Hi. This has truly been a crappy week. Truly. Truly truly truly NOT outrageous and NOT like Gem. (good luck getting that song out of your head!) But you know what’s NOT crappy about it? It’s that the truly awesome James from Underground Books published a few of my new poems from the How to… Continue reading Three ‘How to be an American’ Poems at Underground Books
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6 Poem Poetry Bomb
So I must have hit some sort of magical submission time jackpot because not one but two editors got back to me nearly immediately and posted the poems they accepted. Not that I mind long waits, but it’s so nice when it all goes in sync. So here you go: First up we have Boyslut… Continue reading 6 Poem Poetry Bomb
The Car Accident, 1995 at Pyrokinection
In 1994, when I was in high school, I fell off a waterfall and busted my head open. A year later, I went back there, with my boyfriend and two other friends to see it. On the way home, I flipped my ford escort over, totaling the car. When I saw the wrecked car in… Continue reading The Car Accident, 1995 at Pyrokinection
Post-California update but really, it’s just about poetry.
Hi. I’m back from California where I met amazing people, heard amazing poety, drove amazing roads, saw amazing animals, ate amazing food and then took one very NOT amazing flight home. This whole traveling thing would be much easier if someone could just knock me over the head as soon as the plane takes off… Continue reading Post-California update but really, it’s just about poetry.
End of an Era
So my submission notebook finally gave out. All the pages are filled. I know what you’re thinking. Who cares, right? Get a new notebook. Thing is I bought that notebook back in 2000. Thirteen years ago at the Pitt campus bookstore I snatched that notebook off the shelf and decided that while it was great… Continue reading End of an Era
Ally Malinenko 