Oops QT'd from the wrong post. The line is from Brenda Hillman's "Dear emerging, pre-emerging & post-emerging poets,": tlth.co.uk/dearemergingpo…

‘Do not destroy your body by self-medicating under poetic stress. Just write new poems & read them to your community. Keep the ego in balance because the ego project is doomed to fail.’ - Brenda Hillman tlth.co.uk/dearemergingpo…

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Great advice from Brenda Hillman, including: "Never look at your phone while going downstairs." As for "Emerging, Pre-Emerging & Post-Emerging Poets"...I'm a "Submerging Poet", assuming the 'submarine position', hoping to re-emerge somewhere else in another form :) #periscopeup

In ‘Pedagogies of Panic’, Holly Pester examines the complex relations between dreaming and sociopolitical structures, in particular the structure of the neoliberal university. Does our unconscious, too, become colonised by performance metrics? tlth.co.uk/pedagogiesofpa…

"Never look at your phone while walking downstairs. Do not destroy your body by self-medicating under poetic stress." #TodaysPoem #poetry Dear emerging, pre-emerging & post-emerging poets, by @BrendaLHillman (2024 Too Little/Too Hard TL/TH) tinyurl.com/37bnzd3t

"all a writer needs are four true readers & one of them can be a tree" the wonderful Brenda Hillman in the latest edition of TL/TH tlth.co.uk/dearemergingpo…

What does it mean to sustain 'Good Work' in literature? Claudia Durastanti dissects how economic necessity, personal background, and artistic ambition intersect in the life of a working-class writer navigating the complexities of the literary world. tinyurl.com/bde3afvj

In ‘Dear emerging, pre-emerging & post-emerging poets,’ the ever-inspirational Brenda Hillman writes a poetic letter of encouragement and comfort to poets everywhere. Read it here: tlth.co.uk/dearemergingpo…

We're delighted to be hosting a panel discussion on the future of literary magazines City, University of London's conference, Educating Susan: Decolonisation and Inclusivity in Creative Writing Pedagogy and Publishing, organised by Dr Deepa Anappara & Farhana Shaikh 🍉. wasafiri.org/news-and-event…

Our editor Sana Goyal Kotecha will be joined by Amy Mae Baxter from Bad Form, Naush Sabah from Poetry Birmingham Literary Journal, and Livia Franchini & Lucy Mercer from TL/TH. Also presenting are Wasafiri's Dr Durre Shahwar and Angelique Golding (Angelique Golding).

I’ll be in conversation with three editors Amy Mae Baxter Bad Form, Naush Sabah Poetry Birmingham Literary Journal, Livia Franchini + Lucy Mercer TL/TH about the importance of literary mags in the current arts landscape at the #EducatingSusan conference on 12 September. Deets & tix 👇🏾

Loved this story by Dizz Tate in the summer issue of TL/TH. Gorgeous writing but also amazing representation of the difficulties of finding time to undertake creative work tlth.co.uk/sidework

"Marina Vishmidt Collected Works are live on MOTW. The collection contains around 110 books, articles, chapters, edited volumes and various other works and it remains a work in progress. The collection was created in loving memory of Marina." on-vishmidt.memoryoftheworld.org

Read Brenda Hilman's "Dear emerging, pre-emerging & post-emerging poets,": tlth.co.uk/dearemergingpo… (courtesy TL/TH ) and remember: "If you don’t receive the rewards you deserve from 'the outside world'—and you very likely will not—try to celebrate the good work of others"

⏰ Register for the Educating Susan conference on 12 September. We are hosting a conversation on ‘The Future of Literary Magazines’ ft. Amy Mae Baxter Bad Form, Naush Sabah (Poetry Birmingham Literary Journal), Livia Franchini & Lucy Mercer (TL/TH), chaired by Sana Goyal Kotecha wasafiri.org/news-and-event…

12 September: I’m chairing a Wasafiri-curated conversation on ‘The Future of Literary Magazines’ with Amy Mae Baxter Bad Form, Naush Sabah (Poetry Birmingham Literary Journal), Livia Franchini & Lucy Mercer (TL/TH) at the Educating Susan conference, City Uni: wasafiri.org/news-and-event…

You have one week to register for the Educating Susan conference organised by Deepa Anappara & Farhana Shaikh 🍉 and attend a Wasafiri-hosted panel on ‘The Future of Literary Magazines’ featuring Bad Form, TL/TH, & Poetry Birmingham Literary Journal Find out more: wasafiri.org/news-and-event…

Registrations for the Educating Susan conference close on 1 September. You can attend a Wasafiri-hosted panel on ‘The Future of Literary Magazines’ featuring Bad Form, TL/TH, & Poetry Birmingham Literary Journal as part of the programme: wasafiri.org/news-and-event…