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Poet. Book lover. Odd. Decidedly queer. Neurospicy. (she / her / Dr.) The Apidictor Tapes, The Knowledge Weapon.

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Dear fellow neurodivergent peeps / @actuallyautistic , I'd like to look deeper into - I'd love your input.

If you can recommend any books / art / music by Autistic people, I'd love to hear about it.

If there already is a resource for Autistic culture, I'd love to know about it. If there isn't one, I'll consolidate what I find here & elsewhere on my website / blog.

Please share, comment, link - I want to learn!

ferngirl OP ,
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@actuallyautistic I'll start us off with this cool series of chapbooks by non-speaking autistic writers I learned about this week: https://www.unrestrictedinterest.com/reading
and by pointing out the 4 collections of poetry by autistic poets published by Milkweed Press: https://milkweed.org/multiverse
I haven't had a chance to read them yet, but would love to.

ferngirl OP ,
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@actuallyautistic ok wow thank you everyone for the responses - and feel free to keep them coming. I'm making a list, and will put it all together as a resource sometime in the near future. Also, if you're an Autistic writer / musician / artist don't be shy, you can share your name / book / site.

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@actuallyautistic I also recently read the graphic memoir / novel "Invisible Differences" by French author Julie Dachez. Written with lots of empathy.

Shanmonster , to actuallyautistic
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I was recently interviewed on writing and disability and neurodiversity. https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/write-publish-and-shine/id1287257498?i=1000645290044 @actuallyautistic

ferngirl ,
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@Shanmonster @actuallyautistic She's nice, isn't she. I was on an episode last fall.

ferngirl , to writingcommunity
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Friendly new year's reminder that Threepenny Review has opened for submissions - it's the quickest way to get that first rejection of the year out of the way. It's become my own little new year's tradition to send to them on Jan 1st. @writingcommunity

ferngirl OP ,
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@writingcommunity Hm their email system seems to be not functioning quite right at the moment - the submission went through but so far no 'we received your submission' email.

ferngirl , to writingcommunity
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Happy everything, @writingcommunity ! Let's make a thread of journals currently open for submissions, so we can end the year on a hopeful note!

ferngirl OP ,
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@writingcommunity open for submissions to the end of the month: Channel.
Looking for fiction, poetry, essays, in English or Irish.
https://channelmag.org/submissions/

ferngirl OP ,
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@writingcommunity Also open for submissions is the Bennington Review. They welcome poetry, fiction, non-fiction, film writing, translations.
https://www.benningtonreview.org/submit

ferngirl OP ,
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@writingcommunity UK-based MsLexia is open, too - themes for 2024: cats (by Mar 11) and red (by Jun 10), either poetry or short fiction.
https://mslexia.co.uk/submit-your-work/poetry/#submission-form

ferngirl OP ,
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@writingcommunity Ninth Letter is also open for submissions: https://ninthletter.com/submit/ and no submission fee during December. Sweet!

ferngirl OP ,
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@writingcommunity lots more opportunities can be found, updated for the start of every month, at Erika Dreifus' Practicing Writer: https://erikadreifus.substack.com

ferngirl OP ,
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@writingcommunity Another fine journal to send to: South Dakota Review, open now until April. https://southdakotareview.submittable.com/submit

ferngirl OP ,
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@writingcommunity aaand, last one for today, Rattle is also open for submissions. https://rattle.submittable.com/submit

lastrobot , to bookstondon
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Anyone read this? Thoughts? Worth buying?
The Stasi Poetry Circle by Philip Oltermann
Waterstone's blurb: https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-stasi-poetry-circle/philip-oltermann/9780571331192

@bookstondon

ferngirl ,
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@lastrobot @bookstondon .... so is this nonfiction? I'd totally read it if it is. Sounds promising.

ferngirl , to bookstodon
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Wow, I just finished Tenth of December, a short story collection by George Saunders, and it's a wild ride. These stories are amazing.

What are you reading?

@bookstodon

ferngirl OP ,
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@miki_lou @educaremom @bookstodon two recommendations of the same book - that's gotta be a sign :)

Schnuckster , to bookstodon
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As it happens, the next book on my pile is by Benjamin Zephaniah, but I'm taking ages on my current one, so who knows when I'll read it. @bookstodon 📖

ferngirl ,
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@Schnuckster @bookstodon thank goodness the books at least are going nowhere

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