has to be difficult to decipher for it to be considered good? Gwendolyn Brooks is easy to read and revered all over.

[neg 🐳 • help pay dentistry tuition on my pinned! @deviledneggs]

@Danez_Smif But her plagiarism tho

[Danez @Danez_Smif]

Tea is R*pi K**r changed a game that most of the girls weren’t invested in playing and got hella young ppl into poetry so just maybe she indeed is a great choice for writer of the decade, y’all.

[BOOTH @BoothAJournal]

For everyone that had a "Submit more in 2019" New Year's Resolution, we are still accepting submissions. You can do it!

[Cali M ✍🏾💙 @CaliMOfficial_]

Nicki made SOOOOOO many points on celebrities being bullied. Look at the music industry current events; this just hit so much harder.

[i’ve changed my ways @peechykween]

SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME FIND A JOB BEFORE MY DAD SHIPS ME OFF TO THE MILITARY
I JUST GOT MY BACHELOR’S IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND I’M WILLING TO MOVE ANYWHERE
PLEASE RETWEET

[Prolit @ProlitMag]

Happy Holidays from Prolit ❄️

[Avitus B. Carle (she/her) @avitusbcarle]

Dear Writer Friends,

Please remember where you were first published. Please remember that not everyone shares the same journey as you. Remember, whether you get your start in a small litmag or not, however you find or define your success is up to you.

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