River

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

United States

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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.

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."

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?

slightly experimental

dysfunction junction

dead beat daddies

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

mothers & daughters

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