Pulp Literature, Issue 27, Summer 2020 launch & reading

Sunday, 19 July 2020, 2:00–4:00 pm, PST, we launch Pulp Literature Issue 27 with readings and revelry. Our summer launch will be held in the virtual reading room of our Discord channel. We’ll have readings from authors Kate Felix, Mitchell Toews, Kim Harbridge, Crystal Bourque, R Daniel Lester, Hannah van Didden, Kim Martins, Mary Rykov, […]

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Diasporic Rhythms, 18–19 July 2020

I look forward to another virtually free reading from some conditions apply on Saturday, 18 July 2020, 4:00 pm EST. I hope you can join me then. Better still — stay for the entire festival of readings and workshops. Register at this Eventbrite link.

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Happy book launch, June 18, 2020, 5:00–6:30 pm EST

This virtual celebratory event features Heather Babcock, author of Filthy Sugar, Nina Munteanu, author of A Diary in the Age of Water, Ruth Panofsky, author of Radiant Shards: Hoda’s North End Poems, and Mary Rykov, author of some conditions apply. What’s not to celebrate? Please join us! Books will be discounted by 30% during this launch event, and an Author Q & A […]

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Been there, done that, don’t need more carbs…

While many may have learned how to bake bread during pandemic isolation, I finally forced myself to self-video a poem reading from some conditions apply, which released May 8 and formally launches with Toronto LIT UP and Inanna Publications on June 18. In the meantime, I’m grateful for the invitation to read “an upbeat poem […]

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Happy book birthday, May 8, 2020

Starting today — my book birthday — some conditions apply is available for sale from Inanna Publications. Order your copy now. Celebrate with me today at 1 pm EST by joining the Pulp Literature Press Pandemic Live Stream Reading Series – Episode 7 on their YouTube channel to hear my first reading from the new book and two Pulp […]

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COVID-19 mask: front, back, sample

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COVID-19 SPECIAL OFFER

I encourage you to continue writing during these uncertain times. To this end, I offer 3 free editorial hours — writing mentorship and all document editing — for the duration of the COVID-19 lockdown. I look forward to reading your work. Note: the usual student permissions will be upheld, but mentorship and coaching are available […]

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Launch registration is open!

All thanks to the Toronto Arts Council, Toronto Festival of Authors, and the TORONTO LIT UP program for the honour of launching with Inanna authors Heather Babcock, Nina Munteanu, and Ruth Panofsky. Tuesday, May 26, Queen Books (914 Queen Street East), 6–8 pm Register here: https://inanna2020spring.eventbrite.ca

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Dandelions?

Thank you, City of Toronto, for banning pesticides and enabling joyful seas of yellow to dot summer lawns and fields. Let dandelions join racoons as unofficial mascots. Perhaps I love dandelions because they’re the only flowers I was allowed to pick as a young child. But this only got me started. For me, a winter […]

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Reflections on Writing…

Reflections on Writing: What’s Your Score? is now posted on the Inanna Publication blog. See: https://www.inanna.ca/2020/01/27/reflections-on-writing-whats-your-score-mary-rykov/

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