like i submitted to this nomadic voices thing because the guy was begging for submissions and extended like three weeks and today was the last day so i’m like okay whatever like sure this seems like a prety cool litmag, i’ll submit

and then i sent some of my lesser-good poems because i’m pretentious and i want to save my best stuff for well-known magazines

and i sent a little bio thing that i use for EVERYTHING because they didnt ask for a cover letter

and then they email me back a millisecond later like “thanks for your submission! by the way, congratulations on your achievements, but we wanted a cover letter, not a little bio. no snark, just helping”

YOU DIDNT ASK FOR A FUCKING COVER LETTER OH MY GOD STOP SNARKING ME. I SNARK PEOPLE. I DO NOT GET SNARKED.

“oh don’t worry!! every famous writer hated their work!!”

yeah but sylvia plath was actually good you see that’s the difference

An Interview with Writing Contributor, Lucy Wainger

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“You’ve got to understand, my mother loved me, but I was not meant to exist. She loved me because it would have been more painful not to, like bruising a leg that’s already broken.”

This is Your Love Story, Lucy Wainger

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Lucy Wainger writes with violent honesty. By using words, the NYC native easily peels off the thick layers that hide people from themselves. The gritty high school scene- sharp grins, sexual frustration and hazy drug use- are all expertly weaved together with stunning imagery and precise structure and form, creating pieces that pull the dusty memories of our teenage years out of the tightly locked boxes we put them in. She manipulates her readers, allowing them to believe they understand what’s going on- then slapping them in the face with lines that truly show us the thin layer of deception and grime that covers everything we do.

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