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First, hello! Thank you all for your continued support of this ephemera enterprise known as Vera Monstera. Slowly but surely this little engine of the ether is growing out beyond the edges of this space.
It was a delight to have my piece the “The Clang” featured in the first issue of slips slips, a print publication with a great eye and a good heart. Read my contributor interview with the slips slips team below as well as a version of my essay “The Clang.”
If you would like a tangible copy of the first issue of slips slips, message me. I’ll mail it old-school. Nothing like the feel of newsprint and the gentle ruffling of a broadsheet literary journal. Learn more about slips slips and their open submissions for issue #2.
The Clang
There once was a guy who used to write lyrics for the Grateful Dead. He called himself “their junior varsity writer.” Great story teller. One day, he falls instantly in love. A cosmic thing. He meets her in Chicago and they discover—believe it or not— that they live in t…
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