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    River

    River writes. Feel free to sling me coins cuz I'm nice. @ottersloth (venmo)
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    Selected work (13 publications)

    just femme & dandy, 2023
    barefeet on the balustradeQueer prose poetry on dressing up for the ball of life. Truly one of my favorite magazines. Freely available to read online. Downloadable PDF.
    queer
    trans
    prosetry
    fashion
    transformation
    transition
    glitter
    fun
    new words {press}, 2024
    w G h O e O e D l c W h I a L i L r & Hanging Over The Whelm (two separate poems)Read my experimental piece in Issue number 3 which is truly exceptional and worth the purchase! "The mission of new words {press}: elevate emerging and established trans* and gender-expansive poetic voices, to build community, and share knowledge."
    poetry
    experimental
    visual poetry
    micro-poetry
    free verse
    nonbinary
    transgender
    disability
    trans
    transformation
    shape poem
    disabled
    candy
    The Rialto, 2023
    The fifth gearBuy the 100th issue of The Rialto, theme: Machines for only 9 pounds to read some great poems, including mine, which is a little too confessional. Don't we all live for a little TMI?
    poetry
    human nature
    poverty
    free verse
    resistance
    disability
    Rejection
    family
    british
    dysfunction
    confessional
    conflict
    bitter
    help
    resentment
    slightly experimental
    dysfunction junction
    mechanical
    themed
    dead beat daddies
    UK
    machines
    Olit Magazine, 2024
    The Bell at 3 amOriginally written for Taco Bell Quarterly, but finding the perfect home at Olit Mag, read this cnf essay on driving in the middle of the night to pick up kids, eat taco bell, and drive by old girlfriends/boyfriends houses. Freely available online.
    creative nonfiction
    love
    cnf
    micro-memoir
    memory
    Florida
    Taco Bell
    food
    personal essay
    family
    mothers & daughters
    children
    fast food
    ohio
    weirdos
    reminisce
    night driving
    driving
    familial love

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