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Enthusiast of square plates, bubble tea, good beats, sweet treats. Executive Director @seventhwavemag 🌊 Inquisitive human, oft-writerāœŒšŸ¼

Brooklyn, NY
Joined January 2009
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ā€œArt and literature are inherently anticapitalist,ā€ @joycechenchen asserts while warning that without ā€œmass production, broad appeal, and easy scalabilityā€ it’s hard for lit mags to show investors their impact on their readers ā€œand the culture at large.ā€ at.pw.org/NovDec2024
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In our new Nov/Dec issue you’ll find @dan_sinykin’s article on the legacy of ā€œrisk-takingā€ nonprofit presses; @joycechenchen’s advice on creating sustainable publishing models; and a Q&A with @reginalbrooks, the new president of @aalitagents. Dive in: at.pw.org/NovDec2024
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Applications for our Fall Digital Residency are due this Friday, 8/23! šŸ˜ Read more about the program and see what our Summer Residents had to say below: theseventhwave.org/digital-r…
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Curious to learn more about our Digital Residency program? Register below for our info session on Wednesday, 8/7: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi…
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Our applications are now open for the 2024 Fall Digital Residency! šŸ˜ If you're in need of community, accountability, or mentorship, this is the program for you. Get all the deets below, and apply by 8/23: theseventhwave.org/digital-r…
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Today's the day! Deadline to submit to our 2024 Community Anthologies is TONIGHT at 11:59 p.m. PST. With one exception—we've extended the deadline for "On Gaming" by one week, so gaymers, send us your best stuff! seventhwavemag.submittable.c…
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One more week to submit your best stuff to our 2024 Community Anthologies!✨ Calls close 7/18. Learn more about our 4 EICs—@__xuli, @isaiahbackgaal, @deziree_a_brown, and Para Vadhahong—below: theseventhwave.org/introduci…
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Five šŸ–šŸ½ more days to get your applications in for our Digital Residency, Narrative Shifts! Learn more about the program at our website, and apply by Tuesday, April 30. Here to answer any questions, anytime, at [email protected]. theseventhwave.org/digital-r…
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Join us for an info session about our Digital Residency TODAY 4/18 at 5 p.m. PST. And if you can't make it but would like a recording, sign up anyway! We'll be sending that out to everyone who registered afterward. us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi…
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Introducing our contributors for Issue 17: The Cost of Waiting. ā¤ļøā€šŸ”„šŸŽ™ļøšŸ’« Join us in welcoming these 16 voices to the TSW fam! We’ve been working with them now for a while, and can’t wait to share their work with you when this issue publishes in June 2024. theseventhwave.org/bulletin-…
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Do you have an anthology idea that's a great fit for @seventhwavemag? You could be the Editor-in-Chief for one of their 2024 Community Anthologies! Learn more and apply by March 31: clmp.org/programs-opportunit…
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TSW's Digital Residency is now open for apps! If you're looking for conversation, community, & accountability, we built this for you: a cohort- and process-based, genre-agnostic incubator to deepen your relationship to your creative work. theseventhwave.org/digital-r…
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Our 4/4 spotlights on our Community Anthologies is @smadges's powerful, necessary folio "ON WORK," featuring pieces that "both refract light on this moment & on employment precarity" šŸ“† Read the anthology in full: theseventhwave.org/anthologi…
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Our 3/4 spotlights on our Community Anthologies is Bianca Ng's eclectic, visual art-driven folio "ON TENDING." 🌱 Experience a wide range of forms, including hybrid epistolary, collage, audio poetry, & more. Read the anthology in full: theseventhwave.org/anthologi…
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Our 2/4 spotlights on our Community Anthologies is @jej_sen's incredible, moving folio "ON RIVERS." 🌊 Read her editor's note in full and dive into work by @DavidNaimon, @Vanessid, @huaxixyz, @wtjshua, & more. Read the anthology in full: theseventhwave.org/anthologi…
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Our 1/4 spotlights on our Community Anthologies kicks off with Briana Gwin's "ON PERMANENCE," featuring work that "sing in collective harmony across time & space by the evocation of a single powerful word: permanence." 🤯 Read the anthology in full: theseventhwave.org/anthologi…
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They're here! We're so thrilled to launch our first cohort of Community Anthologies — On Permanence, On Rivers, On Tending, & On Work — live on our site now. Check out these special folios curated by Briana Gwin, @jej_sen, Bianca Ng, and Sarah Madges: theseventhwave.org/anthologi…
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Building community and true literary relationships is a key part of this mission, and I’m so grateful to @joycechenchen and Bretty Rawson for holding space for this cohort to truly connect.
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My piece in @NYMag about witnessing the horrors in Gaza through social media. Everything normal right now is obscene, including sitting down to articulate this moment. My heart is in Gaza. #CeasefireNow šŸ‡µšŸ‡ø nymag.com/intelligencer/arti…
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