not at all, and my presence is sporadic at best. i’ve missed you too! so thrilled for your news!

whoa!!! *congrats* Sabrina!! this is so exciting!!

It’s my pub day!! I appreciate the support of this literary community. Get your copy today! Thank you to AV @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social!

A list of the top 10 titles from CLMP.ORG, March ‘26: TOP 10 TITLES FROM CLMP.ORG MEMBERS, MARCH 2026 I. Strap - Iron Oak Editions - Dan Kraines 2. The Rose Metal Field Guide to Writing Flash Nonfiction - Rose Metal Press - Ed. Dinty W. Moore 3. Fifty Mothers - River River Books - Preeti Vangani 4. Southwest Reconstruction - Noemi Press - Raquel Gutierrez 5. The Swallows Come Out - Unbound Edition Press - Angie Estes 6. The Dragonfly Gambit - Neon Hemlock Press - A. D. Sui 7. Curtains of Rain - Jaded Ibis Press - Anel I. Flores 8. There is News Along the Ohio River - River River Books - Beth Gilstrap 9. The Visible Field - River River Books - Zoë Ryder White I0. Lonesome Ballroom - Rescue Press - Madeline McDonnell ITASCA BOOKS DISTRIBUTION & FULFILLMENT A DIVISION OF BOOKMOBILE

There Is News Along The Ohio River is #8 with a bullet! Come on friends, let’s move it up for April! Thanks to everyone who has purchased, read, shared, or sent me a kind note about it. I really am getting a lot of positive feedback. Go little book, go! 😘

STAHP. the pure JOY ✨✨

i want that pick-you-up-at-the-airport kind of love

postcard of dog with collage and aphorism, writing in German from original sender at bottom

stay tender somehow

a reminder from @dinalrelles.bsky.social and me

i’ll find you!!

i can’t believe your paths have not crossed before now!! this must happen. i’ll be at the book fair tomorrow only & hope for hugs 🤍

CHRIS!! you’re here??

I’ll never manage to pull it off every day but any morning that starts with me reading & writing is always the best

late February and all i do is tap little texts to my ex-boyfriend in the winter storm

what a gorgeous home

Title: Mangoes and Tequila Author: Anna Vangala Jones Image of a large mango Text of the story: My ex-boyfriend—who we now say is my best friend which hurts my actual best friend’s feelings though it’s not a real title accompanied by any sort of perks—helped me move into my new apartment in a faraway state today, so I tell him he can stay over for the night before his long drive back home alone. It’s only fair, I try to explain to my actual best friend over the phone but she laughs and says we’ll probably fall into bed together one last time for a wistful unhealthy goodbye. I think she’s wrong and this move is us starting fresh. Right now we’re at my neighborhood grocery store and I’m struck by that strange sense of being lost in a dream. I’m squeezing fruit like I’m touching the body of a new love while my heart is still longing for the familiarity of the one I’ve just left or lost. My ex-boyfriend / best-friend-in-name-only reaches for a mango at the same time as me so we can touch hands and pretend it is an accident of fate, but I pull away before he can prove my actual best friend right. In the liquor aisle, we hesitate but buy some tequila so as to make the temptation tonight almost too much to bear or resist. “Am I here because I come running whenever you call or because I can lift heavy furniture for you?” He’ll ask this when we’re almost asleep and I'll tell him, “you're here because you’re my best friend and I'm going to miss you.” That last part will be true.

I have a tiny new micro today in @bulbregion.bsky.social. grateful to @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social & any of you who read this story! 🥭 🥃 bulbregion.com/Mangoes-and-...

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AWP 💥 BALTIMORE 🚨 Mark your calendars‼️

It’s all happening on March 4. See you there?

thank you, Joshua!! 🤍🤍

i miss you most when it snows

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DEADLINE EXTENSION!

We've had several folks reach out who'd appreciate a little more time to get their applications together. So we're extending the application window through 11:59pm CT on January 18th. Use your holiday weekend wisely!

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in my head, i read it as an aggressive command: “DIE, YOUR HAIR”

screenshot of an opening comment on a dating app: “Die your hair - you are beautiful but gray doesn’t fit you. Click block button now haha”

the damn shame of it is how hard it is to find a man who can spell

THE BULB REGION is now online!

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Make sure to read our four inaugural pieces at:

www.bulbregion.com

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why isn’t it hopeful romantic

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🤍😘, always.

Mechanical Pencils | matchbook

"I’m having an affair with distance. The morning house is settled and known. I sip coffee, listen to the lonely call of the 4am freight train,...."

My lord. I love, love this piece by @dinalrelles.bsky.social so much. In @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social 💙💙💙
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Dan! thank you, thank you for this kindness 🤍🤍

said i love you to a stranger outside the thrift store the other day

how am I supposed to take a year seriously when it starts on a Thursday

maybe they call it yearning because it persists year after year after year