Send My Love to Anyone | Issue 14

with Kim Fu

Hello friends,

This month in Send My Love to Anyone, I share a story from Kim Fu’s debut short story collection Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century (Coach House Books and Tin House, 2022), and I write about “The Book I Wouldn’t Read”.

March’s recommendations include Jeffrey Lieber’s rewrite method for screenplays, Elisa Gabbert’s close reading of W. H. Auden’s “Musee des Beaux Arts”, Alicia Elliott’s case for the trauma plot, poems by Nancy Jo Cullen and Terese Mason Pierre, KFB’s winter launch, and much more!!

Hope you enjoy!

Kathryn

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Send My Love to Anyone | Issue 14

“Pre-simulation Consultation XF007867” by Kim Fu

"Pre-simulation Consultation XF007867" | Issue 14

“The Book I Wouldn’t Read” by Kathryn Mockler

The Book I Wouldn't Read | Issue 14

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News

May 4, 2022 at 2:00pm (EST), virtual panel at FOLD

I’m looking forward to moderating this panel in May!

Fiction writers Sydney Hegele, Premee Mohamed and Mary-Lou Zeitoun have written three incredible stories that tackle the current and future climate crisis. In this panel, the writers dive into the motivation behind their stories and the role of writers in moments of political crisis.

Register for the FOLD.

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“When a Tree Develops Problems” in The Windsor Review.

I have new prose poem out in The Windsor Review. Thanks so much to Dale Jacobs, D.A. Lockhart and the editorial team for including me in this issue with these fantastic writers: Ayomide Bayowa, Nina Berkhout, Laura Cok, Jim Daniels, William DeGenaro, Jacalyn den Haan, David Hornibrook, Kathy Mac, Anita Ngai, Steve Noyes, Richard-Yves Sitoski, Roy Wang, Laura Zacharin.

You can download the PDF here.

The Windsor Review @WindsorReview

We are pleased to announce the release of the newest issue of The Windsor Review. Thanks to @hollie_a_adams, @WRiverLockhart, & Andre Narbonne for their editorial work, and to @LitAtLeddy and @LeddyLibrary for layout and hosting. ojs.uwindsor.ca/index.php/wind…

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Bird Arsonist Book Launch

I was thrilled to read at Gary Barwin and Tom Prime’s launch for Bird Arsonist!

You can watch the launch below.

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Tweets

Charlotte Gill @charlotte_gill

It’s guess it’s CC grant day on Twitter. Little pep talk if you need one.

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William Yearout @YearoutWilliam

Earlier I somehow found myself in a bizarre liminal space, relaying the adventure to my friends in a group chat as it happened. Please enjoy photos from this insanity. This afternoon I had to sneak backstage at a conference to use the restroom. I got lost on the way back...

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Elisa Gabbert @egabbert

It’s strange that writing in itself should make me feel less lonely but it does—expression in itself, to no one in particular, makes me feel less lonely

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Jeffrey Lieber @JeffLieber

Was talking to one of my very most favorite people about rewriting and thought I'd share. So, the past couple of years when I rewrite I put together a "map" of the script (see attached), which works like this. #1) List every scene number...

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Events

Poet, performance artist, sound artist Caroline Bergvall is traveling from London to be with us on March 28th and 29th. Please plan to join us!

Caroline is our second Kelly Writers House Fellow of winter/spring 2022. She will join us at 3805 Locust Walk here in Philadelphia to give a reading on Monday, March 28 at 6:30PM and the next morning will be back for an interview/conversation moderated by me — Tuesday, March 29 at 10:30AM.

Both events will be livestreamed and recorded, of course, so you have many ways to join us for these extraordinary days! But we urge you to come to the Writers House to meet Caroline and be involved as an audience member at the House! Note that in-person attendance for both events will be strictly limited, and you must RSVP to attend either or both events at the Writers House. 

To RSVP, please write to Lily Applebaum, Fellows Program Coordinator, at here. If you will be attending online, you can get a program reminder with a direct streaming link as well! Please just indicate when writing to Lily whether you're attending in person or online only.

Those attending in person will receive information about our COVID-19 protocols.

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Register for the virtual launch of Fast Commute here.

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Reading

Great recommendations for flash fiction here:

Jordan Abel @jordoisdead

Can anyone recommend me a cool anthology of flash fiction? Or perhaps their fav single-authored collections of short short stories?

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Alicia Elliott @WordsandGuitar

I wrote about the trauma plot, who is allowed to be a victim in art and life, the neoliberal urge to focus on the individual instead of the community, and writers' responsibility to their audience for my column this month. Give it a read and a think.

cbc.caThe case FOR the trauma plot? How writers can use it with purpose and care | CBC ArtsIt’s been criticized for being used as a “shortcut,” but it can actually offer something essential to its audience.

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DeMisty D. "Extra-Adipose-y" Bellinger @DeMistyB

"Despite popular culture coverage . . ., burnout can’t be 'fixed' with better self care. . .this implication only worsens the problem, because it lays the blame and responsibility on those with burnout and implies that they should do more to feel better"

nytimes.comYour Body Knows You’re Burned OutHere’s how to recognize the physical symptoms of work-related stress — and what to do about them.

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From The Puritan’s Issue 56:

“Bathing” by Terese Mason Pierre in The Puritan

Today I put my body into a river,
upset to find I am only half stone.

Read more in Issue 56.

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“Space” by Nancy Jo Cullen in The Puritan

But maybe this is all mood is, rising grief and its ebb then a winter chickadee on the sand cherry tree.

Read more in Issue 56.

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Atomic Habits

Atomic Habits is one of my favourite self-help books particularly because it doesn’t involve shame.

James Clear also has a website and newsletter. Here’s a terrific article about creativity: For a More Creative Brain Follow These 5 Steps

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Close Reading of W. H. Auden’s “Musee des Beaux Arts” by Elisa Gabbert

A Poem (and a Painting) About the Suffering That Hides in Plain Sight

The painting is a comment on the fraught relation between attention and disaster —

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Viewing

On Imposter Syndrome

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KFB Winter Launch

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Newsletters

to all the boys i scammed before

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Week No. 44: NINE OF CUPS

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From the Archive

Feeling Like Schrodinger's Cat: On Writers' Self Love and Hate | Issue 3

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Issue #14 of Send My Love to Anyone

"Pre-simulation Consultation XF007867" from Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century by Kim Fu

"The Book I Wouldn’t Read” by Kathryn Mockler

March 2022 Recommendations

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