Gatherings | Issue 23

SMLTA Recommends: The Journey Prize Anthology, a Sydney Hegele workshop, GaHee Park, a new Lynn Coady story, a Matthew Salesses essay, Liz Howard, Michael Snow, Soup

Jan 31, 2023

Gatherings brings together a list of recommended readings, viewings, calls, art, events, posts that I come across over the month.

Hope you enjoy!

Have you come across something good, cool, interesting?

Let me know!

Kathryn

News

I’m so thrilled for Téa Mutonji who has won the Journey Prize with two stories—one of which I edited for Joyland Magazine.

You can read the story on Joyland or order the anthology!

HOT FUNNY GIRL @teamutonji

Property of Neil was originally published in @JoylandMagazine, brilliantly ed. by @themockler. I wrote it at @utsc_engdept for class and reimagined it as a novel in my first yr at @NYUCWP. Ty to all the people who’ve entered this story at different stages, recently @AnitaChong9🍬

Contributor News

Farzana Doctor 📖🔥 (she/her) @farzanadoctor

Hey friends, could you help spread the word about this event, and more importantly, the injustice Dawn is facing. If you’re not aware, all the information and a petition link is in the event listing below. Thanks! 💗

Matthew Behrens @MatthewBehren11

On February 15, join a beautiful online evening of amazing writers reading in support of award-winning Okanese First Nation writer & activist Dawn Walker, who faces decades in prison for trying to save herself and her child from abuse. Drop ALL charges! https://t.co/RgvarIOLuQ

A Zoom Workshop on Writing Through Climate Anxiety for Ages 13-18 with Sydney Hegele - Starts March 28, 2023

Art I Like

GaHee Park

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Amy Culter

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Reading Material

Check out Lynn Coady’s new story in The Walrus! So good!

The Walrus @thewalrus

Yoga, bodywork, giant leeches. In @Lynn_Coady’s latest short #fiction, a middle-aged woman with a bad hip searches for emotional release.

thewalrus.caThe Money | The WalrusEver since childhood, words would desert Helen when she got angry—if she felt any kind of strong emotion, really

Moving essay by Matthew Salesses:

Matthew Salesses loves you @salesses

I put a whole lot into this essay and I wish more people would read it. On wanting to live:

ti.meHow I Found My Desire to Live After My Wife Died“Sometimes I feel as if my wife was teaching me how to live”

Eliza’s Gabbert’s book is so relevant to the times. You have to read it.

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My first read of 2023:

@themockler My first read of 2023 is DUCKS by Kate Beaton! #BookTok #RecommendedReads #GraphicNovels #Books #Writers #WritersOfTikTok

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100 Ways to Slightly Improve Your Life Without Trying, The Guardian

Can an artist be happy? Jean Marc Ah-Sen Interviews Arizona O’Neill, Esoterica Magazine

Just subscribed to Noted a newsletter all about diary writing. I’m shitty at keeping regular diaries, but I like reading about those who do.

Noted

12 Ways to Use a Diary

Happy 2023! I’m not necessarily one for new year’s resolutions—but, the one resolution I come back to again and again is to keep a written record of my life. Keeping a diary is a gift you give to your future self. I’ve been writing in the same diary since January 2004. It’s a gorgeous, large, pink leather journal that my mother gave me for Christmas that year…

3 years ago · 89 likes · 68 comments · Jillian Hess

The golden age of non-alcohol beer.

Viewing Pleasure

Land-based Strategies for Generating Poems with Liz Howard:

Salesman (1969) on the Criterion Channel. Directed by Albert Maysels, David Mayseles,and Charlotte Zwerin.

Sad to hear about the death of Michael Snow. Here’s a Michael Snow video from 1982.

Why we all need subtitles

The Book of Leaves

Something to Eat

This soup will be a part of my life forever. So easy and so good.

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Thanks to Carleigh Baker for sharing this recipe on IG. It was a big success! I used walnuts instead of pine nuts.

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Calls for Submissions

McClelland & Stewart @McClellandBooks

Mark your calendars! McClelland & Stewart will receive unagented and unsolicited submissions from March 1st-31st, 2023. We look forward to reading your submissions!

Open Book @OpenBookON

One of the most unique writing opportunities in Canada... #BertonHouse is an amazing initiative, and the @writerstrust has just announced the 3 writers who will head north this year: open-book.ca/News/3-Writers… #Yukon #CanLit #WritingRetreats

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Issue #23 of Send My Love to Anyone

January 2023 Gatherings

An Excerpt from The Stories Whiteness Tells Itself: Myths and Our American Narratives by David Mura

The First Time: The Return of the Owl by Kirby

Words Count: Relearning the Book Business: All about pre-orders by Kathryn Mockler

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