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Writing Prompts for Threshold Times
September 4, 2026
Writing Prompts for Threshold Times
September 4, 2026
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September 4, 2026
'come lie by me in the pasture' — poetry by Renee Kalagayan
September 3, 2026
'come lie by me in the pasture' — poetry by Renee Kalagayan
September 3, 2026
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September 3, 2026
'In this world I kept happening' — poetry by Oladejo Abdullah Feranmi
September 3, 2026
'In this world I kept happening' — poetry by Oladejo Abdullah Feranmi
September 3, 2026
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September 3, 2026
'the azaleas all make gruel out of me' — poetry by Anya Johanna DeNiro
September 3, 2026
'the azaleas all make gruel out of me' — poetry by Anya Johanna DeNiro
September 3, 2026
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September 3, 2026
'silk and rivers' — poetry by Zavi Kang Engles
September 3, 2026
'silk and rivers' — poetry by Zavi Kang Engles
September 3, 2026
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September 3, 2026
'death and a mountain view' — poetry by Emily Brandt
September 3, 2026
'death and a mountain view' — poetry by Emily Brandt
September 3, 2026
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September 3, 2026
'the incense of my bed chamber ' — poetry by Katja Jackson
September 3, 2026
'the incense of my bed chamber ' — poetry by Katja Jackson
September 3, 2026
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September 3, 2026
'bruises confettied as raspberries' — poetry Chelsea Fonden
September 3, 2026
'bruises confettied as raspberries' — poetry Chelsea Fonden
September 3, 2026
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September 3, 2026
'you were obsessed. a monster.' — poetry by Kathleen Hellen
September 3, 2026
'you were obsessed. a monster.' — poetry by Kathleen Hellen
September 3, 2026
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September 3, 2026
'Seas of her marooned organs' — poetry by Shon Mapp
September 3, 2026
'Seas of her marooned organs' — poetry by Shon Mapp
September 3, 2026
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September 3, 2026
'a ghost house of Sicily' — poetry by Edvige Giunta
September 3, 2026
'a ghost house of Sicily' — poetry by Edvige Giunta
September 3, 2026
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September 3, 2026
'Are the clouds full of well-water?' — poetry by Johanna E. Hall
September 3, 2026
'Are the clouds full of well-water?' — poetry by Johanna E. Hall
September 3, 2026
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September 3, 2026
'seals her-self in the confession box' — poetry by Spencer Keene
September 3, 2026
'seals her-self in the confession box' — poetry by Spencer Keene
September 3, 2026
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September 3, 2026
'bloody with sunset' — poetry by Will Cordeiro
September 3, 2026
'bloody with sunset' — poetry by Will Cordeiro
September 3, 2026
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September 3, 2026
'dream in locusts' — poetry by Vi Ly
August 15, 2026
'dream in locusts' — poetry by Vi Ly
August 15, 2026
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August 15, 2026
'plastic chair, watermelon, generator exhaust, benzene' — poetry by Hana Saad
August 15, 2026
'plastic chair, watermelon, generator exhaust, benzene' — poetry by Hana Saad
August 15, 2026
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August 15, 2026
' I am brutally killed by daffodils' — poetry by Emily Tong
August 14, 2026
' I am brutally killed by daffodils' — poetry by Emily Tong
August 14, 2026
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August 14, 2026
'violet scabbing on ankle backs' — poetry by Lexi Rosen
August 14, 2026
'violet scabbing on ankle backs' — poetry by Lexi Rosen
August 14, 2026
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August 14, 2026
'it was something more gory' — poetry by Caroline O'Connor Thomas
August 14, 2026
'it was something more gory' — poetry by Caroline O'Connor Thomas
August 14, 2026
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August 14, 2026
'I’ll accept delight’s gloom' — poetry by Hazelyn Aroian
August 14, 2026
'I’ll accept delight’s gloom' — poetry by Hazelyn Aroian
August 14, 2026
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August 14, 2026
'every hour is one long suffering' — poetry by Anne Halsey
August 14, 2026
'every hour is one long suffering' — poetry by Anne Halsey
August 14, 2026
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August 14, 2026
'a terrible countenance for what nourishes' — poetry by I Echo
August 14, 2026
'a terrible countenance for what nourishes' — poetry by I Echo
August 14, 2026
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August 14, 2026
'I am the aftermath' — poetry by Taylor Hamann Los
August 14, 2026
'I am the aftermath' — poetry by Taylor Hamann Los
August 14, 2026
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August 14, 2026
'as if landscapes verdant' — poetry by Kacey Martin
August 14, 2026
'as if landscapes verdant' — poetry by Kacey Martin
August 14, 2026
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August 14, 2026
'a wasp  giving itself to the fig' — poetry by Elaina Edwards
August 14, 2026
'a wasp giving itself to the fig' — poetry by Elaina Edwards
August 14, 2026
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August 14, 2026
'ghosts in hair follicles' — poetry by Trish hopkinson
August 14, 2026
'ghosts in hair follicles' — poetry by Trish hopkinson
August 14, 2026
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August 14, 2026
'roses among men' — poetry by Amy Thatcher
August 14, 2026
'roses among men' — poetry by Amy Thatcher
August 14, 2026
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August 14, 2026
Writing prompts for a fever dream summer
August 3, 2026
Writing prompts for a fever dream summer
August 3, 2026
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August 3, 2026
'bloodsponge rubies & wicked diamonds' — poetry by Emily Murman
August 3, 2026
'bloodsponge rubies & wicked diamonds' — poetry by Emily Murman
August 3, 2026
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August 3, 2026
'beauty is the last thing before death' — poetry by Francis de Lima
August 3, 2026
'beauty is the last thing before death' — poetry by Francis de Lima
August 3, 2026
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August 3, 2026

Review Of 'Goodbye To All That' By Sari Botton

February 19, 2016

"I don’t know anyone who doesn’t have a love-hate relationship with New York," said Sari Botton of her new anthology, Goodbye To All That: Writers on Loving and Leaving New York (Seal Press). The Manhattan expatriate gathered tales of love, loss and ultimately, change from twenty-eight female writers including Cheryl Strayed, Hope Edelman and Dani Shapiro. The 48 year old Long Island native lived in the city for over a decade before relocating to a small rural "hipster" town in the Hudson Valley with her husband Brian. In an interview in Greenwich Village, Botton explained that the impact of having been a New Yorker leaves an indelible mark. "The longer I am away, the more I miss it."

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'dream in locusts' — poetry by Vi Ly
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Vi Ly
'dream in locusts' — poetry by Vi Ly
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Vi Ly
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Vi Ly
Vi Ly
'plastic chair, watermelon, generator exhaust, benzene' — poetry by Hana Saad
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Hana Saad
'plastic chair, watermelon, generator exhaust, benzene' — poetry by Hana Saad
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Hana Saad
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Emily Tong
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Emily Tong
Emily Tong
'violet scabbing on ankle backs' — poetry by Lexi Rosen
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Lexi Rosen
'violet scabbing on ankle backs' — poetry by Lexi Rosen
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Lexi Rosen
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Lexi Rosen
'it was something more gory' — poetry by Caroline O'Connor Thomas
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'I’ll accept delight’s gloom' — poetry by Hazelyn Aroian
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