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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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