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#poetry

the humbling

there are stories of
war field glories,
men have traveled from earth
to the moon,
our ancestors from coast to coast
on horses that died, rivers of pestilence

my story is a bit different, i’m a joke -
pathetic at the core, my wars fought
in my head, never with my heart; i once
called myself a vagabond but that was
a lie, my home was a bar stool just like
my ancestors

and though i walked through the valley of death,
losing my breath, death did not want me

one last shot at glory.

Shouts & Murmurs: The Collected Letters of Marissa Mayer and David Karp

My darling David,

Don’t let these earthly considerations stand in the way of our relationship. Getting to know Tumblr has been the biggest joy of my life. I have never felt so young, so alive, so full of hope for the future as when I am watching your metrics rise exponentially each day.

Oh, I was looking at some of your photos online the other day. Please don’t wear your Google Glass when I introduce you to my board. I want them to approve of you.

All my love, Marissa

—Caitlin Kelly imagines an exchange between Marissa Mayer and David Karp: http://nyr.kr/19XTw6V

May 21st, the secret party life of a book analyst

Dear 2013,

Today I got to see an early copy of a book about a racoon having a secret pizza party and I just….was like….having a life near books is so frigging awesome!

Also:

But that’s fine because:

And so whenever I’m all…

OMG THIS BOOK

And other people are like:

Or I go all analyst on them and I describe my book data…

And other people are like:

I just remember that whatever they go do all day, definitely doesn’t involve a secret racoon pizza party with a secret handshake AND a secret stair case.

Which ultimately renders it barren.

And means my life is like a series of sparkly high fives in a choreographed entrance music dance scene.

Books 4 Lyfe.

Thanks to Cleveland’s Plain Dealer for this review of my book. (My late mother was from Akron, so she’d be pleased to see my book reviewed by northeast Ohio’s most famous newspaper.)

Short Story Month: An Audio Story

The Bubble: A Short Story by Naomi Alderman by The Independent on Mixcloud

When the composer and performer Moss Freed finished recording his new jazz album What Do You See When You Close Your Eyes?, he wondered what kind of response it might elicit from the listener, and approached some writers to see if they might put it into words. This is novelist Naomi Alderman’s response.